The engineer _________ must be able to communicate his ideas to others rapidly and accurately.

A．special         B．especial      C．in particular         D．particular

As a child, he could sing a lot of nursery __________.

A．rhyming         B．rhymes          C．rhythm         D．rhyme

You are watching a film in which two men are having a fight. They hit one another 1  At the start they only fight with their hands, but soon they begin 2 one another over the heads with chairs. It goes on until one of the men crashes （猛撞） through a window, and 3  thirty feet to the ground below. He is dead!

    Of course, he isn’t really 4 .With any luck he isn’t even hurt. Why? 5 the men who fall out of high windows or jump from fast-moving trains, who crash cars or even catch fire, are professionals. They do this for 6 . These men are 7  “stuntmen” （特技演员）. That is to 8 , they perform “tricks”.

There are two sides to their work. They 9  do most of the things you see on the screen. For example, they fall 10  a high building. However, they do not fall on to hard ground 11  on to empty cardboard boxes covered with a mattress （垫子）. 12 , when they hit one another with chairs, the chairs are made of soft wood and when they crash through windows, the “glass” is made of  13  .

Although their work depends on tricks of this kind, it calls for a 14  degree of skill and training. Often a stuntman’s success depends on exact 15  . For example, when he is “blown up” in a battle screen, he has to jump out of the way of the explosion just at the right moment.

    Naturally stuntmen are 16 paid for their work, but they lead dangerous lives. They often get seriously hurt, and sometimes 17  A Norwegian stuntmen, for example, skied over the edge of a cliff （悬崖） a thousand feet high. His parachute （降落伞）  18  to open, and he was killed.

In spite of （不管） all the risks, this is 19  a profession for “men only”. Men no longer dress up 20 women when actresses have to perform some dangerous action. Nowadays there are “stunt girls” too!

1. A．hardly                 B．slowly               C．hard                           D．lightly

2. A．hitting                  B．delivering            C．shouting                 D．firing

3. A．falls                  B．stands             C．sleeps                   D．sits

4. A．hurt                  B．weak            C．angry                   D．dead

5. A．For                  B．Because             C．Since                   D．Unless

6. A．work                B．fun                C．a living                    D interest

7. A．called                 B．chosen              C．considered                 D．made

8. A．speak                 B．say                C．talk                     D．tell

9. A．carefully              B．sadly                C．actually                 D．suddenly

10. A．out from             B．out                 C．outside                    D．from

11. A．but                 B．while               C．or                       D．and

12. A．Therefore             B．Again               C．Yet                      D．Still

13. A．wood               B．paper               C．sticks                          D．sugar

14. A．low                 B．usual                C．high                        D．common

15. A．skill                 B．training               C．timing                    D．practicing

16. A．high                B．well                C．fairly                   D．poorly

17. A．killed                 B．broken            C．wounded                 D．hurt

18. A．ought               B．had                 C．failed                   D．used

19. A．always               B．no longer           C．even                       D．only

20. A．by                  B．with               C．as                          D．through

BRITAIN is a popular tourist place. But tours of the country have pros and cons.

                             Good news

Free museums: No charge for outstanding collections of art and antiquities（古董）.

Pop music: Britain is the only country to rival（与……比敌）the US on this score.

Black cabs: London taxi drivers know where they are going even if there are never enough of them at weekends or night.

Choice of food: Visitors can find everything from Ethiopian to Swedish restaurants.

Fashion: Not only do fashion junkies love deeply and respect highly brand names such as Vivienne Westwood, Alexander McQueen; street styles are justly loved, too.

                              Bad news

Poor service: “It’s part of the image of the place. People can dine out on the rudeness they have experienced,” says Professor Tony Seaton of Luton University’s International Tourism Research Center.

Poor public transport: Trains and buses are promised to defeat the keenest tourists, although the over-crowded London tube is inexplicably（不可解的） popular.

Lack of language: Speaking slowly and clearly may not get many foreign visitors very far, even in the tourist traps.

Rain: Still in the number one complaint.

No air-conditioning: So that even splendidly hot summer become as unbearable as the downpours.

Overpriced hotels: The only European country with a higher rate of tax on hotel rooms is Denmark.

