5. About 40 _____ of the population of that country _____ on farms.

  A. percent; lives      B. percent; live    C. percents; live      D. percents; lives

10. Then you usually lie there just ____ the ceiling, thinking about everything that could go wrong.

     A. glancing at             B. watching at        C. glaring at          D. staring at

35. —Tom took away  our teacher’s cell phone without being permitted.

—Really? I can’t imagine that he _______ have done such a thing.

A.must    B．may  C．should        D．Can

The guide showed the travelers _____ of the factory.

A.in        B. out        C. off           D.around

C

Could the solution to world future energy needs lie in the ocean? It’s possible.

We are not talking about oil, but another potential untapped energy resource called “methane hydrates”.

Methane hydrates are hard, ice-like white solids that form naturally in deposits (沉积物) on ocean floors. They arecomposed of water and highly concentrated methane produced by the microorganisms living in the deposits.

The remarkable thing is that you can hold a flame to a piece of methane hydrate and it will catch on fire. It’s been called “burning ice.”

Methane hydrates are spread around the world. These deposits may in the future become a very important fuel resource. One researcher calculated that a small area off the Southeastern coast of America may contain methane hydrates equal to 30 times the annual U.S. consumption of natural gas.

Right now there are very significant technical and financial challenges facing us before we could exploit this as a resource. Scientists around the world are studying these challenges. One big issue is how to get these methane hydrates off the ocean floor, causing undersea landslides and tidal waves.

Another issue is how to handle the matter after it is brought up. It’s also unclear whether it would make more sense to “mine” solid hydrates or tap the gases found with them. And many deposits may occur in low concentrations with no commercial potential.

Japan, which has no oil supplies of its own, has thrown itself into burning ice research because it has deposits off its shores which could make Japan less dependent on foreign suppliers of oil.

The U.S. Department of Energy and Congress are also supporting research. However, the US administration’s energy policy is focused on traditional fossil (化石) fuels. And at least for now, developing burning ice into a fuel source isn’t high on the energy industry’s list. But if natural gas continues to rise in price, exploiting burning ice might become economically practical.

59. What’s the meaning of the underlined word in Paragraph Two?

       A. not existed                B. Unseen          C. available but not used              D. unreal

60. What can you learn from the text?

       A. Burning ice has been used in some countries.

       B. Applying burning ice tops the energy list in America.

       C. Burning ice exists in few countries.

       D. There are still some problems in developing the burning ice

61. Why has Japan already begun to develop the burning ice?

       A. It is a developed country.  B. They want to help other countries.

       C. It lacks oil supplies of its own. D. America asked Japan to do so.

62. Which one is the best title of the text?

       A. World Energy Shortage           B. Burning Ice Holds Hope as Fuel Source

       C. Methane Hydrates                D. Methane Hydrates Spread around the World

第二节 语法填空（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）

阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空，并将答案填写在答题卡标号为11-20的相应位置上。

To most of us, sharks are _31__ most dangerous fish in the sea, for they attack humans. However, according to Doctor Clark, ___32___ has studied the behavior of sharks for twelve years, humans are not normally on a shark’s menu. What ___33___ sharks feed on? Mainly fish and other small sea animals. Doctor Clark also found that sharks don’t eat as much food ___34___ people think. For instance, a nine-foot shark only needs two pounds of food a day to keep __35____ (health). But he says sometimes sharks starve and at other times they fill __36____ with what they have killed. Around the world, there are about 100 shark attacks on humans each year, ten of which prove fatal (致命的). But consider this: in the U.S. alone (仅仅), about 3 million people are __37____ (bite) by dogs each year. Of these, 13 people die. “If a shark bites you,” says Doctor Clark, “the reason is   38   it mistakes you as its natural food.” For example, if you went underwater fishing and saw a shark, you could be in trouble. The shark might go for the ___39___ (injure) fish you had attacked and take a big bite of you at the same time. __40____ you went into a shark’s territory (领地) and threatened it, it might try to bite you. That’s because sharks are territorial and tend to guard their territory. Like dogs, they protect the area that they think is theirs.

第二部分：语言知识及应用 (共两节，满分45分)

第一节  完形填空 (共15小题；每小题2分，满分30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   11   on the front door of our house. A young man, wet from head to toe, explained that he had    12   out of petrol about 30 km up the road. He had left his pregnant(怀孕的) wife and his two children   13   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   14   , saying that they were cold. Once the car had started, I suggested that he   15   me back.

Before leaving, I had turned the heater   16   in the roadhouse, so that when we went in, it was nice and   17   .While the little ones played and ran around ,I prepared bread and butter for the children, and hot chocolate for the   18   .

It was about 5 a.m. before they left .The young fellow asked me how much he   19   me and I told him that the petrol pump(加油泵) had shown $15.He offered to pay “call-out fee”, but I wouldn’t accept it.

About a month later, I received a   20    from Interstate, a large bus company that we had been trying to   21   to stop off at our roadhouse for a long time. It   22   out that the young fellow I had helped was its general manager, the most   23   person in the company.

In his letter, he thanked me again and    24   me that, from then on, all their buses would stop at my service station. In this   25   , a little bit of kindness was rewarded with a huge amount of benefits.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

19. A.gave             B. paid                  C. owed                       D. offered

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

21. A.get               B. force                 C. require                         D. hope

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

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

24. A.praised         B. persuaded          C. informed                  D. convinced

25. A.lesson           B. business            C. aspect               D. Case

Before the game started Alien's friends believed he was ___ but he didn't feel ___. Then after the first ten minutes, he began to take heart.

A. sure to win; sure to success    B. sure of success; sure of it

C. sure to win; sure about that    D. sure about winning; sure to win

_____ you _____ to go to watch the football match with me?

A. Would; like  B. Would; rather   C. Do; feel like  D. Do; would like

I like ______ of the two stories, for this story is _____ than that one.

A. both; not more interesting     B. neither; no more interesting

C. neither; not more interesting    D. either; no more interesting