Heavy downpours last month in Rhode Island led to widespread flooding, causing millions of dollars in property damage and leaving thousands homeless. The flood waters also poured vast amounts of raw sewage(未经净化的污水) into the rivers and streams that flow into Narragansett Bay.

It sounds like the makings of an environmental nightmare. But in fact it’s just the opposite. To scientists’ delight. The sewage-loaded floodwaters have caused a well-timed growth of phytoplankton. The microscopic creatures that form the foundation of marine(海洋的) food chains. With more food available for fish. Clams and other sea creatures. The bay’s fisheries industry is expected to benefit.

In decades past. Narragansett Bay typically experienced a late winter early spring algal(海藻) bloom that fed creatures up and down the water column. But in recent years, the waters of Narragansen Bay warmed greatly, meriting this seasonal event.

Mark Berman, an oceanographer with the Nationa. Marine Fishertes Service. Said the flood seemed to have sent the bay back in its normal state.

However, local, mutate and federal officials in Rhode Island leave been batting other algal blooms that, by contrast, are causing widespread harm to the Narragansett Bay ecosystem. During summer months, sewage and agricultural runnel flows into the bay. Causing large blooms. But inseam of becoming food for sea creatures, much of the phytoplankton is consumed by bacteria, which grow last in the warmer waters. The rapid bacteria growth leads to hypoxia decrease of oxygen in the water that can cause large fish tools. One such die-off occurred in 2003. when millions of oxygen-starved fish washed up on the belches of Narragansett Bay.

The flood’s positive impact will probably be a one-time event, Mr Berman said. Mcanwhile efforts to curb the harmhl summer honors continue; in 2003. for instance, Providence completed a $359 million sewage tonal under the city designated to reduce the polluted storm overflow into Narragansett Bay.

71．Scientists believe that the row sewage flowing into the bay will           .

A．pollute the island’s environ mean   B．cause lots of property damage

C．increase the fisheries production     D．destroy the food chains in the bay

72．The potential benefit of fisherics industry rclics on the           .

A．warm temperatures of the bay.       B．growth of phytoplankton

C．large summer alga blooms      D．consumption of oxygen by beaters

73．People struggle against the summer blooms because they will          .

A．pollute the local natural environment

B．increase the prcducmon of fishery industry

C．cause large fish kills of the bay indirectly

D．provide too much food ior sea creatures

74．It can be inferred that         .

A．money spent on the summer blooms has been wasted

B．the government is inverting to promote the local fisheries

C．research of accanology should he encouraged

D．she raw sewage impacts are currently con radiator

75．The underlined word “carb” n the hast postage can be defined as “          ”.

A．control     B．consume   C．cause D．cure

第Ⅱ卷（共35分）

第四部分写作（共两节，满分35分）

第一节阅读表达（共5小题；每小题3分，共15分）

阅读下面的短文，并根据短文后面的要求答题。（请注意问题后的字数要求）

[1]some popular expressions are a raystery. No one is sure how they developed. One of these is the expression “carry a chip on your shoulder”. A person with a chip on his shoulder is a problem for anybody who must deal with him. He seems to be expecting trouble.

[2]One writer believes that the expression might have come from an old saying. The saying warms against striking too high, or                . That could be good advice. If you strike high up on a tree with an axe, the chip of wood that is cut off will fall into your eye.

[3]Later, in the Unite States, some people would put a real chip on their shoulder as a test. They wanted to start a faint. They would wait for someone to be orate enough to try to hit it off.

[4]The word ship appears in a number of special American expressions. Another is chip off the old block. This means that a child is exactly like a parent. This expression goes back at least to the early sixteen hundreds. The British writer of plays. George Colman, wtcte tonse lines in seventeen sixty-two. “You’ll find him his father’s own son, I believe. A chip off the old blank, I promise you!”

[5]The word chip can also be used in a threatening way to someone who is suspected of wrongdoing. An investigator may say. “We’re going to let the chips fall where they may.” This means the mvestigation is going to be complete and honest. It is also a warning that no one will be protectexl form being found guilty.

[6]Chips are oaten used in card games. They represent money. A poker player may, at any time, decide to leave the game. He will turn in his chips in exchange for money or cash.

76．What’s the text manly about? (no more than 5 words)

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77．Which sentence in the text is closest in meaning to the allowing one?

It seems that he is likely to get into some trouble.

_______________________________________________________________________________   78．Fill in the blank in Paragraph? With proper words. (no more than 10 words)

_______________________________________________________________________________   79．Chip can be used on the occasions when people (no more than 20 words)

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②_________________________________________________________________________                                                                       

③_________________________________________________________________________                                                                       

80．Please translate the underlined sentence in Paragraph 3 into Chinese.

