Everyone knows the story of Benjamin Franklin’s famous kite flight. He was a man of many talents and interests. His natural curiosity about things and the way they work made him try to find ways to make them work better. Although he made important discoveries and advancements, Ben didn’t “invent” electricity. He did, however, invent the lightning rod which protected buildings and ships from lightning damage.

   In colonial America, most people warmed their homes by building a fire in a fireplace even though it was kind of dangerous and used a lot of wood. Ben figured that there had to be a better way. His invention of an iron furnace stove allowed people to warm their home less dangerously and with less wood. The furnace stove that he invented is called a Franklin stove. Interestingly, Ben also established the first fire company and the first fire insurance company in order to help people live more safely.

   As the postmaster, Ben had to figure out routes for delivering the mail. He went out riding in his carriage to measure the routes and needed a way to keep track of the distance. He invented a simple odometer and attached it to his carriage.

   In his old age, Ben retired from business and public service and wanted to spend his time reading and studying. He found, however, that his old age had made it difficult for him to reach books from the high shelves. Even though he had many grandchildren to help him, he invented a tool called a long arm to reach the high books. The long arm was a long wooden pole with a grasping claw at the end.

   Later, other famous inventors, like Thomas A. Edison and Alexander Graham Bell, would follow in Ben’s footsteps by trying to find ways to help people live better. Today’s curious thinkers are keeping Ben’s traditions alive by inventing new and improved ways to make things work.

68. We can learn from the passage that Benjamin Franklin ___________________.

A. made his first invention using a kite

B. made his living by delivering the mail

C. set up some companies to help people to live better

D. made a stove which used other fuels instead of wood

69. The underlined word “odometer” in Paragraph 3 refers to something that ________.

A. contains the mail                                                 B. shows the direction

C. makes the carriage go fast                     D. records total miles covered

70. Benjamin Franklin invented a long arm in order to _________.

A. replace his disabled arm

B. play games with his grandchildren

C. get books from the bookshelf more easily

D. clean and tidy his house and the bookshelf

71. The last paragraph mainly wants to tell us that _____________.

A. Ben was the most famous inventor.

B. other inventors learned a lot from Ben.

C. Ben’s spirit of inventing remain with us.

D. thinkers are more likely to become inventors

第三节：书面表达（满分30分）

以An outstanding woman –Madam Curie为题按下列表格的内容写一篇介绍居里夫人的80-100字的短文。

You_________return the book now. You can keep it till next week if you like.

       A. needn’t      B. mustn’t      C. couldn’t     D. ought to

--–How much money have you got _____you ?

    ---My pocket money ____not more than 5 dollars.

   A. on, adds up to                              B. with, adds up

   C. about, added up                            D. with, added up to

David is such a good boy ________all the teachers like him.

A. like      B. that       C. which     D. as

V. 选择适当的词组填空 ．根据所提供的语景，从方框中选择正确的短语填空完成句子： (共8小题；每小题1分，满分8分）

  broke out,  on the contrary ,  played a trick on   , dressed up ,      in time,  caught sight of ,

now that ,  in memory of ,    prevented…from       ,  get away with ,  

68.He wrote a long moving poem__________________  those who died in the war.

69. We _____________________________ them and they fell right into it .      

70. ___________ in her most beautiful skirt, the girl tried to make herself noticed at the party.

71. How should you let him___________________________  telling lies?

72. ---I hear you like your new job.

---__________________________________, it’s terribly uninteresting.

73. We were ________________ by heavy smog ____________________seeing anything.

77. All the children jumped with joy when they ________________ the mountain in the distance.

75. ____________________ you’ve got a chance, you might as well make full use of it.     

第二卷（共45分）

V. 选用正确的词组填空 （共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分；其中有三个多余项）

leave alone;   was aware ;   came across;    as far as he was concerned;    adjust to;

fit in with;    in the meantime;  dying to;  all in all;  had no difficulty;      upside down;

71.He has his faults, but _______________ he is an honest man.

72.You buy the fruit, ________________ I'll cook breakfast.

73.Besides,____________________ ,what other people thought was not the most important thing.

74.His ideas didn't __________________ our aims.

75.How difficult do you think it is to ________________ living in another country?

76.I ______________ this book in an old bookstore near the Palace Museum.

77.I know you're ________________ hear all about my life here.

78.You'd better turn the bottle _________________ to empty out the oil.

第II卷(非选择题  共35分)

注意：将答案写在答题卡上，写在本试卷上无效。

第三部分：写作(共两节，满分35分)

第一节：短文改错 (共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分)

    假如英语课上老师要求同学们交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多两处。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。

    增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧)，并在其下面写出应加的词。

    删除：把多余的词用斜线(＼)划掉。

    修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在其下面写出修改后的词。

    注意：1．每处错误及其修改均仅限一词。

          2．只允许修改10处，多者(从十一处起)不计分。

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Math teacher David Benke said he had no time____his life when he stopped a man shooting at students．

A．for fear of                  B．for fear that         C．to fear for              D．in fear of

I can never forget the days _____ we worked together and the days _____ we spent together.

 A. when; which    B. which; when    C. what; that    D when; when