Licensing hours: Alcohol is in short supply after 11 p.m. even in 24-hour cities.

1. What do tourists complain most?

A．Poor service.  B．Poor public transport.  C．Rain.   D．Overpriced hotels.

2. What do we learn about pop music in Britain and the US through this passage?

A．Pop music in Britain is better than that in the US.

B．Pop music in Britain is as good as that in the US.

C．Pop music in Britain is worse than that in the US.

D．Pop music in Britain is quite different from that in the US.

3. When is alcohol not able to get?

A．At 9:00p.m.      B．At 10:00p.m     C．At 11:00p.m.     D．At 12:00p.m.

4. Which of the following is true according to the passage?

A．You have to pay to visit the museums.     B．It’s very cheap to travel by taxi there.

C．You cannot find Chinese food there.       D．The public transport is poor there.

The days of elderly women doing nothing but cooking huge meals on holidays are gone. Enter the Red Hat Society ---a group holding the belief that old ladies should have fun.

“My grandmothers didn’t do anything but keep house and serve everybody. They were programmed to do that,” said Emils Comette, head of a chapter of the 7-year-old Red Hat Society.

While men have long spent their time fishing and playing golf, women have sometimes seemed to become unnoticed as they age. But the generation now turning 50 is the baby boomers（生育高峰期出生的人）, and the same people who refused their parents’ way of being young are now trying a new way of growing old.

If you take into consideration feminism（女权主义）, a bit of spare money, and better health for most elderly, the Red Hat Society looks almost inevitable（必然的）. In this society, women over 50 wear red hats and purple（紫色的） clothes, while the women under 50 wear pink hats and light purple clothing.

“The organization took the idea from a poem by Jenny Joseph that begins: “When I am an old woman, I shall wear purple. With a red hat which doesn’t go,” said Ellen Cooper, who founded the Red Hat Society in 1998. When the ladies started to wear the red hats, they attracted lots of attention.

“The point of this is that we need a rest from always doing something for someone else,” Cooper said. “Women feel so ashamed and sorry when they do something for themselves.” This is why chapters are discouraged from raising money or doing anything useful. “We’re a ladies’ play group. It couldn’t be more simple,” added Cooper’s assistant Joe Heywood.

1．From the text, we know that the “baby boomers” are a group of people who         

       A．have gradually become more noticeable.

B．are worried about getting old too quickly.

       C．are enjoying a good life with plenty of money to spend.

       D．tried living a different life from their parents when they were young.

2．It could be inferred from the text that members of the Red Hat Society are         

       A．interested in raising money for social work.

       B．programmers who can plan well for their future.

       C．believers in equality between men and women.

       D．good at cooking big meals and taking care of others.

3．Who set up the Red Hat Society ?

A．Emily Comette.        B．Ellen Cooper.       C．Jenny Joseph.      D．Joe Heywood.

4．Women join the Red Hat Society because         

A．they want to stay young.

B．they would like to appear more attractive.

C．they would like to have fun and live for themselves.

D．they want to be more like their parents.

Today, air travel is far safer than driving a car on a busy motorway. But still there is a danger that grows every year. Airliners get larger and larger. Some airplanes can carry over 300 passengers. And the air itself becomes more and more crowded. If one large airliner struck into another in mid-air, 600 lives could be lost.

From the moment an airliner takes off to the moment it lands, every movement is watched on radar screens. Air traffic controllers tell the pilot exactly when to turn, when to climb, and when to come down. The air traffic controllers around a busy airport like London-Heathrow may deal with 2,500 planes a day. Not all of them actually land at the airport.  Any plane that flies near the airport comes under the orders of the controllers there. Even a small mistake on their part could cause a terrible accident.

    Recently such a disaster almost happened. Two large jets were flying towards the airport. One was carrying 69 passengers from Toronto, the other 176 passengers from Chicago. An air traffic controller noticed on his radar screen that the two planes were too close to each other. He ordered one to turn to the right and to climb. But he made a mistake. He ordered the wrong plane to do this. So, instead of turning away from the second plane, the first plane turned towards it. Fifteen seconds later it flew directly in front of the second plane. They avoided each other by the smallest part of a second. The distance between them was less than that of a large swimming pool. This is an example of the danger that grows every year.

