From a young age, it was my dream to go to Africa and work with animals. Everybody laughed at me, but my mother, Vanne, told me never to give up, and that I could always find a way.

So, when I was 23, after saving up my earnings from working as a waitress, I went to wild, untamed (野性的) Africa and began my work. In 1960 I went to the Gombe Stream Chimpanzee Reserve. At that time, we knew nothing of the behavior or social structure of chimps (黑猩猩), and I was to go there and see what I could find out. Usually, when you wake up, you leave your dreams behind you, but I found myself waking up to my dream.

As the British government wouldn’t let me go without older women’s company, my amazing mother came with me and stayed for four months. We shared a second-hand army tent, and we used the stream for fresh water and washing. We could swim in the lake, although there were crocodiles.

It was beautiful there, although both my mother and I nearly died of malaria (疟疾). I was scared I wouldn’t be able to do what I had set out to, because, at first, the chimps ran away from me in fear. I spent my days watching, listening, tracking and in the evenings writing up my notes.

For my mother, who stayed back at the camp, it must have been terrifying, and very lonely. There were snakes and spiders, as well as an old leopard who would come by. But she had an amazing way with people, and would hand out medicines to the fishermen, who saw her as a witch doctor.

In my fifth month there, I finally saw one of the chimps, which I called David Greybeard, stripping (剥光) straw to “fish” for termites (白蚁). It proved that man wasn’t the only toolmaker, and that everything had to be redefined.

1.What does the author mean by saying “I found myself waking up to my dream” in the second paragraph?

A. She lacked sleep due to busy work.

B. She found her dream was hard to realize.

C. She had more new dreams about her work.

D. She tried to realize her dream every day.

2.The author was afraid at the Reserve in the beginning because _____.

A. there were crocodiles in the lake  B. she could not get close to the chimps

C. it was hard to get clean water D. the chimps attacked her sometimes

3.The author’s mother was thought of by the local people as _____.

A. helpful and warm-hearted      B. funny and selfish

C. romantic and talkative     D. honest and hardworking

4. Which of the following is the author’s important discovery?

A. She found a new kind of termite.

B. Chimps can communicate with each other.

C. Some other animals can also make tools.

D. Chimps can find medicines to cure themselves.

根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。

Sometimes we are asked to make a speech in life, but most of us don’t do a very good job.  1

So, you have to give a speech — and you are terrified. You get nervous, you forget what you want to say, you stumble (结结巴巴) over words, you talk too long, and you bore your audience. Later you think, Thank Goodness, it’s over. I’m just not good at public speaking. I hope I never have to do that again.

Cheep up!  2  Here are some simple steps to take the pain out of speech making. Ask yourself the purpose of your speech. What is the occasion? Why are you speaking? Then, gather as many facts as you can on your subject. Spend plenty of your time doing your research. Then spend plenty of your time organizing your materials so that your speech is clear and easy to follow. Use as many examples as possible, and use pictures, charts, and graphs if they can help you make your points clearer. 3  Don’t talk over their heads, and don’t talk down to them. Treat your audience with respect. They will appreciate your thoughtfulness.

Just remember: Be prepared. Know your subject, your audience, and the occasion. Be brief.  4  And be yourself. Let your personality come through so that you make person-to-person contact with your audience.

If you follow these simple steps, you will see that you don’t have to be afraid of public speaking. In fact, you may find the experience so enjoyable that you volunteer to make more speeches! You’re not convinced yet? 5

A. It doesn’t have to be that bad.

B. Take several deep breaths after your speech.

C. This article gives some advice on how to give a good speech.

D. Say what you have to say and then stop.

E. Don’t say what you aren’t familiar with.

F. Never forget your audience.

G. Give it a try and see what happens.

短文改错（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）

假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。

增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词。

删除：把多余的词用斜线（＼）划掉。

修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。

注意：1. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；

2. 只允许修改10处，多者（从第l1处起）不计分。

Dear Chairman,

I’m a student from Class 1, Grade 3. I want to join in your club. At school, I study very hardly. I’m always ready to help others. I got on well with my classmates but I like to help them with their lessons. I often help the old to crossing the road. On the bus, I often give my seat to others. On weekends, I usually go to the park pick up rubbish. I want to join a club very much. For one reason, I like to make friend and work with others. For other, I will have more chances to help others. I would be glad if accepting.

