The English language started about 1500 years ago in England. Three groups of people came to the country. They were the Angles, the Saxons, and the Jutes. These three groups brought their languages with them to England. After some time, the three languages became one new language—English. The name "English" comes from the Angles. They lived in most of England. "England" means "Angle Land" or "Country of the Angles".

　　The language that we speak today—Modern English—is not the same as the English that people used 1500 years ago, including Old English（before ll50）and Middle English（up till 1500）. That language—Old English—sounds different, and it has some different rules of grammar. There were only a few thousand words in Old English. But Modern English does come from Old English, and it is still like it in many important ways.

11．When did Modern English start?

A. About 1500 years ago.

B. Before the year 1500.

C. In the 12th century

D. In the 16th century.

12．How many languages did Old English come from?

A. One.　　　　　 B. Two.　　　　　C. Three.　　　　　 D. Four.

13．Which language did the name "English" come from?

A. Modern English.　　　　　　　　　B. The Angles.

C. The Jutes.　　　　　　　　　　　 D. The Saxons.

14．According to the passage, Modern English differs from Old English in ________.

A. grammar　　　　　　　　　　　　B. pronunciation

C. words　　　　　　　　　　　　　D. All of the above

15．Which of the following is TRUE?

A. Modern English has nothing to do with Old English.

B. Modern English has more words than Old English.

C. Modern English has a vocabulary twice as large as old English.

D. There is no difference between Old English and Middle English.

　I can never remember feeling good about myself. From the time I was a little child I always felt nobody ___1_____ me—not my parents, my brothers, my sisters, nobody. I never had any friends, anyone I could tell everything to. I liked to ____2_____ friends, but nobody seemed to care for me. I also had a lot of problems with my _____3_______. Until grade nine I was a head taller than everybody else. My classmates always called me names like Pole or Long-Legs. I felt the others were ____4_____ me.

　　Things weren't much better at home. The only way I could _____5_____ my problems when I was a little child was to cry a lot. My mother didn't quite ____6____ my feelings and the _____7_____ annoyed（使生气）her and made her nervous.

　　Nobody in the family ever made an effort to understand me or even to talk to me. My family isn't exactly what you'd call warm. There's never any expression of _____8______. I'm sixteen and I can't remember my mother or father ever kissing us.

　　Things started getting really bad in high school. I changed schools. In the old school ______9______ I didn't have any friends, I still had classmates to go out with; in the new school I had no one. At that age everybody's in groups. I felt out of it. I tried, but I couldn't _____10______ with the others. I didn't like them. I thought something was wrong with me. They thought I was strange.

1．A. talked　　　　  B. liked　　　　　  C. spoke to　　　　 D. told

2．A. have　　　　　 B. make　　　　　  C. find　　　　　　 D. meet

3．A. weight　　　　 B. name　　　　　  C. height　　　　　 D. study

4．A. shouting to　　 B. playing with    　C. agreeing with　   D. laughing at

5．A. look at　　　 　B. deal with        C. work out　　　 　D. meet with

6．A. understand　　 B. hear             C. learn　　　      D. like

7．A. shouting　　　　B. laughing　　　  C. talking　　　　  D. crying

8．A. smile　　　　　B. voice　　　　　 C. anger　　　　　 D. love

9．A. even though　　 B. since　　　　　 C. because　　　　 D. as though

10．A. study　　　　 B. speak　　　　　 C. walk　　　　　  D. get on

课文默写填空：

John Snow was a famous doctor in London—so expert, indeed, that he attended Queen Victoria as her personal physician. But he (61)__________ __________ when he thought about helping ordinary people (62)___________ ___________ ___________. This was the deadly disease of its day. (63)__________ its cause ___________ its cure was understood. So many thousands of (64)__________ __________ died (65)__________ __________ there was an outbreak. John Snow wanted to face the challenge and solve this problem. He knew that cholera would never be controlled until its cause was found.

