_______he was laid off last year ______ how serious the economic crisis was.

             A. Not until…he realized                 B.  It was not until… when he realized

             C. It is not until …that did he realize               D. It was not until …that he realized

____ lack of energy, he still kept on helping the injured people.

  A. Thanks to  B. Due to  C. Despite  D. Even if

SECTION C ( 12 points )

Directions: Complete the following passage by filling in each blank with one word（每空只填一个单词） that best fits the context.

 Good afternoon, student and teachers. I am delighted to have been invited 48.       your school to talk to you 49.       the history and significance 50.       the Olympic Games. I’ll briefly share some interesting facts and stories 51.       you, so we can save time for questions at the end.

Do you know when the ancient games began? It was 51.       the year 776BC. They were held at Olympia in Greece 53.       four years, for almost 12 centuries, until AD394.

Some of the sports from the ancient Olympics are still seen today , such 54.      discus, long jump, wrestling and running. At the ancient games, the athletes were all men and they had to compete wearing no clothes. Unmarried women honour 55      the wife of the Greek god Zeus.

第二节 双向翻译 （共4小题；每小题2分，满分8分）

    请根据上下文内容，将文中划线部分译成汉语或者英语，并将答案转写到答题卡上。

AT a pet shop, a woman tells the shopkeeper what she wants. After thinking for a moment, he says: 61  "I've got just the thing for you, madam. I'll go get him."

A few seconds later, he returns with a lovely little puppy. "This is a special dog," he tells her. "He can fly." He throws the dog into the air. The puppy begins to float (浮动) beautifully around the shop.

"There is one problem with him, madam. 62         Whenever you say ''my'', he'll eat whatever you've mentioned. Watch. ''My apple''!" The lady watches in surprise as the dog flies over to the shopkeeper and finishes the apple like a horse.

"He's cute, and so unusual. I'll take him," she says, and a few minutes later 63  她和这条小狗已经在回家的路上了.

"Darling, look，64 我今天买了一条多么可爱的小狗啊！“ she says to her husband when she gets back home. "He can fly!"

The husband takes a look at the dog, and then says: "Fly eh? Ha! My foot!"

Since its invention 100 years ago, plastic, the superstar of the technological age, has become ugly and ungreen. But that’s about to change. An exhibition at London’s Science Museum this week could put it back on the cutting edge of science.

Have you ever hesitated in donating blood? The invention of “plastic blood” might make you feel better.

British scientists are working on the artificial blood as a replacement for real blood in emergency situations. It is made of plastic molecules (分子) and can join oxygen and transport it around the body. As a red, honey - like glue, plastic blood can be carried around conveniently. You just add water to make as much blood as you need.

The cells of our body are strict about what molecules they let in and out. For example, if we inject protein or DNA directly into the body, our immune (免疫的) system will destroy it before it reaches the cells.

To get around this, a British scientist has created drug-carrying plastic balls that fool the body into thinking they are natural. Once inside the cell, their contents are spread out through a small controlled explosion.

Skin transplants are widely done these days. But removing a piece of skin from, say, the bottom to plant it on the face can hurt and be troublesome.

A British company, CellTran, is working on plastic skin. Using plastic, they plan to take a small piece of the patient’s skin and grow it into an extra layer of skin on top of the plastic.

The plastic feels similar to skin, so skin cells like to grow on it. The plastic then gradually disappears, without any reaction or infection.

What would be the best title for the text?

The superstar of technological age

An exhibition at London’s Science Museum

No more “white pollution”

Plastic takes on a new life

The phrase “get around” in Paragraph 5 means closest to _____________.

A. overcome       B. end        C. ensure        D. pass

Which of the following is true according to the text?

Plastic blood will be injected into the body in drug-carrying plastic balls.

The plastic skin will remain a part of the new skin.

Plastic blood will take the place of real blood.

The cells of our body will let in whatever molecules they get.

假设外国友人到你校参观，请你用英语向他们介绍下面所列内容：

The clothes which______ the famous football player’s name sell______ all through the years.

A．mark on; good            B．are marked on; well;

C．are marked with; well              D．mark with; good

I guess many a football fan ______ watching 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa.

A. enjoy         B. enjoys          C. are enjoying      D. were enjoying

 _____ by the heavy snowfalls, Chenzhou, a city in South China, was cut off from the outside, ________ water and electricity shortage.

A. Having struck; facing                     B. Having struck; faced 

C. Struck; facing                             D. Struck; faced

 Soon, his warm, inviting smile put me     , and spent the next two hours talking casually.

       A. at attention B. at ease C. at best D. at a loss