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，并将答案填写在答卷标号为1-10的相应位置上。

Once there lived a rich man __1_ wanted to do something for the people of his town. _2__ first he wanted to find out whether they deserved his help.

In the centre of the main road into the town, he placed __3__ very large stone. Then he __4__(hide) behind a tree and waited. Soon an old man came along with his cow.

“Who put this stone in the centre of the road？” said the old man，but he did not try to remove the stone. Instead, with some difficulty he passed around the stone and continued on his way. __5__ man came along and did the same thing; then another came, and another. All of them complained about the stone but not tried to remove 6_. Late in the afternoon a young man came along. He saw the stone，_7__(say) to himself: “The night _8_(be) very dark. Some neighbors will come along later in the dark and will fall against the stone.”

Then he began to move the stone. He pushed and pulled with all his 9__(strong) to move it，only __10__(find) a bag of money under the stone. Imagine how surprised he was!

A long time ago, before there was any money (coins or paper money), people got the things that they needed by trading or exchanging. Salt was one of the first items used to exchange for other items. Later, some of the common things that were used for exchanging were tea leaves, shells, feathers, animal teeth, tobacco, and blankets. Around 3000 BC, barley, a type of grain, was used for exchanging.

The world’s first metal money was developed by the Sumerians who melted silver into small bars all weighing the same. This was around 1000 BC. About three hundred years later, people started using coins as official money.

Around 640 BC, people in the ancient kingdom of Lydia ( which was in Turkey) created special coins of exact with and purity (纯度). They were made of gold and silver and were stamped with a lion’s head.

Later, other empires such as Greece, Persia, and Rome adopted the concept of coins and started developing their own in many different shapes and different metals.

Around the year 1000, the Chinese started using paper money. The Chinese were the first to use paper money. The Europeans discovered this thanks to Marco Polo who went to China in 1295. the Chinese had different values for the paper notes which were made by the Chinese government.

Around 1661, Sweden became the first European country to make paper money. Until 1850, the Spanish dollar was the coin most widely used throughout the world.

1.What is the best title for this passage?

2.We learn that before coins and paper money were used, _____.

3.According to the passage, when did people start using coins as official money?

A.    Around 1300 BC.     B. Around 1000 BC.

C.    Around 700 BC.       D. Around 640 BC.

4.The underlined word “adopted” in Paragraph 4 probably means “____”.

5.Which of the following countries first started to use paper money?

A green house is a building made of glass which is used for keeping warm when the outside temperature is low. In a similar way there are several gases in the atmosphere (mixture of gases that surround the earth) which trap the heat produced by the sun and prevent it from escaping. These gases are known as “greenhouse gases”. and the way in which they trap heat in the atmosphere is called the “greenhouse effect”. This is not simply air pollution. Most of the main greenhouse gases exist naturally in small amounts in our atmosphere, and without them the earth would be 30 degrees colder and human life would not exist. In other words, the greenhouse effect is a natural course which is to some degree helpful to us.

The problem is that in the last century and a half, we have been putting too many of these gases into the earth’s atmosphere by burning large quantities of coal and oil and by cutting down forest. The rapid increase in greenhouse gases is making the world warmer. The world’s temperature has already gone up by half a degree this century, and the sea level has risen by 10 centimetres. If the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere doubles, there will probably be a rise in the earth’s temperature of between I and 4℃;. This may seem a small increase, but it would be enough to cause major changes in geography and agriculture. Large areas of the world would be flooded, and some areas would become dry and unable to produce crops. It is important, too, to consider that there may be a delay of about 30 years in the greenhouse effect. This means that we are probably experiencing only now the effect of the gases put into the atmosphere before the 1960s. Since then, our use of these gases has greatly increased.

1. According to the passage, we can know “greenhouse effect” means_______.  

2. If there were no greenhouse effect,_______.

3. Which of the following is not true?

4. Suppose the earth’s temperature rose by 3 degrees, _______. 

5. This passage mainly deals with ________.

How to improve our life? Many people think that they have to accept whatever life throws at them. They'll say, "This is my destiny(命运).I cannot change it."

Of course not! You don't have to suffer needlessly. Your life depends on you, not on any other external(外部的)factor.

I know a woman who says she just accepts what life gives her because she has done everything she can to improve it. Guess what her lifestyle is? She wakes up in the morning, goes to work, comes back home, relaxes, chats with people, watches TV, and then goes to sleep. Next day, the same routine cycle follows.

