--Why did the police ______________the crowd?

---Because the president’s car __________in the street.

A. break down; broke down          B. break up; broke up

C. break down; broke up             D. break up; broke down

It was along the Mississippi Rever ____Mark Twain spent much of his childhood.

   A. how      B.which      C. that       D.where

I feel ____to have been invited to give a speech here.

   A.honour     B.great honour     C.honoured     D.honouring

It is well known to us all that a lot of rivers _______by factories.

   A.are polluting               B.have been polluting  

C.are being polluting          D.are being polluted

完形(15%)

 Albert Einstein said, “In the middle of every difficulty lies opportunity.” Once __41 __, such opportunities are like valuable diamonds hidden in the sand.

Several years ago, I spoke at a school about how we were surrounded by “___42___  ” if we could only recognize them. A man stopped by to see me, and I remembered him as somebody who had suffered through a(n) ___43___ divorce (离婚) and was examining what was most important to him. He took a small ___44___ out of his pocket. Here is what he said to me that day.

“I ___45___ on this stone when I was leaving church last Sunday. You had spoken about  ___46___ opportunities—diamonds. I put the stone in my ___47___ to remind me to look for those “diamonds” that I need. I have been trying to sell my business . On Monday morning, a man who seemed interested in ___48___ some of my stock (股票) stopped by. I thought, ‘Here’s my diamond—don’t let it ___49___!’ I sold the entire stock to him by noon. Now my next diamond is to find a new ___50___  !”

Not long afterward, he did find a new and better job. From then on, he decided to keep his stone with him all the time as a ___51___ to look for “diamonds” as he dug through the ___52___ of life.

Richard DeVos is right when he points out. “This is an exciting world. It is filled with opportunities. Great moments wait around every corner.” Those moments are diamonds that,   ___53___ left unrecognized, will be forever lost.

Are you looking for “diamonds” every day? If not, you may ___54___ pass them by! Perhaps there is a diamond of opportunity hidden in the difficulty you’re ___55___ now.

1.A.given           B.discovered            C.sent          D.made

2.A.opportunities       B.dangers           C.diamonds      D.chances

3.A.painful         B.stupid                C.normal            D.original

4.A.ball                B.stone             C.paper         D.flower

5.A.stepped         B.depended          C.fought            D.based

6.A.stealing            B.accepting         C.recognizing       D.realizing

7.A.purse           B.pocket                C.bag           D.house

8.A.selling         B.buying                C.hunting           D.casting

9.A.go off          B.give in               C.stay up       D.watch out

10.A.buyer          B.job              C.stock             D.rock

11.A.scene          B.prize             C.reminder      D.power

12.A.difficulties       B.hopes             C.characters        D.cases

13.A.unless         B.though                C.for           D.if

14.A.happily            B.easily                C.luckily           D.dangerously

15.A.expressing     B.satisfying            C.breaking      D.experiencing

Miss Gogers taught physics in a New York school. Last month she explained to one of her classes about sound, and she decided to test them to see how successful she had been in her explanation. She said to them,“Now I have a brother in Los Angeles. If I was calling him on the phone and at the same time you were 75 feet away, listening to me from across the street, which of you would hear what I said earlier, my brother or you and for what reason?”

　Tom at once answered,“Your brother. Because electricity travaels faster than sound waves.”“That’s every good,”Miss Gogers answered; but then one of the girls raised her hand, and Miss Gogers said.“Yes, Kate.”

　“I disagree,”Kate said.“Your brother would hear you earlier because when it’s 11 o’clock here it’s only 8 o’clock in Los Angeles.”

1.Miss Gogers was teaching her class_________.

A.how to telephone 　    B.about electricity 　 C.about time zone 　  D.about sound

2.Miss Gogers raised this question because she wanted to know whether______.

　A.it was easy to phone to Los Angeles

　B.her student could hear her from 75 feet away

　C.her students had a good command of her lesson about sound

　D.sound waves were slower than electricity

3.Tom thought that electricity was _________.

　A.slower than sound waves   　B.faster than sound waves

　C.not so fast as sound waves  　D.as fast as sound waves

4.Kate thought Tom was wrong because _______.

　A.clocks in Los Angeles showed a different time from those in New York

　B.electricity was slower than sound waves

　C.Tom was not good at physics at all

　D.Tom’s answer had nothing to do with sound waves

5.Whose answer do you think is correct according to the law of physics?

　A. Tom’s 　     　B. Kate’s 　　C. Bath A and B 　　D. Neither A nor B

Started in 1636, Harvard University is the oldest of all the many colleges and universities in the United States. Yale, Princeton, Columbia and Dartmouth were opened soon after Harvard.

　 In the early years, these schools were much alike(*similar).Only young men went to college. All the students studied the same subjects, and everyone learned Latin, Greek and Hebrew. Little was known about science then, and one kind of school could teach everything that was known about the world. When the students graduated(*毕业),most of them became ministers or teachers.

