The Atlantic Ocean is one of the oceans that separate the Old World from the New. For centuries it kept the America from being discovered by the people of Europe.

　　The Atlantic Ocean is only half as big as the pacific, but it is still very large. It is more than 4,000 miles (6,000 km) wide where Columbus crossed it. Even at its narrowest it is about 2,000 miles (3,200 km) wide.

　　There is so much water in the Atlantic that it is hard to imagine how much there is. But suppose no more rain fell into and no more water was brought to it by rivers. It would take the ocean about 4,000 years to dry up. On the average the water is a little more than 2 miles (3.2 km) deep, but in some places it is much deeper. The deepest spot is near Puerto Rico. This "deep" measures 30,246 feet --- almost six miles (9.6 km).

　　Several hundred miles eastward from Florida there is a part of the ocean called the Sargasso Sea. Here the water is quiet, for there is little wind. Today the Atlantic is a great highway. It is not, however, always a smooth and safe one. Storms sweep across it and pile up great waves. Icebergs float down from the Far North across the paths of ships. We now have such fast ways of travelling that this big ocean seems to have grown smaller. Columbus sailed for more than two months to cross it. A fast modern steamship can make the trip in less than four days. Airplanes fly from New York to London in only eight hours and from South America to Africa in four!

From the third paragraph, we can learn that ______ .

A. the Atlantic will dry up in 4,000 years' time

B. no river flows into the Atlantic ocean　　　

C. it's hard to imagine how much water there is in the Atlantic ocean

D. the Ocean floor is rather flat

Suppose it's February 27th, 2000. You take a steamship to cross the Atlantic to North America, when will you probably get there?

A. On March 2nd　         B. On March 3rd 　　

C. On February 28th 　　　  D. In eight hours' time

What can you learn from the last paragraph of the passage ?

A. The Atlantic has grown smaller than it used to be.

B. The Atlantic had grown wider than it used to be.

C. Fast ways of travelling make the ocean grow smaller.

D. Fast ways of travelling make the ocean seem to grow smaller.

书面表达 （满分25分）

“Man: Happy Earth Day!

Earth: Thank you, but only on April 22nd may people think of me!”

上面是人类和地球的一个简短的对白。

请根据对白，结合实际，以Making Every Day Earth Day 为题写一篇短文。

提示：1.地球的现状和存在的问题；

      2.人们在“地球日”这天用什么行动关爱地球(比如：捡垃圾，做演讲等。)

      3.号召人们把每一天都当作地球日，天天关爱地球。

注意：

1.词数100左右。

2.可适当增加细节以使行文连贯。

When ______ different cultures, we often pay attention only to the differences without noticing the many similarities.

A. comparing                                          B. being compared

C. compared                                            D. having compared

While shopping, people sometimes can’t help ____into buying something they don’t really need.

He was a much older player but he had the great _______ of experience.

A. advantage     B. respect     C. success     D. interest

Everyone knows Americans as “Yanks” which _____ Yankees used during the Civil War for the northern states of the US.

A. is short of   B. is short for   C. comes short of   D. goes short of

--- Why don’t we buy a table ?

    --- Didn’t we just have _____．But ______ need some repair．

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

If you ask people to name a person who had the greatest effect on the English language, you will get answers like “Shakespeare” “Samuel Johnson” and “Webster”, but none of these men had any effect at all compared to a man who didn’t even speak English—William the Conqueror.

Before 1066, in the land we now call Great Britain lived people in two main language groups. One was a Celtic language, the other was what we now call Anglo-Saxon (or old English), a Germanic language. If this had lasted, English today would be close to German.

But this didn’t last. In 1066 the Normans led by William began their rule over England. For about a century, French became the official language of England while Old English became the language of farmers. As a result, English words of politics (政治) and the law come from French rather than German. In some cases, modern English even shows a difference between upper-class French and lower-class Old English in its words. We even have different words for some foods, meat in particular, depending on whether it is still out in the fields or at home ready to be cooked. This shows the fact that the lower-class farmers were doing farming, while the upper-class Normans were doing most of the eating.

When Americans visit Europe for the first time, they usually find Germany more “foreign” than France because the German they see on signs and ads seems much more different from English than French does. Few realize that the English language is actually Germanic in its beginning and that the French influences are all the results of one man’s ambition (野心).

Before 1066, the two main languages spoken in the place which we now call “Great Britain” were __________.

A. Germanic and French

B. Nordic and Germanic

C. Celtic and Old English

D. Old English and Germanic

According to the passage, which of the following groups of words are most probably from French?

   A. President, lawyer and beef.

   B. President, bread and water.

   C. Bread, field and sheep.

   D. Pig, cow and government.

Why do Americans find France less foreign than Germany?

   A. Many signs and ads are in English.

   B. They know little about the history of the English language.

   C. Many French words are similar to English ones.

   D. They know French better than German.

Which of the following is the best title of the passage?

   A. The History of Great Britain.

   B. The Similarity (相似点) between English and French.

   C. The Rule of England by William the Conqueror.

D. The French Influence on the English Language.

基础写作(共1小题，满分15分)

【写作内容】

请根据以下中文提纲，用英语讲述你最喜欢的一位运动员——邓亚萍：

【写作要求】

只能使用5个句子表达全部内容。

【评分标准】

句子结构准确，信息内容完整，篇章结构连贯。

As days go on, I think that Beijing will become ______ the whole world pay close attention to.

A．where       B．what          C．which               D．that