--- Excuse me, would you mind answering a few questions?

   --- Well, I don’t know. I’m in rather a hurry_____.

   A. seriously      B. actually      C. immediately      D. anxiously 

        When I was a boy every holiday that I had seemed perfect. My parents took me by train or by car to a hotel by the sea. All day, I seem to remember. I played on the sands with strange exciting children. We make sandcastles with huge yellow walls, and watched the incoming tide destroy them; we splashed each other in the water and shrieked with excitement. When the tide went out, we climbed over the slippery rocks and stared down at the fish and the seaweed in the rock-pools.

In those far-off days the sun seemed to shine constantly and the water was always warm. Sometimes we left the beach and walked in the country, exploring ruined houses and dark woods and climbing trees that overhung streams. There were always sweets in one’s pockets or convenient places where one could buy ice-creams. Each day seemed a life-time.

Although I am now an adult, my idea of a good holiday is much the same as it was. I still like the sun and the warm sand and the sound of waves breaking on the beach. I no longer wish to build sandcastles and I dislike sweets instantly, but I look forward to sitting down to a good meal and a bottle of wine in the evening.

I think, too, that I prefer spending my holiday abroad. I want to smell different smells; I want to see different kinds of trees, flowers and birds; and I also want to see people with different colored skins, wearing different kinds of clothes. Above all, I want to hear a different language spoken and listen to different musical rhythms from those I am used to.

But I still need my companions----not, of course, to play on the sands and eat ices with, but to drink with and talk to on warm moonlit nights.

Sometimes I wonder what my perfect holiday will be when I am old. All I shall want to do then, I expect, will be to lie in bed, reading books about children who make sandcastles with huge yellow walls, who watch the incoming tide, who make themselves sick on too many ices…

39.Where did the author mostly spend his holidays when he was young?

   A.In the countryside.   B.On the beach.   C.In the mountains.    D.On the sea.

40.What does the underlined word “shrieked” in Paragraph 1 mean?

   A.shouted    B.swam    C.struggled    D.surfed

41.What now interests the author as an adult is ____.

   A.to enjoy a nice dinner                     B.to spend his holiday sunbathing

   C.to chat with someone                     D.to experience a foreign culture

42.When the author grows old, he expects that ____.

   A.he will read more books about children

   B.he will lie in bed without worrying about anything

   C.he will bring back wonderful childhood memories from a book

   D.he will make sandcastles with his children

第三部分：翻译 （满分15分）

第一节 将下列句子翻译成汉语（共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分）。

66. Tricycles are worth using if you want to explore the narrow alleys (hutong) of old Beijing.

67. Like other animals, we are on guard until we know it is safe to relax.

68. They say that the low-temperature lake is unlikely to be able to support such large living creatures.

69. The tubes were attached to a long stick which helped keep the rocket moving in a straight direction.

70. Distance surgery will become common as doctors carry out operations from thousands of miles away, with each city having its own telesurgery outpatient clinic.

Climate change connected with the reduction of wetlands at the source of the country's two longest rivers， the Yangtze and the Yellow， has reduced the volume of water flowing into them， scientists said.

Scientists studied changes over past 40 years to the wetlands on the cold Qinghai??Tibet Plateau in west China where the two rivers have their sources.

They found the wetlands on the plateau have shrunk (减少) more than 10 percent over the past four years. The wetlands at the source of the Yangtze have suffered the most， decreasing by 29 percent.

 About 17.5 percent of the small lakes at the source of the Yangtze have dried up， the scientists said.

“The wetland plays a key role in holding water and changing the water volume of the rivers，” Wang Xugen， a researcher， said.

“The reduction of the wetland on the plateau is closely connected with global warming，” Wang said， adding that even though rainfall has increased in the area， the reduction of the wetland has reduced the flow of the Yangtze and the Yellow.

Records by the weather station at the head of the Yangtze showed yearly rainfall at its source increased from 260 mm during 1991—2000 to 323 mm in the period 2001—2006.

