35. Which statement will the author probably agree with? 

A. A city can be young and cad at the same time. 

B. A city built on ancient cultures is more dynamic. 

C. modernity is usually achieved at the cost of elegance. 

D. Compromise should be made between the local and the foreign. 

第二节 (其5小题;每小题2分,满分10分) 

根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。

Important Things to Know When Dicing Out

Cultural dining etiquette (礼节) might surprise yowith some of its important rules.   36   Knowing some tips will help ensure that yohave an enjoyable meal with friends or family-no matter where yoare in the world. 

Chopstick Rules 

The way yohandle chopsticks is important to avid annoying your companions. When yoput them down between bite, always put them down together so they are parallel with the edge of the table in front of you.   37   

Hands or Utensils (餐具)

In India and the Middle East, it's considered very rude to eat with your left hand. People in France expect yoto cat with a utensil in each hand.   38   instead preferring to use their hands. In chide, yomay never touch any fool with your fingers. People in Thailand generally use their jerks only to push food onto their spoons. 

Making Requests 

39   . In Portugal, this would be a serious mistake, because it shows the chef that yodon't like their seasoning skills. Similarly, in Italy, never ask for extra cheese to add to your food. 

Some of these cultural dining etiquette rules may seem random and strange, but they are important in various countries.   40   , the more con for table you'll begin to feel with its foreign cultural practice. 

A. The more friends yomake in your lifetime 

B. The more time yospend in any given country 

C. Mexicans consider it inappropriate to eat with utensils 

D. Don't get caught making an embarrassing mistake at a restaurant 

E. It's a good sign for the chef if yomake a mess around your plate 

F. Never stick them upright in your food or cross them as youse them 

G. It may seem like a simple request to ask for salt and pepper at a meal 

第三部分  语言知识运用(共两节,满分45分) 

第一节 (共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分) 

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

Yocan tell a lot about a man by how he treats his dogs. 

For many years, I enjoyed living with my dogs, Tilly and Chance. Their   41   was nearly enough to keep my loneliness at bay, Nearly. Last year. I started dating, but with   42   . When I first dated Steve, I   43   he had a dog. Molly, and a cat, Flora. While I was   44   that he was an animal lover, I   45   that three dogs were perhaps too many, and my dogs might attack   46   , the cat. 

The next week we   47   our dogs together. It was a hot day. When we paused to catch our   48   , Steve got down on one knee. Was he proposing (求婚)? I liked him too. But so   49   ? He poured water from a bottle into his hand and offered it to my dogs.   50   , I began to fall for him. 

We   51   to date, though neither of us brought up the future. And then in late November, Tilly had an operation on her   52   . I took the dogs out four times a day, and I worried that Tilly   53   climbing the stairs could reopen the wound. Then Steve   54   his house. All worked   55   . The three dogs formed a pack that, with coaching,   56   Flora's space; Steve and I formed a good team   57   for Tilly. We made good housemates. 

A year later, much to my   58   this man produced a little box with a ring and proposed to me. He did not kneel (跪) down, nor did I   59   him to. That's only for giving   60   to the dogs that brought us together. 

41. A. ownership         B. membership         C. companionship        D. leadership 

42. A. reservations        B. expectations         C. confidence           D. prejudice 

43. A. feared             B. doubted            C. hoped               D. learned 

44. A. unsatisfied         B. amused             C. terrified              D. thrilled 

45. A. predicted           B. worried            C. regretted             D. insisted 

46. A. Flora              B. chance             C. Molly                D. Tilly

47. A. tied                B. walked            C. bathed               D. fed 

48. A. breath              B. balance            C. attention             D. imagination 

49. A. calm              B. sure                C. soon                D real