10. Lawyers who represent D.C. public school families with special-needs children continue to have problems ______ by the city.

A. to get paying   B. getting paying

C. to get paid     D. getting paid

11. New York’s International Foundation for Art Research, which monitors stolen art, received 5000 reports last year, ______ 3000 to 4000 a year in the early 1980s.

A. comparing with    B. compared with

C. comparing to      D. being compared to

12. Since so many parents are eager to admit their children to primary schools before they are even 6 such a change may result in chaos, with people _____ the fairness of the education system.

A. challenge      B. challenging

C. to challenge    D. challenged

13. Reading over what I _____ so far, I see I have given the impression that the events of three nights several weeks apart were all that absorbed me.

A. wrote           B. was writing

C. had written      D. have written

14. Back in the house he found the cigar box where he____ it.

A. put  B. has put  C. was putting  D. had put

15. Rivera Street is dark_____ the light from 14-year-old Lona Zhao’s upstairs bedroom.

A. besides B. except C. except for D. but

VI．阅读理解：

United Nations aid agencies say hundreds of thousands of people have fled their homes because of violence in the Middle East and Africa, and now are living in poor conditions in refugee (难民) camps. The agencies say serious problems with food and water are causing life-threatening diseases to spread in the camps.

Health Officials say cholera, malaria, jaundice and malnutrition are threatening the lives of refugees who had hoped to be safe when they fled to the camps.

There are thousands of people at one camp in South Sudan. They fled the military conflict in the area. Camp officials say there has been a big increase in hepatitis E: a viral disease spread through bad food and water.

U.N. refugee agency spokesman Adrian Edwards says most of those infected are young people.

Many camps in countries like South Sudan, Sierra Leone, Libya, and Nigeria have reported severe cholera outbreaks. Officials say keeping cholera and jaundice from spreading is very difficult. They believe the best way to deal with these diseases is to prevent them.

Refugee camps along the border with Syria and Turkey have reported cases of cholera and malaria. Experts warn that other bacterial, viral and parasitic diseases could become deadly epidemics in crowded camps as well. Dirty conditions are common in the camps, while safe food and drinking water are hard to find.

1. Which of the following is not the direct cause of the spread of deadly diseases in Refugee Camps?

A. Bad food         B. Unsafe drinking water

C. Military conflicts   D. Too many refugees

2. What does the underlined word “epidemics” mean?

A. diseases B. disasters C. conflicts D. violence

3. According to the passage, who are most affected by the deadly diseases?

A. Babies  B. Children  C. Youths  D. Seniors

4. Which of the following statements is right?

A. People who are managing the refugee camps are to blame.

B. Countries which receive most of the refugees are responsible.

C. Countries which can’t provide enough proper food and clean drinking water contribute to the disease.

D. The best way to prevent the disease from spreading is to stop wars.

VII．任务型读写：

Over five hundred years ago, a man designed a flying machine. He also invented a helicopter. This clever man was an Italian. He was called Leonardo da Vinci.

In 1480, Leonardo wrote to the ruler of Milan asking for work. He said he was a good painter and sculptor. He also designed bridges. He made weapons, too. He even invented machine guns. Finally he got a job in Milan as a musician.

He was good at everything he tried. We remember him today, however, as an artist. He was one of the greatest artists the world has ever produced. You may have heard of a picture called “Mona Lisa”. He painted that. While he was in Milan, he painted a special picture. He drew it on the wall of a monastery (修道院) dining room. Many people say this picture is the greatest one ever painted. It’s called “The Last Supper”. Leonardo worked hard painting this picture. Often he worked all day and never stopped to eat or drink.

He walked about the city of Milan with a notebook in his hand. He drew pictures of people in the street who interested him. He also watched the way birds and insects fly. He wanted to know how everything worked. He even made plans for rebuilding Milan. Like modern architects, he wanted towns to be light and airy. He planned the main roads on two levels. One road was for pedestrians, the other for traffic.

We have very little of his work today. Leonardo finished only a few of his paintings. He left many unfinished because he thought they were not perfect. No one in his life time knew how great Leonardo was. We now believe, however, that he was one of the cleverest men the world has ever known. 【302W】

VIII．汉译英：

1. 除了这个原因外，他还演讲中还阐述了另外两个原因。

2. 你离开教室时一定要关上所有的门窗。

3. 为了腾出地方建超市，很多旧的建筑物都已拆除。

4. 我不能肯定他们在全神贯注地做什么。

5. 母亲害怕孩子们会犯下严重的错误所以对他们一直很严厉。

6. 直到会议结束他们也未能就如何阻止这类事情的再度发生得出结论。

7. 许多道路尚在建设之中，这就是目前该城市交通差的原因。

8. 美国的两颗原子弹再日本爆炸后，当时的日本天皇(emperor)不得不宣布日本战败。

9. 当一个问题难以解决时，我们应该换个角度看问题。

10. ——我听不懂他的话。

——其实他所说的根本就没意义。

IX. Writing:

How to Do Scientific Research

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