I come from a city on the United States’east coast. It’s a ten-hour flight for me to get home from Shanghai. When I got off the plane, I took photos of the blue sky and white clouds along the way. After two weeks, I returned to Shanghai. Much to my surprise, the blue sky in Shanghai that I liked before was not as blue as that in the US. I couldn’t help wondering what had happened.
A few days later, I went to tour Waitan (a famous tourist attraction in Shanghai) by the Huangpu River with some of my friends. There we saw five Ferrari sports cars by the side of the road. The red and yellow cars looked so nice that everyone was looking at them. However, when I turned my head, I noticed the sky over Waitan, I was shocked to find that the buildings in the Lujiazui area on the other side of Huangpu River could hardly be seen. It was then that I realized that Ferrari cars could be bought with money, but a blue sky couldn’t.
Shanghai is an important economic (经济的) and trade center in China. It has made great contributions (贡献) to the whole nation’s economic development. However, we need to protect the environment during economic growth. Pollution is poisoning our air and our rivers. Without clean air and rivers, how will people be able to survive?
【小题1】The author mentioned the Ferrari sports cars in order to _______.

完形填空（共20小题，每小题1.5分,满分30分）

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36—55题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。

He was 11 years old and went fishing every chance he got from the dock at his family’s cabin on an island in the middle of a New Hampshire lake. On the day __36__ the bass (鲈鱼) season opened, he and his father were fishing early in the evening, __37__ sunfish with worms. Then he tied on a small lure (鱼饵) and practiced casting. When his pole __38__, he knew something huge was __39__. His father watched __40__ as the boy skilfully worked the fish alongside the dock. Finally, he very carefully lifted the __41__ fish from the water. It was the largest one he had ever seen, __42__ it was a bass. It was 10 P.M.-- two hours before the season opened. The father looked at the fish, then at the boy.

“You’ll have to __43__, son,” he said.

“Dad!” cried the boy.

“There will be other fish,” said his father.

“Not as big as this one,” cried the boy.

__44__ no one had seen them, nor could anyone ever know what time he caught the fish, the boy could __45__ by his father’s firm voice that the decision was __46__. He slowly worked the hook out of the lip of the huge bass and lowered it into __47__. The creature moved its powerful body and __48__. The boy thought that he would never again see such a great fish.

That was 34 years ago. Today, the boy is a successful architect in New York City. And he was __49__. He has never again caught such a magnificent fish as the one he __50__ that night long ago. But he does see __51__ fish again and again every time he comes up against a question of principles. As his father taught him, principles are simple matters of right and wrong. It is only the practice of principles__52__ difficult. Do we __53__ when no one is looking? 

We would if we __54__ to put the fish back when we were young. For we would have learned the truth. The decision to do right lives __55__ in our memory. It is a story we will proudly tell our friends and grandchildren.

36．A．until  B．when       C．after  D．before

37．A．providing        B．catching   C．feeding    D．supplying

38．A．bent over  B．came up   C．turned over     D．broke down

39．A．on the other end     B．on the other hand C．on one hand  D．at the either side

40．A．with anxiety    B．in surprise C．with admiration      D．for fear

41．A．delighted        B．frustrated  C．frightened       D．exhausted

42．A．and   B．but   C．however   D．yet

43．A．bring it home B．put it aside      C．put it back       D．pick it up

44．A．Even though  B．Now that        C．Ever since       D．In case

45．A．tell   B．say   C．speak D．talk

46．A．passed     B．changed    C．fixed D．refused

47．A．the wide container B．the broad sea

       C．the black water        D．the small river

48．A．fled B．disappeared     C．floated    D．swam

49．A．wrong      B．right        C．satisfactory      D．pleased

50．A．landed      B．saw C．cast   D．threw

51．A．a different       B．many big  C．even bigger      D．the same

52．A．which is   B．it is C．that is      D．this is

53．A．do wrong        B．do right   C．do harm   D．do good

54．A．were taught     B．told C．were let   D．ordered

55．A．freshly     B．fresh       C．clearly     D．strongly

根据下列句子的结构和所给汉语的意思，写出这一单词的正确形式
【小题1】      （判断）from his accent, we know he comes from the west.
【小题2】I’m glad to know that he has been finally       （说服）to give up smoking.
【小题3】Tom is a  ____ _(可靠的)  person. He is sure to help you.
【小题4】John and Mary made a         (航海)at the sea.
【小题5】The dead and        （受伤的）people lay everywhere after the terrible accident.

