第二卷（共35分）

第一节单词拼写(首字母已给出，注意适当变化)（满分10分，每题一分）

76.Many children s________ to death in Africa because of the lack of food.

77.Can you r________me some new books on this subject?

78.The medicare cost is e________ to be one billion dollars.

79.F________causes a rolling ball to stop finally.

80.There is a general a________that smoking is harmful.

81.I asked the photographer to e________ the picture to fit in with the big frame.

82.A d________ man will stop at nothing to get what he wants.

83.He is always very p________. He is never late.

84.Golf has gained p________ among the wealthy in my country.

85.In order not to let water through, the company will come up with a new technique for w______walls.

第二卷（共35分）

第一节 单词拼写(首字母已给出，注意适当变化)（满分10分，每题一分）

76.Many children s________ to death in Africa because of the lack of food.

77.Can you r________me some new books on this subject?

78.The medicare cost is e________ to be one billion dollars.

79.F________causes a rolling ball to stop finally.

80.There is a general a________that smoking is harmful.

81.I asked the photographer to e________ the picture to fit in with the big frame.

82.A d________ man will stop at nothing to get what he wants.

83.He is always very p________. He is never late.

84.Golf has gained p________ among the wealthy in my country.

85.In order not to let water through, the company will come up with a new technique for w______walls.

（重庆市西南师大附中2010届高三第七次月考A篇）

“Hey, Jenna, do you tin we’ll still be friends when we’re eighty – two?” I asked my friend. It was clear she was wondering where I had come up with such a question. Losing Jenna would be like losing a very close sister. We hung out together. We gave each other advice.

“Of course, we’ll still be friends when we’re eighty – two.” Jenna announced loudly.

The next year, in fourth grade, we met Jamie. The three of us soon became close friends. We played together almost every day. I thought even time couldn’t pull us apart, but I was sadly mistaken.

The three of us started fighting a lot. Before Christmas, we had a really big fight, and Jamie and Jenna were against me, both saying I was bossy. I felt helpless and lonely. I thought Christmas would be horrible!

I was surprised when Jenna came to my house and gave me an awesome Christmas card she had made for me. I was so sure that she was still disappointed with me.

“Wow, ” I said. breaking the silence as we stood on either side of my front door. “Thanks.”

“Okay…well…I have to go,” she said softly.

“Okay. See you late then…” and I closed the door.

“Who was that at the door?” my mum asked.

The card stared off with “Merry Christmas”, but then it said, “I am so glad we’re friends. I am sorry about what I said when we were fighting. A fight won’t stop us from being friends. Besides, we said we were going to be friends even when we’re eight – two.”

I stopped reading and started laughing. I couldn’t believe I had forgotten what she said that day in her back yard. I couldn’t believe I had been so selfish in trying to get even and making my friends feel sorry for me that I had forgotten about real friendship.

56．  How would the author and Jenna get along with each other after Christmas?

A. They would be close friends again.

B. They would not speak to each other.

C. They would lose touch with each other.

D. They would go on fighting with each other.

57．  The underlined sentence “I was bossy” in the fourth last paragraph means “_________”.

A. I looked like a boss                                 B. I acted as boss

C. I was fond of giving orders      D. I was fond of fighting

58．  Which of the following is the right time order according to the passage?

a. Jamie became our friend.

b. I felt lonely and unhappy.

c. Jenna, Jamie and I fought a lot.

d. Jenna brought me a Christmas card.

e. I was sorry for what I did to her.

f. Jenna and I promised to be lifelong friends.

A. f – a – b – c – e – d                            B. a – c – f – b – d – e

C. a – b – c – f – e – d                            D. f – a – c – b – d – e

59．  The author was delighted when she read the card from Jenna because _________.

A. what Jenna wrote was funny      

B. Jenna would be her friend again

C. she was happy about the coming Christmas

D. she was happy to receive a Christmas cad

 In order to _____ the rising production costs, the subscription rates have been increased.
   A. add up to             B. look up to            C. come up with  D. keep up with

A recent study of ancient and modern elephants has  come up with the unexpected conclusion that the African elephant is divided into two distinct (不同的) species

The discovery was made by researchers at York and Harvard universities when they were examining the genetic relationship between the ancient woolly mammoth and mastodon to modern elephants—the Asian elephant, African forest elephant and African savanna elephant

Once they obtained DNA sequences (序列) from two fossils (化石)，mammoths and mastodons， the team compared them with DNA from modern elephants. They found to their amazement that modern forest and savanna elephants are as distinct from each other as Asian elephants and mammoths.

The scientists used detailed genetic analysis to prove that the African savanna elephants and the African forest elephants have been distinct species for several million years. The divergence of the two species took place around the time of the divergence of Asian elephants and woolly mammoths. This result amazed all the scientists.

There has long been debate in the scientific community that the two might be separate species but this is the most convincing scientific evidence so far that they are indeed different species.

Previously, many naturalists believed that African savanna elephants and African forest elephants were two populations of the same species despite the elephants’ significant size differences. The savanna elephant has an average shoulder height of 3.5metres while the forest elephant has an average shoulder height of 2.5metres. The savanna elephant weighs between six and seven tons, roughly double the weight of the forest elephant. But the fact that they look so different does not necessarily mean they are different species. However, the proof lay in the analysis of the DNA.

Alfred Roca, assistant professor in the department of Animal Sciences at the University of Minois, said, “We now have to treat the forest and savanna elephants as two different units for conservation purpose. Since 1950 all African elephants have been conserved as one species. Now that we know the forest and savanna elephants are two very distinct animals, the forest elephant should become a bigger priority (优先)for conservation purpose .”

1.One of the fossils studied by the researchers is that of ________.

A. the Asian elephant                   B. the forest elephant

C. the savanna elephant                D. the mastodon elephant

2.The underlined word “divergence” in paragraph 4means “________”

A. evolution        B. exhibition       C. separation         D. examination

 3.The researcher’s conclusion was based on a study of the African elephant’s _____

A. DNA           B. height          C. weight            D. population

4.What were Alfred Roca’s words mainly about?

A. The conservation of African elephants.      

B. The purpose of studying African elephants

C. The way to divide African elephants into two units

D. The reason for the distinction of African elephants

5.Which of the following can be the best title for the passage?

A. Naturalist’s Belief about Elephants.     

B. Amazing Experiment about Elephants

C. An Unexpected Finding about Elephants   

D. A Long scientific Debate about Elephants