Between the two roads      a TV tower called “Skyscraper Tower”.

       A. stands               B. standing               C. which stands        D. stand

BUNOL, Spain (AFP) — Tens of thousands of people from around the world threw tons of ripe tomatoes at each other in an annual food fight that painted the eastern Spanish town of Bunol red.

More than 40,000 people, including many visitors from Australia, Britain and the United States, took part in the food fight known as the “Tomatina”, now in its 64th year, a spokeswoman for Bunol’s town hall said.

They were provided with over 100 tons of tomatoes by the town council for the battle which lasted about one hour and left participants covered in red.

Many men were shirtless while others wore old clothes, hardhats, goggles or protective plastic sheets.

Shopkeepers put up huge plastic covers on their store fronts or boarded them up to protect their properties from the sea of red mush (糊状物).

After the battle, governmental workers and local residents used “giant hoses” to clear the walls and streets of the tomato pulp in just half an hour while the participants headed to a nearby river where temporary showers were set up.

The event cost the town of some l0, 000 residents 40,000 dollars, and Spanish media reported.

The “Tomatina” is held each year in Bunol, located in a fertile (富饶的) region about 40 kilometers north of the coastal city of Valencia, Spain’s third-largest city, on the last Wednesday in August.

The origins of the event are unclear although it is thought to have its roots in a food fight between childhood friends in the mid-1940s in the city.

It has grown in size as international press coverage brought more and more people to the festival.

To keep their stores safe, the shopkeepers _____.

A. kept their store fronts covered          B. hung plastic sheets on the walls

C. closed all the doors and windows        D. stopped people throwing at them

Which of the following words is closest in meaning to the underlined word “pulp” (in Paragraph 6)?

A. skin.                      B. color.                     C. mush.                      D. value.

It can be inferred from the passage that _____.

A. the “Tomatina” brings in huge profits

B. the festival attracted more tourists this year

C. no one knows the history of the festival        

D. tourism plays an important role in Bunol

What would be the best title for the passage?

A. It is fun to throw tomatoes         B. An exciting story about tomatoes

C. Fighting and sightseeing in Bunol   D. Spanish town painted red in tomato fight

书面表达（满分25分）

假设你叫李华,自从上了高中后，发现自己不是很适应高中的学习生活，现在就目前的情况，给自己初中时最信赖的老师写一封求助信

1. 对老师的问候。2. 高中生活基本情况：1）学科比初中多(9门功课)。2）每天作业时间3-4小时，课外活动时间很少。3）睡眠时间不足，上课有时感到疲劳。 4）考试压力大，家长期望高。3. 你目前遇到的最大的问题以及现在的感受

注意：

1．内容应包括以上所有信息，要有适当发挥。

2．词数：120左右。信的开头和结尾已经写好，不计入总词数。

3．参考词汇：课外活动— activities after class    压力 — pressure    家长期望高 — high expectations from parents

Dear Mr Wang,

This is Li HuA．Remember me?

All the best.

Yours truly,

Li Hua

_____the wind and waves we were going in the direction of the whirlpool,and nothing could save us.

A.By                      B.At                        C.To                        D.With

 26. ______ himself with necessary knowledge and skills, the young man went to the job market with much confidence.

  A. Equipped       B. Equipping        C. Having equipped     D. Being equipped

 Not until the train pulled into the next station ____ her suitcase gone.?

A. Mary had found          B. had Mary found?  C. did Mary find      D. Mary found

－This is a gas station! And you      know smoking is forbidden here.

   －Oh, terribly sorry.

       A. will                                B. can                          C. may                         D. must

—Has the television advertisement worked?

   —It did!      orders flooded in.

A. None                          B. Some                          C. Few              D. More

       ______ the poor living conditions, they continue to gather in the suburban villages because of low rents and easy transport.

A. Except                            B. Instead of                 C. Despite                    D. In case of

七．阅读理解    

When did you see a polar bear ? On a trip to a zoo, perhaps ? If you had attended a winter activity in New York a few years ago, you would have seen a whole polar bear club. These  “Polar Bears” are people who meet frequently in the winter to swim in freezing cold water. That day, the air temperature was 3 degrees. And the water temperature was a little higher. The members of the Polar Bear Club at Coney Island, New York are usually about the age of 60. Members must satisfy two requirements. First, they must get along well with everyone else in the group; this is very important because there are so many different kinds of people in the club. Polar Bears must also agree to swim outdoors at least twice a month from November through February.

Doctors don’t agree about the medical effects of cold-water swimming. Some are worried about the dangers of a condition in which the body’s temperature drops so slow that finally the heart stops. Other doctors, however, point out that there is more danger of a heart attack during summer swimming because the difference between the air temperature and the water tempreature is much greater in summer than in winter.

The Polar Bears themselves are satisfied with the benefits of cold-water swimming. They say that their favorite form of exercise is very good for the circulatory system (循环系统) because it forces the blood to move fast to keep the body warm. Cold-water swimmers usually turn bright red after a few minutes in the water. A person who turns blue probably has a very poor circulatory system and could not try cold-water swimming.

The main benefits of cold-water swimming are probably mental. The Polar Bears love to swim all the year round; they find it fun and relaxing. As one 70-year-old woman says, “When I go into the water, I pour my troubles into the ocean and let them float away.”

1. Doctors _________ .

A. have different ideas about the medical effects of cold-water swimming

B. believe swimming is helpful both in summer and in winter

C. enourage people to take part in cold-water swimming

D. point out the possible danger of blood illness during cold-water swimming

2. According to the passage, some doctors believe it is true that _______ .

A. Polar bears are bears swimming in freezing water    

B. cold-water swimming can make the body temperature dangerously high            

C. you are healthy if cold-water swimming turns your skin color blue           

D. cold-water swimming causes more heart attack in summer than in winter

3. The Polar Bears like to swim year-round, for _______ .

A. it is an easy way to keep the body warm in winter                        

B. they can stay young

C. they find it enjoyable and interesting

D. they might meet fewer troubles in life

4. Which of the following is TRUE according to the text ?

A.The Polar Bear is a club in which people swim to protect polar bears.

B. The club members are all over 60 years old.

C. There is no woman in the club.

D. None of the above.

5. This passage is mainly about _______ .

A. the requirements of the Polar Bear Club                

B. a group of cold-water-swimming lovers

C. the Polar Bears’ life in New York                 

D. doctors’ ideas about cold-water swimming