55. According to the passage, what was the first great step toward the practice of agriculture?

A.　 The invention of agriculture tools and machines.

B.　 The development of a system of names for plants.

C.　 The discovery of grasses that could be harvested and replanted.

D.　 The changing food of early humans.

第II卷(共35分)

第四部分：写作(共两节，满分35分)

第一节 短文改错(共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分)

此题要求改正所给短文中的错误。对标有题号的每一行做出判断：如无错误，在该行右边横线上画一个勾(√)；如有错误(每行只有一个错误)，则按下列情况改正：此行多一个词：把多余的词用斜线(\)划掉，在该行右边横线上写出该词，并也用斜线划掉。此行缺一个词；在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧)，在该行右边横线上写出该加的词。

此行错一个词：在错的词下划一横线，在该行右边横线上写出改正后的词。

注意：原行没有错误的不要改。

This city changed a lot in the past five years. First,　　　　　　　 56.____________

more high buildings have appeared, that are modem and　　　　　 57____________

beautiful. Many overpasses have set up, so it is very　　　　　　　　　　　　 58.____________

convenient for people to travel. However, many families　 　　　　　　 59.____________

have cars of their own. The people's life there has　　　 　　　　　　　　 60.____________

become richly and colorful. People can enjoy themselves　 　　　　　　 61.____________

travel on holidays. To my delight, I can taste delicious　 　　　　　　　　 62.____________

food of different country such as the food of America　　 　　　　　　　 63.____________

and Japan. And it's much more easier for me to keep　　 　　　　　　　　 64.____________

in touch with you, for I can e-mail you in my office.　　 　　　　　　　　　　 65.____________

第二节 书面表达(满分25分)

假如你叫李华，是某农村中学的学生。你校打算在教室里面安装空调，让学生讨论。请根据下表中讨论的结果，给校长写封信。

赞成观点	反对观点	你的观点
空调冬暖夏凉 优化学习环境 家庭条件好了 支付得起费用	装空调会污染环境 产生噪音影响学习 增加学生经济负担 有的家庭负担不起	不同意装空调，并给出你的理由： ①…… ②…… ③……

注意： 1．信的格式已经为你写好，不计人总词数。

54. In paragraph 2, the underlined word “marvel” is closest in meaning to _____.

A. edge　　　 B. sign　　　 C. beginning　　　 D. wonder

53. According to the passage, why has general knowledge of botany decreased?

A.　　　 People no longer value plants as a useful resource.

B.　　　　 Botany is not recognized as a special branch of science.

C.　　　　 Research is unable to keep up with the increasing number of plants.

D.　　　 Direct relation with a variety of plants has decreased.

52. Which of the following assumptions(假设)about early humans is expressed in the passage?

A. They probably had wide knowledge of plants.

B. They clearly divided knowledge into separate fields

C. They did not enjoy the study of botany.

D. They placed great importance on ownership of property.

51．What might be the most suitable title for the text?

A．Keep your fridge a secret　　　　　　　　　　 B．You are what’s in your fridge

C．What to put in the fridge?　　　　　　　　　　 D．Be careful about your fridge

E

Botany, the study of plants, plays a strange role in the history of human knowledge. For many thousands of years it was one field about which humans had little knowledge. It is impossible to know today just what our Stone Age Ancestors knew about plants, but from what we can observe of preindustrial societies that still exists, a detailed learning of plants and their properties(特征)must be very ancient. This is reasonable. Plants are the basis of the food pyramid for all living things, even for other plants. They have always been greatly important to the good of peoples, not only for food, but also for clothing, weapons, tools, medicines, housing, and a great many other purposes. Tribes(部落)living today in the woods of the Amazon recognize hundreds of plants and know many properties of each. To them botany, as such, has no name and is probably not even recognized as a special branch of knowledge at all.

Unfortunately, the more industrialized we become the farther away we move from direct relation with plants, and the less clear our knowledge of botany grows. Yet everyone comes unconsciously on a surprising amount of botanical knowledge, and few people will fail to recognize a rose or an apple. When our New Stone Age ancestors, living in the Middle East about 10 000 years ago, discovered that certain grasses could be harvested and their seeds planted for richer production the next season, the first great step in a new connection of plants and humans was taken. Grains were discovered and from them flowed the marvel of agriculture: planted crops. From then on, humans would increasingly take their living from the controlled production of a few plants, rather than getting a little here and a little there from many varieties that grew wild and the collected knowledge of tens of thousands of years of experience and close relations with plants in the wild would begin to disappear.

50．What will those who often dine out put in the fridge?

A．All kinds of food they like.　　　　　　　　 B．Only something to drink.

C．Fruit, vegetables and meat.　　　　　　　　　 D．Food rich in vitamins.

49．According to the passage, people who belong to "food faddies" ______.

A．don’t care much about money when buying things

B．will try their best to stay healthy

C．often stay up late to finish their job

D．prefer to ask others about what to do next

48．We can know from the first two paragraphs that ______.

A．some researchers are fond of staring at other people’s fridges

B．people don’t want others to know about their secrets

C．the food you put in the fridge has something to do with your personality

D．there are mainly five kinds of lifestyles among British people

47．From what Hengwei and Professor Zhang Yang said, we can know that________.

A. they have different opinions on changes and challenges

B. people are not afraid of competition from foreign companies

C. the Chinese people are ready to face any changes and challenges

D. they are both greatly encouraged by the book

D

If you don’t want people to know too much about you, then you had better keep your fridge contents secret according to a British market research document released last week.

Researchers peered (凝视) into the fridges of 400 people in Britain and compared the contents with the owners’ lifestyles. They claim to be able to classify the nation’s people by fridge contents.

They say those people can be separated into five categories："nutrition nerds (no social sense)", "food faddies (whatever’s in style)", "martyr mums", "fast food fanatics" and "restaurant regulars".

"Nutrition nerds" care much about what they put into their bodies. Their fridges are stocked with fruit, vegetables and healthy meat.

People in this category tend to be highly organized and usually work in law or accountancy. The vast majority are single, but if they have a partner, that person will be similar.

A fridge full of vitamins - enriched juices implies its owner works in media or fashion. They tend not to eat the foods they buy. Known as the "food faddies", they just want to be seen as purchasing the latest important things.

A fridge filled with everything from steak to frozen fish suggests the "martyr mum". Her fridge tends to be stocked with every kind of product, except what she herself would want. This fridge hints at difficulty balancing family and work life.

"Fast food fanatics" always buy mineral water for soda pop; the nearest they will get to fresh fruit is tomato sauce. Their fridges hint at someone who works hard and plays hard. Also, someone who is not into long term planning.

Finally, a fridge filled with nothing more than a bottle of white wine and some sparkling mineral water implies an owner who is single, lives in a big city and enjoys the finer things in life. The fridge is empty because this person regularly eats in restaurants.

46．The word “cheese” in the passage can refer to________.

A. something we depend on for a living

B. a most important kind of food

C. change or challenge

D. way of life