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第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从31－50各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项标号涂黑。

In the early 1800’s, a boy named John lived in an orphanage (孤儿院) with several other children. Every day was  31  working and Christmas was the one day of the year  32  the children did not work and received a gift — an orange. The children  33  it so much that they kept it for weeks, and even  34 — smelling it,  35  it and loving it. Usually they tried to preserve(保护) it for so  36  that it often went bad before they ate it. 

This year John knew he would soon be  37  enough to leave. He would save the orange until his birthday in July. If he preserved it  38 , he might be able to eat it on his birthday. 

Christmas day finally came. The children were so  39  as they entered the dining hall. In his excitement, John knocked over something, causing a big  40 . Immediately the master shouted, “John, leave the hall and there will be no orange for you.” John's heart  41 . He turned and ran back to the  42  room so that the children wouldn’t see his tears. 

Then he heard the door open and the children entered. Little Elizabeth with a  43  on her face held out her small hands. “Here John,” she said, “this is for you.” As John  44  his head, he saw a big juicy  45  all peeled and quartered … Each child had sacrificed(舍弃) their own orange by 46  a quarter and had created a big, beautiful orange for him. 

John never forgot the sharing, love and personal  47  his friends had shown him that Christmas day.  48  that day, after he became rich, every year he  49  send oranges all over the world to children everywhere. His  50  was that no child would ever spend Christmas without a special Christmas fruit! 

31. A. forced  B. passed C. taken  D. spent

32. A. as  B. when  C. while  D. which

33. A. needed  B. wanted       C. valued D. liked

34. A. months B. days    C. years   D. seasons

35. A. tasting  B. watching    C. pressing     D. touching

36. A. much    B. soon   C. long    D. far

37. A. old       B. strong C. tall     D. experienced

38. A. seriously      B. carefully    C. secretly      D. softly

39. A. nervous       B. excited       C. pleasant      D. eager

40.A. cry B. disappointment  C. surprise      D. noise

41.A. jumped  B. stopped      C. broke  D. settled

42.A. cold      B. small  C. old     D. lonely

43.A. look      B. tears   C. comfort      D. smile

44.A. shook    B. lifted  C. put     D. turned

45.A. gift       B. surprise      C. orange       D. wonder

46.A. sharing  B. breaking     C. eating D. taking

47.A. feelings B. affairs C. relation      D. sacrifice

48.A. In return for B. In case of   C. In memory of    D. In search of

49.A. must     B. would C. might  D. should

50.A. desire    B. idea    C. meaning     D. thinking

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．— Do you know Jim quarrelled with his brother?

       — I don’t know, _________ .

       A．nor don’t I care                                                 B．nor do I care

       C．I don’t care neither                                     D．I don’t care also

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第三部分、阅读理解（共15个小题；每小题2分，满分30分）

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出最佳选项。

The richest country

To reach the world’s richest country, you needn’t set out for the Middle East, but for the South Pacific, to a tiny dot just south of the equator, called Nauru. Only 8.2 square miles in size, the whole of this country can be seen from the air as the plane comes into land. The blue South Pacific reaches for thousands of miles in all directions, the nearest piece of land being Ocean Island 200 miles to the east.

Nauro is so small that the plane lands in what is best regarded as the capital’s main street. The seaward side of the runway has traffic lights at each end to stop cars when planes are landing. The tiny bus station outside the airport is crowded with well-fed and brightly clothed Naurans with their modern cars.

With Naurans now getting an average(平均) of $44,500 a year, the island’s 60,000 people seem to have little to worry about. A trip to the island’s central hump(隆峰) tells a slightly different story.

The hump with a great deal of phosphate(磷酸盐) round is Nauru’s wealth. When Nauru gained freedom from the British government in 1908, about 40 million tons of the earliest 100 million tons of phosphate were left. Since it has taken out another 10 million tons, which leaves enough only for another 20-25 years.

61.The best title of the text should be______.

A. Wealth and population of Nauru

B. The most beautiful country in the world

C. A small island surrounded by the Pacific

D. A small but rich island country

62.It can be inferred from the text that______.

