It was at least two months before Christmas when nine-year-old Almie Rose told her father and me that she wanted a new bicycle. As Christmas drew nearer, her desire for a bicycle seemed to fade（消退）, or so we thought. We bought her a lovely doll, and a doll house. Then, much to our surprise, on December 23rd, she said that she “really wanted a bike more than anything else.” But it was just too late. With such a lot of preparations to do for the Christmas dinner we did not have the time to buy our little girl a bike. So, here we were Christmas Eve around 9:00 p.m., with Almie and her six-year-old brother, Dylan, sleeping in their beds. Now we could only think of the bicycle and the disappointment of our child. “What if I make a little bicycle out of clay (泥) and write a note that she could trade（交易，交换 ） the clay bike in for a real bike?” her dad asked. So he spent the next four hours making a tiny clay bike. On Christmas morning, we were excited for Almie to open the little gift box with the beautiful red and white clay bike and the note. Finally, she opened it and read the note aloud. “Does this mean that I can trade in this bike that Daddy made me for a real one?”  I said, “Yes.” Almie had tears in her eyes when she replied, “I could never trade in this beautiful bicycle that Daddy made me. I'd rather keep this than get a real bike.” At that moment, we would have moved heaven and earth to buy her every bicycle in the world!

1.Choose the right time order of the following events.

a. The girl asked for a new bike.

b. The girl opened the little gift box.

c. The parents bought the girl a modern and popular doll.

d. The father made the girl a bike with clay.

e. The girl would rather keep the clay bike than get a real one .

A．a, b, c, e, d              B．a, c, d, b, e

C．a, c, b, d, e              D．a, b, d, c, e

2.Which of the following statements is true according to the passage?

A．The parents wanted the girl to have the clay bike for ever.

B．Tears were in the girl's eyes because she didn't like the present at all.

C．The girl never lost her desire for a bike.

D．The parents paid little attention to the daughter's desire for a bike.

3.Why did Dad make the clay bicycle?

A．He wanted his daughter to buy a real one .  B．He didn't want to disappoint his daughter.

C．He thought his daughter would like it .       D．He wanted to give his daughter a surprise.

4.What can we know from the last sentence?

A．The parents were sad and encouraged.

B．The parents felt neverous and shy.

C．The parents were moved and felt proud of the girl

D．The parents felt unhappy for the girl.

5. Which do you think is the best title （标题）for the story?

   A. A lovely little girl　　　　　　　　B. A great and serious father

C. A clay bike　　　　　　　　　　　D. Christmas shopping

第Ⅱ卷（共35分）

第一节、短文改错（共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分）

此题要求改正所给短文中的错误。对标有题号的每一行作出判断；如无错误在该行右边横线上画一个勾（√）；如有错误（每一行只有一个错误），则按下列情况改正。

    该行多一个词：把多余的词用斜线（＼）划掉，在该行右边横线上写出该词，并也用斜线（＼）划掉。

    该行缺一个词：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），在该行右边横线上写出该加的词。

    该行错一个词：在错的词下划一横线，在该行右边横线上写出改正后的词。

注意：原行没有错的不要改。

When we got up in the morning every day, we start our daily             76.____________

routine: washing our faces, brushing our teeth and maybe take a bath.         77.____________

When you do this, do you ever think that there is enough water or not?  78.____________

   One thirds of the 4.4 billion people in the developing world        79.____________

has no way to clean drinking water. Water-related diseases kill               80.____________

10,000 to 20,000 children every day in the developed world.                      81.____________

What comes to our minds when we read these numbers?                          82.____________

   Do you think we are lucky or not? In a fact, the outlook for the         83.____________

future, even for us, is not very bright.    

So let us value our water as much as possibly not only for                          84.____________

ourselves, but also to our children.                               85 .____________

第二节、书面表达（共25分）

假设你班将举行一次英语班会，主题为“中学生应该如何使用家长给的零花钱”。请你根据提示并结合自己的情况写一篇发言稿。

注意：

1.100词左右；2.参考词汇：零花钱  pocket money

第一部分翻译（共两节；满分30分）

第一节短语翻译 (共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分)

1．吓得要死                      2.埋头于；专心于 _____________

3. 采取行动                       4. 是……的所在地____________

5. 经营公司________________        6.阻止某人做某事 _____________

7.与某人握手_______________        8.违背诺言 ________________  

9.adapt to                               10.use up ___________          

11. look up to _______________        12. be addicted to_____________  

13. set….aside  _____________                  14.light up_________           _

15. stand for ________________

第二节根据提示写出所给单词的另一形式。（共5小题，每一空1.5分，满分15分）

16.slight__________(adv.)__________(n.微小)

17.manage__________(n. 经营)__________（n.经理）

18.invisible_________(adj.反义词)__________（n.视觉，眼光）

19.impress_________(n.印象) ___________(adj.印象深刻的)

20.courage__________(v.鼓励)____________(n. 鼓励)

．It only take her three days before she found herself to be _______with her new co-workers

---- Let’s have dinner in the hotel dining-room.

---- Oh ,I’m afraid it may be ________.

．----Why is the university doing so much building?

----______number of students______so rapidly.

Henry talks to his dog as if it______him.

In the spring of 2003 , when SARS spread all over the country , people _____a panic .

The sight of the big snake made my hair_______.