29. A 【解析】从下文的描述可知，he is a man。 
30. B 【解析】由上文：他看起来又瘦又弱，并且手一直在晃动，与后文的“happy”形成转折关系。
31.D 【解析】on one’s face在某人的脸上，是固定词组。 
32. B 【解析】选B。look系动词，看起来，old and wise 做系动词look的表语。句意“他看起来年纪很大而且很博学。 
33. A【解析】从下文“but what is your secret for being so happy at your age?” 可以判断用secret。 
34. B【解析】句意：我希望你不要介意我的提问。mind sb.doing sth.介意某人做某事。stand意为“忍受、站立”， allow 意为“允许”，enjoy意为“享受”，这三项都不符合句意。 
35. A 【解析】句意：我希望当我在你这个年龄时。when 当……时候，引导时间状语从句；since后面一般跟“过去时间”；“for+时间段”往往用于完成时； though引导让步状语从句。 
36. C 【解析】根据上一段第二句话“what’s your secret for being so happy at your age?”可以看出是“快乐的秘密”。happy的名词形式为happiness.故选C。 
37. A 【解析】由下文两句话可知，对于“老人”的回答，她很惊奇。 
38. C【解析】词义辨析。根据倒数第四段中这位老人说的话，可以知道Alicia 认为他做的每一件事都对身体不好。 
39. D【解析】Alicia认为这位老人的这种生活方式、饮食习惯会使他生病或不高兴。angry 生气的，serious严肃的，quiet 安静的，sick生病的。 
40. C 【解析】Alicia以为他90岁左右，她误以为不用吃的很好或不用进行很多的锻炼就能够生活长寿、快乐。 
【2011湖南湘西】 通读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后从每小题所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出一个最佳答案。(10小题，计10分)

（2） Bob’s Travel Diary(旅游日记)
Tuesday, July 16th
Today is rained ,so we went to a museum(博物馆).It was 36 boring. I found(发现) a small boy 37 in the corner. He was lost(迷路) and I helped him find 38 father. That
39 me feel very happy. I didn’t have 40 money for a taxi, so we walked back 41 
the hotel. I was really tired.
Wednesday, July 17th
Today the 42 was cool, so we decided to 43 tennis(网球).We played all morning. It was really fun. We had Sichuan 44 for dinner. 45 was delicious(美味可口的)!
36. A. kind of B. with C. on
37. A. singing B. going C. crying
38. A. they B. his C. my
39. A. take B. made C. get
40. A. some B. no C. any
41. A. on B. to C. with
42. A. weather B. whether C. bus
43. A. go B. take C. play
44. A. bus B. car C. food
45. A. It B. He C.S he
主旨大意：本篇是日记，主要讲述了一天的所见、所闻、所做，主要考查了过去时的运用。 
36. 答案：A【解析】修饰后面的形容词boring，不用单独的介词，而是kind of“有点”。 
37. 答案：C【解析】根据下文可知，根据下文的迷路，可知是在“哭泣”。 
38. 答案：B【解析】人称代词的考查。我帮他当然是找到“他的”爸爸。 
39. 答案：B【解析】动词辨析 那件事“使我”用made，日记中用过去时。 
40. 答案：B【解析】代词的考察 由后句的走回可知是身上“没钱”了，所以用no。 
41. 答案：B【解析】考查介词 到达某地用介词to。 
42. 答案：B【解析】根据下文cool“凉爽”可知他是说天气“weather”。 
43. 答案：C【解析】动词辨析 打球用play，又由后面的played all morning也知。 
44. 答案：C【解析】名词辨析。是吃的“四川饭”用food。 
45. 答案：A【解析】代词考查 代替上文的食物不可数名词，用it。

（3） 
Different things usually stand for different feelings. Red, for example, is the color of fire, heat, blood and life. People say red is an exciting and active color. They associate（使发生联系） red with a strong feeling like 1 . Red is used for signs of 2 , such as STOP signs and fire engines. Orange is the bright, warm color of 3 in autumn. People say orange is a 4 color. They associate orange with happiness. Yellow is the color of __5__. People say it is a cheerful color. They associate yellow too, with happiness. Green is the cool color of grass in __6__. People say it is a refreshing color. In general, people __7__ two groups of colors: warm colors and cool colors. The warm colors are red, orange and __8__. Where there are warm color and a lot of light, people usually want to be __9__. Those who like to be with __10 _ like red. The cool colors are __11_ and blue. Where are these colors, people are usually worried. Some scientists say that time seems to __12 _ more slowly in a room with warm colors. They suggest that a warm color is a good __13_ for a living room or a __14_ . People who are having a rest or are eating do not want time to pass quickly. __15 colors are better for some offices if the people working there want time to pass quickly.