第二节：请听下面两段对话和独白，选出最佳选项。

请听第6段材料，回答6，7题。

6. What are some people worried about?

A. China’s large population.　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. China’s ability to feed her people.

C. The difficulty China has.

7. What can China take pride in now?

A. The development in super rice.　　　　　　　　　　　 B. The amount of arable land.

C. The number of skilled farmers.

请听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。

8. When did the woman speaker’s room catch fire?

A. Last night.　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. Last Friday evening.　　　　　　　　 C. Yesterday morning.

9. What caught fire first?

A. The curtain.　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. The woman speaker’s book.　　 C. Alice’s bed.

10. How many people got burned in the fire?

A. Three.　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. Two.　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 C. Four.

第一节：请听下面五段对话，选出最佳选项。

1. What will the two speakers do first?

A. Look for the new tie.　　　　　　　 B. Fix the shelf.　　　　　　　　　 C. Paint the shelf.

2. How old is the man speaker?

A. 41.　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. 45.　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 C. 49

3. What do we know about the man?

A. He doesn’t like cheese in the cafeteria.　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. He prefers home cooking.

C. He likes the chicken salad best.

4. What does the woman mean?

A. The man’s wife lost some money.　　　　　　　　　 B. The man’s wife also opened an account.

C. The man’s wife also spent some money.

5. Why does the woman want to live in the city?

A. It is easier to find jobs in the city.　　　　　　　　　 B. She can go to the cinema every day.

C. Her job is in the city.

第三节 书面表达(满分15分)

越来越多的中国中学生出国学习，对此人们有不同的看法。请根据提示，以Studying Abroad 为题给二十一世纪英文报中学生版写一篇短文。

注意：1．短文须包括所有要点，内容连贯； 2．词数；120左右；开头已给出(不计入总词数)。

Studying　 Abroad

In recent years, studying abroad has been popular with Chinese high school students. _____________________________________________________________________________

宁波市2010学年第一学期期末试卷

第二节：短文改错 (共10小题，每小题1分, 满分10分)

　 下面短文中有10处语言错误。请在有错误的地方增加，删除或修改某个单词。

　 增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号(^)，并在其下面写上该加的词。

　 删除：把多余的词用斜线(\)划掉。

　 修改：在错的词下面划一横线(_)，并在该词下面写上修改后的词。

　 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 Jin Jing,

　　 Your problem is common one among middle school students. Maybe the following advices can help you. First in all, believe in yourself. Your greatest problem is that you don’t have self-confidence. The first thing you must do is to smile at your classmates. One smile speaks loud about your wish to make the friends than any word. Your smile will show that you are friendly to him. Next, trying talking with a student who is as shy as you or who share the same interest with you. You can discuss your studies with a classmate, and you can also talk about your hobbies as well. Unless someone is in trouble, you should be ready to help him or her. Once you have confidence, you can make as many friends as possibly．

　　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 Yours，

　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 　Lily

第一节 改写后的课文内容填空(共10个空，每空1分，满分10分)

　　　 Many people believe that “It is always calm before a storm.” Actually it is not true. Before the Tangshan earthquake, strange things happened. Some animals were too n________(71) to eat and the water pipes in some buildings cracked and b________(72). At 3:42 a.m. the terrible earthquake broke out. In fifteen seconds, a large city lay in r_______(73). The suffering of the people was e__________(74). Almost everything was d________(75) and thousands of children were left homeless. Before people could r__________(76) from the first quake, a second one hit the city. Some rescue workers and doctors were t_________(77) underground. Water, food, and e________(78) were cut off. People began to wonder how long the d_________(79) would last.

　　　 L__________(80), people all over the nation offered the helping hand. With the joint efforts, the city began to breathe again.