1、 .Match the word with its meaning.1series A轻拍，轻打2behave B系列，丛书3hesitate C醒着的，清醒的4doubt D犹豫，迟疑5direction E做梦6shape F弯腰，屈身7bend G表现，举动8dream H形状9awake I方向10pat J怀疑答案：15 BGDJI 610 HFECA.Write down the meaning of phrases in each sentence.1The examinee is then directed to fix on the examiners right eye.
2、注视2He kept/fixed his eyes on us without saying a word. 注视3A child came up to me and showed me the way to the station.朝走过来4The police cast about for some fresh evidence. 寻找5Hearing someone calling him, he looked around for the person. 四处寻找6The air is laden with the scent of the flowers. 充满着7Dont put
3、the food down on the ground. 放下8The lady held out her hand to him. 伸出9She turned away in horror at the sight of so much blood. 走开10She felt a wave of feeling sweep over her after hearing this. 向扩展 Look at the pictures.What are they？What do you know about His Dark Materials?参考答案：His Dark Materials, w
4、ritten by Philip Pullman, is one of the greatest fantasy stories ever written. It includes three books, Northern Lights, The Subtle Knife and The Amber Spyglass. The heroine is a young girl called Lyra and the hero is a boy called Will. .FastreadingMatch the following paragraphs with their main idea
5、s.Para.1 AWill found where the cat had vanished.Paras.27 BDescriptions of the patch in the air.Para.8 CWhat he saw in another world.Para.9 DThe strange behaviour of the cat.Paras.1011 EWill went into another world.Para.12 FWill found a different world.Paras.1315 GWill saw a cat.答案： GDABFEC.Carefulre
6、adingRead the text again and choose the best answer according to the text.1Why did the author choose “The Cat That Vanished” as the title of this passage?AThe cat was Wills loved pet cat.BIt was the cat that led Will to another world.CThe cat belonged to another world.DThe cat is said to have super
7、power.2What made Will curious about the cat?AThe time when the cat came to the garden.BThe cats rubbing her head against his knuckles.CThe cats strange behaviour.DThe territory for the cat to patrol.3What did Will find after the cat vanished?ASome angles.BA patch in the air.CA truck coming around th
8、e circle.DSome houses.4What did Will do after he climbed through the patch?AHe thought nothing was better than his home.BHe found a beautiful world with trees, flowers and a classical temple.CThe cat appeared again and acted as his guide.DHe was so sleepy that he fell asleep instantly.5We can infer
9、from the passage that .AWill missed his family very muchBWill realized that his dream could never come trueCWill could never find the catDWill didnt want to go back to his own world答案：15 BCBBD.StudyreadingAnalyze the following difficult sentences in the text.1Of course, every cat behaved like that,
10、but all the same Will felt such a longing to turn for home that tears scalded his eyes.句式分析尝试翻译 当然，所有的猫都是那样的。尽管如此，威尔还是渴望回家，以至于热泪充满了他的双眼。2When it had gone past he crossed the road, keeping his eyes on the spot where the cat had been investigating.句式分析 尝试翻译 卡车开过去后，他穿过马路，眼睛盯着那只猫一直在打量的地方。3It wasnt easy,
11、 because there was nothing to fix on, but when he came to the place and cast about to look closely, he saw it.句式分析 尝试翻译 这并不是件容易事，因为没有东西可以看到，但是当他靠近那个地方并四处寻找时，他看到了它。阅读理解A“A serious attack on the fantasy story for children comes from those who do not wish children to be frightened.” CS. Lewis writes in
12、 an essay named Three Ways of Writing for Children. Those who say that children must not be frightened mean two things. Firstly, they mean that we mustnt do anything likely to give children fears, and secondly, they want to keep out of their minds that they are born into a world of death, violence (
