(C)

Most American students said goodbye to expensive fruits these days. In school canteens across the country, cheaper fruits like apples and oranges heave replaced them. “People are afraid to spend now” said Linda Morrow, who owns a shoe and handbag store. “They basically don’t know what the future will bring and keep waiting till after the Presidential Election.”

The current financial crisis(金融危机)， during which several of the country’s biggest banks have been forced to sell or close, has made lots of Americans unwilling to buy expensive goods.

Samira Martino, a restaurant owner in Miami, found everyone is ordering water instead of juice and more people are sharing meals. In more than two dozen interviews with the Associated Press across the country last month, American talked about their concerns, from worries about small businesses to doubts about simply making ends meet.

The crisis began last year. Experts blame it on U.S. banks lending money too easily. A lot of people and companies, who borrowed money, have found themselves unable to pay it back. This left the banks, as well as the people who put their money in the banks, without money. Since the banks borrowed money between themselves and even across borders, the whole world’s financial markets were involved.

This month the U.S. government agreed on a $ 700 billion plan to try to save the financial market. But a turn-around(转机) is not sure. President George W. Bush has warned it will take some time for the full effects of the plan to take hold in an economy that has had a world of trouble.

Last week top finance officials from 20 major economies promised to work together to find a way out of the money trouble. They believe the current crisis is the worst since the Great Depression in 1929. And they all think international cooperation is the key to solve it.

51. From the first paragraph, we can infer that______

A. apples and oranges become more expensive

B. people are worrying about the Election

C. people are expecting a turn-around after the Election

D. expensive fruits are in short supply in American markets

52. Samira Martino’s restaurant is mentioned in the passage in order to ______

A. show that people cut down their expenses.

B. attract more people to come to his restaurant

C. show how hard he is trying to run his business

D. encourage people to start businesses like him

53. What is the cause of the current financial crisis of America?

A. The Presidential Election

B. U.S. banks lending money too easily.

C. The decreasing economy.

D. America’s rapid development.

54. According to the passage, which of the following is NOT true?

A. Many students can not eat expensive fruits in school canteens.

B. Americans are very worried about their lives.

C. The international cooperation is most needed.

D. The current financial crisis is the worst in American history.

55. This passage mainly talks about______

A. the terrible life of Americans

B. the situation of the financial crisis

C. the way to go through the crisis

D. the world financial market

对话填空(共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分)

阅读下面对话，掌握其大意，并根据所给字母的提示，在标有题号的右边横线上写出一个英语单词的完整、正确形式，使对话通顺。

根据所给首字母或汉语提示，写出适当的单词形式，使得句子完整并正确。
【小题1】The terrible flood d________ all the houses in the village, leaving thousands of people homeless.  
【小题2】These people have made great c __________to the economic development of our country.
【小题3】With the development of technology, new digital products are r__________ old machines rapidly.
【小题4】Early to bed, early to rise will make you healthy, w__________ and wise.
【小题5】It is reported that over a dozen people have c__________ suicide in FOXCOM company in Shenzhen so far this year.
【小题6】The story told on TV was so touching that almost all the _____________ （观众）were moved to tears.
【小题7】The committee__________(采用) the new suggestion on how to protect the limited resources.
【小题8】The old woman died __________ (平静地) in the arms of her loving husband.
【小题9】Although our sense of sight is overused ,our sense of touch and smell is ___________(忽视)
【小题10】Don’t you see that our country is trying its best to improve people’s living ____ (条件)?

第二卷（共35分） 非选择题 .

第四部分：写作（共两节，满分35分）

第一节：对话填空（共20小题：每小题1分，满分10分）

请认真阅读下面对话，并根据各题所给首字母的提示，在答题卡上标有题号的横线上，写出一个英语单词的完整、正确形式，使对话通顺。

J =" Jackie  " L = Lisa

J: Warm day，isn’t it?

L: Yes, it's the (76) w      winter we have ever had.

J: In my childhood, we often had snow in winter, but these years, I (77) s                   ­see it

L: What do you think caused the (78) c      to change so much?

J: I think it is what we call green-house effect. Countries build factories to develop their economy, but they (79) p      a lot of waste gas into the air without being (80) t      .

L: And the cars also have (81) c      to the changes in the temperature all around the world

J: I couldn't agree more. If the temperature (82) c       to go up , the sea level would rise and some (83) c      cities would disappear.

L: Sounds terrible. We must do something about it.

J: (84)  L_____ , governments of many countries have realized that and are taking

(85) a      to prevent the pollution.

L: I am happy to hear that

W: Next patient, please?     

M: Morning doctor．

W: It's Mr．Gerald, isn't it?

M: That's right．         

W: 1.___________

M: Yes, it is．             

W: Right, 2._______________

M: Well, I've had this awful flu and a terrible cough．

W: I see．How long have you been feeling like this?

M: Oh, 3._______________

W: Have you had a temperature?

M: 4.__________________

W: OK．I'll just take a look at your chest．Now breathe in．．．and out slowly．And again．Good

That's it                      

M: Thank you．           

W: Well, I'll give you some cough mixture．5._________________

M: OK．Doctor．

F．about three or four days, I suppose．

G．No, I don't hope so．