With spring ______, many cold-blooded animals are coming out to hunt food.

     A. approached                      B. approaching

     C. to be approached                  D. having approached

下面描述的一個故事是一篇記述文的開頭，請同學們就此故事展開聯(lián)想，并另舉一個例子說明做好事的重要性。

注意：文中一定要用到 remind … of 這個短語。

A car in front of Mr. Lee had a traffic accident because of traveling too fast. He and a truck driver stopped and helped the injured and they didn’t leave until the police arrived.

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Directions: Read the following passage. Answer the questions according to the information given in the passage and required words limit. Write your answers on your answer sheet.

All over the world people enjoys sports. Sports help to keep people healthy, happy and help them to live longer.

Sports change with the season. People play different games in winter and summer. Games and sports often grow out of people’s work and everyday activities. The Arabs use horses or camels in much of their everyday life; they use them in their sports too.

Some sports are so interesting that people everywhere go in for them. Football , for example, has spread around the world. Swimming is popular in all countries near the sea or in those with many rivers.

Some sport or games go back to thousands of years, like running or jumping. Chinese boxing, for example, has a very long history. But basketball and volleyball are quite new. Neither one is a hundred years old yet. People are inventing new sports or games all the time.

People from different countries may not be able to understand each other, but after a game they often become good friends. Sports help to train a person’s character (性格). One learns to fight hard but fight fair, to win without pride and to lose with grace (體面).

81.Who use horses or camels in their sports?  (Please answer within 3 words)

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82.What kinds of sports are quite new according to the passage? (Please answer within 5 words)

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83. In the writer’s opinion, what can sports help people from different countries to do? (Please answer within 8 words)

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84.Why does people all over the world enjoy sports?  (Please answer within 15 words)

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Directions: Read the following passage. Complete the diagram by using the information from the passage. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer.

Happy birthday! Do birthdays really make people happy? Of course they do. By birthday we mean celebrating the day when we were born. Besides, that extra candle on the cake suggest another year of growth and maturity（成熟）--- or so we hope. We all like to imagine that we are getting wiser and not just older. Most of us enjoy seeing the wonder of growth in others as well. For instance, our children’s developing and learning new things makes us feel proud. For Americans, growing up is a wonderful process. But growing old? That is a different story.

Growing old is not exactly for people in youth-oriented（以年輕人為中心）American culture. Most Americans like to look young, act young and feel young. As the old saying goes, “You’re young as you feel.” People in some countries value the aged as a source of experience and wisdom. But Americans seem to favor those that are young, or at least “young at heart”, and for them, growing old means feeling lonely in this youth-oriented culture .

Many older Americans find the “golden years” to be anything but golden. Economically, retirement at the age of 65 brings a sharp decrease in personal income. Social security benefits usually cannot make up the difference. Older people may suffer from poor nutrition, medical care and housing. Some even experience age discrimination (歧視). American sociologist Pat Moore once dressed up like an older person and wandered city streets. She was often treated rudely--even cheated and robbed. However, dressed as a young person, she received much more respect.

What should we do to improve this situation? The young should care for and respect the old since everyone will grow old. The government should continue the social security benefits.

Title: Different Opinions About Growing Old

 “Life is speeding up. Everyone is getting unwell.”

This may sound like something someone would say today. But in fact, an unknown citizen who lived in Rome in AD 52 wrote it.

We all love new inventions. They are exciting, amazing and can even change our lives. But have all these developments really improve the quality of our lives?

Picture this: You’re rushing to finish your homework on the computer. Your mobile phone rings, a QQ message from your friend appears on the screen, the noise from the television is getting louder and louder. Suddenly the computer goes blank and you lose all your work. Now you have to stay up all night to get it done. How calm and happy do you feel?

Inventions have speeded up our lives so much that they often leave us feeling stressed and tired. Why do you think people who live far away from noisy cities, who have no telephones, no cars, not even any electricity often seem to be happier? Perhaps because they lead simpler lives.

One family in the UK went “back in time” to see what life was like without all the inventions we have today. The grandparents, with their daughter, and grandsons Benjamin, 10, and Tomas, 7, spent nine weeks in a 1940s house. They had no washing machine, microwave, computer or mobile phones.

