D. The audiences should check the age policy before buying the tickets.

B

People speak English in different parts of the world. The same words can be used in different ways, depending on where you live. People can also have completely different ways of saying the same thing.

1'he Oxford English Dictionary(OED) is asking the public to help it add new words. Editors want to find the regional differences in English around the world. They want to expand its record of the language.

Last year, the OED, BBC Radio and the Forward Arts Foundation teamed up to find local words in the United Kingdom. It resulted in more than 100 regional words and phrases being added to the dictionary. One was \

Now, the OED is widening its search to English speakers around the world. Eleanor Maier, an editor at OED. said the response has been great. Editors are listing a bunch of suggestions to include in the dictionary.

These include Hawaii's \word for a swimming costume, \

The OED also might include the word \a downpour of rain. Another possibility is \and New York City.

The dictionary has already found that, depending on location, a picture hanging off center might be described as \

\slang and regional language. Maier also said that it can be difficult for the OED's editors to identify regional words. The terms are more often spoken than written down.

The appeal is called Words Where You Are. It is looking for more suggestions. uWe were surprised and pleased by the number of regional words wc were able to include,\(C)24. \'，.

A. hammajang B. dookcrs C. brick D. ahoo 【解析】见第六段。

(C)25. Which local word of the following is most likely from regions of the United Kingdom?

A. aglcy B. frog-drowncr C. cuddy wiftcr D. brick 【解析】见第三段。

(A)26. What can be inferred from the passage?

A. It is challenging to create a complete collection of regional words. B. People are not committed to responding to the appeal for regional words. C. People use regional words only when they are home or with close friends. D. Having an understanding of regional words can be helpful when communicating. 【解析】见第八段。

(D)27. Which of the following can best summarize the main idea of the passage?

A. It's time to trace the source of local words.

B. The same English words can be used to say different things. C. Oxford Dictionary aims to enlarge its collection to appeal to locals. D. Oxford Dictionary will include more regional words from around the globe. 【解析】第二自然段起到了 topic paragraph的作用。

C

On September 11, 2001, I was in the second week of the new school year with my senior English class at T. C. Williams High School just a few miles south of the Pentagon.

Suddenly that morning, a colleague who grew up in New York, opened the classroom door and said, \never letting school get in the way of my students' education. I switched on the TV in front of the room, and my students and I listened to the announcers make a guess about what had

happened——only to see the second plane hit. At first, the sight of the towers burning didn't seem to have much more immediacy (紧迫性)than a TV action movie. Soon, however, things in that classroom would get far too immediate.

In what seemed like about a half-hour after the second plane hit, we heard a loud explosion outside the school. Several students were shocked and I told them not to worry, saying that \just a car backfiring\； look at that black smoke.\know where it was coming from until, a few seconds later, the NBC reporter stationed at the Pentagon broke into the New York coverage to say that he felt the ground shake beneath him as he heard an explosion—obviously the same one that had just surprised my students. It was several

minutes before it was announced that the explosion came from a plane hitting the Pentagon.

At that point, a boy a football player suddenly came undone and had to be comforted by the girls in the class. His mom worked in the Pentagon, and when he tried to get her on his cellphone he could not get through.

Reports vastly overestimated the number of deaths in the Pentagon. Some reports were estimating over 800 dead when the actual death toll at the Pentagon was 125. (B)28. The author was working as on September 11, 2001.

A. a security guard B. a teacher in a school C. a TV reporter for NBC 【解析】见第一段。

(D)29. What can be inferred from the second paragraph?

A. Another plane hit the Pentagon before the author turned on the TV. B. The author thought the hit got in the way of his students' education. C. The author's colleague forced him and his students to watch the TV report. D. The author believed that there exists something deserving attention besides school. 【解析】由 I've always believed in never letting school get in the way of my students' education. 可知。

(C)30. Which of the following is TRUE based on the third paragraph?

A. The boy sitting near the windows witnessed the hit.

B. The author tried to comfort his students by telling them the truth. C. The loud explosion was caused by the plane hitting the Pentagon.

D. The author realized the Pentagon was hit immediately he heard the loud explosion. 【解析】由 Wc could sec an enormous plume of smoke rising in the distance, but dicin't know where it was coming from until, a few seconds later, the NBC reporter stationed at the Pentagon broke into the New York coverage to say that he felt the ground shake beneath him as he heard an explosion—obviously the same one that had just surprised my students.可知作者和他的学生在飞机 撞向五角大楼后，起初还以为是汽车发动机的声音?接着才看到升起的浓烟,然后派驻五角大楼的新 闻记者报道证实五角大楼被撞。

(A)31. What does the author mean by mentioning the football player suddenly came undone?

A. The football player lost self-control as he was unable to contact his mum. B. The football player felt at a loss as his mum left without saying good-bye.

D. an officer in the Pentagon

C. The football player was terrified when a car crashed against the school gate. D. The football player exploded with anger since he was forbidden to use his cell phone. 【解析】由第四段 His mom worked in the Pentagon, and when he tried to get her on his cellphone he could not get through.可见男孩子是在担心他的妈妈。 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。选项中有两项为多余选项。

Delayed onset （开始）muscle soreness is a common result of physical activities that stress the muscle tissue beyond what it is accustomed to. Performing any type of physical activity, including working out, can cause delayed onset muscle soreness. 32. E Vary your exercise routine. 33. D Mix up your physical activities by doing both cardio(心 脏的）and weight training.

Warm up and cool down for 5-10 minutes each. Do a slower version of your exercise before and afterwards. Warming up helps to warm your muscles in preparation. 34. B

Stop before your body is physically overtaxed（使 超负荷）or in pain. If you arc doing a physical activity and start to feel pain, then it's time to take a break or stop entirely for the day.

35. C Signals of a worn-out muscle system can include sharp pains, cramps（抽筋）,or even loss of muscle power.

36. A A foam（泡沫）roller is exactly what it sounds like, a small tube-shaped piece of foam. Sit on an exercise mat on the floor and position the roller to one side of your sore muscles. Apply gentle pressure as you roll the foam over your muscles. Repeat this rolling motion until you feel your muscles begin to release.

A. Apply a foam roller to your sore muscles for 5-10 minutes.

B. Cooling down allows your body temperature to return to resting levels.

C. It's also important to build up any training plan slowly to avoid overtaxing your body early on.

D. If you perform the same action day after day, then your muscles will get overly tired, instead of strengthening.

E. Most of the soreness should only last for 24-72 hours, but there are ways to avoid the delayed onset muscle soreness.

F. Before running or playing an intensive sport, the athletes might slowly jog to warm their