Parents________much importance to education. They will do their best to give their children that priceless gift.

       A.attach                       B.pay                           C.link                          D.apply

 ----Do you think their table tennis team will win the first place at the coming Asian Games?

----_________.Ours is much stronger than theirs.

A. Of course     B. It depends    C. Don’t mention it    D. By no means

___________they decide which college to go to, students should research the admission

      procedures.

      A. As           B. While     C. Until          D. Once

 Just use this room for the time being, and we’ll offer you a larger one ____it becomes available.

A. as soon as        B. unless   C.  as far as    D. until

 ---------John went to the hospital alone.

 ---------If he_______ me about it, I would have gone with him.

A. should tell     B. tells      C. told      D. had told   

     Along the river banks of the Amazon and the Orinoco there lives a bird that swims before it can fly, flies like a fat chicken, eats green leaves, has the stomach of a cow and has claws (爪) on its wings when young. They build their homes about 4.6m above the river, an important feature (特征) for the safety of the young. It is called the hoatzin.

      In appearance, the birds of both sexes look very much alike with brown on the back and cream and red on the underside. The head is small, with a large set of feathers on the top, bright red eyes, and blue skin. Its nearest relatives are the common birds, cuckoos. Its most striking feature, though, is only found in the young.

      Baby hoatzins have a claw on the leading edge of each wing and another at the end of each wing tip. Using these four claws, together with the beak (喙), they can climb about in the bushes, looking very much like primitive birds must have done. When the young hoatzins have learned to fly, they lose their claws.

      During the drier months between December and March hoatzins fly about the forest in groups of 20 to 30 birds, but in April, when the rainy season begins, they collect together in smaller living units of two to seven birds for producing purposes.

1．What is the text mainly about?

    A．Hoatzins in dry and rainy seasons.

    B．The relatives and enemies of hoatzins.

    C．Primitive birds and hoatzins of the Amazon.

    D．The appearance and living habits of hoatzins.

2．Young hoatzins are different from their parents in that        ．

    A．they look like young cuckoos

    B．they have claws on the wings

    C．they eat a lot like a cow

    D．they live on river banks

3．What can we infer about primitive birds from the text?

    A．They had claws to help them climb.

    B．They could fly long distances.

    C．They had four wings like hoatzins.

    D．They had a head with long feathers on the top.

4．Why do hoatzins collect together in smaller groups when the rainy season comes?

    A．To find more food.

    B．To protect themselves better.

    C．To keep themselves warm.

    D．To produce their young.

Section B (10 marks)

     Directions: Read the following passage, Answer the questions according to the

information given in the passage.

Secret Santas

      On Christmas morning, Linda wakes up, and tries to imagine the wide-eyed surprise of children in another household as they unwrap the presents she carefully chose for them. Linda has never met the children, but that’s all part of the joy of giving as secret Santas, she says.

      "It's an amazing feeling to buy gifts on an anonymous (匿名的) basis," says Linda.

"It brings a whole new meaning to the holidays."

      Linda and Tony are an American couple living in Toronto, Canada, and Linda did charitable work as a member of the American Women's Club of Toronto. As the name suggests, members are U.S. citizens living in Toronto, who join together for fellowship and community service.

      To find her "adopted" family, Linda goes to the local schools and requests a wish list for a family that's struggling to survive. Last year she helped a single mother with three children. The mother works as a cleaning lady in a nursing home.

      "The list is always heartbreaking. They have an opportunity to ask for anything and do just the opposite, asking for basic clothes or simple toys," she says. "We always buy the kids a new winter coat, hats, and gloves." She also buys gifts for the parents.

      Last year Linda asked the mother for a second wish list--one that didn't include the basics. "Every child should have a Christmas that sticks with them for a lifetime." She purchased iPods for the two older children and a video game system for the youngest."I have learned a very valuable lesson in all of this," says Linda. "Pay attention to what's going on in your own backyard--no matter where you live."

      The joy of giving as secret Santas is much sweeter when the gift is anonymous.

81. What reaction does Linda imagine the children will have?

      (No more than 5 words)                                       (2 marks)

______________________________________________________________________________                                                                          

82. Why did Linda join the American Women's Club of Toronto?

      (No more than 10 words)                                         (2 marks)

______________________________________________________________________________                                                                          

83. Why did Linda ask for a second wish list?

      (No more than 15 words)                                         (3 marks)

______________________________________________________________________________                                                                         

84. What kind of people does "secret Santas" in the passage refer to?

      (No more than 12 words)                                         (3 marks)

Father__________goes to the gym with us although he dislikes going there.

     A. hardly           B. seldom          C. sometimes       D. never

The school was moved out of downtown as the number of students had grown too________．

   A．small           B．few           C．1arge          D．many

一Was he sorry for what he’d done?

   一__________

    A No wonder    B Well done    C Not really     D Go ahead