All of my childhood and early, adult life, my mom weighed over 220 pounds (one pound = 0.454 kilograms). I could feel the pain that my mom experienced with her fatness.

    I was never uncomfortable about my mother, but I think she was uncomfortable about herself, and that feeling was painful for all of us. And she began to lose weight.

     After more than twenty years of battling obesity（肥胖）, my mother completed a forceful eighteen-month diet that left her ninety pounds lighter than before. A new woman was born! At age twenty-eight, I got a new mom! For the first time, I met the woman my mother truly was, the beautiful little lady under the fatness. It wasn’t so much her new body that was the surprise, but rather her new spirit.

    To celebrate her new size and to devote herself to dancing again, my mother joined a “Mrs. Forty-Plus” competition, where she would have to model, give a speech and provide a dance performance. She told our family that she did not care if she won — she simply had always wanted to perform on stage.

    She told each one of us, “I’m not doing it to win; I’m doing it to dance!”

    The competition was exciting! I prayed that my mom would win, but while watching her on stage I was simply overjoyed just by her effort. To me, she had already won. She posed to perfection, her speech brought tears to everyone’s eyes, and her performance was wonderful.

    That night, at age fifty-three, my mother was crowned (为......加冕) “Mrs. Forty-Plus”. She was the first person in our family to ever win such a title.

64. The first two paragraphs mainly show that the author’s mom was __________.

   A. experienced      B. painful          C. comfortable        D. fat

65. After the author’s mom completed a forceful eighteen-month diet, she was about __________.

   A. 85 kilograms    B. 41 kilograms      C. 130 pounds         D. 90 pounds

66. In order to join in the “Mrs. Forty-Plus” Competition, the author’s mom has to do the following EXCEPT __________.

   A. providing a dance performance            B. telling a funny story about herself

   C. giving a speech to a large number of people  D. wearing special clothes to show to people

67. The underlined part in Paragraph 6 means that __________.

    A. the author’s mom succeeded in modeling and speaking

    B. the author’s mom’s performance was very wonderful

    C. the author’s mom was not successful in modeling

    D. the author’s mom succeeded in making a speech

第二节：书面表达（满分：25分）

某英语报向中学生征集关于开展研究性学习的文章。请你根据提示，用英语写一篇介绍你校研究性学习活动的短文。

研究主题

丰富多彩，选择性强，如当地风俗习惯、人民生活变化、环境保护等

你们小组的研究课题

１．你家乡河流的污染问题；

２．三大污染源：工厂废水、生活污水、农民使用的农药；

3．建议。

 感想与体会

注意：

    1．开头语已给出，不计入总词数；

    2．可根据内容要点适当发挥，但不要逐条翻译；

    3．词数：120左右。

参考词汇：agricultural chemicals 农药

Nowadays we are required to do research work apart from the lessons we learn in school. We are very interested in this kind of activity.

-- Anything special in today’s papers?

-- Yes. “Confidence is more important than gold” by Premier Wen     as a headline in many of today’s newspapers.

A. is used     B. are used         C. has used         D. have used

--Alice told me you called yesterday.

--Yes, I had a problem with Jane,       I thought you could help me with, but you’re not in.

A. who    B. whom C. that     D. which

 Although this ____ sound like a simple task, great care is needed.

       A. must            B. may               C. shall               D. should

No. 2 Hospital has got a good _______ for fighting against the flu with its careful and smooth organization.

    A. impression     B. influence     C. reputation      D. knowledge

第三部分：阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分。满分40分）

    阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑

Mr. Peter Johnson, aged twenty-three, battled for half an hour to escape from his trapped car yesterday when it landed upside down in three feet of water. Mr. Johnson took the only escape route—through the boot(行李箱).

Mr. Johnson’s car had finished up in a ditch(沟渠) at Romney Marsin, Kent after skidding on ice and hitting a bank. “Fortunately, the water began to come in only slowly,” Mr. Johnson said. “I couldn’t force the doors because they were jammed against the walls of the ditch and dared not open the windows because I knew water would come flooding in.”

Mr. Johnson, a sweet salesman of Sitting Home, Kent, first tried to attract the attention of other motorists by sounding the horn and hammering on the roof and boot. Then he began his struggle to escape. Later he said, “It was really a half penny that saved my life. It was the only coin I had in my pocket and I used it to unscrew the back seat to get into the boot.

