One day when Isaac Newton was reading a book under an apple tree on the farm, an apple fell down and hit him on the head. For most people that would be the end of the story, but not for Newton. Why did the apple fall out of the tree? Does everything fall? What makes things fall? Can anything stop things from falling? Are the sun, moon, and stars falling? Why don’t they ever hit the ground?

So many questions. Newton spent many years answering these questions by thinking and doing experiments. He made up the law of gravity. According to this law everything pulls everything else to itself by a force called gravity. How strong that force is depends on how heavy the things are and how close together.

Newton’s law of gravity not only explained how things fall on earth, but now planets move around the sun and how moons move around planets. A friend of his, Edmund Halley, decided to try Newton’s theory on comets. People had been studying comets for hundreds of years without figuring them out, so he decided to study their reports and compare them to Newton’s theory.

Up till then people had thought that comets just came and went, and that nobody could know when or why. But Newton’s law of gravity gave rules that Halley could use to study the records of comets. He found some reports of a big bright comet that he was sure was the same one, coming back every 75 years. He predicted when it would come back next.

If anybody still didn’t believe Newton, then the appearance of Halley’s Comet just when Halley had predicted it using Newton’s ideas was enough to convince them. Halley’s Comet has come a few times since then, always right on schedule. You’ll be able to see it on its next trip near the sun and earth when you’re old enough to be a grandparent.

71.The passage starts with a story _____________.

A.because it was such a funny one

B.because Newton liked to eat apples

C.to show how much Newton liked reading

D/to show what started Newton’s discovering gravity

72.According to the author, Newton was especially different from others in that ____________.

A.he liked reading under apple trees

B.he liked to find out how things worked

C.he was very quiet and patient

D.he was so much interested in science

73.Newton’s law of gravity can tell us that _____________.

A.gravity has no relationship with the weight of things.\

B.how things fall on earth

C.it is not of help to the study of comets

D.it can explain everything in the world

74.The underlined word “ convince” in the last paragraph probably means “______________”

A. make… believe                B. make… doubt

C. make… understand             D. make… interested

75. Which of the following is TRUE about Edmund Halley?

A. He discovered a big bright comet.

B. He helped Newton to create his theory.

C. He predicted when the same comet would come back.

D. He studied the same comet for 75 years.

第Ⅱ卷（共三节，满分45分）

第一节：单词拼写（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）

根据首字母或汉语注释写出单词的正确形式，并将答案填写到题中的相应位置。

76. It took  a________________(大约="about)50" years in both England and the USA to sell the idea of a regular imcome tax..

77. The deep oceans and the c___________are different in their geological structure.(地质结构)

78. A b_____________diet and regular exercise are both of great benefit to our health.

79. He earned an u_____________ (难以置信的)amount of money when everyone felt frustrated at the market.

80. We cannot e_____________without food as well as water.

81. It is sometimes difficult for one to get used to the new  s_____________..

82. It is right for us to learn from others, but we should have i_____________thinking.

83. It is a Chinese t_____________that brides（新娘） get married in red dresses.

84. Although I can walk about, there is still a s_____________ (轻微的) pain in my leg.

85. China and Japan both have mid-autumn festivals, when people a_____________the moon and enjoy mooncakes.

第二节：完成句子（共30个空；每空0.5分，满分15分）

根据中文意思完成句子，每空一词。

我们应该采取措施来防止地球受污染.

86.We should ________  ___________  _________ prevent the earth from being polluted.

87．我看見她匆忙走过，所以沒有跟她說話。

I  __________  ____________  ___________her hurrying away, so I didn’t speak to her.

88．老师要我们牢记努力学习的重要性。

Our teacher ______________ ______________ us the importance of hard work.

89．我们要尽一切办法使他振作起来。

We tried every means to get him to ___________  _____________.

90．那个年轻人靠写作谋生的建议值得考虑。

The suggestion that the young man _________  ___________  ___________ __________  by writing is worth considering.