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第二节：写作（满分30分）

下表是某中学的研究性学习小组对高一、高二和高三学生的课外阅读情况做出的调查结果，请你结合下面的信息和自己的生活实际，给中学生英语报写一篇120—150词的英语短文。

（一）调查结果

  （二）要点提示

1．简要描述相关信息；

2．分析产生的原因；

3．谈谈你的看法。

To everybody’s surprise ，the fashionable young lady_________to be a thief。

第三部分：阅读理解(第一节20小题，第二节5小题；每小题2分，满分50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，并在答题纸上将该选项标号涂黑。

When we think about giving help to developing countries,we often think about giving money so that these countries can build schools and hospitals ,buy food and medicine, or find clean water supplies.These seem to be most important basic needs of the people we are trying to help. However, it's far from enough. We have to come up with 想出）some better ideas to help them.

I was very surprised, then ,when I read about a plan to make cheap laptop computers for children in developing countries.A man called Nicholas Negroponte invented a cheap laptop computer, which can run without electricity. He decided to invent this computer after he visited a school in Cambodia.

The laptop which Mr. Negroponte  has designed is a little different from the normal laptop computers you can buy in shops. One difference is that it will be covered in rubber(橡皮,橡胶) so that it is very strong and won't be damaged easily. As electricity supply can be a problem in developing countries, the computer also has a special handle(手柄) so that children can wind (转动)the computer up to give it extra power when needed.

These special laptop computers will cost less than $100 and Mr. Negroponte wants to build as many as 15 million machines in the first year of production.The idea is that these computers will help the children's education as they will be able to access the Internet. These computers might not help the people in developing countries immediately,but by improving children's education they should help people to find their own solutions to their problems in the long term.

Another idea to help children in developing countries is to recycle old mobile phones so that they can be used again. In the UK, and,probably in many other countries too,millions of mobile phones are thrown away every year.The waste created by throwing away these old phones is very bad for the environment, so it seems to be an excellent idea to recycle them. In this way we shall be able to achieve two important goals at the same time. We will reduce the waste we  produce and help others. In other words, we will be able to " kill two birds with one stone ",  and that is always a good thing.

56.  It's an excellent idea to recycle old mobile phones because _______.

A. it reduces waste and can help others 

B. it prevents waste and can earn lots of money

C. it can send the waste produced by developed countries to other countries

D. it is good for the environment and very educative for phone users

57.  The author gives the example of Mr. Negroponte's cheap computers _______.

A. to show what high tech can bring us.

B. to illustrate the kindness of people in the developed countries

C. to show how to find business opportunities in developing countries

D. to give an example of how to help developing countries

58. Which of the following statements is TRUE about Mr. Negroponte's cheap computers?

A. His computers don’t need any power to function well.

B. His computers are covered with rubber so that they are very cheap.

C. His computers will help children in developing countries to have better education.

D. His computers will help people in developing countries to find all the solutions.

59. Which of the following can be usedｏreplace the underlined word in paragraph３？

60.  Where does this passage probably come from?

A. A magazine     B. A newspaper      C. A lecture     D. An advertisement

第II卷（非选择题，共45分）

第四部分：书面表达（共两节，满分45分）

第一节：阅读表达（共5小题；每小题3分, 共15分）

阅读下面短文, 请根据短文后的要求进行答题。（请注意问题后的字数要求）

① People today, in all this new world of technology and thinking, have lost sight of what a true friendship is. So, though I own my best friend Jenny, I thought I would help the world out a little and explain what real, true friends are.

② Friends don’t have to be exactly the same. They have similarities but __________________. The key to opening up the world of friendship is not only to expand on similarities but to accept each other’s faults, because you can’t ever judge your friend.

③ Friends have to argue! No one likes to but it is necessary to be healthy. Because if you agree on everything, either the government has expanded cloning subjects or someone isn’t being true and is trying a little too hard.

④ You have to be comfortable together. Otherwise, you just aren’t going to click. If you feel uneasy around the person then something isn’t quite right.

⑤Friends love unconditionally. They have their little angry moments but what’s done is done and all is forgiven and forgotten. Why let something that happened in the past ruin the happiness you could have in the future?

⑥Believe in love at first sight because there is the same thing happ ening in friendship. Some people think that you have to know someone really well to become good friends. Trust me, it’s not true.

⑦These are only a few of the basics. Just remember, friends are forever. But only if you keep it that way. Don’t disrespect your friends, love them instead.

76. What is the best title of the passage? (no more than 6 words)

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77. Which sentence in the passage is the closest in meaning to the following one?

Make up with your friends after the quarrels and don’t let the sadness last long.

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78. Please fill in the blank in Paragraph 2 with proper words or phrases to complete the sentence. (no more than 8 words)

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79. Please list three of the writer’s viewpoints on friendship. (no more than 10 words)

①______________________ ②_______________________ ③________________________

80. Translate the underlined sentence in Paragraph 6 into Chinese.

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Pleasant music is often played _________ classes to make students refreshed and relaxed for a while.

–What should I do first?

--The instructions _________ that you should mix flour with water carefully first.

–I’m sorry I lost your pen, Charlie.

--Oh, _________? That’s all right.

California police discovered five people died in _________ they say appeared to be a murder.