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It was a village in India. The people were poor. However, they were not unhappy. After all, their forefathers had lived in the same way for centuries.
Then one day, some visitors from the city arrived. They told the villagers there were some people elsewhere who liked to eat frog’s legs. However, they did not have enough frogs of their own, and so they wanted to buy frogs from other places.
This seemed like money for nothing. There were millions of frogs in the fields around, and they were no use to the villagers. All they had to do was catch them. Agreement was reached, and the children were sent into the fields to catch frogs. Every week a truck arrived to collect the catch and hand over the money. For the first time, the people were able to dream of a better future. But the dream didn’t last long.
The change was hardly noticed at first, but it seemed as if the crops were not doing so well. More worrying was that the children fell ill more often, and, there seemed to be more insects around lately.
The villagers decided that they couldn’t just wait to see the crops failing and the children getting weak. They would have to use the money earned to buy pesticides(杀虫剂) and medicines. Soon there was no money left.
Then the people realized what was happening. It was the frog. They hadn’t been useless. They had been doing an important job—eating insects. Now with so many frogs killed, the insects were increasing more rapidly. They were damaging the crops and spreading diseases.
Now, the people are still poor. But in the evenings they sit in the village square and listen to sounds of insects and frogs. These sounds of the night now have a much deeper meaning.
32．From paragraph 1 we learn that the villagers __________.
A. worked very hard for centuries
B. were poor but somewhat content (满足的)
C. dreamed of having a better life
D. lived a different life from their forefathers
33．Why did the villagers agree to sell frogs ?
A. The frogs were easy money.
B. They needed money to buy medicine.
C. They wanted to please the visitors.
D. The frogs made too much noise.
34．What might be the cause of the children’s sickness?
A. The crops didn't do well.
B. There were too many insects.
C .The visitors brought in diseases.
D. The pesticides were overused.
35．What can we infer推断 from the last sentence of the text ?
A. Happiness comes from peaceful life in the country.
B. Health is more important than money.
C. The harmony(和谐) between man and nature is important.
D. Good old days will never be forgotten.
第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）
根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。选项中有两项为多余选项。
36．Friendships between Americans can be close and real, yet disappear soon if situations change. Neither side feels hurt by this. Both may exchange Christmas greetings for a year or two, perhaps a few letters for a while, then no more. If the same two people meet again by chance, even years later, 37．. This can be quite difficult for us Chinese to understand, because friendships between us flow more slowly but then may become lifelong feelings.
Another difficult point for us to understand is that 38．. This is usually the opposite of the practice in our country where we may be generous with our time. Sometimes, we, as hosts, will appear at airports even in the middle of the night to meet a friend; 39． . The Americans, however, they will probably expect us to get ourselves from the airport to our own hotel by bus. And they expect that we will phone them from there. Once we arrive at their homes, 40． . For the Americans, it is often considered more friendly to invite a friend to their homes than to go to restaurants, except for pure business matters. So accept their hospitality at home!
A. they don’t show their politeness if it requires a great deal of time
B. Friendships between Americans usually extend deeply into their families.
C. Americans always show their warmth even if they are very busy.
D. the welcome will be full, warm and real
E. we may take days off to act as guides to our foreign friends
F. they pick up the friendship
G. America is a mobile society.
 
第三部分  英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）
第一节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
    阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
My school goes all the way from classes for five year olds to classes for 18 year olds, with a     area for the junior and senior school.
Last year, I      my old year 5 teacher in the library. My teacher called me        and asked how I was going. Then she told me about Clare. “I have a girl in my year 3 class. Her name’s Clare and she        me so much of you, Cassie. She seems a little bit        and quiet in class. Do you think you could come down on lunch time and maybe have a        with her?” Of course I was very        to do this and to meet Clare in order to find our how,      , she was like me.
  Clare turned out to be a pale little girl, slim and small       her age. After talking to the 8-year-old for a while, I discovered that we both     reading and writing short stories, I      the Chronicles of Narnia, explaining that it was a wonderful fantasy series.
I started       the junior school often to read aloud some of the books to Clare. After a while, other girls started coming to     too, and I started getting a       in the junior school as the “big reading girl”. Some days I didn’t read and      just talked to Clare. We talked about her friends, school work and books. And she always      me so much with her great intelligence.
There are days when I get so excited about Clare, about how     she is and how far she’ll go in life. Being with her and       to her excites me to no end, I just wanted to       that excitement with you and to encourage everyone to guide somebody in their life who could use a little bit of      and encouragement.
41．A. wonderful     B. quiet    C. separate   D. distant
42．A. ran into    B. looked for     C. called on   D. get through
43．A. up     B. over        C. down     D. away
44．A. warns       B. convinces      C. informs   D. reminds
45．A. lost    B. attracted        C. gone     D. devoted
46．A. lesson        B. chat       C. quiz    D. game
47．A. grateful     B. nervous         C. eager    D. proud
48．A. obviously      B. exactly         C. generally  D. gradually
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