Great changes ____________ in my hometown in the past few years.

A. took place 　　B.have taken place　 　C. have been happened　　　 D. broke out

. —I don't mind telling you what I know.

   —You________.I'm not asking you for it.

     A.mustn't                   B.may not             C.can't            D.needn't

B

   As people slowly learn to cure diseases, control floods, prevent hunger, and stop wars, fewer people die every year. As a result, the population of the world is becoming larger. In 1925 there were about 2 billion people in the world; today there are over 6 billion.

   When the number rises, extra mouths must be fed. New lands must be brought under development, or land already farmed must be made to produce more crops. In some areas the land is so over-developed that it will be difficult to make it provide more crops. In some areas the population is so large that the land is divided into too tiny units to make improvement possible with farming methods. If a large part of this farming population went into industrial work, the land might be farmed much more productively (多产地) with modern methods.

    There is now a race for science, technology, and industry to keep the output of food rising faster than the number of people to be fed. New types of crops, which will grow well in bad weather, are being developed, so there are now farms beyond the Arctic Circle in Siberia and North America. Irrigation (灌溉) and dry-farming methods bring poor lands under the plough. Dams hold back the waters of great rivers, which can provide water for the fields in all seasons and provide electric power for new industries. Industrial chemistry provides fertilizer to suit different soils. Every year, some new methods are made to increase or to protect the food of the world.

56. The author says that the world population is increasing because _____.

    A. there are many rich valleys and large fields

    B. farmers are producing more crops than before

    C. people are living longer due to better living conditions

    D. new lands are being made into farmlands

57. The author says that in areas with large populations, land might be more productively farmed if _____.

   A. the land was divided into smaller pieces

   B. people moved into the countryside

   C. industrial methods were used in farming

   D. the units of land were much larger

58. We are told that there are now farms beyond the Arctic Circle. This has been made possible by _____.

   A. growing new types of crops

   B. irrigation and dry-farming means

   C. providing fertilizers 

   D. destroying pests and diseases

59. Why is the land divided into tiny units in some areas?

   A. There are too many people living there.

   B. It saves more natural resources there. 

   C. It prevents crops from serious diseases there.

   D. Farmers can grow various kinds of crops there.

60. Why do some people use dams to hold back waters from great rivers?

   A. To develop a new kind of dry-farming methods.       

   B. To prevent crops from floods.

   C. To provide water and electricity in all seasons.          

   D. To water poor lands in bad weather.

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    1．文章的开头已经为你写好

2．  必须使用5个句子介绍全部所给的内容

3．  将5个句子组织成连贯的短文

Dear Sir or Madam,

   I am a student from Xinhua Middle School. I am glad to learn that you want a few part-time English reporters.                                          

                                                  Yours faithfully,

                                                     Li Hua

She _______ a proposal at the conference, but nobody listened, as she was a newcomer of the department.

A. put away        B. put up with       C. put out         D. put forward

I've promised to keep it secret so I Can’t really tell you anything——what you know already．

  A．for    B．about    C．of   D．beyond   

第二部分：语言知识与运用（共两节，满分45分）

第一节：完形填空（共10小题；每小题2分，满分20分）

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从21-30各题所给的A、B、C和D项中选出最佳选项。

If you wear socks on your ears, you won’t be punished. Crossing a street against a red light is another matter — it’s against the law. Laws are __21________ rules made by governments. They keep peace and create order. __22_______ people break laws, their governments punish them. Long ago, people lived only in small tribal groups. They lived together, followed the same __23_______, and worshipped the same gods. There were no formal laws. __24_______, people were guided by their customs, morals, and religion.

Over time, cities began to form. Laws became more formal and were written down in legal codes. In about 1750 BC, the king of Babylon __25_______ one of the first legal codes, the Code of Hammurabi. It listed certain crimes and told how they should be punished. The ancient Romans helped shape our modern view of law. In the 600s BC, citizens of Rome wrote down all of their basic laws on twelve bronze tablets. The Romans declared that no citizen, __26_______ the ruler, was above the law. Modern law codes are rooted in the Roman system. Such law codes are statutory, meaning they are created and changed by legislatures, not by courts.

Another system of law __27_______ later in England. Before the 12th century AD., each part of England had its own rules and customs. From the 12th century onward, England became a single nation. The courts of the land made sure people __28_______ a common set of customs—the English common law.

Unlike the Roman system of law, the common law was never written down in one place. Instead, the courts made decisions about the law __29_______ earlier court decisions. Those decisions are called examples. Each case must be decided in the same way as earlier cases. But if a case has some new aspects, the decision made will set a new example. That way, courts gradually change the law __30_______ society changes.

21.   A. police                      B. political                          C. official                     D. officer

22.   A. Unless                            B. Until                               C. Though                    D. When

23.   A. laws                        B. traditions                         C. action                      D. principles

24.   A. Instead                     B. Including                        C. Besides                    D. Moreover

25.   A. imagined                  B. assumed                          C. created                     D. supposed

26.   A. except for                B. not even                          C. in addition to            D. besides

27.   A. took effect               B. made up                          C. got over                   D. picked up

28.   A. formed                    B. provided                         C. presented                  D. followed

29.   A. set about                  B. based on                          C. came to                    D. taken over

30.   A. before                      B. after                               C. despite                            D. as

Having been out of work for a few months, the couple finally got _______________.

  A. out of debt    B. into debt    C. in debts    D. out of debts

The World War II made______ impossible for Einstein to go on with his research.

       A. him            B. it             C. this             D. that

The number of road accidents and the deaths _______ those accidents______ greatly over the past year.

A. arose from; increased                     B. resulting from; has increased

C. arising from; increased                    D. resulted from; has increased