students, and then, for the very first time, I realized that maybe I couldn’t be extraordinary.
Now, I’m well 44 that I’m no more than an ordinary person but I’m 45 with that. I went to an ordinary university and got my BA in English, and then to another ordinary university and received my MA in translation. Doing the editor’s job, I now 46 myself a life in Shanghai, such an expensive metropolitan city to live in (and I’m not a local girl).
I can’t 47 Michael Kors or Issey Miyake, but I have comfortable clothes which fit me well. I usually go out dinner with a couple of friends on weekends, not fancy of first class restaurants but sidewalk café or common restaurants where we know there are delicious food and nice 48 . I consider this not the passive acceptance, but a(n) 49 attitude of turning ―this is life‖ to ―this is the life‖. But all in all, I still have 50 , just in case they would become true one day.
Yes, be ordinary and be happy. 31. A. view 32. A. missed 33. A. perfect 34. A. heavily
B. spot
C. scene C. ticked C. lonely
D. effect D. watched D. fashionable D. differently D. humour D. even though D. rare D. amazed D. stop D. harmful D. catch D. worried D. top D. afraid D. lucky D. offer D. affect D. condition D. optimistic D. chances
B. skipped B. noisy
B. similarly B. lifestyle B. now that B. hard
C. practically C. wisdom C. as if C. rough C. scared
35. A. experience 36. A. in case 37. A. ordinary 38. A. puzzled 39. A. start 40. A. simple 41. A. check 42. A. annoyed 43. A. clever 44. A. aware 45. A. grateful 46. A. enjoy 47. A. attract 48. A. service 49. A. fair
B. touched B. gain
C. continue C. foolish C. change C. lost C. crazy C. awake C. happy C. devote C. afford
B. difficult B. cause
B. prepared
B. enthusiastic B. ashamed B. proud B. earn B. accept B. advice B. honest B. dreams
C. business C. free
50. A. faults C. challenges
第三部分 阅读理解 (共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分)
请阅读下列短文，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。
A
Every kid wishes to be an adult. Do you remember playing house as a child — pretending to be a grown-up like your parents? Did you imagine you were a doctor, a soldier or a teacher? At that time, anything seemed more exciting than being young.
But now as grown-ups, some adults find they cannot leave childhood behind. They become ―kidults‖. Being a kidult has become a lifestyle choice among young people across Asia.
Some kidults collect toys they once played with. Hello Kitty, Garfield, and Snoopy have many adult fans around the world. It is not unusual to see a 20-something woman with a big, Garfield-shaped cushion on her sofa or a Hello Kitty mobile phone accessory.
Other kidults still enjoy children’s stories and fairy tales. For example, the British publisher Bloomsbury even released an edition of the Harry Potter novels with an adult cover. That way, no one else on the subway will know that an adult is actually reading a children’s book.
―Kidults can be like vitamins to society. Adults who love their childhood most and hold on to pure, child-like emotion may be needed in such a rough and dry society,‖ said Lee So-jung, a professor at Hankuk University of Foreign Studies.
He added that kidult culture may fill the generation gap between adults and kids. It could give children and their parents books, movies, and cartoon shows to enjoy together.
Tim Greenhalgh, an adviser in London explained that some kidults just refuse to grow up. They hold on to childhood because working life in a busy and stressful city frightens them. Kidults would like to forget their age and openly show their fear of society and adulthood.
―So, they can escape from increasingly busy and stressful lives that are hard to deal with,‖ Greenhalgh said.
51. Why does a kid wish to be an adult?
A. Because he wants to be independent.
B. Because he doesn’t want to be controlled by adults. C. Because he wants to experience the real world.
D. Because he believes there will be more exciting life ahead. 52. What can we infer from the passage?
A. Some kidults refuse to grow up.
B. Some kidults in Britain like reading on the subway. C. Some kidults think childhood is the best time of their life. D. Some kidults want to escape from the busy and stressful life 53. One of the advantages of the kidult culture is that ______.
A. it can make adults face the real social life B. it can make our society young and full of life C. it can increase the sales of children’s books
D. it can lead to harmonious relationship between adults and kids 54. Which of the following is the best title for the article?
