The Florida sun baked my shoulders as I worked along the Ⅰ-595 freeway near Fort Lauderdale，picking up rubbish.I paused to 　36　 the sweat off my forehead and look up at the cloudless blue sky.“　37　 can’t it rain?”I thought.That would 　38　 things off.?

I thought about my 　39　，who were 　40　 sitting in an air?conditioned classroom at the high school right now.I had some 　41　 in school，so my parents decided to let me work ?　42　with my dad.We both worked for my uncle，who had taken 　43　 of a road maintenance(道路养护)company.It was up to us to keep the roads 　44　 of rubbish.The job was 　45　 and dirty，especially on hot days like this.I 　46　 why I ever agreed to do it.?

We continued our 　47　 route(路线)along 595，　48　 for the overpass bridge.Then I ?noticed? an area where some 　49　 were broken on the ground.They weren’t like that before.?

“Dad! Pull over! I want to 　50　 something out.”?

I jumped off the truck and rushed to the bridge.Something was telling me to 　51　 ...there wasn’t much time.　52　 I saw a Toyota that 　53　 upside down in the trees.Maybe it was a stolen car that somebody 　54　 there.Then I noticed something 　55　.It was a bloody leg reaching out of the driver’s side window!?

“Heeeelp! ”a lady moaned(呻吟).

36.A.wipe   B.clean   C.dry   D.brush

37.A.When   B.How   C.Why   D.How long

38.A.wash   B.keep   C.stay   D.cool

39.A.relatives   B.neighbours  C.friends   D.workmates

40.A.happily   B.probably  C.really   D.finally

41.A.difficulty   B.trouble   C.questions  D.problems

42.A.full-time   B.part-time  C.all the time  D.some time

43.A.advantage  B.possession  C.position  D.place

44.A.away   B.from   C.far   D.clear 45.A.easy    B.exciting  C.smelly   D.comfortable

46.A.know   B.wonder   C.believe   D.admit

47.A.regular   B.common  C.unusual  D.old

48.A.leaving   B.going   C.coming   D.heading

49.A.cars    B.bottles   C.trees   D.glasses

50.A.check   B.turn   C.make   D.bring

51.A.decide   B.hurry   C.consider  D.listen

52.A.Above   B.Behind   C.Ahead   D.Below

53.A.hung   B.pulled   C.caught   D.knocked

54.A.treasured   B.deserted  C.kept   D.hid

55.A.pushing   B.shouting  C.moving   D.crying

36.解析：wipe...off...表示“将……?从……?擦去”。

答案：A

37.解析：由上文“the sweat off my forehead”和“cloudless blue sky”推断出该空应填why，表示主人公期盼下雨的急切心情。

答案：C

38.解析：如果天下雨，一切都会凉下来。

答案：D

39.解析：由下文的classroom推断这儿应填friends，表classmates之意。

答案：C

40.解析：由上文的thought推断这只是一种设想，只是有可能发生的事。

答案：B

41.解析：由下文“so my parents decided to let me work”可推断出我在学校出了问题。

答案：D

42.解析：由下文“especially on hot days like this”推断，我和爸爸做高速公路清洁工是全日制的。

答案：A

43.解析：take possession of “拥有”，符合句意。take advantage of “利用”，take the position 采取的立场、态度;take place “代替”。

答案：B

44.解析：keep sb.clear of “使……没?有……?”，符合语境需要。

答案：D

45.解析：夏天的垃圾当然又臭又脏。

答案：C

46.解析：我纳闷当初为什么会答应这么做。

答案：B

47.解析：高速公路清洁工每天清洁公路的路线是相同的、有规律的。

答案：A

48.解析：head for “朝……方向前进”。

答案：D

49.解析：由53空后面的“a Toyota that        upside down in the trees”可推断出，被弄断在地上的应是树。

答案：C

50.解析：check...out “核对，检查”。

答案：A

51.解析：内心有个声音催促我快点。

答案：B

52.解析：below副词，此处明确表示“在桥下”。

答案：D

53.解析：我站在立交桥上向下看，看见一辆Toyota牌小汽车倒挂在树丛中。

答案：A

54.解析：也许这是一辆被人遗弃在那里的被盗小汽车。

答案：B

55.解析：由下文“‘Heeeelp!’”a lady moaned(呻吟)”可知，这位女士没死，当然还能动。

答案：C

Ⅳ.阅读理解(共20小题;每小题2分，共40分)

A

In some parts of the United States，farming is easy.But farming has always been difficult in the northeastern corner of the country，which is called New England.?

