：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A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

It was in my high school science class. I was doing a task in front of the classroom with my favorite shirt on.

    A ___21___ came, “Nice shirt,” I smiled from ear to ear. Then another voice said, “That shirt belonged to my dad. Greg’s mother works for my family. We were going to ___22___ that shirt away, but gave it to her ___23___.” I was speechless. I wanted to hide.

    I ___24___ the shirt in the back of the closet and told my mum what had happened. She then dialed her ___25___, “I will no longer work for your family,” she told him. That night, Mom told my dad that she couldn’t clean anymore; she knew her life’s ___26___ was something greater.

    The next morning she ___27___ with the personnel manager at the Board of Education. He told her that without a proper education she could not teach. So Mom decided to ___28___ a university.

     After the first year in college, she went back to the personnel manager. He said, “You are ___29___, aren’t you? I think I have a ___30___ for you as a teacher’s assistant. This opportunity deals with children who are mentally challenged with little or no chance of___31___.” Mom accepted the opportunity very ___32___.

    For almost five years, as a teacher’s assistant, she saw teacher after teacher give up on the children and quit, feeling ___33___. Then one day, the personnel manager and the principal ___34___ in her classroom. The principal said, “We have watched how you ___35___ the children and how they communicate with you and admire your hard-working ___36___ over the last five years. We are all in agreement that you ___37___ be the teacher of this class.”

    My mom spent more than 20 years there. ___38___ her career, she was voted Teacher of the Year. All of this came about because of the ___39___ comment made in the classroom that day when I was in my high school. Mom showed me how to handle ___40___ situations and never give up.

21. A. noise        B. voice              C. sound       D. tune

22. A. get          B. take                C. carry        D. throw

23. A. otherwise     B. anyhow              C. instead    D. actually

24. A. settled      B. pushed               C. picked D. put

25. A. teacher      B. employer            C. director      D. adviser

26. A. purpose   B. encouragement        C. process    D. victory

27. A. went         B. met                 C. worked      D. stayed

28. A. visit         B. continue             C. attend      D. prepare

29. A. serious    B. fortunate              C. careful       D. responsible

30. A. career       B. duty                C. position      D. part

31. A. learning       B. judging             C. obeying      D. imagining

32. A. patiently      B. eagerly               C. successfully D. skillfully

33. A. upset        B. frightened          C. guilty       D. ashamed

34. A. looked up    B went up               C. took up      D. showed up

35. A. believe     B. protect               C. treat         D. receive

36. A. spirit        B. intention            C. idea         D. attempt

37. A. must         B. would             C. might       D. should

38. A. At         B. During               C. On           D. With

39. A. worthless     B. thoughtless     C. hopeless     D. helpless

40. A. challenging  B. different             C. dangerous   D. strange

第二节：根据对话内容，从对话后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。选项中有两项为多余选项。

W: Hello. Minchhampton Tourist Office.

M: 61  

W: Well, we've only got three, the Elm, the Hotel Placid and the Singing Fiddle.

M: 62  

W: The Elm has twenty rooms. The Hotel Placid has thirty-five rooms and the Singing Fiddle has only eight rooms.

M: 63   

W: The Elm costs 16 pounds per person a night. The Hotel Placid costs 32 pounds and the singing Fiddle costs only 8 pounds.

M: 64  

W: The Elm is 625387. 65  

M: Thank you.

A．How large are they?

B．Hello, I want to stay in a hotel in Minchhampton.

C. How much do they cost?

D. The Hotel Placid is 60744 and the Singing Fiddle is 81990.

E. Sorry, I can’t follow you.

F. Thank you, and what are the telephone numbers?

G. Where is the Singing Fiddle?

---How do you often spend your spare time?

   ---Personally speaking, there is nothing happier than reading a book, ____ a cup of tea.

drunk    B. be drinking   C. drinking   D. to drink

三、书面表达  （满分15分）

四中的同学进行了一场有关英语学习的讨论。讨论的题目是：学习英语要不要从儿童时期开始？请你根据下表中的提示写一篇短文，介绍讨论的情况并发表自己的感想。

参考词汇：为…打下坚实基础—lay a solid foundation for  汉语拼音—Chinese pinyin

. The temperature has _____ heavily, which doesn’t _____ the growth of the crops.

A. dropped; contribute to           B. fallen; see as            

C. decreased; refer to                          D. gone; classify as

   My secret of staying young is quite simple：devote your attention to the part of you that’s young and growing—your brain. Keep your mind awake and you will stay young all over. These are exciting times. Take an interest in the world around you，and make a point of learning one new thing every day.

   No matter how old you are ，it’s not too late to make your life more interesting. I know a housewife without knowledge in the past who made herself into an excellent industrial designer. I know an old electrical engineer who has become a highly paid artist.

   Get over the idea the you are too old to go back to school. I know a man who entered a medical college at 70. He got his degree with honors and became a famous doctor. Another man went to a law school at 71 and now is an active lawyer.

