英语试题本试卷满分 100 分，考试时间 100 分钟。交卷时只交答题卡。第一部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分 30 分） 第一节（共 10 小题；每小题 2 分，满分 20 分） 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C、D)中，选出最佳选项。AMost people buy a lot of gifts just before Christmas. But some people think we buy too much. They have started a special day called Buy Nothing Day. They dont want anyone to go shopping that day.Buy Nothing Day is November 29. Its 25 days before Christmas. Its after Thanksgiving and often the first day of Christmas shopping. At this time, we see ads in newspapers and on TV telling us to “buy, buy, buy!”The idea for Buy Nothing Day started in Vancouver, British Columbia. Now people all over the world celebrate Buy Nothing Day. In California, parents and children get together to read stories, sing songs, and paint pictures. The children talk about why they dont need a lot of toys. This year, in Manchester, England, people dressed up to tell people that we buy too much.In Albuquerque, New Mexico, high school students wanted to tell other students about Buy Nothing Day. They organized a spaghetti dinner to give people information about Buy Nothing Day. They asked restaurants in the neighborhood to donate the food. They made posters and talked to other students about it. The dinner was a big success, and many students agreed not to buy anything on November 29. The students at high school liked the idea of this new tradition. Next year, they want to have another dinner to tell more people about Buy Nothing Day!1. Which of the following is NOT the day for people to celebrate Buy Nothing Day?A. The first day after Christmas. B. 25 days before Christmas.C. After Thanksgiving. D.November 29 2. When do people usually do shopping?A. Before Thanksgiving. B. On Christmas.C. Anytime. D. Before Christmas. 3. How do people celebrate Buy Nothing Day?A. In California, parents and children get together to play games.B. In England, people celebrated by performing plays.C. They bought nothing and made the others decide not to. D. In Mexico, high school students dressed up.BThe iPhone, the iPad each of Apples products sounds cool and has become a fad(一时的风尚). Apple has cleverly taken advantage of the power of the letter “i” - and many other brands are following suit. The BBCs iPlayer - which allows Web users to watch TV programs on the Internet -used the title in 2008. A lovely bear - popular in the US and UK - that plays music and video is called “iTeddy”. A slimmed-down version(简装本) of Londons Independent newspaper was started last week under the name “i”.In general, single-letter prefixes(前缀) have been popular since the 1990s, when terms such as e-mail and e-commerce(电子商务) first came into use.Most “i” products are targeted at （针对）young people and considering the major readers of Independents “i”, its no surprise that theyve selected this fashionable name.But its hard to see whats so special about the letter “i”. Why not use “a”, “b”, or “c” instead? According to Tony Thorne, head of the Language Center at Kings College, London, “i” works because its meaning has become ambiguous. When Apple uses “i”, no one knows whether it means Internet, information, individual or interactive, Thorne told BBC Magazines. “Even when Apple created the iPod, it seems it didnt have one clear definition（定义）,” he says.“However, thanks to Apple, the term is now connected with portability (轻便) .”adds Thorne.Clearly the letter “i” also agrees with the idea that the Western World is centered on the individual. Each person believes they have their own needs, and we love personalized products for this reason.Along with “Google” and “blog”, readers of BBC Magazines voted “i” as one of the top 20 words that have come to define the last decade(十年).But as history shows, people grow tired of fads. From the 1900s to 1990s, products with “2000” in their names became fashionable as the year was connected with all things advanced and modern. However, as we entered the new century, the fashion disappeared. 4. People use iPlayer to _.A. listen to music B. make a call C. watch TV programs online D.read newspapers5. We can infer that the Independents “i” is designed for _.A. young readers B. old readers C. fashionable women D. engineers6. The underlined word “ambiguous” means “_”.A. popular B. uncertain C. clear D. unique7. Nowadays, the “i” term often reminds people of the products which are _.A. portable B. environmentally friendly C. advanced D. recyclable8. The writer suggests that _.A. “i” products are often of high quality B. iTeddy is alive bearC. the letter “b” replaces letter “i” to name the productsD. the popularity of “i” products may not last longCNext Stop Planet MarsFly me to the moon? Thats not far enough. On September 14,2011, NASA released designs for a super rocket, the Space Launch System (SLS). This time the final destination will be Mars. The