When someone says , “Well , I guess I’ll have to go to face the music,” It doesn’t mean he is planning to go to a concert . It is something far less pleasant , like being called in by your boss to explain why you did this or that , and why you did not do this or that . Sour （刺耳）music , indeed , but it has to be faced .

The phrase “to face the music” is familiar to every American , young and old . It is at least 100 years old . Where did the expression come from ?

The first information comes from the American writer James Fenimore Cooper . He said—in 1851—that the expression was first used by actors while waiting in the wings （侧）to go on stage . After they got their clue（暗示）to go on , they often said , “It’s time to go to face the music.” And that is exactly what they did —face the orchestra（管弦乐队）which was just below the stage .

An actor might be frightened or nervous as he moved on to the stage in front of the audience that might be friendly or perhaps unfriendly , especially if he forgot his lines. But he had to go out .

So, “to face the music” came to mean : having to go through something , no matter how unpleasant the experience might be , because you knew you had no choice .

The other explanation comes from the army . Men had to face inspection（检阅）by their leader . The soldiers worried about how well they looked . Was their equipment clean—shiny enough to pass inspection ? Still , the men had to go out , and face the music of the band , as well as the inspection . What else could they do ?

1．The phrase “to face the music” was first used by______________.

A．all the Americans

B．the American writer James Fenimore Cooper

C．American actors

D．the American orchestra

2．An actor might feel frightened or nervous when going on stage .One of the reasons is that ______________.

A．his performance might not satisfy most of the audience

B．he might not remember what he should say on stage

C．he had to  face the unfriendly audience

D．the audience might be mostly his friends

3． “To face the music” is also used to mean that soldiers were not willing______________.

A．to be examined about their equipment

B．to be found weak

C．to show themselves by their leader  

D．to be inspected by their leader

4．This passage is mainly about______________.

A．the meaning of the phrase “to face the music”

B．how to deal with something unpleasant

C．the origin（起源）of the phrase

D．how to go through difficulty

At Harton College—an English boarding school for boys —there are many rules . 15-year-old Bob Sanders often breaks them .

The boys can go into the town in the afternoon after class . But they must return to the school at six o’clock . One afternoon Bob walked to the town . He looked at the shops and then went to the cinema . After the film , he looked at his watch . It was after eight o’clock . He was a little worried . He walked back to Harton College as fast as possible .

When he arrived , he ran quickly to the main entrance . It was locked . He went round the school building to another door , which was locked too . He looked up at the window of his dormitory on the third floor . The window was open . But it was quite dark , and he could not climb up the wall easily . Then he saw another open window on the ground floor . It was the window of the headmaster’s study .

He looked into the room —no one was there . Bob quickly climbed on to the window sill（窗台）and jumped into the room . Just then he heard a noise . Then someone turned on a light in the corridor（走廊）. Bob looked around and then hid under the sofa . One minute later , Mr. Mannering , the headmaster , came in . He turned on the light on his desk , and sat down on the sofa . Then he opened a book and began to read .

Bob lay under the sofa as quietly as possible . He couldn’t move . The floor was cold and uncomfortable . He looked at the headmaster’s shoes and socks for an hour .

“Why doesn’t he get up and go to bed ?” Bob thought .

Mr. Mannering read his book for another hour . Finally , the headmaster closed his book and stood up .He put the book on a shelf and walked towards the door .

“Thanks heavens , he didn’t find me under the sofa ,” thought Bob .

Then Mr. Mannering stopped and spoke towards the sofa . “ Would you turn off the light when you leave ?” He said , and left the study .

1．Bob didn’t go to his dormitory because______________.

A．its door was locked

B．the window was shut

C．it was quite dark

D．the wall was too high for him to climb up

2．Who had turned on a light in the corridor ?

A．Bob himself        B．Another pupil     C．An office clerk    D．Mr. Mannering

3．When the headmaster came in , Bob______________.

A．was sitting on the sofa

B．was lying under the sofa

C．hid himself behind the bookshelf

D．hid himself under the sofa

4．It can be inferred that Mr . Mannering ______________.

A．knew that Bob was still at the cinema

B．knew that Bob was in the dormitory

C．knew exactly where Bob was

D．didn’t know clearly where Bob was

The report came to the British on May 21, 1941. The German battleship Bismarck , the most powerful warship in the world , was moving out into the Atlantic Ocean . Her task : to destroy the ships carrying supplies from the United States to war-torn England .

The British had feared such a task . No warship they had could match the Bismarck in speed or in firepower . The Bismarck had eight 15-inch guns and 81 smaller guns . She could move at 30 nautical miles （海里）an hour . She was believed to be unsinkable .

However , the British had to sink her . They sent out a task force headed by their best battleship Hood to hunt down the Bismarck . On May 24 , the Hood found the Bismarck .

It was a meeting that the German commander Luetjens did not want to see . His orders were to destroy the British ships that were carrying supplies , but to stay away from a fight with British warships .

