第二节:书面表达(满分25分）

假设你是某国际学校的学生会主席。你校将开展“志愿者服务月”活动，请你代表学生会用英语给全校学生写一封倡议书。要点如下：

1. 做志愿者对在会的鈔处；

2. 做志愿者对自己的好处；

3. 期待更多的同学加入。

注意：1. 词数100左右(开头和结尾已给出，但不计入总词数) .

2. 可适当增加细传，以使行文连贯。

Dear fellow students,

           Being a volunteer is very common among students today.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              

                                                      Student Union 

第一节:短文改错(共10小题;每小题1分，满分10分)

假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。

增加:在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧) ，并在其下面写出该加的词。

删除:把多余的词用斜线(\) 划掉。

修改:在错的词下划—横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。

注意：1. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；

2. 只允许修改10处，多者(从第11处起) 不计分。

Dear Tom,

         Thank you for your letter ask about courses on British life. I'm pleased to tell you that our school will be offering such course in our Summer School Programme.

         The course will be teaching by William,which is the foreign teacher of our school. His classes have been high praised by the students.

         The course is suitable for anyone interesting in British culture. It will cover a wide range of topic such as education, British humour and the British film industiy. Many guest speakers will also to be invited. The course begins on June 1.

         We look forward to see you at the beginning of the course. If you needed any further information,please feel free to contact me.

                                                  Sincerely yours,

                                                  Li Hua

第二节(共10小题;每小题1. 5分，满分15分)

阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词) 或括号内单词的正确形式。

            Reproductive cloning may enable researchers to make copies of animals with potential benefits for the field of medicine and many others.

            For instance,the Scottish researchers who cloned Dolly have also cloned other sheep that have been genetically changed

            64. application is to create clones to build populations of endangered,or possibly even extinct species of animals. In 2003,an endangered type of ox,called the banteng,was successfully cloned. 65.(short) after that,three African wildcats' were cloned using frozen embryos as a source of DNA. Some experts are 66. favour of cloning extinct animals,saying that it can save many species that would otherwise disappear,while some raise a(n) 67.(object) , arguing that cloning produces a population of genetically identical individuals that lack the genetic variability necessary for species survival.

            Some people have even expressed interest in 68. (have) their deceased pets cloned in the hope of getting a similar animal to replace the dead one. But as 69.(show) by a cloned cat,a clone may not turn out exactly like the original pet whose DNA 70.(use) to make the clone.

第一节:完形填空(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四个选项(A、B、C和D) 中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

                           ★ ★ ★ ☆ ☆

                Antarctica is like no other place in the world. It is 41 . It is very big. It is like the United States and Australia together. Antarctica is the 42 place in the world. The temperature is sometimes -125^。F (-87^。C) . August and September are the coldest months because there is no 43 .

                Antarctica is the highest continent,about 10,000 feet high. Antarctica also has very strong winds. The wind sometimes 44 as fast as two hundred miles an hour. It is also the driest place in the world.

                Antarctica is also 45 . There are huge glaciers and ice everywhere. A glacier is an area of ice that 46 slowly. The ice and glaciers are beautiful. But most plants and land animals cannot 47 on the ice. There are no trees,no rivers,and no cities in Antarctica. Only penguins and other sea birds live there.

                Antarctica does not 48 any one country. 49,every country owns Antarctica. More than twenty countries have stations in Antarctica. A station is a place where scientists do experiments. The 50 are the only people who live in Antarctica.

                Life on an Antarctica station is 51 . It is like life on a space station. The sun shines for six months,and then it is 52 for six months. People usually have problems with sleeping and eating. They eat more 53 they are not busy. In an emergency,it is hard to get 54 . Once,an American doctor Nielsen realized she was 55 . She had cancer. It was winter,and airplanes could not 56 in Antarctica. Dr. Nielsen had no choice but to 57 . An airplane dropped medicine to her,and she 58 herself. Several months later,Dr. Nielsen 59 to the United States to get special medical help.

                 Today,ships go to Antarctica during the summer months from November to February. People want to 60 this unusual place,but they don't want to live there!