　In 1782, Harvard started a medical school for young men who wanted to become doctors. Later, lawyers could receive their training in Harvard’s law school. In 1825, besides Latin and Greek, Harvard began teaching modern languages, such as French and German. Soon it began teaching American history.

　As knowledge increased, Harvard and other colleges began to teach many new subjects. Students were allowed to choose the subjects that interested them.

　Today, there are many different kinds of colleges and universities. Most of them are made up of smaller schools that deal with special fields of learning. There’s so much to learn that one kind of school can’t offer it all.

1.The oldest university in the US is _________.

　A.Yale 　　   B.Harvard 　　  C.Princeton 　       　D.Columbia

2. From the second paragraph, we can see that in the early years,______.

　A.those colleges and universities were the same

　B.people, young or old, might study in the colleges

　C.students studied only some languages and science

　D.when the students finished their school, they became lawyers or teachers

3. Modern languages the Harvard taught in 1825 were ________.

　A.Latin and Greek              B.Latin, Green, French and German

　C.American history and German   D.French and German

4.As knowledge increased, colleges began to teach_______.

　A.everything that was known      B.law and something about medicine

　C.many new subjects             D.the subjects that interested students

5. On the whole, the passage is about___________.

　A.how to start a university    　B.the world-famous colleges in America

　C.how colleges have changed    D.what kind of lesson each college teaches

No one is glad to hear that his body has to be cut open by a surgeon（外科医生） and part of it taken out． Today， however， we needn't worry about feeling pain during the operation． The sick person falls into a kind of sleep，and when he awakes，the operation is finished. But these happy conditions are fairly new．It is not many years since a man who had to have operation felt all its pain．

   Long ago， operation had usually to be done while the sick man could feel everything． The sick man had to be held down(压制，控制) on a table by force while the doctors did their best for him． He could feel all the pain if his leg or arm was being cut off， and his fearful cries filled the room and the hearts of those who watched．

   Soon after 1770, Josept Priestley discovered a gas which is now called “laughing gas”．Laughing gas became known in America．Young men and women went to parties to try it．Most of them spent their time laughing，but one man at a party，Horace Wells，noticed that people didn't seem to feel pain when they were using this gas．He decided to make an experiment on himself．He asked a friend to help him．

   Wells took some of the gas，and his friend pulled out one of Well’s teeth．Wells felt no pain at all．

   As he didn't know enough about laughing gas，he gave a man less gas than he should have. The man cried out with pain when his tooth was being pulled out．

   Wells tried again，but this time he gave too much of the gas，and the man died．Wells never forgot this terrible event．

1.It is ＿＿＿＿ since a man being operated felt all the pain．

   A. a few more years   B. not long    C. few years     D. two thousand years

2.Long ago，when the sick man was operated on, he ＿＿＿＿．

   A. could feel nothing           B. could not want anything

   C. could feel all the pain        D. could do anything

3.Using the laughing gas，the people did not seem to ＿＿＿＿．

   A. be afraid of anything    B. feel pain   C. want to go to the parties    D. be ill

4.If a man took less laughing gas than he should have when an operation went on，he ＿．

   A．felt nothing  B. felt very comfortable  C．still felt pain      D．would die

5. One who took too much of the laughing gas ＿＿＿．

   A.would laugh all the time       B.would die 

C.would never feel pain         D.would be very calm

单词拼写（10%）

1. To be honest, a lot of people a__________great importance to becoming rich and famous.

2. When scientisits i____________the bones, they were surprised to find that these dinosaurs could not only run like the others but also climb trees.

3. I would a___________it if you could give me an imaginative answer.

4. He s___________ in solving the problem after his hard work.

5. Later the bands may give p_____________in pubs or clubs, for which they are paid in cash.

6. Jay as a singer is f___________ to many people, especially the young teennagers.

7. Fans showed their great d__________ by waiting for hours to get tickets for their concerts.

8. With dark clouds g___________, I think it is very likely to rain.

9. On his a_________, he began to work at once. He’s very hardworking.

10. You can not enter the president’s office without his p____________.

短文改错（10%）

假如英语课上老师要求同学们交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，要求你在错误的地方增加、删除或修改某个单词。

增加：在缺词处加出加一个漏字（^），并在其下面写上该加的词。

删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。

修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写上修改后的词。

注意： 1. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；

       2. 只允许修改10处，多者(从第11处起)不计分。

Dear Andy,

I’m glad to learn that you or some of your classmates are coming to Hangzhou and that you will stay at my home. My parents and I are very pleasing to have you with us. Now let me to tell you what we have arranged for yourself. I know the school would organize a lot things for you to do in the morning. And in the afternoon, I’ll show you around and take you to some place of interest, like the West Lake, Qianjiang New City and so on. We’ll most stay at home in the evening watching TV, playing games or meeting people. I’m surely you’ll have a wonderful time here. I’m looking forward very much to meet you soon.

                                                     Yours sincerely

                                                      Li Yue