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 It was with great courage ______ the boy told the truth _______ he had stolen the money.

A. which; that          B. when; what    C. as; that                 D. that; that

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     Kenya is the first country to try and protect elephants by text message. Mobile phone SIM cards inserted in the collars(项圈) of elephants automatically send a text message when they get too close to farms, allowing wildlife workers to drive them off rather than shoot them.

    Hungry elephants cause big problem for farmers and villagers in some parts of Kenya looking for food and destroying homes and livelihoods in the process. Two years ago the Kenyan wildlife service had to shoot five elephants with regret and sadness who continued to destroy crops.

    In an attempt to avoid such destructive actions the Save the Elephants charity installed a mobile phone SIM card in a collar that was placed on a huge bull elephant called Kimani. The conservationists( 自然环境保护者) then set up a virtual fence using a global positioning system.

Each time Kimani came near the fence, a text message was sent to workers. So far he has been prevented from going into farms fifteen times.

   The project is expensive requiring five full time staff and a vehicle but it seems to be working successfully as Kimani hasn't come near a farm for four months. A similar system has now been carried out in another part of the country.

   One of the biggest benefits of the project is that elephants seem to learn from one another.

Tracking and controlling one elephant can help a whole group change their habits.

   The elephants can also be tracked using Google Earth software. This is also helping to prevent illegal hunting and killing as the workers know where to concentrate their resources to best protect the animals.

 45. Which of the following is NOT a benefit of the project?

A. To extend elephants' habitat.       

B. To protect farms from being destroyed.

C. To make more elephants change their habits. 

    D. To prevent elephants from being shot.

46. The fence mentioned in Paragraph 3 __________________________________ _.

     A. can be seen by elephants          B. actually refers to the text message

     C. has prevented Kimani for 50 times    D. doesn't exist in fact

47. According to the passage, the project ____________________.

     A. costs just a little                       B. is carried out all by machine

     C. seems to work out well                 D. is carried out across Kenya

第二节：写作

时下，很多学生带手机上学。为此，某英语报在你校组织了一场讨论。讨论的主题：中学生是否有必要带手机去学校。下面提供的信息供参考,给报社写一封信，介绍讨论情况并发表自己的意见。

·大多数同学认为：可方便与家长、同学联系；是一种时尚；     

·大多数老师认为：中学生年龄尚小，还不能自控；用手机玩游戏、发短信浪费时间；容易引起攀比。

·你的观点：…

注意：1．信的开头已为你写好；2．词数：120左右；3．参考词汇：攀比：vie with…

在校园内：on the campus

Dear editor:   

I'm writing to tell you about the discussion we've had about whether it is necessary for middle school students to carry mobile phones to school….

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 Don’t be worried. The repairs are ____ , so it will be OK very soon.

    A. in the way     B. on the way   C. under way    D. by the way

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 _______ has already been pointed out, grammar is not a set of dead rules.

   A. As                B. It                 C. That               D. Which

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— Do you know why the teacher asks for me?

   — He wants you to _________ your absence(缺席) last night.

  A. account for          B. call for              C. reach for           D. send for

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第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36-55各题所给的四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑

I arrived in the classroom, ready to share my knowledge and experience with 75 students who would be my English literature (文学) class. Having taught in  36  for 17 years, I had no  _37_ about my ability to hold their attention and to __38__ on them my admiration for the literature of my mother tongue.

    I was shocked when the monitor shouted, “  39！” The entire class rose as I entered the room, and I was a bit  40   about how to get them to sit down again, but once that awkwardness （尴尬）was over, I quickly regain _41_ and began what I thought was a fact-packed lecture, sure to gain their respect ---perhaps  42  their admiration. I went back to my office with great happiness which came from a sense of achievement.

    My students _43_  diaries. However, as I read them, the happy mood (情绪) was gradually   _44  by a strong sense of sadness. The first diary said, “Our literature teacher didn’t teach us anything today. _45  her next lecture will be better.” Greatly surprised, I read diary after diary, each expressing a _46  theme（主题）. “Didn’t I teach them anything? I described the entire framework (结构) of Western thought and laid the historical  47  for all the works we’ll study in class,” I complained. “_48__ should they say I didn’t teach them anything?”

    It was a long term, and it  49  became clear that my ideas about education were not the same as  50  of my students. I thought a teachers’ job was to raise  51  questions and provide enough background _52__ students could draw their own conclusions. My students thought a teacher’s job was to provide exact information as _53_ and clearly as possible. What a difference! 

_54 , I also learnt a lot, and my experience with my Chinese students made me a  55_  American teacher, knowing how to teach in a different culture.

36. A. the UK                  B. the US                C. China           D. Australia

37. A. worry                   B. idea         C. doubt       D. experience

38. A. impress              B. put                   C. leave           D. fix

39. A. Attention                   B. Look out               C. At ease      D. Stand up

40. A. puzzled                  B. sure                  C. curious         D. worried

41. A. sadness          B. attention               C. calmness       D. happiness

42. A. more                    B. even              C. yet          D. still

43. A. passed               B. borrowed              C. kept         D. read

44. A. replaced                  B. taken                 C. caught        D. moved

45. A. Naturally                   B. Perhaps              C. Fortunately    D. Reasonably

46. A. different                B. same                    C. similar        D. usual

47. A. happenings           B. characters             C. development D. background

48. A. How                      B. What                 C. When       D. Where

49. A. immediately          B. certainly        C. simply         D. gradually

50. A. that                      B. what                  C. those          D. ones

51. A. difficult                    B. interesting             C. ordinary         D. unusual

52. A. so that               B. so as to             C. such that    D. in case

53. A. slowly               B. carefully        C. directly      D. quickly

54. A. Therefore            B. However        C. Besides         D. Though

55. A. normal              B. happy                 C. good            D. better

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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。

76  ??????????, fewer and fewer people will buy books and newspapers. Why read an article in the newspaper, when the TV news can bring you the information in a few minutes and with pictures? Why read the life story of a famous man, when a short television program can tell you all that you want to know?

77  . Today, newspapers sell in very large numbers. And books of every kind are sold more than ever before. 78 . Although some books with hard covers are expensive, many books are printed today as paperbooks (平装本), which are quite cheap. A paperback collection of short stories, for example, is always cheaper than an evening at the cinema or the theater,  79 .

Books are a wonderful provider of knowledge and pleasure and some types of books should be in every home. 80 .A good encyclopedia (百科全书), though expensive, is useful, too, because you can find information on any subject. Besides, you can have such books as history books, science textbook, cookbooks, and collections of stories and poems. Then from time to time you can take a book of poems off your shelves and read the thoughts and feelings of your favorite poets.

A. Television has not killed reading, however.

B. Some people think that as more and more people have televisions in their homes

C. Every home should have a good dictionary.

D. Books are still a cheap way to get information and enjoyment.

E. and you can keep a book for ever and read it many times.

F. Fewer and fewer people will buy books.

G.TV programs are a chief provider of knowledge

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 Do you mind ____smoking here?

      A. my       B. me                   C. I            D. A and B

Can you imagine what problem may ________ when human beings are cloned?

A. raise                  B. cause                 C. arise                 D. lead