第三部分阅读理解(共15小题，每小题2分，满分30分)

A

New York, September 15. During a heavy rainfall last night a bus carrying 42 passengers slipped off the road on Highway 28, killing 36 of the passengers and the driver.

A spokesman for the Highway Patrol (巡逻队) which arrived at the scene shortly after 11:30 p. m. estimated (估计) that the accident had happened about half an hour before. The injured and the dead were sent to the nearest town of Valley View.

At the point where the accident happened the road has a three-lane (三条行车线) highway with many curves (弯道). Cause of the accident has not been fully found out.

56.Which may be the cause of the accident ?

A.The careful driver

B.The nearest town of Valley View

C.Highway 28

D.That road with many curves

57.It was possible that the accident happened ________.

A. in the town of Valley View

B.September 15.

C.at or about 11: 00 p. m.

D.after 11: 30 p. m.

58.How many people died in the accident?

A.37 B.36 C.43 D.42

B

On August 27, 1783, the people of the village of Gomesse, in France, looked up into the sky and saw a strange and terrible animal. It was huge and round, flying down from the sky. It landed in the field just outside the village. It was clear to the people of Gomesse that they had to defend themselves. The animal was clearly some kind of terrible “spirit”. They were afraid of the spirit but they were also very brave. They rushed out into the field and fought the animal with knives and sticks and farming tools. The “spirit” made terrible noises, like an animal that can breathe only with great difficulty.

But that was not the worst thing. When the villagers cut into the spirit's skin, it gave off a horrible smell, and even after the villagers had cut the thing open, it still moved. Finally the villagers tied it to a horse. The horse ran through the fields and the “Spirit” was torn to pieces. What was the terrible spirit? The answer is that it was one of the first “hot air balloons气球”. Its skin was made of silk and a kind of rubber. The terrible smell was the hot air inside the balloon. When the air got out through the cuts in the skin, it also caused the horrible noises.?

59. The terrible noises were made because        .?

A. the spirit could hardly breathe

B. the spirit wanted to frighten the villagers?

C. the spirit was afraid of the villagers

D. hot air got out through the skin?

60. The terrible smell was        .?

A. the smell of silk and rubber

B. the hot air inside the balloon?

C. the smell of burnt house

D. the smell of burnt crops?

61. The spirit didn't stop moving until        .?

A. the hot air in it ran out completely

B. the villagers cut into its skin?

C. the villagers cut it open

D. it gave off a horrible smell?

62. The villagers tied the spirit to a horse        .?

A. shortly after they caught sight of the spirit?

B. because it didn't stop moving though it was cut open?

C. after it was torn to pieces?

D. because the villagers wanted to take it away?

C

During the Second World War, it was difficult to travel by plane, because the seats were needed for important government officials and army officers. Mr Brown worked for the government during the war and he was doing very secret work. Nobody was allowed to know how important he was except very few people. One day he had to fly to London to give a talk to a few top people there, but an important army officer came to the airport at the last minute. Mr Brown’s seat was given to him, so he was not able to fly to the city to give his talk.  When the important army officer reached the city , he found  that the man whose seat he had taken was the one whose talk he had flown to hear.

63.Mr Brown was ___________.

A.an army officer                    B.a bad speaker

C.a government official              D.a public speaker

64.Plane tickets were hard to get for _________.

A.ordinary people              B.government officials

C.army officers                 D.secret workers

65.Mr Brown could not take the plane, because _________.

A.his secret work was discovered.

B.he wanted to change for another plane.

C.his seat was given to an important army officer.

D.he was unable to go by air.

66.What did the army officer discover in the end? ________.

A.He had taken a very important person’s seat.

B.Mr Brown’s talk was important

C.Mr Brown didn’t do important secret work

D.Mr Brown was a kind person.

D.

Once I spoke at a high school. After the speech, I was asked to see a special student. An illness had kept the boy home, but he had expressed an interest in meeting me, and it would mean a great deal to him. I agreed.

