(8)直接引语是感叹句时，变间接引语可用what或how引导，也可用that引导，如：

She said, “What a lovely day it is!”→ She said what a lovely day it was. 或She said that it was a lovely day.

【模拟试题】（答题时间：60分钟）

一、阅读理解

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中选出最佳选项。

A

My neighbor’s 8-year-old daughter used to stay in the countryside, her native place. Recently her parents brought her to town to live with them. Rude and wild, she would swear or use impolite words when she was displeased. Sometimes she went so far to roll on the ground, to the disgust of all people around. Her parents tried to tame her by beating and kicking, only to result in more violent performance. Finally they became thoroughly disappointed of her.

One day their next-door neighbor, a retired woman teacher, gave the girl a snow-white dress, which was very beautiful. It immediately aroused sparks in her eyes and made them shine brilliantly. The girl put on the dress and became quite another person. She no longer said rude words or hit others, even less rolled on the floor. She knew running wild was beneath her in such a beautiful dress. Since then the girl has been gentle, neat and lovely.

The story set me thinking a lot. Maybe everybody has a beautiful dress hidden somewhere in his or her heart. Only some people aren’t aware of it, forget it or lose it. Beauty is also a powerful force. It can arise fine qualities that humans are born with but have so far unrevealed. It has soul-shaking influence that is indeed unparalleled.

1. We can learn from the first paragraph that _______________.

A. the girl was pleased to swear and use rude words

B. not all the people around disliked her

C. the girl became polite after being beating and kicking

D. the girl was hard to tame

2. The text is mainly written to explain _____________.

A. beating and kicking is not everything

B. everyone can be educated

C. everybody dreams of having a beautiful dress

D. beauty is powerful and effective

3. What might be the most suitable title for the text?

A. Retired Woman Teacher        B. A Naughty Girl

C. A Beautiful Dress             D. A Moving Story

B

The Americans divided their holidays into two different systems. In the first system are the official government holidays. Most of these are fixed to the nearest Monday to provide a three-day weekends for office staffs.

The three summer holidays—Memorial Day, the Fourth of July(Independence Day) and Labour Day—are legal outdoor barbecues (烤肉野餐). All across the country home members dust off their Weber grill (烤架), open packs or hot dogs for the children and take out chicken, steak or ribs for the adults.

The population at large also observes a dozen or more unofficial holidays. St. Patrick’s Day turns everybody in the United States into honorary Irishmen and women. Everything turns green. Bars serve green beer, bakeries produce green bread, Chicago goes the extra mile and dyes the river green.

New Year’s Eve celebrations on the East Coast center around television events from Times

Square, New York, the official organization announces when the New Year arrives. But since the United States covers five time zones, the New Year jumps across the country in one-hour jumps, and by the time Hawaii strikes its clock for the New Year, the rest of the country is fast asleep.

4. Why do most of the first system holidays are fixed to nearest Monday?

A. Because most of the them are official government holidays.

B. Because the large population of them are unofficial holidays.

C. In order to provide a longer holiday for office staffs.

D. In order to provide weekends for office staffs.

5. Which of the following does NOT belong to official government holidays?

A. St. Patrick’s Day           B. The Fourth of July

C. Labour Day               D. Memorial Day

6. According to the passage, which of the following statement is true?

A. On outdoor barbecues, providing packs of hot dogs for the children and adults.

B. On St. Patrick’s Day, everything turns or dyes green, including beer bread and river.

C. The New Year is celebrated at the same time in USA.

D. By the time Hawaii strikes its clock, it means that the New Year is coming in USA.

C

In the past, people who graduated from college felt proud of their academic achievement and believe that their degree would help them to find a good job.

However, in the past four years the job market has changed dramatically.  This year’s college graduates are facing one of the worst job markets in years.  For example, Ryan Stewart, a graduate of San Jose State University, got a degree in religious studies, but he has not gotten any job offers.  He points out that many people already working are getting laid off and don’t have jobs, so it’s even harder for new college graduates to find jobs.

