The number of students from the north ____small.

A.are                     B. is               C. have        D. has

Tom as well as two of his classmates _____invited to the party.

A. was                 B. were                 C. have been      D. had been

Mathematics ____ the language of science.   

A. are              B. are going to be       C. is            D. is to be

Many a man ____ come to help us.

A.have                    B.has             C.is               D.are

Mary as well as her sisters ____ Chinese in China.

A. are studying        B. have studied     C. studies          D. study

One of you close friends tells you : “ I am suffering from depression(沮丧、消沉). I have trouble sleeping. I’m often tired. When I think about the future I feel hopeless about it. I don’t enjoy anything. I am never happy. I don’t laugh or smile any more.” You would like to help him/ her to find one or more solutions.

Tell him or her what he/ she should do.  ________________________

________________________________________________________

B

   Mom was a teacher most of her life. When she wasn’t in the classroom, she was educating her children or grandchildren: correcting our grammar; starting us on collections of butterflies, flowers or rocks; or inspiring a discussion on her most recent “Book of the Month Club” topic. Mom made learning fun.

   It was sad for my three brothers and me to see her ailing in her later years. At eighty-five, she suffered a stroke and she went steadily downhill after that.

   Two days before she died, my brothers and I met at her nursing home and took her for a short ride in a wheelchair. While we waited for the staff to lift her limp body back into bed, Mom fell asleep. Not wanting to wake her, we moved to the far end of the room and spoke softly.

   After several minutes our conversation was interrupted by a muffled sound coming from across the room. We stopped talking and looked at Mom. Her eyes were closed, but she was clearly trying to communicate with us. We went to her side.

   “Whirr,” she said weakly.

   “Where?” I asked. “Mom, is there something you want?” “Whirr,” she repeated a bit stronger. My brothers and I looked at each other and shook our heads sadly.

   Mom opened her eyes, sighed, and with all the energy she could muster said, “Not was, say were!”

   It suddenly occurred to us that Mom was correcting brother Jim’s last sentence. “If it was up to me…”

   Jim leaned down and kissed her cheek. “Thanks, Mom,” he whispered. We smiled at each other and once again shook our heads…this time in awe of a remarkable teacher.

44．When Mom said, “Whirr”, what did she really want to do?

A. She wanted to tell her sons her will.

B. She wanted to have something to eat before she died.

C. She wanted to correct the mistakes Jim made while talking.

D. She wanted to teach her sons more because she was dying.

45. Which of the following statements is NOT right?

A.    Mom was a good teacher and never wanted to stop her teaching.

B.    Mom was always making her teaching fun.

C.    Mom didn’t forget her teaching until she died.

D.    Mom was no longer a teacher when she was at home.

46. What does the writer think of his mother?

A.    He loved her but was tired of his mother’s teaching at home.

B.    His mother should forget her teaching and enjoyed the rest of her life.

C.    His mother was great because she devoted herself to teaching.

D.    His mother was an excellent teacher before she was retired.

47. Which of the following is the best title of this passage?

A. Once a teacher, always…  B. Mom’s will  C. A teacher’s life  D. A teacher’s devotion

Ⅳ 写作(共两节，满分40分)

  第一节 基础写作(共1小题，满分15分)

    假如你是李华，你就读的观雅中学是所在城市有名的文物建筑，政府计划将其开发

  成旅游景点，对此，你校同学有如下的意见和想法：

  【写作内容】 

  根据以上情况，向当地的英文报刊写一短信，并包括以下内容：

  1．介绍政府的计划；

  2．反映同学的意见：

  3．提出解决的建议； 

  4．希望取消该计划。

  【写作要求】

  1.只能使用5个句子表达全部内容(开头和结尾已给出，不算进总句数)；

    2.文中不能出现真实姓名和学校名称。   

  【评分标准】

  句子结构准确，信息内容完整，篇章结构连贯。

第三部分：阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分 40分）

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A

In their book Time to Eat the Dog: The Real Guide to Sustainable Living, Robert and Brenda Vale say keeping a medium?sized dog has the same ecological impact as driving 10,000 km a year in a 4.6 liter Land Cruiser.?

