Imagine a world 400 years ago where children were used as chimney sweeps．The pay was low, it was a dirty trade and there was little reward for the men who did the job and even less for children.

Medway’s annual Sweeps Festival recreates the joy and laughter enjoyed by the chimney sweeps at their traditional holiday: the one time of the year the sweeps could leave the soot（烟灰） behind and have some fun．The sweeps’ holiday was traditionally held on 1 May each year．Locally, they used to mark the occasion by staging a procession through the streets of Rochester.

Their fun continued with the Jack-in-the-Green ceremony, a seven-foot character that they used to waken at dawn on Blue Bell Hill, Chatham．The Jack-in-the-Green would walk with the chimney sweeps in their parade．When the Climbing Boys’ Act 1868 made it illegal to employ young boys to carry out the trade, the traditional procession gradually began to fade．The final May celebration was held in the early 1900s.

The modern day Rochester Sweeps Festival is a colorful mix of music, dancing and entertainment with more than 60 Morris sides and entertainers celebrating throughout the three-day festival．The festival was revived in 1981 by local businessman Gordon Newton, a keen historian．He decided it was time to bring it back and over the years he has helped develop the festival into what it is today — an excellent performance of traditional Britain.

Gordon researched the Sweeps’ tradition and organized a small parade, involving local Morris teams．In time, Medway Council took over organization of the festival but Gordon remained actively involved．Today he is festival producer and plays melodeon（簧风琴） for several Morris teams．Doug Hudson is the festival’s music director, a role he has held for many years．Through Gordon’s vision and hard work, Doug’s musical ability and the council’s help, the Rochester Sweeps Festival has become the largest May Day celebration of its kind in the country.

According to the writer, chimney sweeps ____________.

      A．were highly respected        B．were well rewarded

      C．led a hard life in the past            D．worked in good conditions

Medway’s Sweeps Festival ____________.

      A．has been organized by the Jack-in-the-Green

      B．dated back to the May celebration in the early 1900s

       C．is held to honor those chimney sweeps every other year

      D．has become a time for chimney sweeps to enjoy themselves

The underlined word “revive” in the 4th paragraph most probably means ___________.

      A．realize          B．review         C．recreate         D．recognize

It can be inferred from the passage that ____________.

      A．the festival has never been supported by the local government

      B．The festival is a good way to see British folk customs in action

      C．youngsters has been forbidden to be chimney sweeps since 1981

      D．the modern festival lasts five days celebrating the coming of spring

What is the passage mainly concerned about?

      A．Sweeps Festival history   B．Medway’s traditional holidays

      C．Climbing Boys’ Act 1868       D．a procession in Rochester

-What do you think of the film   Avatar?

  -It__be better．I even want to see it twice．

  A．won,t         B．couldn,t        C．shouldn,t         D．mightn,t

 The mother got a bit ________, for her daughter should have come back home from school.

D

       Are some people born clever, and others born stupid? Or is intelligence developed by our environment and our experiences? Strangely enough，the answer to both these questions is yes．To some extent our intelligence is given to us at birth，and no amount of special education can make a genius out of a child born with low intelligence．On the other hand, a child who lives in a boring environment will develop his intelligence less than one who lives in rich and varied surroundings．Thus the limits of a person’s intelligence are fixed at birth，but whether or not he reaches those limits will depend on his environment. This view, now held by most experts can be supported in a number of ways．

       It is easy to say that intelligence is to some extent something we are born with．The closer the blood relationship between two people, the closer they are likely to be in intelligence．Thus if we take two unrelated people at random from the population, it is likely that their degrees of intelligence will be completely different．If on the other hand we take two identical twins, they will very likely be as intelligent as each other．Relations like brothers and sisters，parents and children，usually have similar intelligence, and this clearly suggests that intelligence depends on birth．