New England has many trees and thin，rocky soil(多石土壤).Anyone who has wanted to start a new farm there has had to work very hard.The first job has been cutting down the trees.The second job has been digging out the roots(根)of the trees.Then the farmer has had the difficult job of removing(移走)stones from his land.This work of removing stones never really ends，because every winter more stones appear.They come up through the thin soil from the rocks below.Farmers have to keep removing stones from the fields.Even today，farms which have been worked on for two hundred years still keep producing more stones.That is why stone walls are used instead of fences in New England fields.The stone walls are not high and a man can easily climb over them.However，they keep the farmer’s cows from joining those of his neighbours’.

判断下列句子正误:

56.The most difficult job for the farmers is digging out the roots of the trees.

57.Stones keep appearing because the farmers need stones to build walls.

58.New England lies in the northeastern corner of England.

59.The farmers build stone walls，not fences because it is easier to build stone walls.

60.In New England one can usually find trees and thin rocky soil.

56.解析：从 “Then the farmer has had the difficult job of removing(移走)stones from his land”可知本句表述错误。

答案：F

57.解析：从“because every winter more stones appear.They come up through the thin soil from the rocks below”可知本句表述错误。

答案：F

58.解析：从“But farming has always been difficult in the northeastern corner of the country，which is called New England”可知本句表述错误。

答案：F

59.解析：从“farms which have been worked on for two hundred years still keep producing more stones”可知石头的资源是源源不断，用石头比较方便。

答案：F

60.解析：从“New England has many trees and thin，rocky soil(多石土壤)”可知本句表述正确。

答案：T

B

LONDON(Reuters)—Organic fruit，delivered right to the doorstep.That is what Gabriel Gold prefers，and he is willing to pay for it.If this is not possible，the 26?year old computer technician will spend the extra money at the supermarket to buy organic food.?

“Organic product is always better,”Gold said.“The food is free of pesticides(农药),and you are generally supporting family farms instead of large farms.And more often than not that it is locally(本地)grown and seasonal，so it is more tasty.” Gold is one of the growing number of shoppers buying into the organic trend，and supermarkets across Britain are counting on more like him as they grow their organic food business.But how many shoppers really know what they are getting，and why are they willing to pay a higher price for organic product? Market ?research? shows that Gold and others who buy organic food can generally give clear reasons for their preferences-but their knowledge of organic food is far from complete.For example，small amounts of pesticides can be used on organic products.And about three quarters of organic food in Britain is not local but imported(进口)to meet growing demand.“The demand for organic food is increasing by about one third every year，so it is a very fast-growing market,”said Sue Flock，a specialist in this line of business.

61.More and more people in Britain are buying organic food because         .

A.they are getting richer

B.they can get the food anywhere

C.they consider the food free of pollution

D.they like home-grown fruit

62.Which of the following statements is true to the facts about most organic products sold in Britain?

A.It grows indoors all year round.

B.It is produced outside Britain.

C.It is grown on family farms.

D.It is produced on large farms.

63.What is the meaning of “the organic trend” as the words are used in the text?

A.Growing interest in organic food.

B.Better quality of organic food.

C.Rising market for organic food.

D.Higher prices of organic food.

64.What is the best title for this news story?

A.Organic Food-Healthy，or Just for the Wealthy?

B.The Making of Organic Food in Britain

C.Organic Food-to Import or Not?

