What happened? The lizard had survived in such a position for 10 years! It has been in a dark wall partition(夹层) for 10 years without moving! Then he wondered how this lizard survived for 10 years without moving a single step---since its foot was nailed! So he stopped his work and observed the lizard: what has it been doing? What and how has it been eating? Later, he didn’t know from where another lizard appeared, with food in its mouth. Ah! He was astonished and touched deeply. The free lizard had been feeding the stuck one for the past 10 years…

Such love, a beautiful love! Such love happened with this tiny creature… What can love do? It can do wonders! Just think about it: one lizard had been feeding the other one untiringly for 10 long years, without giving up hope on its partner. If a small creature like a lizard can love like this… just imagine how we can love if we try.

41. The underlined word “renovate” in the first paragraph is closest in meaning to _________.

       A. tear down                 B. tear open           C. paint                 D. repair

42. How did the Japanese feel when seeing the stuck lizard?

       A. Frightened                B. Enjoyable           C. Confused          D. Usual

43. Why did the Japanese stop his work?

       A. To watch how long the lizard can still live here.

       B. To find out why the lizard had survived here for 10 years.

       C. To have a rest by watching the lizard.

       D. To take out the nail and set the lizard free.

44.   What can we learn from the free lizard?

       A. It encourages us to live even longer.

       B. It teaches us never to abandon our loved ones.

       C. It tells us to take pity on the stuck lizard.

       D. It teaches us to give more help to our loved ones.

45.   What would be the best title for the passage?

       A. Lizard Love              B. Two Lizards      C. Such a Story     D. A Wonder

There was once a captain who loved money so much that he cheated his sailors at the end of every voyage and took their wages.

On the last day of one voyage, the ship was in a small port. It was winter time, and the sea was very cold, so the captain said to his sailors, “ If one of you stays in the water during the whole night, I will give him my ship. But if he comes out before the sun appears, I shall get his wages.(工资)”

The sailors had heard about the captain’ cheating, so they didn’t trust him. But then one of them, who thought that he was cleverer than the captain, said that he would do it. He got into the water and, though it was very cold, stayed in it. When it was nearly morning, some fishermen lit a fire on the shore abut half a mile away.

 “ You are cheating,” the captain said to the sailor. “ The fire’s warming you.”

 “ But it’s half a mile away.” Said the sailor.

 “ A fire is fire,” answered the captain.

 “ Perhaps you think that you are clever because you have won my wages, but you can’t cook a chicken,” said the sailor.

“ I can’t,” answered the captain.

“ If you cook this chicken,” said the sailor, “ I shall work for you without wages for seven years, but if you can’t, you will give me your ship.”

The captain agreed, took the chicken and said, “ Where’s the fire?”

 “There it is,” answered the sailors, “ On the shore.”

 “ ‘A fire’s fire’, you said,” answered the sailor. “ If it is enough to warm me in the water, it is enough to cook your chicken.”

36. The captain got the sailors’ wages ________________.

A. to buy a chicken for himself

B. and kept the money for future use

C. by cheating them

D. and said he would return the money soon.

37. Which of the following statement is true?

A. All the sailors refused to get into the water because it was too cold.

B. The captain knew that the fire the fishermen made was enough to warm the sailor in the water.

C. The captain succeeded in cheating the sailor.

D. It was the sailor who was clever.

38. The captain insisted that the fire was warming the sailor because he ___________.

A. didn’t want to lose the bet

B. didn’t believe the sailor’s success

C. wanted to keep his promise

D. wanted to show his cleverness

39. Which of the following statement is NOT true?

A. The sailor didn’t trust the captain.

B. In order to help the sailor in the water, the fishermen made a fire.

C. The Captain failed to cheat the sailor this time.

D. The sailor didn’t get out of the water before the sun appeared.

40. What is the best title?

A. How a captain cheated his sailor

B. How a sailor got a ship

C. A brave sailor

D. A fire is fire

Scientists have learned a lot about the kinds of food people need. They say that there are several kinds of food that people should eat every day. They are: green and yellow vegetables of all kinds; citrus （柑橘）fruits and tomatoes; potatoes and other fruits and vegetables ; meat of all kinds, fish and eggs; milk and foods made from milk; bread or cereal (谷物), rice is also in this kind of foods; butter or something like butter. 

