C

The African elephant , the largest land animal remaining on earth , is of great importance to African ecosystem（生态系统）. Unlike other animals , the African elephant is to a great extent the builder of its environment . As a big plant-eater , it largely shapes the forest-and-savanna（大草原） surroundings in which it lives , therefore setting the terms of existence for millions of other animals that live in its habitat（栖息地）.

It is the elephant’s great desire for food that makes it a disturber of the environment and an important builder of its habitat . In its continuous search for the 300 pounds of plants it must have every day , it kills small trees and underbushes , and pulls branches off big trees . This results in numerous open spaces in both deep tropical forests and in the woodlands that cover part of the African savannas . In these open spaces are numerous plants in various stages of growth that attract a variety of other plant-eaters .

Take the rain forests for example . In their natural state , the spreading branches overhead shut out sunlight and prevent the growth of plants on the forest floor . By pulling down trees and eating plants , elephants make open spaces , allowing new plants to grow on the forest floor . In such situations , the forests become suitable for large hoofed plant-eaters to move around and for small plant-eaters to get their food as well .

What worries scientists now is that the African elephant has become an endangered species . If the elephant disappears , scientists say , many other animals will also disappear from vast areas of forest and savanna , greatly chaning and worsening the whole ecosystem .

64. What is the passage mainly about ?

A. Disappearance of African elephants .

B. Forests and savannas as habitats for African elephants .

C. The effect of African elephants’ search for food .

D. The eating habit of African elephants .

65. What does the underlined phrase “ setting the terms ” most probably mean ?

A. Fixing the time .                B. Worsening the state .

C. Improving the quality .           D. Deciding the conditions .

66. What do we know about the open spaces in the passage ?

A. They result from the destruction of rain forests .

B. They provide food mainly for African elephants .

C. They are home to many endangered animals .

D. They are attractive to plant-eating animals of different kinds .

67. The passage is developed mainly by_______.

A. showing the effect and then explaining the causes

B. pointing out similarities and differences

C. describing the changes in space order

D. giving examples

第二节:短文改错(共10小题;每小题1.5分,满分15分)

此题要求改正所给短文的错误。对标有题号的每一行作出判断：如无错误，在该行右边横线上划一个勾（√）；如有错误（每行只有一个错误），则按下列情况改正：

该行多一个词：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。

该行缺一个词：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。

该行错一个词：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。

That afternoon we didn’t go out, we didn’t take a walk as usually.                76. ________        

We stayed at home because of the weather was rainy, windy and cold.                     77. ________         

We sat in the living room. My aunt had her child around her.                       78. ________        

Mary, Tom and John sat near their mother, that was resting on                        79. ________        

a couch. I sat alone. They don’t want me near them. My aunt had                   80. ________        

never liked me. She let me live with her, but she was always                          81. ________         

unkind to me. Her children—my cousins—were cruel for me.                         82. ________       

I was a poor orphan, only ten years old. I had friends. Nobody                       83. ________       

wanted me. I went into the next room. Here there was a bookcase

full of interested books. I chose a book that was full of pictures.                            84. ________        

I began to read. Read made me forget all my troubles.                                          85. ________        

Your pen________smoothly. Where did you buy it?

A. writes            B. is written               C. wrote                       D. was written 

 I couldn’t understand _____ with you.

A. the matter was what               B. what the matter was

C. that was the matter                 D. what was the matter

第二卷（共4 5分）

第四部分：书面表达（共两节，满分45分）

第一节：阅读表达（共5小题；每小题3分，满分15分）

阅读下面的短文，根据短文内容回答下列小题。

Cell phones are everywhere-everywhere except Aztec High School.

A new policy put in place at the beginning of the school year by the Aztec School Board forbade cell phones from the school’s campus.

“They are interrupting the educational process,” said Kirk Carpenter, the Aztec High School headmaster. “There is no educational benefit from having them here.”

The new policy started recently afrer long discussions between school and district managers. Aztec school officials said that cell phone use had become a problem during testing sessions.

Carpenter said, “There are also a lot of issues with cell phones. The bottom line(问题的关键) is that they are not in line with what we are trying to do bere, which is providing an education for our students.”

Although the headmaster has heard of no serious objections to the new rule, the complaint he hears most often is parents’ being concerned about contacting students directly in case of an emergency.

第二部分：英语知识运用（共两节，满分35分）

第一节：语法和词汇知识（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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

例：Mr. Smith owns_______collection of coins than anyone else I bave ever met.

A.larger         B.a larger                     C.the larger           D.a large

答案是B．

---–I’d like to order a piece of pizza, a cup of coffee and two steaks. How about you, Helen?

----_________!

A.Just the same                           B.All the same to me

C.Same again, please                   D. The same to you

By taking the scientific development of his day one step further, Jules Verne _______ modern science fiction.

A. lay the foundation of                     B. laid the foundation of

C. lie the foundation of                     C. lain the foundation of

I would appreciate it _______ you call back this afternoon for the doctor’s appointment.

A. that                  B. if                      C. which               D. whether

—I don’t care what people think.

—Well, you __________. People’s idea is of great value to you.

A. could                     B. would                    C. should                    D. might

 Candidates ______ remain in their seats until all the papers have been collected.

  A. must            B. shall              C. may              D. can