D.Good Qualities of Organic Food

61.解析：从Gold所说的话“Organic product is always better.The food is free of pesticides，and you are generally supporting family farms instead of large farms”可以判断出，人们喜欢organic food(绿色食物)是因为它们没有受到农药的污染。

答案：C

62.解析：第二段中“And about three quarters of organic food in Britain is not ?local? but imported”说明英国的绿色食物大部分是进口的，即在英国的国外(outside Britain)生产的。

答案：B

63.解析：根据短文最后Sue Flock所说的话“The demand for organic food is ?increasing? by about one third every year，so it is a very fast-growing market”可以判断出，由于人们对organic food越来越感兴趣，使其需求越来越大。

答案：A

64.解析：人们越来越重视自己所吃的食物，由于绿色食品中不含有农药，所以越来越受到人们的青睐。绿色食品的需求量每年以三分之一的速度上升，这使得绿色食品市场成为快速增长的市场，销售人员由此获得大量财富。所以，“Organic food—Healthy，or Just for the Wealthy?”是比较恰当的题目。

答案：A

C

Although more and more people are exercising regularly，experts note that eating right is also a key to good health.Nutritionists recommend(推荐)the “food pyramid” for a simple guide to eating the proper foods.At the base of the food pyramid are grains and fiber.You should eat six to eleven servings of bread，cereal，rice，and paste every day.Next up the pyramid are vegetables and fruits; five to nine daily servings from this group are recommended.The next pyramid level is the dairy group.Two or three servings a day for milk，yogurt，or cheese help maintain good nutrition. Moving up the pyramid，the next level is the meat，fish，beans，eggs，and nuts group，of which everyone should eat only three servings a day.At the very top of the pyramid are fats，oils，and sweets; these foods should be eaten only infrequently.?

You don’t have to shop in health food stores to follow the guidelines.One easy way to plan menus that follow the food pyramid is shop only in the outer aisles of the grocery store.In most supermarkets，fresh fruits and vegetables，dairy，fresh meat and frozen foods are in the outer aisles of the store.Grains，like paste，rice，bread，are located on the next aisles，the first inner rows.Finally，the farthest inside of the store is where you’ll find chips and snacks，cookies and pastries，soda pop and drink mixes.These are the kinds of foods that nutritionists say everyone should eat rarely，if at all.If you stay in the outer aisles of the grocery store，you won’t be tempted to buy foods you shouldn’t eat，and you will find a wide variety of healthy foods to choose from.Another benefit of shopping this way is that grocery shopping takes less time.

65.A good title for this article would be         .

A.How to Shop in a Health Food Store

B.How to Shop Efficiently

C.How to Shop for Healthy Food

D.How to Cook Healthy Food

66.According to the food pyramid，people should        .

A.eat more grains than meat

B.never eat fats and sweets

C.mostly eat meat only with vegetables

D.rarely eat bread and other starches

67.According to the passage，on the inside aisles of the grocery store you will find        .

A.cleaning products

B.dog and cat food

C.wine and beer

D.chips and snacks

68.In order to follow the main advice in the passage，it would be most helpful to know       .

A.where to buy a copy of the “The Food Pyramid”

B.whether rice has more calories than paste

C.which supermarket the author is referring to

D.how much of each kind of food equals a serving

65.解析：从营养专家推荐饮食食谱到如何到商店购买健康食品(如蔬菜等)是本文的主线，所以应选C。

答案：C

66.解析：从第一段可看出，在营养专家推荐的食物金字塔中，人们应多吃蔬菜、谷类而应少吃肉类食品。

答案：A

67.解析：第二段中间部分有这样一句话：“...the farthest inside of the store is where you’ll find chips and snacks”。这句话可清楚地告诉我们应选D项。

答案：D

68.解析：文章虽多次提到“一日两(三)餐”，但并没有说明一餐的量究竟是多少，因为要想按照营养专家的建议饮食的话，有必要搞清楚每餐的量。

答案：D

D

The world we live in gets more mechanized every year.Some countries which were mainly agricultural a hundred years ago have now become industrial.New factories and towns have been built on good agricultural land.There are now fewer farms to serve a much greater population，so these farms must be more efficient in order to produce as much food as possible.There is no place in the modern agricultural world for the inefficient farmer.Unfortunately，many of the picturesque aspects of farming are disappearing in the search for efficiency.The more tractors are used，the fewer horses are needed.Everyone agrees that horses are far more pleasant to look at than tractors.But they are less efficient.Cows are usually milked by machinery nowadays，and even pigs are fed automatically.There is not much art or poetry on the modern farm，and the old traditional idea of a farm as a slow，peaceful，romantic place is totally wrong nowadays.

