We could see the temple quite clearly from _________we lived.

   A. what            B. which          C. where          D. that

 —How much do you know about the 3D film technology?

—A little. Not until ________ the hot movie Avatar ________ some about it.

A. did I see; did I begin to learn                              B. I saw; I began to learn                   

C. I saw; did I begin to learn                                   D. did I see; I began to learn

_______ his son away to college, the old couple got more room in the house.

  A .As         B .For          C. Through          D. With

三、 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）

 With the introduction of family planning policies in the 1970s, most Chinese teenagers have no brothers or sisters．They get to be the beloved（心爱的）__51__child．But they may not realize that they will have to “__52__” the love as their__53__ones grow old．They will have to__54__lots of old people—their parents, grandparents, their_   55  _parents and grandparents．China is becoming__56_  country．

According to the United Nations, an aging society refers to one    57   10 percent or more of the population is over 60, or 7 percent or more is over 65. According to   58   from the Ministry of Civil Affairs, by 2008, Chinese over 60 years old made up 12 percent of the nation’s total population. The    59    for those aged 65 or older was 8.3 percent.

In China, people have a belief that “parents raise children; then the children care for the parents as they get old”．But this__60__is under stress as the market economy puts millions of young Chinese on the road__61__better paying jobs．They are leaving their parents__62_．Now many families are looking more to the government than to their__63__for support when they’re old．China has increased its basic social security（基本社会保险）plan which is__64__protecting those__65__, including the old, the disabled and others．These programs are now broad, __66_they are still not highly developed．O

As more people grow__67__, China will have fewer working people, __68__will slow down economic growth．According to a November 26 report in the Economic Information Daily, an expert said China should __69__its people to have more than one child in the future__70_China should keep its labor population and total population size stable（稳定的）．

51．A．only                    B．lonely         C.friendly          D．heartily

52．A．take up              B．take back      C．pay back       D．pay for

53．A．hated                  B．loved           C．tired             D．hearted

54．A．care for                B．bring up       C．look for          D．pay attention to

55．A．daughter’s or son’s      B．niece’s or nephew’s

      C．wife’s or husband’s        D．aunt’s or uncle’s

56．A．an old                  B．an aging       C．a developing       D．a developed

57．A．where                   B．when          C．which              D．that

58．A．an article              B．an email       C．a magazine         D．a report

59．A．conclusion              B．character        C．figure             D．survey

60．A．tradition               B．opinion      C. saying           D．way

61．A．in favor of              B．in search of    C．in the way of       D．in the face of

62．A．out                   B．off           C ．ahead           D．behind

63．A．friends                 B．relatives        C．parents            D．children

64．A．an act                  B．a case           C．a program          D．a plan

65．A．in danger               B．in need         C．in desperate         D．in disaster

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

67．A．strong                  B．realistic       C．rich              D．old

68．A．as                    B．which           C．what             D．that

69．A．forbid                  B．promise        C. encourage        D．order

70．A．so that                  B．though          C．even if            D．because

. When asked why he went there, he said he was sent there ____ for a space flight.

A. training   B. being trained   C. to have trained   D. to be trained

— How about the concert last night?

       — Well, at least it’s ____ the one I saw last time with Joan.

       A．no worse than         B．no better than  

       C．not as good as         D．as bad as

   Houston, Texas (June 8. 2002)–in 2004, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) will send two robots to separate places of Mars to seek out past or present signs of water. It is an exciting idea to send two robots driving over very different places of Mars at the same time, to be able to see what is on the other side of the hill.

   Last month, NASA announced it was sending one robot to Mars, but after two weeks, it decided there was enough money for two. The robots will be sent up within two weeks of each other in May and June of 2003 from Kennedy Space Center. If all goes well, the two spacecraft will touch down on Mars, after a seven-and –a-half-month space flight, on January 2 and 20, 2004.

   The robots, each weighing 150 kilograms, can cover 100 meters per day. They are designed to be able to examine the mineral content of the soil, and their special camera will take pictures of the lands and hills. Although they will be under control from the earth, the robots are able to move more freely compared to those sent up before them.

   The actual landing points have not been determined yet, but the scientists say it will be in areas where they hope to find water.

49.According to the news report, scientists plan to send robots up to Mars to _____.

A.find out whether there is water on Mars   B.see if robots can find minerals there  

C.test how fast robots can drive there                 D.prove that robots can work on Mars

50.How long in between will the two robots be sent to Mars?

A.1 year        B. 7.5 months                   C. 2 months       D. 2 weeks

51. One of the important jobs for the robots on Mars is to _______.

  A.study the soil                                      B. walk everywhere

  C.test the new camera                                 D. find a suitable landing point

52. We can infer from the last sentence that scientists ________.

   A. have changed the landing points many times  B. hope to land the robots on the surface of water

   C. are still working on the plan                       D. know where they can find water

第三节 书面表达（满分30分）

  假如你是李华。最近，你班同学以“高中是否开设选修课”为题展开讨论。请根据下表提示，用英语给报社编辑写一封信，反映讨论情况，并适当阐述自己的看法。

要求：

1．字数100左右，信的开头已给出，不计入总词数。

2．可根据内容要点适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

参考词汇：选修课－optional courses

Dear Editor,

Recently, my classmates have had a heated discussion about whether we should have optional courses in high schools．___________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________________

Yours truly,

Li Hua

．— What should I do with the text?

—__________the topic sentence of each paragraph.

A．Finding out          B．Found out       C．To find out   D．Find out

The teacher asked a difficult question, but finally Ted _____ a good answer.

A. came up with     B. put up with      C. caught up with   D. kept up with