第四部分: 第一节: 根据首字母或汉语提示，在答题卷上写出完整的单词拼写（10分）
61. I don’t mind ___________________(道歉) to others if I make a mistake.
62. At last we succeeded in finding the very place with the villager l___________ the way.
63..Some people might win a______________ for their farm produce.
64.Perhaps with a d____________ and a new sign he could win his customers back.
65. As a matter of fact, I landed in Britain by a__________________.
66. What Jack did while playing basketball didn’t make audiences _______________(满意).
67. He gave in to      __________    (好奇)and opened the letter addressed to his sister.
68. Both sides have b    _________      from the talks.
69. Time p_________________, we will go out to play basketball
70. Life without h__________________ is like a day without sun.

Bamboo（竹） is one of the nature’s most surprising plants. Many people call this plant a tree, but it is a kind of grass.
Like other kinds of grass, a bamboo plant may be cut very low to the ground, but it will grow back very quickly. A Japanese scientist recorded one bamboo plant that grew almost 1.5 meters in 24 hours! Bamboo grows almost everywhere in the world except Europe（欧洲）. There are more than 1,000 kinds of bamboo that grow around the world on both mountains and plains.
Not all bamboo looks the same. Some bamboo plants are very thin. They may only grow to be a few centimeters（厘米）wide while others may grow to more than 30 centimeters across. This plant also comes in different colors, from yellow to black to green.
Many Asian countries have been using bamboo for hundreds of years. They often use bamboo for building new buildings. As a matter of fact, the cables(绳索) hold up the hanging bridge across the Min River in Sichuan are made of bamboo. The bridge has been in use for more than 1,000 years, and is still holding strong.
In Africa, engineers are teaching poor farmers how to find water using bamboo. These African countries need cheap ways to find water because they have no money, and their fields often die from no rain and no water. It seems that bamboo is one of the best things they can use. Bamboo pipes and drills(钻) can help to make the poor thirsty fields be watered.
【小题1】How is bamboo like grass?

第二节：完形填空（共20小题，每小题1分，共20分）

请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

It was my birthday last Thursday. I decided to _ 36  it by inviting a few friends out to

supper. I chose a restaurant in a   37  part of town. It is one of my favorite restaurants

because the food is good and the waiters are friendly. It is   38 _  ever crowded, because not many people know about it, so it is not usually  _39_  to book (预定) a table. In any case, Thursday is not a busy evening  40 .

When we entered the restaurant, we were surprised to find it completely __ 41__ . I looked around but not  _42 _  table was free. One of the waiters recognized me. He came across and explained the situation. “A party of tourists came in about half an hour ago.” he said. “It was like an invasion(侵略). Suddenly the place was full! We can hardly  _ 43 ”.

The waiter then pointed to a table in the corner. “The people there are about to _ 44  .”

he said, “Just hold on and you'll _ _45_  a place there.” He was right. Fifteen minutes later,

the people   46 _  the corner table paid their   47 , got up and left. I led my friends acrossand we all sat down.

  48  our table was almost out of sight. We tried to call the attention of the waiter

  49 _ sent us there, but he, like all the other waiters, _ _50 _  the party of tourism. They ordered lots of food. At last, an hour later, the tourists were finishing their meal and looking very  51 with life. The waiter, now very tired, appeared at our table. I advised my friends aboutthe best dishes and finally the waiter went off with our  _52  .

A few moments later he returned to our table. We could tell from his face that he had

 __53__ for us.  _54  a little sorry he told us that there was  _55_  left. “All we can offer you” he said, “is an omelet (煎蛋卷) !”

36. A. remember       B. celebrate           C. memorize           D. congratulate

37. A. quiet          B. calm              C. busy              D. silent

38. A. hard           B. often                   C. hardly            D. always

39. A. necessary      B. possible                 C. important          D. certain

40. A. as before                                 B. as a matter of fact

C. as usual                            D. as is known to all

41. A. empty         B. full              C. free              D. quiet

42. A. all            B. an empty           C. a single           D. a double

43. A. watch         B. look after         C. try               D. manage

44. A. start           B. leave             C. end               D. pay

45. A. find                 B. find out           C. wait              D. see

46. A. by            B. beside            C. at                D. near

47. A money         B. bill               C. food             D. drinks

48. A. Luckily              B. Fortunately        C. Generally         D. Unluckily

49. A. whom         B. which            C. he               D. who

50. A. were kept busy        B. was busy with      C. kept busy with      D. were busy with

51. A. exciting              B. tired              C. pleased           D. disappointed

52. A. dishes         B. food              C. order             D. menu

53. A. good presents   B. good news          C. bad news            D. bad presents

54. A. Looking       B. Seeing            C. Looked           D. Found

55. A. no meat or fish        B. no meat and fish          C. meat and fish       D. not meat or fish

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。

I was brought up in the countryside by my grandmother. She was a very courageous and inspiring woman and was very beautiful, too. In comparison with her or some of my classmates, I always felt that I was not beautiful or pretty. In fact, when I was studying in middle school, I thought I was not as good as other students and just because of these negative feelings, I was not very confident. One day, I went to the shoe shop to buy a pair of new shoes. When I got there, I noticed a foreign lady talking to a salesgirl. But the salesgirl didn’t understand what the foreigner was saying. They both looked worried. I went up to help them. The lady is an Australian. She wanted to buy a pair of travelling shoes. So I told it to the salesgirl. The lady was very glad when she took them. She spoke high praise for my spoken English and said that I was a pretty girl. Both of them expressed their thanks to me.

As a matter of fact, no one had ever praised me like that before. It was so encouraging. Suddenly I felt confident and happy. It is true that those words turned my life around.

【写作内容】

1．以约30个词概括短文的要点。

2．然后以约120个词写一篇记叙文，描写表扬或称赞给人带来的愉快和鼓舞，并包括以下要点：

a）叙述你或你的朋友被老师或其他人表扬的一次真实或虚构的经历；

b）被表扬后的感觉是怎么样的；

c）这次称赞、表扬带来的影响。

【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. 作文中不能出现真实姓名和学校名称。

3. 作文题目已在答题卷中给出。

[评分标准]

概括准确，语言规范，内容合适，篇章连贯。

A: What’s the matter, Sara? You wear a sad look on your face.

B: Oh, nothing much. As a matter of fact, I _______ of my friends back home.