The modern farmer has to be a mechanic，a scientist，an accountant and a gambler.The more mechanized farming becomes，the more expert the farmer has to be.He must understand what machinery is necessary for his kind of farm，and he must know how to use it efficiently.He must also understand the new technical advances in agriculture，and how to use chemical and synthetic products to improve his crops.The more workers a farmer employs，the more he must know about the problems of wages and taxes.As in any other industry，most modern farmers find it necessary to employ office staff to deal with these.But although he has more modern equipments and far more scientific aids than his grandfather had，the farmer is still dependent upon the weather.As he can never be sure what the weather will do，he must be prepared to take risks，and face the possibility of losing everything.

69.The underlined word “mechanic” means         .

A.a skilled farmer

B.a skilled person in using and repairing

C.a worker

D.a driver

70.Why the idea of a farm as a slow，peaceful，romantic place is wrong nowadays?

A.Because nowadays，the world gets more mechanized.

B.Because cows are usually milked by machinery and pigs are fed automatically.

C.The fewer horses are needed.

D.No farm needs the inefficient farmer.

71.How to explain“The more mechanized farming becomes，the more expert the farmer has to be”?

A.With the development of agriculture，it needs farmers to become a skilled man to ?operate? those agricultural machines.

B.With the development of agriculture，the farmer should be an accountant.

C.With the development of agriculture，the farmer should be mechanized.

D.With the development of agriculture，the farmer has to be a driver.

72.Which of the following is NOT TRUE?

A.The weather is a very important factor in agriculture.

B.It’s necessary for modern farmers to have modern equipments.

C.The farmers don’t have to know about their wages and taxes today.

D.Nowadays，it’s necessary for farmers to use office staff.

69.解析：根据文章上下文，判断出mechanic意为“有技术的人”。

答案：B

70.解析：从文章第一段第一句“The world we live in gets more mechanized every year”可知，我们居住的世界已经更加机械化了，所以对于传统农场的概念已经过时了。

答案：A

71.解析：作者认为随着农业的发展，需要农民成为有技能的、能够操作农业机械的人。

答案：A

72.解析：从文章第二段“The more workers a farmer employs，the more must know about the problems of wages and taxes”可以判断出，农场主还需要了解更多的关于工资和税务的问题。

答案：C

E

Read through the explanations of the following words，and then read the following advertisement and answer the questions after it.?

(1)available adj. able to be gotten，obtained，used?

(2)unfurnished adj. a house of flat without any furniture?

(3)utilities n. any useful service for the public，such as supplies of water，gas to the home?

(4)deposit n. the money paid to the seller so that he will not sell it to anybody else?

(5)appointment n. the agreement of time and place for meeting?

Now available at Franklin Park one block away from Indiana University.New unfurnished.One bedroom at $135,two bedrooms at $165,three bedrooms at $195 per month.Utilities include electricity.Children and small animals welcome.One month’s deposit required.Office opens through Saturday nine to five.Welcome for an evening or Sunday appointment.

73.According to this advertisement，a one-bedroom flat would require a deposit of        .

A.$195   B.$165   C.$135   D.$270

74.From this advertisement we can suppose        .

A.cats and dogs are not permitted in the flats

B.the flats have furniture in them

C.the flats are far from Indiana University

D.gas and water bills are included in the rent

75.The advertisement suggests that persons who are interested in the flats must        .