   No matter how old people are，staying young is easy for those who live in the future. You can do it if you are active enough to try. Keep your mind active and awake：that’s the only youth elixir.

54. Which of the following best express the main idea of this passage？

Staying young is the only youth elixir.

Learning at least one new thing every day.

Never too late to go back to school.

The secret of staying young.

55.  If you wish to stay young，above all ，you should        .

A. keep your mind awake and active      B. make your life more interesting

C. keep your mind from being harmed     D. keep in tough with other people

56.  The implied meaning of the passage is that        .

A. anyone can learn to do something no matter how old they may be.

B. the electrical engineer learned to be an artist to become famous.

C. the man who entered the medical collage at 70 came out at the top of the list.

D. every one can be successful if you try to learn no matter how old he may be

57.  The word “elixir”in the last sentence probably means something that can keep people        .

    A. healthy             B. wealthy             C. young               D. happy

第二节 短文改错（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）

此题要求改正所给短文中的错误。对标有题号的每一行作出判断：如无错误，在该行右边横线上画一个勾（√）；如有错误（每行只有一个错误），则按下列情况改正：

   此行多一个词：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉，在该行右边横线上写出该次，并也用斜线划掉。w.w.w.k.s.5.u.c.o.m

   此行缺一个词：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），在该行右边横线上写出该加的词。

   此行错一个词：在错的词下划一横线，在该行右边横线上写出改正后的词。

   注意：原行没有错的不要改。

I am a very active girl in my class. I have many hobby,             76. ____

 such as writing stories, playing piano and singing English               77. ____

songs. My most favorite subject is English. I became                78. ____

interested in it when I was very young. My dream is                      79. ____

to study abroad. But now I need to improve my English                          80. ____

and learn more about West culture as well. I will be                     81. ____

able to improving the friendship between China and                      82. ____

the rest of the word. I hoped my dream will come true.                      83.____

And I believe in nobody can change my mind. I will work                   84.____

Harder and follow my heart, no matter how happens!                        85.____

Linda wants to do      research on       Chinese history for her paper.

A．the; a

B．a; 不填

C．a; the

D．the; 不填

 What he did ______ what he said moved us. 

     A. more than       B. other than       C. rather than       D. no more than

第二部分　阅读理解（共25小题，第一节每小题2分，第二节每小题1分；满分45分）

第一节  阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（Ａ、Ｂ、Ｃ、Ｄ）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

    Joanne was stuck in a traffic jam in central Birmingham at 5: 30．and at 6: 30 she was expected to be chairing a meeting of the tennis club. At last, the traffic was moving. She swung quickly racing to her house. As she opened the door, she nearly fell over Sheba.

    “Hey, Sheba,” she said, “I've got no time for you now, but I'll take you out as soon as I get back from tennis club.” Then she noticed Sheba seemed to be coughing or choking obviously, she could hardly breathe. Immediately, Joanne realized she would have to take her to the vet (兽医). When she got there, the vet was just about to close for the day. Seeing the state of Sheba, Dr. Sterne brought her quickly into his office.

    “Listen, doctor, I'm really in a rush to get to a meeting, can I leave her with you, and go to get changed? I'll be back in ten minutes to pick her up, and then I'll take her on to the meeting with me. Is that OK?”

    “Sure.” said the doctor.

    Joanne made the quick trip back to her house in a couple of minutes. As she was once more entering the hallway, the phone by the door began to ring.

    “This is Dr. Sterne,” said an anxious voice. “I want you to get out of that house immediately,” said the doctor’s voice. “I'm coming round right away, and the police will be there any time now. Wait outside!”

    At that moment, a police car screeched to a stop outside the house. Two policemen got out and ran into the house. Joanne was by now completely confused and very frightened. Then the doctor arrived.

    “Where’s Sheba? Is she OK?” shouted Joanne.

    “She’s fine, Joanne. I took out the thing which was choking her, and she’s OK now.”

    Just then, the two policemen reappeared from the house, half-carrying a white-faced man, who could hardly walk. There was blood all over him.

    “My God, ”said Joanne, “how did he get in there? And how did you know he was there?”

    “I think he must be a burglar.” said the doctor. “I knew he was there because when I finally removed what was stuck in Sheba’s throat, it turned out to be three human fingers.”

41. What was Joanne supposed to do at 6: 30？

   A. To walk her dog.

   B. To see her doctor.

   C. To attend a club meeting.

   D. To play tennis with her friends.

42. Joanne wanted to get back to her home again______.

   A. to dress up for the meeting

   B. to phone the police station

   C. to catch the badly hurt burglar

   D. to wait for her dog to be cured 

43. From the passage, we can infer that______.

   A. Sheba fought against the burglar

   B. the police found the burglar had broken in

   C. Joanne had planned to take her dog to the meeting

   D. the doctor performed a difficult operation on the dog

44. In this passage, the writer intends to tell us that the dog is______.

   A. clever        B. friendly         C. frightening        D. devoted