Every people（民族）uses its own special（特殊的）words to show its ideas and feelings. Some expressions are commonly used for many years. Others are popular for just a short time. One such American expression is“Where’s the beef?”It is used when something is not as good as it is said to be In the early 1980s “Where’s the beef?”was one of the most popular expressions in the United States. It seemed as if everyone was using it at the time.
Beef, of course,is the meat form a cow, and no food is more popular in America than a hamburger（汉堡包）made from beef. In the 1960s a businessman named Ray Kroc began building small restaurants that sold hamburgers at a low price. Kroc called his restaurants“McDonald’ s”.Ray Kroc became one of the richest businessmen in America.
Other business people watched his success. Some of them opened their own hamburger restaurants. One company（公司）called“Wendy’s”said its hamburgers were bigger than those sold by McDonald’s or anyone else’s .The Wendy’s Company began to use the expression“Where’s the beef?”to make people know that Wendy’s hamburgers were the biggest. The Wendy’s television advertisement（广告）showed three old women eating hamburgers. The bread that covered the meat was very big, but inside there was only a bit of meat. One of the women said she would not eat a hamburger with such a little piece of beef.“Where’s the beef?”she shouted in a funny way. The advertisement for Wendy’s hamburger restaurants was a success .As we said, it seemed everyone began using the expression“Where’s the beef?”
53．_______started Mc Donald’s restaurant.
A．Ray Kroc B．McDonald C．Wendy D．Three old women
54．Other people wanted to open hamburger restaurants because they thought_______.
A．they could sell hamburgers at a low price B．hamburgers were easy to make
C．beef was very popular in America D．they could make a lot of money
55．Wendy’s made the expression known to everybody_______.
A．with many old women eating hamburgers
B．by a television advertisement
C．while selling bread with a bit of meat in it
D．at the McDonald’s restaurant
56．We can learn from the passage that the expression“Where’s the beef?”means_______.
A．the beef in hamburgers is not as much as it is said to be
B．the hamburgers are not as good as they are said to be
C．something is not so good as one says
D．Wendy’s is the biggest
When we think of Hollywood, we think of films and famous film stars. They are part of Hollywood’s history. Today people make films in other places,too. Not all famous film stars live in Hollywood. But Hollywood is still a very special city in Los Angeles, California.
You can easily see where Hollywood in in Los Angeles. There is a big sign（标牌）on the hills. It says “HOLLYWOOD”.The white letters are fifty feet tall. You can see the sign from far away. The Hollywood sign is a famous Hollywood landmark（标记）in Los Angeles. Many postcards show this famous Hollywood landmark.
On the hills of Hollywood, there is also the Hollywood Bowl. This is an open-air theater. It is one of the largest open-air theaters in the world. It has seventeen thousand seats and a very different stage（舞台）.The design（设计）of the stage was made by a great American named Frank Lloyd Wright. You can listen to all kinds of concerts at the Hollywood Bowl.
49．We learn from the passage that_______.
A．Hollywood can just be seen from faraway.
B．Hollywood is now a place only for travelers
C．all the films are made in Hollywood
D．Hollywood is part of Los Angeles
50．The word “special”in the paragraph means_______.
A．new B．rich C．famous D．unusual
51．At the Hollywood Bowl_______.
A．most of American postcards are made
B．only 7000 people can get together
C．music can be enjoyed
D．you can hardly listen to different kinds of concerts
52．It seems that .
A．some famous film stars don’t choose to live in Hollywood
B．film stars don’t think Hollywood a good place to make films now
C．the Holly wood Bowl is larger than any other open-air theater in the world
D．the Hollywood Bowl is a hill in Hollywood
第二部分阅读理解（共25小题。第一节每小题2分，第二节每小题1分；满分45分）
阅读下例短文，从每题所给的四个选项中，选出最佳选项（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）
Once a group of 17-year-old schoolboys decided to break the world basketball marathon（马拉松）record. They wanted to play for 90 hours and add 6 hours to the record. Each team had 9 players, with 5 at a time. The boys decided each person would play 21.5 hours and then rest for 2 hours. Then they started at 6 o’clock in the evening.
The first night was very hard for the players. When it was their turn to rest, they were too excited to fall asleep at once. After sleeping for a short time, they had to play again. On the second night,they fell asleep as soon as they stopped, Some of them had trouble with their feet and hands, but the only serious problem was a psychological（心理学的）one. Each boy was thinking: Why am I doing this? How can I play any longer? After the third night, the players knew they could finish the 90 hours. The basketball on the fourth night was very slow. But in the final hours, the players got better. For the last few minutes, the players looked as fresh as when they started. How happy everyone was!
41．Before this basketball marathon, the world record was .
A．84 hours B．86 hours C．90 hours D．96 hours
42．The first night was hard for the players because_______.
A．they were too excited B．they only slept for a short time
C．no one watched them play D．it was very long
43．“…the players looked as fresh as when they started.”Here “fresh”means_______.
A．不熟练的 B．兴奋不己的 C．精神饱满的 D．伤痕累累的
44．Which of the following is not true.
A．Some of the boys were hurt when they played
B．It was hard for the players to fall asleep at night
C．The boys started playing at 6 o’clock in the evening
D．In the end, all the boys felt happy
Information has been put forward ____more middle school graduates will be admitted into universities.
| A．while | B．that | C．when | D．as |
Don’t leave matches or cigarettes on the table within _______ of little children.
| A．hard | B．reach | C．space | D．distance |
________ makes mistakes must correct them.
| A．Who | B．That | C．Whoever | D．Whatever |
The amount of money that he saved reached _________ 30000 dollars.
| A．as many as | B．as much as | C．as high as | D．as far as |
It is pretty well understood_______controls the flow of carbon dioxide in and out of the atmosphere today．
| A．that | B．when | C．what | D．which |
It is no use thinking about your ________ youth.
| A．gone | B．lost | C．missed | D．losing |
---Must he come to sign this paper himself?
---Yes．He______ ．
| A．need | B．must | C．may | D．will |
I wonder how he could __________ not handing in his maths exercises yesterday, for his maths teacher is always strict with his students.
| A．get along with | B．get down to | C．get away with | D．get around |
The basin _______ water soon. You can’t pour more in.
| A．is full with | B．fills with | C．is filled of | D．is filled with |
A new government ________ after the civil war.
| A．was set up | B．came into being | C．founded | D．A and B |
第一节语音知识（共5小题，每小题1分，满分5分）从 A、B、C、D四个选项中，找出其划线部分与其所给单词的划线部分读音相同的选项.
1. mean A stream B break C great D real
2. southern A thought B about C through D trouble
3. healthy A. their B. this C. teeth D. northern
4. many A. trade B. sad C anything D. taste
5. stomach A. school B. church C. machine D. change
VI . 作文：(25分)
假设你是李璐，你所在的城市在建国六十周年庆典之际出现了如下变化：
1. 很多高楼拔地而起；
2. 街道拓宽了，两旁建起了绿化带；
3. 建筑、街道增加了照明设施，夜景很美；
4. 道路、公园干净了，河水清澈了，能更多地看到蓝天、白云了。
请你写封120词左右的邮件给美国的笔友Harry，告诉他你们城市的上述变化，和他一起分享你的快乐心情。
注意：1. 邮件的开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数；
2. 可以适当增加细节，使行文连贯。
Dear Harry,
I’m so glad to write to you again to tell you about some changes in my city.________________
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Best wishes!
Yours sincerely,
Li Lu
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