There are two problems, then, in feeding the large number of people on earth. The first thing is to find some ways to feed the world’s population so that no one is hungry. The second is to make sure that people everywhere have the right kind of food to make them grow to be strong and healthy.

31. According to the scientists, which of the following groups of food is the healthiest for your lunch?

A. chicken, apples, cereal , cabbages.

B. potatoes, carrots, rice, bread.

C. oranges, bananas, fish, tomatoes

D. beef, pork, fish , milk

32. It is important for people to eat __________.

A. three times a day

B. dinner at twelve o’clock

C. cooked food all the day

D. something from each of the seven kinds of food every day.

33. People in different countries and different places of the world________________.

A. have the right kinds of food to eat

B. cook their food in the same way

C. have their meals at the same time

D. eat food in different ways.

34. Which of the following is NOT true?

A. People in some places don’t have enough to eat.

B. There are too many people in the world.

C. One of the problems is that no one is hungry.

D. The scientists are trying to make people grow to be strong and healthy.

35. If there is paragraph 4, wh at do you think is going to be talked about?

A. When people eat their lunch.

B. What to do with the two problems.

C. How to cook food in different ways.

D. Why people eat different kinds of food. 

Waste can be seen everywhere in the school. Some students ask for more food than they can eat and others often forget to turn off the lights when they leave the classroom. They say they can afford these things. But I don't agree with them.
　　Waste can bring a lot of problems. Although China is rich in some resources（资源）， we are short of（缺乏） others， for example， fresh water（淡水）。 It is reported that we will have no coal（煤） or oil to use in 100 years. So if we go on wasting our resources， what can we use in the future and where can we move？ Think about it.I think we should say no to the students who waste things every day. Everybody should stop wasting as soon as possible.
　　In our everyday life，we can do many things to prevent waste from happening，for example，turn off the water taps（水龙头） when we finish washing， turn off the lights when we leave the classroom，try not to order more food than we need，and so on. Little by little，everything will be changed. Waste can be stopped one day，if we do our best.
　26. From the passage we know that some students often _______ in the school.
　A. eat too much                B. don't work hard
　C. waste things                D. throw rubbish everywhere
　27. Which is not mentioned in this passage？
　A. Fresh water                 B. Forest.
　C. Oil.                        D. Coal.
　28. What may happen in 100 years？
　A. We may still have enough oil.        B. We may still have enough coal.
　C. We may have a little oil.            D. We may have no coal or oil to use.
　29. Which of the following is right？
　A. Waste brings problems.               B. Waste can bring no problem.
　C. China is rich in fresh water.        D. Students never waste things.
　30. Which is the best title of this passage？
　A. Stop Wasting                         B. School life
　C. Waste in the School                  D. Rich Resources in China

阅读下面短文，根据上下文填入适当的词语，或使用括号中的词语的适当形式填空，并将答案填写在答题卡上标号为16－25的相应位置。

I like taking photos very much. Once I travelled by ship 16__ a cloudy morning. It was in the afternoon 17__ the weather turned fine. Therefore, I wanted to take some photos. I was looking around and I saw next to me a lovely little girl 18__ (sit) on her father’s shoulders. 19__ was lucky for me to meet such a perfect moment—the girl was smiling and the surrounding view was beautiful. Without thinking, I took a picture 20_ the little girl at that moment.

   Her mother was surprised that a 21__ (strange) was photographing her daughter. I explained that I was moved by that sight and showed them 22__photo on my digital(数字的) camera. They loved it very much. I said I could email it to them when I got home. Finally, they gave 23__ their email address. The next day, I sent them their daughter’s photo as I __24__ (promise).

   This morning I received a message back saying they are grateful and _25__ they are very happy with the lovely photo of their daughter and a lovely memory of the day.

One day, two brothers happened to wonder what might be the fate of a perfectly honest and wise stranger who should be lost in London without a friend, and with no money but a million-pound bank note. They thought me to be the   1  person, a poor, honest and intelligent stranger. They handed me a (n) 2   that contained a ￡1,000,000 bank note. I, in 3  , with nothing but the bank note, got into a(n) 4__   house. I took the bank note to pay for the bill and asked for the 5  . The boss who _6_  me at first changed his attitude completely. He 7   me that I could have anything I wanted at any time I chose, and let the account run so long as I was pleased. They all treated me as a(n) 8   guest. Then I got into a tailor’s shop, the 9   thing happened. I managed to buy whatever I wanted, asking for change. I owned the respect and later I  10   a girl, Portia. Everything went well with the ￡1,000,000 bank note on me. After a month, the brothers 11  . To my 12  , one of them was my Portia’s papa. He took that friendly and hospitable bill back to the Bank of England and 13   it; then the bank canceled it and made me a 14   of it, and he gave it to us at our 15  .

