Minutes later I heard a voice that I knew very much, even after 40 years, laughed and cried and caught up on each other’s lives. Now the empty place in my heart is filled, and there’s one thing that Linda and I know for sure; we won’t lose each other again!

41. The writer went to piano lessons with Linda Evans ____________. A. at the age of 13

B. before she got married

D. before the writer’s family moved away. B. had little time to do so

C. after they moved to new homes A. got married

42. They didn’t often write to each other because they __________. C. didn’t like writing letters A. was in trouble

B. didn’t know Linda’s address C. received the card that she sent

D. didn’t have a friend like Linda to share her happiness or sadness 44. The writer was happy when she __________. A. read the newspaper

B. heard Linda’s voice on the phone

C. met a young woman who looked a lot like Linda D. wrote to the woman whose last name was Wagman 45. They haven’t kept in touch ___________. A. for about 40 years C. since they got married

B. for about 27 years

D. since the writer’s family moved away C

Most people may not think that there are any problems. With watermelons, but some Japanese sellers do. There is often wasted space when they store watermelons, because round watermelons do not sit nicely on shelves. So some clever farmers have solved the watermelon problem. They make their watermelons grow in square glass boxes so the watermelons become square. The only problem now is the price. The square watermelons cost about 80 dollars each.

Many people know the saying “Roses are red, violets are blue, sugar is sweet and so are you.” Well, today the poem needs to change to “Roses are red, roses are blue”! Australian scientists have just recently discovered that when they put a chemical from a blue flower into a rose, they can create a nearly 100% blue rose. Some of science’s inventions are beautiful, not just useful!

Since the mid-1990s, many Chinese farmers have had amazing rice harvests. For many years Chinese scientists have been working on developing new kinds of stronger rice and now they have produced a new kind, called super rice. Super rice not only can protect itself against insects and diseases, but it also produces more than any other kind of rice, Today farmers can grow almost one and a half times more rice than they could grow in the past.

Doctors might be able to use vegetables to fight cancer now. US scientists have discovered a way to put a chemical into tomato plants while they are growing. When cancer patients eat the tomatoes, the tomatoes will fight the cancer in their bodies. These cancer-fighting vegetables are not yet for sale, because scientists have not finished testing them. If study finds no problems with the tomatoes, then patients can begin to use this easy and delicious new treatment.

46. The square watermelons look like _______________.

D. could see each other on special time

43. There was an empty place in the writer’s heart because she ___________.

47. __________ find a way to make blue roses. A. Chinese scientists B. Australian scientists A. 晚餐

B. English scientists C. American scientists C. 伟大的

D. 可爱的

48. What’s the meaning of the underlined word “super”?

B. 超级的

49. Which of the following is TRUE? A. Super rice can keep itself from insects. B. Blue roses are more beautiful than red ones. C. The tomatoes can fight many kinds of diseases. D. The price of the square watermelons is very low. 50. The main idea of this passage is ___________. A. how scientists discover new plants B. how science makes plants produce more

C. how science has changed plants and people’s lives D. how useful the scientists are

D

The Aborigines (澳洲土著) have lived in Australia for about 60,000 years. They painted pictures inside caves, and these are the rock paintings that have given us so much information about Aboriginal life. For example, some of the paintings that are about 10,000 years old show men with boomerangs. From this we know that the Aborigines started using boomerangs for hunting at that time. Other pictures show kangaroos, so we know that there were kangaroos at that time.

The Aborigines believed that spirits made people, animals and plants, and that these spirits still live in the earth. For Aborigines, no one can own the earth—the earth belongs to the spirits.

In 1700, there were many Aboriginal groups with a population of 750,000 all over Australia, and there were probably more than 240 different Aboriginal languages. The groups did not have a leader. Instead, things were decided by the older men in a group. People from different groups often travelled hundreds of miles to meet each other.

