三. 补全对话(共5小题;每小题1分，满分5分)

根据对话内容，从方框内的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，其中有两个为多余选项。

M: You look sad, Amy. What’s wrong?

W: The star sign says I’ll have bad luck this month. I’m afraid I won’t be recommended as the chairperson.

M: 41.

W: Maybe you are right. I’m a hard-working girl and I am always confident. 42.

M: I agree. And you are the top student in your class. I think you are creative and imaginative.

W: 43.

M: Yes. Do you remember that you hosted a charity show last month? That was a success.

W: Of course. Oh, I’m feeling better now. 44.

M: I’m glad you can think like this. Sharing problems with others is a good way to solve them. 45.

W: Thank you very much. I will try my best.

M: You are welcome.

A. I can do everything successfully if I try my best.

B. I believe you will be a good chairperson.

C. I’ll pay little attention to my star sign from now on.

D. Can you help me with it?

E. I don’t think what the star sign says is always true.

F. I believe you will pass the exam successfully.

G. And I am a good organizer, I think.

四. 阅读理解(共20小题;每小题2分，满分40分)

A

“It is never too late and you are never too old to start something new!” says Englishtown student Ellen Rema. Ellen began to learn English at the age of fifty, and in just a few years, she has made great progress!

Ellen chose to study on Englishtown because no evening classes were offered in the German countryside where she lives. On Englishtown, she has conversation classes online and speaks with native English-speaking teachers.

“Englishtown is a wonderful place for study,” she says. Ellen began with the first level (水平) of Englishtown and quickly progressed. “I spent hours and hours studying,” she said. “Maybe I wanted too much in a short time. I finished all my courses after 2 years, but I still had grammar difficulties.”

Instead of giving up, she chose to continue. After another two years on Englishtown, she’s still studying in the online classroom. “Studying online is never boring, but you need practice, practice, practice!”

Ellen says studying English isn’t all about hard work. It should also be fun. “I really like the online conversation classrooms,” she says. “I have learned so much about other cultures and traditions.”

Ellen has been able to put her English to use by visiting England five times! “I’m very thankful to Englishtown because my life has improved because of it,” Ellen says.

( )46. Ellen started to learn English 　　　.

A. 50 years ago

B. in a city of Germany

C. when she was a high school student

D. when she was 50 years old

( )47. Why did Ellen study English on Englishtown?

A. She had no free time during the day.

B. She lived far away from school.

C. There were no evening classes near her home.

D. Englishtown was a famous website to learn English.

( )48. Ellen had trouble learning 　　　.

A. pronunciation B. grammar

C. writing D. listening

( )49. How long has Ellen learned English?

A. For 2 years. B. For 4 years.

C. For 6 years. D. For 15 years.

( )50. What’s the main idea of this passage?

A. You are never too old to learn something new.

B. Englishtown is a good place to visit.

C. The courses are good on Englishtown.

D. Studying English is not boring at all.

B

According to scientists’ research, the month in which babies are born could affect them in some ways.

Babies born in spring get sick easily. Children born under Aquarius (Jan. 21st—Feb. 19th) may be less clever than those born in other seasons. They may also have shorter lives than those born in autumn. Scientists believe many of the differences can be explained by the mother’s exposure to sunlight in pregnancy (怀孕).

Sunlight helps lead to the production of vitamin D in the body. The lack (缺乏) of vitamin D in the first months of life may have a bad effect on health.

Vitamin D is called the “sunshine vitamin”. It has a good effect on health. A study showed that people born from April to June had slightly shorter lives than those born in October, November or December. Similar studies in the US showed that people born in autumn lived about 160 days longer than those born in spring.

Professor Russell Foster said the conclusions were surprising and interesting. He added, “These are small effects but they are very, very clear. I am not giving voice to star signs and they are just for fun. But it is true that we are affected by our season of birth.”

( )51. A child’s season of birth can affect all the following things EXCEPT 　　　 according to the first two paragraphs.

A. his health

B. his height

C. his length of life

D. his quality of being clever