Laptop computers are popular all over the world. People use them on trains and airplanes, in airports and hotels. These laptops connect people to their workplace. In the United States today, laptops also connect students to their classrooms.

Westlake College in Virginia will start a laptop computer program that allows students to do schoolwork anywhere they want. Within five years, each of the 1500 students at the college will receive a laptop. The laptops are part of a ＄10 million computer program at Westlake, a 110-year-old college. The students with laptops will also have access to the Internet. In addition, they will be able to use e-mail to “speak” with their teachers, their classmates, and their families. However, the most important part of the laptop program is that students will be able to use computers without going to computer labs. They can work with it at home, in a fast-food restaurant or under the trees-anywhere at all!

Because of the many changes in computer technology , laptop use in higher education, such as colleges and universities, is workable. As laptops become more powerful, they become more similar to desktop computers. In addition, the portable computers can connect students to not only the Internet, but also libraries and other resources. State higher-education officials are studying how laptops can help students. State officials are also testing laptop programs at other universities, too.

At Westlake College, more than 60 percent of the staff use computers. The laptops will allow all teachers to use computers in their lessons. As one Westlake teacher said, “ Here we are in the middle of Virginia and we’re giving students a window on the world. They can see everything and do

everything.”

1. The main purpose of the laptop program is to give each student a laptop to ________.

A. use for their schoolwork           B. use the Internet

C. work at home                    D. connect them to libraries

2.Why is the word “speak” in the second paragraph in quotation marks(引号)?

A. They don’t really talk.            B. They use the computer language.

C. Laptops have speakers.           D. None of the above reasons is correct.

3. Which of the following is true about Westlake College?

A. All teachers use computers.          B.1500 students have laptops.

C. It is an old college in America.        D. Students there can do everything.

4. A window on the world in the last paragraph means that students can ________.

A. attend lectures on information technology

B. travel around the world

C. get information from around the world    

D. have free laptops

5. What can we infer from the passage?

A. The program is successful.           B. The program is not workable.

C. The program is too expensive.         D. We don’t know the result yet.

Zinc (п) is one of about 20 elements necessary for good health. It is present in the body in a very small amount, but it makes it possible for important chemical actions to be carried out in cells. Scientists are just beginning to discover how zinc and other elements work.

Researchers first studied zinc as a way to speed recovery. Dr. Waltor Powys, formerly with the United States Air Force, noted that the laboratory animals recovered faster when some matters were added to their food. One of these matters was zinc. Dr. Powys later tested the zinc treatment on an American airman recovering from medical operations. The airman who received zinc sulphate (??????) recovered in half of the usual time. Other doctors studied persons who had a number of strange disorders. The doctors learned that all of these problems were caused by lack of zinc in the body. They treated these disorders successfully by giving the patients zinc sulphate.

The amount of zinc in the body can be found by examining blood and hair. A lack of this important element is not uncommon among people in both industrial and developing countries. Zinc is found in most high protein foods, such as meat milk, fish and eggs. It is also found in whole grains. But many people do not eat enough of these foods. Food markets should add these elements so that more people could get needed amount of these necessary matters.

1. Which of the following statements is true?

A. Scientists found how zinc works a long time ago.

B. People need a large amount of zinc to be healthy.

C. Zinc allows important chemical actions to take place in cells.

D. Zinc must be used in the course of medical operation.

2. One of the results from the study of zinc is that _________.

A. there's only a little zinc in the human body

B. food rich in protein contains more zinc

C. some physical problems are caused by lack of zinc

D. any patient who receives zinc sulphate gets well immediately

3. The best title for the passage may be ________.

A. A New Discovery               B. Zinc and Health

C. How Zinc Works              D. Add Zinc to Your Food

第Ⅱ卷(非选择题，共46分)

III.单词拼写（10分）

1. How much do you _________(要价) for mending shoes?                   1.__________

2. If she _______(继续) drinking like that, I’ll have to carry her home.          2. __________

3. The car couldn’t start because the _______（发动机）went wrong.          3.___________

4. It is _________(极其) cold in the South Pole.                            4. __________

5. The teacher walked the children out of the ________(幼儿园).              5. __________

6. I have _________(后悔) not having studied hard.                         6.___________

7. The newspaper described her as a ______(有前途的) young pianist.          7. __________

8. The girl was so angry that she __________(撕) the letter into pieces.          8. __________

9. He started his first _______（航海）with only one ship and ten men.         9. ___________

10. I felt a _________(急剧的) pain in my stomach.                         10. _________

IV. 课文填空（11分）某些空需填两个单词

The kite 1) ________ high in the sky, but nothing happened. I was beginning to think that the experiment would not 2)________. Just then, I saw some of the hairs on the string 3)___________. The string was getting 4)________. I brought my finger close to the key and felt a light but very clear 5)_______________.The experiment proves that 6)____________ and electricity are the same.

I had travelled only two hours one day 7)______ the winds increased so much that I had to put my tent up 8)_______ the winds became too strong. Within a few minutes the winds increased 9)______ a howling storm that 10)__________ to blow me and my tent away, but 11)_______ of that happened.

V. 单句改错（10分）

此行多一个词：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。

此行缺一个词：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。

此行错一个词：在错的词下划一横线，在该行右边横线上写出改正后的词。

1. Following the road and you will find the store.                              1.________

2. I don’t doubt whether I’m able to finish the work on time.                     2. _______

3. Every new drug must be tested at least two different kinds of animals.           3. _______

4.On the third day, I found myself spend a whole in my tent.                     4._______

5. It’s waste of time arguing with him.                                       5. _______

6. He is a man who value friendship beyond all things．                        6. _______

7. "How dare you say that?" The teacher said angrily pointed to Tom.              7. _______

8. It doesn’t bother me how I look like.                                       8. ______

9.Each doctor and nurse were given a new shirt.                                9. ______

10. I’d rather have a house of my own than to share one with someone else, no matter how small it is.                                                                10. _______

一：语音知识（共5小题，每小题1分，满分5分）。

从A,B,C,D四个选项中，找出其划线部分与所给单词的划线部分读音相同的选项。

1.revolution    A. population  B. culture       C. blue    D. club

2.measure    A. steady     B. real     C.breathe D.decrease

3.pronounce    A. cube   B. fiction C. racial  D. civil

4.march       A. character   B. machine         C. butcher         D. technology

5.organ   A. grasp       B. agency       C. range  D. Oxygen

二：语法和词汇知识（共20小题，每小题1分，满分20分）。

6._________we must keep in mind is that we must protect water and use it wisely.

7.Your mother is coming. What present_______for your birthday?

8.  – Who will be sent to meet the headmaster?

- I’ve_________a car to pick him up at the airport.

10. The old building must be saved, ________the cost is.