13、暴力), wounds and evil (邪恶). CS. Lewis says he agrees with the first reason, but not the second.He goes on to comment, “Since it is so likely that they will meet cruel (残酷的) enemies, let them at least hear of brave fighters and heroic courage. By limiting your child to perfect and nice stories of chil
14、d life in which nothing alarming ever happens, they would fail to face fears and hardships.” “It would be nice，” he continues, “if no little boy in bed ever hears a frightening sound. But if he is to be frightened, I think St. George, or any bright champion in armor (盔甲), is a better comfort than th
15、e idea of the police.”Bruno Bettelheim, a wellknown child psychologist, also points out that fantasy stories provide children with a valuable education about good and evil. He believes that all children have many personal fantasies filled with fears and fantasy stories comfort them and offer solutio
16、ns. Happy endings tell them that solutions and hope are real and model the kind of happy life children want to find.A good fantasy suggests rather than teaches possible answers to life. Its believed that reading fantasies quickens the ability to get and put ideas from books to reality. Its what good
17、 literature does it makes life larger.语篇解读：本文作者反驳了一些反对儿童阅读奇幻文学的错误观点，并强调了阅读奇幻文学的必要性。1According to the first paragraph, CS. Lewis thinks that .Achildren shouldnt read any fantasy story because it is badBadults shouldnt do things that may frighten their childrenCdeath and badness should be kept out of
18、childrens mindsDwriting a fantasy story is the best way of writing for children解析：选B 推理判断题。根据第一段的“C.S. Lewis says he agrees with the first reason, but not the second.”可知，他同意上面提到的“Firstly, they mean that we mustnt do anything likely to give children fears.”由此可知，他认为我们不应该做任何让孩子害怕的事情。故选B。2What probably
19、is St. George according to the text?AHe is a policeman in real life.BHe is a murderer caught by the police.CHe is a brave man in a fantasy novel.DHe is a frightening person in a story.解析：选C 推理判断题。根据第二段的“But if he is to be frightened, I think St. George, or any bright champion in armor (盔甲), is a bet
20、ter comfort than the idea of the police.”可知，St. George不是警察也不是令人害怕的人物，而是可以用来安慰孩子的勇敢的幻想小说中的人物。故选C。3Why should children read fantasy literature according to Bruno Bettelheim?ABecause it encourages children to have a lot of fantasies.BBecause it helps children overcome fears and find solutions.CBecause
21、it teaches children to write their own fantasy stories.DBecause it gives children a happy memory when they grow up.解析：选B 细节理解题。根据第三段的“He believes that all children have many personal fantasies filled with fears and fantasy stories comfort them and offer solutions.”可知选B。4It can be inferred from the l
22、ast paragraph that .Aliterature can give readers more frightening storiesBfantasies can improve ones ability to solve problemsCpersonal fantasies can help children get away from dangerDmost children can understand what fantasy literature is解析：选B 推理判断题。根据最后一段可知，作者认为幻想文学可以帮助孩子解决问题。故选B。BThe Magic Pen o
23、f JK.Rowling“I really wrote it for me, it was what I found funny and what I liked.”Those are the words of JK.Rowling, the author of the greatly popular Harry Potter books.The quote refers to the first in a series of novels starring a young character who has built a lasting place unlikely to change f
24、or his creator in the world of childrens literature.Joanne Kathleen Rowling was born in England in 1965, and wrote her first story at the age of six.She was in her mid20s when the idea for the Harry Potter novels came to her, during a long train ride.By the end of that journey, she says, the charact
