We’ve used the wind as an energy source for a long time. The Babylonians and Chinese were using wind power to pump water for irrigating crops 4,000 years ago, and sailing boats were around long before that. Wind power was used in the Middle Ages, in Europe, to grind(磨碎) corn, which is where the term “windmill” comes from.

We can use the energy in the wind by building a tall tower, with a large propellor（螺旋桨） on the top. The wind blows the propellor round, which turns a generator to produce electricity. We tend to build many of these towers together, to make a “wind farm” and produce more electricity. The more towers, the more wind, and the larger the propellors, the more electricity we can make. It's only worth building wind farms in places that have strong, steady winds, although boats and caravans（大篷车）increasingly have small wind generators to help keep their batteries charged.

The best places for wind farms are in coastal areas, at the tops of rounded hills, open plains and gaps in mountains — places where the wind is strong and reliable. Some are offshore. To be worthwhile, you need an average wind speed of around 25 km/h. Most wind farms in the UK are in Cornwall or Wales. Isolated places such as farms may have their own wind generators. In California, several “wind farms” supply electricity to homes around Los Angeles.

The propellors are large, to obtain energy from the largest possible volume of air. The blades can be angled to cope with varying wind speeds. Some designs use vertical turbines (垂直涡轮机), which don’t need to be turned to face the wind. The towers are tall, to get the propellors as high as possible, up to where the wind is stronger. This means that the land beneath can still be used for farming. 

66. The first paragraph aims to introduce to us _______.

A. the function of wind power                     B. the source of wind power

C. the nations using wind power                     D. the history of using wind power

67. The best places for building the wind farm are places where _______.

A. boats and caravans can often be seen             B. isolated farms don’t have enough electricity

C. there are less human activities                 D. the wind is strong and reliable

68. We can infer from the passage that _______.

A. wind farms will not take up too much farming land

B. wind farms need no fuel because wind is free

C. the blades can be angled to turn to face the wind wherever it comes from

D. the higher and larger the towers are, the stronger the wind is

69. What can be a suitable title for the passage?

  A. Where to build a wind farm.                    B. ABC of the using of wind energy.

  C. How to make best use of wind.                  D. Wind energy is the best energy.

70.The underlined sentence in the last paragraph means______________________.

   A.The blades can increase wind speeds   

B.The blades can decrease the wind speeds

   C.The speed of blades can be changed.

D.The blades can be adjusted to face different wind speeds

第二节 回答问题（共3小题；每小题2分，满分6分）

阅读下面短文，根据第58至60小题的具体要求，简要回答问题，并将答案转写到答题卡上。

Healthy Diets

Instead of buying only fresh foods,Americans nowdays buy many more convenience foods.There are foods which are already partly or completely prepared .Many of them are frozen,such as frozen dinner,heat-and-serve French fries ,and frozen pizzas.There are also many canned (put in a can) convenience foods. such as ready-made spaghetti (意大利细条实心面),soups,stews (炖熟菜肴),and vegetables.

Convenience foods save time and trouble.They are popular with people who are busy or who don’t like to cook or wash dishes.But they ofen cost more than fresh ,unprepared foods and may contain artificial additives (a chemical added to the food).Also,many people feel they don’t taste as good as home cooked foods.

Health food and Co-ops

In the 1960s,a“back-to-the-earth”movement was started by young people in the United States.The movement was a reaction against the harmful effects of technology.From the movement came a new understanding of food and health.Many people now prefer natural and organic(chemical-free)foods to the prepared foods sold in health food stores and in food co-ops,which are small stores and where customers help manage the store .In co-ops,food is usually not packaged.Customers bring their own bags and jars and scoop(汲取) their food out of boxes or baskets.

58.What are the disadvantages of convenience foods?

____________________________________ ____________________________________

59. Convenience foods are popular with people who ____________________________________

 ____________________________________ ____________________________________

60.How do customers buy food from co-ops?

____________________________________ ____________________________________

第二节  读写任务(共l小题，满分25分)

    阅读下面的短文，然后按照要求写一篇150词左右的英语短文。

阅读下面的短文，然后按照要求写一篇150词左右的英语短文。

    The worst winter snow storm of 5 decades years come dress the whole country with a beautiful white shirt. At the point when the rural Chinese Spring Festival approaching，the continues snow storm lasting for dozens of days aggravates the already hard way home of hundreds of thousands of people work outsides their hometowns.

    Disappointment, anger and cry rise among those eager going back home to reunion with their families after one or more years of departure. The unwelcoming snow storm totally disturbs the step of the city，of the country. However，any nature disaster is not allowed to destroy our life as long as there is existence of love.  In the departure hall of railway station，the railway staff make explanation to and organize the waiting passengers patiently，providing them with hot water and food．Doctors and nurses volunteer to help the hurt Traffic police and volunteers from the communities clear the roads for us in every cold morning Kind people from every corner of the country donate their money or cloth to help those waiting in the railway stations go through the hard time. The true love always exists in the world.

    [写作内容]

    1．概括短文的内容要点，该部分约30词；

    2．就“弘扬中华民族传统美德"这个主题发表你的看法，至少包含以下的内容要点，该部分约120词：

    (1)你或身边的人曾经帮助过别人吗?请简述经过。

(2)作为一名中学生，你认为应该如何弘扬中华民族传统美德?

[写作要求]

   1．作文中可使用自己的亲身经历或虚构的故事，也可以参照阅读材料的内容但不得直接引用原文中的句子； 

2．信中不能出现真实姓名和学校名称。

[评分标准]  

概括准确，语言规范，内容合适，篇章连贯。

I suggest he ＿＿ leave at once.

 A. should     B. must     C. would    D. used to

第一节 完形填空 (共10小题；每小题2分，满分20分)

    阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从21~30各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Mary Kimble Smith was an ordinary 12-year-old girl; ordinary, that is, in every way    21          one. She suddenly started to walk in her sleep. No one knew why this happened. The best guess seems to be that it represents   22           : the sleep-walker is worried. This feeling normally remains under control during      23              hours, but at night, when the mind is in a more passive mode, it   24              to the surface and shows itself in the form of physical movement.

At first, her family   25          help from just about every doctor they could find. But none of them were able to suggest a means by which she could be    26        . Then her parents were frightened, and they tried to wake her up. In fact, the general advice is that we should not wake a sleep-walker. To wake a person and bring them to a sudden   27       that they are not where they thought they were could   28      the feelings of anxiety and perhaps even reinforce (强化) the habit.

Most sleep-walkers at last stop without any warning — they just           29         do it again. In Mary’s case though, she started sleep-walking soon after her twelfth birthday and was still doing it the day 30        she died in 1989, at the age of 93.

21. A. beside                 B. except                     C. besides                     D. including

22. A. anxiety               B. excitement         C. anger                       D. fear

23. A. daytime                     B. night                        C. sleeping                   D. waking

24. A. rises                          B. falls                         C. reduces                    D. raises

25. A. looked                B. searched                   C. obtained                   D. sought

26. A. helped                B. saved                       C. cured                       D. improved

27. A. recognition         B. realization         C. knowledge         D. impression

28. A. develop                     B. increase                    C. form                        D. produce

29. A. sometimes           B. often                        C. never                       D. usually

 30. A. before               B. after                        C. when                       D. since