It took ten minutes to unscrew the seat, and a further five minutes to clear the sweet samples from the boot. Then Mr. Johnson found a wrench and began to work on the boot lock. Fifteen minutes passed by. “It was the only chance I had. Finally it gave, but as soon as I moved the boot lid, the water and mud poured in. I forced the lid down into the mud and jumped out of the ditch.”

 His hands and arms cut and bruised(擦伤), Mr. Johnson got to Beckett Farm nearby, where he was looked after by the farmer’s wife, Mrs. Lucy Bates. Huddled in a blanket, he said, “That thirty minutes seemed like hours.” Only the tips of the car wheels were visible, police said last night. The vehicle had sunk into two feet of mud at the bottom of the ditch.

56. What is the best title for this newspaper article?

A. The Story of Mr. Johnson, A Sweet Salesman

B. Car Boot Can Serve As The Best Escape Route

C. Driver Escapes Through Car Boot

D. The Driver Survived A Terrible Car Accident

57. Which of the following objects is the most important to Mr. Johnson?

A. The hammer.     B. The coin.  C.The screw.         D. The horn.

58. Which statement is true according to the passage?

A. Mr. Johnson’s car stood on its boot as it fell down.

B. Mr. Johnson could not escape from the door because it was full of sweet jam.

C. Mr. Johnson’s car accident was partly due to the slippery road.

D. Mr. Johnson struggled in the pouring mud as he unscrewed the back seat.

59. “Finally it gave” (Paragraph 4) means that _______. 

A. Luckily the door was torn away in the end

B. At last the hammer went broken

C. The lock came open after all his efforts

D. The chance was lost at the last minute

60. It may be inferred from the passage that _______. 

A. the ditch was along a quiet country road

B. the accident happened on a clear warm day

C. the police helped Mr. Johnson get out of the ditch

D. Mr. Johnson had a tender wife and was well attended

HONG KONG-----Hong Kong Disneyland is too crowded,a senior Chinese tourism official said today,hinting that another Disney Park is necessary to accommodate demand from China’s huuge population.

The comments by Shao Qiwei,director of China’s State Administration of Tourism, came a day after Shanghai’s mayor Han Zheng said the city was preparing to build China’s second Disney theme park.

“China has a very large population.We now have 1.3 bullion people. The market is very large.As far as I know,Hong Kong Disneyland is now very crowded.”said Shao,whose comments were broadcast on Hong Kong’s Cable TV.

The Hong Kong theme park,which opened in September,was widely criticized in January when it turned away hundreds of Lunar New Year holiday makers from mainland China because the park was full. Chaos(混乱) erupted when angry crowds tried to force their way into the park.

The embarrassing incident prompted a public apology from Hong Kong Disneyland Managing Director Bill Ernest and a dressing down from Hong Kong’s leader Donald Tsang.Authorities are carefully studying the issue of overcrowding in preparation for the possible building of the Disney park in Shanghai.Shao said.

The official Xinhua News Agency reported Tuesday that no agreement has been reached on the park in Shanghai,quoting senior vice president of Walt Disney Parks and Resorts, Leslie Goodman. Hong Kong Disneyland is a joint venture between The Walt Disney Co. and the local government, which shouldered the bulk of the park’s construction fees.

68.Why is it necessary to build a Disney park in Shanghai?

A.Hong Kong Disneyland can’t meet the need of the large population.

B. Hong Kong Disneyland is too small and very crowded.

C.Hong Kong Disney Park was criticized by tourists.

D. Hong Kong Disneyland is far from the mainland.

69.Hundreds of visitors from mainland China got angry because_____.

A.the services in the park were not as good as expected.

B.they were not allowed to go into the park.

C.the park was too crowded.          

D. chaos happened at the entrance to the park.

70.The building of a Disney park in Shanghai_____.

A.has been agreed to by The Walt Disney Co.      

B.is financed by The Walt Disney Co.

C.willl be in the charge of the Shanghai government.

D.remains to be discussed with The Walt Disney Co.

第二节：书面表达(满分25分)

假设你是美国中学生Tom， 请根据下图提示， 给你的一个朋友写一封信， 讲述一次你在北京观看奥运赛事的经历及感受。

注意: 1. 词数100左右，开头已给出，不计入总词数。 

2．参考词汇：水立方：the Water Cube。自愿者：volunteer。

Dear Eric,

How’s everything going? I’m having an enjoyable time in Beijing now and I would like to share with you my experience of watching the Olympic Games. ______________________

____________________________________________________________________________

Yours,

                                                        Tom

----Mike, the telephone is ringing.

   ---- I  _ _     answer it.

A. will                      B am going to            C. am to            D. am about to