When we read books we seem to enter a new world. This new world can be similar to the one we are living in, or it can be very __2 1__. Some stories are told __22__ they were true. Real people who live in a __23__ world do real things; in other words, the stories are about people just like us doing what we do. Other stories, such as the Harry Potter books, are not __24__ . They are characters and creatures that are very different from us and do things that would be __25__ for us.
But there is more to books and writing than this. If we think about it, even realistic writing is only __26__. How can we tell the difference between what is real and what is not real? For example, when we read about Harry Potter ,we __27__ seem to learn something about the real world. And when Harry studies magic at Hogwarts, he also learns more about his real life than __28__. Reading, like writing, is an action. It is a way of __ 29__. When we read or write something ,we do much more than simple look at words on a page. We use our __30__--which is real—and our imagination—which is real in a different way --- to make the words come to life in our minds.
Both realism and fantasy(幻想) __ 31__ the imagination and the “magic” of reading and writing to make us think. When we read __32__ realistic, we have to imagine that the people we are reading about are just like us, even though we __33__ that we are real and they are __34__. It sounds __35__ , but it works. When we read, we fill in missing information and __36__ about the causes and effects of what a character does. We help the writer by __37__ that what we read is like real life. In a way, we are writing the book, too.
Most of us probably don’t think about what is going on in our __38__ when we are reading. We pick up a book and lose __39__ in a good story, eager to find out what will happen next. Knowing how we feel __40__ we read can help us become better readers, and it will help us discover more about the real magic of books.
21. A. different
B. possible
C. easy
D. new
22. A. as if
B. that
C. what
D. whether
23. A. common
B. usual
C. normal
D. certain
24. A. instructive
B. realistic
C. reasonable
D. moral
25. A. necessary
B. difficult
C. impossible
D. important
26. A. planned
B. thinkable
C. designed
D. imagined
27. A. are
B. do
C. make
D. have
28. A. magic
B. lessons
C. dreams
D. experience
29. A. understanding B. working
C. thinking
D. living
30. A. grammar
B. knowledge
C. skill
D. words
31. A. have
B. make
C. get
D. use
32. A. a story
B. a newspaper
C. something
D. everything
33. A. hope
B. find
C. learn
D. know
34. A. so
B. too
C. not
D. all
35. A. terrible
B. dangerous
C. serious
D. strange
36. A. think
B. talk
C. learn
D. read
37. A. guessing
B. telling
C. pretending
D. promising
38. A. society
B. mind
C. life
D. world
39. A. ourselves
B. heart
C. time
D. money
40. A. why
B. what
C. how
D. when
答案
21.A
22.A
23.C
24.B
25.C
26.D
27.B
28.A
29.C
30.B
31.D
32.C
33.D
34.C
35.D
36.A
37.C
38.B
39.A
40.D
请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Stefan and Erika Svanstrom on a four-month honeymoon were hit by several natural disasters, including the Australian floods, Christchurch earthquake and Japanese tsunami.
The
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couple left Sweden on December 6 and were
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caught in Munich, Germany, due to one of Europe’s worst snowstorms.
Later, they flew on to Australia which then
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with one of the most terrible hurricanes in the nation’s history. From there, the couple,
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, were forced to
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for 24 hours on the floor of a shopping centre with 2500 others.
“Trees were being
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and big branches were scattered across the streets,” Stefan told Sweden’s Expressen newspaper. “We
42
escaped”
The couple then flew to Christchurch, New Zealand.
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their arriving, a massive earthquake
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magnitude 6.3 hit the city on February 22.
Erika said “We could not visit the city since it was completely in
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, so instead we travelled around before going to Japan.” But days after the Svanstroms arrived, Tokyo was
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by Japan’s largest earthquake
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records began. “The trembling was horrible and we saw roof debris (碎片) fly off the buildings,” Mr. Svantrom said. “
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seemed the buildings were swaying
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.”
