Not long ago I was invited to dinner by a girl called Jane. I had only met Jane twice, and she was very beautiful. I was very pleased. “She likes me,” I thought. “I am so sorry we asked you at such short notice.” She said when I arrived, “but we suddenly realized there were going to be thirteen people at the table, so we had to find someone else,” Believing that the number 13 is unlucky is a typical of superstition（迷信）. Recently I came across a little group of worried people. They gathered round a man lying on his side beside a road in London. They were waiting for an ambulance, because the man had been knocked down by a passing taxi. He had stepped off the pavement and into the street in order not to walk under a ladder. To see a black cat in England is lucky. But if you see a black cat in India, it is considered very unlucky. There, if you are about to set out on a long journey, and someone sneezes, you should not go. If you break a mirror you will have seven years’ bad luck..

1．Jane invited the writer to dinner because      .

       A．she liked to buy him food

       B．she wanted to make him pleased

       C．she was friendly and generous

       D．she tried to avoid an unlucky number 

2．The underlined “at such short notice” in this context indicates that       .

  A．the girl asked the writer to dinner in advance   

  B．the girl told the writer about her friends with bad luck   

  C．the writer was invited shortly before the dinner   

  D．the writer took no notice of the real situation

3．To walk under a ladder is considered unlucky in      .

A．England            B．India                  C．the U.S.A．      D．Japan

4．In      , if you see a black cat, you might be unlucky.

  A．England          B．India                 C．the U.S.A．      D．Japan

5．The passage     _____________ .

       A．mainly talks about bad luck                   B．is made up to entertain people 

      C．gives examples of superstition      D．warns people of road accidents

It is hard to track the blue whale, the ocean’s largest creature which has almost been killed off and is now listed as an endangered species. Joining radio equipment to it is difficult and observing with human eyes are too unreliable to learn about its behavior.

So biologists were pleased early this year when with the help of the Navy(海军) they were able to track a particular blue whale for 43 days monitoring(监视) its sounds. This was possible because of the Navy’s formerly top-secret system of underwater listening equipment across the oceans. Tracking whales is only one example to show that an exciting new world is opening its window to civilian scientists after the cold war as the Navy starts to share its network of underwater listening system built over the decades to track the ships of potential enemies.

Scientists announced at a news conference recently that they had used the system for closely monitoring a deep-sea volcanic eruption for the first time. It is proposed that the network should be used to track ocean currents and measure global temperatures.

The speed of sound in water is roughly one mile a second--slower than through land but faster through air. Different layers of ocean water can act as channels for sounds conveyed to 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.

1．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

2．The underwater listening system was originally designed ___    __.

       A．to mark and locate enemy ships

       B．to monitor deep-sea volcanic eruptions

       C．to study the movement of ocean currents

       D．to replace the global radio communications network

3．The deep-sea listening system makes use of _____.

       A．the complex technology of focusing sounds under water

       B．the capability of sound to travel at high speed

       C．the special quality of layers of ocean water in sending out sound

       D．low-frequency sounds traveling across different layers of water

4．According to the passage, sound travels faster through______________.

       A．water than land                                    B．air than land

C．air than water                                      D．land than air

5．It can be learned from the passage that _____.

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

       B．military technology plays an important role in scientific research

       C．civilian scientists will do little without the help of military technology

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

Though X City may not be as well-known for public transportation as some other cities in the country, it does offer buses, the light rail, the subway and taxis to make life without a vehicle possible.

 　 If you’re a college student, there’s an additional resource available -- the X City’s Network. Started in 1999, the Network is essentially funded by the schools, but about 17 percent comes through fundraising. Around 70,000 riders a year use the Network, which runs for the duration of the academic year. Stops are at the various campuses as well as the Town Center, the Inner Harbor, the railway station and the City Square.

　　Students from seven schools like and use the network. Not only is it free and they know exactly what to expect, but also it's a safe ride.

　　If you’ve got a bicycle and are in the mood for some exercise, you can take advantage of several bicycle paths throughout the city. The two main paths are the G Falls path and the J Falls path. The G Falls path starts at Lily Park. The J Falls path runs from Daffodil Park to the railway station, passing by several historic attractions.

　　If you don’t have the patience to wait for the buses or the light rail, or don’t want to have to make several transfers, then you might want to take a taxi. Cabs run up and down the main streets and can be easily found at the Inner Harbor or other such centers of activity. If you’re a little bit out of the way, though, you will probably have to call one of the several cab companies and have them send a cab to your location.