A.see the flats on Monday or Saturday

B.call for an appointment if they want to see the flats from nine to five Monday through Saturday

C.see the flats before five o’clock during weekdays

D.call for an appointment if they want to see the flats on Sunday or in the evening

73.解析：根据文中“One bedroom at $135...per month”可知，一间卧室的月租金是$135，同时广告中说明“One month’s deposit required.”，即需要一个月的租金作为定金，也就是$135。

答案：C

74.解析：因为广告中说明“Children and small animals welcome”,即可以带孩子和宠物，所以选项A不对。同时广告中说明“New unfurnished”，而广告前的名词解释中说明“unfurnished adj. A house of flat without any furniture”，即房间中没有家具，所以选项B不对。对于位置，广告中说明“one block from Indiana University”，所以far away不对。从广告中的说明“Utilities include electricity”以及广告前的生词解释“utilities n. any useful service for the public，such as supplies of water，gas to the home”可知，水、电及煤气的费用全部包括在租金之内，所以选项D正确。

答案：D

75.解析：从广告中“Office opens through Saturday nine to five.Welcome for an evening or Sunday appointment”可知，星期六9点到5点，可随时拜访，每天晚上和星期天可提前预约。

答案：D

Ⅴ.短文改错(共10小题;每小题1分，共10分)

At first I was not quite willing to sit down and

watched the 90?minute football match.Usually I just     76.

checked the results because I thought that was dull     77.

to watch a game in which players kicked a ball each     78.

other.Therefore，my father loves football.During the     79.

World Cup in 2002，my dad stays up late just to watch    80.

his favorite sport.Seeing his strong interest in this      81.

game of 22 men run after a ball，I decided to sit down     82.

to watch the game.I found the game excited，and my     83.

dad explained for the rules.We shared our joy.Football     84.

is not too badly as long as I watch it with my dad!      85.

76.解析：and连接两个并列的不定式to sit down和(to)watch，所以要用动词原形。

答案：watched→watch

77.解析：it作形式主语，“that”不行。

答案：that→it

78.解析：“把球互相踢来踢去”，要在“kicked a ball”后加上介词“to”。

答案：each前加to

79.解析：由上下文可知“therefore(因此)”与句意不符，应改为“however(然而)”。

答案：Therefore→However

80.解析：考查时态一致，时间状语“in 2002”，应用一般过去时。

答案：stays→stayed

81.答案：√

82.解析：“running”现在分词作定语，修饰“22 men”，相当于定语从句“who run”。

答案：run→running

83.解析：要用“exciting”修饰“the game”，表示“令人兴奋的”，“excited”用来修饰人。

答案：excited→exciting

84.解析：“explain”是及物动词，直接跟宾语，无须加介词。

答案：去掉for

85.解析：be动词后用形容词作表语，不能用副词。

答案：badly→bad

Ⅵ.书面表达(共25分)

三峡水利枢纽工程作为世界上最大的在水利工程，日益受到国内外的关注。假如你是China Daily的记者，请你用英语介绍一下该工程的有关情况，内容要点如下：?

1.长江每年的同一时间总是洪水泛滥，毁坏庄稼、房屋，甚至造成人身伤亡;?

2.大坝位于中国湖北，预计2010年完工;?

3.建坝所形成的湖面水位将上升100米左右，由于建坝，须移民数百万，三峡地区的许多名胜将被大水淹没;?

4.三峡大坝将具有防洪及发电功能。?

注意：?

1.词数：110左右;?

2.不要逐条翻译以上提示;?

3.参考词汇：?

三峡大坝：The Three Gorges Dam

答案：

The Three Gorges Dam is being built in Hubei Province in China，which is to be completed in 2010.It’s built for several reasons.?

First，the Yangtze River floods large areas at the same time every year.The flood destroys houses and crops，and some people even lose their lives.The new dam will control the waters of the Yangtze River and tame some of the rivers’ deadliest floods.?

second,when finished,the Three Gorges Dam will produce the energy of 15 nuclear power plants.

But there are also some disadvantages.As a result of the dam,the water level of the new lake will rise by about 100 meters,so that millions of people have to move from the place where they are living.What’s more,the waters of the new lake will cover many places of interest in the area of the Three Georges.Anyway,if we can control it,the advantages of it will out weigh its disadvantages.

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