M: Well, this is it! What do you think of it?

W: I can hardly believe it's real．I've d        of seeing it ever since  _______

I saw it in books when I was a child．Just thinking of all this being built

by hand more than 2,000 years ago! No w       it's one of the         _______

wonders of the world．

M: A      the started building is more than 2,500 years ago when     ________

China was divided into v      states．Three of the northern states      ________

built defensive walls along their borders to keep o       the enemies．   ________

W．But I always thought the wall had been built by Qin Shihuang, the first

E       of China．        _______

M: Well, yes．In the way, you see, he united thew      country in the          ________

third century B．C．and one of the things he did was to join the s          ________

walls into one big wall and to build more walls from the east coast right

across the length of north China to the west．

W: It is certainly something any nation could be proud of．I hear this is the

only humanc       on the earth that can be seen from the moon．         ________

By the way, how tall is the wall?

M: The average h       is 7．8 meters; the average width is 6．5 meters    ________

at the base and 4．5 meters at the top．Would you like to go up to the top?

W: Yes! I'd like to have a look from the top．

Winter in the north is usually very cold and it is important to avoid colder-related injuries such as frostbite(冻伤) and hypothermia(体温降低)．Frostbite is damage that happens when skin is exposed to extreme cold for too long．It mainly happens on the hands，feet，nose，and ears and some will bring permanent damage．Hypothermia is a serious medical condition caused by serious cold．It happens when the body cannot produce as much heat as it loses．If not treated，it can be deadly．
The best way to avoid cold-related injuries is to be prepared for the outdoors．Here is a simple way to remember four basic steps to staying warm．Think of COLD．
The C stands for cover．Wear a hat and scarf to keep heat from escaping through the head，neck，and ears．And wear mittens instead of gloves．Mittens are a type of glove that does not have separate parts for each finger．Gloves may not keep hands as warm because they separate the fingers．
The O stands for overexertion(过分用力)．Avoid activities that will make you sweaty．Wet clothes and cold weather are a bad mix．
L is for layers．Wearing loose，lightweight clothes，one layer on top of another, is better than single heavy layer clothing．Also，make sure outerwear is made of water resistant and tightly knit material．
The last letter D stands for dry．In other words，stay as dry as possible．Pay attention to the places where snow can enter, like the tops of boots．the necks of coats and the wrist areas of mittens．
And there are a couple of other things to keep in mind，one for children and the other for adults．Eating snow might be fun but it lowers the body's temperature．And drinking alcohol might make a person feel warm，but what it really does is weaken the body's ability to hold heat．
67．Both frostbite and hypothermia        ．
A．are injuries caused by extreme cold
B．may happen on the hands，feet，nose and ears
C．may cause uncontrollable shaking and slow breathing
D．may be deadly injuries
68．Mittens can keep your hands warmer than gloves because           ．
A．they are thicker                     B．they are made of better materials
C．they don't separate your fingers        D．they separate your fingers
69．      can help you avoid cold-related injuries．
A．Trying your best to exercise until you get sweat
B．Wearing layers of loose，lightweight clothes
C．Drinking alcohol to make you feel warm
D．Wearing a single heavy layer of clothing
70．Overexertion should be avoided because         ．
A．it may exhaust you       B．it may make you hungry
C．it may make you sweat     D．it may lower your body temperature

形填空（共20小题；每小题1分,满分20分）

When Dave was eighteen, he bought a second-hand car for ￡200 so that he could travel to and from work more  36  than by bus. It worked quite well for a few years, but it got so old, and it was costing him 37 much in repairs, that he decided that he had better 38 it.

He asked among his friends to see if anyone was  39 to buy a cheap car, but they all knew that it was falling to pieces, so  40  of them had any desire to buy it.

Dave’s friend Sam saw that he was  41 when they met one evening, and said, “What’s 42 , Dave?” Dave told him, and Sam answered, “Well, what about advertising(登广告) it in the paper? You may  43  more for it in that way than the cost of the advertisement!” Thinking that Sam’s 44  was reasonable, he put an advertisement in an evening paper, which read: “For sale: small car,  45  very little gas, only two owners. Bargain at ￡50.”

For two days after the advertisement first appeared, there was no  46. But then on the Saturday evening he had an enquiry (咨询). A man rang up and said he would like to  47  him about the car. “All right.” Dave said, feeling happy. He asked the man whether ten o’clock the next morning would be 48 or not. “Fine,” the man said, “and I’ll  49  my wife. We want to go for a ride in it to50 it.”

The next morning, at a quarter to ten, Dave parked the car in the square outside his front door, 51 to wait there for the people who had 52 his advertisement. Even Dave had to  53 that the car really looked like a wreck (残破的车). Then, soon after he had got the car as  54  as it could be, a police car stopped just behind him and a policeman got out. He looked at Dave’s car and then said, “Have you reported this  55  to us yet, sir?”