The family returned to Sweden on March 29 after a(n)
50
calmer visit to their last destination China.
But Mr. Svanstrom, who also survived the very tsunami
51
hit Southeast Asia in 2004, said “I know marriages have to experience some
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, but I think we have
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most of them.” ,
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that the marriage had become strong.
“We’ve certainly experienced
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our fair share of catastrophes, but the most important thing is that we’re together and happy.” said the couple.
36. A. new-married
B. newly-marry
C. newly-married
D. new-marry
37. A. finally
B. eventually
C. gradually
D. immediately
38. A. met
B. faced
C. hit
D. come
39. A. in vain
B. in panic
C. in sorrow
D. in depression
40. A. hide
B. stay
C. remain
D. shelter
41. A. taken over
B. turned over
C. got over
D. knocked over
42. A. nearly
B. narrowly
C. almost
D. easily
43. A. At
B. With
C. On
D. For
44. A. measuring
B. is measured
C. measures
D. measured
45. A. mess
B. order
C. chaos
D. control
46. A. effected
B. destroyed
C. shaken
D. suffered
47. A. when
B. while
C. as
D. since
48. A. It
B. There
C. That
D. What
49. A. in and out
B. here and there
C. backwards and forwards D. back and forth
50. A. pretty
B. fairly
C. much
D. even
51. A. which
B. as
C. that
D. what
52. A. trials
B. tricks
C. trips
D. triangles
53. A. looked through B. put through
C. come through
D. got through
54. A. added
B. adding
C. added to
D .adding to
55. A. rather than
B. other than
C. more than
D. less than
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完形填空（记叙文）A long time ago, in Egypt, there lived a famous person named Zun-Nun. A young man came to 1 him and asked, “I don’t 2 why people like you always dress simply.” Zun-Nun smiled and 3 his ring down from one of his fingers and said, “I’ll answer your 4 but first take this ring and go to the 5 across this street. Can you sell this for one chip of gold?” Looking at the dirty ring, the young man became 6 , “One chip of gold? I’m not sure if it could be 7 at that price.”
The young man went to the market quickly. He 8 the ring to the vegetable, meat and fish traders, and the others. But nobody was willing to 9 a chip of gold. He went back and reported, “Nobody was 10 enough to offer more than one chip of gold.” With a smile Zun-Nun said, “Now go to the gold shop in this street and show this to the 11 trader. Don’t give your 12 , just see how much he will pay for it.”
The young man went to the shop 13 and returned with a (n) 14 expression on his face. He reported, “The trader offered one thousand chips of gold for this ring, and the 15 of it was one thousand times higher than what the traders in the market offered.” Zun-Nun just smiled and 16 softly, “That was the answer to your question, my friend. A person cannot be valued only by his 17 . The gold and diamond inside someone could 18 be seen and valued if you could look at the 19 soul. It requires heart to see, and it involves a 20 . We cannot see it from the words or attitude. Many a time what we think is brass is gold.”
1. A. begB. visitC. helpD. question
2. A. agreeB. supposeC. understandD. think
3. A. heldB. putC. tookD. tore
4. A. questionB. telephoneC. alarmD. description
5. A. playgroundB. companyC. stageD. market
6. A. carefulB. doubtfulC. hopefulD. helpful
7. A. sortedB. checkedC. importedD. sold
8. A. offeredB. addedC. donatedD. led
9. A. costB. searchC. payD. buy
10. A. greedyB. braveC. justD. cruel
11. A. coalB. steelC. cottonD. gold
12. A. priceB. attitude C. adviceD. explanation
13. A. repairedB. mentionedC. damagedD. painted
14. A. angryB. pitifulC. coldD. different
15. A. colorB. weightC. valueD. size
16. A. spokeB. feltC. touchedD. played
17. A. languageB. accentC. kindnessD. dress
18. A. alsoB. onlyC. stillD. always
19. A. outerB. extraC. innerD. lost
20. A. processB. locationC. luck D. support
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