A. Kids or Grown-ups C. Fearful Adulthood
B
B. Happy Childhood D. Kidult Culture
Phyllis Wheatley is regarded as America’s first black poet. She was born in Senegal, Africa in about 1753 and brought to America at about the age of seven. John and Susannah Wheatley bought her for three pounds at a slave (奴隶) market in Boston in 1761. Phyllis was soon accepted as one of the family, which included being raised and educated with the Wheatley’s twin 15-year-old children, Mary and Nathaniel. At that time, most females, even from better families, could not read and write, but Mary was probably one of the best educated young women in Boston. Mary wanted to become a teacher, and in fact, it was Mary who decided to take charge of Phyllis Wheatley’s education. Phyllis soon showed her remarkable talents. At the age of twelve she was reading the Greek and Latin classics.
At the age of thirteen, Phyllis wrote her first poem. She became a Boston sensation (引起轰动的人物) after she wrote a poem on the death of the preacher George Whitfield in 1770. It became common to read Phyllis Wheatley’s poetry in polite society. Mary had tried to interest publishers in Phyllis Wheatley’s poems, but once they heard she was black they weren’t interested.
Then in 1773 Phyllis went with Nathaniel, who was now a businessman, to London. Thirty-nine of her poems were published in London as Poems on Various Subjects. It was the first book published by a black American. In 1775 Phyllis wrote a poem about George Washington and sent it to him. He responded by praising her talents and inviting her to visit his headquarters. After both of her benefactors (恩人) died in 1777 and in 1778, Phyllis was freed. She married in 1778, moved away from Boston, and had three children. But after the unhappy marriage, she moved back to Boston, and died in poverty in 1783. 55. Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?
A. Those days the black were looked down upon. B. Phyllis read a lot of books when she was young.
C. Phyllis didn’t move away from Boston until she got married. D. Phyllis Wheatley’s first poem interested and excited the public.
56. Which is the correct order of Phyllis Wheatley’s life according to the passage?
a. US president sang high praise for her. b. People became curious about her poems. c. Mary began to educate her. d. Phyllis was freed as a slave.
e. She served Nathaniel all the way to London. A. a-c-e-d-b
B. e-c-b-d-a
C. c-b-e-a-d
D. d-c-e-b-a
57. Which statement about Phyllis is supported by the passage?
A. She died young.
B. She got a good school education. C. Her first poem was published in London. D. She was regarded as a poet after being freed.
C
Overweight seems to be a national trouble. Diets, books on dieting, dieting organizations, and advice from doctors and health professionals do not seem to be enough. Millions of people have turned to dangerous drugs or harmful diets to starve off their hunger. The meat industry and the fast-food restaurants have more to do with America’s weight problem than anything else. Each day we are filled with powerful TV and radio ads promoting (推介) the idea that it’s perfectly OK to have bacon and eggs for breakfast, hamburgers and French fries for lunch, and fried chicken and French fries for supper.
Is there a healthy diet that people can use to lose weight and keep themselves slim and fit forever? There is indeed. But it requires removal of meat, fish, and milk products from the diet forever.
A healthy diet-and-exercise regimen (养生之道) is actually pretty simple. That is to cut meat, fish, and milk products out of the picture completely (and I do mean completely).
* Do not eat any meat, fish, eggs, or milk products. No cheese, no ice cream, no pizza, and no butter.
* Eat only low-fat, and low-sugar foods. Eat fruit (in reasonable amounts) for desserts. * As much as possible, avoid drinks with caffeine, such as coffee, tea, or cola.
* Use soya drinks instead of milk. Soya drinks are high in protein and generally fairly low in fat.
* Eat cereals, grains, bread, and pasta in reasonable amounts (with no cheese, but always with high-protein foods).
* Jog or fast-walk at least one mile per day. If you are unused to this level of exercise, start with smaller distances and build up to a mile.
It has been known for years that it is possible to get all the protein we need from high-protein vegetarian foods. Many restaurants now serve vegetable-protein meals, such as veggie-burgers or refried bean tacos and burritos; be sure to ask for them without cheese or sour cream!
58. The underlined words ―starve off their hunger‖ in the first paragraph most probably mean ______.
A. satisfy their need of losing weight C. make themselves feel hungry
B. slow down the feeling of hunger D. wish for being slim