The US auto (汽车) industry, a symbol of the American spirit, narrowly escaped a sudden breakdown, _____ China has become the world's top automaker.

The H1N1 flu, often _____ “swine flu” by the public media, is a disease which can be prevented, controlled and cured.

There is no _____ that the Chinese people will present to the world a successful, splendid

and unforgettable exposition（博览会）.

Confucius Constitute is a worldwide non-profit （非营利的）organization, _____ the Chinese government set up to popularize（推广）the teaching of Chinese and spread the Chinese culture.

After the military parade(阅兵) at the Tian’anmen Square, the soldiers and the equipment returned _____ they belong.

The food was good, _______ he had little appetite (食欲).

I haven’t got ____ nails to mend the cupboard. I need another three.

It was only in 1997     J. K. Rowling completed the first Harry Potter story,          _______ was also known as Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone.

第二部分：阅读理解（共20题，每小题3分，满分60分）

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在机读卡上将该项涂黑。

The part of the earth’s history known as the coal age began more than 250 million years ago and lasted millions of years. During that time, in the area that is now the United States, coal beds formed from Texas to the north Atlantic coast.

At that time thick forests swamps（沼泽） covered much of the earth’s surface. Great trees died and fell into the swamps. Then they rotted （腐烂）and new trees and plants grew on top of them. The process repeated itself for thousands of years. The rotted plants turned into a substance called peat（泥炭）, which is still forming today in many swamps.

Meanwhile the land surface was changing. Movement in the earth’s crust (地壳) pushed up hills in some places, while elsewhere land sank. Swift rivers ran from the hills; heavy rains fell and the rivers overflowed, leaving muddy sand in the sunken wooded places and swamps. Oceans, too, poured in over the low-lying land, carrying sand that covered the peaty areas.

The pressure of water and sand pressed the oxygen and hydrogen out of the peat, leaving carbon. Under constant pressure, the rotted material, containing a high percentage of carbon, formed gradually into coal.

56. This main idea of the passage is about the ______.

A. coal beds in the U.S.   B. earth’s history   C. formation of coal   D. swamp age

57. When plants died, they _____.

A. grew up again       B. fell into the water and rotted

C. fell into coal beds    D. turned immediately to coal

58. Hills were formed as a result of _____.

A. movements of the earth’s crust       B. the remaining from swamps

C. the remaining from swift rivers       D. ocean currents

59. What is implied but not stated in the passage?

A. Peat is still forming today.

B. The formation of coal requires high pressure.

C. The land surface changed during the coal age.

D. The formation of coal was very rapid.

Good news for game lovers― a tank game has come out recently. In this game you are in a tank and the screen shows your view of the landscape outside. You gain points by shooting enemy tanks, supertanks, missiles (导弹) and flying saucers（飞碟）.

Expert players can gain scores of around 150,000 points at this game. To get a high score you have to destroy twenty tanks as quickly as possible. After this, the supertanks, missiles and flying saucers appear. These are worth far more points than the ordinary tanks. However, the number of tanks you have to destroy before the supertanks appear varies on different machines.

Try to get close to an enemy tank from the side or the back, so it cannot shoot at you. Then, when you get close, turn to face it, line it up in your sights and fire before it turns to shoot at you. If you miss or are too slow, quickly escape by moving out of the enemy's line of fire. You can then move around the enemy and come in from another side.

When a supertank appears, try to destroy it as quickly as possible. Then wait safely behind an obstacle（障碍物）for a missile or flying saucer. The cubes are useful objects to hide behind as you can fire over them without exposing yourself to danger. The missiles will fly straight at you, but they are difficult to hit, so do not shoot at them until they are quite close. The saucers are much easier to hit, but do not follow them as you will be open to attack from enemy tanks. 

60. This passage is an / a ______ about a game.

A. instruction    B. liberation        C. tradition     D. construction

61. If you hide behind the cubes during an attack, which of the following may not happen?

A. Avoiding being exposed to danger     B. Destroying a missile

C. Firing over missiles or flying saucers   D. Being hit by a missile

62. If you can destroy a supertank, missile or flying saucer, you will get_____.

A. many more points        B. a machine to play with

C. an ordinary tank         D. nothing

63. From the last sentence we can see that you are likely to be attacked by tanks if you_____.

A. hit a flying saucer            B. run after a flying saucer

C. fire straight at a missile        D. shoot at enemy tanks