Aboriginal life changed when an English boat arrived in Australia in 1770. Many Aborigines were killed in the wars that they had with the English. More Europeans came, and they started taking land from the Aborigines. The Europeans also brought new illnesses that killed the Aborigines. The result is that today there are only about 300,000 Aborigines in Australia. 51. The Aborigines painted pictures . A. on animals’ fur C. on the tree A. To paint. A. people

B. on the land D. on the rock C. To fight. C. spirits

D. To play. D. plants

52. What do you think the Aborigines used boomerangs to do?

B. To hunt.

53. The Aborigines thought were the most important on the earth.

B. animals

54. In an Aboriginal group decided things.

A. the older men B. the leader C. the English D. the Europeans

55. The number of the Aborigines is small today . A. because their living condition was very bad B. because the English killed a lot of them in the wars C. because of the new illnesses the Europeans brought them D. because of the wars and the new illnesses

第Ⅱ卷 （非选择题， 共55分）

注意事项：

1、第Ⅱ卷共4页，用钢笔或圆珠笔直接答在试卷上。 2、答卷前将密封线内的项目填写清楚。

题 号 分 数 得 分 评卷人 四、听力填表（共5小题，计5分）

录音中有一篇对话，听对话两遍，然后根据内容填写表格。请将答案按题号四 五 六 七 八 总 分 写在下面的横线上，每空不多于三个词。

Li’s advice on how to improve English 1. Read English aloud for (56) ________ every morning. 2. Do a lot of extensive reading. (泛读). e.g. Read an English (57) ________, magazine or storybook. 3. Listen to (58) _________ news program, BBC, VOA. 4. Take any (59) __________opportunity (机会) to open your mouth and speak in English. 5. Practice what you’ve learnt about writing in the classroom and write (60) _________ every day.

得 分 助动词)。

评卷人 五、动词填空（共10空，计10分）

阅读下面短文，用括号内所给动词的适当形式填空 (必要时可加情态动词或

Ellen Parker was worried about her health. She (61) _______ (not walk) very quickly and it was difficult for her (62) _______ (climb) stairs. She was soon out of breath (气喘吁吁).

“I suppose I had better (63) _______ (go) to the doctor,” she thought. She went to the doctor and told him her problem.

“I’m not surprised at all,” he said. “It’s obvious what your problem is.” He looked her over then (64) _______ (give) her some advice.

“If you (65) _______ (not do) as what I say, Mrs. Parker,” he said, “You (66) _______ (have) a heart attack. It could kill you.”

Ellen Parker was very worried as she left the doctor’s. She knew that she had to take his advice but that it would not be easy and it (67) _______ (take) time.

The next day she went (68) _______ (shop). The first shop she went into was a butcher’s shop (肉铺). “I’d like ten pounds of steak (牛排), please,” she said.

“Certainly, madam,” the butcher replied and went into the cold room and found a large piece of steak. He brought the huge piece of meat back into the shop and put it on the scale (天平).

“That (69) _______ (be) just under ten pounds,” he said. “That big enough,” Mrs. Parker said. The butcher worked out the price.

“$4.99 a pound, that will be $49.50, please. Would you like me to cut it up into smaller pieces for you?” “Oh, I don’t want to buy the meat,” Mrs. Parker said.

“If you don’t want to buy it,” the butcher replied angrily, “Why did you ask me to get it for you?” “I (70) _______ (tell) that I am over-weight and I have to lose ten pounds. I wanted to see what ten pounds of meat looked like.” 得 分 评卷人

阅读短文，根据短文内容及首字母提示，在空白处填入一个适当的单词。

The police do (71) m________ things for us. They help keep our things and us (72) s______. They help keep cars moving safely. They take care of people who are hurt. Then they see these people get to a doctor.

The police go around town to see that (73) e_______ is all right. They get around town in many (74) w_______. Some of them walk or go by car. In some big cities，some of the police ride on horses. It is strange to see these animals in the street.

As they go around town，the police help people. Sometimes they find (75) l______ children. They take the children home. If the police see a fight，they put an end to it right away. Sometimes people will ask the police (76) h______ to get to a place in town. The police can always tell the people which way to go. They know all the streets and roads well.

Some police stand at crossings. They tell the cars when to go and when to (77) s_____. They make sure that the cars do not go too fast. They help children (78) c______ the street. They also help people who can’t walk too well.

六、综合填空（共10空，计10分）