                                                     Yours,

                                                     Li Ping

书面表达（满分25分）

假如你是李华，你的美国笔友Tim给你发了一封电子邮件，向你了解你参加上海世博会志愿者的服务工作的情况。请参照表格中的提示，给Tim写一封邮件回复。

注意：

    1．邮件的开头和结尾已为你写好。

2．词数不少于100。

3．参考词汇：上海世博会the Shanghai Exposition  北京馆Beijing Pavilion

Dear Tim,

I’ve received your email, asking me about my volunteer work in the Shanghai Exposition. Now let me tell you something exciting.

_______________________________________________________________

Best wishes!

Fondly yours,

                                                   Li Hua

完形填空（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）

    阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从1-15各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

     Is it difficult for you to get up in the morning? Do you sometimes oversleep？ Are you often late for work or school? Yes? Then  Hiroyuki Sugiyama of Japan has a(an)    1   bed for you. Hiroyuki's bed will get you up in the morning! Here is how it      2    .

     The bed    3   an alarm clock. First, the alarm clock rings. You have a few minutes to wake up. Next, a tape recorder in the bed plays   4   music or other pleasant sounds.The tape recorder in Hiroyuki's bed plays a recording of his girlfriend. She whispers in a sweet   5  , "Wake up, darling, please." A few minutes later, a second recording    6   . The sound recording can be loud music or   7  sounds. Hiroyuki hears a recording of his boss shouts, "Wake up immediately,   8 you'll be late!"

     If you don't get up  9  the second recording, you will be sorry! A mechanical

"foot" is in the bed. The mechanical foot kicks you in the head. Then the bed waits a few  10  minutes. What! You're still in bed! Slowly the   11  of the bed rises higher and higher. The foot of the bed goes lower and lower. 12 the bed is vertical(垂直的). You slide off the bed and onto the floor. You are out of bed and  13 

     Hiroyuki made his bed because he wanted to   14   a contest. He works for Honda

Motor Company. Once every two years Honda has a contest for its 200,000 employees

---"All-Honda Idea Contest", The employees think of new ideas. If their ideas win, the employees win   15   . Hiroyuki Sugiyama won a lot of money for his bed.

1. A. expensive      B. special       C. valuable      D. comfortable

2. A. works          B. runs          C. happens       D. moves

3. A. is separated from                B. is made up of

   C. is attached to                   D. is made into

4. A. loud           B. classical      C. pop          D. soft

5. A. sound          B. voice          C. noise        D. way

6. A. sends          B. turns          C. plays        D. appears

7. A. pleasant       B. interesting    C. unpleasant   D. funny

8. A. and            B. but            C. so           D. or

9. A. after          B. until          C. since        D. before

10. A. other         B. another        C. more         D. one

11. A. end           B. middle         C. body         D. top

12. A. However       B. Finally        C. Therefore    D. Otherwise

13. A. angry         B. work           C. happy        D. awake

14. A. win           B. achieve        C. gain         D. defeat

15. A. praises        B. contents       C. prizes        D. medals

语法填空（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）

  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。

     Perhaps I am Courageous, but that's because I've had some inspiring teachers. I'll tell you about one of them. Many years ago, when I worked   1.  a volunteer at Stanford Hospital, I got to know a little girl named Liza  2.  was suffering from a rare and serious disease, Her only chance of    3.   (recover) appeared to be a blood transfusion (输血) from   4.   five-year-old brother, who    5.   (survive) 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  6.   he would be willing to give his blood to his sister. I saw him hesitate for a moment  7.    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, 8.  (smile). But then his face grew pale and his smile faded. He looked at the doctor and asked with  9.  trembling voice, "Will I start to die fight away?"

     Being young, the boy had misunderstood the doctor. He thought he was going to have to give her  10.  his blood.

After our early morning wake-up, we are still a couple of

hours away from the overlooks.It is pitch black.I can feel the

heavy humid fog left behind my last night's rain. This is why

the tour memo listed "flashlight". Unfortunately; the majority

of our hiking party of nine must have missed the memo, so we

have only four flashlights between us.

    An hoar later,we are on the trail. It is dark, foggy, wet and the rocks are alippery.We alternate places between the flashlights "haves" and "have-nots". As we march, the only voices heard are from the "haves": "Step up, step down, watch out for the rock on your left."

    We reach Intipunku with only 15 minutes to spare. The view at sunrise is not what we were told in the travel brochures. Three feet in front of our faces is a white substance called "fog".

    As we walk towards the Machu Picchu ruins, my anticipation is mounting. When will the fog lift? Slowly, as if someone is cranking up a curtain, Huayna Picchu begins to appear,overlooking Machu Picchu. First there are fleeting glimpses, and then finally, there is, in its full splendor.

