60. h____ ( almost not ) There will be ____ enough space for anybody else.

59. d____ ( say what somebody is like or what has happened )

What words can you use to ___ surfing?

58. p____ ( stop something from happening )

The Great Green Wall will ___ the wind from blowing the earth away.

57. p____ ( all the people in a town or country ) China has the largest ___ in the world.

56. a____ ( be able to meet the cost of )　 The house is too dear. I can’t ___ it.

D

51. If an Australian student wants to learn Chinese, he or she can ____.

A. call 021-58609228　　　　　　 B. fax 021-58609728

C. e-mail cherry @hot-　　 D. telephone 010-69191617

52. How many square meters is the garden of the house for sale?

A. 509 sqm　　　 B. 428.8 sqm　　　 C. 312.9 sqm　　　　 D. 80.2 sqm

53. Where is Cherry working now?

A. Shanghai.　　 B. Guangzhou.　　 C. Beijing.　　 D. Pudong.

54. If he goes skiing on ____ in Beijing Snow World Ski Park, Nick has to pay more money than on Tuesday.

A. Sunday　　　 B. Friday　　　 C. Wednesday　　 　D. Monday

55.If you want to ski for four hours on weekdays, how much money will you pay at least?

A. 138 yuan　　　 B. 200 yuan　　　 C. 208 yuan　　　 D. 280 yuan

IV．单词拼写(每小题1分，共10分)

C

Today there are 6 billion people on the earth. By the year 2050 there may be 12.5 billion. This is a lot of people to feed. We need more food.

One way to produce more food is by growing stronger plants. For thousands of years, farmers have made plants better. Every season, they pick the best plants for the next season. It works very slowly. Since 1983, scientists have been able to change plants more quickly by changing their genetic material(遗传物质). Foods from plants grown in this way are called genetically modified foods (转基因食品) GM foods.

By changing the genetic material of a plant, it is possible to make new plants. They make plants which are strong against plant diseases. They can also help in our diseases: a kind of rice is being prepared, for example, which stops people from becoming blind.

Rich countries produce GM foods because they are easy to grow and bring in more money. Poor countries are interested in them because they help produce more food.

GM plants are not natural. No one knows how good or bad they are. Making GM foods is only one way of feeding people in 2050. There are strong feelings against them, because they are unnatural. They may feed people, then hurt them or their children later. But, both rich and poor countries are very interested in their use, and they are not going to go away. In 2050 we may think differently about them.

46. GM foods are made by ____.

A. farmers　　　 B. workers　　　　 C. scientists　　　 D. plants

47. What are the good things about GM foods?

A. They make plants strong against diseases.　 B. They are unnatural.

C. They can help in humans diseases.　　　　 D. Both A and C.

48. GM foods ____.

A. are quick way to produce food　　 B. grow in the wild (野生)

C. are safe　　　　　　　　　　　 D. are grown only in rich countries

49. Why do some people not like GM foods?

A. They are not useful.　　　 B. They are not helpful.

C. They are not natural.　　　 D. They are not cheap.

50. From the reading we know that ____.

A. GM foods will disappear one day in the future

B. GM foods will not disappear in the future

C. people will not be interested in GM foods

D. people will have to stop using GM foods

B

There once lived in Greece a learned man. He was so well-known for his wide knowledge of almost everything that lots of people from all over the country came to learn things from him. The great man taught his students whole-heartedly and answered their questions with great patience (耐心).

One day a student asked him, “My dear teacher, didn’t you say yourself have many, many more questions about things than we do? On the contrary (恰恰相反), we students have far more than you.”

With a smile, the teacher drew two circles-one as large as a big wheel, the other smaller.

“Of course, I’ve learned much more. But a teacher does not necessarily have fewer questions than his students. Now, look at these two circles. Within the big one is my knowledge of things, and within the smaller one is yours. Out of the circles is what is still unknown to us. Since mine is larger, the line that marks out the circle is longer. That means I have more chances to face what is still unknown. And that’s why I myself have more questions than you do. The more you learn, the more questions you have. You will never learn enough, you know.”

41. One of his students didn’t agree that ____.

A. the teacher should have so many questions　

B. the teacher had more questions than the students

C. the students had more questions than the teacher

D. the teacher had as many questions as the students

42. Which of the following pictures tells rightly what the teacher drew?

　 A　　　　　　　 B　　　　　 C　　　　　　　 D　

43. The teacher drew two circles in order to show ____.

A. he knew a lot and was good at drawing　

B. how one could get more knowledge

C. why he had more questions than the students

D. what the students learned had something to do with the circles

44. The passage mainly tells us that ____.

A. we should learn from a learned man　　 B. we’ll never learn enough

C. a teacher should be patient　　　　　 D. it is never too old to learn

45. The teacher was very famous for ____.

A. his patience　　　　　　　 B. the drawing of two circles

C. his help to the students　　　 D. his knowledge

15. You can see the notices below in a school except ____.

A. DO NOT WALK ON THE GRASS　　　　 B. MIND THE STEPS

C. DO NOT FEED THE ANIMALS　　　　　 D. NO SPITTING