16. B[解析] 联系上下文句意可知，本题应用“almost”表达“几乎每个大城市”的句意。
17. C[解析] 由下句“uses a wheelchair or walks with crutches”可知，Perlman所患疾病使腿残疾。故答案为C“legs”。
18. A[解析] stop sb. from doing sth.是固定结构，意为“阻止某人做某事”。
19. D[解析] 联系上下文可知此处用special, special talent意为“特殊的天赋”。
20. C[解析] appear on television用在此处符合上下文语境，意为“出现在银幕上”。
21. D[解析] 从下句的“loud or soft ”两个互为反义的单词可以判断，横线处应该选择与“joyful”意义相反的词语。故选D。
22. A[解析] 此处表达的是“不仅仅是音乐”，alone符合题意。
23. B[解析] 此处意为“大家说他能够把在演奏中感受到的快乐展示出来”，故应用“feels”。
24. A[解析] as作连词时有“随着……”的意思。
25. C[解析] 形容词dark前应该用系动词looks，意为“看起来”，符合句意。
阅读理解/Reading comprehension(50分)
A
Mr Brown was going away for a week. Before he left, he said to his son, “if anyone asks for me, you can tell him that your father has been out for doing something, and will be back in a week, then be sure to ask him to sit down for a cup of tea.”
“OK, Dad,” said his son. But he was afraid his son couldnt remember this, he wrote these words down on a piece of paper and gave it to him. His son put it into his small pocket, took it out and looked at it every now and then.
Four days passed, but no one came to see his father. The boy thought that there was no man to come and that the piece of paper was of no more use for him, so he burnt it that evening.
The next afternoon, someone knocked at the door. The boy opened it. A man was standing at the door and said, “Where is your father?” The boy put his hand into his pocket at once and looked for the piece of paper. He could not find it. He suddenly remembered he had burnt it, so he shouted, “No more.”
The man was very surprised. He asked, “No more? I met your father last week. When did it happen?”
“Burnt yesterday evening.”
26. Mr Brown told his son that .
A. he would be away from home for four days
B. he would be back in seven days
C. he would be back in a month
D. he liked a cup of tea
27. Mr Brown wrote the words down on .
A. the wallB. the door
C. a piece of paperD. his sons pocket
28. A man came to visit the boys father on .
A. the second dayB. the third day
C. the fourth dayD. the fifth day
29. The man was very surprised because .
A. he thought the childs father was dead
B. the child didnt ask him to sit down
C. the child gave him a cup of tea
D. he couldnt find that piece of paper
30. What was burnt? .
A. The piece of paperB. Mr Smith
C. The visitorD. The boy
B
In every little girls toy box, there might be a Barbie Doll. Barbie is 50 years old this year. It was designed in 1959 by an American businesswoman named Ruth Handler. She and her husband Elliott started the toy company Mattel. She named the new doll after their daughter Barbara. The first Barbie Doll appeared at the toy fair(交易会) in New York on March 9th, 1959. This date is used as Barbies birthday.
Mattel sold three hundred thousand Barbie Dolls in the first year at a price of three dollars. Today, a fiftyyearold Barbie in good condition might cost more than twentyseven thousand dollars. Mattel says 90% of the girls in the United States aged from three to ten own at least one Barbie Doll. And girls aged three to six own an average(平均) of about twelve.
When Mattel created Barbie Dolls half a century ago, they never thought this doll would become a legend. Now Barbie Dolls are famous all over the world. They are sold in one hundred and fifty countries, and every second three Barbie Dolls are sold around the world.
31. Who designed the first Barbie Doll in 1959?
A. Mattel.B. Elliott.
C. Barbara.D. Ruth Handler.
32. A Barbie Doll cost dollars in the first year after it appeared.
A. 3B. 50
C. 90D. 27,000
33. What does the underlined word “legend” mean in the passage?
A. 传播B. 传奇
C. 传承D. 传达
34. The writer doesnt tell us .
A. Barbie Dolls are very popular with girls
B. Barbie Dolls sell well around the world
C. what the first Barbie Doll was based on
D. the doll Barbie was named after Barbara
35. Whats the best title of the passage?
A. Barbies birthdayB. Barbie Dolls
C. A lovely girl named BarbieD. Why are Barbies popular
C
Today there are policemen everywhere, but in 1700, London had no policemen at all. A few old men used to protect the city streets at night and they were not paid.
About 300 years ago, London was starting to get bigger and more and more people began to live there. The city was very dirty and many people were poor. There were so many thieves who stole money in the streets that people stayed in their homes as much as possible.
In 1750,Henry Fielding started to pay a group of people to stop thieves. They were like policemen and were called “Bow Street Runners” because they worked near Bow Street.
Fifty years later, there were 120 “Bow Street Runners”, but London had become very big and needed more policemen. So in 1829, the first Metropolitan(or London)Police Force was started with 3,000 officers. Most of the men worked on foot, but a few rode horses. Until 1920 all the police in London were men.
Today, London police are quite well paid and for the few police officers who still ride horses, the pay is even better than for the others.
36. In 1700, the men who protected the streets were paid.
A. a few B. nothing
C. a little D. a lot
37. About 300 years ago, many people.
A. wanted to leave London B. had big houses in London
C. became policemen D. came to live in London
38. People didnt leave their houses because.
A. they had no money B. they were afraid of losing money
C. the city was not clean D. they liked homes
39. The “Bow Street Runners”.
A. stopped people stealing B. stole money
C. paid people to steal D. stopped people riding horses
40. Today, police officers who ride horses are paid.
A. the same as their workmates B. more than their workmates
C. half as much as their workmates D. less than their workmates