1. The air traffic controllers of an airport             .

A．control all the planes flying near the airport

B．give orders to planes leaving the airport

C．only deal with the planes that want to land there

D．are ordered to handle 2500 planes a day in England

2. The danger of air crashes grows every year because             .

A．airliners are getting larger and air traffic is becoming heavier

B．a pilot does not always hear a controller’s order

C．a controller is likely to make more and more mistakes

D．airports can hardly serve the growing number of airplanes

3. The example in the passage is to show that                 .

A．air traffic controllers are often careless

B．air traffic controllers should pay much attention to avoiding accidents

C．it is difficult for airplanes to avoid terrible accidents

D．two planes should not fly too close to each other

根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。

Mona Lisa

She is widely seen as proof （证据） that good looks can last forever. But, at nearly 500 years of age, time is catching up with the Mona Lisa.

   1  

“The thin, wooden panel on which the Mona Lisa is painted in oil has changed shape since experts checked it two years ago,” the museum said.   2   

   3   “It is very interesting that when you’re not looking at her, she seems to be smiling, and then you look at her and she stops,” said Professor Margaret Livingstone of Harvard University. “It’s because direct vision（视觉） is excellent at picking up detail, but less suited to looking at shadows. Da Vinci painted the smile in shadows.”

However, the actual history of the Mona Lisa is just as mysterious as the smile.    4  

In 1911, the painting was stolen from the Louvre by a former employee, who took it out of the museum hidden under his coat. He said he planned to return it to Italy. The painting was sent back to France two years later.

   5   

Like many old ladies, the Mona Lisa has some interesting stories to tell.

A．Nearly 6 million people go to see the Mona Lisa every year, many attracted by the mystery of her smile.

B．This picture is now so valuable that no one can tell its exact price.

C．Visitors have noticed the changes but repairing the world’s most famous painting is not easy. Experts are not sure about the materials the Italian artist used and their current chemical state.

D．Da Vinci himself loved it so much that he always carried it with him, until it was eventually sold to France’s King Francis I in 1519.

E．The health of the famous picture, painted by Leonardo da Vinci in 1505, is getting worse by the year, according to the Louvre Museum（卢浮宫博物馆） where it is housed.

F．During World War II, French hid the painting in small towns to keep it out of the hands of German forces（军队）.

G．Therefore, many thieves tried to steal it in any way they could think of.

此题要求改正所给短文中的错误。短文中有10处错误，每句中最多有两处。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。

增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（^），并在其下面写出该加的词。

删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。

修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。

注意：

1．每处错误及其修改均仅限一词。

2．只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。

The students of Class 3 had a discussion about if it is necessary learn English from childhood. Some think it necessary. As a little boys and girls have a very good memory, they can learn many English words by hearts. which will help them lay a solid foundation for their future English learning. But others do not agree. Children have to learn Chinese Pinyin. If they study Chinese Pinyin or English at the same time, it will be very easily for them to mix them up. This would do a lot of harm with their learning. In short, the students have not reached any agreement still.

众所周知，塑料袋虽然为消费者提供了极大的便利，却因其难降解性造成了严重的能源浪费和环境污染。假设你是一名中学生，名叫李华，根据下面所给的三个提示给社会大众写一封关于“限塑令”的呼吁信。?

① 列举塑料袋给环境带来的危害；（难以分解，污染环境等）   ② 呼吁全社会关注“限塑令”；（关注地球，关注环境）?  ③提出你的建议。? 

注意：1.信中需包括以上内容，也可以自由发挥；?   2.词数：120左右；?

3.信的开头和结尾已给出。

参考词汇：不可降解的nondegradable  adj. 可循环的recyclable  adj.方便 convenience,  n.,

禁止 ban  n.&v.

Say “No” to Plastic Bags

To everyone on our planet,

As is known to all,                                                               

Sincerely yours,

Li Hua

The old king decided to retire and ________ the heavy load of responsibility to his three daughters．

A．hear out          B．take over           C．hand over           D．speak out