B

What weighs 3500 pounds(1600kg)and lived 60 million years ago?Are you thinking of

dinosaurs?Guess again!You don,t have to go to a museum to see these creatures．They are alive

and swimming in the warm coastal waters of Florida．

Manatees(海牛)have lived a peaceful existence in the warm waters  of  Florida  for  60

million years．However，they are now an endangered species．This means that if humans don,t do

something to save them，they will soon go the way of dinosaurs．

Humans have made life very difficult for manatees．One big danger that humans have

introduced is the speedboat．Because manatees are mammals．they need to come to the surface to breathe about every 5 to 6 minutes．This means that they are in constant danger of being caught in the propellers(螺旋桨)of speedboats．And boating aceidents are the greatest cause of death for them．

Manatees are in extra danger when they are in their sleeping or“torpor”state．They still

have to come to the surface for the air，but sometimes they are too sleepy to avoid the danger of approaching boats．

Another danger for manatees is the pollution that humans produce．Due to human pollution，

a deadly plant called red tide had increased greatly in the Gulf of Mexico．The plant，or algae，

t11riVes(繁茂)on pollution．It wiped out nearly 20 percent of the total manatee population on

earth．

Humans can help to save manatees。The government has established boating speed limits to

give the manatees．a chance to escape approaching speedlsoats．Everyone can help by cutting

down on waste and pollution to protect the waters for the manatees．

One famous singer，Jimmy Buffet，has helped save the manatees．He co-founded the Save the Manatee Club(SMC)．SMC had begun an adoption(收养)program for the manatees．For a fee，sponsors(资助者)can name a manatee．Donations are used to help protect the manatees and their habitat．

45．The manatee is the kind of animal that___________．

A．1ikes living in the cold waters of Florida      B．will die out if not protected in time

C．call dive in the deep sea for hours             D．is the biggest living animal on earth

46．Why is it dangerous for manatees to be in a torpor state?

A．Because they come to the snlface to breathe，and that is when they are hunted．

B．Because they eat deadly algae，and this makes them too sick to avoid danger．

C．Because they live in groups and therefore they are easily hurt by passing boats．

D．Because they are sleepy when they surface，so they can,t avoid approaching boats．

47．The death of the manatees is largely due to__________．

A．human hunting                       B．human pollution

C．speedboat accidents                  D．deadly plants

48．To help protect manatees，people should_________．

A．never go speed boating in their living habitat

B．keep the waters of Florida free from pollution

C．have manatess named by sponsors without a fee

D．wake manatees up from their torpor state

C

With smart phones taking the world by Storm，a phone that Can only send and receive voice

calls and text messages may seem like a relic from a bygone age．Yet in East Africa，simple

phones like these are changing the face of the economy，thanks to the mobile money services that are spreading across the region．

Usilng the text-messaging function built into the GSM system(全球通)used by most cell

phone networks，these services allow people without a bank account or credit card to use their

phone as an electronic walletthat can be used to store．send or receive cash．

It works like this：you pay cash to your local agent who then tops up your mobile money

account using a secure form of text messaging．That money can be transferred(转账)to another

person by sending a message to their cell phone account．

For some the system is a lifeline．“If I didn,t have my mobile phone．1 would be very

poor，”says Neyasse Neemur，a mother of four children who lives in northern Kenya．“Now I

can sell fish．”

Neemur took up fishing in July last year，but making money from it was a little tricky，

especially as Turkana people do not usually eat fish．A truck from Ethiopia to Tanzania passes

through her village once a week，and she arranged to have the driver transport the fish several

hundred kilometres south to market in Kisumu．where relatives sell the fish．

“I get the money transfer immediately．”says Neemur．“Then I can pay for my children to go to school and for vegetables and beans，”she adds，“so I don’t need to eat fish．”

According to the Central Bank of Kenya，payments worth around l billion Kenyan shillings

($13 million)per day were transferred through Kenya,s mobile money systems in 2009，equalling

the country,s credit card transactions(业务)．The bank expects mobile money transfers to overtake credit cards in 2010．

49．In Paragraph l，the author uses“simple phones”to________.

A．make a comparison    B．introduce a topic

C．describe a scene     D．offer an argument

50．What can we learn about the simple phones in East Africa?

A．They might help the local people apply for a bank account．

B．They will replace the banks completely in the near future．

C．They provide a safe means for the locals to do business．

D．They can do nothing except send and receive calls or messages．

51．The word“it”in the third paragraph refers to_______.

