You should report any incident,       serious or minor it is.

                      A．what         B．how    C．however      D．whatever

The village seemed deserted, the only sign of life       some trees waving in the howling wind.

                      A．were         B．being  C．was    D．to be

The news       is spreading around  the airport is       a big snowstorm will come attacking.

                      A．which, which    B．/, that  C．that, which  D．that, that

—Is it Jim who is driving the new car?

        —Probably. I know he has recently bought a       car.

                      A．shiny black German   B．black shiny German   C．shiny German black   D．black German shiny

I am sick of rain and bad weather! Hopefully, when we       up tomorrow morning, the sun      .

                      A．wake, will be shinning   B．will wake, is shinning    C．will wake, shines     D．wakes, shines

Billy kept asking his mother if he could go to the movies and she      .

                      A．gave way to            B．gave up            C．gave away            D．gave way

We       wonder how seamen explored the oceans before latitude and longitude made it possible to plot a ship’s position on a map.

                      A．need         B．must   C．may well     D．should

The old man spoke to the girl again, raising his voice, but still       no answer.

                      A．received   B．receiving     C．had received         D．to receive

Sean’s strong love for his country is       in his recently published poems.

                      A．relieved    B．reflected      C．responded D．recovered

The next moment,       she had time to realize what was happening, she was hit over the head.

                      A．since        B．when  C．before         D．after

I couldn’t find my Enghsh-Chinese dictionary       .

                      A．somewhere      B．everywhere C．nowhere     D．anywhere

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         My mother used to ask me what is the most important part of the body. Through the years I would  36   the correct answer. When I was younger I thought  37   was very important to us as humans, so I said，“My ears, Mummy.”She said,“No. Many people are  38  . But you keep thinking about it and I will ask you again soon.”

         Several years passed before she asked me again. Since making my first  39  , I had often thought over the question. So this time I told her,“Mummy, it must be our eyes.”She looked at me and said,“You are  40   fast, but the answer is not correct because there are many people who are blind.”

           41   the years, mother asked me a couple more  42   and always her response to my answers was,“No, but you are getting  43   every year, my child,”Then last year, my Grandpa  44   . Everybody was heart broken. Everybody was crying. My mum looked at me when it was our  45   to say our final good-bye to Grandpa. She asked me,“Do you know the most important body part yet, my dear?”

         I was  46   when she was asking me this now. I always thought this was a  47   between her and me. She saw the  48   on my face and told me,“This question is very important. It shows that you have really  49   your life.”I saw her eyes well up with tears. She said, “My dear, the most important body part is your  50  .”I asked,“Is it because they hold up your head?”She replied,“No, it is  51   on them a crying friend or loved one can rest their head. I only hope that you have enough  52   and friends that you will have a shoulder to cry  53   when you need it.”Then and there I understood the most important body part is not a  54   one. It is sympathetic（同情的）to the pain of  55   .

36．A．notice                         B．believe in                  C．doubt                         D．guess at

37．A．love                             B．health                        C．sound                       D．sight

38．A．blind                           B．deaf                           C．invisible                    D．thoughtful

39．A．discovery                   B．decision                    C．attempt                     D．suggestion

40．A．learning                     B．thinking                     C．growing                    D．changing

41．A．Before                        B．Till                              C．Beyond                     D．Over

42．A．ways                           B．things                        C．questions                 D．times

43．A．stronger                     B．taller                          C．smarter                     D．nicer

44．A．left                               B．got ill                          C．died                           D．got wounded

45．A．duty                             B．turn                            C．pity                             D．chance

46．A．shocked                     B．satisfied                    C．interested                 D．excited

47．A．game                          B．test                             C．match                        D．secret

48．A．worry                           B．puzzlement               C．regret                        D．pain

49．A．enjoyed                      B．found                         C．disliked                     D．lived

50．A．shoulders                  B．feet                             C．hands                       D．hair

51．A．how                             B．because                   C．why                            D．whether

52．A．respect                       B．favour                        C．love                            D．fun

53．A．by                                B．on                               C．above                        D．for

54．A．valuable                     B．useful                        C．selfish                       D．precious

55．A．others B．the deaf       C．Grandpa     D．the blind

I am a good mother to three children. I have tried never to let my profession stand in the way of being a good parent.

