D

Some time ago I discovered that one of my chairs had a broken leg. I didn’t think that there would be any difficulty in getting it repaired, as there are a whole lot of antique(古董) shops near my home. So I left home one morning carrying the chair with me. I went into the first shop expecting a friendly reception. I was quite wrong. The man wouldn’t even look at my chair.

The second shop, though slightly more polite, was just the same, the third and the fourth—so I decided that my approach must be wrong.

I entered the fifth shop with a plan in my mind. I placed the chair on the floor and said to the shopkeeper, “Would you like to buy a chair? Twenty pounds,” I said. “OK,” he said, “I’ll give you twenty pounds.” “It’s got a slightly broken leg,” I said. “Yes, I saw that. It’s nothing.”

Everything was going according to the plan and I was getting excited. “What will you do with it? I asked. “Oh, it will be easy to sell once the repair is done.” “I’ll buy it,” I said. “What do you mean? You’ve just said sold it to me,” he said. “Yes, I know but I’ve changed my mind. I’m sorry. I’ll give you twenty-seven pounds for it.” “You must be crazy,” he said. Then suddenly the penny dropped. “I know what you want. You want me to repair your chair.” “You’re right,” I said, “and what would you have done if I had walked in and asked ‘Would you mend this chair for me?’” “I wouldn’t have agreed to do it,” he said. “We don’t do repairs, not enough money in it and too much trouble. But I’ll mend this for you. Shall we say for a fiver?” He was a very nice man and was greatly amused by the whole thing.

68. We can learn from the text that in the first shop the writer ________.

A. was rather impolite   B. was warmly received

C. asked the shopkeeper to buy his chair

D. asked the shopkeeper to repair his chair

69. The underlined word “approach” in the second paragraph means __________.

A. plan to deal with things  B. decision to sell things

C. idea of repairing things   D. way of doing things

70. The expression “the penny dropped” in the last paragraph means that the shopkeeper ______.

A. changed his mind    B. saw the writer’s purpose

C. accepted the offer    D. decided to help the writer

71. From the text, we can learn that the write was a _____ person.

A. smart      B. tricky    C. cautious   D. humorous

E

Happy Leap Day! Leap Day, you ask? Yes, it’s February 29. You may notice this date didn’t appear on last year’s calendar, or the year before that, or … That’s because Leap Day happens once every four years –and 2008 is a leap year. A leap year has 366 days instead of the usual 365 that an ordinary year has. An extra day is added to the calendar in a leap year, and here’s why:

The 365 days of the calendar are meant to match up with the solar year. A solar year is the time it takes the Earth to complete its orbit around the Sun, about one year. But the Earth’s yearly trip around the Sun takes a bit longer than 365 days. The orbit takes 365 days, 5 hours, 48 minutes and 46 seconds, to be exact. That time equals roughly one quarter of a day., so the calendar and the solar year don’t match accurately. After a few years, that extra time in the solar year begins to accumulate. After four years, for example, the four extra quarter days will make the calendar fall behind the solar year by about a day.

According to the Honor Society of Leap Year Day Babies—a club for people born on Leap Day—there are an estimated 4 million people whose birthdays come but once every four years. But who wants to wait four years to celebrate his/her birthday? Most celebrate yearly on February 28 or March 1.

There was a time when strict rules prevented women from proposing marriage to their beloved. In most cultures, that’s not the case anymore. In fact, female pioneers who thought this rule was clearly unfair managed to get Leap Year established as an acceptable time for women to pop the question to unmarried men. So on February 29, a man could be surprised with an offer he couldn’t refuse. The first documentation(文献的使用) of this day of ladies’ choice was in 1288 in Scotland. Officials then decided to pass a law that allowed women to propose marriage to men of their choice in that year. They also made it law that any man who said no to a proposal in a leap day had to pay a fine. The fine could range(范围在……之间)from a kiss to payment for a silk dress or a pair of gloves.