1. A. wrong   B. right   C. just   D. fit

2. A. envelope   B. pocket   C. bag   D. bottle

3. A. trouble   B. rags   C. danger   D. ruins

4. A. resting   B. eating   C. playing   D. swimming

5. A. chance   B. change   C. advice    D. food

6. A. looked upon   B. praised   C. thought highly of   D. looked down upon

7. A. suggested   B. considered   C. flattered   D. forced

8. A. unwelcome   B. honoured   C. unpopular   D. strange

9. A. different   B. similar   C. same   D. strange

10. A. married   B. knew   C. met   D. fell in love with

11. A. left   B. died   C. returned   D. regretted

12. A. amusement   B. disappointment   C. joy   D. surprise

13. A. cashed   B. charged   C. changed   D. understood

14. A. surprise  B. present   C. honour  D. pride

15. A. wedding   B. journey   C. part   D. ceremony

高中生在成长的过程中会碰到一些烦恼。就这一话题你班正积极筹备召开一次主题班会。请你依据下表进行必要的思考，并用英语准备一篇发言稿。

【写作要求】

1.文章必须包括所有提示要点，但不要逐条译成英语；

2. 语言通顺，结构严谨；

3．词数120左右。

阅读下面的短文，请根据短文后的要求答题（请注意问题后的词数要求）。

[1]Global difference in intelligence is a sensitive topic, long filled with a large number of different opinions. But recent data has indeed shown cognitive (认知的) ability to be higher in some countries than in others. What's more, IQ scores have risen as nations develop—a phenomenon known as the "Flynn effect". Many causes have been put forward for both the intelligence difference and the Flynn effect, including education, income, and even non-agricultural labor. Now, a new study from researchers at the University of New Mexico offers another interesting theory: intelligence may be linked to infectious-disease rates.

　　[2]The brain, say author Christopher Eppig and his colleagues, is the "most costly organ in the human body". Brainpower consumes almost up to 90 percent of a newborn's energy. It's clear that if something affects energy intake while the brain is growing, the impact could be long and serious. And for vast parts of the globe, the biggest threat to a child's body—and therefore brain—is parasitic (由寄生虫引起的) infection. These illnesses threaten brain development________________. They can directly attack live tissue, which the body must then try every means to replace. They can invade the digestive pipe and block nutritional intake. They can rob the body's cells for their own reproduction. And then there's the energy channeled (输送) to the immune system to fight the infection.

　　[3]Using data on national "disease burdens" (life years lost due to infectious diseases) and average intelligence scores, the authors found they are closely associated. The countries with the lowest average IQ scores have the highest disease burdens without exception. On the contrary, nations with low disease burdens top the IQ list.

　　[4]If the study holds water, it could be revolutionary for our understanding of the still-confusing variation in national intelligence scores.

76．What is the main idea of the text？(no more than 10 words)

___________________________________________________________________

77．Complete the following statement with proper words.(no more than 4 words)

Those countries that have the ________________ are always at the bottom of the IQ list.

78．Fill in the blank in Paragraph 2 with proper words.(no more than 5 words)

___________                                                                

79．What can cause intelligence difference？(no more than 8 words)

___________________________________________________________________

80. What does the word “they” (Line2, paragraph3)probably refer to? (no more than 8 words)

___________________________________________________________________

After too long on the Net, even a phone call can be a shock. My boyfriend’s Liverpudlian accent suddenly becomes too difficult to understand after his clear words on screen; a secretary’s tone seems more rejecting than I’d imagined it would be. Time itself becomes fluid—hours become minutes, and alternately seconds stretch into days. Weekends, once a highlight of my week, are now just two ordinary days.

For the last three years, since I stopped working as a producer for Charlie Rose, I have done much of my work as a tele-commuter. I submit（提交） articles and edit them by E-mail and communicate with colleagues on Internet mailing lists. My boyfriend lives in England; so much of our relationship is computer-mediated.

