One of the most famous buildings in the United States is Carnegie hall ,the home of classical and popular music concerts in New York. Carnegie Hall is known not just for its beauty and history, but also for its amazing sound .It has been said that the hall itself is an instrument. It takes the music and makes it larger than life.

   Carnegie Hall is named after Andrew Carnegie, who paid for its construction .Construction of Carnegie Hall began in 1980 and the official opening night was on May 5,1891.

  The hall was owned by the Carnegie family until 1924 when it was sold to Robert E. Simon。The building became very old and in 1960,the new owner made plans to destroy it and build an office block. Isaac Stern led a group of people who fought to save Carnegie Hall and finally ,the city of New York bought it for $5 million. It was then fixed up between 1983 and 1995.

   In 1986,people realised that Carnegie Hall had never kept proper records of its history.

  Advertisements and stories in newspapers about how Carnegie Hall needed help to recover its history led people to send in old concert programmes and information from all over the world. Over 12,000 concert programmes were received and with these it was possible to make a proper record of Carnegie Hall 's concert history.

   Carnegie Hall is actually made up of several different halls ,but the Main Hall, now called the Isaac Stern Auditorium, is the most famous. The hall itself can hold an audience of 2804 in five levels of seating .Visitors to the top level have to climb up 105 steps to get there!

  Because the best and most famous musicians of all time have played at Carnegie Hall, it is the dream of most musicians who want to be great to play there. This has led to a very old joke which is now part of Carnegie Hall 's history .Question:" How do I get to Carnegie Hall?" Answer:" Practise ,practise, practise."

64..It can be inferred that people wanted to save Cargenie Hall mainly because______.

A.it made a lot of money

B.it was worth visiting

C.many important concerts were held in it.

D.it made some players become famous

65.How did Carnegie Hall recover its concert history?

A.Through newspaper reports   B.Through old concert programmes

C.Through old photographs     D.Through old jokes

66.Why is the Carnegie Hall joke funny?

A.Because you expect the answer to be directions but not advice

B.Because Carnegie Hall is a place where musicians practise a lot.

C.Because it is difficult to find your way to Carnegie Hall

D.Because you don't expect the answer to repeat the same word three times.

67.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

   A.Historical events happened inside Carnegie Hall

   B.The city of New York paid for Carnegie Hall to be built .

   C.Carnegie Hall was finally fixed up in 2000.

   D.Isaac Stern saved Carnegie Hall ,so the Main Hall is named after him.

第四部分 写作技能 (共两节，满分 20 分)

四、双向翻译 （共 5 小题；每小题 2 分，满分 10 分） 请根据上下文内容，将文中划线部分译成汉语或者英语。

Do your parents ever say, “act like a lady(淑女)” or “be a gentleman” to you? But in the eyes of today’s teenagers, what qualities should a lady or a gentleman have? Let’s take a look.

What is a gentleman?

The girls have their say:

Huang Xiaoyu of Guizhou: A gentleman is not a strong, stupid guy. He doesn’t get angry.61.他在乎别人的感受并总是乐于助人。

   There is a boy in my class who I think is a gentleman.62.I didn’t do well in the mid-term English exam. He comforted me by saying I would do better next time. His words made me feel happier.

Chen Tingting of Shenzhen: A gentleman always says, “ladies first”. 63. When it comes to cleaning up the classroom, he does the heavy work. He lets girls go into rooms first.

There aren't any gentlemen in my class. When there are snacks, the boys in my class are always the first to grab them!

Boys tell us what they think a lady is:

Wu Yifan of Dalian, Liaoning: A ladylike girl is gentle and quiet. But she's not shy; she's not afraid of expressing herself. She is kind and beautiful.

To me, actress Dong Jie is a lady. 64.她漂亮温柔。她也有一颗善良之心。 She does a lot for charity.

Wang Lichao of Tianjin: A lady is not just pretty-looking but wise too. She never says rude words. She is not noisy. She is always calm and at ease.

65. I don't think there are any real ladies in my class. Most of the girls are of a style I call “wild beauties”.

第二卷

第三部分 写作(共三节, 满分45分)

第一节 单词拼写 (共10小题; 每小题1分, 满分10分)

76. Japan is a country, __________(包围) by sea water.

77. Students are not______________(允许) to talk freely in class.

78. It’s ______________(显而易见的) that it’s your fault.

79. I’m interested in other nations’ ___________(风俗), so I like travelling.

80. The money we can use is very ___________(有限的). In fact, we can’t afford the

rent this month.

81. He said there were two secret ___________(通道) to the hall behind the wall.

82. The __________(气候) of the whole world is getting warmer and warmer, so some       countries come up with some ways to control it.

83. _________(不像) WangJing, he worked out the math problem in a different way.

84. I hear that they have taken some __________(措施) to solve the pollution here.

85. The teacher told him not to _____________(叹息) over the failure of the test.

 --- Bob, where are you working now?

   --- I used to work in a small company, but I ________ a job in some bigger companies.

   A. have sought       B. had sought      C. was seeking       D. am seeking

 The weather being rainy, the school sports meet is ________ to be put off.

       A. likely                       B. able                         C. possible                    D. probable

A brilliant idea occurred to him, ___________to his research in the lab.

       A．while devoting            B．while devoting himself

       C．while he was devoted      D．while devoted

Now, the world’s focus is all on Shanghai ______ the 2010 world Expo is to be held.

        A. when                   B. whose           C. where                D. that

_____ I admit that there are problems, I don't' think that they cannot be solved.

A. Unless    B. Until     C. As      D. While

第三部分: 阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分, 共40分）

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

Dear mommy and daddy,

I write this letter to you in hopes that you should consider your method of parenting me before I arrive. I am a joyous child. I expect love and respect, order and discipline. When I arrive, I will seem very small to you. Even though I don’t look like an adult, please understand that I am a human being.

Even though I will not speak words to you, I will know you with my heart. I will feel all your feelings, absorb your thoughts. I will come to know you more than you may know yourself. Do not be misled (误导) by my silence. I am open, growing and learning more rapidly than you can imagine.

I will keep in heart all that I see, so please give me sweet music and language that tells me how much I am loved. Give me silence to rest my ears. I will absorb all that I feel, so please wrap life in love.

I am waiting patiently to be with you. I am so happy to have the opportunity to be alive. Maybe when you see me you will remember how precious life is too!

Your joyous child

56. According to the letter, why did the child write this letter?

A. Because the child wanted to apologize to its parents.

B. Because the child wanted the parents to consider the method of being parents.

C. Because the child expressed the happiness of having such parents.

D. Because the child wanted to show how much it understood its parents.

57. According to the text, we can infer the “child” is in fact _______ .

A. a lovely boy          B. a joyous child

C. an unborn baby        D. a lovely girl

58. The child in the text required all the following EXCEPT that ________ .

A. it should be looked on as a human being

B. it would like to be loved by its parents

C. it wanted to be with the parents an soon as possible

D. it wanted a place full of beautiful music and love language

59. The letter is likely to be printed in the part of ______ in a magazine.

A. “Baby’s world”         B. “Current news”

C. “Young parent center”    D. “Science and our life”

阅读下面的短文，然后从A-F选项中，为每一小段选择合适的标题, 并把答案写在答案卷上。