We firmly believe that ______ the new examination system comes into existence, completely new situations will arise.

A. considering                     B. supposed                  C. providing                D. given

Weather is the subject matter of Westerners whenever they met. Housewives, businessmen, factory workers as well as farmers all talk about the weather. It’s everyday news, whether or not conditions change. Many newspapers carry a regular front page news story in addition to the full reports on as inside-page provided by the weather service. Here are several different types of weather reports taken from the western papers:

   No. 1 Regional Forecast

   No. 2 Three-day Forecast

   No. 3 Weather Stories

45. In a street corner of London, two strangers may begin their talk with “_____”.

  A. Hi, how are you?            B. What are you doing here? Waiting for someone?

  C. A nice day, isn’t it?           D. Didn’t you listen to the weather report last night?

46. The noon temperature of _____ is nearly 70’s at the weekend.

  A. Western Great Lakes            B. Duluth, Minn

  C. Westchester, Rockland          D. New Jersey

47. It seems that _____ has plenty of rain at the present season.

  A. Western Great Lakes  B. Wisconsin  C. Westchester Rockland  D. New Jersey

48. Which of the following is most probable according to No.3?

  A. The traffic was terribly affected.

  B. The Five Great Lakes were covered by heavy snow.

  C. The temperatures might drop to 50℃.

  D. Many schools were damaged in the snowstorm.

第二卷（非选择题，共两大题，35分）

第四部分: 任务型阅读 (共10小题；每小题l分, 满分l0分)

请认真阅读下列短文, 并根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填入一个最恰当的单词。注意: 每个空格只填1个单词。请将答案写在答题纸上相应题号的横线上。

Many people think a telephone is a necessity (必需品). But I think it is a pest (有害的事物) and a time waste. Very often you find it impossible to escape from it. If you have a telephone in your own house, you will admit that it tends to ring when you least want it to ring; when you are asleep, or in the middle of a meal or a conversation or when you are just going out, or when you are in your bath. Are you strong-minded enough to ignore it? You are not. You think there may be some important news or message for you. I can assure you that if a message is really important it will reach you sooner or later. Have you ever rushed from the bathroom or the bed, only to be told that you are a wrong number?

But you will say, you need not have your name printed in the telephone directory, and you can have a telephone which is only usable for outgoing calls. Besides, you will say, isn’t it important to have a telephone in case of sudden emergency—illness, accident, or fire? Of course, you are right, but here in a country with a large population like England one is seldom far from a telephone in case of emergency.

I think perhaps I had better try to prove that what I like is good. I admit that in different cases—if I were a wealthy and powerful business person, for instance, or badly ill and had to lie in bed, I might find a telephone a necessity. But then if I were a taxi driver I should find a car as necessity. Let me put it another way: there are two things for which the English seem to show particular talent: one is mechanical (机器的) invention, the other literature. My own business happens to be with the use of words but I see I must now stop using them, for I have just been handed a piece of paper to say that somebody is waiting to speak to me on the telephone. I think I had better answer it. After all, one never knows, it may be something important.

第二部分: 英语知识运用 (共两节, 满分35分)

第一节：单项选择 (共15小题；每小题1分, 满分15分)

请认真阅读下面各题, 从题中所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中, 选出最佳选项, 并在答题纸上将该项涂黑。

 Every possible means ________ tried but the problem remains unsolved.

A. has been              B. have been            C. are                    D. is

—Hey, Peter, did you enjoy your party last night?

   —Definitely! The food there _____ delicious in particular.

   A. is tasted     B. was tasting     C. tasted      D. tastes

The key point is not who said the words,______ they are true or not.

A. but whether       B. and whether       C. but how     D. and how

The fierce competition of this international tennis tournament ended in a tie, 3-3, so the two sides are________neck and neck.

   A．fundamentally    B．slightly     C．continuously    D. weightlessly

George, you are no longer a “little boy”. You should have the_________to tell right from wrong.

A. prejudice       B. relationship           C. ability                D. advantage

最近，你看到某报纸正在征集主题为“How to be popular”的短文，对此你很感兴趣。请你根据下表内容谈一谈自己的想法，给该报社投稿。

注意：1.词数不少于100;

      2.可根据内容适当增加细节，使行文连贯;

3.文章的标题和开头已为你写好，不计入总词数。

How to be popular

Most people would like to be popular with others, but what is the secret to achieve popularity? As a matter of fact, it’s pretty simple.________________________

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Bison waste no longer fell on the ground to improve the soil, which ____ became less good for growing plants.

A. for one thing     B. in return          C. as a result       D. after all