41. A. strange   B. flat   C. terrible   D. unique

42. A. greatest   B. cleanest   C. coldest   D. worst

43. A. sun   B. air   C. water   D. food

44. A. comes   B. blows   C. rises   D. drops

45. A. empty   B. dangerous   C. noisy   D. important

46. A. forms   B. happens   C. shakes   D. moves

47. A. remain   B. produce   C. live   D. change

48. A. depend on   B. compete with   C. appeal to   D. belong to

49. A. Above all   B. In fact   C. For example   D. On average

50. A. scientists   B. hunters   C. fishermen   D. sailors

51. A. hard   B. interesting   C. normal   D. active

52. A. day   B. night   C. vacation   D. winter

53. A. while   B. so   C. though   D. because

54. A. messages   B. replies   C. help   D. relief

55. A. alone   B. anxious   C. sick   D. hungry

56. A. land   B. remain   C. stand   D. fly

57. A. continue   B. stay   C. work   D. adjust

58. A. took pride in   B. felt sorry for   C. paid attention to   D. took care of

59. A. referred   B. traveled   C. returned   D. drove

60. A. remember   B. visit   C. control   D. save

第二节(共5小题;每小题2分，满分l0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。

                       Is your teen ready for a job?

             Your teenager comes home from school and declares he wants to take a part-time job. He says he needs money for CDs,clothes and to buy his own car. How do you talk with your child to help him make the right choice about taking a job?

              36 But there are risks you must assess.

              Here are some benefits. A teenager's job can teach work skills that will serve him well in college and prepare him for careers in adulthood. 37 Furthermore,earning money will enable him to buy things he wants and will provide an opportunity for learning responsible money management.

              38 Working more than 13 to 20 hours a week

is associated with (与…有联系) lower grades.Teens who work too many hours find it difficult to keep up extracurricular(课外的)activities and social relationships. Some studies have found that teens who work long hours are more likely to be involved in such risky activities as using illegal drugs or alcohol.

               Therefore,parents should offer indirect guidance. 39 Visit the job site and meet the boss,so you know the work situation and the boss knows you,re watching. Consider limiting his work hours at first,letting him work more only when he makes sure his school work and social life aren’t suffering. 40 Jobs that relate to his career interests or that would expose him to a wider range of career options are ones that should be especially considered.

   A. However,there are still some disadvantages.

   B. Help him look for better jobs as time goes on.

   C. The part-time job may affect his studies at school.

   D. Nearly every teen can benefit from job experience.

   E. If your child takes a job,you need to watch how it's going.

   F. Parents should ban work on school nights,limiting it to weekends.

   G. Besides,he can build confidence,develop a sense of responsibility and feel more independent.

                                      D 

                 Petrarch was a devoted classical scholar who is considered the “Father of Humanism,”a philosophy that helped set the stage for the Renaissance. Petrarch's writing includes well--known poems to Laura,his idealized love. His writing was also used to shape the modem Italian language.

                 Petrarch was bom on July 20 ,1304,in Italy. With his family,he moved to France as a child. In France,Petrarch studied law,as his father had wished. However,his interest was in literature,particularly that of ancient Greece and Rome. After his father's death in 1326,Petrarch left law to focus on the classics.

                 As Petrarch learned more about the classical period,he began to respect that time greatly and fight against the limitations of his own time. Though he felt that he lived "among varied and confusing storms,” Petrarch believed that humanity could once more reach the heights of past accomplishments. The belief he followed became known as humanism,and formed a bridge from the Middle Ages to the Renaissance.

                 Petrarch's other interest was writing. His first pieces were poems that he wrote after the death of his mother. He would go on to write sonnets(十四行诗） letters,histories and more. Petrarch's writing was greatly admired during his lifetime,and he was nameci Rome's poet laureate(桂冠诗人) in 1341. The work Petrarch held in highest regard was his Latin composition an epic poem (史

诗) about the Second Punic War. His vernacular (用方言写的) poems achieved greater fame , however,and would later be used to help create the modem Italian language.