A．the GSM system    B．the mobile money service

C．the credit card service D．the cell phone networks

52．The story of Neyasse Neemur suggests that_______.

A．the mobile money service plays a key rote in the locals, life

B．Neemur uses her mobile phone to contact her customers

C。her relatives tricks Turkana people to eat the fish they sell

D．the Bank of Kenya helps her improve her living condition

D

We all accept that sports should stress skill over luck，and fairness over privilege(特权)．

They should be accessible to many and fun to watch．In the end，a sport,s champion should re-

present shared values and served as a role model．

But with today,s advances in technology，the power of sports equipment makers offers great

opportunity for the athletes who have access to the latest technology.

In 2008,108 world records were broken in the sport of swimming．The average number of

world records set in swimming in all past Olympic years is about 22．The average number of

world records set in a non-Olympic year is about 5．Now there are no“old”world records．

Suit technology has been the most widely recognized difference．The sharkskin suit and the

“paper”suits were all made public by suit manufactures before the Olympic．

As records continue to be broken，the Internet message boards for the swimming community

have taken a darker view of suit technology．“Time is meaningless”is one quote．I tend to agree．Some of the times I see being posted today are simply legends(传奇)．

Am I against suit technology?Not really．But 2008 marked an unbelievable change in the

sport of swimming．People are saying，“Bigger，faster，stronger at any cost!”，wanting no limits on technology，either suits or drugs．I am not one of those people．

I am a guy that recognized the sport of swimming being as simple as man vs．water．It used

to be the swimmer in the suit，not the suit on the swimmer．How times have changed．

53．According to the first paragraph，it is a common belief that________.

A．only a few people have chances to take part in sports

B．the latest suit technology should not be used in sports

C．sports should be interesting for people to watch

D．luck plays an important role in Olympic Games

54．It can be learned from the passage that_______.

A．the author is against the latest technology in sports

B．the athletes have become more skilled than before

C．some records are hard to break without technology

D．advanced suits and drugs can be used in Olympics

55．What does“Time is meaningless”mean in the swimming community?

A．Breaking records in swimming is too easy for most athelets．

B．It,s technology rather than skill that counts in some records．

C．Many athletes break records by luck and taking drugs．

D．Some rules aren,t obeyed when Olympic records are broken．

56．What,s the author,s opinion of the present sports?

A．Latest technology should be encouraged in compitition among athelets．

B．Time should be measured in a different way in modern Olympic Games．

C．All of the athletes should wear the same suits to ensure fairness．

D. Competition in skill should come first instead of that in equipment。

E

LOS ANGELES, the US

Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Mitchell Beckloff ruled Michael Jackson,s father can

receive some medical records related to his superstar son,s death．

The judge will review the records first before making them accessible to Joe Jackson,s

lawyer，Brian Oxman．Beckloff said the man can only receive records on or after June 25一

the day Michael Jackson died．

VANCOUVER，CANADA

World number one Zhou Yang overcame three South Korean players to win the women,s

short track speed skating 1,500 meters final at the Vancouver Olympic Winter Games．

The l8-year-old made perfect debut(首次亮相)as she set an Olympic record of a winning time

of 2 minutes and l6,993 seconds among other seven skaters．

China has never won the women,s l,500 meters in the Olympics before，and this time Zhou,s

performance gave China its third gold medal in Vancouver．

BElJING，CHINA

China,s first compulsory,(强制性的)safety regulation on primary school buses，which re-

quires every seat to have a seat belt，will take effect on July l to help ensure safer transporta-

tion for the country,s 100 million students．

Each primary school bus must also be equipped with a“black box，”0r a recording monitor，

to record speed，travel time and distance．Also，the bus must be staffed by teachers who will

ensure student safety．

In addition，the new rule states that the color of the school buses should be yellow，and each bus must have at least two emergency exits．

Texas，the US

A software engineer who crashed his plane into a Texas building housing a United States

tax agency office，killing himself and at least one worker，apparently left behind an angry anti-government manifesto(宣言) detailing his financial difficulties and tax problems．

The pilot took off from an airport in Georgetown．about 48 km from Austin．He flew low

over the Austin skyline before plowing into the building．

57．We can learn from the first news that_________．

A．all Michael Jackson,s medical records can be accessed

B．Mitchell Beckloff will not go over the record first

C．medical records before June 25 won,t be received

D．Joe Jackson,s lawyer will not get any records

58．The new school bus safety rules include all the followings EXCEPT_____________.