Huh! Is this what she calls "doing her best"? She believes she has tried her best and just accepts it in her heart that this is the life that has been intended for her and that her luck can only change if God wills it. She hasn't realized that we have to do our share of making the effort to live the life of our dreams.

Remember that you harvest what you sow. You have to get off the sofa, get your eyes off the TV screen, get your hands off the phone(unless it contributes to your success),and get your mind and body to work! Don't expect your luck to change, unless you do something about it. If something goes wrong, don't just regard it as a temporary setback; instead, learn your lesson, make the most of the situation, and do something to solve the problem. It's not enough to think positively; you also have to act positively.

If someone's life is in trouble, do you just hope and pray that things will turn out fine? Of course not! You get to do anything you can to save the person. So it is with your own life. It is not enough to hope for the best, but you have to do your best. In other words, don't just stand(or sit)there, do something to improve your life.

1.According to the woman mentioned in Para. 3, her life_________________.

2. What does the author think of the woman's life?

3.Which of the following statements is the author's opinion?

4.In Para. 5, the author emphasized the importance of _______________.

5. The text is mainly written to advise you to _________________.

阅读下列应用文及相关信息，并按照要求匹配信息。请将对应题号的相应选项字母写在答案卷上。

A、The Travel Pavilion. Explore places you have never been to before, and experience different way of life. Visit the Amazon jungle village, the Turkish market, the Tai floating market, the Berber mountain house and others. Talk to the people there who will tell you about their lives and things they make. You can try making a carpet, making nets, fishing…

B、The Future Tower. This exhibition shows how progress will touch our lives. It allow us to look into the future and explore the cities of the next century and the way we’ll be living then. Spend some times in our spaces station and climb into our simulator for the Journey to Mars.

C、The Nature Park. In the Safari Park you can drive among African animals in one of our Range Cruisers：see lions , giraffes, elephants in the wild. Move on to the Monkey Park to watch the monkeys. And then there is still the Aviary to see.

D、The Pyramid. This is the centre of Adventureland. Run out of film, need some postcards and stamps？For all these things and many more, visit our underground shopping centre. Come here for information and ideas too.

E、 The Ancient Village. In the village you will find people live in a simple life just as the ancient people did. They wore ancient clothes and were selling the old goods and food. You can even watch an old dance performed by some actors and actresses.

F、 The Underwater World. Here you will find a variety of fish and even some kind of sharks. You will think you are in the water but of course this is not true. If you are interested in fish I suggest that you pay a visit to it.

请阅读以下个人信息，然后匹配他/她的最佳选项：

Michael： I am interested in science and I hope very much to know what our life will be like in the days to come.

Harry： After visiting the Adventureland I want to buy my friends and parents some souvenirs.

Maria： I am Nostalgia and I often recall the past days. I think people used to live more happily than us.

Dick： I am tired of the unchanged and dull life now and what I look forward to is a completely new life.

Alice： I read a lot about the whales but I haven’t seen them for myself. I hope this dream can come true.

Adventureland

1. Michael            A. The Travel Pavilion

2.Harry               B. The Future Tower

3. Maria              C. The Nature Park

4.Dick                D. The Pyramid

5.Alice                E. The Ancient Village

F. The Underwater World

完成句子翻译（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）

1.We have no room to put the piano on the floor, with         _________  _________ ________  ________  ________ (一堆书堆在那儿)

2.The chairman thought it necessary          　________ （邀请）Professor Smith to speak at the meeting.

3.The  problem　           　___________  __________（将被讨论） at  tomorrow’s meeting is very difficult.

4.The book was said           __________  ___________  ___________(被翻译成)into many languages.

5.He       _________  _________ I ________  ________  _________the result.他和我都满意这样的结果。（用as well as翻译）

假设你是小明的好朋友李华，小明参加了一个英语演讲比赛，他对比赛非常担心，向你求助，请你根据以下内容给他写一封建议信。

[写作内容]

1. 说明回信的意图；

2. 向小明提出建议；

3. 预祝小明比赛成功。

镜子：mirror    简练：brief and concise

Dear Xiaoming，

_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Wish you success in the speech!