     “We’re not actually saying it is time to eat the dog. We’ re just saying that we need to think about and know the ecological impact of some of the things we do and that we take for granted.”?

Constructing and driving the jeep for a year requires 0.41 hectares of land, while growing and manufacturing a dog’s food takes about 0.84 hectares — or 1.1 hectares in the case of a large dog such as a German shepherd.?

Convincing flesh?eating cats and dogs to go vegetarian for the sake of the planet is a non?starter, the Vales say. Instead they recommend keeping “greener”, smaller, and more sustainable pets, such as goldfish, chickens or rabbits.?

The book’s playful title, and serious suggestion that pet animals may be usefully “recycled”, by being eaten by their owners or turned into pet food when they die, may not appeal to animal fans.?

Annoying as the idea may be, the question is valid given the planet’s growing population and limited resources, Robert Vale said.?

“Issues about sustainability are increasingly becoming things that are going to require us to make choices which are as difficult as eating your dog. It’s not just about changing your light bulbs or taking a cloth bag to the supermarket,” he said.?

“It’s about much more challenging and difficult issues,” he added. “Once you see where cats and dogs fit in your overall balance of things, you might decide to have the cat but not also to have the two cars and the three bathrooms and be a meat eater yourself.”?

56. The authors gave their book the playful title to________.?

  A. make it amusing                     B. create a vivid image?

  C. show　writing skills                 D. arouse people’ s concern

57. In Paragraph 3 the writer mainly wants to tell us________.?

  A. the amount of consumed land ?      B. the neglected ecological impact?

  C. some familiar examples ?           D. some actual figures?

58. What does “sustainability” mean according to the passage??

  A. Going vegetarian. ?          B. Raising cats and dogs.?

  C. Using a cloth bag. ?          D. Keeping a greener life.?

59. Who may not like the idea of “recycling” pet animals??

A. Manufacturers.     B. Drivers. ?      C. Animal fans.        D. The authorities.?

60. What do the authors think of living a sustainable life??

A. Challenging.          B. Inspiring.          C. Inviting.         D. Touching.

C

Recently scientists have worked out a way to judge roughly where a person has lived using strands(缕) of hair, a technique that could help track the movements of criminal suspects or unidentified bodies .

The method depends on measuring how chemical variations in drinking water show up in people’s hair.

While U.S diet is relatively identical, water supplies vary. The differences result from weather patterns. The chemical composition of rainfall changes slightly as clouds move.

Most hydrogen and oxygen atoms in water are stable , but traces of both elements are also present as heavier isotopes (同位素) . The heaviest raid（列阵）falls first. As a result, storms that form over the Pacific deliver heavier water to California than to Utah.

    Similar patterns exist throughout the U.S. By measuring the proportion of heavier hydrogen and oxygen isotopes along a strand of hair, scientists can establish a geographic timeline. Each inch of hair corresponds to about two months.

Cerling’s team collected tap water samples from 600 cities and constructed a frame of the regional differences. They checked the accuracy of the map by testing 200 hair samples collected from 65 barber shops. They were able to accurately place the hair samples in broad regions roughly corresponding to the movement of raid systems. 

“It’s not good for pinpointing (精确定位),” he said. “It’s good for ruling out many possibilities.”

64. What can we learn from the passage about the latest discovery?

A. One’s hair growth has to do with the amount of water they drink.

B. A person’s hair may reveal where they have lived.

C. Hair analysis identifies criminal suspects accurately.

D. The chemical composition of hair varies from person to person.

65. What does the underlined word “identical” in paragraph 3 probably mean?

A. similar                         B. fantastic                 C. beneficial               D. healthy

66. What is the practical value of Cerling’s research?

A. It helps analyze the quality of water in different regions.

B. It helps the police determine where a crime is committed.

C. It helps the police narrow down possibilities in detective work.

D. It helps identify the drinking habits of the person under investigation.