41.A【解析】通過文章首段首句When you think of the tremendous technological progress we have made，it's amazing how little we have developed in other respects.及第三段For centuries man has been trying to improve himself spiritually and emotionally——admittedly with little success.But at least we no longer tolerate the sight of madmen being cooped up in cages，or public floggings……可推知作者對現(xiàn)代人類的評價不太高，并不僅僅是蔑視或批判。故A項最為恰當。

42.A【解析】可以由末段中間Big efforts are being made to distribute wealth fairly.These changes have come about not because human beings have suddenly and unaccountably improved，but because positive steps were taken to change the law.推出法律應禁止墮落而又危險的體育項目。A項正確。B項是作者說明“嗜血成性”的具體內(nèi)容之一。C項本身錯誤，文中沒有對比。D項是作者認為人們?yōu)槭裁葱蕾p危險而殘忍的體育項目的根源。

43.D【解析】通過第一段開頭舉出羅馬人“嗜血成性”的例子及其后提出的問題Are we any less bloodthirsty?容易推出D項最為恰當。A、B、C項的說法太過籠統(tǒng)、概括。

44.B【解析】通讀全文，容易知道作者在文中提到了斗熊、斗牛、賽車、拳擊、斗獅五種危險體育活動。

45.A【解析】通過文章最后一段If we banned dangerous and violent sports，we would be moving one step further to improving mankind.We would recognize that violence is degrading and unworthy of human beings.可以推知A項最為恰當。

46.B【解析】根據(jù)文章第一句“When I was looking for a Christmas present for my daughter in a toy store”,知道故事發(fā)生在玩具店里。所以答案選B。

47.C【解析】那個小男孩看到喜歡的東西問他爸爸能否買得起，他爸爸總是搖頭，可以知道小男孩應該是來自一個貧窮的家庭。所以答案選C。

48.A【解析】小男孩從商店免費得到了想要的電視游戲，被告知是獎品，這種天上掉餡餅的事情讓人很難以置信，所以答案選A。

49.A【解析】A選項說小女孩善良而樂于助人，文章講述這個小女孩放棄自己喜歡的娃娃，她買了小男孩喜歡的電視游戲讓店員送給他，可以看出她很善良、樂于助人。B選項說電視游戲是商店的獎賞，這只是小女孩為了不傷害小男孩自尊心讓店員說的善意的謊言。C選項說作者替小男孩付電視游戲的錢，但文章說是小女孩讓爸爸買的，而不是作者。D選項說小男孩從商店自己買了電視游戲，顯然不符合文意。所以答案選A。

50.D【解析】從文章最后小女孩和她爸爸的對話中知道，小女孩這么做的原因是奶奶告訴她去買一些能讓她高興的東西，那么小女孩認為幫助別人，使別人快樂就是自己最大的快樂，這體現(xiàn)了小女孩的優(yōu)秀品質(zhì)。根據(jù)……didn't Grandma want……答案選D。

51.B【解析】根據(jù)第一段At the beginning of the 20th century there was a big farm called Hollywood.知道，好萊塢最早的時候是農(nóng)場。所以答案選B。

52.C【解析】根據(jù)……1910's to the 1950's，Hollywood was the film center of the world.知道從1910年開始好萊塢變成了電影中心。

53.B【解析】文章第二段提到的人名有Charlie Chaplin，Greta Garbo，Bergman，沒有B選項，所以答案選B。

54.C【解析】從第三段The reason why people went to Hollywood to make films was the sun.知道，人們?nèi)ズ萌R塢拍戲是因為那里陽光充裕。所以答案選C。

55.A【解析】根據(jù)第四段As they made all the films by sunlight，the west coast was a much better place to work.知道選項A是正確的，答案選A。

56.C【解析】A項太過籠統(tǒng);B、D項錯誤。文章不是講廣告的優(yōu)點和廣告費用，而是講廣告服務于社會的功能;通過第二段開頭The poor old consumer! He'd have to pay a great deal more if advertising didn't create mass markets for products.第三段A cheerful，witty advertisement makes such a difference to a drab wall or a newspaper full of the daily ration of calamities.第四段首句We must not forget，either，that advertising makes a positive contribution to our pockets.可以推出C項符合題意。

57.A【解析】文中作者提出了廣告的種種功能，可以推出作者對廣告是比較贊賞的;文中沒有提到廣告值得信任，B項排除。C項批評，D項不滿意，在文中找不到依據(jù)。

58.A【解析】通過文章首句Advertisers tend to think big and perhaps this is why they're always coming in for criticism.可以推出A項正確。

59.C【解析】A、B、D項均可在文中找到依據(jù);C項說優(yōu)質(zhì)產(chǎn)品不需要廣告是錯誤的，一切產(chǎn)品都需要廣告，新產(chǎn)品、老產(chǎn)品都需要。

60.C【解析】本文一開頭引入對廣告的批評，然后作者以對比的手法詳述了廣告的功能。故C項“評論”為正確選項。

Ⅳ.英漢翻譯

61.兩個人在拳擊場內(nèi)彼此狠揍，直到其中一個人被打倒在地，爬不起來。

62.世界重量級冠軍賽總是頭版頭條新聞。

63.廣告商總是雄心勃勃，也許這就是為什么他們老挨批評。

64.報紙中的其他欄目都不能提供如此有趣的文章，或提供對人性內(nèi)涵如此深刻的洞察。

65.這是廣告中最佳的廣告。

Ⅴ.書面表達

In the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games Chinese athlete Liu Xiang dropped out of the race due to his foot injury，which led to a heated discussion among people across the country.

According to a survey conducted by Sina Website，over 34% of the people think an athlete should quit the race when injured since health is much more important than a gold medal;while nearly 20% of the netizens believe that an injured athlete should hold on to the end instead of giving up halfway.They regard the sports field as a battlefield in which every athlete should fight for the honor of his or her country in spite of any difficulty.

In my opinion，it was a right choice for Liu Xiang to choose to quit the race.For one thing，nothing is more important than health and sports don't mean sacrificing one's health for a gold medal：for another，after Liu Xiang recovers fully，he still has many chances to realize his dream.

Ⅵ.教學設計

Teaching Plan：(one possible version)

Step 1.Warming up

1.Ask some questions:

Do you often travel? Where have you been?

2.Follow the steps of the warm�瞮p.

Step 2.Pre�瞨eading

1.Show some traveling pictures of the teacher's.

2.Ask students：Which river is the longest one in the world and which is the largest one? Which river is the longest one in China?

3.Ask students：How people who live along a river use it?

Step 3.While�瞨eading

1.Scanning：Students read quickly and answer:

What are they going to do?

2.Skimming：Students read again and finish Comprehension 1 on Page 19.

3.Students read and get the main idea of each paragraph.

4.Students list the countries that the Mekong River flows through.

Step 4.After�瞨eading

Students discuss in pairs：Wang Wei's and Wang Kun's similar and different attitudes about the trip.

Similar attitudes about the trip.Different attitudes about the trip.Both Wang Wei and Wang Kun think ……

1.that this trip is a dream coming true.

2.that they will enjoy this trip a lot.

3.that they should see a lot of the Mekong.

4.that most of the Mekong will be found in Southeast Asia.

Wang Wei believes ……

1.that they must start in Qinghai，where the river begins and see all of the Mekong.

2.that they don't need to prepare much.

Wang Kun believes ……

1.that it is too cold and high to start in Qinghai.

2.that using an atlas is very important.

Step 5.Assignment

1.Surf the Internet and get more information about the Mekong River.

2.Retell the passage using your own words.