A．the driver,s experience    B．the equipment of the bus

C．the color of the bus      D．emergency exits

59．It seems the software engineer crashed into the US tax office mainly because of___________.

A．unhappy marriage    B．mental disease

C．heavy work pressure D．financial and tax problems

60．We can infer from the news that____________.

A．Joe Jackson will be the first to receive the medical records

B．Zhou Yang once broke the Olympic records in the same event

C．the tax agency office is somewhere inside the building in Texas

D．the software engineer flew high over skyline before crashing into the building

第二节根据对话内容，从对话后的选项中选出能填人空白处的最佳选项。选项中有

两项为多余选项.

—Excuse me．madam．I,m looking for a place to eat．Can you tell me if there are any restau-

rants in the shopping center?

- 61  What kind of food are you thinking about?

-l,m not sure，anything but fast food．

- 62  It,s a little expensive，but the food is good．

-Oh，sounds good．But I ate Japanese food last night．I,d rather try something new．

-OK．  63 

-Italian sounds good，but so does Chinese．I just can,t decide．Are there any American

places here?

- 64   From Texas，I think．

--I,m sorry to be such a bother，but nothing interests me in particular．  65 

-Well, I,m afraid that,s all we have here．

E．How about Italian or Chinese?

F．I do believe I,ll have a good time here．

G．There is a nice Japanese restaurant upstairs．

第三部分写作(共三节，满分55分)

第一节单词拼写(共l0小题；每小题l分，满分l0分)

根据下列句子及所给汉语注释，写出空缺处各单词的正确形式。(每空只写一词)

(请将答案写在答题卡上的指定位置)

66．The passengers were _________ (耽搁)for five hours because of the flood．  66．    

67．The patient is_________ (稍微)better today．                              67．    

68．Water was found at a_________ (深度)of 30 feet．                          68．    

69．The new offices opened in_________ (八月)1998．                           69．    

70．Mr．Smith made no_________ (立即的)answer．                               70．    

71．The U.S．unemployment rate is likely to continue_________ (上升)．        71．    

72．All the_________ (场景)of the play were set in Ireland．                  72．    

73．Wood doesn,t sink in water；it_________ (漂浮)．                          73．    

74．He____ (更喜欢)doing something to doing nothing while he was in the office．74．    

75．They only say such unkind things about you out of _________ (妒忌)．  75．      

第二节短文改错(共l0小题；每小题l．5分，满分l5分)

此题要求改正所给短文中的错误。对标有题号的每一行做出判断：

如无错误，该行右边横线上画一个勾(√)；

如有错误(每行只有一个错误)，则按下列情况改正：

此行多一个词：把多余的词用斜线(\)划掉，在该行右边横线上写出该词，并也用斜线

划掉。

此行缺一个词：在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧)，在该行右边横线上写出该加的词。

此行错一个词：在错的词下划一横线，在该行右边横线上写出改正后的词。

注意：原行没有错的不要改。

Every year, students who are eager get home for the Chinese     76．        

New Year, line up at railway station for hours. Then   77．        

they got into a crowded train and dream of the home – cooked 78．        

meals what they’ll enjoy once they arrive home. This, 79．        

they say, make all the trouble of getting home worthwhile .       80．        

Therefore, many of them come to find home is not exactly      81．        

how they remember it. Live away from their parents has    82．       

made them used to a new life of freedom – one that within       83．        

hours of arriving some begin to miss. Endless houseworks  84．        

and complaining parents are just a little of the things that   85．       

第三节书面表达(满分30分)

世博会被认为是经济和科学科技的奥林匹克盛会，最早于1851年在伦敦举办。中国

作为第一个发展中国家在上海举办本届世博会。请根据下表中所提供的信息，以Shanghai

World Expo为题，用英语介绍一下上海世博会的有关情况。

注意：1．词数100左右；开头已经为你写好，不计人总词数。

2．可根据内容适当增加细节，使行文连贯。

参考词汇：促进：promote；吉祥物：mascot

Most people believe that ____knowledge is power and that having ____ good command of a

foreign language is of great importance .

I offered the ______ suggestion of spending the holiday in the mountains or by the sea.