IV. 阅读理解(满分40分)

(A)

Have you ever seen people dance? Some dances are fast and others are slow .People's feet always move when they dance .They keep on moving until the music stops.

People have enjoyed dancing for a very long time .This story is of a different kind of dance .It is the dance of bees(蜜蜂) .

If you have ever watched bees ,you know that they are very clever. They also work hard looking for food and bringing it back to their home .

The home of the bees is called a bee hive. Here hundreds even thousands of bees live. They work day and night building small walls of wax .There they make their honey . This is the same honey that we eat.

Where does the honey come from ? Bees live on food from flowers .Have you seen bees flying around a flower garden? When a bee rests on a flower ,it tries go to the centre of it .There it takes in as much food as its body can hold .Then it flies to take the food back to the hive.

At the hive, bees changes this flower food into honey .Then they fly away for more food .

How do the bees know where to find the best food in the sweetest flowers? One bee acts as a guide. When it discovers good flowers ,it flies back to the hive and tells the others .It does this by dancing for them .

The bee dances on one side .This tells the other bees which way to go to find the flowers .But that is not all .The bee dances for some time .And the length of its dance tells the other bees how far they must fly to reach the flowers.

When the bees see the dance ,they know where the flowers are .They fly away and return with more food for the hive.

Sometimes we hear the music of the bees as they fly around .But few people have ever seen them dance. Yet without that dance we might never have sweet honey to eat.

56. The write believes that

A. People dance better than bees

B. people learned dance from bees

C. bees dance more often than people

D. bees don't like music

57. From this passage we know that the dance of bees means

A. they are good at dance

B. they want to show their beauty

C. they communicate with each other

D. they have nothing to do

58.Which of the following is true?

A . People get honey from flowers directly.

B. People draw honey from bees' bodies

C. People produce honey in a secret place .

D. People get honey from bees in directly.

59.What character do bees have?

A. Dance-loving B. Hardworking

C. Music -loving D. Active

60.If a bee wants to get some information about the distance of food ,he may watch closely at of the other bees' dance.

A. the side B. the length C. the place D. the time

(B)

Education is not an end , but a means to an end. In other words ,we do not educate children only for the purpose of educating them .Our purpose is to fit them for life.

In some modern countries it has for some time been fashionable(时兴的)to think that by free education for

all--whether rich or poor , clever or stupid --one can solve all the problems of society and build a perfect nation. But we can already see that free education for all is not enough; we find in such countries a far larger number of people with university degrees ,they refuse to do what they think "low "work and , in fact ,work with hands is thought to be dirty and shameful in such countries .But we have only to think a moment to understand that the work of a completely uneducated , farmer is far more important than that of a professor, we can live without education, but we die if we have no food. If no one cleaned our streets

and took the rubbish away from our houses , we should get terrible diseases in our towns...

In fact , when we say that all of us must be educated to fit us for life , it means that we must be educated in such a way that , firstly each of us can do whatever work suited to his brains and ability and ,

secondly that we can realize that all jobs are necessary to society , and that is very bad to be ashamed of one's work . Only such a type of education can be considered valuable to society.

61. The writer of this passage thinks that

A. education can settle all of the world's problems

B. free education for all probably leads to a perfect world

C. free education won't help to solve social problems

D. all the social problems can't be solved by education

62. The writer wants to prove that

A. our society needs all kinds of jobs

B. our society needs free education for all

C. a farmer is more important than a professor

D. people with university degrees refuse to do what they think "low" work

63. According to the passage , .

A. work with hands is dirty and shameful

B. work with hand is low work

C. work with hands is the most important

D. we can't regard work with hands as low work

64. The purpose of education is

A. to choose a system of education }

B. to prepare children mainly for their future work

C. to let everyone receive education fit for him

D. to build a perfect world

65. The passage tells us about of education

A. the means B. the system

C. the value D. the type

C

Recently ,a professor of philosophy in the United States has written a book called "Money and the Meaning of Life .He has discovered that how we deal with money in our day-to-day life has more meaning than we usually think .One of the exercises he asked his students to do is to keep a record of every penny they spend for a week .From the way they spend their money , they can see what they really value in life.

He says our relation with others often become clearly defined when money enters the picture .You might have wonderful friendship with somebody and you think that you are very good friends .But you will know him only when you ask him to lend you some money .If he does ,it brings something to the relationship if he doesn't .

This person may say that he has a certain feeling , but if it is not carried out in the money world ,there is something less real about it .

Since money is so important to us ,we consider those who possess a lot of it to be very important .The author interviewed some millionaires in researching his book.

Question: What is the most surprising thing you have discovered about being rich , because you are a self-made man ?

Answer :The most surprising thing is how people give me so much respect . I'm nothing .I don't know much

.All I am is rich .

People just have an idea of making more and more money ,but what is it for? How much do I need for any given purposes in my life? In his book ,the professor uncovered an important need in modern society :to bring back the idea that money is an instrument rather than the end. Money plays an important role in the material world ,but expecting money to give happiness may be missing the meaning of life.

