—The village________we visited yesterday is very beautiful.

—Yes, it’s the place________I grew up.

第二节：完型填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20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、D）中，选出最佳选项。

The earliest men did not have much time for art; they faced many dangers, and hunting for food took  36  almost all their time . But after many thousands of years,  37 perhaps a million years or more, they became very good hunters, and   38  gave them a little free time which they could use for other things. A few of them began to paint on the walls of the caves    39  they lived. Many early artists painted animals  40  they were the most important things in their lives. Animals supplied   41  to keep them living, and skins to keep them    42 .

Like painters today, the  43  artists possibly painted for many   44 , Perhaps they wanted to give their cave a little brightness and color; perhaps they had a few special ideas which they could express most easily in a   45  and perhaps they   46  wanted to spend a little time in a pleasant way. Many of them  47  magic（巫术），and they often drew animals which they caught. They  48  that by drawing these things, they would make them really   49 .

In many parts of the world , people have   50  cave paintings. The earliest paintings  51  we know about are in Europe. Because of the  52  weather, the earliest men in Europe used the caves for  53 ; in many warmer parts of the world, this was not necessary. We know a lot about the  54  of the Eurpopean paintings, and we believe that the earliest  55  were painted about thirty thousand years ago.

36．A．away         B．back            C．out        D．up

37．A．even         B．though             C．and       D．or

38．A．which          B．this              C．what      D．who

39．A．which          B．that              C．where       D．when

40．A．although      B．because            C．if          D．as if

41．A．air           B．fur               C．food      D．water

42．A．comfortable     B．warm                  C．beautiful   D．healthy

43．A．super         B．early             C．clever       D．talented

44．A．people         B．places              C．animals     D．reasons

45．A．painting       B．word             C．smile      D．wall

46．A．often         B．quite             C．just       D．even

47．A．believed in       B．took advantage of  C．tried out   D．begged for

48．A．knew         B．hoped              C．understood D．realized

49．A．disappear     B．appear             C．miss      D．find

50．A．searched      B．looked for         C．discovered       D．known

51．A．which          B．that              C．when      D．as

52．A．sunny          B．warm                  C．cool      D．cold

53．A．home              B．house              C．shelter      D．building

54．A．names         B．dates             C．places       D．shows

55．A．that          B．one              C．it          D．ones

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，然后从各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出最佳选项。

Thirty years ago I worked in a company. My job was to sell the cars. I was young and strong and I had been to most parts of the world and I spent one fifth of my time in the trains or planes. I liked such a life and sometimes I called myself “traveler”.

But one day I got into trouble. It was a cold morning. It blew heavily and the ground was covered with thick snow outside. I was still in bed though it was nine. I finished a long journey the day before and decided to have a good rest. Suddenly the telephone rang and my manager told me to fly to New York to take part in an important meeting. I had to get up and after a quick breakfast I hurried to the airport. The taxi went slowly and I missed the first flight. I had to take the next one. It meant I would wait for nearly five hours in the waiting-room. But five hours later a passenger said the information showed there was a bomb in our plane and the policemen were looking for it. And another five hours passed and most passengers lost their patience before we were allowed to get on the plane. At the entrance each passenger and their baggage had to be examined. A young man who seemed a soldier shouted at the policemen at the entrance, “If I had a gun in my baggage, I would shoot you two hours ago!”

56．The writer called himself “traveler” because he________

A．sold cars for his company       B．often took trains and cars

C．traveled all over the world       D．liked traveling in many places

57．He didn’t get up until the phone rang because he________

A．felt very cold outside           B．wanted to have a rest that day

C．was going to have a meeting     D．was waiting for the manager’s call

58．The taxi went slowly because________

A．there was much snow on the road

B．it was very cold that morning

C．the driver didn’t know he would fly to New York

D．the manager told him not to hurry

59．The young man became angry because he________.

A．wouldn’t be examined

B．had a gun in his baggage

C．waited for a long time at the airport

D．hated the policemen at the entrance

“Some day, there will be no Americans left in the NBA.” Said 12-year-old Xing Tao, who joined his school’s team two years ago, after watching Yao in a televised NBA game. “The players will all be Chinese, like Yao!”

To China Yao is a home-grown superstar who helped make the world’s first basketball league closer to Chinese players. To the NBA, the 2.23-metre centre offers an opening of a different sort into the world’s largest new market.

Yao’s NBA first appearance against the Indiana Pacers in October reached 287 million households in China. By contrast （对照）, there are only about 105 million households in the US. That game might have been a bit of a let down to  Yao’s fans. He played just 11 of the 48 minutes, had two rebounds and got no points.

Compare that with his performance on December 19, and also against Indiana, Yao won 29 points and 10 rebounds. “This was one of the most exciting games I’ve had,” Yao said after Houston’s 95-83 victory.

“Yao Ming has brought the NBA closer to the Chinese,” said NBA spokeswoman Cheong Sau Ching, who is based in Hong Kong. “That makes the dream seem achievable for other people in China.”

The 22-year-old Yao is not the country’s first player in the NBA; Wang Zhizhi broke down that wall as a player with the Dallas Mavericks（小牛队）in April 2001. But Yao’s combination of modesty and his skills make him a favourite back home.

