83．Unluckily，Liu Xiang's dream of _________(赢得)the gold medal of 2008 Olympic Games couldn't come true．

82．It’s snowing hard．You must drive _________(仔细)．

第一节　　 单词拼写(满分5分)

根据汉语提示，用词语的正确形式填空。

81．The students should be always strict with _________(自己)．

从对话后的选项中选择适当的选项补全对话。

A

A：Hello! Is that Miss Green speaking?

B：I'm sorry．____73____ Could I take a message?

A：OK．I want to say something about my son．___74___ I'm afraid he can't go to school today．

B：____75____ I hope he'll be better soon．

A：Thank you．Could I leave my number for you?

B：OK．____76____ I'll go and get a pen．Well，your number，please!

A：23758200．Many thanks．Goodbye!

B：Goodbye!

B

A：Hi，Michael．I'm Maria from Fashion Tim e magazine．____77____

B：Oh，you are welcome．Nice to meet you，Maria．

A：Michael，our readers want to know what famous people do for vacation．____78____

B：Well，I'm going to Hawaii．

A：____79____

B：It's always sunny and warm．And it's beautiful．

A：Really? ____80____

B：Going to the beach．Maybe I'll play volleyball there．

A：And how long are you staying?

B：For about three weeks．

A：That sounds good．

B卷(非选择题　　 共20分)

第二节　　 完形填空(共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分)

先通读下面短文，读懂大意，然后从后面各题所给的A、B、C三个选项中选择可以填入相应空白处的最佳选项。

Millions of Americans are trying to lose weight(减肥)．Some people eat less food，__38__ do running，exercise with machines，take medicines，or even have operations(手术)．So losing weight is __39__ work，and it costs a lot of money．But __40__ do so many people want to lose weight?

Many people worry about their looks of bodies．__41__ many people，looking nice also mean to be thin．Other people worry about their health as many doctors say overweight(超重)is not good．Most people want to find a __42__ and easier way to lose weight and this kind of books is very popular．These books tell people how to lose weight．Each year，a lot of new books like these are __43__．Each book says it can __44__ help people lose weight．

Men and women spend several hundred dollars a day losing weight at the health centers．People live there for one week or two taking exercise，eating different foods．Food there may be just a little．All the work is for loosing weight．After 4 days on the program，one woman called Mrs. Walt __45__ five pounds(2.27 kg)．At $400 a day，it took her $320 to lose each pound．But she said she was still __46__ to do so．

Health centers，books，medicines，operations，running and exercise machines all __47__ a lot of money．So in the United States，losing weight may mean losing money．

38．A．other　　 　　　　　　　 B．another　　 　　　　　　 C．others

39．A．good　　 　　　　　　　 B．hard　　 　　　　　　　　 C．easy

40．A．why　　 　　　　　　　　 B．when　　 　　　　　　　 C．how

41．A．As　　 　　　　　　　　　 B．In　　 　　　　　　　　　　 C．For

42．A．worse　　 　　　　　　　 B．harder　　 　　　　　　　 C．faster

43．A．written　　 　　　　　　 B．bought　　 　　　　　　 C．taken

44．A．easy　　 　　　　　　　　 B．hardly　　 　　　　　　　 C．easily

45．A．lost　　 　　　　　　　　 B．lose　　 　　　　　　　　 C．loses

46．A．angry　　 　　　　　　　　　　 B．glad　　 　　　　　　　　 C．sorry

47．A．have　　 　　　　　　　　 B．want　　 　　　　　　　　 C．need

B

Jeff Keith has only one leg．When he was 12 years old，Jeff had cancer．Doctors had to __48__ most of is right leg．Every day Jeff puts on a plastic leg．With the plastic leg，Jell can ski，ride a bicycle，swim，and play soccer．He can also run．

Jeff made a plan with his friends who have plastic legs，too．They decided to run across America．__49__ twenty-two，Jeff Keith ran across the USA from the east to the west．He ran 3200 miles．Jeff __50__ thirty-six pairs of running shoes and five plastic legs． He stopped in different cities on the way to Los Angeles．In every city people gave Jeff money for the American Cancer Society．The American Cancer Society used the money to know more about cancer．

On the way to Los Angeles，Jeff talked to people about __51__．Jeff is disabled，but he can do many things．He finished college and is studying to be a lawyer．Jeff says，“People can do anything they want to do．I want people to know that．I ran __52__ for disabled people．I ran for everybody．”

48．A．take off　　 　　　　　 B．put off　　 　　　　　　 C．cut off

49．A．At the end of　 　　　 B．At the age of　　 　　 C．By the end of

50．A．wore out　　 　　　　　 B．wore　　 　　　　　　　 C．broke

51．A．Los Angeles　　 　　 B．cancer　　 　　　　　　 C．legs

52．A．not only　　 　　　　　 B．only　　 　　　　　　　　 C．no longer

37．--I'm going to take part in the 800-meter race．

-- _________

A．Not too bad．　　　　 B．Run quickly!　　 　　 C．Good luck!