72. According to the first two paragraphs, we can conclude that _________.

A. February 29 never appears on the calendar.

B. February 29 comes once every four years, every Leap Year

C. an ordinary year has one more day than a leap year

D. 2008 has 365 days, 5 hours, 48 minutes and 46 seconds

73. What does the underlined phrase “pop the question” probably means _______.

A. Propose marriage  B. Refuse marriage    C. Ask questions    D. Give directions

74. In the last paragraph, the underlined “they” refers to _______.

A. unmarried men  B. single ladies  C. Officials   D. the Scottish

75. Which topic can best describe the last paragraph?

A. What Can Ladies Do With the Extra Day?

B. It’s Unfair to Prevent Ladies From Offering Love.

C. Respect Ladies in Leap Year.

D. Leap Year Is Ladies’ Choice.

第 II 卷(共两节 满分35分)

第一节 短文填词(共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分)

阅读下面短文， 依据以下提示：1)汉语提示，2)首字母提示，3)语境提示，在每个空格内填入一个适当的英语单词，并将该词完整地填写在右边相对应的横线上。所填单词要求意义准确和拼写正确。

Dear Bob,

I learnt about you from my English teacher, Miss Fang.

I’d like to have you _______ my pen friend, and get to know more   76. _________

about your country. First let me tell you something about _______.  77. _________

I’m a student n______ Li Hua, living in Beijing, which is the   78. _________

c________ of the PRC. I study in Hongqi Senior High School.   79. _________

This is a large and beautiful school, and I e_______ everything in   80. _________

and around it. We are required to learn quite a few _______(科目),  81. _________

such as Math, Chinese, English and physics. I u______ to play   82. _________

table tennis a lot in my spare time. H_______, now I say, I show   83.__________

________(爱好) in football. Do you go in for any ball games? What  84. _________

is your favorite? I am looking forward to getting a _____ from you  85. _________

soon. Best wishes!

Truly yours,

Li Hua

第二节 书面表达(25分)

目前，诸如酱紫、神马、王道、很嗨、BH和 MS等一些网络语言在青少年中极为盛行， 并出现在作业、报告，甚至考试的作文中。 请你以“Should Internet Slang Be Prohibited?”为题， 根据以下要点用英语写一篇短文。

一部分学生认为网络语言：1.生动、时尚;2. 充满幽默与智慧;3. 使用更便捷。

另一部分学生认为网络语言：1.太简单、缺乏思想性; 2.许多人不能理解和接受。

你认为网络语言：1. ……   2. ……

注意： 1.对所给要点不要作简单翻译，要有适当发挥;

2.词数在120词左右， 开头部分已给，不计入词数。

3.参考词汇：生动-vivid  a.,    时尚-fashionable  a.,   智慧-intelligence  n.,

confused-a.无法理解，  misunderstand-v.误解

Should Internet Slang Be Prohibited(禁止)?

At present, Internet slang, such as “BH”, “MS” has become popular with many teenagers.

____________________________________________________________________________

参考答案

1—20： CCBBC  CABCC  BBAAB  ACBAA

21—35:  DCABB  CADDB  CBADC

36—55:  BACDA  BCDDB  ACBCD  ADABC

56—75： CDAB  DBAC  BDCA  DCBA  BACD

76. become 77. myself  78. named 79. capital     80. enjoy

81. subjects   82. used     83. However  84. interest    85. reply

One possible version

… There are different opinions on Internet slang.

Some students think Internet slang is vivid, fashionable and full of humor and intelligence. What’s more, the Internet slang can make chatting on the net quicker.

However, some other students don’t share their opinions, saying that the Internet slang lack depth of thought and it is over too simple. Besides, it is hard to understand and even not accepted by most people. The words sometimes might make people confused, thus resulting in misunderstanding.

As an old saying goes, every coin has two sides. Personally, as we live in the Information Age, we seem to fall behind if we don’t know the Internet slang. So, it will be OK as long as these terms are used correctly in proper situations.

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