15、Hit by a hammer, my foot became _____ .

A．three times bigger the normal size      B．as big three times as the normal size

C．the normal size three times of            D.  three times bigger than the normal size

14、He works hard and has a great _____ for knowledge.

A．hobby            B．interest            C. appetite         D. pleasure 

13、I have _____ my money. Would you please lend me some?

A．run out              B．run out of            C．run short     D． run off

12、Computers are playing an important role in our daily life and _____ is hard to find a field where computers aren’t being used.

    A. as              B. which            C. it               D. this

11、Written in a hurry, ____________. How can it be satisfactory?

       A．they found many mistakes in the report     B．Sam made lots of mistakes in the report

       C．there are plenty of mistakes in the report    D．the report is full of mistakes

10、---Everyone was at the party except you. What happened?

---I _____ after Mike, my pet dog, at home. He was ill.

A. have looked    B. was looking        C. would look            D. had looked

8、2009年高考在即，高三学生目前正处于紧张复习迎考的氛围中。假如你叫李华，广西某中学高三学生，面对目前的压力，想和父母说说知心话，请你用英文在你的博客上用书信形式表达出来。主要内容如下：

注意：

1.短文须包括所有内容要点，可适当发挥。

2．词数：110左右。开头已给出，不计入总词数。

Dear Mom and Dad,

The annual college entrance examination is around the corner. On this special occasion, how I wish I could have a heart-to-heart talk with you.

___________________________________________________________________________

                                                　　　　　　Yours,

                                                             Li Hua

二、选择题

（每空？ 分，共？ 分）

6、Each year on the first Saturday in March, a group of middle-aged men and a few women gather at sunrise on a beach near St. Petersburg, Fla. Above the high-water line are more than 50 small boats.

At exactly 7 a.m., Steve Isaac stands at the water’s edge with his arm raised and yells: “Go!”

Most of the boats are part of the Everglades Challenge. They head for a finish line many days and 300 miles to the south, at Key Largo. But this Saturday, for the first time, 10 of the brave mariners―including a journalist, whose progress will be available online―will compete in the world’s toughest small boat race, called the Ultimate Florida Challenge.

Instead of finishing at Key Largo, the 10 boaters will continue around the state, heading north past Miami, the Kennedy Space Center, and Jacksonville, then down the Suwannee River, eventually passing most of Florida before arriving back at the beach near St. Petersburg.

It will be 1,200 miles of head winds and burning sun. But it will also take the challengers through some of the most impressive scenery in North America.

The rules are no-nonsense: First one back to the beach wins. The voyage must be completed within a month. Human power or sails, only. No motors. No rides in cars or tows from power boats. No help from family or friends. And at least once a day, participants are required to acknowledge by cell phone or radio that they are still alive.

The race will be a replay of the tale of the tortoise (龟) and the rabbit. The trick, if there is one, is to be a tortoise and just keep moving forward. But the one-month deadline means that being too much of a tortoise may result in failure. So challengers have to be a little bit of a rabbit, as well.

72. What can we infer from the passage?

   A. People can watch the 1200-mile race on the net this year.

   B. Over 50 boats will take part in the 300-mile race this year.

   C. The racers cannot take a rest during the race.

   D. The winner will act as a tortoise in the play. 

73. This 1,200-mile race is unusual because _____.

   A. more people will take part                B. only men will take part

   C. its rules are meaningless                   D. it will be more challenging

74. According to the last paragraph, _____ is most important if one wants to win the race.

   A. strength                     B. courage                    C. equipment                D. strategy

75. Which can be the best title for the passage?

   A. Around the coast in 30 days                            B. Among the life-and-death tests

   C. A new world record expected                   D. Everglades Challenge on line