Russian tradition orders that men should kiss each other three times on the cheeks at official functions. Now, a new ruling in Moscow is calling for politicians in the capital to stick to the old handshake. According to Britain's The Telegraph newspaper, politicians in Moscow have been told to stop kissing each other when they meet because the "kissing ceremony" takes so long.
Leonid Brezhnev, the general secretary of the Communist Party from 1964 to 1982, was famous for treating male colleagues to a full lip-lock. One photograph of him kissing Erich Honecker, the leader of the Democratic Republic of Germany, was used for a protest painting on the Berlin Wall with the caption: "Oh, God, help me survive this deadly love".
Kissing three times on the cheeks at official occasions is a Russian tradition. The practice has been revived among high-ranking officials in past years. In the distant past, a kiss from the tsar (emperor) was the highest sign of recognition. The Moscow ruling, however, has prompted authorities in other cities to consider banning the practice.
Alexei Kleshko, a parliament member in Siberia, said: "Single-sex kisses should be avoided, including at official meetings. It's enough to shake hands. Of course, if one is talking about a long friendship or fatherly relations, it might be OK to embrace. But that's the maximum that should be allowed."
Another MP Vladimir Gorlov, said he only allowed himself to kiss the hand of a woman at work:"There are informal relations and there are meetings governed by protocol," he said. "When a man is kissing another man at an official event, I have a negative attitude towards it. There are rules of decency. "
21. Moscow is calling for politicians to stick to handshake because ______.
A. it is popular at home and abroad
B. it is their tradition
C. it saves time
D. Russian women have a strong love of it
22. By mentioning Brezhnev, the author ______.
A. wants to show his respect to Brezhnev
B. admires Brezhnev for his skills at kissing
C. just shows the media made fun of pictures of politicians kissing
D. praises Brezhnev's good relation with Honecker
23. If the tsar kissed a Russian woman, she would feel _______.
A. nervous
B. proud
C. shameful
D. curious
24. We can infer from the last two paragraphs that ______.
A. Kleshko is strongly against any kind of kiss
B. Kleshko is a man out of date
C. Gorlove shares the same view with Kleshko in single-sex kisses
D. Gorlove won't kiss any man in any form
25. What does the last sentence mean?
A. It's OK for the men-to-men kiss afer work.
B. Men-to-men kiss violates the rule of decency especially at work.
C. Men-to-men kiss advocates the rule of decency especially at work.
D. It's normal for the woman-to-man kiss at work.
Passage Two
Even before my father left us, my mother had to go back to work to support our family. Once I came out of the kitchen, complaining, "Mom, I can't peel potatoes. I have only one hand."
Mom never looked up from sewing. "You get.yourself into that kitchen and peel those potatoes," she told me. "And don't ever use that as an excuse for anything again!"
In the second grade, our teacher lined up my class on the playground and had each of us race across the monkey bars, swinging from one high steel rod to the next. When it was my turn, I shook my head. Some kids behind me laughed, and I went home crying.
That night I told Mom about it. She hugged me, and I saw her "we'll see about that" look. The next afternoon, she took me back to school. At the deserted playground, Mom looked carefully at the bars.
"Now, pull up with your right arm," she advised. She stood by as I struggled to lift myself with my right hand until I could hook the bar with my other elbow. Day after day we practiced, and she praised me for every rung I reached. I'll never forget the next time, crossing the rungs, I looked down at the kids who were standing with their mouths open.
One night, after a dance at my new junior high school, I lay in bed sobbing. I could hear Mom come into my room, "Mom," I said, weeping, "none of the boys would dance with me."
For a long time, I didn't hear anything. Then she said, "Oh, honey, someday you'll be beating those boys off with a bat." Her voice was faint and cracking. I peeked out from my covers to see tears running down her cheeks. Then I knew how much she suffered on my behalf. She had never let me see her tears.
26. Which of the following expressions can be used most suitably to describe Mom's attitude when she made the child peel potatoes?
A. Cruel.
B. Serious.
C. Strict.
D. Cold.
27. From the passage, we know monkey bars can help a child train ______.
A. the skill to throw and catch things
B. the speed of one's hand movement
C. the strength and skill to hang and sway
D. the bodily skill to rotate round a bar
28. What does the sentence "I saw her 'we'll see about that' look" imply?
A. Mom believed every aim could be achieved if you stuck to it.
B. The race across monkey bars was not difficult enough for a child to give up.
C. Mom was determined to prove she herself was better than the teacher.
D. What the child had said brought Mom great attraction and curiosity.
29. When the child looked down at the kids, they were standing with their mouths open because ______.
A. they felt sorry for what they had done before
B. they were afraid the author might fall off and get hurt
C. they wanted to see what the author would do on the bars
D. they were astonished to find the author's progress
30. The most probable conclusion we can draw after reading the passage is ______.
A. the last incident was sad enough to make Mom weep
B. the child's experience reminded Mom of that of her own
C. Mom could solve any problem except the one in the last paragraph
D. in fact Mom suffered more in the process of the child's growth

Ⅲ．標(biāo)音。用國(guó)際音標(biāo)標(biāo)出下列單詞中劃線字母或字母組合的讀音。(本大題共20小題,每小題0.5分，共10分)(注意：考生使用新式或老式音標(biāo)均可)
31. need 32. this
33. anything 34. march
35. wood 36. sharp
37. couple 38. bridge
39. bound 40. voice
41. merely 42. compare
43. yellow 44. without
45. use 46. guide
47. touch 48.person
49.trouble 50.friends

Ⅳ．完形填空(將正確答案填在答題紙相應(yīng)的位置上)(本大題共20小題，每小題0.5分，共10分)
A．從下列單詞中選擇恰當(dāng)?shù)脑~填空，每個(gè)詞只能用一次。

Ⅴ．根據(jù)所學(xué)課文內(nèi)容完成下列句子，并填在答題紙相應(yīng)的位置上。(本大題共10小題，每小題2分，共20分)
71. The Prince told Andersen "It is one thing to act in plays, another to write them." He means that___________.
72. By the well-known story "Ugly Duckling", Andersen wants to tell us___________.
73. Sidney's main problem when he was on the stage for the first time is that___________.
74. In Night Watch, the Marine became the right son at the right time. He has proved in a very human way that___________.
75. By talking about fiddle tunes, and playing the violin, Agent X finally succeed in___________.
76. In Story of an Hour, Louise Mallard finally died because of___________.
77. In The Day I Was Fat, Lois never realized that she was fat because___________.
78. Mr. Budd helped the police arrest the criminal by___________.
79. To other Europeans, the best-known quality of the British, and in particular, of the English, is___________.
80. In Thank You, Ma'am, the woman not only gave the boy money to buy a pair of shoes but gave___________.

Ⅵ．句子翻譯。將下列句子譯成英語(yǔ)，并填在答題紙相應(yīng)的位置上。(本大題共10小題，每小題2分，共20分)
81．錢很重要，但世上還有比錢重要得多的東西。
82．請(qǐng)等一下，我有幾個(gè)問(wèn)題要問(wèn)你。
83．他太忙了，沒(méi)有時(shí)間注意這樣的小事。
84．打字機(jī)已經(jīng)被計(jì)算機(jī)所取代。
85．我們正在討論什么時(shí)候動(dòng)身。
86．他去美國(guó)前已經(jīng)學(xué)了5年英語(yǔ)。
87．他無(wú)法使自己接受這一事實(shí)。
88．他久久凝望這張照片，回顧著過(guò)去的歲月。
89．無(wú)論我如何努力，也說(shuō)服不了他。
90．我警告過(guò)他油漆還是濕的。