第三部分：阅读理解（共20小题，每小题2分，满分40分）

阅读下列短文, 从每题所给出的(A、B、C、D)四个选项中选出最佳选项。

A

Many people have to work on the weekend. Some people do not mind. Other people think it is terrible.

One man thinks that working on the weekend can be dangerous. He is Graham Coates. Mr. Coates worked in an office in Brighton, England.

On Saturday, May 24, 1986, he went to the office to do some work. When he got in the elevator to go home, it stopped between floors. Mr. Coates could not get out of the elevator. He was trapped! He started to shout, but no one heard him. Then Mr. Coates remembered that it was a holiday in England. No one was going to come to work until Tuesday!

There was nothing for Mr. Coates to do. He had to wait until one his coworkers came to work and found him. With nothing to eat or drink, Mr. Coates ended up sleeping for most of the time.

Early on Tuesday morning, the vice president of the company came into work and found the elevator was not working. When the elevator was opened, Mr. Coates came out cold, weak, and tired. He had been in the elevator for sixty-two hours!

Now Mr. Coates says, “I only use elevators if they have telephones in them.”

56. Mr. Coates could not get out of the elevator because ______.

A. it was broken            B. it was a weekend

C. it was a holiday           D. it stopped on a wrong floor

57. What did he do in the elevator most of the time?

A. Shouted and screamed.      B. Slept and waited.

C. Telephoned his boss.        D. Ate and drank.   

58. What is the best title for this story?

A. An Interesting Elevator       B. A Busy Weekend

C. Elevator Safety             D. Trapped in an Elevator

B

Many young people want to be pop stars. Pop stars are rich. Many people think they are leading a happy and easy life. In fact, they have very hard lives. They spend much of their time on travel. Sometimes the travel is interesting, but in most time it is boring to pop stars. The following chart is a day’s life of a pop star.

59. According to the chart, the pop star was a ________.

A. singer      B. dancer      C. player      D. pianist.

60. According to his plan, his plane should have taken off at _______.

A. 6:30     B. 7:00   C. 7:30        D.:8:00

61. At the radio station, the pop star ________.

A. showed fans how to become famous

B. gave a performance on the air

C. met fans and signed for them

D. told people how he lived his life

62. From this passage we get to know that ________.

A. not all people like pop stars

B. pop stars have their own bands

C. fans are troublesome for pop stars

D. to be a pop star is not all fun

C

The computer is fast, and never makes a mistake, while people are too slow, and full of mistakes sometimes. That’s what people often say when they talk about computers. For over a quarter of a century, scientists have been making better and better computers. Now a computer can do a lot of everyday jobs wonderfully. It is widely used in factories, hospitals, post office and airports. A computer can report, decide and control in almost every field. Many computer scientists are now thinking of making the computer “think” like a man. With the help of a person, a computer can draw pictures, write music, talk with people, play chess, recognize voice, translate languages and so on. Perhaps computer will one day really think and feel. Do you think the people will be afraid when they find that the computer too clever to listen to and serve the people?

63. A computer is clever because people are _____

A. clever    B. not clever   C. slow  D.making mistakes

64. Which of the following can computers not do now?

A. Draw pictures   B. Talk    C. Invent new things    D.Serve the people

65. What will happen in the future?

A. Most work will be done by the computer.     B. People will no longer use computer.

C. Computers will be used only talk with people.   D. All computers will be put into prison.

66. The passage is written to __________.

A. warn people of the danger of the computer

B. tell people about the computer

C. tell people about computer scientists

D. show how to use the computer

67. The best title for this passage is _________.

A. “Computers”        B. “Computer Scientists”

C. “The Future World”   D. “Talk With Computers”

D

Our 16-year-old daughter started to smoke last Christmas. It killed me to see that lovely girl with a cigarette(香烟) in her mouth. I told her how I felt. Martha continued to smoke（抽烟）, saying, “It's my life,” and so on. I told her if she didn't stop smoking, I wouldn't send her to college. She agreed to give it up.

Last night there was cigarette smell on Martha's breath(呼吸). She had to say she had broken her word. Now I must do what I've said to punish(惩罚) her.

Martha is unusually bright and wants to teach children. I'm working full-time to put her older sister through school and would do the same for Martha. My husband's pay is good, but with prices going up all the time we could never educate the girls unless I kept on working.

My theory(理论) is that if smoking is more important to Martha than college, I'm a fool to work to put her through college.