    When I envisioned going to Machu Picchu, I always thought of mysterious ruins and the famous postcard picture looking toward Huayna Picchu. But there is more to this man-made / natural wonder of the World. It is the adventure of getting there. I knew I wanted to experience the feel of the Inca culture and the energy of this sacred valley, I also knew I didn't want to take the train, but needed to hike. Depending on your starting point,the Inca Trail is 25 to 33miles of semi-arid desert, breathless mountain passes and stunning tropical cloud forest. Our hike took us four nights and 25 miles to finish.

    Our local guide MaurO keeps telling us "no worries, the hike is 90 percent mental and only 10 percent physical. "I am not convinced that the physical percentage is correct, but I definitely become more and more excited as we are now getting closer to Machu Picchu.By getting myself into good shape, running 20 miles and hiking a 500-foot-high hill five to seven times per week before I left for Peru, I was able to enjoy the beauty of the hike and not worry much about aching muscles and lungs.

1. About flashlights, which of the following statements is true?

    A. The local guide had asked them to take flashlights for the hike.

    B. They had taken enough flashlights for the hike.

    C. Before they got to Intipunku, they depended a lot on their flashlights.

    D. They used flashlights all the time.

2. Put the following events into the right order.

     a. They reached Intipunku,

     b. They read the travel brochures.

     c. They walked on the trail in the dark.

     d. They advanced to get closer to Maehu Picchu.

     e. They enjoyed the splendor of Huayna Picchu.

     A. ebade        B. bacde         C. abced         D. bcaed

3. What does the underlined word "anticipation" in Paragraph Four mean?

     A. expectation   B. excitement      C. disappointment  D. enthusiasm

4. What can NOT be inferred from the text?

     A. The writer made good preparation for the tour.

     B. The Inca Trail took them four nights.

     C. Machu Picchu is in the country of Peru.

     D. They reached Intipunku ahead of time.

5. According to the writer, what attracted him most in the tour?

     A. Mysterious ruins.               B. The famous post-card picture.

     C. The hiking.                     D. The Inca culture.

Electric ears are dirty.In fact, not only are they dirty, they might even be more dirty than their gasoline-powered cousins.

    People in California love to talk about "zero-emissions vehicles", but people in California seem to be clueless about where electricity comes from. Power plants mostly use fire to make it. Aside from the new folks who have their roofs covered with solar cells, we get our electricity from generators. Generators are fueled by something---usually coal, oil,but also by heat generated in nuclear power plants. There are a few wind farms and geothermal plants as well, but by far we get electricity mainly by burning something.

    In other words, those "zero-emissions" cars are likely coal-burning cars. It's just because the coal is burned somewhere else that it looks clean. It is not. It's as if the California Greens are. covering their eyes---"If I can't see it, it's not happening." Gasoline is an incredibly efficient way to power a vehicle; a gallon of gas has a lot of energy in it.But when you take that gas (or another fuel) and first use it to make electricity, you waste a nice part of that energy, mostly in the form of wasted heat---at the generator, through the transmission lines, etc.

    A gallon of gas may propel your car 25 miles. But the electricity you get from that gallon of gas won't get you nearly as far---so electric cars bum more fuel than gas-powered ones. If our electricity came mostly from nukes; or geothermal,or hydro, or solar, or wind,then an electric car truly would be clean. But for political, technical,and economic reasons,we don't use much of those energy sources.

    In addition,electric cars' batteries which are poisonous for a long time will eventually end up in a landfill.And finally, When cars are the polluters, the pollution is spread across all the roads. When it's a power plant, though, all the junk is in one place. Nature is very good at cleaning up when things are too concentrated, but it takes a lot longer when all the garbage is in one spot.

1. What does "clueless" mean in paragraph 2?

    A. People are seeing the California Greens everywhere.

    B. People in California love to talk about zero-emissions vehicles.

    C. People in California love to have their roofs covered with solar cells.

D. People there have no idea that so far electricity mainly comes from burning

   coal, oil,etc.

2. What is the main idea of the passage?

    A. Electric cars are not clean at all

    B. Electric cars are better than gasoline-powered ones.

    C. People cast doubts on electric cars' batteries.

    D. Gasoline is an efficient way to powera vehicle.

3. The electricity we get from a gallon of gas may make our ear run         

    A. not less than 25 miles            B. more than 25 miles

    C. no more than 25 miles             D. not more than 25 miles

4. According to the passage, electric cars                  .

    A. do not burn fuel and more environmentally-friendly

B. are toxic because it is difficult for nature to clean it up when their

   batteries are buried in one spot.