The German shepherd runs off and noses around in the grass of Kenya’s Laikipia Plateau. “OK, Oakley,” the dog’s handler orders, “Find it!”
Oakley sniffs (嗅) until he comes to a bush, then stops, sits, and looks up at his handler. She bends to see what he has found: the waste of an endangered African wild dog. “Good dog!” she praises. The handler pulls a tennis ball from her pocket. Oakley jumps for his reward.
“He doesn’t actually want the waste,” says Aimee Hurt, a founding member of the U.S.-based group Working Dogs for Conservation. Hurt is in Kenya to train both Oakley and his handler. “He finds it so he can play with his ball. We’re the ones who want the waste.”
Detection dogs are sometimes taught to locate actual animals. Black-footed ferrets (雪貂) have been studied with their help. But more often the dogs learn to locate the waste of creatures such as bears, wolves and mountain lions.
What the dogs find provides scientists with data about a species. Scientists can use the DNA collected from animal waste to identify individuals, sex, and population sizes — all without ever seeing the animal itself. “It can take years to gather this kind of information if you have to trap animals,” Hurt explains.
Waste analysis might make a huge difference when wild species are accused of attacking domestic livestock (家畜). Hurt says, “A good detection dog will find the waste so we can see what the animal is actually eating.” This may help reduce problems between people and wildlife.
【小题1】 The underlined word “She” in Paragraph 2 refers to  “_____”.

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36—55各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Taking Care

From a very early age, I knew I wanted to be a nurse. My mother was a nurse and I have always  36  her and the way she took care of everyone. I wanted to be just like her.

So, here I am, a   37  for the last seven years. I love my work. Now, my father is quite   38  . He is 71 and has heart failure, and a lot of other medical  39  . Up until April of this year, he was able to live alone, drive, and   40  all of his own needs. His health has broken sown swiftly. I’m the only girl out of the five children. Being the only girl and a nurse  41  me at the top of the caregiver list. Taking care of a sick parent is very  42  , not at all like taking care of other patients. I have to   43  my own family to be here with Dad. I know this is   44  I need to be but it is still hard. I   45  abut 12-15 hours day taking care of him. I want to spend all of the time that I can with him because I know that our   46  left together is short.

At the same time, I find myself  47  that my brothers don’t help more. Sometimes, it is days between their   48  . they all have families of their own and busy lives but…so do I. My eldest brother does help some. He   49  at night. He comes in at 8 or 9pm and lets me go home. But he is up and   50  to hit the road at about 6 am. My   51  brothers pop in for 10-15 minute visits. It is   52  annoying. They say they  53  stand “to see Daddy this way” which I understand. It hurts me to see him so sick  54  weak, too. But …he’s our Dad. He has taken care of us our whole lives. I just  55  like we should all do our part to take care of him now.

A．missed   B．admired    C．cheered     D．loved

A．nurse     B．mother     C．doctor      D．daughter

A．stubborn       B．healthy     C．lonely       D．ill

A．puzzles  B．difficulties       C．problems  D．matters

A．give up  B．take care of      C．watch over       D．take up

A．put B．encouraged      C．obliged     D．showed

A．necessary      B．easy  C．important  D．difficult

A．refuse    B．support     C．abandon    D．own

A．when     B．how  C．where       D．why

A．waste   B．spend       C．kill    D．pass

A．money  B．pleasure    C．emotion    D．time

A．angry   B．calm  C．enthusiastic      D．anxious

A．trips     B．favours     C．visits D．meals

A．lives    B．appears     C．sleeps       D．stays

A．likely   B．ready C．sorry D．glad

A．other    B．dear  C．busy  D．pitiful

A．even    B．ever  C．still   D．really

A．mustn’t       B．needn’t     C．can’t D．shouldn’t

A．or B．and   C．yet    D．but

A．feel      B．sound       C．smell D．look