Some of the students have already learned enough English to _____

 a conversation with an English speaker.

A. go on                B. carry on                   C. keep on                    D. hold on

Please       the invitations as soon as possible.

  A. send up         B. send out                   C. send for                   D. send in

Although there were so many people in the square, I could       my friend.

  A. pick up                 B. pick out                   C. make up                   D. set out

The theory was attacked when it was first       , but gradually it was accepted.

  A. put up                  B. put down                  C. put forward       D. put away

第三部分：阅读理解（共20题；每小题2分，共40分）

       阅读下列短文，从每题中所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

You have heard the expression “horse sense”. As you may imagine, it came from the time when the majority of people traveled in vehicles drawn by horses. A horse does have a lot of common sense, and there are many true stories about horses having saved their drivers from danger of death.

Today for the most part, people travel by train, ship, airplane, and car, but very little by the use of horses. Modern vehicles are propelled by engines, and an engine does not have any sense. In case of danger, many horses could be depended on to help. Not so with the engine; the driver must do all the things.

In recent years, the speed of travel has increased greatly. With the increased speed comes greatly increased danger. The driver of a powerful engine needs to be careful. A moment of being careless may cost a life. In order to drive today, a person must be able to see clearly, and he must learn and follow carefully the rules for safety on the road. Greater attention is the price we pay for using a machine instead of a horse.

1. The passage mainly talks about ______.

A. engines    B. safe driving    C. using horses    D. modern machines

2. The underlined word “propel” in the second paragraph means ______.

A. repair    B. raise    C. push forward    D. made

3. It can be inferred from the passage that ______.

A. a driver must know the rules of safety

B. a driver needs to be able only to tell red from green

C. an eye test is an important part of a driver’s examination

D. greater attention is needed for a driver while driving a machine

4. Which of the following is NOT true?

A. A driver must be able to see and hear well.

B. The driver of a car must follow the rules of safety.

C. Horses are known to have saved their drivers from injury.

D. It is better for vehicles to be pulled by horse than to be pushed by engine.

Parking has long been a major headache for drivers in Shanghai. The Transportation Department is mapping out a new plan for the city’s parking system. There are one million cars on the road in Shanghai but only enough public parking space to provide room for 15percent of them. It is no wonder that local drivers get so worried trying to find a place to park.

The city is seeing a rise in private car owners. In March, the city sent out 2,000 private car licenses, the highest number of licenses ever sent out in a month. And prices rose to 14,600 yuan, 500 more than in February. Industry experts say this suggests that local people have a strong, active interest in buying cars.

By the year 2020, the number of automobiles in Shanghai will probably reach two million. If one parking lot is for each car, then a lot of parking space should be built for these vehicles.

Downtown Shanghai is most short of parking space. However, experts point out that simply building more parking lots in downtown areas is not practical and doesn’t provide an ideal solution. The idea of “ Park & Ride” system has been suggested. This means that drivers can leave their vehicles in car par nearby subway or bus stations and ride public transport to go downtown. Based on this idea, the city will limit the number of parking lots in downtown areas and demand higher parking fees but build more parking areas near main subway and bus stops.

1.The underlined phrase “ mapping out ” in the first paragraph means __________.

A. making     B. arguing        C. controlling        D. inspiring

2. About __________ drivers can find places to park their cars in Shanghai now.

A. 850,000     B. 1,000,000       C. 150,000        D. 2,000,000

3. What does the second paragraph mainly tell us ?

A. The city sent out more private licenses in February.

B. Less and less people bought cars in March.

C. The city sent out less private licenses in March.

D. More and more people are going to buy cars.

4. According to the idea of a “ Park & Ride ” system, the city will __________.

A. send out more private car licenses

B. build more parking lots near bus stops

C. encourage people to buy more cars

D. build more parking areas in downtown

Ⅶ．书面表达（共1题；满分15分）

        许多欧洲国家将9月22日设为“无车日”。请结合我国目前的现状，如交通堵塞、环境污染、车祸频发等，写一篇100—120词的英语短文，说明自己对“无车日”的认识。

    注意：1．开头已给出，不计入总词数。

          2．生词：无车日—No Cars Day/ No-car Day

As we know, with the development of economy, the number of cars is increasing very rapidly, thus causing some social problems.                                                   

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Environment-friendly Olympics requires Beijing to improve its environment, _______ turning it into an ecology-friendly city.

       A．eventually B．specially   C．absolutely D．traditionally

. _______news came ________an unknown disease was spreading in the area .

A. Disturbing / that     B. Disturbed / which   C. Disturbing / which   D. Disturbed / what

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Elephants are the largest land animals and they need plenty of living span. They have seasonal migration(迁徙) routes. As human populations rise, elephant land is being cleared for agriculture and other kinds of development.

   When animals are effectively trapped on small areas of land, it restricts the gene pool and also results in a shortage of food. Where elephant reserves (保护区 ) border agricultural areas, elephants are often attracted to leave parks to attack crops and barns. Only the strongest walls will stop an adult elephant, so farmers have great difficulty protecting their fields.

   In India, elephants don’t only attack for food. Some even have developed a taste for rice beer. In Assam, elephant-human conflict has resulted in the death of more than 150 people and 200 elephants in two years.

   Poverty leads to the killing of elephants for meat. If people don’t have enough food and their governments cannot afford to enforce poaching(偷猎) bans, it’s not difficult to predict the outcome.

   Ivory comes from elephant tusks, which can grow to be 3 metres long. Both male and female African elephants have large tusks.

   Most new ivory comes from Africa and is sold as a high status material in Asian countries such as Thailand, mainland China and Japan. It can fetch $150 a pound and is carved to make decorations, chopsticks and ink stamps(印章). The conservation priority(重点) here is to change public attitudes.

   In some countries in southern Africa, where conservation efforts have been successful, there is not enough room for a growing elephant population and animals have to be killed. A CITES meeting in November 2002 ruled that Botswana, Namibia and South Africa may sell stock-piled（库存的） ivory, starting in 2004.

   Many conservationists are convinced that this will fuel the demand for ivory and lead to more illegal poaching, they say it is almost impossible to tell legal from poached ivory. The governments argue that the sales will be used to fund conservation work.

64. Which of the following isn’t the result of smaller elephant land?

   A. Seasonal migration.                         B. Elephant-human conflict.

   C. Restricting the gene pool.                           D. Shortage of food.

65. The most important thing to protect elephants is _______.

   A. to build strongest walls

   B. to sell stock-piled ivory instead of illegal ivory

   C. to enforce poaching bans

   D. to change people’s ideas

66. What does the underlined word “this” in the last paragraph refer to?

   A. The killing of dephants for meat.

   B. The ban of the trade in African elephant ivory.

   C. The selling of stock-piled ivory.

   D. The sales to fund conservation work.

67. According to the passage, we can infer that_______.

   A. farmers have trouble protecting their field since no walls can stop an adult elephant.

B. if the government could help solve poverty, there would be less killing of elephants.

C. only male elephants in Africa have tusks as long as 3 meters.

D. since there is not enough room for a growing elephant population, there is no need to ban poaching all over Africa.