25、er of Harry and the school for wizards which he attended were more or less fully formed in her mind.It would be several years, however, before the novel was completed.By that time, Rowling had been through a failed marriage.Living on welfare as a single parent, she wrote about Harry Potter while sit
26、ting in an Edinburgh caf with her daughter asleep beside her.She could not have dreamed of the fame and success which Harry would bring her in the years to come.Harry Potter is not your average superhero.He is 12 years old, skinny, wears glasses, and tends to worry a lot.Yet, he has taken the imagin
27、ation of children and adults the world over, and has introduced millions to the joys of reading.Harrys attractiveness comes from his role as a very ordinary boy who finds himself in extraordinary situations.Orphaned (沦为孤儿) as a baby, Harry spends the next ten years being mistreated by the very bad r
28、elatives with whom he lives.On his 11th birthday, he learns that he has magical powers and is admitted for training at the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.The adventures of Harry and his friends at the school are wonderfully narrated by JK.Rowling.She manages to lead her millions of reade
29、rs deep into the world of the supernatural, while at the same time dealing with the fears and emotions of the ordinary human world.Many feel that this is the real magic of Harry Potter.语篇解读：本文介绍了J.K.Rowling及她的书Harry Potter。5Joanne Kathleen Rowling wrote Harry Potter initially for .Aherself Bher husb
30、andCher daughter Dbecoming rich解析：选A 细节理解题。根据文章第一段首句“I really wrote it for me, it was what I found funny and what I liked.Those are the words of JK.Rowling, the author of the greatly popular Harry Potter books.”可知。6According to the passage, which statement is CORRECT?AThe novel was completed shortly
31、 after the journey in which she formed the outline.BWhen she completed the novel, she had a very happy family with her husband loving her.CWhen she was writing the novel, her daughter was being looked after by her parents.DWhile she was writing the novel, she was living a rather hard life.解析：选D 推理判断
32、题。由第三段“Living on welfare as a single parent, she wrote about Harry Potter while sitting in an Edinburgh caf with her daughter asleep beside her.”可知。7Why does the novel Harry Potter attract so many readers? It is because of .AJ.K.Rowlings vivid description of the world of the supernaturalBHarry Potte
33、rs role as a very ordinary boy who finds himself in extraordinary situationsCdealing with the fears and emotions of the ordinary human worldDabove all解析：选D 细节理解题。根据倒数第二段首句“Harrys attractiveness comes from his role as a very ordinary boy who finds himself in extraordinary situations.”可知B项正确；根据最后一段可知A
34、和C项正确，故选D。8What does the underlined word “narrated” mean?Agive a lecture Bgive a written description of sth.Cgive a spoken description of sth.Dtell sb.a story orally解析：选B 词义猜测题。根据上下文的语境可知narrate的意思是写书，而不是讲座、口头描述或者讲述故事。CRobert Frost (18741963) is one of Americas most beloved poets. He was a contempor
35、ary of many modernist poetic movements, but he wasnt associated (与有联系) with any particular group of poets. He stuck to his own literary beliefs, and as a result, he attracted a good deal of criticism from the literary world. But, it is just because he was such a person and his voice was so original
36、that Frost became so beloved. If you are to choose one of his poems and read it aloud on a busy street, we are sure that many people will recognize the poem immediately as Frosts.Mending Wall, which is the first poem in North of Boston, Frosts second book of poetry, is one of his most popular poems.
