第二节：完型填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36-55各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出最佳选项。

The earliest men did not have much time for art; they faced many dangers, and hunting for food took  36  almost all their time . But after many thousands of years,  37 perhaps a million years or more, they became very good hunters, and   38  gave them a little free time which they could use for other things. A few of them began to paint on the walls of the caves    39  they lived. Many early artists painted animals  40  they were the most important things in their lives. Animals supplied   41  to keep them living, and skins to keep them    42 .

Like painters today, the  43  artists possibly painted for many   44 , Perhaps they wanted to give their cave a little brightness and color; perhaps they had a few special ideas which they could express most easily in a   45  and perhaps they   46  wanted to spend a little time in a pleasant way. Many of them  47  magic（巫术），and they often drew animals which they caught. They  48  that by drawing these things, they would make them really   49 .

In many parts of the world , people have   50  cave paintings. The earliest paintings  51  we know about are in Europe. Because of the  52  weather, the earliest men in Europe used the caves for  53 ; in many warmer parts of the world, this was not necessary. We know a lot about the  54  of the Eurpopean paintings, and we believe that the earliest  55  were painted about thirty thousand years ago.

36．A．away         B．back              C．out         D．up

37．A．even          B．though              C．and        D．or

38．A．which           B．this               C．what       D．who

39．A．which           B．that               C．where       D．when

40．A．although       B．because             C．if           D．as if

41．A．air            B．fur                C．food       D．water

42．A．comfortable     B．warm                   C．beautiful   D．healthy

43．A．super         B．early             C．clever       D．talented

44．A．people          B．places               C．animals     D．reasons

45．A．painting        B．word             C．smile      D．wall

46．A．often         B．quite             C．just        D．even

47．A．believed in       B．took advantage of  C．tried out   D．begged for

48．A．knew         B．hoped               C．understood D．realized

49．A．disappear      B．appear              C．miss       D．find

50．A．searched       B．looked for         C．discovered       D．known

51．A．which           B．that               C．when      D．as

52．A．sunny           B．warm                   C．cool       D．cold

53．A．home               B．house               C．shelter      D．building

54．A．names          B．dates             C．places       D．shows

55．A．that           B．one               C．it           D．ones

Last week, we explained that the planet Mars had passed “opposition.” It passed a point opposite the Sun. This week, we tell about the planet’s surprising motion among the stars.

For thousands of years, people have recognized that planets travel among the stars. The planets generally follow the path taken by the Sun through the sky. The Sun’s path is called the ecliptic. The groups of stars along the ecliptic are called the Zodiac(黄道带).

The motion of the planets can be confusing at times. Everyone knows the Sun rises in the east and sets in the west. But this is caused by the turning motion of the Earth. Planets generally move from west to east.

However, Mars will appear to move backward for about two months this year. This happens because the Earth is overtaking Mars on its way around the Sun. Mars began its backward, or westward, motion on May 11th. It will start moving eastward again on July 19th.

Mars’ apparent motion has been a mystery to astronomers for hundreds of years. Most early theories of tilt solar system argued that the Sun and planets turned around the Earth. But the sudden westward motion of Mars presented problem. Why would Mars move west for two months when it nears “opposition”?

In 1543, a Polish church worker named Nicolas Copernicus published a different theory. His theory said the Earth and planets moved around the Sun in perfectly circular orbits. Copernicus’ theory was simpler. But his Sun-centered system still did not explain the observed motion of Mars very well.

Finally, a German mathematician named Johannes Kepler published a complete theory of the motion of the planets in 1619. He had carefully studied the motion of Mars for many years.

Johannes Kepler discovered that the planets do not move in circular orbits around the Sun. Instead, they travel in flattened orbits called ellipses(椭圆). Mars’ elliptical orbit is the cause of its unusual brightening this year and its apparent large size.

During the next several weeks, you can see for yourself why the mysterious motion of Mars has caused so many people to wonder.

64.From the passage we can learn that _________.

       A. the sun and planets generally travel westward

B. Kepler studied the orbit of the planets in 1619

C. Copernicus’ theory well explained the motion of Mars

D. the Earth’s turning motion causes the sun to rise in the east

65.On July 19th Mars _______.

A. will pass the “opposition”              

B. appears to change its direction again

C. will begin to move westward   

D. appears to change its orbit again

66.Why does Mars appear to be bigger and brighter when it passes “opposition”?

       A. It is overtaking the earth                 B. It follows the path of the sun

C. It moves in an elliptical orbit           D. It travels in a circular orbit.

67.What is the best title for the passage?

