第二部分閱讀理解（共兩節(jié)，滿分50分）

第一節(jié)閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的四個選項(xiàng)（A、B、C和D）中，選出最佳選項(xiàng)，并在答題卡上將該項(xiàng)涂黑。（共20小題；每小題2分，滿分40分）

A

It’s 5:00 in the morning when the alarm (鬧鐘) rings in my ears. I roll out of bed and walk blindly through the dark into the bathroom. I turn on the light and put on my glasses. The house is still as I walk downstairs while my husband and three kids sleep peacefully. Usually I go for a long run, but today I choose my favorite exercise DVD insanity. Sweat pours down my face and into my eyes. My heart races as I face my body to finish each movement. As I near the end of the exercise ,I feel extremely tired, but a smile is of my face. It’s a smile because the DVD is over , but a smile of success from pushing my body to its extreme limit.

Some people enjoy shopping, smoking , food, work, or even chocolate. But I need exercise to get through each day. Some shake heads when they see me run through the town. Others get hurt when I refuse to try just one bite of their grandmother’s chocolate cake. They raise their eyebrows, surprised by my “no thank you,” or by my choice to have a salad. Over the years , I have learned it’s okay to just say “no.” I shouldn’t feel sorry for refusing food that I don’t want to eat.

So what drives me to roll out of bed at 5:00 a.m.?What gives me the reason to just say to ice cream? Commtment. A commitment to change my life with a way that reduces daliy anxiety ,increases self –contidence and energy,extends life and and above all improce my body shape.This is the point where a smile appears on my face as I look at myself in the mirror or try on my favorite pair of jeans that now fit just right.It’s through commitmeng and swent that I can make a difference within myself inside and out.

41.Why is there a smile on the author’s face in the morning?

A.Because she sees her family sleeping peacefully.

B.Because she finishes her favorite exercise

C.Because she enjoys the interesting DVD

D.Because she feels a sense of achievement

42.Which of the folling is true accrding to Paragraph?

A.She doesn’t like others r politely

B.She likes to make others surprised

C.Others don’t understand what she dose

D.Others try to help her by offering her food

43.What does the underlined word “commitmeng” in the last paragraph mean?

A.Good health

B.Firm belief

C.A strong power

D.A regular half

44.Wtat can we learn about the author from the text?

A.She acts in a strange way

B.She wants to look different from others

C.She aims to develop a goog body shape

D.She has difficult getting along with others

B

Exploit your parking space

An unused parking space or garage can make money. If you live near a city center or an airport, you could make anything up to ￡200 or ￡300 a week. Put an advertisement（廣告）for free on Letpark or Atmyhousepark.

Rent（出租）a room

Spare room? Not only will a lodger（房客）earn you an income, but also, thanks to the government-backed “rent a room” program, you won’t have to pay any tax on the first ￡4500 you make per year. Try advertising your room on Roomspare or Roommateeasy.

Make money during special events

Won’t want a full-time lodger? Then rent on a short-term basis. If you live in the capital, renting a room out during the Olympics or other big events could bring in money, Grashpadder can advertise your space.

Live on set

Renting your home out as a “film set” could earn you hundreds of pounds a day, depending on the film production company and how long your home is needed. A quick search on the Internet will bring up dozens of online companies that allow you to register your home for free—but you will be charged if your home gets picked.

Use your roof

You need the right kind of roof, but some energy companies pay the cost of fixing? solar equipment(around￡14,000), and let you use the energy produced for nothing. In return, they get paid for unused energy fed back into the National Grid. However, you have to sign a 25-year agreement with the supplier, which could prevent you from changing the roof.

45. If you earn ￡5000 from renting a room in one year, the tax you need to pay will be based on ______.

A. ￡800?????? B. ￡500???? C. ￡4500??? D.5000

46. Where can you put an advertisement to rent out a room during a big event?

A. On Letpark.????? B. On Roomspare.

C. On Grashpadder.? D. On Roommateeasy.

47. If you want to use energy free, you have to_____.

A. sign an agreement with the government

B. pay around ￡14,000 for the equipment

C. sell the roof to some energy companies

D. keep the roof unchanged for within 25 years

48. For whom the text most probably written?

A. Lodgers.?????? B. Advertisers.

C. House owners.? D. Online companies

C

The pound new Library of Birmingham（LoB）will be the most visible sign of the way the city is accepting the digitalization（數(shù)字化）of everyday life.

Set to open in 2013, the ￡188m LoB is already beginning to tale shape next to the Birmingham Repertory Theatre, with which it will share some equipment.

As digital media（媒介）is important to?its idea. the project is already providing chances for some of the many small new local companies working at the new technologies.

Brian Gambles, the LoB project director,anys it is about gieing people the ringht tools for learning,“The airn is to aix the physical with the digital. Providing 24-hour services which can be used throusl, niany Jilleren, ways. It is important to enable us to reach more people, more effectively.”

The digital library will, he says, be as important as the physical one, allowing the distant use of the services, making sure that it is never closed to the public.

Even before the LoB is complete, the public has been able to go online to visit the Virtual（虛擬的）LoB, designed by Baden, the birmingham virtual worlds specialists. Not only have the public been able to learn about LoB, but the virtual one has also enabled those working on the LoB to understand the building and how it will work before it even opens.

Two other small Birmingham-based digital companies are working on the LoB projects. Subetns, a digital design company, is developing what it calls “calargod reality” project. It is about the use of an exciting smart phone, an important part of the? which is the early stages of development? is an online library of figures of the city being built? contrat company in Cahoots, in which users with the encouraged to add to and comment on the material.

Gambles says: “Technology will enable us to make the library’s? and services open to citizens as sever before.”

49.The underline part “its idea”in Paragraph 3 refers to the idea of____

A. the equipment?????? ??????????????B.? the project

C. the digital media?????????????????? D.? the physical library

50.While visiting the Virtual LoB,the public can_____

A. get a *** idea of the LoB

B. meet more world-famous experts

C. learn *** put up a library building

D. ** *** how the specialists work on the project

51.Which of the following is true of the LoB when it opens?

A. a,b,d?????????? B. a,c,e??????????? C. b,c,d???????????? D. b,d,e

52.This ext more from ????????????????.

A.a put? book???????????????????????? B.a library guide

C.a? handbook??????????????????????? per report

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