    C. are very good at cleaning up when things are not too concentrated

    D. are poisonous for a long time and will eventually end up in a landfill

5. It can be inferred from the passage that                 

    A. being green is good and should be encouraged in communication

B. electric cars are not clean in that we get electricity mainly by burning

   something

    C. zero-emissions vehicles should be chosen to protect our environment

D. electric cars are now the dominant vehicle compared with gasoline-powered

   cousins

Dear Michelle:

     Why can't my daughter manage her life better? She is 17 and an honor student, but she seems to be wasting her life away with a boyfriend who is holding her back.

    He consumes every waking, minute of her precious time and smooth-talks her as well.

    His goal is to get her to agree to go to the college of his choice, not her choice, and because his grades are lower, his choice will be limited.

    I feel like I want to rescue her, but she pushes me away and shuts me out. She has only brought us pride and joy; and now this! Help!

                                                            A worried mother

Dear Mother of a 17-year-old Girl:

    Hmmmmm. What's the matter with kids today? Remember that song from "Bye Bye

Birdie"?

    Well if you do not, let me fill you in about teenagers and their life-management skills.Do not expect too much too soon because at the ripe age of 17, life-management is not within their reach, not should it be.

    Life experience creates both the conditions and the skills for management, and if management went before experiene, there would be tittle of it.

    Your daughter is an honor student for good reasons. She is smart, studies with

intelligence and you have given her good Values.

    When the time comes for her to apply for college, and she visit the ones that were specifically desigened for student the top of their grade, she will most likely break away from her boyfriend's influenee.

    It is rare for an honor student to change the path of their academic career for puppy love. That being said, them might be some adoldscent wisdom in her behavior after all.

    Perhaps she is choosing to worry you, her parents, for unconscious reasons. Being such a good girl and being a steady source of joy might have become a bit too much for her.

    Let your daughter have her own private moment of 11^th grade rebellion. She deserves a break from perfection.

Michelle

1.From the mother's letter we can learn that her daughter             

    A. is being fooled by the boy      B. has fallen behind in her studies

    C. doesn't talk much with her mother  D. has chosen which college to attend

2. According to Michelle; 17-year-teenagers               .

    A. are too young to manage their life

    B. are old enough to live their own life

    C. should have managemnent before experience

    D. have reached the age of an adult

3. The underlined word"puppy-love"refer to          

     A. false love     B. foolish love     C. pure love       D. adolescent love

4.Michelle seems to believe that the daughter will finally          

     A. come up with the right decision

     B. follow her boyfriend's advice

     C. worry her parents for unconscious reasons

     D. influence her boyfriend's behavior

5. The best title for the passage would be          

     A. College of kids' own choice

     B. How can I help my girl?

     C. How to manage teenagers' life?

     D. A 17-year-old girl and her mother

A new generation addiction is quickly spreading all over the world. Weboholism, a twentieth century disease, affects people from different ages.They surf the net, use e-mail and speak in chat reoms. They spend many hours on the computer, and it becomes a compulsive habit. They cannot stop, and it affects their lives. 

     Ten years ago, no one thought that using computers could become Compulsive

behavior that could affect the social and physical life of computer users. This obsessive behavior has affected teenagers and college students. They are likely to log on computers and spend long hours at different websites.

     They become hooked on computers and gradually their social and school life is

affected by this situation. They spend all free time surfing and don't concentrate on homework, so this addiction influences their grades, and success at schools. Because they can find everything on the websites, they hang out there. Moreover, this addiction to websites influences their soeial life.

      They spend more time in front of computers than with their friends. The relation with their friends changes. The virtual life becomes more important than their real life. They have a new language that they speak in the chat rooms and it causes cultural changes in society,

      Because of the change in their behavior, they begin to isolate themselves from the society and live with their virtual friends. They share their emotions and feelings with friends Who they have never met in their life.Although they feel confident on the computer, they are not confident with real life friends they have known all their fife. lt is a problem for the future. This addictive behavior is beginning to affect the whole world.

1. The passage is about               

A. the cause of weboholism       B. the advantage of weboholism

    C. the popularity of weboholism  D. the influence of weboholism

2.The underlined word"obsessive" in the second paragraph most probably means    

    A. attractive    B. addictive      C. professional     D. potential

3. We can learn from the passage that                .

      A. weboholism has the greatest effect on teenagers

      B. teeangers can hardly balance real and virtual life

      C. people are addicted to games on the lnternet

      D. virtual life is more vivid and attractive anyway

4. Which of the following is NOT true of weboholism?

    A. It contributes to the development of the web.

    B. The chat room language may change social culture.

    C. The problem will have a negative influence on our future.

    D. People addicted to the web often become inactive in real life.

5.The author's attitude towards weboholism is that of being         

    A. objective    B. positive         C. opposed        D. acceptable