       A. The Recent Research into Mars        B. The Surprising Motion of Mars

C. The Great Discovery on Mars          D. The Wonderful Mystery of Mars

第Ⅱ卷（非选择题，共35分）

第四部分  写作（共两节，满分35分）

第一节  短文改错（本题共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分）

此题要求改正所给短文中的错误。对标有题号的每一行作出判断：如无错误，在该行右边横线上画一个勾（√）；如有错误（每行只有一个错误），则按下列情况改正：

此行多一个词：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉，在该行右边横线上写出该词，并也用斜线划掉。

此行缺一个词：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），在该行右边横线上写出该加的词。?

此行错一个词：在错的词下划一横线，在该行右边横线上写出改正后的词。

注意：原行没有错的不要改。

 At your school, who usually makes the decision to punish a             76       

student who is found cheat in an exam or getting into a fight?             77        

“The school authority(官方), of course!”You may say. And in             78        

the No. 10 Middle School, a special student committee has the finally say.   79      

Wang Wei, who was made the president of the committee, told us          80      

that his school encouraged self-education and self-management between    81      

students. The committee deals with students who break away school rules.   82      

And it will collect opinions from the people concerned before handing out   83    

a formal opinion to the school authority. In most case , the school authority   84      

follows their opinions in the end . By this way students who are punished    85      

feel more happy.      

Use your head. nothing taught by others can have the same effect on you as ________learned by yourself．

A. those　　　 B. what      C. that　　　　D. the one     

There ______ nobody else at hand, we had to do all this on our own.

 A. was             B. had                     C. being             D. to be

 Mr. Black was so____ to his research that he seldom cared about what happened around him.

A. devoted                    B. concerned                 C. absorbed                                D. used

Around 1850, a terrible disease hit the potato crop and potatoes__________ bad.

   A. went                   B. became                    C. got                          D. turned

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36-55各题所给的四个选项（A,B,C和D）中，选出一个最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

My neighbor has an eight-year-old daughter. She used to stay in the countryside, her   36   place. Recently her parents brought her to town to live with them. __37   and uneducated, she would swear or use dirty words when she was   38 _. Sometimes she got   39   to roll on the ground, to the   40   of people around. Her parents tried to tame（驯服） her by beating and kicking, __41   lead to worse outbursts(爆发). Finally they became   42   disappointed with her.

One day their next-door neighbor, a retired woman teacher gave the girl a snow-white dress,   43   was very beautiful. It immediately caught the girl’s eyes and made them shine brightly.

The girl put on the dress and became quite   44   person. She no longer   abused or __45   others, and rolled   46   on the floor. She knew running wild would make her lose face   47   such a beautiful dress. Since then the girl had been   48  , neat, and lovely.

The story set me thinking a lot. Perhaps everyone has a beautiful dress  _49_  somewhere in his or her __50__. Only some people are not aware(意识) of it, forget it or   51   it. Beauty is a power force or weapon—that’s something   52   by many of us. It can arouse fine   53   that humans are born with but have so far hidden somewhere. It has a soul-making   54 __ that is  55    unmatched.

36.  A. native                B. strange       C. similar                D. homeless

37.  A. Excited          B. Wild         C. Polite           D. Dishonest

38.  A. happy                B. scared          C. unhappy          D. calm

39.  A. up to          B. as far           C. so mad            D. so wild as

40.  A. pleasure         B. delight         C. sorrow         D. surprise

41.  A. as to            B. likely to       C. only to                D. so as to

42.  A. hardly            B. completely       C. partly           D. exactly

43.  A. which                B. the          C. it              D. this

44.  A. the other        B. another         C. other            D. each other

45.  A. surprised        B. confused       C. attacked        D. spoke

46.  A. more          B. much               C. less            D. few

47.  A. in               B. with         C. on                D. at

48.  A. impolite         B. loyal         C. determined             D. gentle

49.  A. laid            B. covered        C. hidden          D. fixed

50.  A. eyes            B. heart         C. body             D. head

51.  A. lose            B. control       C. recognise         D. undress

52.  A. realised          B. noticed        C. unrealized       D. valued

53.  A. thoughts         B. opinions       C. purposes           D. qualities

54.  A. effort          B. influence      C. work             D. warmth

55.  A. indeed          B. never         C. seldom          D. sometimes

When I worked as a waitress in Chicago, US, my coworkers  and I would groan (叹 息) whenever we heard someone with a foreign accent coming into our restaurant. We knew what it meant to serve a non–American: no tip. We would work just as hard as we always did, but we might not get paid

Americans have an unspoken rule about tipping: they give tips to almost everyone who offers them a service of some kind. Americans tip their waiters, barbers and taxi drivers. An appropriate (合适的) tip is between 15 and 20 percent of the amount charged for the service, but the charge for the tip doesn’t appear on the bill. The customer is expected to add it on himself/herself.