The battle didn’t last long . The Bismarck’s first torpedo （鱼雷）hit the Hood , which went down taking all but three of her 1419 men with her .

But in the fight , the Bismarck was slightly damaged . Her commander decided to run for repairs to France , which had at that time been taken by the Germans . The British force followed her . However , because of the Bismarck’s speed and the heavy fog , they lost sight of her .

For two days , every British ship in the Atlantic tried to find the Bismarck , but with no success . Finally , she was sighted by a plane from Ireland , Trying to slow the Bismarck down so that their ships could catch up with her , the British fired at her from the air . The Bismarck was hit .

On the morning of May 27 , the last battle was fought . Four British ships fired on the Bismarck , and she was finally sunk .

1．The Bismarck sailed into the Atlantic Ocean______________.

A．to sink the Hood

B．to gain control of France

C．to cut off American supplies to Britain

D．to stop British warships reaching Germany

2．Many people believed that the Bismarck could not be defeated because she______________ .

A．was fast and powerful

B．had more men on board

C．was under Luetjens’ command

D．had bigger guns than other ships

3．We learn from the text that on 24 May______________.

A．the British won the battle against the Bismarck

B．the Bismarck won the battle against the British

C．the British gunfire damaged the Bismarck seriously

D．the Bismarck succeeded in keeping away from the British

4．Luetjens tried to sail to France in order to______________.

A．have the ship repaired         B．join the other Germans

C．get help from the French          D．get away from the British

For years , many people would not believe that smoke could attack so many parts of the body in so many ways . Study shows , however , that tobacco isn’t one single thing .  At least 60% of it is gas—20 different kinds of gas . And one of these is the deadly carbon monoxide (CO) （一氧化碳）.

In factories , the amount of this gas in the air is measured , and it must be kept under fixed , safe level . But there is 640 times this safe amount in cigarette smoke .

Oxygen is carried through your body by the red blood cells . But this poison gas , CO, will get to the blood cells before the oxygen can . So , if you smoke your blood carries five to ten times more of this deadly gas than is normal . To make up for this , your body must make more red cells .

The oxygen in your blood passes into your tissues（组织）. But here again CO makes trouble . It keeps the oxygen from passing into your tissues as fast as it should . Because of this , cigarette country is always about 8000 feet above sea level . Someone who smokes and lives at sea level gets as little oxygen as a nonsmoker at an altitude（高度）of nearly two miles .This happens to everyone who smokes , no matter how old or how young . Anyone who competes in sports can tell you that those who smoke run out of breath more quickly than those who do not .

1．The gas amount in cigarette smoke is______________.

A．640 times higher than the gas safe levels in factories

B．640 times lower than the gas safe levels in factories

C．640 times as much as that in factories

D．as dangerous as that in factories

2．If you smoke , ______________ .

A．your blood carries more oxygen than is normal

B．your blood carries much more CO than is normal

C．you can have five to ten times of blood than usual

D．your blood will be poisonous

3．Those who smoke______________.

A．all live at sea level

B．don’t live at an altitude of two miles

C．breathe as much oxygen as non-smokers

D．only get the same amount of oxygen at the sea level as non-smokers at an altitude of nearly 2 miles

4．Smokers are______________.

A．easily hurt                  B．easily excited      C．easily tired            D．healthy

第二卷（共35分）

第四部分：写作（共两节；满分35分）

第一节：短文改错（共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分）

此题要求改正所给短文中的错误，对标有题号的每一行做出判断：如无错误，在该行右边横线上划一个（√）；如有错误，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！

Yesterday I was invited to join in a                               76．______________        

old friend’s birthday party . The party was going to           77．______________        

begin on 8 o’clock in the evening .I was afraid of            78．______________        

being late , so I lent a watch from my neighbor . When         79．______________        

I got to there , my friend gave me a warm welcome .             80．______________        

He introduced me for some other friends . After we              81．______________        

shared the big birthday cake , we started dance and             82．______________         

singing . What wonderful time we had ! On my way home   83．______________        

I stopped to look at my watch­ —To my surprise that             84．______________        

wasn't around my wrist any longer ! I hurried                  

back my ­­friend’s house . Luckily I found it there .                 85．______________        

第二节：书面表达（满分25分）

我们几乎在每天的报纸上或电视上都可以看到关于太空探索的消息，但是对于太空探索是否值得这一问题，不同的人有不同的看法.

请以”Is Outer Space Worth Exploring?”为题写一篇短文来阐述你的观点。字数要求120-150。

Is Outer Space Worth Exploring?

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— How was your job interview?

— Oh, couldn’t feel ______. I hardly found proper answers to most of the questions they asked.

         A. better                              B. easier                              C. worse                              D. happier

John seems a nice person. _______, I don’t trust him.

         A. Even so                           B. Even though                  C. Therefore                       D. Though

The wonderful time they had been looking forward ____ at last.

　　A. to arrive 　　　         B. to arrived 　　          C. to arriving 　               D. should arrive

—What’s the matter with the man hanging his head there?

    —Well, if you _______ know, he was caught stealing my bike.

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