A.Nauru has not built a runway in the airport yet

B.Nauru is not large enough to build the runway of the plane

C.the Naurans are not rich enough to build a runway of the plane

D.no cars run on the main street

63.From the last sentence of the text we can learn that the writer wants to tell us______.

A.why Naurans are so rich

B.something more about Nauru

C.something for Naurans to worry about

D.how the British robbed Nauru of their wealth

64.How many tons of phosphate will probably be taken out in Nauru a year?

A. 2,000,000 to 2,500,000 tons

B. 2,800,000 to 3,500,000 tons

C. 1,200,000 to 1,500,000 tons

D. 400,000 to 500,000 tons

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--- I don’t suppose the police know who did it.

   --- Well, surprisingly they do. A man has been arrested and __________ now.

   A. has been questioned            B. is being questioned

   C. is questioning                 D. has questioned

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第二节：书面表达（满分35分）

当前不少文学作品被改编成电影。有人选择看电影，有人则喜欢读原著。请你以“Film or book, which do you prefer?”为题，按照下列要点写一篇报告：

注意：1、词数：100-120 文章题目和开头已给出（不计入词数）。

           2、参考词汇： original work 或 book in the original （原著）

Film or book, which do you prefer?

Some of us think that it is better to see the film than to read the book in the original.

_____________________________________________________________________

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_______wants to study English well must learn things____________.

A No matter who; with heart   B  who; from his heart

C whoever ; by heart          D  whomever; by his heart

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—You must apologize to Rebecca for being so rude, Sam.

—Why ________ I say sorry? It’s she ________ said insulting words first.

A. should; who      B. must; whom      C. can; that     D. will; who

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 She couldn’t ______ the fact that the money was found in his house.

A. answer for         B. leave for        C. care for   D. account for

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―― Our family will travel to Shanghai for the World Expo this weekend.

――_______

A. Congratulations   B. Take care      C. Have fun        D. Good luck

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Are you carrying too much on your back to school? Lots of kids of your age are. Not only are students in China suffering from the problem, but kids in the United States are puzzled by heavy school bags.

    Experts are starting to worry that young students are having back and neck problems as a result of school bags being too heavy for them. It is hard for me to get up the stairs with my bag because it's so heavy, said Rick Hammond, an 11-year-old student in the US.

    Rick is among the students who have regular backpacks(背包) with two straps (带子) to carry them, but a number of other students choose rolling backpacks. But even with rolling backpacks, getting up stairs and buses with them is still a problem for kids. Many of them have hurt their knees, backs or necks because of heavy school bags.

　  But how much is too much? Experts say students should carry no more than 10 to 15 percent of their own body weight. Scott Bautch, a Wisconsin back doctor, said kids under 4th grade should stay with 10 percent, but it’s also important that older kids don’t go beyond (超出) 15 percent, because their bones are still growing.

    Bautch explained that there are other injuries caused by backpacks. Kids are losing their balance and falling down with these backpacks, he said.

    Parents and teachers are starting to tell kids to only take home library books they will be reading in the evening. Some teachers are using worksheets (作业单 ) or thin workbooks for students to take home.

    One of the best answers is, as some kids suggest, to have no homework at all!

60. According to experts, a primary student in Grade 6, who is 40 kilograms, should carry a bag   weighing ______ kilograms at most.

   A. 4 　      B.6       　C.8 　     D.10

61. As school bags are too heavy for younger students to carry, they ______.

   A. show no interest in studying at school.

   B. often fall ill

   C. are having back and neck problems

   D. usually ask their parents for help

62. The author wrote the passage to _____.

   A. seek(寻找) ways to solve the problem of heavy bags

   B. appeal (呼吁) to teachers for caring for the students

   C. criticize(批评) the government for having done nothing to help students

   D. tell us that heavy bags are bad for students’ health

63. Parents and teachers are starting to tell kids to take home only library books they will be   reading in the evening to ______.

   A. make students more interested in reading than watching TV

   B. give them more free time to play

   C. make their bags easier to carry

   D. let them sleep early at night