. Being disabled is not terrible, because we can still lead wonderful lives       we don't give up ourselves.

A. even if          B. as long as        C. so that          D. now that

第二节：短文改错（共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分）

假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同坐的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每行有一处。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。

增加：在缺此处加一个漏字符号（∧），并写出该加的词。

删除：把多余的词用斜线（﹨）划掉，并写出该加的词再划掉。

修改：在错的词下划一个横线（  ），并写出修改后的词。

注意：1. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；

       2. 只允许修改10处，多者（从十一处起）不计分。

Dear Amy,

I have a problem, but I’m writing to ask you for                  71. ______

an advice. This is a secret, so don’t tell anyone                   72. ______

else. My cousin and I used to getting                           73. ______

along very well in each other and we were                       74. ______

good friend. Last week we talked about our plan                  75. ______

and we are planning to spend the summer holidays                76. ______

together, but now I don’t think I want invite him home.             77. ______

Recently I has discovered that he’s started to tell lies.               78. ______

When I told him it was wrong to tell lies, but she just laughed       79. ______

at me. “Should I keep quietly or tell his parents?”                 80. ______

                                          Yours

                                          Alice

 The windows haven’t cleaned for a long time. They need ______.

A. to clean      B. to be cleaned   C. cleaning          D. B and C

After receiving the Oscar Award, she felt that it was a great _______ to receive it.

A. reward       B. honor        C. price   D. fame

Over the past decades, sea ice is decreasing in the Arctic       global warming.

       A．as a result of    B．on top of  C．in front of D．in need of

I haven’t got ____ nails to mend the cupboard. I need another three.

A. enough big       B. big enough        C. much bigger     D. many enough

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16－35各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

There once was a king in a faraway country. One day, he decided to ___16__ a prize to the artist who would paint the best picture of __17___. So many artists __18___.The king looked at all the pictures. __19___ there were only two he really liked, and he had to __20__ between them.

One picture was of a __21___ lake. The lake was a perfect mirror with peaceful huge mountains all around it. Above was a __22___ sky with light white clouds. All who __23__ this picture thought that it was a perfect picture of peace.

The other picture had __24___, too. But these were not flat at all. Above was an __25___ sky, from which rain fell heavily and in which lightning played __26___. Down the side of the mountain was a waterfall with loud sound. This did not look __27__ at all.

But when the king looked __28__, he saw behind the waterfall a tiny bush ___29__ in a crack in the rock. In the bush a mother bird had __30__ her nest. There, with the current of angry water, the mother bird was __31__ her hungry children in the nest, taking no attention to its __32___ surroundings — in perfect peace.

Which picture do you think __33__ the prize? The king chose the second picture. Do you know why?

“Because,” said the king. “Peace does not mean to be in a place where there is no__34__, trouble or hard work. Peace means although you are surrounded by noisy things you __35__ keep calm in the heart. That is the real meaning of peace.”

16. A. take                B. offer            C. send             D. leave

17. A. peace             B. silence           C. beauty    D. honesty

18. A. managed   B. tried           C. succeeded        D. went

19. A. And              B. Or       C. Yet             D. But

20. A. like       B. choose           C. give             D. need

21. A. calm      B. noisy            C. beautiful  D. dirty

22. A. black             B. blue             C. gray             D. dark

23. A. painted           B. liked            C. saw          D. had

24. A. sky               B. mountains       C. peace              D. clouds

25. A. gentle     B. angry           C. calm     D. sunny

26. A. happily             B. gently           C. slowly           D. wildly

27. A. beautiful   B. noisy           C. happy             D. peaceful

28. A. closely            B. strictly          C. quickly          D. seriously

29. A. planting          B. growing         C. rising           D. coming

30. A. created            B. built            C. left        D. lain

31. A. beating           B. touching         C. feeding          D. speaking

32. A. silent             B. beautiful        C. noisy     D. faraway

33. A. got         B. lost             C. won             D. received

34. A. silence           B. noise            C. shock             D. joy

35. A. still             B. again            C. even              D. just

    Jazz was originally sung or played by the African slaves in America. In the 18th and 19th centuries, Africans were sold in America as slaves to work in large plantations（种植园）. After a hard day’s work, these people would gather together and sing, both to forget their worries and also to teach their children about the land and culture they came from. Early jazz music was basically the soulful and sad composition performed by black musicians who had little or no training in western music.

Many different kinds of music helped to create jazz. Jazz probably had its roots in the 19th century. African Americans created blues music from church music and sad songs from the times of slavery. In large cities, African Americans mixed these songs with music from other immigrants and then formed jazz. Sounds from West African, Spanish, French and even Arabic cultures can be heard in jazz music. In this way, jazz is like American culture. Jazz brings many ideas together from around the world to make something new.

 There are many different ideas about where the word “jazz” came from.Some experts think that the word just borrows ideas from many different languages. They think that people may have made up their own word to describe the excitement of hearing and playing a new kind of music. Others think that the word comes from the Arabic word jazb. Middle Eastern jazb music and jazz have similar sounds. Several musicians from the Middle East have come to America to study jazz. They mix traditional jazz sounds with music from their own countries. This kind of jazz is called “fusion” and it is one of the most popular forms of jazz in America today.

43. African slaves in the plantations played early “jazz” to _____.

A. earn some money

B. entertain their slave owners

 C. develop a kind of soulful and sad music

D. forget worries and keep their land in mind

44. Some experts think that the word “jazz” is a word for people to ______.

A. pronounce the Arabic word “jazb”

B. form a new kind of culture

C. express their inner feeling

D. create a way to explain themselves

45.What can we infer from the passage?

A. By comparison, African Americans have the greatest talent in the world.

B. American culture is a mixture of different cultural and social patterns.

C. The native Americans started jazz music in the time of slavery.

D. The music was created by some professional musicians from Africa.

46. The title of the passage could be ____.

A. Basic Information of Jazz

B. The Features of Jazz Music

C. Different Forms of Jazz Music

D. The Prospect of Jazz Music

第二卷（非选择题 35分）

第四部分：写作（共两节，满分35分）

第一节：对话填空（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）

　　　阅读下面对话，掌握其大意，并根据所给字母的提示，在标有题号的右边横线上写出一个英语单词的完整、正确形式，使对话通顺。

M: Miss Dermott, let me ask you straight away. Do you think, within a few years, many people could be working at home instead of working in o   76   ?

W: Oh, yes. It’s h   77    now. You see, the communication industry has made much progress in the last ten years.

M: And how do these people manage to work? I mean, what e    78   do they have at home?

W: Well, they have a television set, a computer, a printer, and a telephone c   79    with other computers.

M: Oh, I see. But surely there’re some a___80____ in being able to work at home.

W: Yes. Working at home, people don’t have to spend a lot of time g__81___ to and back from their work places. The rush hours are the time of day with the s____82_____ traffic. Millions of people have to get up early to a___83____ the rush hours.

M: Ah, yes, I see. What do you think about the conditions of home workers?

W: Oh, let me tell you what might b__84______ of them. In the future a British firm in, for example, London, might e____85____ clerks in Belfast, or a Paris company could had their secretaries in spain, and then they just use a telephone to call around for the labor.

—May I try the jacket on? 

—______，but I think it will be too small for you.

A. As you like     B. By all means      C. As a result         D. Believe it or not