60．What’s the direct reason for Xing Tao to join the school’s basketball team?

A．He watched an NBA game

B．He liked basketball

C．He hoped to play for Houston Rockets

D．He had a dream that he would become a basketball star.

61．What’s the main idea of this passage?

A．Middle school students want to play basketball

B．Yao Ming makes NBA closer to China

C．There’ll be no Americans left in the NBA

D．There are many new stars from China in the NBA

62．What does “letdown” in paragraph six mean?

A．failure        B．surprise      C．disappointment     D．sadness

63．Why does Yao Ming win more popularity than Wang Zhizhi at home?

A．He has performed excellently            B．He is modest   

C．His height                           D．A ＆ B

There are some kinds of detectives who do not wear a uniform, like Hausman, solve endless mysteries every year. There is, for example, the dust detective. Tiny bits of dust stick to your clothes, your fingernails, your hair, or your shoes. They catch in your nose and in your ears. They tell where you have been and what you have done lately. The dust detective often helps catch a criminal by proving that he has been on the scene of the crime（罪案）.

Then there is the wood detective. By studying a piece of wood he can tell what kind of tree the piece of wood came from. He can tell where it was grown, and how old it is. He can even tell you what the weather was like at a certain place the year Columbus landed in America. The growth rings on a tree tell him.

64．According to the selection, by studying a piece of wood, a wood detective can tell you________.

A．what the weather was like the year Columbus landed in America.

B．what the weather was like last year in the mountain

C．what the weather was like last month in your hometown

D．what kind of tree the piece of wood came from

65．What does the underlined word “they”(para. 1) mean?

A．Your clothes           B．Your finger-nail

C．Tiny bits of dust        D．Your shoes

第II卷（共35分）

第四部分：写（共三节，满分35分）

第一节：单词拼写（每题1分，共10分）

71．The colours “black” and “white” are o________.

72．The flowing water is used to drive turbines（涡轮机），which g________electricity.

73．Most African families now live below the p________line.

74．F________, the fire was discovered soon after it had started.

75．It’s very cold today; the temperature has dropped to f________point.

76．The police say there are some________（相似之处）between the two attacks.

77．He looks________（诚实）enough, but can we trust him?

78．He spent half his life________（抱怨）everything around him.

79．How can you expect me not to be________（挂念）about my own son?

80．—Do you let your kids travel alone at night?

—________（绝对，当然）not.

第二节：阅读表达（共5小题，每小题2分，满分10分）

Would you spend more time playing outside, reading, or studying? Well, now it’s our chance to turn off your TV and find out! TV-Turnoff Week is here.

The goal of TV-Turnoff Week is to let people leave their TV sets off and participate in activities from drawing to biking. The event was founded by TV-Turnoff Network, a non-profit organization which started the event in 1995. In the beginning, only a few thousand people took part. Last year more that 7.6 million people participated, including people in every state in America and in more than 12 other countries! This is the 11 th year in which organizers are asking people to “turn off the TV and turn on life.”

According to the TV-Turnoff Network, the average kids in the US spend more time in front of the TV （about 1, 023 hours per year）than they do in school （about 900 hours per year）. Too much TV watching has made many kids      .In fact, in 2001’s TV-Turn-off week, US Surgeon General David Satcher said, “We are raising the most overweight generation of youngsters in American history. This week is about saving lives.”

Over the years, studies have shown that watching a lot of TV leads to poor eating habits, too little exercise, and violence. Frank Vespe of the TV-Turnoff Network said that turning off the TV “ is , or should be ,part of a healthy lifestyle.”

“One of the great lessons of participating in TV-Turnoff Week is the realization that every time I turn on the TV, I’m deciding not to do something else,” Vespe said.

TV-Turnoff Week seems to be making a difference. Recent US Census （人口普查）data shows that about 72 percent of kids under 12 have a limit on their TV time. That’s up from about 63 percent ten years ago.

81．What’s the best title of the passage? （Please answer within 10 words）

_______________________________________________________________________________

82．Which sentence in the passage can be replaced by the following one?

According to many studies, spending too much time in front of TV has many bad results.

_______________________________________________________________________________

83．Please fill in the blank in the third paragraph with proper words or phrases to complete the sentence. （Please answer within 10 words）

_______________________________________________________________________________

84．Can you think of other bad results of watching too much TV? （Please answer within 30 words）

_______________________________________________________________________________

85．Translate the underlined sentence into Chinese.

_______________________________________________________________________________

第二节写作（满分15分）

为庆祝6月5日“世界环境保护日”，某英文报社将举行一次英文作文竞赛，呼吁人们保护环境，提出有效的保护措施。请以下面的内容为参考，写一篇文章投稿。

1．回收利用有用物质，掩埋有害物质。

2．废水、废气要净化；

3．植树造林，保护环境；

4．保护海洋，禁止过度捕鱼；

5．充分利用自然资源。

注意：

1．词数：120左右；

2．可适当发挥，但不要逐句翻译。

—Did you have a good time in Tai'an last week?

       —____, it was too cold．

       A．Not really          B．Oh, great 

       C．You're right                 D．Yeah, why not

A cool rain was falling, _____ with snow, causing heavy traffic．

       A．mixing     B．mixed   C．to mix     D．having mixed