         I no longer consider myself as the center of the universe. I show up. I listen. I try to laugh. I am a good friend to my husband. I have tried to make marriage vows（誓约）mean what they say. I am a good friend to my friends, and they come. Without them, there would be nothing to say to you today.

         So here’s what I want to tell you today: Get a life. A real life, not a desire of the next promotion（提升）， the bigger paycheck, the larger house.

         Get a life in which you are not alone. Find people you love, and who love you. And remember that love is not leisure（休闲）, it is work. Pick up the phone. Send an e-mail. Write a letter. And realize that life is the best thing and that you have no business taking it for granted.

         It is so easy to waste our lives, our days, our hours, and our minutes. It is so easy to exist instead of to live. I learned to live many years ago. Something really, really bad happened to me, something that changed my life in ways that, if I had my choice, it would never have been changed at all. And what I learned from it is what, today, seems to be the hardest lesson of all.

         I learned to love the journey, not the destination. I learned to look at all the good in the world and try to give some of it back because I believed in it, completely and totally. And I tried to do that, in part, by telling others what I had learned.

         By telling them this: Read in the backyard with the sun on your face. Learn to be happy. And think of life as a deadly illness, because if you do, you will live it with joy and passion（激情）as it ought to be lived.

56．The best title of this passage probably is        .

       A．Love your friends     B．Live a real life      C．Don’t waste time      D．Be a good mother and wife

57．How did the author form her view of life?

        A．Through social experience.                                        B．By learning from her friends.

        C．Through an unfortunate experience.                        D．From her children and husband.

58．By the underlined sentence“It is so easy to exist instead of to live”in the fifth paragraph, the author really means that people tend to        .

        A．make a living rather than lives real life         B．work rather than enjoy life

        C．waste a lot in life                            D．forget the most important lesson if life

59．What’s the anthor’s attitude toward work?

       A．Do it well to serve others.                     B．Earn enough money to make life better.

        C．Try your best to get higher position and pay.     D．Don’t let it affect your real life.

60．It can be inferred from the passage that        .

        A．the author is a success in personal life.            B．the author didn’t try her best to work well

                      C．the author spent all her time caring for her children  D．the author likes traveling very much

The Italian island of Sardinia recently lost its oldest citizen. Family members say Antonio Todde died in his sleep early this month. Mr. Todde was 112 years old. It was less than three weeks away from his 113th birthday. Record-keeping experts say he was the world’s oldest man.

         His long life and that of other very old Sardinians are the subjects of a scientific project called Akea. Luca Deiana of Sassari University is directing the study. He says the name Akea comes from a traditional greeting on Sardinia. It means“health and life for 100 years”. Professor Deiana and his team started to collect information for the study in 1997. They identified（确定）more than 220 Sardinians who were centenarians—100years old or older. His team required three documents to confirm a person’s age. They were a government birth record, a church record and a statement by a close family member.

         The Akea study has produced two major findings. The first is Sardinia’s extremely high number of centenarians. The island had about 135 centenarians for every one million people. In other Western countries, the average is about seventy five centenarians for every one million people. The second major finding is an unusual rate of female to male centenarians. Sardinia has two women centenarians for every male centenarian. In central Sardinia there are equal numbers of female and male centenarians.

         Studies in other parts of the world have shown a much higher percentage of female centenarians. The Akea study collected information about the health and diet of about 140 of the centenarians. About ninety percent of those in the study agreed to provide blood for scientific testing. The study team hope to identify genetic material in the blood that can be linked to successful aging. Study leaders say there is no single reason why people on Sardinia live so long. They believe the answer is a combination of genetic and environmental conditions.

61．Centenarians refer to people who are        years old.

        A．100                                    B．200                                C．300                            D．400

62．The general idea of the third paragraph is        .

        A．Sardinia has a large number of centenarians           B．an unusual rate of female to male centenarians

        C．two major findings of the Akea study       D．Sardinia has equal numbers of female and male centenarians

63．Why do Sardinians live so long according to the study?

       A．Because the environment on Sardinia is very good  B．Because they have special genetic material in their blood.

        C．Because they have a glass of wine every day.  D．Because they enjoy special genetic and environmental conditions.

