Part 3  Reading and Writing   (第三部分读写)

VI. Reading comprehension (阅读理解): (共50分)

A.     Choose the best answers (根据短文内容，选择最恰当的答案): (12分)

What did you do on April 23, World Book Day, last year? Did you find some interesting books to read? Here is a book list from China’s GAPP.

74. Who wrote the book” Don’t Blame Me, it’s Not My Fault” ?

   A) Jimmy.           B) Yamamoto Ryoichi.     C) Song Chao.                D) Randy Pausch.

75.The book, Climate Change + 2 Degrees mainly tells us _________.

   A) that the earth’s temperature will surely go up 2°C.     

   B) the history of different countries in the world

   C) the future of global warming

   D) how we can protect our earth before the global warming comes

76. We can know about Shanghai World Expo from ______ of The World Exposition Reader.

   A) part 1              B) part 2                C) part 3                  D) the last part

77. Which of the following is NOT true in the book The Last Lecture?

   A) The professor is from America.     

   B) The professor was in his poor health.

   C) The professor shared his opinion with his audience.             

   D) The professor talked a lot about his illness in his lecture.

78. The writer introduces some________ to us for World Book Day.

   A) books            B) pictures               C) cities                    D) famous people

79. The passage maybe comes from __________.

   A) a diary                                                B) a novel             

C) a book advertisement                           D) film reviews

B.       Choose the words or expressions and complete the passage（选择最恰当的单词或词语完成短文):（12分）

It’s reported that the number of dead pigs from the Huangpu River has reached over 10,000. Workers have been busy     80     the floating pigs from the river so far, and the government have said that the dead pigs will be dealt with safely. An official from a local water company said the city’s     81     had not been polluted and was safe for human drinking, because they had taken some useful actions.

Qian Huizhong, Director of a Water Plant in Shanghai told reporters that, "If the water is     82    , we will put more disinfectants(消毒剂) to clean the water."

Tags on the ears of the pigs show that they     83     have come from the upper reaches (上游) of the Huangpu River in Jiaxing City, east China’s Zhejiang Province, but the tags only show the animals’ birthplace. Officials said that no serious pig epidemic(传染病)had     84     in Jiaxing. The tests found a pig virus that could spread     85     pigs but not to human beings in one water sample(样本) taken from the Huangpu River. All other tests showed no signs of serious disease. The river is a main source of drinking water for Shanghai, an eastern city of 23 million people in China.

80. A) collecting        B) picking                C) selling                 D) putting

81. A) air                       B) water                  C) food                 D) land

82. A) dirty            B) clean                C) safe                  D) soft

83. A) should           B) must                C)need                   D) may

84. A) taken out        B) put out              C) broken out            D) worked out

85. A) between           B) among                C) opposite            D) from