30.They ______ be at home. You see, the door is locked from the outside.

A. can’t       B. may          C.  must           D.  mustn’t

13.  His ability is beyond question; _____ has been in doubt is ____ he is prepared to work hard

A. what; that         B. which; whether     C. what; whether        D. that; that

第二节 完形填空 （共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）

Many years ago, I owned a service station and roadhouse on the main road between Melbourne and Adelaide.

One very cold, wet night at about 3:30 a.m., there was a   36  on the front door of our house. A young man, wet from  37  to toe, explained that he had   38  out of petrol about 30 km up the road. He had left his pregnant（怀孕的） wife and his two children  39  at the car and said that he would hitchhike （搭便车）back.

Once I had filled a can with petrol, I took him back to his car where his two-year-old and four-year-old children were both   40   , saying that they were cold. Once the car had started, I suggested that he  41  me back.

 Before leaving, I had turned the heater  42   in the roadhouse, so that when we went in, it was nice and   43   .While the little ones played and ran   44  , I prepared bread and butter for the children, and hot chocolate for the  45   .

It was about 5 a.m. before they  46    .The young fellow asked me how much he owed me and I told him that the petrol pump（加油泵）had   47   $15. He offered to pay “call-out fee”, but I wouldn’t accept it.

About a month later, I received a   48  from Interstate, a large bus company that we had been trying to get to stop off at our roadhouse for a long time. It  49  out that the young fellow I had helped was its general manager, the most  50  person in the company.

 In his letter, he thanked me again and informed me that, from then on, all their buses would stop at my service station. In this case, a little bit of kindness was rewarded with a huge amount of benefits.

36.   A. kick    B. hit     C. beat    D. knock

37.   A .finger B. shoulder     C. head   D. hand

38.   A. driven B. used    C. come  D. run

39.   A. away  B .behind       C. over    D. out

40.   A .sleeping     B .crying       C. quarrelling D. fighting

41    A. allow  B. ring    C. lead   D. follow

42    A. on      B. off      C. in       D. over

43    A. neat    B. hot     C. warm  D. attractive

44    A. around      B. inside  C. nearby       D. along

45    A. drivers       B. guests C. customers   D. adults

46    A. left     B. arrived       C. ate      D. disappeared

47    A. appeared    B. exhibited    C. calculated   D. shown

48    A. call     B. letter   C. check  D. notice

49    A. pointed      B. turned C. worked      D. found

50    A. generous    B. successful   C. serious       D. powerful

C

The unknown world's mystery

     The sea is the biggest unknown part of our world. It covers seventy-one percent of the earth. There is still much to be discovered about this vast blanket of water. If the waters of the ocean could be removed, the sea floor with its wide valleys, irregular, mountains and rivers in the sea. would be an unbelievable sight.

      Tourism under the deep blue sea

      Tourists an now explore the world beneath the waves without ever getting wet. From tourist submarines to underwater dining, undersea tourism is making a big splash.

     Tourist submarines(潜艇）

      The popularity of submarine tours has grown rapidly in the last decade. Now, tourist submarines operate in more than 20 locations worldwide, including the waters around Okinawa and Taiwan' s Green Island. The submarines carry nearly 2 million tourists each year. Large windows offer passengers spectacular views as the submarines explore colorful coral reefs and sunken ships. Most one-hour tours cost about US $ 80.

      Underwater dining

      For a more upscale experience, tourists can enjoy fine dining under the sea.  Last summer the Hilton Maldives Resort opened the world's first underwater restaurant, Ithaa.  Diners walk down a staircase into the restaurant, which rests 35 feet beneath the waves of the Indian Ocean. Transparent walls surround the dining area, and you can treat guests to a panoramic(全景)ocean view.

      But this excellent view doesn't come cheap. The tasting menu costs US $ 200 per person. Be sure to make reservations early, too. The restaurant seats only 14 people.

