It is hard to track the blue whale, the ocean’s largest creature, which has almost been killed off by commercial whaling and is now listed as an endangered species. Attaching radio devices to it is difficult, and visual sightings are too unreliable to give real insight into its behavior.

So biologists were delighted early this year when, with the help of the Navy, they were able to track a particular blue whale for 43 days, monitoring its sounds. This was possible because of the Navy’s formerly top-secret system of underwater listening devices spanning the oceans.

Tracking whales is but one example of an exciting new world just opening to civilian scientists after the cold war as the Navy starts to share and partly uncover its global network of underwater listening system built over the decades to track the ships of potential enemies.

Earth scientists announced at a news conference recently that they had used the system for closely

monitoring a deep-sea volcanic eruption （爆发） for the first time and that they plan similar studies.

Other scientists have proposed to use the network for tracking ocean currents and measuring changes in ocean and global temperatures.

The speed of sound in water is roughly one mile a second—slower than through land but faster than through air. What is most important, different layers of ocean water can act as channels for sounds, focusing them in the same way a stethoscope （听诊器） does when it carries faint noises from a patient’s chest to a doctor’s ear. This focusing is the main reason that even relatively weak sounds in the ocean, especially low-frequency ones, can often travel thousands of miles.

81. The passage is chiefly about ____ .

A. an effort to protect an endangered marine species

B. the civilian use of a military detection system

C. the exposure of a U.S. Navy top-secret weapon

D. a new way to look into the behavior of blue whales

82. The underwater listening system was originally designed ____ .

A. to trace and locate enemy vessels

B. to monitor deep-sea volcanic eruptions

C. to study the movement of ocean currents

D. to replace the global radio communications network

83. The deep-sea listening system makes use of ____ .

A. the sophisticated technology of focusing sounds under water

B. the capability of sound to travel at high speed

C. the unique property of layers of ocean water in transmitting sound

D. low-frequency sounds travelling across different layers of water____

84. It can be inferred from the passage that____.

A. new radio devices should be developed for tracking the endangered blue whales

B. blue whales are no longer endangered with the use of the new listening system

C. opinions differ as to whether civilian scientists should be allowed to use military technology

D. military technology has great potential in civilian use

85. Which of the following is true about the U.S. Navy underwater listening network?

A. It is now partly accessible to civilian scientists.

B. It has been replaced by a more advanced system.

C. It became useless to the military after the cold war.

D. It is indispensable in protecting endangered species.

Life is tough in the city. In order to lose their _______, some people drink alcohol.

A. temper    B. mood     C. consciousness     D. pressures

Sara hopes to become a friend of _________ shares her interests.     

A. anyone             B. no matter who          C. whoever           D. whomever

—Well, Randy is not quite ready to make a decision yet.

—So, ______, we have to wait, right?

A. in other words     B. on the other hand      C. in particular     D. above all

When we got to _____ farmer’s house，he greeted us in_____ special way．

      A．the；a quite          B．a；a quite            C．the；quite a           D．a；quite a

—Why do you look worried?

—There are so many problems______.

       A. remaining to settle    B. remained settling

C. remaining to be settled    D. remained to be settled

第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1 分，满分20分）

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36—55各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

    Nancy was getting ready for bed when she heard a cry. A little  36  , she went over to the window and   37  . A homeless girl who seemed to be about her age was  38   in front of her house. She felt  39   for the girl, because it was a cold winter, and the girl had nothing to keep her  40  .

    Nancy was suddenly struck with a great  41  . She ran to her mother’s closet(壁橱), and   42   up an old quilt（被子）. She had to walk  43   down to the front door so as not to trip（绊倒）over the quilt which was hanging   44  , but she finally made it. Dropping the quilt, she opened the door. Standing there was the homeless girl, looking quite  45  . Nancy smiled warmly and  46   the quilt to the girl. Her smile grew wider as she saw the true  47   on the girl’s face.

The next day a   48   came to the door. Nancy flew to the door hoping that it was the little girl again. She opened the door and looked outside. It was the little girl. The girl smiled,“I   49   you want this back.”

Nancy opened her mouth and was about to say that she could keep it   50   another idea appeared in her head.“Yes, I want it back.”

The homeless girl’s face  51  . This was obviously not the   52  she had hoped for. She slowly put down the quilt, and turned to   53   when Nancy said,“  54  ! Stay right there.” She ran upstairs and came back with a   55   quit. “Have this,”she said quietly. It was Nancy’s own quilt made of silk and feathers.

36. A.excited                    B.frightened              C.intersted                    D.nervous

37. A.cleaned up               B.sat down                   C.looked out              D.closed up

38. A.fighting                     B.shouting                    C.singing                   D.crying

39. A.pity                                B.regret                     C.fun                           D.ashamed

40. A.rich                                B.safe                          C.healthy                   D.warm

41. A.suggestion                B.idea                          C.hit                                D.trick

42. A.looked                    B.caught                    C.picked                    D.brought

43. A.slower                     B.farther                   C.earlier                    D.sooner

44. A.on                           B.in                          C.over                          D.down

45. A.tired                           B.hungry                   C.rude                          D.puzzled

46. A.lent                                B.lifted                        C.handed                   D.threw

47. A.weakness                    B.happiness               C.friendship               D.curiosity

48. A.knock                      B. friend                   C.stranger                     D.girl

49. A.believe                    B.wish                         C.suppose                     D.know

50. A.after                           B.until                         C.when                        D.before

51. A.fell                          B.lost                           C.glared                    D.saved

52. A.quilt                           B.topic                         C.gift                           D.answer

53. A.enter                          B.leave                         C.speak                     D.thank

54. A.Help                           B.Wait                         C.Stop                         D.Listen

55. A.cheap                      B.big                           C.new                          D.clean

True love and kindness is needed in this world. It comes from appreciating the object, and rejoicing in the object, wanting the object to be happy and well, but holding it lightly, not tightly. And this goes for possessions too. You are in an extremely materialistic society in which the possession of more and bigger and better is held up as the total criteria(标准) for being happy.

