Ad．1  April fool’s party

On Friday, April 1, Inner Affair goes back to the days of funk! Classic Tunes from the 70’s and 80’s by DJs Den & Sion．9 pm till late．

Tickets：Free entrance for those in costume, otherwise 50 yuan（US $6）

Time/date：9pm, April 1

Place：Inner Affair, 1/F Qiankun Dasha, 6 Sanlitun xiliujie, Chaoang District

Tel：8454-0321

Ad．2  Language in use

Enjoy free in-house coffee, tea and beer as well as music and dancing．Practice your Chinese, make friends and have fun．

Time/date：7 to 9 pm, March 25

Place：Language In Use Club, 2/F, Science Fortune Centre, 8 Xueqing Lu, north of Xueyuan Lu, Haidian District．

Ad．3  The “worst ” party

Organized by 0-zone productions, the party is set to be “the worst ever,” with the lamest music from the 60s, 70s and 80s．Special prizes will be awarded to the worst dressed or for bad fashion sense．

Tickets：Free entrance

Time/date：9 pm, April 1

Place：Pula Pula, Tianze Lu, Oriental Seven Colors Plaza, Chaoyang District

Ad．4  La Nuit Francaise

Again on the 2^nd Thursday of the month La Nuit Francaise will be held at Le Rendezvous．The monthly event is an opportunity for all French people and everyone interested in France of speaking French to gather together．

The evening features three glasses of wine and canapés for participants and a special exhibition．

Time/date：7 to 10pm, April 14

Place：Le Rendez-vous, 3 Gongti Beilu, across from the Pacific Century Plaza Chaoyang

Ad．5  Marco V

Dutch DJ Marco V drops by Banana for a gig which is supported by Hong Kong’s DJ Spark．

Marco V has been around for many years, as an inventive, style-blending deejay and successful and devoted producer．His spinning is energetic, crowd-pleasing and never sees an empty dance floor．He was ranked No 15 in this year’s international DJ MAG DJ Top 100．

Tickets：40 yuan （US $ 4．80） in advance, 50 yuan（US$6） at the door, both include a free drink．

Which of the following is NOT True of Ad．1and Ad．3 ?

A．The two parties will be held on the same day．

B．The two parties will be held at the same time．

C．The entrance fees of the two parties will not be charged．

D．Some old music will be played at the parties．

Which of the following is intended for the Chinese learners?

A．Marco V                              B．La Nuit Francaise

C．Language in use                      D．The “worst” party

Which of the following events takes place every month?

A．Marco V                              B．La Nuit Francaise

C．The “worst” party                      D．Language in use

We can infer that _____．

A．Marco V is a newly-established band

B．La Nuit Francaise may be French words

C．The “worst” party will attract a lot of college students

D．You will enjoy free drink at April fool’s party

The devastation of Typhoon Morakot over Taiwan and eastern China is a reminder that the northwest Pacific is the most dangerous region in the world for tropical storms．The worst of these are typhoons, which are the same as hurricanes in the Atlantic and eastern Pacific, or cyclones in the Indian Ocean and Australia．They all have winds of more than 118km/h (73mph) spinning around a central core．

These storms start off as a mass of thunderstorms in the tropics outside the Equator．Given the right conditions, they form a bigger and more organised storm and feed off warm seas at more than 26．5C (80F) to get the fuel that they need to become a fully-fledged(羽毛丰满的) typhoon, hurricane or cyclone．Each storm is like a heat engine, extracting heat from the warm, humid air over the sea and turning it into phenomenal amounts of energy — equivalent to about 200 times the entire world’s electrical generating capacity．But warm, moist air is not enough — these storms also need slack winds aloft, because strong high-altitude winds can rip off the top of the storm clouds and send the entire storm tumbling（翻跟头）．

The damage from tropical storms often comes from their winds, or the storm surges from the sea as the winds pile up water into a huge battering ram(冲击夯) that floods coastlines．But the devastation from Typhoon Morakot came from its unbelievable rainfall — about a year’s average rain in some places — that set off landslides and mudslides．

45．According to the first paragraph, the common point among typhoons,hurricanes and cyclones is _______．

     A．that they all come from the oceans

       B．that they all have winds of over 118km/h spinning around a central core

       C．that they all cause great damage

       D．that they all can generate electricity

46．Which of the following is the best title of this passage?

     A．Typhoon Morakat devestates Taiwan and eastern China

     B．How is the typhoon formed?

     C．Typhoon Morakot was how to devestate the areas it travelled

     D．How terrible is Typhoon Morakat!

47．The devastation from Typhoon Morakot is mainly from ______．

     A．its wind                   B．its rainfall      

       C．landslides and mudslides       D．the storm

48．It can be inferred from the passage that ______．

     A．Taiwan is off the northwest Pacific

     B．the damage from tropical storms often comes from their winds

     C．tropical storms often happen

     D．tropical storms only need warm, moist air

阅读下列各小题，根据汉语提示，用句末括号内的英语单词完成句子，并将答案写在答题卡上的相应题号后。

1.The class remained very noisy although the bell had rung five minutes before. The teacher was about to lose his temper               . (settle)

五分钟前铃就响了，那个班还是非常吵闹，老师正要发脾气这时他们突然安静下来了。

2.               the old bike, we sold it to a waste recycle center. (apart)

我们把这辆旧自行车拆散，把它卖给了一家废品回收站。

3.A person with a severe mental health problem is                to have no close friends than the average. (likely)

有严重心理疾病的人找不到知心朋友的可能性是普通人的四倍。

4.The TV entertainment program, the Voice of China, enjoys great popularity, with a large audience                in its live show. (lose)

综艺节目《中国好声音》很受欢迎，很多观众沉浸在它的现场表演之中。

5.                   with work should not be the reason for treating one’s neighbors as strangers. (occupy)

工作繁忙不应该成为“对面不相识”的借口。

6.Not until a week later                at the meeting. (put)

直到一周后，这个问题才在会议上被提出。

7.Those successful deaf dancers think that dancing is an activity                more than hearing. (matter)

那些成功的盲人舞者认为，舞蹈是一种视力比听力更重要的活动。

8.From then on I went all out to spend every minute available practicing my oral English               . (suggest)

从那时起，我就竭尽全力地利用可能的每一分钟按照我老师的建议练习口语。

9.His parents died when he was a baby. Nobody knows who it was               . (bring)

他是婴儿的时候父母就双亡了，没人知道究竟是谁把他抚养成人的。

10.Because of Typhoon Fitow this October, some citizens in this coastal city would rather they             the inland area some day. (move)

因为今年十月的台风“菲特”，这个沿海城市的一些市民宁愿有一天搬到内陆地区。

Though Typhoon Muifa didn’t strike Wenzhou in the end, it still caused great _______ to the local economies.

语音知识（共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分）

       从A、B、C、D四个选项中，找出划线部分与所给单词划线部分读音相同的选项。

1．solution

  A. gun                B. hunt             C. equal            D. typhoon

2. stomachs

  A. character      B. sandwich         C. bench            D. known

3. bow

A. flow         B. fellow               C. cow          D. tomorrow

4. theory

A. diary            B. pioneer          C. therefore        D. really

5. exchange

A. expression      B. exist             C. examine      D. exercise