 66. What does the author want to tell us in Paragraph 1?

     A. The sea is the biggest unknown part of our world.

     B. The sea covers seventy-one percent of the earth.

     C. Some information about the sea floor.

     D. The reasons for researching undersea tourism.

67. What does the author really mean by saying "undersea tourism is making a big splash" in Paragraph 2?

     A. Undersea tourism is a new fashion in travelling.

     B. Your clothes will be made wet by the water splash.

     C. Undersea tourism is dangerous.

     D. There is still a long way for undersea tourism to go.

 68. Which of the following statements about tourist submarines is RIGHT?

     A. Tourist submarines only have a history of about 10 years.

     B. There are tourist submarines in every part of the world now.

     C. Tourist submarines' have carried about 2 million tourists so far.

     D. People can enjoy tourist submarines in the waters around Okinawa.

69. The walls of the restaurant Ithaa are most probably made of            .

     A. stone       B. brick   C. glass     D. steel

70. From the passage,, we can infer that the author            .          .

     A. doesn't think underwater tourism is a good idea

     B. shows great interest in underwater tourism

     C. is worried about underwater tourism

     D. is probably a scientist who studies the sea

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Waste to Energy—JUST BURN IT!

WHY BURN WASTE?

    Waste-to-energy plants generate (产生) enough electricity to supply 2.4 million households in the US. But, providing electricity is not the major advantage of waste-to-energy plants. In fact, it costs more to generate electricity at a waste-to-energy plant than it does at a coal, nuclear, or hydropower plant. 

The major advantage of burning waste is that it considerably reduces the amount of trash going to landfills. The average American produces more than 1,600 pounds of waste a year. If all this waste were landfilled, it would take more than two cubic yards of landfill space. That’s the volume of a box three feet long, three feet wide, and six feet high. If that waste were burned, the ashes would fit into a box three feet long, three feet wide, but only nine inches high!

Some communities in the Northeast may be running out of land for new landfills. And, since most people don’t want landfills in their backyards, it has become more difficult to obtain permits to build new landfills. Taking the country as a whole, the United States has plenty of open space, of course, but it is expensive to transport garbage a long distance to put it into a landfill.

TO BURN OR NOT TO BURN?

 Some people are concerned that burning garbage may harm the environment. Like coal plants, waste-to-energy plants produce air pollution when the fuel is burned to produce steam or electricity. Burning garbage releases the chemicals and substances found in the waste. Some chemicals can be a threat to people, the environment, or both, if they are not properly controlled.

Some critics of waste-to-energy plants are afraid that burning waste will hamper (妨碍，阻碍) recycling programs. If everyone sends their trash to a waste-to-energy plant, they say, there will be little motive to recycle. Several states have considered or are considering banning waste-to-energy plants unless recycling programs are in place. Massachusetts, New Jersey, and New York City have delayed new waste-to-energy plants, hoping to increase the level of recycling first.

So, what’s the real story? Can recycling and burning waste coexist? At first glance, recycling and waste-to-energy seem to be at odds (不一致), but they can actually complement (弥补) each other. That’s because it makes good sense to recycle some materials, and better sense to burn others.

Let’s look at aluminum, for example. Aluminum mineral is so expensive to mine that recycling aluminum more than pays for itself. Burning it produces no energy. So clearly, aluminum is valuable to recycle and not useful to burn.   

Paper, on the other hand, can either be burned or recycled—it all depends on the price the used paper will bring.

Plastics are another matter. Because plastics are made from petroleum and natural gas, they are excellent sources of energy for waste-to-energy plants. This is especially true since plastics are not as easy to recycle as steel, aluminum, or paper. Plastics almost always have to be hand sorted and making a product from recycled plastics may cost more than making it from new materials. 

To burn or not to burn is not really the question. We should use both recycling and waste-to-energy as alternatives to landfilling.

Waste to Energy—JUST BURN IT!

Last month, thousands of workers in that city went on _____ strike, demanding lower taxes and ______ end to cutting staff members.

A. a; the                           B. a; an                            C. 不填; an    D. 不填; the

--- He is fifteen years older than you.

   --- _______  Love has nothing to do with age.

   A. What for?               B. How about it?    C. So what?                 D. How come?

Everywhere you look, large quantities of information in the world are pouring. This data flood is already starting to transform business, government, science and everyday life. It has great potential for good — as long as consumers, companies and governments make the right choices about when to restrict the flow of data, and when to encourage it.