91．我可以隐约看到三个人影在远处移动。

I could make out three figures moving _________  _________  ___________.

92．沒人能对他旷课作出解释。

No one could__________  ___________ his absence from school.

93．他们很穷，但还是设法把儿子送去大学读书。

They were poor, but they__________  ___________ send their son to college.

94．让我们感到困惑的事情是他决定去参加赛马会。

__________  ___________ us was _________ he decided to compete in the Stampede.

95．这一周轮到我们做家务。

It is__________  ___________  ___________ to do the housework this week.

96.我为昨天所做的事向你道歉。

I ______________  ____________  you ____________ what I did yesterday.

第三节：书面表达(共1小题；满分20分)

请根据下列表格内容提示，写一篇关于澳大利亚的简介。

注意：1、内容连贯；字数100字左右

2、提示词：大洋洲Oceania   悉尼Sydney   牛群cattle

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第二部分：语言知识及应用(共两节，满分35分)

第一节 完形填空(共10小题；每小题2分，满分20分)

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从21—30各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

The finest and most sought-after (广受欢迎的) violins were handcrafted by an Italian violin maker over 250 years ago. The man’s name was Antonius Stradivarius. He was born in 1644 and began his career   21   a violin maker’s apprentice (学徒). Working on his own by 1680, he became determined to make  22   that could reproduce tones as rich as those produced by the human voice. He   23   several shapes and styles for his violins until he arrived at a design that pleased him. During his career he crafted 1,100 violins. Those in   24   have become treasured possessions.

Unfortunately, the secret of the Stradivarius violin died with its maker. During his lifetime Stradivarius kept his notes safely   25  , even his two sons, who helped him in his workshop, did not know all the steps involved in each violin’s construction.

Through the years, many experts have offered   26   explanations for the unique tone of a “Strad”. Some say it is due to the violin’s shape. Others suggest that the secret   27   the special properties (特性) of the wood, which Stradivarius obtained from native Italian trees that no longer exist. The most widely accepted explanation is that it is created by the varnish（清漆）that the   28   used to coat his violins. Chemists have analyzed as closely as possible the varnish and have found its   29   has improved the sound of many violins.   30  , no other violin maker has been able to fully reproduce the tone of the Stradivarius’s violins.

21． A．with          B．as            C．for           D．from

22． A．instruments    B．facilities     C．equipment     D．tools

23． A．investigated   B．surveyed     C．tested          D．experimented

24． A．fashion     B．existence        C．possession    D．use

25． A．protected       B．buried       C．hidden        D．covered

26． A．possible    B．accurate      C．detailed        D．persuasive

27． A．brings in    B．takes in      C．results in     D．lies in

28． A．master      B．violinist     C．expert           D．user

29． A．attention     B．application  C．invention     D．foundation

30． A．Additionally  B．Luckily     C．Therefore    D．Still

第二节 语法填空（共10小题，每小题1.5分，满分15分）

阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空，并将答案填写在答题卡标号为31-40的相应位置上。

Maybe you never opened that account (帐户),    31    someone else did — someone who used your name, your credit card number or your    32    (person) information to commit fraud (造假) without letting you know,    33    is actually a crime, pure and simple.

The biggest problem is    34    (probable) that you may not know that someone has taken away your identity    35    you notice that something is wrong: you may get bills for     36      credit card account you never opened, your credit report may include debts you never knew you had,    37    you may see charges on your bills that you didn’t sign for, and even don’t know anything about.

If your identity has really    38    (steal) like that, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) suggests that you    39    take at least two actions immediately.                          

First, contact the fraud departments of the major credit offices and ask them    40     copies of your credit reports.

Then, review your reports carefully to check your corrections and changes.

第三部分：阅读理解 (共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分)

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

China launched its first manned spaceship at 9:00 a.m. Wednesday, becoming the third country in the world to send a person into orbit after the former Soviet Union and the United States. Astronaut Yang Liwei became China’s first space man.

With a column of beautiful smoke, the Shenzhou V craft cut across a bright northwest China sky at exactly 9:00 a.m. Wednesday and went into orbit 10 minutes later.