First there was England. Wales was linked to it in the thirteenth century. Now when people refer to England you find Wales included as well. Next England and Wales were joined to Scotland in the seventeenth century and the name was changed to “Great Britain”. Happily this (66)_________ ____________ __________ __________ when King James of Scotland became King of England and Wales as well. Finally the English government tried in the early twentieth century to form the United Kingdom by (67)_________ ___________ ____________ in the same peaceful way. However, the southern part of Ireland was unwilling and (68)__________ ___________ to form its own United Kingdom and this was shown to the world in a new flag called the Union Jack..

I still cannot believe that I am taking up this prize that I won last year. I have to remind myself constantly that I am really in AD 3008. (69) __________ ___________ ___________ ___________, I was unsettled for the first few days. (70) __________ ___________ __________, I suffered from “time lag”. So I was very nervous and uncertain at first.

单词拼写：

 51. As he was a__________ in writing his essay, Fred even forgot his dinner

52. He is the first person to r________ the proposal.

53. The students were all ____________(热情的) about the project.

54. Your _________（分析）of the situation is of great help to our research.

55. Please give me a response at your ____________ (方便) .

56. To our great d____________, we accomplished the presentation successfully.

57. He has a precious c_______________ of stamps.

58. Are there any ___________(可用的) rooms for the newcomers.

59. Her trip to Egypt made a strong i_____________ on her.

60. He always keeps an o_________________ attitude towards life.

  阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空，并将答案填写在答题卷标号为41～50的相应位置上。

Many people like to read the (41) _____ (late) newspaper. But (42) _____ is it produced so quickly?

The most important man may be the chief editor. He decides (43) _____ to do. Every morning the (44) _____ (journal) are sent to report the events. Sometimes they need (45)      face-to-face interview with people (46) _____ do telephone interviews. Meanwhile, the picture editor sends a photographer to take the pictures that (47)        (need).

Later in the day, they pass the stories and the (48) _____ (develop) photos to the editor. Then the chief editor will choose the most important news for the front page. (49)_____ editors read the stories, make some necessary changes and write headlines for them. Finally they will print the newspaper and have it (50) ______ (deliver) to different places.

阅读下列应用文及相关信息，并按照要求匹配信息。请把答案填写在答题卡上将对应题号上。(选E项，在答题卡上将A,B涂黑; 选F项，在答题卡上将C,D涂黑) 　　

The Blue Mercury Hotel has a varieties of different hotel rooms for different kinds of people. Book 7 days in advance and you will pay at special rates. The categories are as follows.

A. Ruby No 1: with a balcony. One single bed and a computer , Internet accessible

Max: One person

Price: Regular Rate — $ 490 ( per person / per night)  With no special rate all year around

B. Sapphire No 2: With a balcony. Two double beds ( all standard rooms)

Max : Four people

Price : Regular rate — $ 220 ( per person / per night)

Special rate — $ 190 ( per person / per night)

C. Emerald No 1: With a balcony. Two double beds or one king-size bed ( all standard room)

Max: Four people

Price : Regular rate — $290 ( per person / per night)

Special rate — $ 220  ( per person / per night)

D. Ruby No 2: With a balcony.  One bed room suite with one king—size bed

Max : two people

Price : regular rate — $ 580 ( per person / per night)

Special rate — $400 ( per person / per night)

E. Emerald No 3: With a balcony. Two –bed room suite on the top floor of the oceanarium with              two king-size beds

Max: Four people

Price: Regular rate — $900 ( per person / per night)

Special Rate — $760 ( per person / per night)

F. Sapphire No 1: With no balcony . Two double beds ( smaller space)

Max : Two people 

Price : Regular Rate — $120 ( per person / per night)

Special Rate — $90 ( per person / per night)

请阅读以下游客的信息， 然后匹配游客和他/她在 The Mercury Hotel 居住的房间：

36． Jane and Jessica, college students on holiday excursion, book the room of the Blue Mercury Hotel a fortnight ahead of time; plan to live in a room with the minimum pay.

37.  Jim and his newly married bride, arriving tomorrow morning , choose to have a suite with a king-size bed, for which they budget to pay at most $ 1200 for two of them for one night.

38.  Two couples on a trip stop at Blue Mercury Hotel. They like the place so much that they agree to stay in the hotel for two nights. Their budget is between $ 900-700 for each family.