37、 It is a poem about two neighbors who fix a rock wall that lies between their homes. “I” want to destroy the wall, and the “neighbor” wants to leave it standing.We just cant get enough of walls, can we? People love boundaries (界线). We love them when were little, protecting our precious toys from our
38、 troublesome (令人烦恼的) brothers and sisters. As we get older, we begin to throw around the gentle term “personal space”， as in “GET OUT OF MY ROOM！” In college, we really learn how the idea of “My house is your house” doesnt always result in happy roommate relationships. After we become adults with go
39、od jobs and a lot of cool things, we often put up fences, gates, walls, or doors to protect our stuff and keep the peace.Walls help us protect ourselves, but their downside is that they often keep people from communicating with each other. Mending Wall makes us take a look at how we use our walls an
40、d boundaries, and why we use them the way we do. This poem sends a wakeup call to the universe.There are walls between our hearts.语篇解读：本文是一篇诗歌评论。文章介绍了美国著名诗人罗伯特弗罗斯特并赏析了他的名作修墙。9What can we learn about Robert Frost?AHis writing style is special.BHis first poem is about life.CHe often criticized other p
41、oets.DHe joined many poetic movements.解析：选A 细节理解题。由第一段末“If you are to . as Frosts”可知，随便拿一首弗罗斯特的诗到街上去朗读，就会有人看出是他的诗。这说明他的写作风格特别，容易辨认。10In Paragraph 3, what does the author want to show?ASharing with others brings us happiness.BThere seem lots of walls in our life.CWalls let people know about themselve
42、s.DPersonal space is important to everyone.解析：选B 推理判断题。作者对弗罗斯物的名作修墙进行简单介绍后，在第三段描述了这样一个事实：人们从小到大不断地树立各种围墙。11The third paragraph is developed by .Aspace BexampleCtime Dcomparison解析：选C 写作手法题。在第三段作者按照时间顺序展开全段，指出了人们从孩童时期到长大成人，不断地建立“心墙”。12The underlined word “downside” in the last paragraph can be replace
43、d by “ ”Atrue use Bold wayCnegative part Dmajor difference解析：选C 词义猜测题。根据最后一段but一词的转折可知，第四段讲墙可以保护人的同时，也阻止了人们的交流。因此downside此处有“不足之处”的意思。课 文 对 译 The Cat That VanishedWill was stupefied with exhaustion, and he might have gone on to the north, or he might have laid his head on the grass under one of thos
44、e trees and slept; but as he stood trying to clear his head, he saw a cat.She was a tabby, like Moxie. She padded out of a garden on the Oxford side of the road, where Will was standing. Will put down his shopping bag and held out his hand, and the cat came up to rub her head against his knuckles, j
45、ust as Moxie did. Of course, every cat behaved like that, but all the same Will felt such a longing to turn for home that tears scalded his eyes.Eventually this cat turned away. This was night, and there was a territory to patrol, there were mice to hunt. She padded across the road and towards the b
46、ushes just beyond the hornbeam trees, and there she stopped.Will, still watching, saw the cat behave curiously.She reached out a paw to pat something in the air in front of her, something quite invisible to Will. Then she leapt backwards, back arched and fur on end, tail held out stiffly. Will knew
47、catbehaviour. He watched more alertly as the cat approached the spot again, just an empty patch of grass between the hornbeams and the bushes of a garden hedge, and patted the air once more.Again she leapt back, but less far and with less alarm this time. After another few seconds of sniffing, touch
48、ing, whiskertwitching, curiosity overcame wariness.The cat stepped forward, and vanished.Will blinked. Then he stood still, close to the trunk of the nearest tree, as a truck came round the circle and swept its lights over him. When it had gone past he crossed the road, keeping his eyes on the spot
49、where the cat had been investigating. It wasnt easy, because there was nothing to fix on, but when he came to the place and cast about to look closely, he saw it.At least, he saw it from some angles. It looked as if someone had cut a patch out of the air, about two metres from the edge of the road,
