（09海南、宁夏卷）31. The computer was used in teaching. As a result, not only     , but students became more interested in the lessons.

A. saved was teachers’ energy     B. was teachers’ energy saved

C. teachers’ energy was saved      D. was saved teachers’ energy

 (09·宁夏、海南、全国Ⅰ)

The True Story of Treasure Island

It was always thought that Treasure Island was the product of Robert Louis Stevenson’s imagination.  ___36___，recent research has found the true story of this exciting work.

Stevenson, a Scotsman, had lived    37    for many years in 1881 he returned to Scotland for a    38    . With him were his American wife Fanny and his son    39     .

Each morning Stevenson would take them out for a long    40    over the hills. They had been   41    this for several days before the weather suddenly took a turn for the worse, Kept indoors by the heavy rain. Lloyd felt the days    42    . To keep the boy happy Robert asked the boy to do some   43   .

One morning, the boy came to Robert with a beautiful map of an island. Robert   44   that the boy had drawn a large cross in the middle of   45   . “What’s that?” he asked “That’s the    46   treasure “said the boy Robert suddenly   47   something of an adventure story in the boy’s   48   While the rain was pouring, Robert sat down by the fire to write a story. He would make the   49    a twelve-year-old boy just like Lloyd.  But who would he the pirate（海盗）?

Robert had a good friend named Henley, who walked around with the   50   of a wooden leg. Robert had always wanted to   51   such a man in a story  52   Long John Silver the pirate with a wooden leg, was   53   .

So thanks to a    54   .September in Scotland a friend with a wooden leg and the imagination of a twelve-year-old boy we have one of the greatest   55   stories in the English language.

36．A．However                 B．Therefore                C．Besides                   D．Finally

37．A．alone                      B．next door                C．at home                  D．abroad

38．A．meeting                  B．story                      C．holiday                   D．jib

39．A．Lloyd                     B．Robert                    C．Henley                    D．John

40．A．talk                        B．rest                        C．walk                       D．game

41．A．attempting               B．missing                   C．planning                  D．enjoying

42．A．quiet                       B．dull                         C．busy                       D．cold

43．A．cleaning                  B．writing                    C．drawing                  D．exercising

44．A．doubted                  B．noticed                   C．decided                   D．recognized

45．A．the sea                    B．the house                C．Scotland                 D．the island

46．A．forgotten                B．buried                     C．discovered              D．unexpected

47．A．saw                        B．drew                      C．made                      D．learned

48．A．book                      B．reply                       C．picture                    D．mind

49．A．star                        B．hero                       C．writer                     D．child

50．A．help                        B．problem                  C．use                         D．bottom

51．A．praise                     B．produce                  C．include                   D．accept

52．A．Yet                         B．Also                       C．But                         D．Thus

53．A．read                       B．born                       C．hired                      D．written

54．A．rainy                      B．sunny                     C．cool                       D．windy

55．A．news                      B．love                        C．real-life                   D．adventure

    

 (09·宁夏、海南A篇)

I suddenly heard an elephant crying as though frightened Looking down I immediately recognized that something was wrong and ran down to the edge of the near bank There I saw Ma Shwe with her three-month-old calf struggling in the fast-rising water and it was a life-and-death struggle Her calf was floating and screaming with fear Ma Shwe was as near to the far bank as she could get, holding her whole body against the rushing water and keeping the calf pressed against her huge body . Every now and then the rushing water would sweep the calf a way.

There was a sudden rise in the water and the calf was washed clean over the mother’s body and was gone Ma Shwe turned quickly to reach it and pressed the calf with her head and trunk（象鼻）against the rocky bank Then with a huge effort she picked it up in her trunk and tried until she was able to place it on a narrow shelf of rock

Just at this moment she fell back into the river If she were carried down it would be certain death I knew as well as she did ,that there was one spot（地点）where she could get up the bank  but it was on the other side from where she had put her calf

While I was wondering what I could do next I heard the sound of a mother’s love Ma Shwe had crossed the river and got up the bank and was making her way back as fast as she could roaring（吼叫）all the time but to her calf it was music.

56．The moment the author got down to the river bank he saw______.

A．the calf was about to fall into the river

B．Ma Shwe was placing the calf on the rock

C．the calf was washed away by the rising water

D．Ma Shwe was holding the calf against the rushing water

57．How did Ma Shwe manage to save her calf from the fast-flowing water?