                 As one of the world's first classical scholars , Petrarch uncovered vast stores of knowledge in the lost texts he discovered,while his philosophy of humanism helped encourage the intellectual growth and accomplishments of the Renaissance. Petrarch is remembered for his poems,sonnets and other writing.His vernacular writing was given everlasting fame when it was used—alongside;the works of Dante Alighieri and Giovanni i Boccaccio—as the foundation for the modern Italian language.

32. Petrarch studied law.

   A. at his father's request

   B. because he hated literature

   C. in the hope of changing his society

   D. because he was enthusiastic about it

33. What do we know about the time Petrarch lived in?

   A. It was peaceful and rich.

   B. It was worthy of respect.

   C. It was difficult and had many restrictions.

   D. It reached a new height of accompUshments.

34. What were Petrarch's greatest contributions to writing?

   A. He pioneered the sonnet writing.

   B. He was the first to write epic poems.

   C. He was named Rome's poet laureate.

   D. He helped shape the modem Italian language.

35. The last paragraph is written in a tone of.

   A. regret     B. praise

   C. calmness   D. sadness

                                          C

             The eventual extinction of the large prehistoric animals has always attracted researchers. However,it is impossible to recreate most of them,either because the fossilized(变成化石的) C>NA is too old (dinosaur) or just not available. But the one exception may be the woolly mammoth,which lived about 8,000 years ago.

             Thanks to their relatively recent disappearance and the ice-cold weather they lived in,plenty of well-preserved specimens(标本) have been discovered. In the last few years,scientists have been able to piece together the mammar's  genetic code(遗传密码) using some frozen hair and also recreate its blood,with the help of DNA that was found preserved in the bone. Now,a group of Japanese scientists want to take it one step further and bring the mammoth back to life.

              The team of scientists plan to start with a journey to Siberia this summer,to seek out the DNA from a flash-frozen specimen of the mammal. In case they are unable to find one,they will use the tissue of a preserved mammoth that currently sits in a Russian laboratory. 

              The scientists will join the mammoth s DNA with an empty egg of the mammoth's closest present-day relative — the elephant. Then,by using an electric current,they will trick the egg into growing and dividing. After a few days,the researchers will put it inside a female elephant, which will act as a surrogate mother(代孕母亲) .

              Then begins the waiting game — for it takes about 600 days,for an elephant or in this case a woolly mammoth baby,to fully develop — that is,if everything goes well and the surrogate mother doesn’t reject the egg.

              If luckily we do get a baby mammoth,scientists are not sure if they would produce more,but they are hoping they will be able to study it and answer the age-old question of how they became extinct — were they hunted down by humans or did they die because of climate change?

              Will the woolly mammoth come back to life? We have to wait and see.

28. The remains of the woolly mammoth are kept well partly due to .

   A. their long hair   B. their big size

   C. the coldness   D. human activity

29. Why do the Japanese scientists plan to go to Siberia?

   A. To find suitable DNA.

   B. To preserve the specimen.

   C. To recreate the mammoth's blood.

   D. To seek help from the Russian scientists.

30. The fourth paragraph mainly deals with .

   A. the future of the cloned mammoth

   B. the process of cloning the mammoth

   C. the difficulty the scientists are faced with

   D. the relation between the mammoth and the elephant

31. If the scientists’ efforts pay off,we are most likely to.

   A. clone a lot of mammoths

   B. bring dinosaurs back to life

   C. know the effects of climate change

   D. find out why the mammoth died out

                                    B 

          Grand Cayman,the largest of three Cayman Islands in the Caribbean,is a perfect place for water lovers with a lot of family-friendly activities and attractions. Here are some of the best ones. Stingray (黄貂鱼) City 

           The word “city” is misleading,because the stingrays are actually found in their natural habitat along a series of shallow sandbars(沙洲). The stingrays gather in this shallow area accessible via a boat ride. Take a picture of the action on your water camera as you feed the stingrays some squid (乌贼) . Don’t be surprised to be surrounded by a dozen stingrays!