64．Which of the following statements is true according to the passage?

        A．Other parts of the world have a higher rate of female centenarians than Sardinia.

        B．There are equal numbers of female and male centenarians on Sardinia.

        C．Sardinia has an unusunl rate of male to female centenarians.

        D．There are about seventy-five centenarians for every one million people on Sardinia.

65．What is the passage mainly about?

        A．Why people on Sardinia live so long.                       B．The world’s oldest woman.

                      C．The world’s oldest man.  D．A scientific study on centenarians

CAR HIRE

             Hiring a self-drive car really adds to the enjoyment of your holiday. There are so many interesting places to visit, and if you enjoy seeing more than just the city center, there’s no better way to explore than by car.

         HIRE CHARGES：

What’s included

   （a）Unlimited mileage.

   （b）Expenses on oil, maintenance and repairs, which will be repaid on production of receipts.

   （c）Full insurance cover but exclusive of personal accident（see below）and contents.

What’s not included

（a）Personal accident insurance.

    （b）Garaging, petrol, parking and traffic fines.

CONDITIONS OF HIRE：

1．The minimum rental period at these special low prices is three days. For prices for periods of one or two days only see our representative at the hotel.

2．Car hire must be booked six weeks or more before arrival in London to guarantee a car. But if you have been unable to make a booking in advance, please see our representative at the hotel who may still be able to help you.

3．The car types specified on the sheet are examples of the type of vehicles available in each price range, but a particular car cannot be guaranteed.

Upon delivery the driver（s）will be asked to sign the car hire company’s Conditions of Hire.

If you decide to hire a car, just fill in the Booking Form and return it to us. A booking fee of ￡ 12 as part of the car hire cost is required.

Should you be forced to cancel your car hire booking after payment in full（two weeks before date of hire）, a cancellation charge of ￡12 will be made.

66．What cost does a car hirer have to pay for?

        A．Insurance against damage to the car.           B．Insurance against injury to the driver.

        C．The cost of maintenance of the car.                          D．The cost of repairs to the car.

67．Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?

        A．The cost  of petrol has to be paid by the driver.

        B．You check the list and find the car you want to hire before booking.

        C．You cannot get a car without booking in advance.

        D．Full payment takes place two weeks before you use the car.

68．If you hire a car for three days or more,        .

        A．you are guaranteed an expensive new car.     B．you are guaranteed an enjoyable holiday.

        C．you are offered a specially fast car.            D．you are offered a car at a special price

69．The hire charge for a three-day period depends on        .

        A．the type of the car you hire.                                         B．the distance you will cover

        C．the amount of oil you put in the car                          D．the length of time you park the car

70．If you cancel your car hire booking,        .

        A．another ￡ 12 will be paid to the company        B．you cannot get back the booking fee

                      C．you will get back the booking fee in two weeks     D．your request must be made before the date of hire

One bitterly cold day, a snowstorm blew into our area. Needing firewood, quickly set out with my best friend, Bruce, to look for a tree to cut down. I was glad to have Bruce along. Cutting down a tree in a snowstorm can be dangerous. So it was important to have a friend who could warn me of dangers.

         When I chose a big 23-meter-tall tree and prepared to cut it down, my best friend suddenly warned me,“Don’t cut down that tree! It’s too close to the power line!”I wasn’t sure about it. So I becided to disregard his warning. I wanted to finish the job quickly and go home. So I began cutting down the tree. When the tree fell, there was no longer any doubt whether my friend was right.

         The tree caught the power line, bringing it to the ground. I considered cutting the tree off the line. After all, electricity can’t travel through wood, so I could safely remove the tree. As I reached out my finger to touch the tree, pain ran up my arm and through my head. I had been shocked!

         After I returned home and told my mother what happened, she quickly called the power company. Workers from the power company soon arrived on the scene. One of them asked if I had touched the tree, and when I told him I had, his face turned pale.

         “You should have been killed,”he said.

         So why am I still alive? It was my boots that saved my life.

         Within two hours, the workers removed the tree. Soon the snowstorm calmed down—but not my mother.

         Even though she was glad I wasn’t hurt, my mother was still serious with me. After all, I shouldn’t have brushed off my friend’s warning.