       Imagine that now we take two identical twins and put them in different environments．We might send one, for example, to a university and the other to a factory where the work is boring．We would soon find differences in intelligence developing, and this indicates that environment as well as birth plays a part．This conclusion is also suggested by the fact that people who live in close contact with each other, but who are not related at all, are likely to have similar degrees of intelligence．

67．By using the example that two people closer in blood relationship are closer in intelligence that writer wants to prove _________．

       A．intelligence is given at birth

       B．intelligence can be developed by environment

       C．intelligence can be developed by experience

       D．education plays an important part in the development of education

68．A child who lives in rich and varied surroundings turns out higher in intelligence because ________．

       A．his family is rich and therefore can afford to develop his intelligence

       B．he can break the limits of intelligence fixed at birth

       C．his family is rich and provides him with various healthy food

       D．these surroundings are likely to help him reach the limits of their intelligence

69．Writer of this article believes that _________．

       A．the development of one’s intelligence is determined by many factors working together

       B．environment plays the most important role in the development of intelligence

       C．education plays the most important role in the development of intelligence

       D．birth plays the most important role in the development of intelligence

70．The best title for this passage might be __________．

       A．Intelligence          B．Birth and Environment

       C．The Answer to a Question       D．Intelligence and Education

V. 短文填词（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分） Ks5u

Do you like friends who can teach you a lot every day?    

Books are s______ friends because they bring knowledge to us     91.___________

and keep us company through our ______ (人生）. They are        92.___________

so valuable that ________ (图书馆) are built to keep them.          93.___________

A_____ all great men are lovers of books. Franklin said that it     94.___________

was books that led him to success and that he could have  

a______(获得) nothing without books. Books are the holders of       95.___________

mankind’s _______(经验) and imagination. They enable us to see    96.___________

through the past and predict the ______. So when you open a       97.___________

book, you would get into a world ______ you have never been      98.___________

before. A good book is a good teacher that h______  you to get over 99.___________

difficulties. No matter what you are, _______or old, poor or rich,    100.___________

books are your devoted friends.   

The president’s ideas, most of which were not known to all at first, _______ popular support later.

  A. gained            B. gathered                C. accepted                 D. owned

第二节 （共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）

       根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。

       Being organized is an important skill for school and life．When you’re well organized, you can stay focused, instead of spending time hunting things down．  71   For schoolwork, it means having one notebook or place where you store all your assignments, so you know what you have to do and when．Keeping labeled folders（贴有标签的文件夹） for handouts（课堂讲义）and keeping all your schoolwork neat and in a specific place—these are the main parts of organization．

       For home stuff, being organized means having a place to put your things and putting them back as you go．  72    It means keeping your schoolbag, your shoes, and your clean underwear in the same places so you always know where to find them．

       Planning is part of being organized, too．  73    Calendars, lists, and schedules can help you plan．You can buy or draw a calendar and keep it near your workplace．Making a schedule or “to-do” list for yourself is a good idea．Looking at your list helps you keep track of what you need to do． 74    Check off things when you’ve done them．Use your list to help you decide which thing is most important to work on first．

      75    But once you’re organized, it feels great．The less time you spend hunting around for things or panicking about homework, the more time you have for better things, like reading a good book or playing．

       A．Planning means deciding what you will do and when you will do it．

       B．First, you should get your schoolwork organized．

       C．Add new things as you get assignments．

       D．You will benefit a lot from a good habit．

       E．What does it mean to be organized?

       F．It takes some extra efforts to organize yourself and your stuff．

       G．It means hanging your coat up instead of dropping it on the floor or throwing it on a chair．

第二部分  英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）

第一节   单项填空（共15小题;每小题1分，满分15分）

       从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

_____ global financial crisis of 2009 became _____ concern for people all over the world．

       A．The; the        B．The; a          C．不填； 不填   D．A ； the

My friend, Lucy can get 200 dollars more than she made_______in the primary school.

A. work     B. to work          C. working          D. worked

In the garden there are a lot of flowers ______ I don’t know the names.

  A. of which B. from which              C. to which   D. about which