The grandmother, Lyn, said, “It was hard physically, but not mentally.” She believed life was less materialistic. “The more things you have, the more difficult life will become,” she said. The boys said they fought less to fight over, such as their computer. Benjamin also noticed that his grandmother had changed from being a “trendy, beer-drinking granny to one who cooked things.”

Here are some simple ways to beat the stress often caused by our inventions!

Don’t be available all the time. Turn off your mobile phone at certain times of the day. Don’t check your e-mail every day.

Don’t reply to somebody as soon as they leave a text message just because you can. It may be fun at first, but it soon gets annoying.

66. The passage is mainly about         .

     A. problems that are caused by technology    

B. improvements of our life with technology

     C. the important roles technology plays in our everyday life

     D. major changes which will be likely to happen to technology

67. The writer quoted（引用）what a citizen in ancient Rome said at the beginning of the story in order to         .

     A. share a truth about life

B. tell us what life was like long time ago

     C. tell us to enjoy our life

     D. point out that should abandon the modern lifestyle

68. Why did the family choose to spend some time in a 1940’s house? Because         .

     A. they liked to live simple lives

     B. they were curious about how people lived without modern inventions

     C. they were troubled by modern inventions

     D. living in a different time would be a lot of fun for them

69. What do you think the underlined word “available” in the first suggestion offered by the writer mean?

A. Busy on line      B. Free            C. Be able to         D. Be found by others.

70. In the passage, the author’s attitude towards modern inventions is __________.

   A. optimistic        B. pessimistic (悲觀的)    C. fair     D. indifferent (冷漠的)

To discover whether bees can see colors, the following experiment is set up. A table is put in a garden and on the table is a piece of blue cardboard with a drop of syrup on it. After a short time, bees come to the syrup. The bees then fly to their hive and give the syrup to other bees in the hive. Then they return to the feeding-place which they have discovered.

After a while, the blue cardboard with the syrup on it is taken away. Instead of this card, a blue card is now put on the left side of the first feeding-place and a red card to its right. These new card have no syrup on them. Thus, the blue card is on the left, the red card on the right, and there is nothing where the first blue feeding-card used to be. Very soon bees arrive again, and fly straight to the blue card. None fly to the red card.

61. To do the experiment, altogether how many cards do you need to prepare?

  A. Two, one blue and one red.          B. Three, two blue and one red.

  C. Three, one blue and two red.         D. Four, two blue and two red.

62. If Figure 1 below shows the table top during Step 1 of the experiment, which picture in Figure 2 represents Step 2?

  (blue card with syrup          blue card          red card )

  Figure 1:

  Figure 2:

A              B            C            D

63. During Step 2 of the experiment, the bees come to __________.

A. the original blue card with syrup on it

B. the new blue card with no syrup on it

C. the empty space where original blue card was

D. the new blue card with syrup on it

64. The experiment has proved that bees _________.

   A. cannot see colors                   B. can see colors

   C. cannot see blue                    D. cannot see red

65. Which title best gives the idea of the passage?

A. Bees love blue.                    B. Bees love syrup. 

C. Can bees see color?                D. Bees, color and syrup.

In China, if you are not married by the time you are 30, you are in for trouble: social blame and pressure from family and friends can get you down. And if you are a woman, it’s even worse.

Many young people get married simply to get other people off their backs (免受別人的指責) . This is a serious compromise (妥協(xié)). One ends up not marrying the ideal partner.

There are, however, a few young people who refuse to compromise: if they can’t find a good marriage partner, they say, they would rather not marry at all.

34-year-old Kate is a university lecturer in English. She said she would not describe herself as celibatarian (獨身主義者) but simply a woman who hasn’t come across the right man yet. She has sharp comments for the way in which the old generation looks at marriage.

    “Many people think marriage is a duty---to your parents, family and society. Nobody cares if your marriage is happy or not, she said, I think this is very wrong and I intend to live and act according to my own will.”

