My husband had just bought a new washing machine for me. I decided to use it the other day and I washed a lot of things.

Everything worked well, but I found one of my husband’s socks missing. I looked everywhere for it, but I couldn’t find it anywhere. The next morning, I got ready for school as usual. When the bell rang, the students came in, I greeted them and told them what we were going to do that day.

When I turned around to write on the blackboard, the class broke out a roar.

They laughed and laughed. The laughed so much, in fact, that I was afraid the headmaster would be in and see all this. I asked the c lass to stop, but the more I talked, the more they laughed. I decided to pay no attention to them and continued to write on the blackboard. When I did this, they roared even more. Finally, the teacher who were in the next room came in to see what all the laughter was about. Wh en he came in, he started laughing, too!

“Good heaven,” I said. “Will someone please tell me what is so funny?”

“Oh, God,” said the teacher. “You have a brown sock stuck to the back of your skirt!”

So that’s how I found my husband’s missing sock. “Oh, well,” I said to the class,“ Let’s just say you have had an unforgettable lesson on static electricity(静电学).”

40. What was the writer?

A. A washer.     B. A student.     C. A teacher     D. A headmaster

41. What happened when the writer turned around to write on the blackboard?

A. The class roared with anger.

B. The class began to laugh loudly.

C. Another teacher came in.

D. There was a loud noise outside the room

42. Why couldn’t she find one of her husband’s socks?

A. Because some students had hidden it.

B. Because her husband had taken it away

C. Because she had left it in the classroom

D. Because she never expected that it would stick to her skirt

43. What did the writer do when she got to know why her students laughed?

A. She did nothing but laugh.

B. She got angry with the clas s.

C. She did nothing

D. She explained the matter in a clever way

C

Harriet Tubman lived a life filled with adventure. Tubman worked with the Under-ground Railroad. She helped many slaves reach freedom in the North. She was a scout(童子军)in the Civil War. She also worked as a nurse during the war.

Life in the Old South was very hard for slaves. Most slaves lived in small houses. They had 1arge families, and even the children had to work in the fields. Most slaves dreamed of getting to the North. They wanted to be free.

One day Harriet saw a slave trying to run away. Then she saw the keeper running after him with a whip(鞭子). Harriet stood in the keeper’s way. The keeper took a weight and threw it at the slave. He hit Harriet above her eyes. It almost killed her. The scar(伤疤)on Harriet’s head was an emblem of her will to fight for what she believed in. ww w. xkb1.c om

The Fugitive(逃亡)Slave Law made Harriet’s job harder. The law said that slaves could be caught even in the North. Harriet began leading slaves all the way into Canada. There they’re safe. The law couldn’t hurt them there.

When Harriet came for her mother and father, they were very old. Harriet was afraid they might not be able to make the trip. She got a horse. She and a friend made a wagon. She helped her mother and father ride to freedom.

44. The passage mainly tells us about ________.

A. Harriet Tubman’s fight for the freedom of the slaves

B.1ife of the slaves in the old South

C. life of Harriet Tubman

D. the Civil War

45. According to the passage, which of the following statements is Not True?

A. The Fugitive Slave Law protected running slaves in the North.

B. Harriet T ubman used to work as a  nurse during the Civil War.

C. Harriet led slaves  to Canada where the law couldn’t hurt them.

D. The weight hit Harriet in the head and left a scar on her head.

46. Slaves in the south wanted to run away to the North for ________.

A. making more money                B. getting a better job

C. freedom                       D. bigger houses

47. The Fugitive Slave Law ________.

A. protected running slaves

B. offered good jobs for slaves

C. set slaves free

D. made Harriet’s job more difficult

D

No poem should ever be discussed or “analyzed”, until it has been read aloud by someone, teacher or student. Better still, perhaps, is the practice of reading it twice, once at the beginning of the discussion and once at the end. All discussions of poetry are, in fact, preparations for reading it aloud, and the reading of the poem is, finally, the most telling “interpretation” of it, suggesting tone, rhythm, and meaning all at once. Hearing a poet read the work in his or her own voice, on records or on film, is obviously a special reward. But even those aids to teaching can not replace the student and teacher reading it.

I have come to think, in fact, that time spent reading a poem aloud is much more important than “analyzing” it, if there  isn’t time for both. I think one of our goals as teachers of English is to have students love p oetry. Poetry is “ a criticism of life”, and “ a heightening(提升)of life”. It is “an approach to the truth of feeling”, and it “can save your life”. []

I am not saying that every English teacher must teach poetry. Those who don’t like it should not be forced to put that dislike on anyone else. But those who do teach poetry must keep in mind a few things about its  essential nature, about its sound as well as its sense, and they must make room in the classroom for hearing poetry as well as thinking about it.

48. To have a better understanding of a poem, one should_________.

A. discuss it with others

B. analyze it by oneself

C. copy it down in a notebook

D. practise reading it aloud

49. Which of the following is NOT mentioned as a function of poetry? ____________

A. Extending your life.    B. Saving your life

C. Criticizing life     D. Heightening life

50. According  to the writer, one of the p urposes of teaching English is to get students          .

A. to understand life        B. to enjoy poetry

C. to become teachers    D. to become poets

51. What does the last sentence in the third paragraph imply? _________

A. More stress was laid on the und erstanding of poetry in the past.

B. Poetry is more important than any other subject.

C. One cannot enjoy life fully without an understanding of poetry.

D. Poetry is the  foundation of all language and literature courses.

四 书面表达：

第一节：阅读表达

阅读下面短文，然后用英语简洁回答文后所给的五个问题，每题答案不超过10个单词。

Kerry and Alice were both artists in Britain.They taught drawing and painting at Cambridge University.Although they were friends，each thought oneself to be the better painter.

One day，Kerry promised marriage to Alice.Surprised and pleased by the offer，the girl was not sure whether she would spend her future as a wife or a p ainter.After  a moment she replied as follows,“Each of us must paint a picture.If yours is superior to mine.you can make me your wife.If not，please drop the question.”Then it was decided to give it the following day.

The next mor ning，Alice hung her picture on the gate.It showed a bunch of flowers and won high praise(赞扬)from everyone who passed by.In fact，a crowd colle cted in front of her masterpiece and fixed their eyes on it.

Several hours passed.Then Kerry was seen coming along to the gate with what appeared to be a beautiful leather suitcase in his hand.When he finally stopped before Alice, the girl artist

blushed like a rose and agreed to marry him without any hesitation(犹豫).Why?

Answer the  questions：

52.What are Kerry and Alice?

__________________________________________.

53.What’s the meaning of the underlined part“superior to”?

____________________________________________________

54.Did Kerry agree to Alice’s suggestion?

_______________________________ ______________________

55.Why did Alice’s picture win high praise?

____________________________________________________

56.What do you think the“leather suitcase’’ really was?

____________________________________________________

第二节 写作：

以吸烟有害健康为题写一篇短文，字数120左右，内容要求包括：

1.现状：中国吸烟者约占将近一半，吸烟者越来越年轻，甚至有少数中学生也在抽烟。

2.原因：有的认为是时髦(a kind of fashion)、有的认为是乐趣、有的认为可以提神(refresh oneself)。

3.害处：吸烟有害健康，可导致多种疾病，是一种金钱的浪费，甚至会引起火灾。

4.劝告不要吸烟。

答 案：

单项选择：

1-5 B C B A C   6-10 C C D D C   11-15 B D D D B

完形填空

阅读理解

36---39 CBCD        40---43 C BDD     44---47 AACD       48---51 DABA

阅读表达

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