“But the increased rainfall didn't lead to more water's flowing into the rivers because the evaporation (蒸发) was so fast as a result of global warming，” Li Shijie， a researcher， said.

Another study showed global warming had caused glaciers to get smaller， frozen earth to melt， grasslands to turn yellow and rivers to dry up.

The Qinghai??Tibet Plateau used to have 36 000 glaciers covering an area of 50 000 sq km. In the past 100 years， their area has been reduced by 30 percent.

60.According to the passage， the true statement of the following is that　　　　.

A.the wetlands at the source of the Yellow have decreased by 29 percent

B.there's no more water in about 17.5 percent of the small lakes at the source of the Yangtze

C.the reduction of the wetland on the plateau has nothing to do with global warming

D.yearly rainfall has increased from 260 mm to 323 mm in the past 15 years

61.Which of the following is NOT the result of global warming？

A.Frozen earth melts.  B.Evaporation becomes faster.

C.Sea level rises.      D.Plants grow better in greenhouses.

62.The area that the glaciers of the Qinghai??Tibet Plateau cover is now about　　　　sq km.

A.35 000  B.12 000  C.15 000  D.17 000

63.In the passage， 　　　　plays a most important part in holding water and changing the volume of the rivers.

A.yearly rainfall  B.the evaporation  C.the wetland  D.climate change

第II卷（非选择题）

第三部分：写作（共三节； 满分30分）

第一节：单词拼写（共10小题，每小题 1 分，满分10分）

根据所给汉语注释, 在相应的横线上写出空缺处各单词的正确形式.( 每空只写一词 )

56. Your _____________(申请) must be filed to the Patent Office.

57. ____ speaking (一般说来), parents care more about their children’s health than about their own

58. Music can be __________(分类；归类)into classical, popular and many other different styles.

59. We are at your service. Don’t ________(犹豫) to turn to us if you need any more information.

60.This was in the  ___________(期望) that the snakes would bite again.

61. The _____________(改革) of teaching methods helps to the improvement of teaching quality.

62. We strongly _____________(反对) to his plan at the meeting.

63. Alexander Graham Bell is considered to have ____________(发明) the telephone.

64.Correct all these sentences in __________ of(就…来说；从…角度)grammar, spelling, ect, so that she can use them properly.

65. Our house is ______________(方便的) for the shops.

第二节：（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）

根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。

Getting your children to study can be a little like getting them to eat their vegetables.

76  Make a study time and have it at the same time every day. This will help your kids to learn to schedule their day and will give them a sense of control over how they spend their time.

Allow them to study in blocks of time, such as for half an hour with a five-minute break in the middle.    77   Ideal （理想的）study times are after dinner or right after school before dinner.

Never allow your children to study in front of the television, as that will encourage passive activity.   78    You’ll also need to help your kids find the right place to study. After you’ve set up a good study time for little learners, set up a good place where they can get those creative juices flowing. 79   Make sure there is a table or a desk and a comfortable chair.

80   This includes helping them out with their homework sometimes and being there for them with the answers to any questions. The input you give your children during study periods will help form a bond and help make studying enjoyable.

       A．Pick a place where your children can study properly.  

       B．Hold them to the schedule they create for themselves.

       C．Finally, spend time with your kids when they’re studying.

       D．Keep the atmosphere light and offer lots of encouragement, too.

       E．Instead, use TV as a treat or a reward when the homework is completed.

       F．Try to stop this bad habit by offering some sort of reward.

G．One of the best ways to form good study habits for your kids is to design a schedule that they keep to.

Can you ______ the difference ______ the two phrases?

    A．tell, between　B．speak, from　　 C．say, of　D．talk, between

I would rather buy a house in the suburb than ____ in the city.

　    A．it　　　 B．one　　　      C．this　　　      D．that

When Phillip lost his competition, Mark did his best to ________ the news gently．

       A．show B．break C．read  D．talk

_______adult as he is , he can’t stand _______ more embarrassing situation than this one.

A．An; the                   B．不填; a            C.  An; a                            D．不填; the