What we own is not the problem; it’s our attitude towards our possessions. If we have something and we enjoy it, that’s fine. If we lose it, then that’s OK. But if we lose it and we are very attached to it in our heart, then that’s not fine. It doesn’t matter what the object is, because it’s not the object which is the problem. The problem is our own inner grasping mind that keeps us bound to the wheel, and keeps us suffering. If our mind was open and could just let thing flow naturally, there would be no pain. Do you understand? We need our everyday life to work on this, to really begin to see the greed of attachment in the mind and gradually begin to lessen and lessen it.

There is a famous story of a coconut, which is said to be used in India to catch monkeys. People take a coconut and make a little hole just big enough for a monkey to put its paw through. And inside the coconut, which is nailed to a tree, they have put something sweet. So the monkey comes along, sees the coconut, smells something nice inside, and he puts his hand in. he catches hold of the sweet inside, so now he has a fist. But the hole is too small for the fist to get out. When the hunters come back, the monkey is caught. But of course, all the monkey has to do is let go. Nobody’s holding the monkey except the monkey’s grasping greedy mind. Nobody is holding us on the wheel; we are clinging to it ourselves. There are no chains.

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

       A. Clinging Causes the Pain                       B. Don’t Learn from the Monkey

       C. Giving Up is Holding                                D. Possessions are Pains

55. According to the first paragraph, which of the following statements is true?

       A. The world now is lacking in true love.

       B. Owning more means being happier in today’s society.

       C. Today’s society is very realistic.                    

D. The society needs better criteria.

56. According to the passage, the monkey is caught because___________      .

       A. the hunter is cleverer than the monkey   

B. the monkey wants to eat the sweet

       C. the hole is too small for the monkey’s fist

       D. the monkey doesn’t know giving up

57. Why did the author tell the story of the monkey?

   A. Because he liked monkeys very much.

   B. Because the story is very interesting.

   C. Because he wants to explain the idea further.

   D. Because he wants to make the passage attractive.

Events

    Long March exhibit

    The Shanghai History Museum is putting on an exhibition to mark the 60th anniversary    of the Long March．On show are more than 220 photos and 40 items that explain with pictures how the communist Red Army drew back from its besieged(被围困的)bases in Jiangxi Province and fought its way to northern Shanxi province in the mid-1930s．Explanations are all in  Chinese，The show will end on November 20．

    Time：      10：00 am—4：00 pm.

    Address：    1286 Hongqiao Road

    Admission：  8 yuan for Chinese／15 yuan for foreigners

    Thai elephants

    Eight elephants from Thailand are entertaining visitors at Changfeng Park by riding bikes，

playing basketball，balancing on a beam，dancing and blowing a mouth-organ．People are encouraged to have a tug-of-war with the animals or lie on the ground and have the elephants walk over them，The elephants give three shows a day at 9：30 am,3：30 pm and 8:00 pm and there is an additional show at l：30 pm at weekends.The show will end on November 15。

    Address：    189 Daduhe Road

    Admission：  30—40 yuan

    Dancing dolphins

    Dolphins jumping from the water to touch a ball，swaying their bodies to music，kissing people and doing maths by tapping their tails have made the dolphinarium in Peace Park an attraction for children．Seals and sea lions also perform。

    Hours：      10：30 am，4：00pm，and 7：30prn

    Admission：  20 yuan for adults and 10 yuan for children．

45．If you go to visit the Long March exhibit with an Australian，how much will you pay altogether for the admission?

    A．16yuan      B．23 yuan        C．30yuan      D．20yuan

46．At the exhibition，you will see        

A．many articles written by famous writers  

B．many things left by the Red Army,

C．books on the Long March        

D．many photos and pictures about the Long Match

47．Which of the following is NOT done by the Thai elephants?

    A．Riding bicycles。    B．Blowing a mouth-organ

    C．Doing maths        D．Having a tug-of-war with people．

48．The dolphinarium in Peace Park is a hall where you can see            

    A．not only dolphins but also seals and sea lions perform

    B．only seals and sea lions perform

    C．only dolphins perform

D．only seals perform

短文填词：根据语境及汉语提示或首字母提示写出相应的词汇：(共10分)

             Dear Mike, thank you very much for your letter, which reached me

          yesterday. It was indeed very k______ of you to promise to see me in   1._______

          the hospital and to help me _____ my studies. I believe the letter       2._______

          written by me will come as a pleasant _______(惊讶) to you. The      3._______

          doctor t_____ me that my operation was a complete success, and       4._______

          that I would be a_____ to leave the hospital in about a week. I have    5.________

          no longer been in bed for a c______ of days. With the help of the      6.________

          doctor, I feel fully relieved. After I take a short ______(休息) after     7._______

          supper, I also go over my lessons. My health is ______(改善). I will    8._______

          take good _____ of myself anyway. I am very thankful for all you      9._______

          have d______ for me.                                        10._______