It is known to all that a proper amount of exercise _______ to good health.

    A. benefits             B. devotes                    C. values                      D. contributes

We all like to make friends with him because he always ________.

       A. has words                 B. has a word                C. keeps his word          D. keeps his words

In 1999, twelve percent of public elementary schools in the United States required students to wear uniforms. Just three years later, the amount was almost double that.

A study of six big-city Ohio public schools showed students who were required to wear uniforms had improved graduation, behavior and attendance rates. Academic performance was unchanged.

Some high schools in Texas have also joined in the movement. Yet studies find mixed results from requiring uniforms. And some schools have turned away from such policies.

Supporters believe dressing the same creates a better learning environment and safer schools. The school district in Long Beach, California, was the first in the country to require uniforms in all elementary and middle schools. The example helped build national interest in uniforms as a way to deal with school violence and improve learning.

Findings in Long Beach suggested that the policy resulted in fewer behavior problems and better attendance. But researcher Viktoria, who has looked at those findings, says they were based only on opinions about the effects of uniforms.

She says other steps taken at the same time to improve schools in Long Beach and statewide could have influenced the findings. The district (the area marked by government) increased punishments for misbehavior. And California passed a law to reduce class sizes.

In Florida, for example, researcher Sharon found that uniforms seemed to improve behavior and reduce violence. In Texas, Eloise found fewer discipline problems among students required to wear uniforms, but no effect on attendance.

Sociologist David has studied school uniform policies since1998．He collected the reports in the book. In his own study, he found that reading and mathematics performance dropped after a school in Pennsylvania(宾夕法尼亚州) required uniforms.

Political and community pressures may persuade schools to go to uniforms to improve learning. But David and others believe there is not enough evidence of a direct relationship. In fact, he says requiring uniforms may even increase discipline problems.

Which of the following researchers are NOT supporters of school uniform policies?

A．Viktoria and Sharon.                              B．Sharon and David.

C．Eloise and Sharon.                               D．Viktoria and David.

The underlined word“misbehavior”in the sixth paragraph probably means ________.

A．serious crime                                     B．bad performance  

C．absence for class                                   D．action against wearing uniforms

What can we infer from the passage?

A．More work is needed to get better information about uniform’s effect.

B．The number of schools requiring uniforms in the U.S. will become less sharply.

C．Wearing uniforms has little to do with behavior and learning.

D．Politicians and communities won’t vote for uniform policies.  

What’s the main idea of this passage?

A．More and more students are required to wear uniforms in the U.S.

B．Wearing uniforms contributes to good academic performance.

C．Researchers in the U.S. argue for school uniform policies.

D．Evidence for school uniform polices in the U.S. is seen as weak. 

Having reached the highest point of our route according to plan, we discovered something the map had not told us. It was impossible to climb down into the Kingo valley. The river lay deep between mountain sides that were almost vertical（垂直）.We couldn’t find any animal tracks, which usually show the best way across country, and the slopes were covered so thickly with bushes that we could not see the nature of the ground. We had somehow to break through to the river which would give us our direction out of the mountains into the inhabited lowlands.

       Our guide cut a narrow path through the bushes with his long knife and we followed in single file. Progress was slow. Then, when we thought we had really reached the river, we found ourselves instead on the edge of a cliff with a straight drop of 1,000 feet to the water below. We climbed back up the slope and began to look for another way down. We climbed slipped, sweated and scratched our hands to pieces and finally arrived at the river. Happily we came downhill along its bank without having to cut our way. However, after a few miles the river entered a steep-sided gap between rocks and suddenly dropped thirty-five feet over a waterfall. There was no path alongside it and no way round it.

       Then one of the guides saw a way of overcoming the difficulty. There was a fallen tree lying upside down over the waterfall with its leafy top resting on the opposite bank below the falls. Without hesitation he climbed down the slippery trunk to show us how easy it was. Having got to the fork of the tree, he moved hand over hand along a branch for four or five feet with his legs hanging in space, then he dropped onto the flat bank the other side, throwing his arms in the air like a footballer who has scored goal, and cheerfully waving us on.

74．Having reached the highest point on their route, the travelers expected to be able to     .

       A．track animals to the river

       B．put away the maps they had been using

       C．come near to the river from a different direction

       D．get down to the river without much difficulty.

75．The travelers wanted to get to the river because      .

       A．it would lead them to the waterfall

       B．it would show them which way to go

       C．it was the only possible way out of the mountains

       D．it was a quicker way than going over the mountains

76．One reason why the travelers took so long to get to the river was that      .

       A．it was too hot to move quickly

       B．there was no proper path

C．they all tried to go different ways

       D．they could not follow the animal tracks

77．To get past the waterfall the guide had to      .

       A．use a fallen tree as a kind of bridge

       B．cross the river above the waterfall

       C．slide down a steep river bank

D．swing across the river from a high branch

 ---It’s ___to rain.

   ---Let’s get the work ___before the rain comes.

  A. likely, done              B. possible, to be finished 

  C. probable, to be done      D. likely, to be finished

 ---Why did you come late this morning?

  ---We were___for an hour in the traffic jam.

  A. taken up   B. given up   C. held up   D. put up

       --What kind of ________ makes 3G cellphones so popular with the young?

       --Video communication, I think.

       A. mark                       B. sign                         C. symbol                     D. feature

四、阅读理解(共20小题; 每小题1.5分，满分30分)

第一节：阅读下面短文，从每题给出的A、B、C、D四个答案中，选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。

Timetable

49. If one wants to attend a business lunch in London at l2:00, the latest train that he should take at Oxford leaves at_____________.

A. 11：45      B. 11：15       C. 10：35             D. 10：05

50. Which of the following is TRUE of the membership card?

A. Its number is l0865 305305.                

B. It belongs to Mr. E. M. Driscoll.

C. It is valid (有效的) through the year of 2010.

D. It gets the owner a discount when used.  

51. If one would like to have something fried, he may choose ________.

A. Chicken-Fried Steak & The Super Bird??      

B. French Slam & The Classic Hamburger

C. Chicken-Fried Steak & Chinese Chicken Salad 

D. The Super Bird?? & Sandwich with Salad or Soup

52. The chart shows that from 2005 to 2008，______________.

A. the percentage of the Spanish families with a computer rose 35 points

B. the number of the Black families with a computer was on the decrease

C. the percentage of the White families with a computer remained unchanged

D. the number of the Asian families with a computer showed the sharpest increase

六、按照课文内容填空（共10小题; 每小题0.5分，满分5分）

    阅读下面的短文，在标有序号的空白处填入一个适当的词，或填入括号中动词的适当形式。

My life is a lot easier at high school because my fellow students have accepted me. The few

  79   cannot see the real person inside my body do not make me   80  (annoy), and I just ignore them. All in all, I have a good life. I am happy to   81   (find) many things I can do, like

  82   and computer programming. My ambition is to work for a firm that develops computer

  83   when I grow up. Last year I invented a computer   84   game and a big company has decided to buy it from me. I have a very busy life with no time to sit around

   85  (feel) sorry for myself. As well as going to the movies and football matches with my

   86   , I spend a lot of time with my pets. To look after my pets properly takes a lot of time

  87   I find it worthwhile. I also have to do a lot of work, especially if I have been   88   for a while.

21. They are leaving for Hangzhou in ten days － __________, next Friday.

A. in other words          B. in many ways    C. on the whole      D. on the contrary