1.                A．directly         B．safely          C．easily D．properly

2.                A．too            B．so             C．such D．very

3.                A．keep           B．sell            C．repair    D．throw

4.                A．generous       B．willing          C．lucky     D．ashamed

5.                A．some          B．neither         C．none D．most

6.                A．delighted       B．calm           C．sad  D．astonished

7.Aon             B.that          C.up                  D.it

8.                A．learn           B．miss           C．find  D．get

9.                A．advice         B．message        C．request   D．description

10.               A．loses          B．has            C．spends    D．uses

11.               A．doubt          B．help           C．answer    D．trouble

12.               A．see            B．tell            C．agree D．call

13.               A．exact          B．early           C．suitable   D．late

14.               A．follow          B．meet          C．bring D．introduce

15.               A．get            B．recognize       C．test  D．admire

16.               A．meaning        B．happening      C．turning    D．failing

17.               A．read           B．answered       C．inserted   D．placed

18.               A．admit          B．forget          C．show D．disagree

19.               A．admit          B．fast            C．clean D．light

20.               A．bargain         B．sale           C．result D．accident

单词拼写（共20小题, 每小题1分，满分20分）
76. You can’t turn your dream into r__________ if you just sit there and watch TV all day.
77. A good command (运用能力；掌握) of English e__________ you to communicate with foreign businessmen freely.
78. He missed the bus as a r__________ of getting up too late this morning.
79. It is time for us to take m__________ to stop air pollution in our city now.
80. Cycling is highly b__________ to health and the environment.
81. He seems to have __________ (忽视，忽略) one important fact.
82. I believe the house was __________ (故意地) set fire to, not accidentally.
83. She is so __________ (固执的) that she never listens to other people’s advice.
84. Her tears __________ (流动) freely down her cheeks the moment she heard the sad news.
85. They entered the country __________ (非法地).
86. On this __________, however, it had slowed down considerably.
87. “At the time the murder was __________, I was traveling on the 8 o’clock train to London,” said the man.
88. Six men have been __________ in a mine for seventeen hours.
89. They have been told that rescue operations are __________ smoothly.
90. A pilot noticed a __________ which seemed to be making for a Royal Air Force Station nearby.
91. We had to __________ for hours to get in and there must have been several hundred people present just before the show began.
92. He was obviously very nervous and for some minutes stood __________ before the microphone.
93. Oil rigs have to be repaired frequently and divers, who often have to work in darkness a hundred feet under water, have been frightened out of their __________ by giant fish bumping into them as they work.
94. He said that someone might be spying on the station and the pilot was ordered to keep __________ of the strange object.
95. “So do I,” answered the policeman in the same __________.

 Maggie was very glad that James was not a frequent visitor to the house. So far as the children were concerned, they had a mystery about him that stirred their imagination. He stirred Maggie’s anger, however, so that she often said to her husband, “It’s mercy that brother of yours doesn’t come oftener.”

In fact James came once a year, unexpectedly, around eight o’clock in the evening, and he stayed for six hours of close discussion with his brother. His arrival was a signal to the children that their bedtime would be delayed. Not that he ever spoke to them or played with them. He took no notice of them, as if he was unable to see children, at least until the time came for him to go. Instead, after his first greeting and a careless kiss, James took no notice of Maggie either, except to add, “You’ll be getting on with the supper, Maggie.” Such was his regard for her.

Maggie paid him back in her own way. She kept the children up, the four of them, to keep her company, she said, but of course they sang and made a noise and broke the endless sound of James’s voice. Very late, they dropped off to sleep in their chairs. Then, when James was about to go, Maggie woke them up and so more or less forced him to part with four shillings before he left. That gave her some satisfaction, for James, though rich, was mean. He always went home by the last train, just after two o’clock.

Maggie’s children secretly stared at their uncle. They could not forget that he had, in their mother’s words, “lost two wives and taken a third, ” They wondered about those two unfortunate lost ladies. They asked each other what their fate had been, and if neither could ever be found again. James never brought his third wife with him nor ever mentioned her. The children decided that he must be so frightened of losing her that he never allowed her outside the door.

 The underlined word “mercy” in the text most probably means _______.

A. loss      B. wonder

C. lucky thing D. terrible thing

Maggie never prepared anything special for James because _______.

A. he was a man difficult to please

B. she never knew when he was coming

C. she was too busy looking after her children

D. he never stayed long enough for a meal

What do we know about James’ behavior?

A. He was a kind man, with love for the family.

B. He was generous, especially towards his brother.

C. He was anxious to please the family, especially the kids.

D. He was rude to his sister-in-law.

Maggie felt pleased when _______.

A. she paid James the money that she owed him

B. James gave some money to the children

C. she had to wake James up to catch his train

D. James thanked her for the nice supper

The children did not realize that two of James’ wives _______.

A. had been dead    B. suffered from loss of memory

C. had run away from him    D. might appear again one day