If I desired, I could stay inside for weeks without wanting anything. I can order food, and manage my money, love and work. In fact, at times I have spent as long as three weeks alone at home, going out only to get mail and buy newspapers and groceries. I watched most of the blizzard(暴风雪) of ’96 on TV.

But after a while, life itself begins to feel unreal. I start to feel as though I’ve merged（融合） with my machines, taking data in, spitting them back out, just another node（波节） on the Net. Others on line report the same symptoms. We start to strongly dislike the outside forms of socializing. It’s like attending an A. A. meeting in a bar with everyone holding a half-sipped drink. We have become the Net opponents’ worst nightmare.

What first seemed like a luxury, crawling from bed to computer, not worrying about hair, and clothes and face, has become an avoidance（逃避），a lack of discipline. And once you start replacing real human contact with cyber interaction, coming back out of the cave can be quite difficult.

At times, I turn on the television and just leave it to chatter in the background, something that I’d never done previously. The voices of the programs relax me, but then I’m jarred by the commercials. I find myself sucked in by soap operas, or needing to keep up with the latest news and the weather.　“Dateline”, “Frontline” , “Nightline,” CNN, every possible angle of every story over and over and over, even when they are of no possible use to me. Work moves from foreground to background.

71. Compared to the clear words of her boyfriend on screen, his accent becomes______.

A. unreal       B. unbearable        C. misleading       D. not understandable

72. The passage implies that the author and her boyfriend live in______.

A. the same city                  B. the same country

C. different countries              D. different cities in England

73. What does the last paragraph mean?

A. Having worked on the computer for too long, she became a bit strange.

B. Sometimes TV programs give her comfort and even makes her forget her work.

C. She watches TV a lot in order to keep up with the latest news and the weather.

D. She turns on TV now and then in order to get some valuable information.

74. What is the author’s attitude to the computer?

A. At first she likes it but later becomes tired of it.

B. She likes it because it is very convenient.

C. She dislikes it because TV is more attractive.

D. She likes it because it provides an imaginary world.

75.The underlined phrase “coming back out of the cave” probably means______.

A. going back to the dreaming world      B. coming back home from the outside world

C. bringing back direct human contact     D. getting away from living a strange life

Why do men die earlier than women? The latest research makes it known that the reason could be that men’s hearts go into rapid decline（下降） when they reach middle age.

The largest study of the effects of ageing on the heart has found that women’s longevity may be linked to the fact that their hearts do not lose their pumping power with age.

“We have found that the power of the male heart falls by 20-25 percent between 18 and 70 years of age,” said the head of the study, David Goldspink of Liverpool John Moores University in the UK.

What surprises scientists is that the female heart sees very little loss of these cells. A healthy 70-year-old woman’s heart could perform almost as well as a 20-year-old one’s. “This gender（ 性别） difference might just explain why women live longer than men,” said Goldspink. They studied more than 250 healthy men and women between the ages of 18 and 80, focusing on healthy persons to remove the confusing influence of disease. “The team has yet to find why ageing takes a greater loss on the male heart,” said Goldspink.

The good news is that men can improve the health of their heart with regular exercise. Goldspink stressed that women also need regular exercise to prevent their leg muscles becoming smaller and weaker as they age.

66. The underlined word “longevity” in the second paragraph probably refers to “________”.

A. health          B. ageing         C. long life            D. effect

67. The text mainly talks about ________.

A. men’s heart cells                 B. women’s ageing process

C. the gender difference              D. hearts and long life

68. According to the text, the UK scientists have known that ________.

A. women have more cells than men when they are born

B. women can replace the cells that enable the heart to beat

C. the female heart loses few of the cells with age

D. women never lose their pumping power with age

69. If you want to live longer, you should ________.

A. exercise regularly to keep your heart healthy      

B. find out the reason for ageing

C. enable your heart to beat much faster

D. prevent your cells from being lost

70. We can know from the passage that ________.

A. the reason why ageing takes a greater loss on the male heart has been found out

B. scientists are on the way to finding out why the male heart loses more of the cells

C. the team has done something to prevent the male from suffering the greater loss

D. women over 70 could lose more heart cells than those at the age of 20