25．In Switzerland, six miles west of Geneva,___________ a collection of laboratory buildings.

       A．lie             B．are lying            C．lies        D．lays

15． After retiring, he was recommended to ____ gardening as a hobby.

     A． take up   B． take on   C． take off         D． take away

20．—Is that Dec. 21, 2012 is the end of the world true?

       —Definitely not, but________must be paid to the global climate change.

       A．attention                 B．care                        C．contact                   D．Influence

II. Guided Writing  

Directions: Write an English composition in 120～150 words according to the picture and direction given.

你在英语学习中是否也有小熊掰玉米(corncobs) 的烦恼吗？请简要描述图片，并谈谈你的感受。

29. Everybody talks about the taste of great food, but hardly _________ about the tongue and

the nose that make the tasting possible.

A. anybody talks                    B. does anybody talk  

C. talks anybody                    D. nobody talks

17.  ________ is expected, according to the on-line survey, is that prices of houses will not go up any longer.

A. It        B. As          C. Which      D. What

30.—Why did you leave the lights burning?

  —Heavens! I guess I__________to turn them off.

   A. would forget       B. had forgot      C. forgot       D. have forgot

34. The man showed us so heavy a stone _______ no man can lift.

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

第二部分　阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分30分）

                                        A

Since it was published in 1818, Frankenstein, a classic horror story, has been in print in many languages.  The monster from the novel by Mary Shelley is the result of man's uncontrolled desire to create and apply his knowledge.

    The novel features Victor Frankenstein, a student who explores the secrets of life in his laboratory. Fearing that he has created a monster, Victor Frankenstein wants to stop but too late. The monster kills Victor Frankenstein's young brother and causes the murder to be blamed on an innocent girl. Victor and the monster meet in the frozen mountains. The monster asks Victor to create a female monster, promising to afterwards leave with her for the wilds. Victor begins the work and discovers the monster has followed him to watch the work. Victor regrets his decision to create a second monster and worries that together they will begin a species of monster. Victor destroys the monster's bride. The monster soon takes revenge (复仇) on Victor by killing his best friend, his father and finally, his bride, Elizabeth. Victor pursues (追赶) the monster across many places. On the point of death, Victor meets a ship and tells his story to the captain whose letters and diaries are then to form this novel. Victor Frankenstein's last words are, "Farewell, Walton! Avoid ambition, even if it is only the obviously innocent one of distinguishing yourself in science and discoveries."

Frankenstein’s conflicted ambition is with us always. And the Monster stands at our window, reminding us to take care of our creations against experimenting with things we don’t understand.

36. The passage was written to　_______。

    A. tell us the story from Frankenstein         B. encourage us to explore the secret of life

    C. entertain us with the monster              D. show pity on Victor Frankenstein

37. According to the passage, Mary Shelley' s Frankenstein is made up of_________。

    A. poems         B. plays    C. fairy tales     D. letters and diaries

38. The correct order of the following events is_________。

    a. The monster follows Frankenstein to watch his work.

    b. Frankenstein runs after the monster across many places.

    c. The monster kills Frankenstein's bride.

    d. Frankenstein kills the monster's bride.

    e. Frankenstein creates a monster in experiments.

    A. e, b, a, c, d       B. e, d, c, b, a     C. e, a, c, d, b       D. e, a, d, c, b

39. In the last paragraph, the writer of the passage points that_______。

    A. the monster is still disturbing people

    B. man's ambition in creations should never be allowed

    C. man's risky experiments have created many monsters

D. creations in science should be carefully dealt with

D

Like fine food, good writing is something we approach with pleasure and enjoy from the first taste to the last. And good writers, like good cooks, do not suddenly appear full-blown（成熟的）. Quite the opposite ,just as the cook as to undergo a particular training, mastering the skills of his trade, the writer must sit at his desk and devote long hours to achieving a style in his writing, whatever its purpose is — schoolwork, matters of business, or purely social communication. You may be sure that the more painstaking the effort, the more effective the writing, and the more rewarding.

There are still some faraway places in the world where you might find a public scribe（抄写员）to do your business or social writing for you, for money. There are a few managers who are lucky enough to have the service of that rare kind of secretary who can take care of all sorts of letters writing with no more than a quick note to work from. But for most of us, if there is any writing to be done, we have to do it ourselves.

We have to write school papers, business papers or home papers. We are constantly called on to put words to papers. It would be difficult to count the number of such words, messages, letters, and reports put into mails or delivered by hand, but the daily figures must be extremely large. What is more, everyone who writes expects, or at least hopes whatever he writes will be read from first word to last, not just thrown into some “letters-to-be-read” files or into the wastepaper basket. This is the reason we make efforts toward learning and practicing the skills of interesting, effective writing.

48. In this passage, good writing is compared to fine food because both______.

A. are enjoyable     B. are easy to learn       

C. are unnecessary to life      D. take a short time to prepare

49. According to the passage, which of the following statements is TRUE?

A. Writing skills are less important than experience.

B. A good writer should have his own way of writing.

C. A good writer should learn to write the same kind of article.

D. The more efforts one makes, the more money one can earn.

50. The authour thinks that the most important reason for us to practice writing skill is ______.

A. to learn about our life                            B. to attract others to read

C. to do daily reports easily                 D. to become good secretaries

51. The purpose of the author in writing his passage is to ______.

A. comment and blame                       B. introduce and describe

C. explain and persuade                      D. interest and inform