39.  For Dave and his wife, they would rather book a suite where they can enjoy the ocean view, concerned less about the price of the room.

40.  Doctor King is having a conference at the Blue Mercury Hotel. He has to write his research paper. He wants to stay in a hotel room which has the suitable facilities

Britain and France are separated by the English Channel, a body of water that can be crossed in as few as 20 minutes. But the cultures of the two countries sometimes seem to be miles apart.

Last Thursday Britain and France celebrated the 100th anniversary (周年纪念) of the signing of a friendship agreement called the Entente Cordiality. The agreement marked a new beginning for the countries following centuries of wars and love-hate partnership.

But their relationship has been ups and downs over the past century. Just last year, there were fierce disagreements over the Iraq war---which British Prime Minister Tony Blair supported despite French President Jacques Chirac speaking out against it. This discomfort is expressed in Blair and Chirac's body language at international meetings. While the French leader often greets German Chancellor（总理） Gerhard Schroeder with a hug (拥抱), Blair just receives a handshake. However, some political experts say the war in Iraq could in fact have helped ties.

The history of divisions may well be because of the very different ways in which the two sides see the world. But this doesn't stop 12 million Britons taking holidays in France each year. However, only 3 million French come in the opposite direction. Surveys (调查) show that most French people feel closer to the Germans than they do to the British. And the research carried out in Britain has found that only a third of the population believes the French can be trusted. Perhaps this bad feeling comes because the British dislike France's close relationship with Germany, or because the French are not happy with Britain's close links with the US.

Whatever the answer is, as both sides celebrate 100 years of "doubtful friendship", they are at least able to make jokes about each other. Here's one: What's the best thing about Britain's relationship with France? The English Channel (英吉利海峡).

31. For centuries, the relationship between Britain and France is ________.

A. friendly

B. impolite

C. brotherly

D. a mixture of love and hate.

32. The war in Iraq does ________ to the relationship between France and Britain.

A. good

B. harm

C. neither good nor harm

D. both good and harm

33. The British are not so friendly to ________ and the French are not so friendly to ________.

A. Germany; America

B. America; Germany

C. Germany; Germany

D. America; America

34. ________are more interested in having holidays in ________.

A. American people … Britain

B. British people … Germany

C. French people … Britain

D. British people … France

35. What does the last sentence mean? ________

A. As long as the English Channel exists, no further disagreement will form between France and Britain.

B. The English Channel can prevent anything unfriendly happening in both France and Britain.

C. France and Britain are near neighbors, and this will help balance the relationship between them.

D. The English Channel is the largest enemy between France and Britain.

Why should mankind explore space? Why should money, time and effort be spent exploring and researching something with so few apparent benefits? Why should resources be spent on space rather than on conditions and people on Earth? These are questions that, understandably, are very often asked．

Perhaps the best answer lies in our genetic makeup（基因构成）as human beings．What drove our ancestors to move from the trees into the plains, and on into all possible areas and environments? The wider the spread of a species, the better its chance of survival．Perhaps the best reason for exploring space is this genetic tendency to expand wherever possible．

Nearly every successful civilization has explored, because by doing so, any dangers in surrounding areas can be identified and prepared for．Without knowledge, we may be completely destroyed by the danger．With knowledge, we can lessen its effects．

Exploration also allows minerals and other potential （潜在的）resources to be found．Even if we have no immediate need of them, they will perhaps be useful later．Resources may be more than physical possessions．Knowledge or techniques have been acquired through exploration．The techniques may have medical applications which can improve the length or quality of our lives．We have already benefited from other spin-offs including improvements in earthquake prediction, in satellites for weather forecasting and in communications systems．Even non-stick pans and mirrored sunglasses are by-products （副产品）of technological developments in the space industry!

While many resources are spent on what seems a small return, the exploration of space allows creative, brave and intelligent members of our species to focus on what may serve to save us．While space may hold many wonders and explanations of how the universe was formed or how it works, it also holds dangers．The danger exists, but knowledge can help human being to survive．Without the ability to reach out across space, the chance to save ourselves might not exist．

While Earth is the only planet known to support life, surely the adaptive ability of humans would allow us to live on other planets．It is true that the lifestyle would be different, but human life and cultures have adapted in the past and surely could in the future．

26．Why does the author mention the questions in Paragraph1?