A few industries have led the way in their ability to gather and take advantage of the data. Credit-card companies monitor every purchase and can identify cheats with a high degree of accuracy. Stolen credit cards are more likely to be used to buy hard liquor than wine, for example, because it is easier to overlook. Insurance firms are also good at combining clues to spot doubtful claims: dishonest claims are more likely to be made on a Monday than a Tuesday, since policyholders (保险客户) who stage accidents tend to assemble friends as false witnesses over the weekend. By combining many such rules, it is possible to work out which cards are likeliest to have been stolen, and which claims are untrue. By analyzing “basket data”, supermarkets can make promotions to appeal to particular customers’ preferences. The oil industry uses supercomputers to help them before drilling wells.

But the data flood also poses risks. There are many examples of databases being stolen: disks full of social-security data go missing, laptops loaded with tax records are left in taxis, credit-card numbers are stolen by online purchase. The result can be privacy made public, identity stolen and cheats permitted large space. Rather than owning and controlling their own personal data, they very often find that they have lost control of it.

The best way to deal with the data flood is to make more data available in the right way, by requiring greater transparency in several areas. First, users should be given greater access to and control over the information held about them, including whom it is shared with. Google allows users to see what information it holds about them, and lets them delete their search histories or modify the targeting of advertising, for example. Second, organizations should be required to disclose details of security breaches, as is already the case in some parts of the world, to encourage bosses to take information security more seriously. Third, organizations should be subject to an annual security check, with the resulting grade made public (though details of any problems exposed would not be). This would encourage companies to keep their security measures up to date.

59. What is the best title for this passage?

A. Information Flood              B. Benefits of Data Flood

   C. Harms of Data Flood            D. How to Use Data in a Right Way

60. From the passage we can infer that ________.

A. lots of data are lost because of hardware problems

B. online purchases are becoming more and more popular

C. credit cards are not so secure to use and will go out of use very soon

D. insurance firms have to investigate before they confirm their policyholders’ claims

61. Which of the following is the writer’s opinion about how to deal with the data flood?

A. Personal information should be used for public benefits.

B. The users should be given the right to access public information.

C. Companies should update their measures to guarantee their data safety.

D. Organizations should keep their resulting grade of security checks unknown to the public.

62. From the passage we can conclude that _________.

A. the data flood makes peoples’ life less convenient and more expensive

  B. companies and insurance firms are responsible for the data flood

  C. the information flood is more useful to organizations than to individuals

  D. the information flood has both positive and negative influence on modern life

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71. Which one of the following activities requires the longest time to complete?

   A. Fun in Mandarin

   B. Fairytale Holiday Chinese Camp

   C. Magic Moments English Speech and Drama Camp

D. Magic Moments Mandarin Speech anti Drama Camp

72. After attending the Building Confidence course, the children will  __    .

   A. become magicians               B. overcome stage fright

   C. grow cells in the lady             D. tend to patients in the hospital

73. If you want your son to learn some table manners, which of the following activities can you register him in?

   A. Baking Workshop                      B. Lollipops Life Science

   C. Flower anti Card Making                D. Kids' Dining Etiquette course

74. Which of tile following statements is true?

   A. Participators need not bring any materials for the activities.

   B. All activities are targeted at primary school children only.

   C. All participants will receive a free gift upon registration.

   D. All activities are organised throughout the year.

75. A couple with three children aged 6, 9 and 14 want them to attend the same activities together. The number of activities they can attend is

A. one          B. two         C. three            D. four

写作：（满分25分）

假定你是李华，有一位美国朋友Smith托你在北京找工作。你看到21世纪英文报（“21st Century”）上登载了一则招聘启事，认为对他很合适。请用英文写一封短信，用E-mail发给Smith，告知此事。广告原文如下： 

　　　　　　　　　　　Foreign Teachers Wanted !

　　The Education Department of the Ladder Company is running an English course for children and adults.

　　Requirements :

　　1. Native English speaker

　　2. University degrees in education or related field preferred

　　3. Foreign expert certification（证明）

　　If you are interested , please call us :

　　Tel : 86-10-66666666 　　

　　E-mail : liecbj @ hotmail.com 

　　Beijing Ladder Information Company Limited 

　　注意：1. 开头语已为你写好；

　　　　　2. 介绍须包括所有内容，但不要逐条译成英语；

　　　　　3. 文章的词数需100词左右。 

Dear Smith ,

　　I know you want to find a job in Beijing. ……

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Good luck,

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　Li Hua