In case it thunders, we’d better _____________ the electricity at once and turn off the TV.

   A. cut in          B. cut off              C. cut down          D. cut away

If you are too formal, people around you won’t be  __________.

A. at ease     B. in danger       C. in common     D. at work

___________, he would have been fired.

       A．Had he lied to the boss    B．Did he lie to the boss

       C．If he has lied to the boss  D．If he lies to the boss

Is it John that is being scolded in the manager’s office?

No. It ______ be him. I saw him on the way just now.

A．mustn’t             B．won’t              C．can’t            D．may not

B

 You are standing under the most famous neon lights in the centre of London, waiting to cross the road. Suddenly the traffic stops. You hear the distant sounds of cheering, clapping and shouting. Then, like a multi-colored train, 2, 000 people with wheels on their feet zoom past you. You have just witnessed the London Skate, a twice weekly roller-skate(溜旱冰) event that attracts people in their hundreds and thou-

sands London. Skate is a completely free tour of the streets of London -the only condition is that you go along on roller-skates. It lasts between two and three hours and by the end of it you have skated between 10 and 12 miles. The skate snakes round the streets of London along several different routes. Many of the routes pass by tourist attractions such as Buckingham Palace and Big Ben. Marshals (交通协调员) go ahe-  of the group, stopping the traffic so that people can skate as safely as possible. Everyone is welcome to take part and people from the age of 4 to 63 years old join the fun. "I love it very much, it is amazing. It feels just like a carnival (狂欢节)，" said Celeste Beverage regular skater.

Roller-skating is really taking off across Europe and America. It is a very good way to keep fit and can be practised anywhere there is a smooth surface. Many big cities in Western Europe and in the US now ha- ve a regular group skating event. The biggest skates take place in Paris and Munich and tens of thousands of fans show up on warm evenings. "Roller-skating is taking over the world," said Julian Grenoble, a 25-   year-old ski shop employee from London. Grenoble went to the Paris-Roller (Paris skate) regularly until he moved to Britain.

"It's so exciting to skate in Paris. Everyone skates so fast and puts in their best efforts!" he said. The Paris Roller is well known because of the huge attendance, the presence of marshals and the police protection. Paris is a great city for roller-skating because of its long wide streets and smooth surfaces. Roller-skating is also becoming more popular in China among young people and children. Skating fans' favorite places to practise in China are big squares.

60. We can infer from the passage that London Skate Event ________.

A. is probably supported by the city government

B. attracts a great many tourists from all over the world

C. usually causes a lot of traffic problems

D. draws people of all ages into the sport

61. The underlined phrase "taking off " in the passage means________ .

A. rising from the ground

B. becoming popular

C. setting out

D. getting exciting

62. Paris is regarded as one of the most suitable places for roller-skating because ________.

A. a large number of roller players attend it

B. the police protect the roller skaters

C. the streets are safe, wide and smooth

D. the event usually takes place on warm evenings

63. This article mainly talks about________ .

A. places and streets for roller-skating

B. roller-skating in big cities

C. London Skate Event

D. roller skaters in different countries

E

The elephant was lying heavily on its side, fast asleep. A few dogs started barking at it. The elephant woke up in a terrible anger: it chased the dogs into the village where they ran for safety.

That didn't stop the elephant. It destroyed a dozen houses and injured several people. The villagers were scared and angry. Then someone suggested calling Parbati, the elephant princess.

   Parbati Barua's father was a hunter of tigers and an elephant tamer. He taught Parbati to ride an elephant before she could even walk. He also taught her the dangerous art of the elephant round-up -- how to catch wild elephants.

   Parbati hasn't always lived in the jungle. After a happy childhood hunting with her father, she was sent to boarding school in the city. But Parbati never got used to being there and many years later she went back to her old fife. "Life in the city is too dull. Catching elephants is an adventure and the excitement lasts for days after the chase," she says.

   But Parbati doesn't catch elephants just for fun. "My work," she says, "is to rescue man from the elephants, and to keep the elephants safe from man." And this is exactly what Parbati has been doing for many years. Increasingly, the Indian elephant is angry: for many years, illegal hunters have attacked it and its home in the jungle has been reduced to small pieces of land. It is now fighting back. Whenever wild elephants enter a tea garden or a village, Parbati is called to guide the animals back to the jungle before they can kill.

   The work of an elephant tamer also involves love and devotion. A good elephant tamer will spend hours a day singing love songs to a newly captured elephant. "Eventually they grow to love their tamers and never forget them. They are also more loyal than humans," she said, as she climbed up one of her elephants and sat on the giant, happy animal. An elephant princess indeed!

72. For Parbati, catching elephants is mainly to             .

   A. get long lasting excitement              B. keep both man and elephants safe

   C. send them back to the jungle             D. make the angry elephants tame

73. Before Parbati studied in a boarding school,             .

   A. she spent her time hunting with her father

   B. she learned how to sing love songs

   C. she had already been called an elephant princess

   D. she was taught how to hunt tigers

74. Indian elephants are getting increasingly angry and they revenge because __________.

   A. they are caught and sent for heavy work                

   B. illegal hunters capture them and kill them

   C. they are attacked and their land gets limited

   D. dogs often bark at them and chase them

75. The passage starts with an elephant story in order to explain that in India _________.    

   A. people easily fall victim to elephants' attacks

   B. the man-elephant relationship is getting worse

   C. elephant tamers are in short supply

   D. dogs are as powerful as elephants

第二部分  英语知识应用（共两节，满分45）

第一节  单项填空（共15题；每小题1分，满分15）

Everything comes with       price; there is no such      thing as free lunch in the world.

A. a, a     B. the, /   C. the, a  D. a, /

—Do you think we should accept that offer?

  —Yes,we should,for we    such bad luck up till now,and time     out.

  A.have had ;is running               B.had;is running

C.have;has been run                 D.have had;has been run

第一节 单项选择(共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分)

从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

Customers will receive a free CD as a _________ with any order over 200 yuan in this store.

A．payment 　　　　　　　　　　　 B．bonus

C．cash 　　　　　　　　　　　　　D．benefit

第四部分：书面表达（共两节，满分40分）

第一节：完成句子（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）

阅读下列各小题，根据括号内的汉语提示，用句末括号内的英语单词完成句子，并将答案写在答题卡上的相应题号后。

71. -He says he is still reading The Old Man and the Sea.

-He can't __________ （还在读那本书）. I gave it to him ages ago and it's quite a short book. （read）

72. Helen had to shout to make __________ （人们听到她的话） above the music at yesterday's party. （herself）

73. Every possible means __________ （已用来） to prevent the air pollution, but the sky is still not clear. （use）

74. The boy couldn't give the teacher a good reason for __________ （他上学迟到）. （be）

75. From the distance __________ （来了一个士兵） who was riding a horse. （come）

76. I'm sure you would rather she __________ （去上学）by bus every day, wouldn't you? （go）

77. __________ （你待在那儿越久）, the more you will like the place. （stay） .

78. __________ （如果你打开电视） and you will often see advertisements showing happy families. （turn）

79. Your advice __________ （她等待）till next week is unreasonable, so she is wise not to take it. （wait）

80. I was still sleeping __________ （火灾发生了）, and then it spread quickly. （break）