68. Why did the mother feel sad?

A. Because her daughter failed to go to college.

B. Because her daughter tried to kill her.

C. Because her daughter promised to smoke no more.

D. Because her daughter got used to smoking.

79. The mother warned that if Martha didn't give up smoking, she would ______.

A. refuse to give Martha any money

B. not be Martha's mother

C. refuse to pay for Martha's college education

D. not let Martha teach children

70. What did Martha really do after mother warned her?

A. She failed to keep her promise.

B. She kept her promise.

C. She managed to give up smoking.

D. he broke something her mother give her.

第II卷( 非选择题,满分35分)

第四部分写作（共两节，满分35分）

第一节：根据句中所给汉语，完成下列句子。（每空一词，每空0.5分,共10分）

1. What you said will have an ________ (影响) on our decision.

2. After years of war, the people long for (渴望) a lasting p________.

3. People’s lives in Iraq are always in danger, so they hope they could live ______  ______(平安).

4. 为了上课不迟到,他早上6：00就起床。

He got up at six o’clock in the morning______  _______  _______  ________be late for class.

5.曼德拉在使黑人获得与白人同等权利中起了重要作用。

Nelson Mandela_______  ________   _________   __________in making black people get the same rights as whit people.

6. 看上去似乎世界末日来临了。

_______  ___________   ___________   _______the world was at an end.

7.她处于困境中时,总是向老师求助。

When she was______   ______ ,she always______   ______his teacher for help.

第二节:书面表达 (满分25分)

假设你是李明，期中考试刚结束，学生会要求每个学生给家长写一封信，汇报自己在校表现情况，加强学校与家庭的交流。现在请你用英语给父母写一封信，要求如下：

1、在同学与老师的帮助下，取得很大进步，特别是英语方面：

2、数学考得不好，会尽力赶上

3、与同学、老师相处融洽，请父母不要太担心；

4、希望父母保重身体。

要求：1、可以适当增加细节，以行文连贯；

2、词数：100左右。

32. －Kate, what is wrong with your pen again? There is not enough time.

－The ink_____come out.

33. It is surprising that he_______have been such foolish, he never made such a mistake.

34、It must have rained last night, ___________?

第二节：完形填空（共 20 小题；每小题 1.5 分，满分 30 分）

　　阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从 36－55 各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。

Telling the truth is a very good habit. If you  36  speak the truth, you can save yourself from a lot of  37 ! Here is a story of a man who did a lot of  38  things, but his promise to tell the truth 39  him.

Once a man came to a  prophet（预言家）and said, “Oh, prophet, I have many bad  40. Which one of them should  I  41  first？”The prophet said, “Give up telling  42  first and always speak the truth. ”The man promised to do so and went home.

At night the man was about to go out to steal. Before setting out , he thought for a moment about the  43  he made with the prophet.  “44  tomorrow the prophet asks me where I have been, what shall I say？Shall I say that I went out  45？No, I cannot say that. But nor can I lie. If  I tell the truth,  46  will start hating me and call me a thief. I would be  47  for stealing.”

So the man  48  not to steal that night, and  gave up this bad habit.

Next day, he  49  drinking wine. When he was about to do so, he said to himself, “What shall I say to the prophet if he asks me what I did during the day？I cannot tell a lie, and if I speak the truth people will  50 me, because a Muslim is not  51  to drink wine.” And so he gave up the  52 of drinking wine.

In this way,  53  the man thought of doing something bad, he  54  his promise to tell the truth. One by one, he gave up all his bad habits and became a very  55  person.

36、A、always                    B、hardly                    C、sometimes        D、never

37、A、time                  B、money                    C、trouble            D、energy

38、A、great                  B、bad                        C、strange            D、stupid

39、A、educated             B、bothered             C、tested              D、saved

40、A、habits                     B、friends                    C、purposes          D、collections

41、A、take in                B、bring back                 C、give up            D、depend on

42、A、stories                B、truths                        C、reasons            D、lies

43、A、plan                   B、secret                        C、promise           D、mistake

44、A、Because              B、Unless                    C、Since               D、If

45、A、stealing              B、drinking             C、walking           D、dancing

46、A、none                  B、someone                 C、anyone            D、everyone

47、A、controlled           B、admired                  C、punished          D、killed

48、A、refused              B、tried                  C、decided            D、agreed

49、A、talked about        B、felt like            C、adapted to(适应)  D、broke down

50、A、understand              B、like                    C、hate              D、respect

51、A、allowed             B、encouraged             C、invited             D、advised

52、A、chance                    B、disadvantage       C、adventure      D、idea

53、A、wherever            B、whenever            C、whatever          D、however

54、A、forgot                    B、doubted                  C、regretted          D、remembered

55、A、good                  B、attractive            C、practical     D、generous(慷慨的)