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During all this time I never stopped thinking about escape. When I traveled across to the other side of the island (岛屿), I could see the other islands, and I said to myself, “Perhaps I can get there with a boat. Perhaps I can get back to England one day.”
So I decided to make myself a boat. I cut down a big tree, and then began to make a long hole (洞) in it. It was hard work, but about six months later, I had a very fine canoe (独木舟). Next, I had to get it down to the sea. How silly I was! Why didn’t I think before I began work? Of course, the canoe was too heavy. I couldn’t move it! I pulled and pushed and tried everything, but it didn’t move. I was very unhappy for a long time after that.
That happened in my fourth year on the island. In my sixth year I did make myself a smaller canoe, but I did not try to escape in it. The boat was too small for a long journey, and I did not want to die at sea. The island was my home now, not my prison, and I was just happy to be alive. A year or two later, I made myself a second canoe on the other side of the island. I also built myself a second house there, and so I had two homes.
My life was still busy from morning to night. There were always things to do or to make. I learnt to make new clothes for myself from the skins of dead animals. They looked very strange, it is true, but they kept me dry in the rain.
I kept food and tools (工具) at both my houses, and also wild goats (山羊). There were many goats on the island, and I made fields with high fences to keep them in. They learnt to take food from me, and soon I had goats’ milk to drink every day. I also worked hard in my corn (玉米) fields. And so many years went by.
29. The purpose of making a canoe on the island was to _____________.
A. escape in it B. get to the other side of the island
C. use it for food D. go around the island
30. To survive, the writer did the following EXCEPT _____________.
A. keeping goats for milk B. making clothes from animal skins
C. working in the cornfields D. going fishing in the sea
31. Why didn’t the writer use his first canoe?
A. Because it was too small for a long journey.
B. Because it was too heavy to get down to the sea.
C. Because there was something wrong with it.
D. Because the writer was busy building a second house.
C
Trees are useful to man in three important ways: they give him wood and other useful things, they give him cool places, and they help to stop drought and flood.
Unluckily, in many parts of the world, man has not found that the third of these points is the most important. Man wants to make money from trees, so he has cut them down in large numbers, only to find that without them he has lost the best friends he had. And also, he is usually too careless to plant and look after new trees. So the forests slowly disappear.
This does not only mean that man will have fewer trees. The results are even worse: for where there are trees, their roots break up soil(土壤)-make the rain in-and also bind(粘合) the soil, thus(这样) stopping it from being washed away easily; but where there are no trees, the rain falls on hard ground and flows away, causing floods and carrying away the rich top-soil. When all the top-soil is gone, nothing is left but useless desert.
32. The most important points of trees to man is that________.
A. they help him to make money B. they give him cool
C. they give him wood and other things D. they help him to stop drought and floods
33. In many places forests slowly disappear because ________ .
A. many trees have been cut down by man
B. new trees are not well looked after
C. man has not paid enough attention to planting trees
D. all the above
34. Land becomes desert after all trees are cut down because ________ .
A. roots of trees break up the soil
B. there are too many rainfalls
C. strong winds bring a lot of sand
D. there are no longer trees to keep the rain and protect the top-soil.
35. Which title best fits the passage?
A. Trees and Man B. The Function of Tree Wood
C. How do People do with Trees? D. The Usage of Tree Roots
D
Mr father woke me up early one summer morning when I was fourteen and announced(宣布): “Get up, you’re going with me to cut the grass in the garden.”
The idea that my father thought I was old enough to help him in his business made me feel proud and excited. From sunup to sundown, my father, my younger brother and I worked in the large garden. By the end of the day I was too tired to say a word but I felt good. This was my first time to help my father in his business. I got $ 6 for my work that day.
One day my father found some leaves I had missed and pulled me aside. “Take away these leaves!” he said, “and don’t make me have to tell you to do it again.” The message was clear. Today I value(珍视) the importance of doing a job well the first time. It will never fail to impress(给……留下印象) the person you are working for.
After two years, my father told me and my brother that he felt we were old enough to cut the grass by ourselves. Every Saturday during my last two years of high school, we set off early in the morning with the same strong wish we had gained while working under our father.
Looking after the garden was neither exciting nor high paying, but that didn’t matter. It taught me that any job was a good job and that whatever I was paid was more than I had before.
A newspaper reporter once asked me how someone could possibly live with hard work and low pay. “If you’re only thinking about hard work and money, you probably don’t want to do any better than you are doing.” I answered. In every job, from cutting the grass to washing dishes, I’ve learned much. I’ve learned something that helps me in my next job.
If you work hard enough, you can learn from any job you do.
36. The writer felt proud and excited when he was asked to cut the grass because he thought _________.
A. he could cut the grass himself B. he could make much money
C. he could enjoy sunup and sundown D. he could help his family
37. The word “message” in the passage probably refers to(指) __________.
A. not leaving leaves behind B. giving no excuse for your mistakes
C. doing a good job at the very beginning D. missing things which can be found out
38. When the writer finished high school, maybe he was _________ years old.
A. fourteen B. eighteen C. twenty D. twenty-two
39. Which of the following does the writer probably think is the most important?
A. Keeping learning from any job you had.
B. Asking no money for work.
C. Finishing work as quickly as possible.
D. Keeping looking for different jobs.
40. The writer probably thinks his father is _________.
A. lazy B. helpful C. careless D. funny
第II卷(主观题 共45分)
四、词汇运用 (本大题共10分,每小题1分)
(A)根据句意和汉语注释,在答题卡标有题号的横线上,写出单词的正确形式:
41. There are several ways to solve this problem. Let’s have a ___________(讨论) now
42. People________(呼吸) more slowly when they are asleep.
43. Peter can’t go and I can’t ,__________(也)
44. Hand-foot-mouth disease is terrible, but I believe that we Chinese can fight against it _____________(成功地)
45. Mrs Gao is the _________(严格的)teacher I have met in my life.
(B)根据句意,在答题卡标有题号的横线上,写出括号内所给单词的适当形式。
46. At present people like to eat _________(health) food and do more exercise.
47. The three _________(spaceman) of the spaceship were warmly welcomed in Hongkong.
48. He has had a bad toothache. He must be at the____________(dentist) at the moment.
49. Daniel’s mother has devoted ____________(she) to the teaching of Home Economics.
50.He is very happy because tomorrow is his _________(九十) birthday
五、动词填空(本大题共10分,每小题1分)
用括号内所给动词的适当形式填空,并将答案写在答题卡标有题号的横线上。
51. She _________ (write) twenty pop songs which are liked by fans by the end of last year.
52. ________(quarrel) with others isn’t good manners for everyone.
53.- the price (include) coffee and hamburgers?
-I’m afraid not.
54The teacher told us that three quarters of our earth (cover) by water.
55. Everyone knows that the disabled mustn’t __________ (laugh) at
56. We should try our best to prevent the air pollution (live) a happy life.
57. With all lights on, the hall ________ (become) as bright as day when we arrived.
58. How soon do you think we (get) to the hotel?
59. Mr. Green told me that his family (go) for a holiday the next week.
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