Happily for her, her parents are open-minded and not put pressure on her. But the same does not apply to her friends. They are constantly trying to get her together with some young man or another. She always refuses politely.

56. The main idea of this passage is that _______ .

A. marriage is a duty to society

B. people should get married before 30 years old

C. late marriage should be respected

D. women should get married earlier than men

57. Miss Kate refuses to get together with some young man or another because _______.

A. she doesn’t think he is the right man she wants

B. he is either too old or too young

C. he is either important or little learned

D. he doesn’t have good manners

58. In the first paragraph the underlined words “in for” refer to _______.

A. interested in       B. satisfied with      C. worried about     D. possible to suffer

59. Which is NOT TRUE according to this passage?

A. In China, one may face social blame and family pressure if one hasn’t got married by the age of 30.

B. Miss Kate’s parents are always worried about her marriage.

C. Miss Kate won’t compromise if she can’t have her ideal marriage.

D. Miss Kate wants to many a worthy young man.

60. If marriage is regarded as a duty to society, __________.

A. everybody will be happy and satisfied

B. nobody will pay attention to whether you are happy or not in your family life

C. you can easily find an ideal partner

D. young people will have nothing to worry about in marriage

Directions: Complete the following passage by using ONE word for each blank that best fits the context.

It is certain that the problem of waste is becoming more and more serious on campus and it is time for us to reduce it. For     48    reason, we have already wasted a great deal of precious resources      49    as water and electricity. For another reason, our waste adds to      50    burden of our parents and the society. However, some are still puzzled how to reduce waste on campus. Here are some suggestions.

To begin    51    , we should turn off the lights    52    we leave dorms or classrooms so as to save electricity as much as     53    . Secondly, we should not spend too much money. Thirdly, we should stop wasting water when we bath, or clean faces,     54     wash clothes and dishes.

Actually, there are different solutions to different situations. Therefore, I firmly hold the view .    55      we can reduce the waste on campus with our efforts.

Directions: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.

I was a single parent of four small children, working at a low-paid job. Money was always tight, but we had a   36   over our heads, food on the table, clothes on our backs, and if not a lot, always   37  . Not knowing we were poor, my kids just thought I was strict. I’ve always been glad about that.

It was Christmas time, and although there wasn’t money for a lot of gifts, we planned to celebrate with a family party. But the big   38   for the kids was the fun of Christmas shopping.

They planned weeks ahead of time, asking each other what they wanted for Christmas. Fortunately, I had saved $120 for presents to share by all five of us.

The big   39   arrived. I gave each kid a twenty-dollar bill and   40   them to look for gifts of about four dollars each. Then everyone scattered(散開). We had two hours to shop; then we would   41   back at the “Santa’s Workshop”.

Driving home, everyone was in high Christmas spirits   42   my younger daughter, Ginger, who was unusually quiet. She had only one small, flat bag with a few candies---fifty-cent candies! I was so angry, but I didn’t say anything   43   we got home. I called her into my bedroom and closed the door,   44   to be angry again. This is what she told me.

“I was looking   45   thinking of what to buy, and I stopped to read the little cards on the ‘Giving Trees.’ One was for a little girl, four years old, and all she wanted for Christmas was a doll. So I took the card off the tree and   46   the doll for her. We have so much and she doesn’t have anything.”

I never felt so   47   as I did that day.

36. A. roof                   B. hat                  C. sky                   D. star

37. A. little                    B. less                 C. enough              D. more

38. A. improvement       B. problem           C. surprise             D. excitement

39. A. day                    B. chance            C. cheque              D. tree

40. A. forced                B. reminded         C. invited               D. begged

41. A. draw                  B. stay                 C. move                       D. meet

42. A. including             B. besides            C. except               D. as well as

43. A. since                  B. after                C. while                 D. until

44. A. waiting               B. ready               C. hoping               D. afraid

45. A. out                     B. over                C. forward             D. around

46. A. made                  B. searched          C. bought              D. fetched

47. A. angry                 B. rich                 C. patient               D. bitter

 I don’t think your proposal ____________.

   A. worth to be considered                B. worthy being considered

   C. worthy of being considered            D. worth of being considered