— Why does Thomas speak through every discussion but never listen to the others?

— That’s what he ________ do．We used to hate that, but are used to it now.

A．ought to            B．can            C．will        D．might

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，从每篇短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Centuries ago, many houses in a bad state in London were torn down to make way for new streets．However, the construction project was put off for quite some time, and the foundations of the houses pulled down were left in the open.

One day, a team of scientists arrived, only to discover that, on the patches of the foundations blocked from sunlight for years, was growing wild plants, dotted with little flowers．Puzzlingly, some species were native to Mediterranean countries only.

Most of the destroyed houses had been built during the Roman invasion．Weighed down by piles of bricks and stones year after year, the seeds possibly brought here in Roman times had almost no hope for survival．However, once bathed in the sun, they came alive.

The little seeds were so fragile yet so persevering．Though bricks piled on them many years, they still remained alive．Once exposed to sunshine and rain, they immediately exhibited signs of life．A little seed, lying underground for hundreds of years, still cherished the hope to live on．But what if a man is stuck in a similar situation?

One year, a British expedition was marching through the boundless Sahara sands．With the sun hanging overhead, hot waves of sandy winds were blowing against their faces like hot iron grains．The men were suffering both thirst and anxiety．The last drop of water was gone．Just then, the captain brought out a water bottle, saying, “There is still one bottle of water left．However, no one is to drink any before going out of the desert.”

The bottle of water lent them confidence to get through the desert, and embodied their hope to live on．It was handed down the line of people．This changed into firmness the despair registered on the men’s faces．Finally the men walked out of the desert, shaking off the threat of death．Tears out of joy welled out, and trembling hands were trying to screw off the bottle cap and let out the water, which had supported them spiritually．Now, however, it was sand pouring out—a bottleful of sand!

Was it a bottle of sand that rescued them from the burning sun and the boundless desert? No, it was their firm faith, like a seed that had taken root in their hearts and that finally let them out of the awful desert.

51．Centuries ago, a team of scientists arrived in London and discovered _____, which made them confused.

     A．some wild plants                         

       B．some foundations of many old houses 

       C．many houses in a poor state   

       D．some little seeds

52．When the British expedition were marching through the Sahara, _____.

     A．they had one bottle of water left                  

       B．they had the last drop of water

     C．the weather was anything but tolerable  

       D．they experienced thirst, anxiety and hunger

53．The underlined sentence in Paragraph 6 probably means _____.

     A．the bottle of water changed the firmness on the men’s face into despair

     B．the bottle of water transformed the men’s desperation into confidence

     C．feeling heavy made the men strong rather than weak

     D．feeling heavy changed the men’s hope into disappointment

54．What lesson can we learn from the passage?

     A．Telling a lie is sometimes necessary.     

       B．Man can overcome any difficulty whatever it is.

       C．A man can do no more than he can.

       D．Where there is a seed, there is hope.

第二节：书面表达（满分25分）

       高中学习生涯即将结束，你校高三年级拟举行一次有关“感恩”的英文演讲比赛。请根据以下要点写一篇120词左以的演讲稿。

       要点：

       1．感恩对象；

       2．为何感恩；   

       3．如何用实际行动表达自己的感恩之情。

       注意：

       1．只能选择一个感恩的对象，如家人、老师、朋友等；

       2．可对所给要点做适当发挥：

       3．演讲稿中不得提及考生所在学校及本人姓名；

       4．开头和结尾已经写好，不计入总词数。

       Good afternoon, everyone! It’s a great honor to have the opportunity to be with you today. The topic of my speech is “Thank you,                       ”.

______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________                                                                             

       Thank you for listening.

Do you think _____ possible to work out a correct figure of the income that the Expo will bring to China?

       A．that        B．this       C．one         D．it

 --- Will you stay for meal as more friends will come for a gathering?

    --- Sorry, _______. My brother is coming to see me.