A．By putting it on a safe spot

B．By pressing it against her body

C．By taking it away with her

D．By carrying it on her back

58．How did the calf feel about the mother elephant’s roaring?

A．It was a great comfort                   B．It was a sign of danger

C．It was a call for help                    D．It was a musical note

59．What can be the best title for the text?

A．A Mother’s Love                       B．A Brave Act

C．A Deadly River                        D．A Matter of Life and Death

  

 (09·江西C篇)

237 West Palmdale Boulevard Fresno ,  Califormia93706 AmToy Corporation Suite 15 TransAm Building November 20, 2008 Dear Sirs, As a concerned parent, I am writing to protest your recent advertisement for Electro—Rain seen in local media is California. So Schally, I am referring to newspaper and magazine ads （attached this letter） and had the week of November 15. Children to your type of advertising in an immature way; that they shamble to understand how expensive some toys are for middle-class parent. Further, you product is violent in nature. Youth advertisement gives children the impression that it’s fine to have “two guns and laser eyes.” You also suggest that children need your toy protect them “when you go outside.” This is not a healthy attitude for children to have. I hope you will stop advertising your product in such a way that may our children. Sincerely yours, （Mrs. ） Alma Hernandez Enc

It’s here! Heady for You, Now! It’s Electro-Robo! Every lay dreams of being in control of a robot, and AmToy can make your dream come true Electro-R0ho is the world’s first fully autocratic robot with radio control. Standing 80 centimeters tall, Electro-Robo is like a friend at home, He can walk, talk, and even shake your had! He has two guns and laser eyes to help you defend yourself when you go outside with him , Every boy needs Electro-Robo ! Ask your Mom and Dad to buy Electro-Robo for your birthday or for Christmas, which is coming up soon Imagine that you are in control of your friend for life, Electro-Robo! Available at all toy stores and department stores NOW!

64. What is the purpose the letter?

A. To complain about a broken toy.         

B. To oppose the advertising.

C. To order a gift for Chrisman.           

D. To apply for a job in a toy company.

65. Why does the writer of the letter that Electro-Robo is violent?

A. It is control to radio water.      B. It is expensive to buy.

C. It is 80 centimeter                D. It bears arms.

66. What dose “End” at the end of the letter mean?

A. Something attached to the letter.  B. A complaint to the toy company.

C. A hidden message                   D. An encouraging response.

67. Electro-Robo can do all the following EXCEPT          .

A. sitting down    B. shaking hands   C. talking       D. walking

 (09·宁夏、海南C篇)

We have met the enemy and he is ours We bought him at a pet shop. When monkey-pox, a disease usually found in the African rain forest suddenly turns up in children in the American .Midwest it’s hard not to wonder of the disease that comes from foreign animals is homing in on human beings. “Most of the infections （感染）we think of as human infections started in other animals “ says Stephen Morse director of the Center for Public Health Preparedness at Columbia University.

It’s not just that we’re going to where the animals are; we’re also bringing them closer to us Popular foreign pets have brought a whole new disease to this country A strange illness killed Isaksen’s pets and she now thinks that keeping foreign pets is a bad idea “I don’t think it’s fair to have them as pets when we have such a limited knowledge of them “says Isaksen

“Laws allowing these animals to be brought in from deep forest areas without stricter control need changing “says Peter Schantz Monkey-pox may be the wake-up call. Researchers believe infected animals may infect their owners. We know very little about these new diseases A new bug（病毒）may be kind at first. But it may develop into something harmful（有害的）Monkey-pox doesn’t look a major infectious disease But is not impossible to pass the disease from person to person

64．We learn from Paragraph I that the pet sold at the shop may_______.

A．come from Columbia

B．prevent us from being infected

C．enjoy being with children

D．suffer from monkey-pox

65．Why did Isaksen advise people not to have foreign pets?

A．They attack human beings

B．We need to study native animals

C．They can’t live out of the rain forest

D．We do not know much about them yet

66．What does she phrase “the wake-up call” in paragraph 3 most probably mean?

A．a new disease

B．a clear warning

C．a dangerous animal

D．a morning call

67．The text suggests that in the future we               .

A. may have to fight against more new diseases

B. may easily get infected by diseases from dogs

C. should not be allowed to have pets

D. should stop buying pests from Africa