So if you order $100 worth of food, you are expected to pay your waiter at least $15, making your total payment $115. Tipping less than this sends a message to your waiter that you think they’ve done a bad job serving you. And to leave no tip at all is simply unacceptable.

    It’s not that American waiters are greedy. In many countries, waiters are paid a salary for their work. They’ll earn money even if no one comes into the restaurant. This system offers much more safety for waiters than the American version. In the US, waiters know that a night without customers means a night without pay.

    Some countries include a tip for waiters – a “service charge” – on the bill itself. Since the tip is included with the other charges, waiters don’t need to worry about people forgetting to tip. But in the US, waiters do not receive a salary, and service charges only appear on bills when there are six or more customers at the table.

    Since almost all American customers are familiar with the system, they know to add a tip without being told. But visitors to the US may expect waiters to be paid a salary, or think that the tip is included on the bill. So as much as we waiters loved hearing stories about other places from our foreign customers, we were always nervous when they got ready to leave the restaurant. We were never sure what to expect.

55. Why would the author and her coworkers groan when they had to serve a non-American?

   A. They would have difficulty understanding the customer.

   B. They had to work harder to get tips from the customer.

   C. They might not get any payment from the customer.

   D. They thought a non-American customer would be hard to please.

56. If you order $550 worth of food, you are supposed to pay your waiter at least ______.

   A. $55    B. $82.5     C. $100     D.$110

57. Why would it be thought unacceptable not to tip a waiter in the US？

   A. They enjoy getting tips from their customers.

   B. They work harder than waiters in other countries.

   C. They are greedier than waiters in other countries.

   D. They earn most of their money from diners’ tips.

第二部分：阅读理解（共二节：满分45分）

第一节：（共20小题，每小题2分，满分40分）

At the end of a party，he invited her to have coffee with him．In a nice coffee shop，he was too nervous to say anything，and she felt uncomfortable，thinking，“Please let me go home．’’

Suddenly he asked the waiter，“Would you please give me some salt? I'd like to put it in my coffee．’’

Everybody，stared at him—so strange! His face turned red，but，still，he put the salt in his coffee and drank it．

She asked him curiously，“Why do you have this hobby?”

He replied，“When I was a little boy，I was living near the sea．I liked playing in the sea，and I could feel the taste of the sea，just like the taste of the salty coffee．Now every time I have the salty coffee，I always think of my childhood．I miss my hometown and my parents so much．’’  

She was deeply touched．A man who can tell out his-homesickness must be a man who loves home，cares about home，and has responsibility for home．

They continued to date．She found that actually he was such a good person，but she almost missed him!

Thanks to his salty coffee! Then the story went just like every beautiful love story．．．And，every time she made coffee for him，she put some salt in the coffee．

After 40 years，he passed away，leaving her a letter which said，“My dearest，please forgive my whole life lie．This was the only lie I told to you—the salty coffee．

“Remember the first time we dated? I was so nervous at that time．Actually I wanted some sugar，but I said salt．It was hard for me to change，so I just went ahead．

“I tried to tell you the truth many times in my life，but I was too afraid to do that，as I have promised not to lie to you for anything．

 “Now I'm dying，I'm afraid of nothing so I tell you the truth：I don’t like the salty coffee．What a strange bad taste! But I have had the salty coffee in my whole life!…”

 Her tears made the letter totally wet．Someday，someone asked her，“What’s the taste of salty coffee?” “It’s sweet.” she replied．

36．After ordering some salt for his coffee，the young man must have felt______

A．excited         B．satisfied        C．embarrassed    D．displeased

37．Why did the man have salty coffee all his life?

A．To change lifestyle．     B．To please his wife．

C．To keep his word．      D．To remember the past．

38．What did the writer mean by saying “she almost missed him” in Paragraph7 ?

A．She meant to leave him on their first date。  

B．She thought of him every now and then．

C．She nearly misunderstood his explanation．

D．She could hardly believe this simple fact．

39．It is implied in the passage that the woman____when reading the letter left by her husband．

A．was confused about his behavior       

B．was touched by his white lie

C．felt sorry to know the truth too Late         

D．felt angry about his dishonesty