66.According to the first paragraph, people have not realized

A. how important money is in their day-to -day life

B. how one spends money shows what is important to him

C. that money is more important than their philosophy of life

D. that their understanding of life is more important than money

67.The author seems to believe that asking your friend to lend you some money

A. is a good way to test your friendship

B. will do harm to your friendship

C. will strengthen (增进)

D. is a good way to break off your friendship

68. What can we learn about the millionaire from his answer in the inter view?

A. He does not feel that he is well educated

B. He doesn't think that he is a very important person

C. He does not think that being rich deserves so much attention .

D. He does not consider himself to be very successful.

69.What does the American professor of philosophy want to explain in his book?

A. Money is an end . B. Money is a means

C. Money is everything D. Money is unimportant

70. Which of the following might the author disagree?

A. Money is important in modern society .

B. The meaning of life does not completely lie in money.

C. Wealth will surely bring the owner happiness.

D. Happiness is not necessarily the result of wealth.

D

As a result of pollution ,Lake Erie ,on the borders of the U. S. A. and Canada, is now without any living things .

Pollution in water is not simply a matter of "poisons " killing large numbers of fish overnight. Very often the effects of pollution are not noticed for many months or years because the first organisms(生物体)to be affected are either plants or planktons (浮游生物).But these organisms are the food of fish and birds and other creatures .When this food disappears , the fish and birds die too. In this way a whole food chain can be wiped out ,and it is not until dead fish and water birds are seen at the river's edge or on the seashore that people realize what is happening .

Where do the substances(物质)which pollute the water come from? There are two main sources——sewage(污水)and industrial waste. As more detergent(洗涤剂)is used in the home ,so more of it is finally put into our rivers ,lake and seas .Detergents harm water birds dissolving (分解)the natural substances which keep their feathers waterproof . Sewage itself , if it is not properly treated ,makes the water dirty and prevents all forms of life in rivers and the sea from receiving the oxygen they need .Industrial waste is even more harmful since there are many highly poisonous things in it ,such as copper and lead .

So, if we want to stop this pollution ,the answer is simple :sewage and industrial waste must be made clean before flowing into the water ,It may already be too late to save some rivers and lakes ,but others can still be saved if the correct action is taken at once.

71. Pollution in water is noticed

A. when the first organisms are affected

B. when a good many fish and birds die

C. when poisons are poured into water

D. as soon as the balance of nature is destroyed

72.The living thing die because there is no in the lake or river

A. water B. fish C. poison D. oxygen

73.What is the meaning of "waterproof ", the underlined word in the third paragraph?

A. Full of water .

B. Not allowing water to go through

C. Covered with water.

D. Cleaned by water.

74.Which of the following is harmful according to the passage?

A. Industrial water.

B. Chemicals

C. Water for cleaning .

D. All of the above.

75.The way to stop water pollution is

A. to realize the serious situation clearly

B. to put oxygen into the river

C. to make the water material harmless

D. to make special room in the sea for our rubbish

V. 短文改错(满分10分)

此题要求改正所给短文中的错误。对标有题号的每一行做出判断：如无错误，在该行右边横线上画一个(√);如有错误(每行只有一个错误)，则按下列情况改正：

此行多一词：把多余的词用斜线(/)划掉，在该行右边横线上写上该词，并也用斜线划掉。

此行缺一词：在缺词处加一个漏字符(∧)，在该行右边横线上写上该加的词

Zhang Hua, our monitor, study very well, and he is always 76. ______

ready to help others. We all very like him. 77.______

One day on his way to home, Zhang Hua saw an accident. 78. ______

A boy fell off his bike and had his leg breaking. With tears 79.______

In his eyes, he could do nothing but waited for help. In no 80. ______

time Zhang Hua took out from his pockets the handkerchief 81. _____

he newly bought. He wiped the tears off the boy’s face, and 82. _____

took him to the hospital with care in a hurry. 83. ______

Several weeks later the boy was quite all right. While 84. ______

they met, they shook hands firmly. The boy could help 85. ______

dropping tears.

Oh, Zhang Hua! You are a good example for us to follow.

VI. 书面表达(满分15分)

今年夏季，我省发生了洪水灾害。9月份开学后，学校学生会

开展募捐活动。假设你是学生会干部， 现请你以“Let’s show

our concern (关心)” 为题用英语写一篇倡议书，内容包括：

1. 今年夏季，我省发生了洪水灾害，许多校舍被冲毁，成千上万名中小学生上学遇到了困难。

2. 我们同灾区的孩子是同龄人，在他们遇到困难时， 应该伸出援助之手，献上一份爱心，使灾区的学生能恢复正常的学习生活。

3. 希望同学们踊跃捐钱捐物，特别是书和文具(stationery)。所捐物品和钱在本周内交到学生会。

词数：100——120个。

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