48. In the eyes of the writer’s father, Bernie ______.

A. was just a rich businessman    B. worked hard all the time

C. lived a rich but healthy life    D. knew how to make money

49. The underlined part “the heart of the watermelon” in the last paragraph refers to ______.

A. the best part of the watermelon   B. the writer’s busy life

C. the writer’s decision of making money  D. the writer’s hope of enjoying life

50. It can be learned from the passage that ______.

A. one has to work hard to reach his goal  B. a friend in need is a friend in deed

C. watermelon is the healthiest fruit   D. one should keep work-life balance

B

When the Audet family turns on the lights at Blue Farm, they are using electricity that comes from cows—cow manure (粪肥), to be specific.

Cows produce a lot of wastes. One cow can create 30 gallons of wastes each day. Now imagine the output of over 1,000 cows at Blue Farm. That’s really a big amount.

When farmers clean their barns, they put the wastes in a big heap, and spread some of them on their fields for fertilizer(肥料). But now places like Blue Spruce Farm have a new way of using cow wastes. They use them to produce electricity.

Here’s how it works: A big machine moves back and forth cleaning the barn floor. “The cows aren’t bothered,” says Marie Audet. “They are animals of habit; they get used to it, and just lift one foot and then another to let it go by.”

The machine pushes the manure into a big 600-gallon tank like a small swimming pool. The tank is called a digester (化粪池) because what happens there is just like what happens inside a cow: Bacteria(细菌) get to work and continue to digest the manure.

Methane gas (甲烷、沼气)in the atmosphere is known as a “greenhouse” gas because it keeps heat just like a greenhouse does, causing our planet to warm up. That’s an environmental concern. But the digester has a good result. Its gas is kept and used to power electric generators (发电机).

At Blue Farm, the generators make enough electricity to power 400 homes. The Audet family sells the extra electricity they can’t use themselves.

51. We learn from the text that the Audet family is using cow wastes to ______.

A. make electricity    B. produce fertilizer  C. build their farm  D. feed the cows

52. How are the cow wastes collected into the digester at Blue Farm?

A. Marie Audet does the work       B. The job is done by machine

C. The cows lift the cow wastes       D. Bacteria get to work on  them

53. According to the passage, which of the following is changed into electricity?

A. The power of moving water.       B. The heat of burning coal.

C. The power of sunlight.       D. The heat of the methane gas

54. The new way of using cow wastes at Blue Farm might be best descr ibed as ______.

A. reducing     B. saving     C. recycling   D. changing

55. What is the main purpose for writing the passage?

A. To introduce a new way of making electricity   B. To explain how a new energy works better

C. To show a new rebuilding plan for a big farm   D. To explain the reasons for green house effect

C

第二节：请仔细阅读第56—60题中各人的情况说明，从A—F六个套餐菜单中为各位选出符合要求的最佳选项，其中一项为多余选项。

56. Li Jing, a thin girl, likes French fries, fruits and ice-cream. She doesn’t like rice. She often feels tired and doctor suggests that she eat some more meat such as beef or pork.

57. Peng Tao, a heavy boy, likes hamburgers, hotdogs and pizzas very much. Chocolate is his favorite. But his parents don’t want him to eat too much, especially ice-cream.

58. Zhang Qi, a tall girl, likes running. Her favorite food is pizza. She exercises a lot and eats a lot. She likes coffee and she only drinks apple juice when she has to.

59. Bai Lei, a hungry boy, can’t live without rice and never eats seafood. He likes orange juice but not apple. He doesn’t want to spend more than 10 dollars for one meal.

60. Ding Yi is a 16-year-old girl. Her family don’t eat pork. She likes fish and potato chips. Her favorite drink is milkshake.

七、选词填空

(he,  the,  grow,  high,  until,  one,  fail,  loud,  speech,  when)

Sir Edmund Hillary was the first man to climb Mount Everest. On May 29, 1953 he climbed and measured 61)__________ highest mountain then known to man—29,000 feet straight up. He was spoken 62)__________ of for his efforts when he came back. He even made advertisements for big companies. However, 63)__________ we read his book, High Adventure, we don't understand that Hillary had to grow into this success.

You see, in 1952 he tried to climb Mount Everest, but 64)__________. A few weeks later a group in England asked him to give a 65)__________ to its members. Hillary was given a warm welcome 66)__________ walking on stage. People there thought him as a hero, but Edmund Hillary saw 67)__________ as a failure. He moved away from the microphone and walked to the side of the stage.

He lifted one hand and pointed at a picture of the mountain. He said in a 68)__________voice, “Mount Everest, you beat me the 69)__________ time, but I’ll beat you the next time because you’ve 70)__________all you are going to grow, but I'm still growing!”

八、单词拼写

71. My mother is a te acher and she has t__________ English in this school for 20 years.

72. The n_______ ___ side of the building gets less sun than the south.

73. If the sky is c__________, there’s no rain or cloud and you can see very far.

74. Bella can speak two l__________, French and Chinese.

75. S__________ can be used for making food and drinks sweet.

76. Susan was born in a v__________ but she works in the city now.

77. Jack is the tallest a__________ the three students.

78. Please don’t make a n__________ because the baby is sleeping now.

79. It is reported that two men were killed in a car a__________ early this morning.

80. My doctor advised me to take the medicine t__________ a day, in the morning and evening.

九、书面表达

一家英语杂志社正在调查不同国家孩子母亲节给妈妈送礼物的情况。假如你是林超，请根据表中的信息并结合自身看法，给杂志社写一封信。

Country Gifts Reasons

Anita (UK)  A green scarf 1. need one

2. favorite color

Jacob (USA) A hand-made card 1. mean a lot

2. easy to make

Lin Chao (China) … 1. …

2. …

注意： 1. 内容必须包括表格中的信息;

2. 开头已经为你写好，你只需接着写;

3. 词数：70个左右。开头和结尾部分的内容不计入总词汇。

Dear editor, xkb1.com

I am writing to tell you about how children from different countries choose gifts for their mothers on Mother’s Day. _______________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Looking forward to your reply.

Yours,

Lin Chao

1—5  CBBCA    6—11  BACBBC    12—15  BACB

16—20  BDABB   21—25  DCADB   26—30  CADBC

31—35  BCDAA   36—40  CBDAB   41—45  DCDCB

46—50  ABCDD   51—55  ABDCA   56—60  FADCE

61—65  the, highly, until, failed, speech  66—70  when, himself, loud, first, grown

71—75  taught, northern (north), clear, languages, Sugar  76—80  village, among, noise, accident, twice

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