50、a patch roughly square in shape and less than a metre across. If you were level with the patch so that it was edgeon, it was nearly invisible, and it was completely invisible from behind. You could only see it from the side nearest the road, and you couldnt see it easily even from there, because all
51、 you could see through it was exactly the same kind of thing that lay in front of it on this side: a patch of grass lit by a street light.But Will knew without the slightest doubt that that patch of grass on the other side was in a different world.He couldnt possibly have said why. He knew it at onc
52、e, as strongly as he knew that fire burned and kindness was good. He was looking at something profoundly alien.And for that reason alone, it enticed him to stoop and look further. What he saw made his head swim and his heart thump harder, but he didnt hesitate: he pushed his shopping bag through, an
53、d then scrambled through himself, through the hole in the fabric of this world and into another.He found himself standing under a row of trees. But not hornbeam trees: these were tall palms, and they were growing, like the trees in Oxford, in a line along the grass. But this was the centre of a broa
54、d boulevard, and at the side of the boulevard was a line of cafs and small shops, all brightly lit, all open, and all utterly silent and empty beneath a sky thick with stars. The hot night was laden with the scent of flowers and with the salt smell of the sea.Will looked around carefully. Behind him
55、 the full moon shone down over a distant prospect of great green hills, and on the slopes at the foot of the hills there were houses with rich gardens and an open parkland with groves of trees and the white gleam of a classical temple.Just beside him was that bare patch in the air, as hard to see fr
56、om this side as from the other, but definitely there. He bent to look through and saw the road in Oxford, his own world. He turned away with a shudder: whatever this new world was, it had to be better than what hed just left. With a dawning lightheadedness, the feeling that he was dreaming but awake
57、 at the same time, he stood up and looked around for the cat, his guide.,消失的猫威尔累得脑子都木了，他本可以继续向北走，也可以在某棵树下头枕草地昏昏睡去；但是，正当他站在那儿，试图让头脑清醒些的时候，他看见了一只猫。她是一只母斑猫，就像莫克西一样。她轻轻地走出靠着牛津一侧街道上的一个花园，威尔正站在街边。威尔放下他的购物袋，伸出手，那只猫朝他走过来，在他的手指间来回蹭起了脑袋，就像莫克西做的那样。当然，每只猫都是那样的，但尽管如此，威尔还是渴望回家，以至于热泪充满了他的双眼。终于，这只猫转身跑开了。正值夜晚，她还要巡视自
58、己的领地，捕捉老鼠。她轻轻地穿过马路，朝着角树林另一边的灌木丛走去，然后在那儿停了下来。威尔仍然盯着她，看见猫的举动变得非常奇怪。她伸出爪子去拍打她面前空气中的某种东西，某种威尔看不见的东西。然后她向后一跃，脊背拱起，毛发竖立，尾巴僵直地伸着。威尔了解猫的习性。他更加警觉地看着，只见那只猫再次靠近那个地方角树与花园树篱的灌木丛之间的一块空草地，又拍打了一下那里的空气。她再次向后一跃，但这次跳得没有那么远，也没有那么害怕了。又是几秒钟的嗅来嗅去，爪子触碰、胡须抽动，终于好奇心战胜了警惕性。那只猫向前一迈，然后就消失了。威尔眨了眨眼睛。然后他静静地站着，紧靠离他最近的一棵树干，这时一辆卡车转弯驶过
59、来，车灯照到他的身上。卡车开过去后，他穿过马路，眼睛盯着那只猫一直在打量的地方。这并不容易，因为他无法把目光集中在某件东西上，但是当他靠近那个地方，设法仔细观察时，他看出了端倪。终于，他从某些角度看到了。看上去就像有人在距离路边大约两米的地方将空间切开了一块，它大体呈方形，不到一米宽。如果你与那块空间处在同等高度，从侧面看你几乎看不到它，从后面则完全看不见它。只有从最靠近马路的一边才能看到它，但也很难看清楚，因为透过它，你所看到的一切与这一边的完全相同：被一盏街灯照亮的一片草地。但是威尔深信不疑，另一边的那块草地在一个不同的世界里。他不可能说得出所以然来。他马上就知道了，就好像他知道火会燃烧、
60、善意是美好的一样。他所注视着的是某种极为陌生的东西。仅仅是这一个理由，就足以吸引着他俯下身子向更深处望去。他看到的一切使他头晕目眩，心跳加速，但是他却丝毫没有迟疑：他首先把购物袋塞了过去，继而自己也钻了过去穿过现实世界框架上的这个洞，进入了另一个世界。他发现自己站在一排树下。那是一些高大的棕榈树，而不是角树，像在牛津一样，那些树木沿着草地排列成行。只是，他所处的地方是一条宽阔林阴大道的中央，林阴大道的一侧是成行的咖啡馆和小商店，灯火通明，还在营业，在布满繁星的夜空下，所有的店铺都静悄悄的，无人光顾。在这个炎热的晚上，空气中弥漫着鲜花的芳香和海水咸咸的味道。威尔仔细地环顾四周。在他身后，满月映照着远处壮丽的青山的轮廓，山脚下的斜坡上坐落着带有美丽花园的房子，还有一块树木丛生的公共绿地，一座风格古典的庙宇在其上闪着微微的白光。空气中的那个空洞就在他身边，无论是从这边还是那边都很难看见，但却确定无疑地存在着。俯身向空洞的那一边望去，他看到了自己的世界牛津的街道。他不禁一颤，转过身来：无论这个新世界如何，总会好过他刚刚离开的那个世界。带着逐渐出现的眩晕感觉，那种处在半梦半醒之间的感觉，他站起身来环顾四周寻找他的向导那只猫。