　　Staying in town, neighborhoods all have multiple transportation services if you don’t have a car. You can make various choices to do shopping, to the movies, to baseball games, to museums, to the malls and even to work. So, even if you don’t have a car here, that shouldn’t prevent you from moving easily.

1．We can learn from this passage that X City ______________.

      A．doesn’t provide enough public transportation

      B．is the least popular of all the cities in the country

      C．has a favorable system of transportation

      D．the Network depended mostly on fundraising

2．The Network is available _____________.

      A．to college students                               B．to every citizens

      C．all throughout the year                          D．at all schools

3．We can infer from the passage that bicycle-riding __________.

      A．is better than any other means of transportation

      B．involve people in a kind of physical effort

      C．is limited to the two main paths in the city

      D．will make people happy and cheerful

4．The underlined part “out of the way” may mean______________.

      A．bad manners       B．far away              C．worn out             D．left behind

5．The passage is written for the purpose of____________.

      A．introducing the transportation of X City

      B．encouraging people to use buses and trains

      C．describing how willing people are to move

      D．asking the local government for more funds

填写正确的动词时态。

1．The film had begun when they __________________ (arrive) at the cinema

2．His hand was wet because he _____________ (wash) his car.

3．By the time he was sixteen, he______________ (finish) school and was about to go abroad.

4．He came to see us yesterday, but he only_________________ (stay) for a while and left.

5．If Helen Keller ____________ (not meet) Anne Sullivan, what. would have become of her?

6．It was first time that she _____________ (understand) such a complex words.

7．A --Did you hear the actor? 

B -- No, I_____________ (listen) to the woman talking on her mobile phone.

8．If it had not been for their support, I _____________ (fail) to achieve my goal.

9．He _____________ (watch) TV for two hours when the telephone rang.

10．Did you know many books have been written about the Long March? It  ____________ (come) about more than more than 70 years ago.

根据英语提示结合首字母提示写单词。

1．I don’t think there is a c__________________ (never changing) view on beauty.

2．She’s been in the hospital for a week because she has a s____________ (serious) case of the flu.

3．With these r______________ (limits) on her power she had to leave the political field.

4．His explanation was simple and s_________________ (easy to understand).

5．I need a pair of w ____________ (made of wool) gloves.

6．He had speaking problems in his childhood．That is why he talks very d__________ (carefully and slowly).

7．I could tell p___________(only) by the look on his face that he was disappointed.

8．The rain was pouring down so we s_____________ (quickly) ran inside.

9．Being o__________(fat) is considered to be attractive in some cultural groups.

10．All this singer’s songs are d________________(sung) with energy.

用短语替换划线部分。

1．The human race would soon disappear if we could only see beauty within a set of limited criteria.__________________

2．If you think that he is anything like his role in the movie, you are likely to feel surprised.______

3．The computer can sort and edit a mailing list quickly. __________________

4．He had to imitate different voices in order to make his story appealing. __________________

5．I decided to reject the job because the pay wasn’t good enough ____________

选出词汇填入空格。

1．My sister is __________________. She has got used to having her own way.

2．They said that their talk would be held in the __________________ of a judge panel.

3．I was giggling __________________ because I was a bit nervous

4．A brilliant idea __________________ to her and a mysterious smile came over her face

5．The instruments make great harmonies and the sound is quite__________________

填写所缺介词。

   Angry students have written to the Minister of Education after they were told to go to the wrong place   1     an exam. “ We all turned up  2   good time for the exam,” said one student, “but ten minutes before it was due to start, they told us to go to another place!   3   the time we arrived    4    the new place, the exam was already    5    way. They gave us some extra time   6   the end, but I couldn’t concentrate.” “    7    a way, it was quite funny,” said another student after the exam. “There was a nursery school next    8    the exam center and the kids were really noisy. You have to laugh, really!” A spokesman for the council said：“The local Education Office has been    9    a mess since the government introduced all these new exams. From now on, we’ll contact the students personally if there’s a change    10    exam place.”

按要求写句子。

1．石头房子是这个地区的特色。（characteristic   adj. 汉译英） 2分

___________________________________________________________

2．It is about time for you to get rid of that old gas-guzzling car. （同义句改写）2分

It is about time that __________________________________________________

3．With the influence of history, society and culture, there are no precise criteria which can be used to judge what is beautiful. （英译汉）4分

__________________________________________________________________

Mr. Smith told us that ________ gold medal his son had got was considered ________ great honor to the whole family.

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