   A. I mustn’t                B. I can’t                C. I needn’t          D. I won’t

______earlier, I' d have told you.

A. If I would have known it       B. Had I known it

C. If I knew it.                 D. Should I know it

All plant cells are capable of taking up water. Even dead ones do to a certain degree. Absorption（吸收）of water by dead cell walls makes wood become larger. In common land plants, the living cells of roots take up most of the water. Land plants without roots do exist, however. Those greenish-yellow lichens（苔藓）you see on rocks in the high mountains have no roots. Half a billion years ago, when water plants started to enter the land, the first land plants did not have roots.

Even among the flowering plants, one finds rootless forms. These flowering plants are “the higher plants” because they evolved（进化）recently and are thus considered higher on the evolutionary scale（进化度）. In the Peruvian desert, there grows one of these rootless higher plants, a bromeliad. It is a relative of the pineapple. Even if this plant had roots, they would be of no use, because where the plant grows, it never rains. The plant gets its water only from the dew（露水）it collects at night, when its leaves cool off. Such rootless plants, of course, can be moved with ease, but they will only grow when they are placed out in the open. If they are placed too near a house, the radiation from the heat of the house prevents the leaves from cooling and so prevents dew from forming, and the plant dies. In the southern United States and in Puerto Rico, one sees bromeliads growing high above the streets on the insulation（绝缘物）of electric wires. These plants get their water from rain, and the only soil they ever come in contact with is the dust that may blow on their leaves.

64．From the passage we know that the evolutionary scale is graded according to _______ .

       A. evolutionary cycles  B. heights and depths

       C. time         D. kinds

65．The “bromeliad” is a plant that _______ .

       A．has useless roots             B. is a pineapple

       C．can grow anywhere  D. takes up water through its leaves

66．The most suitable title for this passage is “_______ ”.

       A. Absorption of water by plants   B. Rootless plants

       C. Plants in the desert        D. Higher plants

第Ⅱ卷 (非选择题 共35分)

第四部分 写作 (共两节，满分35分)

第一节 任务型阅读 (共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分)

认真阅读下列短文，并根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填入一个最恰当的单词。注意：每个空格只填1个单词。请将答案写在答题卡相应题号的横线上。

Not so long ago almost any student who successfully completed a university, degree or diploma course could find a good job quite easily. Companies toured the universities, competing with each other to persuade graduates to join them. However, those days are gone, even in Hong Kong, and nowadays graduates often face strong competition in the search for jobs.

Most jobs organizations have provided three stages for graduates to follow in the process of finding a suitable job: recognizing abilities, matching these to available chances and presenting them well to future employers.

Job seekers have to make a careful judgment of their abilities. One area of judgment should be of their academic qualifications, which would include special skills within their subject area. Graduates should also be given their own personal values and attitudes, or the relative importance to themselves of such matters as and caring for others. An honest judgment of personal interests and abilities such as creative or scientific skills, or skills developed from work experience, should also be given careful thought.

The second stage is to study the chances available for employment and to think about how the general employment situation is likely to develop in the future. To do this, graduates can study available job chances and information in newspapers or they can visit a job office, write to possible employers for information or get in touch with friends or relatives who may already he holding a particular profession. After studying all the various choices, they should be in a position to make informed comparisons between various jobs.

A good personal presentation is necessary in the search for a good job. Job application forms and letters should, of course, be filled in carefully and correctly, without grammar or spelling mistakes. Where additional information is asked for, job seekers should describe their abilities and work experience in detail, with examples if possible. They should try to balance their own abilities with the employer's needs, explain why they are interested in a job with the particular company and try to show that they already know something about the company and its activities.

When graduates are asked to attend an interview, they should prepare properly by finding out all they can about the would-be employer. Dressing suitably and arriving for the interview on time are also obviously important. Interviewees should try to give positive and helpful answers and should not be afraid to ask questions about anything they are unsure about. This is much better than pretending to understand a question and giving an unsuitable answer.

There will always be good job chances for people with ability, skills and determination. The secret to achieving a good job is to be one of them.

 China has made efforts to respond to _______ climate change, and set targets to control greenhouse gas emissions by 2020.

A. /; /                      B. /; the             C. the; /               D. the; the

—Why aren’t they here yet?

       —They            the bus.

       A．can have missed  B．must be late for  C．may have missed            D．might be late for