第二节 完型填空(共20小题;每小题1.5分，满分30分)

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Since my family were not going to be helpful, I decided I would look for one all by myself and not tell them about it till I’d got one.

I had seen an agency (中介机构) advertised in a local newspaper.  I  rushed  out  of  the   36   in search of it. I was very excited and   37   as if I were going on the stage (舞台). I found the   38   easily and ran breathlessly through a door into a(n)   39  .

The woman in the office looked carefully at me   40   through  her  glasses,  and  then   41   me in a low voice. I answered softly. All  of  a  sudden  I started  to  feel  rather   42  . She wondered why I was looking for this sort of   43  . I felt even more helpless when she told me that it would be   44   to get a job without   45  . I wondered whether I ought to leave   46   the telephone on her desk rang. I heard her   47  : “As a matter of fact, I’ve got someone in the office at this   48   moment who might   49  .” She wrote down a   50  , and held it out to me,  saying: “Ring  up  this  lady.  She  wants  a   51   immediately. In fact, you would have to start tomorrow by cooking a dinner for ten people.”

“Oh yes,” said I ——   52   having cooked for more than four in my life. I   53   her again and again, and rushed out to the   54   telephone box. I collected my thoughts, took a deep breath, and rang the number. I said confidently (有信心地) that I was just what she was looking for.

I spent the next few hours   55   cook books.

36.  A. bed   B. house    C. agency    D. office

37.  A. proud   B. pleased   C. nervous   D. worried

38.  A. family   B. door    C. place    D. stage

39.  A. office   B. room    C. hall    D. house

40.  A. as usual  B. for a while   C. in a minute   D. once again

41.  A. advised  B. examined   C. informed   D. questioned

42.  A. encouraged  B. interesting   C. hopeless   D. pleased

43.  A. place   B. job    C. advice    D. help

44.  A. difficult  B. helpless   C. possible   D. unusual

45.  A. ability   B. experience   C. knowledge    D. study

46.  A. after   B. since    C. until    D. when

47.  A. whisper  B. say    C. shout    D. cry

48.  A. late   B. early    C. very    D. important

49.  A. hire   B. accept    C. suit    D. offer

50.  A. letter   B. name    C. note    D. number

51.  A. cook   B. help    C. teacher   D. secretary

52.  A. almost   B. never    C. nearly    D. really

53.  A. answered  B. promised   C. thanked   D. told

54.  A. outside  B. local    C. farthest   D. nearest

55.  A. borrowing  B. buying    C. reading   D. writing

第三部分：阅读理解(共20小题，每题2分，满分40分)

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A

I was walking along Orchard Road when I realized a tall young man wearing a jacket and tie was following me. I noticed him because not many people wear a jacket and tie in the middle of a hot summer day, and I had already seen this man four times that afternoon.

To make sure he was following me, I walked on quickly, turned right into a shopping center and then stopped to look in a shop window. Soon the man appeared and stopped at another shop window. I walked on and stopped several times. When I stopped, he stopped too.

I began to be rather worried and decided to try to get rid of this strange man. When I saw a taxi coming, I jumped into it. As I was telling the taxi driver where to go, I found the man get into another taxi, which then followed mine. As the two taxies slowly made their way along Orchard Road, I looked back at the taxi behind, and saw that the stranger was looking out at me. At MRT station, I told the taxi driver to stop and I got out. As I was paying my fare, I saw the man was getting out of his taxi.

By now I got angry, so I turned and walked straight to him. I asked him why he was following me. At first he said he was not following me at all, but when I threatened (威胁) to call the police, he admitted he was. He then told me that he was a journalist (news reporter) and that he was writing an article on how elderly people in Singapore spend their time. He said he was observing me to gather materials for his article.

56.  What is strange about the man who followed the writer?

A. He seemed to be wearing too much.

B. He was out on such a hot day.

C. He walked quickly behind.

D. He was a tall young man.

57.  Why did the writer get into a taxi?

A. To test the young man.   B. To call the police.

C. To lose the young man.    D. To get home earlier.

58.  What did the stranger do when the writer jumped into a taxi?

A. He tried to stop the taxi.

B. He got into another taxi.

C. He almost gave up following him.

D. He made his way along Orchard Road.

59.  The stranger followed the writer because ______.

A. he was interested in elderly people

B. he often did such things

C. he was writing a book about old people

D. he needed materials for his article

B

60. Why does the writer introduce so many animals from different places to us?

A. To frighten us in the zoo.   B. To make us lovely in the zoo.

C. To attract us to the zoo.   D. To show that animals can do everything.

61. How much does Mr. Smith have to pay if he visits the zoo with his son of three?

A. ￥3.   B. ￥4.   C. ￥5.   D. ￥6.

62. At which of the following time can we visit the zoo?

A. 8:30 a.m. Wednesday.    B. 9:30 a.m. Friday.

C. 3:00 p.m. Sunday.    D. 5:00 p.m. Tuesday.

63. From the passage we can infer (推断) that a giraffe must be a very ______ animal.

A. fat   B. short   C. strong   D. tall

C

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. Anyone who has wanted to start a new farm there has had to work very hard. The first job has been cutting down trees. The next job has been digging stumps (树桩) of the trees out of the soil. Then the farmer has had the difficult job of removing stones from his land.