China Central Television’s Channel One cut into its regular programming to announce the launch. The station later showed the Shenzhou V streaking(moving very fast)into the sky and disappearing, its tracer billowing (to fill with air and become larger)behind it.

Minutes after the launch, a CCTV announcer said that Shenzhou V and 38-year-old Yang Liwei, an air force pilot since 1983, had “entered orbit at 9:10.” It reported Yang was “reading a flight manual(手册) in the capsule of the Shenzhou V spacecraft and looked composed and at ease.”

The Shenzhou V launch came after four test launches of unmanned capsules that orbited the earth for nearly a week before parachuting back to China’s northern grasslands. Reports said the manned flight was expected to last about 22 hours.

President Hu Jintao watched the launch at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in northwest China’s Gansu Province.

Hu called the launch “the glory of our great motherland and a mark for the initial victory of the country’s first manned space flight and for the significant, historic step of the Chinese people in the advance of climbing over the peak of the world’s science and technology.”

He said that: “The Party and the people will never forget those who have set up the outstanding merit(贡献) in the space industry for the motherland, the people and the nation.”

“The launch of the Shenzhou V is long-awaited by the Chinese people,” Foreign Minister spokeswoman Zhang Qiyue said on Tuesday. She said the flight was a key step in the “Peaceful development of space.”

NASA Administrator Sean O’ Keefe also congratulated on China’s first successful human space flight.

41. The following are countries succeeded in sending man into space EXCEPT ____

A. China          B. Germany      C. America             D. the former Soviet Union

42. The underlined word “composed” in paragraph 4 means_____

A. happy      B. nervous        C. calm        D. excited

43. According to the passage which of the following statements is NOT true?

A. It’s the first time that China has sent up its first manned spaceship.

B. Before the Shenzhou V launched, four test launches of it had moved around the earth.

C. The 38-year-old astronaut was sent into space by China’s ShenzhouⅤspacecraft and landed safely the next day.

D. Yang Liwei is China’s first astronaut in space.

44. The writer quoted(引用) Foreign Minister spokeswoman Zhang Qiyue’s words to express ________.

A. the Chinese have been expecting the successful space launch and it’s a great contribution to the peaceful development of space.

B. a lot of Chinese people are waiting for the launch.

C. this launch is the first time in China.

D. China’s manned spaceship made a peaceful development of space.

45. The description of Yang Liwei tells us that _______.

A. Yang didn’t know what to do and he was looking up a flight manual

B. it’s 10 years since he became an air force pilot

C. Yang entered orbit at exactly 9:00 a.m.

D. Yang trained himself well and felt very satisfied with everything in the space craft

第四部分：单词和短语拼写  (共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分)

根据单词的首字母或括号里面汉语的意思填上相应的单词和短语

56. Doing morning exercises surely has some b_____________ effects on our health.

57. You’d better a_____________ yourself to the life here as soon as possible.

58. A baby is too young to be a_______________ of the dangers around it.

59. Only members of the club have the p______________ of using the sports facilities.

60. People of that remote village are mainly o______________ with agriculture.

61. Everybody in our class is required to p______________ in the spring outing.

62. No one knows _______  ________ what happened to him. (肯定没人知道他发生了何事。)

63. I ______  _____ an old friend I hadn’t seen for years.(我碰巧遇见了多年未见的老朋友。)

64. He lived _____________  ______________. (他过得很舒服。)

65. Later, man began to _____________  ______________ the places where the food and water were plentiful.（后来，人们开始在有充足的食物和水的地方定居下来。）

第四部分：写作

第一节：基础写作（15分）

以下是有关广州海洋馆（Guangzhou Ocean World）的介绍，请根据下面表格的内容为它写一篇英文简介。

【写作要求】

1. 必须使用5个句子介绍全部所给内容。

2. 将5个句子组织成连贯的短文。

【评分标准】

句子结构准确，信息内容完整，篇章结构连贯。

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