—It’s not wise of you to go on a trip in such weather.

      —Indeed! I didn’t became _____of it until on half the way.

       A．awake     B．sense      C．aware     D．knowing

My topic is fashion(时装). Fashion is important to all of us. Now we are all wearing school uniforms(校服). When we go home, what do we do? We change into other clothes. If we are going out, we like to wear fashionable clothes. So my first object is this blouse. It looks beautiful, doesn’t it? It is the most expensive piece of clothing, and I love it. It cost over ＄600. You may say that it is too expensive, but luckily I can afford it. The more you spend, the better the quality is. So you see, fashion is quite important to me, I admire it.

  However, I’m not as fond of fashion as my elder brother. Last summer, my parents took us both to London. They wanted to show us some famous sights. But my brother Gary did not appreciate the old buildings. He just wanted to spend all his time in the big shopping arcades(拱廊), searching for the coolest pair of trousers! For him, fashion was more important than culture. These are the trousers he bought. Were they worth the expensive of a trip to London to buy these? I don’t think so. I think it was a waste of time and money.

  We must, however, remember that fashion is a very big business. Changes in fashion can create or lose jobs. As an example, I have bought this blonde(淡黄色的) wig(假发) to show you. Do you like it? It belongs to one of my mother’s friends. She told me that in the 1960s, it was fashionable for western women to wear wigs. But a few years later fashions changed and women wore wigs much less often. Then the wig factories closed down and hundreds of workers lost their jobs.

53. The passage may be ____.  

  A. a story from a magazine        B. a piece of news from a newspaper

C. a report on the radio           D. a speech to the classmates

54. The author （作者）showed all these objects EXCEPT_____ in the passage.

  A. the blonde wig                B. the expensive blouse

C. the coolest trousers             D. the school uniform

55. What does the author （作者）want to tell us in last paragraph?

A. Wigs were always popular

B. People in the east once liked wearing blonde wigs

C. Fashion is actually a business

D. Business often depends on the production of wigs.

语音（共5小题，每小题1分，满分5分）

从A、B、C、D四个选项中，找出来划线部分与所给单词的划线部分读音相同的选项。

1. resist       A. research       B. almost       C. Christmas    D. disease

2. abolish      A. dangerous     B. balance      C. Canadian     D. advanced

3. limited      A. advanced      B. decided      C. worked      D. refused

4. decrease     A. spread        B. steady       C. create        D. league

5. apply       A. beyond        B. daily        C. rely          D. variety

His interests extended _____ the fine arts to international politics and philosophy.

   A. across                     B. through                C. over                     D. beyond

We are invited to a party _________in our club next Friday. 

         A. to be held            B. held            C. being held             D. holding 

E-mail, as well as telephones, ________ an important part in daily communication.

A．is playing          B．have played         C．are playing       D．play

Paris________ be a wonderful city but it’s not somewhere I’d like to live.

   A. might                                 B. would                              C. must                                D. can

Like most people, I was brought up to look upon life as a process of reveving. It was not until in my late thirties that I made this important 36  : giving-away makes life so much more exciting. You need not worry if you lack money. This is how I experimented with 37  . If an idea for improving the window display of a neighborhood store came to me, I would step in and make the 38   to the storekeeper. If an incident happened, the story of 39   I think the  local Catholic priest could use, I would call him up to tell him about it, 40  I am not a Catholic .One discovery I made about giving-away is that it is almost 41 to give away anything in this world without getting something 42  , though the return often comes in an unexpected form.

One Sunday morning the local post office43    an important special delivery letter to my home, though it was  44   to me at my office. I wrote the postmaster a note of 45  .

More than a year 46   .I was  47  at the window that there were no boxes 48   , and that my name would have to go on a long waiting49   . As I was about to leave, the postmaster 50   in the doorway. He had overheard our 51  . “Wasn’t it you that wrote us that letter a year ago about delivering a special delivery to your 52   ?” I said yes. “Well, you certainly are going to 53   a box in this post office if we have to make 54    for you. You don’t know what a letter like that 55 to us. We usually get nothing but complaints.”