The 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 200 years keep producing more stones.

That is why stone walls are used instead of fences around New England fields. The stone walls are not high: A man can easily climb over them. But they keep the farmer’s cows from joining his neighbour’s cows.

64. New England is an area ______.

A. in the northeastern part of Britain

B. which has been newly discovered by the Englishmen

C. which lies between Australia and New Zealand

D. which lies in the northeastern part of the USA

65. According to the passage, farming is difficult in New England because ______.

A. the winter is very long there   B. the farms are very old

C. the soil is rocky and thin    D. there are not enough machines for farming

66. From this passage, we know the removing of stones ______.

A. must be done again and again

B. is usually done during the winter

C. is an interesting job children enjoy doing

D. was more difficult before machines were used

67. In NeW England, stone walls are used to ______.

A. keep dangerous beasts out

B. keep the farmer’s cows from wandering away

C. protect the farmers fields from thieves

D. provide comfortable living conditions for the farmer’s family

D

When we do not understand each other’s language, we can talk with the help of signs.

A Frenchman was once traveling in England. He could not speak English at all. One day, he went into a restaurant and sat down at a table. When the waiter came, he opened his mouth, put his fingers in it and take them out again. He wanted to say, “Bring me something to eat.”

The waiter soon brought him a cup of tea. The man moved his head from side to side. The waiter understood him and took the tea away. In a moment he came with a cup of coffee and put it on the table. The man again refused his offer. He shook his head whenever the waiter brought him something to drink, for drinks are not food.

When the man was going away, another man came in. This man saw the waiter, and he put his hands on his stomach. This was enough. In a few minutes there was a large plate of meat and vegetables on the table in front of him.

So you see, we can understand the language of signs as well as we can understand the language of words.

68.  A Frenchman signed to the waiter ______.

A. to translate      B. to tell him what he said

C. to bring him a cup of tea   D. to ask him for food

69. The waiter brought the Frenchman ______.

A. different kinds of drinks   B. a large plate of meat and vegetables

C. another man to help him   D. a piece of paper to write something on

70.  By putting his hands on his stomach, the second man meant ______.

A. he was hungry     B. he had had enough

C. he was very thirsty    D. he had a stomachache

71.  From the story, we learn that ______.

A. people can only understand the language of words

B. proper body language can help people to understand each other

C. waiters should understand body language

D. it is important to learn a foreign language

E

A story from the Bible tells of old Babylon, where the men decided to build a tower that would touch the sky. But God was unhappy, and he made them speak different languages. They couldn’t understand each other, so their dream never came true.

Yet the dream remains alive: if all men speak the same language, they can do anything. L. L. Zamenhof from Poland was among the men who pursue this dream. He developed Esperanto(世界语)between 1877 and 1885.

As the most successful man-made world language, it is spoken by over two million people around the world. Last month, the World Esperanto Congress(大会), dealing with language rights, ended in Sweden. Most Esperanto speakers are in Central and Eastern Europe and in East Asia, particularly Chinese mainland.

Esperanto has two advantages. First, it’s easy. Each letter has exactly one sound and there are just 16 basic grammar rules. The second advantage is that it belongs to no one country. But Esperanto has only reached a small number of people compared with natural languages widely used around the world---such as English or Chinese. While these languages are deeply connected with their nations and cultures, Esperanto doesn’t have this background.

Will Esperanto really become a global language? It remains a question.

72. The writer tells us a story at the beginning to      .

A. explain why men have been making the effort to create a language shared by all

B. explain why men now speak different languages

C. show the relationship between man and God

D. prove that language is very important

73. What does the underlined word “pursue” in the second paragraph mean?

A. “realize”.  B. “work for”.

C. “be against”.  D. “follow”.

74. What is the basic difference between Esperanto and other natural languages?

A. More people speak English than Esperanto.

B. Esperanto words are easier to spell.

C. Esperanto has fewer grammar rules.

D. Esperanto is not supported by any country or culture.

75. What does the story mainly talk about?

A. Advantages and disadvantages of Esperanto.

B. Man’s dream of sharing the same language has come true.

C. The most successfully planned language---Esperanto.

D. Comparison of Esperanto and other languages like English and Chinese.

第二卷(共35分)

注意事项：第二卷共2页，用黑色碳素笔将答案答在答题卡上，答在试卷上的答案无效。

第四部分：写作(共两节，满分35分)

第一节 短文改错(共10小题;每小题1分，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钩(√);如有错误(每行只有一个错误)， 则按下列情况改正：

此行多一个词：把多余的词用斜线()划掉，在该行右边横线上写出该词，并也用斜线划掉。

此行缺一个词：在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧)，在该行右边横线上写出该加的词。

此行错一个词：在错的词下划一横线，在该行右边横线上写出改正后的词。

注意： 原行没有错的不要改。

(试题内容见答题卡)

第二节：(共1小题;满分25分)

请以“水”为题写一篇100词左右的短文。主要内容包括：

1.水对生物的重要性;

2.水无处不在;

3.水的形态;

4.地球表面的水资源及其合理利用。