C. She was too young

11.What is the most important skill for a successful ice-skater according to Anita?

A. Having a positive attitude

B. Being physically strong

C. Never falling over

听下面一段材料，回答第12至第15小题。

12. Why did Sainsbury’s become well known?

A. It provided all kinds of products

B. It offered very low-priced products

C. It sold high-quality and inexpensive products

13. What do we know about the workers in Sainsbury’s?

A. They didn’t suffer from the hard working conditions

B. They had to clean the shop before it was opened

C. They were asked to start to work at 2 a. m.

14. What change had Sainsbury’s made by the 1920s?

A. Its number of shops had increased

B. It had stopped home delivery service

C. It had broadened its variety of products

15. When did Sainsbury’s first out-of-town supermarket open?

A. In 1869 B. In 1969 C. In 1974第二部分：英语知识运用(共两节，满分30分)

第一节：单项填空(共15小题;每小题1分，满分15分)

从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

16. -----Jack is Jane’s brother.

-----______he reminds me much of Jane.

A. No doubt B. No wonder C. Above all D. Of course

17. Instruments of this kind break easily, even if yotouch them __________.

A. merely B. slightly C. hardly D. normally

18. ---Is David a man with good _________?

---I don’t think so. As a matter of fact, he is anything but polite.

A. Methods B. ways C. manners D. approaches

19. Just think! This time next week we ________in the sun in the south of France.

A. are going to sit B. will have sat

C. are sitting D. will be sitting

20. ----Who’s the man giving the speech?

---Well, if yo______know, his name is Lyric.

A. may B. can C. shall D. must

21. ______, we should sleep at sleep at least 8 hours a day, but in practice we sleep less than that.

A. In fact B. In theory C. On average D. In particular

22. Having retired from business, he now ________himself with the welfare of the disabled.

A. adapts B. charges C. associates D. occupies