He tried his best to solve the problem, _______difficult it was.

A. however  B. no matter  C. whatever   D. although

You can eat food free in my restaurant ______you like.

   A. whatever      B. whenever   C. wherever      D. however

第三部分：阅读理解（每小题2分；共40分）

 When many people are worried that there are no more heroes in the modern era，two university students who lost their lives to rescue drowning children have shown that heroes still exist．

 According to the Inner Mongolia Morning Post，the tragedy（悲剧） occurred on the afternoon of December 14,2002 when three school students skating on a frozen lake in Qingcheng Park in Hohhot fell through the ice into the freezing water．

 More than 20 university students who happened to be near the spot immediately went to the rescue of the children．Two children were quickly rescued，but the third died．The child's body was not found for three hours． Two of the rescuers，Liu Ye and Hao Longbiao，also died of cold and exhaustion．The body of Hao who took the lead in jumping into the lake was not found until the next day．

  A student who was unwilling to tell his name said he and his classmates from the local college were taking photos at the lake． When they heard the children's cries for help， they went to the ice hole hand in hand to rescue the children． But the ice kept breaking， causing most of them to fall into the icy water．

Local residents held mourning ceremonies（祭奠仪式） at the lake．

 Eight of the students were seriously affected by the freezing water and were being kept in hospital for further observation， but their lives were no longer in danger．

56． When the three students fell into water， the university students were ＿＿＿＿＿．

A． skating on the ice              B． taking photos at the lake

C． having a picnic                 D． walking along the lake

57． Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage？

A． Three students died on the same day in all．

B． Hao Longbiao’s body was found on December 14,2002．

C． The university students didn’t think it dangerous to save the drowning children in the lake．

D． Local residents were not brave in face of danger．

58． It can be inferred that ＿＿＿＿．

A． people think little of the two university students' death

 B． the ice on the lake wasn't strong enough to skate on

C． some students regretted for what they had done

D． heroes don't agree with the steps of modern times

In Canada you can find dogs， cats， horses，etc．in almost every family．These are their pets．People love these pets and have them as their good friends．Before they keep them in their houses，they take them to animal hospitals to give them injections（注射） so that they won't carry disease．They have special animal food stores，though they can get animal food in almost every kind of store．Some people spend around two hundred Canadian dollars a month on animal food.When you visit people's houses，they would be very glad to show you their pets and they are very proud of them．You will also find that almost every family has a bird feeder in their garden．All kinds of birds are welcomed to come and have a good meal． They are free to come and go and nobody is allowed to kill any animal in Canada．They have a law against killing wild animals．If you killed an animal，you would be punished.If an animal happened to get run over by a car，people would be very sad about it．

People in Canada have many reasons to like animals． One of them might be：Their family ties are not as close as ours． When children grow up， they leave their parents and start their own life． Then the old will feel lonely． But pets can solve this problem． They can be good friends and never leave them alone．

67． The passage mainly talks about         ．

A． how to keep disease from pets       B． pets in Canada

C． how to take good care of pets       D． life of the old in Canada

68．They give their pets injections before keeping them at their houses because       ．

A． the pets are sick        

B． the pets are wild

C．they want to stop them from carrying disease 

D．they want them to sleep on the way home

69． In Canada， children leave their parents when they grow up because ＿＿＿＿＿ ．

A.they don't love their parents any more B.they can only find jobs far from their parents 

C.their parents' houses are too small    D.they wouldn't depend on their parents any more

70． Which of the following is TRUE？

A.People buy animal food only at the animal food stores．  B.Pets eat better than people． 

C.Almost every family has a birdcage in his house． D.Any bird can come to the bird feeders to eat．

第三节　书面表达（满分20分）

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Failure is the Mother of Success

We middle school students have had many tests or exams…

The students were completely _____ in their reading.

   A. absorbing     B. being absorbed    C. to absorb    D. absorbed

 They are_________ to eat Chinese food though they have been in America for years.

A.content              B.please?        C.interested             D.fond

— Is there any possible way to help the children get rid of such a bad habit?

   — To be honest, it’s very hard, but we ______on this problem.

   A. work             B. worked           C. are working      D. were working

A week has passed and still nobody has claimed the necklace       in the theater.

       A．discovered       B．discovering      C．to be discovered      D．having discovered

Fish taste better if they      off the bright sunlight. Put you drying table under the tree for best results.

       A．fade out    B．turn out    C．dry out     D．give out