Yours，

Li Hua

【写作要求】

只能用5个句子表达要表达的内容。

【评分标准】

句子结构准确；信息内容完整；篇章结构连贯。

阅读下面的短文，然后按照要求写一篇150词左右的英语短文。

One morning, Mr Hare was running on the road. Suddenly he saw Mr Tortoise, who was also running on the road towards him. Mr Hare ran up to Mr Tortoise and laughed at him. Mr Tortoise got angry and wouldn't take failure lying down, so he suggested having a race to see who could first get to the big tall tree by the roadsides. Mr Hare agreed with him without hesitation. The race began. Mr Hare and Mr tortoise started from the same line at the same time. When Mr Hare was far ahead of Mr Tortoise and even couldn't see Mr Tortoise, he thought that Mr Tortoise fell behind and couldn't catch up with him. So he stopped and lay down to have a nap. But soon he fell asleep. At the same time, Mr Tortoise kept on running and running. When Mr Hare woke up, he found Mr Tortoise had already sat under the tree and was smiling at him!

[写作内容]

1)以大约30个词概括短文的要点；

2)以大约120个词写一篇记叙文，描写你或你的朋友因骄傲而落后的一次经历，并包含以下内容：

a)谈谈这则故事给人们的启示；

b)叙述你或你的朋友因骄傲而落后的一次真实或虚构的经历；

c)谈谈这次经历对你或你的朋友思想态度的影响。

[写作要求]

(1)可以参照阅读材料的篇章结构，组织故事，但不得直接引用原文中的句子。

(2)标题自定。

When I was 11, my grandfather began to teach me how to drive. I was a fast learner. At 16, I was already a   1   driver. However, when I passed into adulthood, I began to get speeding tickets. For me, this did not reflect one’s   2   as a driver. So I   3   to drive as fast as I could.

Then in September of 2005, I received a letter   4  my presence to discuss my future   ___5   rights. As I sat down, a man began to unfold my file. I was   6   to see my record was five pages long. The man gave me two   7  . I could turn in my   8   and not drive for three months or continue driving, but without tickets for one year. With two kids and a busy practice, I went with the second choice.

After the meeting, I had lunch with my friend, Nick. He noticed that my eating habits        ___9   my driving habits. Nick told me that my attention was   10   paid to the destination and not the process of getting there. The car gives fun, allowing me to get to my   __11   much faster. However, after reaching it, I was never truly satisfied because I   12_   the messages and lessons of the journey.

After the two   13  , I began to transform myself. I now enjoy driving, often taking the most scenic route. I have also slowed my   14   down, enjoying each bite as I go. Learning   15   is really a big lesson for me.

1. A. lucky         B. skilled           C. careless           D. poor

2. A. interest          B. belief             C. ability               D. character

3. A. stopped       B. wanted            C. began              D. continued

4. A. requesting        B. hoping            C. suggesting         D. planning

    5. A. driving           B. swimming           C. diving                D. living

    6. A. disappointed  B. depressed          C. surprised         D. terrified

    7. A. tickets           B. choices            C. letters           D. pages

    8. A. license           B. money              C. evidence          D. file

    9. A. affected      B. matched            C. suited            D. caused

    10. A. totally          B. partly             C. slowly            D. slightly

    11. A. destination  B. process            C. place             D. journey

    12. A. understood   B. lacked             C. gained            D. ignored

    13. A. surveys      B. events             C. debates           D. arguments

    14. A. working      B. driving            C. walking           D. eating

    15. A. honesty      B. understanding      C. patience          D. carelessness

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卷标号为16—25的相应位置上。

I have met many interesting people. I'll tell you about one of them. Many years ago, when I worked   16  a volunteer at Stanford Hospital, I got to know a little girl    ___17____ (name) Liza who was suffering from a rare and serious disease. Her only chance of  _18___ (recover) appeared to be a blood transfusion from    19___  five-year-old brother,    20_  had survived the same disease and developed the antibodies needed to combat the illness. The doctor explained the situation to her little brother, and asked the boy   __21   he would be willing to give his blood to his sister. I saw him hesitate for a moment    before taking a deep breath and saying, "Yes, I'll do it if it will save Liza."

     As the transfusion progressed, he lay in a bed next to his sister,  22   (smile).   __23_   then his face grew pale and his smile faded. He looked at the doctor and asked with   24__   trembling voice, "Will I start to die right away?"

     Being young, the boy had misunderstood the doctor. He thought he was going to have to give her  25_  his blood.