36.A.decision           B. preparation        C. promise      D. discovery

37 A. sending out        B. giving away        C. carrying on   D.giving up

38A. plan              B. action             C. research      D. suggestion

39A. which             B. that              C. whom        D. what

40.A. although           B. because          C. even         D.still

41.A. natural            B. impossible        C. certain        D. again

42. A. instead            B. again            C. immediately   D.back

43.A. posted             B. gave            C. delivered      D. returned

44.A. written            B. introduced        C. named        D.addressed

45.A. thanks             B. apology         C. worry        D. instruction

46.A. ago               B. later            C. before        D. away

47.A. showed            B. advised         C. proved        D. informed

48.A . reached           B. left              C. received      D.taken

49.A.list                B. time             C. table         D.way

50.A. came              B. moved            C.appeared      D.spoke

51.A. conversation        B. quarrel           C. problem      D. question

52.A. office             B. company            C. home        D.school

53.A. take              B. receive              C. have         D. accept

54.A. it                 B. one                 C. them        D. that

55.A. works             B. says                 C. means       D. contains

B

KATHMANDU, Nepal (CNN) - Nepal has given its security personnel permission to shoot pro-Tibet demonstrators during China's Olympic flame climb to Mount Everest's summit early next month.

"About 25 soldiers and policemen have established camps on the mountain and they have been ordered to use force if necessary to stop any anti-Chinese activities," Mod Raj Dotel, spokesman for the home ministry, said Sunday. "This could mean shooting if necessary."

Security personnel will also check mountain climbers for non-essential expedition materials, Dotel added.

"If anyone is found with anti-Chinese material their permit will be canceled and returned from the mountain," he said.

Chinese climbers plan to take the Olympic flame to the top of the world's highest peak, at 8,848 meters (29,028 feet) as part of the global relay leading up to the August 8 opening of the Summer Olympics in Beijing.

Spring is the most popular season for climbing Mount Everest, which straddles(跨越) the border between Nepal and Tibet, an autonomous region of China.

The Nepali government has given permits to dozens of climbers from 30 expeditions this season.

But between May 1 and May 10, climbers are barred from going above 6,400 meters until the torch run is completed. China plans to take the Olympic flame to the summit sometime then.

Bad weather conditions allow only about two opportunities in May for a push to the summit.

The Chinese have not allowed any expedition to climb the mountain from the north side, according the Kathmandu representative of the Tibet China Mountaineering Association.

Almost every day in the past month, Nepalese police have arrested pro-Tibet protesters from in front of the Chinese Embassy and the United Nations offices. The demonstrators are released later in the evening.  

Supporters of Tibet punish the government's attitude toward the autonomous region, and many believe China should not have been awarded the honor of hosting the Olympic Games.

Earlier torch relay stops in London, England; Paris, France; and San Francisco, California attracted tens of thousands of demonstrators. They led to attacks on the torch and relay participants, and prompted police to make dozens of arrests.

Subsequent stops in Argentina, Tanzania and Oman were trouble-free.

In Pakistan, authorities closed the relay to the public. And India shortened the relay and kept thousands of anti-Chinese protesters at bay by sealing off roads and shuttering buildings along the route.

The relay went smoothly in Bangkok, Thailand, on Saturday, amid heavy security and scattered protests along the route.

The flame arrived in Malaysia on Sunday. About 1,000 police officers will be on hand to watch for protesters during a relay in the capital city Kuala Lampur Monday.

61．When will China's Olympic flame probably reach Mount Everest's summit?

A．April 28     B．May 12        C．June 10        D．May 7

62．The underlined word “barred” means_____________.

A．permitted      B．stopped        C．encouraged     D．introduced 

63．How many times Climbers can reach the top of the mountain at most in May?

A．once             B．twice   

C．three times            D．as many times as they can

64．Where did the torch relay meet no trouble?

A．India          B．Nepal     C．Tanzania         D．France

65．What is the attitude of the Nepali government towards towards China's Olympic flame climb to Mount Everest's summit?

       A．negative         B．positive        C．ambiguous           D．Indifferent

第二卷 （非选择题）

第三部分：写作（共三节，满分55分）

第一节：单词拼写（共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分）

根据下列句子及所给汉语注释，在句子右边的横线上写出空缺处各单词的正确形式。（每空只写一词）

66．If you are invited to a family in a foreign country, it’s polite to bring a small gift, such as a bar of _________(巧克力).                     66．______

67．I hope I’m not _______(打断) you.         67．_________________

68．Both sides admitted that the exchange between the two schools was a great _______ （成功）.68．_________________

69．We use X as the symbol for an ______(未知) quantity.69．_________________

70．The doctor said his ________(体温) was normal, and that he just lacked a good rest.       70．_________________

71．It was a relief that the patient was ________(稍微) better.71．________________

72．_______ （提醒）me to call Alan before I go out.  72．_________________

73．The English language is widely used in many _________(国际) conferences.73．_________________

74．Jane always makes her parents ________(失望) by not passing the exam.74．_________________

75．His family are going to celebrate his _______(百岁) birthday. 75．_________________