         Through this experience, I learned it’s important to listen to people who offer a different perspective. Taking the time to listen might actually save a lot of time and trouble. It certainly would have kept me from getting the“shock of my life.”

71．The underlined word“disregard”in the second paragraph means“        .”

        A．pay no attention to          B．take notice of           C．consider                      D．follow

72．In spite of Bruce’s warning, the author still cut the tree because        .

        A．he was sure there would be nothing to happen

        B．he wasn’t sure if Bruce was right and was anxious to go home

C．he didn’t hear his friend’s warning at all because of the blowing wind

        D．he know electricity can’t travel through wood

73．Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage?

        A．But for his boots, the writer would have died.   B．The writer regretted having brushed off his friend’s warning

        C．The writer knew nothing about electricity.   D．When the tree was cut down, the writer realized his friend was right.

74．The Underlined sentence“the snowstorm calmed down—but not my mother”means“      ”.

        A．my mother was still angry with me for not listening to my friend’s warning

        B．my mother was still in fear of the terrible accident

        C．my mother was still comforting me             D．my mother was still worried about my safety

75．The author wrote the passage mainly to        .

        A．give an account of one of his terrible experiences

         B．make us know it’s important to listen to people who offer a different perspective through his experience

                      C．tell us not to cut trees down any more       D．remind us to be careful while working

阅读表达（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）

         阅读下面的短文，请根据短文后的要求答题（请注意问题后的字数要求）。

         Scientists guess that 80% of a person’s weight gain comes from genetics and 20% comes from the person’s environment. By 1998, more than 130 genes（基因）and gene neighbors were found to have some link to weight gain or weight loss in people. These different genes can either work all together or work in groups. This means that different people may        or lose weight with difficulty for different reasons.

One example of these different kinds of combinations（组合）is a family of genes that allows people to change extra fat into heat instead of storing the fat in the body. Animals which have this same family of genes do not gain weight easily as other animals. Other genes may affect how quickly the stomach lets the brain know that it is full. If these genes slow down the passage of this information, people may eat more than they really need. Genes are also thought to be linked with how much a person fidgets（烦燥不安的小动作）in a day. Fidgeting is small movements of a person’s hands, feet, arms, or legs usually when the person is nervous or excited. Fidgeting actually uses a lot of energy over a day and his energy usually comes from burning fat.

         In one experiment about weight gain, researchers wanted to see how much energy different people used when they were resting. People in the experiment were asked to lie on a bed and not move for 40 minutes. Researchers then measured the energy the person used for breathing. They found that different people in the study used very different amounts of energy for this one job, breathing. Researchers calculated that some people in the study burned 1,067 calories per day while others burned up to 3,015 calories. Those people who burn fewer calories doing normal work or exercise have a slow metabolism（新陈代谢）.

76．What is the best title of this passage?（Please answer within 10 words.）

77．Which sentence in the passage can be replaced by the following one?

        If these genes don’t pass the information that the stomach is full to the brain on time, people may eat much more.

78．Please fill in the blank in the first paragraph with proper words or phrase to complete the sentence.（please answer within 10 words.）

79．What can we learn from the experiment？（Please answer within 30 words.）

80．Translate the underlined sentence in the second paragraph into Chinese.

单词拼写（共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分）

     请根据下列各小题中所给单词的汉语提示，在各小题后的横线上写出该单词的正确形式：

81．         （提拔）to a higher position, she felt glad and worked harder.             81．         

82．I’m a          （宽容的）man but your behavior is more than I can bear.           82．         

83．She got off the bus,         （担负）with two heavy cases.                       83．         

84．He is still         （笨拙的）with a knife and fork and drops food at each meal.      84．         

85．These subjects have lost their         （吸引力）for most students.                85．       

写作（满分30分）

         在我国不少地方环境污染仍然比较严重。请你用英语给China Daily写一封信反映这一情况，并以“如何使我们的天空更蓝，山岭更绿，河流更清”为主题，提出建议，保护环境，共筑美好家园。

         注意：1. 信的开头与结尾已经给出，不计算在总词数内。

          2. 词数要求：120—150

Dear Editor，

         In some places in our country,                                                                                

                                                                   Yours truly,

                                                                   Li Hua