A．To express his doubts．

B．To compare different ideas．

C．To introduce points for discussion．

D．To describe the conditions on Earth．

27．What is the reason for exploring space based on Paragraph2?

A．Humans are nature-born to do so．

B．Humans have the tendency to fight．

C．Humans may find new sources of food．

D．Humans don't like to stay in the same place．

28．The underlined word "spin-offs" in Paragraph 4 probably refers to______．

A．survival chances                                   

B．potential resources

C．unexpected benefits                               

D．physical possessions

29．What makes it possible for humans to live on other planets?

A．Our genetic makeup．                          

B．Resources on the earth．

C．The adaptive ability of humans．             

D．By-products in space exploration．

30．Which of the statements can best sum up the passage?

A．Space exploration has created many wonders．

B．Space exploration provided the best value for money．

C．Space exploration can benefit science and technology.

D．Space exploration may help us avoid potential problems on Earth.

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从11-25各题所给的A、B、C、D项中，选出最佳选项，并把答案根据题号涂到答题卡上。

Years ago, if a teenager had some problems in her life, she might go home and write in her diary. Now, a teenager with 　 11　 problems might go onto the Internet and write about them in a blog. In many ways, a diary and a blog are very 　　12　 . So, what makes blogging different from writing in a(an) 　 13　 diary?

The biggest difference is that blogging is much more 　14　 than a diary. Usually, a teenager treats her diary like a book full of 　15 that she does not want to 　16　 .

It’s interesting that someone who writes in a blog 　17 a diary will probably write nearly the same information.

I have a little sister, and sometimes I go online to read her blog. She writes about things like waking up early for swimming practice and not studying enough for her chemistry test. When I was her age, I wrote about the same things, but 　18　 in my diary. Then, after I had finished writing, I would hide my diary in a secret place because I was 　 19 that my sister might read it!

　 The biggest 　 20 with blogging is that anyone can read what you write. If I was angry with a friend during high school and wrote something 　 21　 about her in my diary, she would never know. 　22　 , if my sister ever wrote something bad about a friend, that friend

might read her blog and get angry.

There are also 　　23 to blogging, of course. If I was feeling sad one day and wrote in my diary, “Nobody cares about me,” 　24　 would know about it. However, if my sister wrote the same sentence in her blog, her best friends would quickly respond and tell her how much they like her. Blogs help people stay in 　 25　 with her friends and to hear what the people around them are doing.

11. A. the same　　 　　 B. troublesome　　 　　 C. difficult　 　 D. daily

12. A. familiar 　　　　 B. special　　　　　 C. similar　　 　 D. different

13. A. personal　　　 　　 B. ordinary　 　　　　 C. common　 　 D. traditional

14. A. attractive　　　 B. public　　　 　　　　 C. convenient　　　 D. quick

15. A. thoughts　　 　　 B. puzzles　　 　　　　 C. mysteries 　 D. secrets

16. A. tell　　　　　　 B. share　　　　　　 C. publish　　　 D. solve

17. A. instead of　　　 B. as well as　　　　 C. in favor of　 D. in spite of

18. A. only　　 　　　　 B. already　　 　　　　 C. still　 　　　 D. never

19. A. angry　 　　　　 B. concerned 　　　　 C. glad 　　　 D. worried

20. A. problem　　　 　　　　 B. doubt　　　 　　　　 　　C. trouble　　 　 D. mistake

21. A. hard　　 　　　 B. wrong　　　　　　 C. mean　　　　 D. funny

22. A. Besides 　　　 B. However　 　　　 C. Therefore　 　 D. Then

23. A. reasons 　　　 B. disadvantage　　　 C. shortcomings　 D. advantages

24. A. everyone　　 　 B. no one 　　　　　 C. anyone　　　 　 D. someone

25. A. friendship　　 　 B. contact　　　 　　　 C. public 　　　 D. mind

 The conference was _____________ dull, and people present were _________ to leave soon.

A. deadly; dying     B. dying; death     C. dead; deadly      D. deadly; dead