I’m a pig, and my son is a rabbit. I have snakes for daughters, and my wife, believe it or not, is a dragon! Do I live in a zoo? No, of course not! I am talking about Chinese zodiac signs. Depending on the year of your birth, each person has an animal for a sign. That’s why I am a pig and my wife is a dragon. If you, like me, were born in the year of the pig, then you are brave, thoughtful and loyal. The year of the pig is filled with good fortune.

　　Now let’s take a closer look at this interesting animal.

　　Pigs were first raised by man about 9,000 years ago, and are still a very common farm animal in many parts of the world. We don’t just use pigs for their meat — almost every part of the animal is used. The hair is used for artists’ brushes. The fat is used to make floor wax, rubber and plastics.

　Pigs have also been important in the world of entertainment. In 1995 the film ‘Babe’ starred a loveable talking pig as its main character. The film won an Oscar and was nominated for 6 more. In England you can even go to watch pig racing. A farmer, Rob Shepherd, has been raising money for charity by holding pig races on his farm. The events have been very successful. People don’t just want to eat pigs, it seems!

　Pigs also play an important role in the English language. For example, if someone says that he will travel to the sun one day, you can say “pigs might fly!” to him. Hungry? Well then, you can “pig out” and eat lots of food. And what if someone rescues you? Well, you can say that they “saved your bacon”.

44. The writer wrote the first paragraph in a ______ tone.

　　A. sad　　　　　　B. confused

　　C. serious　　　　 D. humorous

45. We may know from the passage that ______.

　　A. people in England like pigs more than other animals

　　B. pigs are more useful than ordinary people imagine

　　C. pigs are the first animals raised by man

　　D. more people don’t want to eat pigs now

46. The underlined sentence “pigs might fly!” in the fifth paragraph means “______”.

　　A. What you have just said is impossible

　　B. Pigs are great animals

　　C. I don’t understand your words

　　D. I can’t agree with you more

47. Which diagram shows the structure of the passage?

According to a recent survey, the ________ age of students of Senior Two is seventeen.

   A. common      B. ordinary       C. usual        D. average

---- I usually take a walk at night.

 ---- ___ do that.

 A. Better not   B. You'd better not to  C.Y ou hadn't better   D. Best not to

书面表达（满分25分）

假设你们班将召开一次“friendship”为话题的班会，请你结合现实，谈一下自己关于友谊的理解，以树立正确的友谊观念，创造良好班风。参考要点如下：

1. 友谊的重要性；

2. 对友谊的错误理解：一起违反学校纪律，如欺负别人，一起吸烟喝酒，包庇同学的错误等；

3. 正确的友谊观念：热爱集体，互相帮助，共同进步

要求：词数100左右

参考词汇：欺负  bully

                 包庇  cover up

开头已经给出：

Dear Classmates, I think it is very necessary for us to talk about friendship at the meeting today.

When we entered the room, the lights         suddenly.

   A. got off    B. set up      C. went out     D. put out

Confucius’ ideas, ________ Mencius’ teachings were very similar, have influenced Chinese society for more than 2000years.

     A. with which      B. to that     C. for that     D. to which

_____ is not a long way to drive.

A. Three miles distance  B. Three-mile distance

C. Three miles’ distance D. Three-mile-distance

B

SYDNEY: As they sat sharing sweets beside a swimming pool in 1999. Shane Gould and Jessicah Schipper were simply getting along well, chatting about sport, life and anything else that came up.

Yet in Sydney next month, they will meet again by the pool, and for a short time the friends will race against each other in the 50 – meter butterfly in the Australian championships at Homebu Bay.

Gould, now a 47 – year – old mother of four, has announced she will be making a return to elite competition (顶级赛事) to swim the one event, having set a qualifying (合格的)time of 30. 32 seconds in winning gold at last year’s United States Masters championships. Her comeback comes 32 years after she won three golds at the Munich Olympics.

Schipper, now a 17 – year – old girl from Brisbane with a bright future of going to Athens for her first Olympics, yesterday recalled (回忆) her time with Gould five years ago.

“I was at a national youth camp on the Gold Coast and Shane had come along to talk to us and watch us train.” Schipper explained. “It seemed as if we had long been good friends. I don’t know why. We just started talking and it went from there.”

“She had a lot to share with all of us at that camp. She old us stories about what it was like at big meets like Olympics and what it was like to be on an Australian team. It was really interesting.”

Next time, things will be more serious: “I will still be swimming in the 50 m butterfly at the nationals, so there is a chance that I could actually be competing against Shane Gould.” said Schipper, who burst onto the scene at last year’s national championships with second places in the 100 m and 200 butterfly.

46．What is the passage mainly about?

       A．Stories happening in swimming competitions.

       B．Two women swimmers winning Olympic golds.

       C．Lessons learned from international swimming championships.

       D．Friendship and competition between two swimmers.

47．Gould and Schipper are going to____________.

       A．talk about sport and life           B．go back to elite competition

       C．set a qualifying time and win gold  D．take part in the same sports event

48．Gould won her three Olympic golds when she was____________.

       A．15     B．17     C．22     D．30

49．The underlined word “it” in the fifth paragraph probably refers to         .

       A．the Olympics          B．the youth camp

       C．the friendship          D．the Australian team

50．What Schipper said showed that she___________.

       A．was no longer Gould’s friend          B．had learned a lot from Gould

       C．was not interested in Gould’s stories      D．would not like to compete against Gould

14．-The weather isn’t good enough for an outing，is it?

-To much dust．We can’t have__________at this time of the year．

a worse day    B．a worst day   C．a nicer day   D．a best day

33. Reading aloud in the morning is _____ to learning a foreign language.

 A. benefit      B. used        C. beneficial        D. Habit