Barrier Reef Snorkeling(潜游) 

            The coral reef gardens are so colorfUl that they look like a painting. The kid-friendly tour starts with a gentle boat ride. Watch for stingrays. The Mamott Grand Cayman Beach Resort is within walking distance of shops and restaurants.

Tiki Beach 

             Many snorkel and stingray tnps include a visit to this beautiful spot on kid-friendly Seven Mile Beach (rated among the world's top 10 beaches) . You'1l see why as you play in the gentle surf under blue skies. ABBQ lunch is cooked on site. Restrooms and outdoor showers make this a family-friendly beach you won't want to leave.

Swim with Dolphins

              A variety of kid-friendly dolphins can be seen,enabling families to get in the clear sea water with these friendly creatures. At Dolphin Discovery, you can swim with dolphins in shallow water. For most visitors there,the minimum age is 3.

Cayman Turtle Farm 

               Home to 11,000 green sea turtles,this world-class research and educational facility (设施) offers several kid-friendly activities. Swim with fish,see sharks in the tanks,and interact(互动) with starfish and other sea animals at the touch pool. 

25. What are readers advised to do m Stingray City?

   A. To try to catch some stingrays.

   B. To try swimming with stingrays.

   C. To photograph when feeding stingrays.、

   D. To enjoy a gentle,comfortable boat ride.

26. What makes Cayman Turtle Farm different from other attractions?

   A. It allows visitors to surf.

   B. It is most family-friendly. ，

   C. Visitors can snorkel and play with dolphins there. 

   D. Visitors can get knowledge and interact with sea animals.

27. What can we learn from this text?

   A. Various stingrays can be seen in deep water.

   B. The coral reef gardens exhibit many paintings.

   C. Seven Mile Beach is well known for its BBQ lunch.

   D. A two-year-old child cannot enter Dolphin Discovery.

第一节(共15小题;每小题2分，满分30分)

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D) 中，选出最佳选项。

                                        A

             When I was little,I'd see tons of bats flying around streetlights at night in my neighborhood in upstate New York.

             By the time I turned 7,I noticed something strange: All the bats in my neighborhood had vanished,and I wondered why. Later I learned what hy happened to my town's bats. A disease called “white nose syndrome(白鼻综合征) ” had killed 93 percent of New York State's bats (and about 6 million bats across the country)!I was shocked. I asked the bat biologist what I could do to help,and she said, “Tell others what's been happening. Help people understand that bats are important to our environment and need to be protected."

             I thought I must teach people about bats. My first stop? The library,where I eventually checked out every book on bats they had. Next,I started a Facebook page called Buddies for Bats and posted any photos,facts,and videos that I could find. Then I wrote a letter to the host of an environmental program on my local radio station,asking if they'd do a show on bats. (They did!)

             But I still wanted to find a way to educate people face to face. I managed to make a presentation to a school. I also used tools to describe how bats help farmers (and protect our food supply) by eating crop-damaging insects.

             I practiced my presentation until it shone like a polished stone. It went over so well that other teachers started requesting me. Over the past three years,I ve talked in front of everyone from 5-year-olds to senior citizens!The more I present,the more I notice that I am changing minds. I have watched people go from dismissing bats as “disgusting(令人厌恶的)” to truly understanding them and advocating their protection.

             Right now,I'm thinking of becoming a marine biobgist (海洋生物学家) someday.As long as I'm helping animals,I'11 be happy.

21. When the author was little,bats .

   A. lived mainly in the south of America

   B. were well protected in upstate New York

   C. did great harm to the natural environment

   D. existed in large quantities in upstate New York

22. The underlined word “vanished” in Paragraph 2 can best be replaced by .

   A. reproduced   B. disappeared

   C. starved      D. expanded

23. Paragraphs 3 and 4 mainly talk about.

   A. the author's efforts to help protect bats

   B. how the author started Buddies for Bats

   C. why the author did a radio show on bats

   D. the difficulty the author had in educating people

24. What can we infer about the author's presentation?

   A. It was ignored by the audience.

   B. It was far from satisfactory.

   C. It was effective.

   D. It was boring.

5. The scene terror . He is still unwilling to talk about it now.