Four years ago, the future looked bright for the class of 2003.  There were many high-tech (“dot com”) job opportunities, graduates received many job offers, and they were able to get jobs with high salaries and benefits such as insurance and paid vacations.  However, “Times have changed.  It’s a new market,” according to Cheryl Allmen-Vinnidge of the San Jose State Career Center.

Allmen-Vinnidge says students who do find jobs started preparing two years ago.  They worked during summer vacations, they have had several internships, and they majored in fields that are still paying well, such as accounting or nursing.

Even teaching is not a secure profession now.  Ryan Stewart wanted to be a teacher, but instead he will probably go back to school in order to become a college teacher.  He thinks college teaching could be a good career even in a bad economy.

In conclusion, these days a college degree does not automatically lead to a good job with a high salary.  Some students can only hope that the value of their degree will increase in the future.

7. This story mentions college graduates at ________________

A. San Jose State Career Center.    B. San Jose Community College.

C. San Jose State University.    D. San Jose Polytechnic High School.

8. The main idea of this story is that ________________

A. Ryan Stewart has not been able to find a job.

B. a college career center is a crossroads between college and the real world.

C. in some fields, salaries have increased in the past year.

D. between 1999 and 2003, the job market changed dramatically.

9. Which of the following things did not happen in the four years that the class of 2003 was in college?

A. Dot com opportunities decreased.

B. The number of teaching jobs increased.

C. Salaries in chemical engineering increased.

D. The number of jobs with benefits decreased.

10. Which of the following majors has the best job prospects, according to the story?

A. Information systems management.

B. Accounting.

C. Computer science.

D. Teaching.

D

Steve Nash scored seven of his 39 points in overtime(加时赛) after hitting a game-tying three-pointer in regulation, and the Phoenix Suns earned their first trip to the Western Conference finals in 12 years with a thrilling(激动人心的) 130-126 victory over Dallas on Friday. Phoenix won two straight games to take this series 4-2 and set up a meeting with the San Antonio Spurs beginning Sunday. It will be the Suns' first appearance in the conference finals since their NBA Finals season in 1993. Nash continues to back up his MVP status(最有价值球员) with memorable games. In addition to his 39 points, he grabbed(抓住) nine rebounds and handed out 12 assists -- continually setting up his teammates for clutch field goals at key moments in the game. His leaning three-pointer with 5.7 seconds left in regulation tied the game and quieted an American Airlines Center crowd that used to cheer for him when he played for the Mavericks.

11. According to the news, which of the following statements is true?

A. It was the first time that The Phoenix Suns had gotten to the Western Conference finals.

B. Steve Nash played an important role in the Phoenix Suns’ earning their trip to the Western Conference finals.

C. The Phoenix Suns will defeat the San Antonio Spurs.

D. Nash just played for The Phoenix Suns.

12. What does the underlined part “back up” mean?

A. go backward    B. block    C. support    D. change

E

A technology for finding Web sites by typing words into the address bar of a browser(浏览) is coming out in South Korea after failing in the United States, and could make the Internet more accessible(可用的) for non-English speakers.

The technology is the work of a company called Netpia that aims to cut out search engines. It already works for hundreds of thousands of Korean-language addresses recognized by Netpia’s database(数据库), and the company is testing it in another 95 languages.

Web site operators have to register key words with Netpia, for a fee, to make the service work.

“Two-thirds of the world use non-English language and if this technology is adopted(采用), it will make it much easier to find a Web site and thus boost(增强，提高) cyber transactions and accessibility to Web information,” Lee Pan-jung, chief executive at Netpia, said in a recent interview.

“People feel more comfortable with their mother language and this technology is a very useful tool to spur(激励，策动)the use of the Internet as it appeals(引起兴趣) even to children and elderly people with no knowledge of English.”

A U.S. company called Realnames had offered a similar keyword addressing service and once tried to take over Netpia. But the deal failed and Realnames stopped operations last year after Microsoft Corp. ended a partnership that made the service work with its Explorer browser.

Some analysts are pessimistic(悲观的) about whether it can compete with search engines such as Google, which is available in some 90 languages.