He was Matthew. When he was born, the doctor told his parents that he would not live to see five, then they were told he would not make it to ten. Now he was thirteen. He wanted to meet me because I was a gold-medal weight lifter, and I knew about overcoming obstacles(障碍) and going for my dreams.

I spent over an hour talking to Matthew. Never once did he complain(抱怨). He spoke about winning and succeeding and going for his dreams.  He knew what he was talking about. He just talked about his hopes for the future, and how one day he wanted to lift weight with me.

When we finished talking, I went to my briefcase and pulled out the first gold medal I won and put it around his neck. I told him he was more of a winner and knew more about success and overcoming obstacles(障碍) than I ever would. He looked at it for a moment, then took it off and handed it back to me. He said, “You are a champion(冠军). You earned that medal. Someday when I get to the Olympics and win my own medal, I will show it to you.”

Last summer I got the news that Matthew had died and a letter Matthew had written me a few days before:

Dear Rick,

My mom said I should send you a thank-you letter for the picture you sent me. The doctors tell me that I don’t have long to live any more. But I still smile as much as I can.

I told you some day I was going to the Olympics and win a gold medal. But I know now I’ll never make it. But I know I’m a champion, and God knows that too. When I get to Heaven, God will give me my medal and when you get there, I will show it to you.

Thank you for loving me.

Your friend,

Matthew

67. The boy wished to meet the writer because ________.

A. he wished to take part in the Olympics

B. he admired the author very much

C. he hoped to make friends with the author

D.  he enjoyed going in for weighting lifting

68. Which of the statements is TRUE?

A. Matthew was good at weight lifting.

B. Rick had the similar disease as a child.

C. Rick encouraged the boy to become a champion.

D. Matthew never gave up in face of disease.

69. Why did the boy refuse the writer’s medal?

A. He didn’t need Rick’s pity.

B. Rick looked on the medal as the most important thing.

C. The gold medal was very dear to Rick.

D. He thought he was not worthy of it.

70. What can be inferred from Matthew’s letter?

A. Mathew was unhappy before death.

B. Mathew kept in touch with Rick .

C. Mathew sent some pictures to Rick.

D. Mathew got an Olympic gold medal.

第四部分(共三节，满分35分)

第一节： 单词拼写(共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分)

1.Many rare animals are in d________, because they are being hunted for

2. While reading, please pay much a__________ to your pronunciation.

3. After some years, he has f__________ the habit of having a walk after supper.

4. It's still u__________ whether he will come or not.

5. It is o__________ that he has known the story.

6. What he said r_______me of my old friends.

7. We must keep the b___________ of nature.

8. Some boys like to play j_________ on the others

9.He earned his l________  by selling newspapers.

10.People will clean graves and light incense in m________ of their ancestors.

第二节: 短文改错(共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分)

下面短文中共有10处错误，错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。

增加：在缺词处加一个漏词符号(∧)，并在此符号下面写出该加的词。

删除：把多余的词用斜线()划掉。

修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。

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

One day, Henry Adams, the American businessman , was lost in London. He didn’t know what to do when two old and wealthy brother met him. They found that Henry arrived London by accident and he had no money. They gave him a letter and told him to open it until two o’clock. Before long, Henry , who was in rags,  went into a restaurant .He ate as a wolf. In two o’clock, when he opened the letter, he was surprising but the waiter and the owner was shocked.  A million pound bank note was in Henry hands. What interesting it was!

第三节 书面表达 (满分15分)

电视机几乎已经进入每个家庭，它在人们的生活中起着重要的作用，但也有一些负面影响。请你根据下列提示用英语写一篇100词左右的短文说明电视的用途。

电视给我们提供了一个栩栩如生的世界，通过电视我们可以观看奥林匹克足球赛，可以到纽约或伦敦观光，可以端着茶杯听音乐会，足不出户便知天下事。在日常生活中电视起着重要的教育作用，它可提供多种教育节目。

不过，看电视太多会损害眼睛，影响工作和休息，减少孩子们的学习时间。

参考词汇：    栩栩如生的   vivid;     减少  cut down      观光  go sightseeing

教育education    影响influence

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