On April Fool’s Day, people will __________ each other.
A. make fun on B. make a fun of C. play jokes on D. make jokes on
．Since you are here, you ____ as well stay here for long.
A．can B．may C．must D．should
Last spring, members of Alaska’s Troop 34, based in Fairbanks, trudged (跋涉) out into the snowy wilderness to take part in their state’s Take a Kid Trapping program. In many parts of the state, beavers （海狸）are pests and need to be controlled.
The 10－to－12－year－old girls found out where beavers lived, set traps, and skinned the two animals they caught. The girls hope to catch ten more beavers so that the entire troop can make mittens and hats with the fur. They also want to cook beaver meat.
Troop leaders and members say the Scouts are doing a good deed by helping control the state’s beaver population. But animal－rights activists say trapping is cruel. They want the Girl Scouts to stop in their tracks.
Beavers aren’t only causing a problem in Alaska. Residents in Sampson County, N.C. , have turned to a local committee to help them battle the growing beaver population there.
County landowners are frustrated after the county spent more than $ 50,000 in eight years trying to reduce the beaver population through a government program. The joint state and federal program included paying money to trappers for every beaver carcass they trapped.
Many local residents say that the program didn’t work because there were too few trappers. That’s why the county set up its own committee to investigate other ways to control the area’s beaver population.
The county will rely on its own beaver－trapping program. It has hired a trapper to set traps in various areas. The county will pay $10 for every beaver carcass.
Why do many people say that beavers are a nuisance? For beavers to survive, they need lots of water. Water provides the large rodent （啮齿动物）with a place to hide from meat – eating animals. Beavers also store food underwater for the winter. When there’s not enough water in a particular area, beavers get busy building dams.
Beaver dams can cause major flooding and damage to the surrounding countryside as the animals cut down trees to use in their construction projects. Beavers build canals to transport heavy objects.
59．What is Alaska’s Troop 34?
A．A team of the Boy Scouts. B．An army.
C．A team of the Girl Scouts. D．A sports team.
60．Why does the troop hope to catch ten more beavers?
A．To fulfill their task. B．To sell them for money.
C．To get enough fur. D．To exchange them for mittens and hats.
61．Which of the following statements is true?
A．Sampson County has to find a new way to control the beaver population there.
B．The government program in Sampson County has proved to be a success.
C．The local government has controlled the number of beavers in the County.
D．More and more trappers now start to set traps in Sampson County.
62．Local residents hate beavers because they can ___________.
A．cause damage to dams
B．block up canals with heavy objects.
C．do great harm to construction projects.
D．badly damage the environment and cause floods.
短文改错（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）
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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：原行没有错的不要改。
The day after Thanksgiving is the start the holiday shopping 66. __________
season. One place where is very busy today is a large shopping 67. __________
mall in Bloomington of the USA. In fact, it is one of the 68. _________
largest shopping and entertainment center in the world. 69. __________
In this mall, there are more than five hundreds stores, including four 70. ________
large department stores. It has sixty eaten places and a big aquarium. 71. _______
You can walk along it and so watch sharks eat or see a reef up close. 72. ________
The mall also has much museums, theaters, and a place where 73. ________
people can get married. Mall spokesman Daniel saying that 74. ________
millions of people visits the mall every year from all over the world. 75. _________
Come nad see me whenever _____________.
A. you are convenient B. you will be convenient
C. it is convenient to you D. it will be convenient to you
The number of people invited _____ fifty, but a number of them ______ absent for different
reasons.
A. were; was B. was; was C. was; were D. were; were
The nervous-looking young man had waited for a few moments—outside the jeweler’s before he got enough courage to enter. He was warmly greeted by a young assistant. James felt a rush of blood to his face as he explained he would be bringing in his future wife to choose a birthday present. The assistant listened carefully and told him he’d better buy a necklace. He wasn’t used to buying jewellery and was a little worried about over-spending. After some discussion as to a reasonable price and the type, the assistant showed him dozens of necklaces and helped him to choose. At last James chose one and left the shop promising to return at five o’clock. When, half an hour later than planned, James did return to the shop with his future wife, Laura, the assistant acted as if she had never seen him before. When she was asked to show them some necklaces, she first brought out some inexpensive ones for them to choose, and then gave them the one she had prepared. A choice was soon made and they went away satisfied. James would certainly come back to buy what he wanted.
52. A good title for this passage is________.
A. A Clever Assistant B. Buying a Birthday Present
C. How to Choose a Necklace D. A Brave Young Man
53.The word “overspending” in this passage means__________.
A. spending too much money
B. spending too much time
C. spending more time than he planned
D. spending too much time and too much money
54. When James told the assistant why he wanted to buy a present, his face_______.
A. turned pale B. turned red C. turned yellow D. turned black
55. James and Laura reached the shop at .
A. 4:30 B.5:00 C.5:30 D.6:00
56. James would come back to buy what he wanted because_______.
A. the assistant knew how to satisfy the people who came to buy things
B. the necklace was good
C. Laura liked the necklace
D. the assistant who served James was very beautiful
第一节：语音知识(共5小题：每小题1分，满分5分) 遵义四中2009---2010学年度第二学期半期考试试题
1.spooful A. cook B. food C . foot D. look
2. mosquito A. honour B. positive C. glove D. salute
3. charge A. machine B. headache C. technique D. research
4.museum A. subject B. true C. huge D. busy
5. author A. thus B. mother C. theme D. clothing
Isn’t it amazing how the human body heals ______ after an injury?.
A. himself B. him C. itself D. it
Let’s observe another little scene, ________you might have in your new life to come.
A. what B. as C. where D. that