第二节：语法填空(共10小题;每小题1.5分，满分15分)

阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空，并将答案填写在答题卡标号为31---40的相应位置上。

Over the centuries, people have always wondered about the future. Some like to read fantasy stories and imagine what the world will be like in 10, 50 or even 1,000 years’ time. 31 write about the future themselves. In the 18th and 19th century, especially the 32 (late), the most common theme in science fiction novels was the future. Some authors even predicted things 　33 have since happened, for example, landing on the moon! But for some people, thinking about the future is not just 34 fun. They plan the future of the world for a living. These people are called 35 ( future).

In the next few years, computers will become 36 ( handy). Shortly all of us are going to use out voices to give 37 ( instruct) to computers. We will be able to download any file or update our computers just 38 saying a few words.

By the year 2015, the clothing industry 39 ( produce) new types of material that will remain 40 (stain) no mater what you spill on them. Red wine stains will no longer ruin clothes.

Ⅲ 阅读(共两节，满分40分)

.第一节：阅读理解(共15小题;每小题2分，满分30分)

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A， C B，，D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A

The American Revolution was a citizen's revolution. Ordinary men took a large part in it. One of them was Paul Revere, a silver worker. He lived in Boston many years ago during the time when many people in the British colonies in America felt that they were being used for Britain's gain. They felt that they were being taxed without fair representation in the British government. The people of Boston were especially angry, and additional British troops had been sent there to keep the excited colonists under control. Paul Revere was one of those who believed that the British would soon be on the march against the villages and farms near Boston.?

On the night of the eighteenth of April,1775,Revere rowed across the Charles River to a place opposite Boston where his saddled horse was ready to ride. if the British soldiers came, he was to ride to warn the people. A friend in Boston was hidden near the British troops in a place where he could watch what they did. If they marched by land, he was to hang one Lantern high in the tower of the old North Church in Boston where Paul could see it. If they came by sea, he would hang up two lanterns.

Toward morning Revere saw two lights in the tower. The British must be coming by sea! He jumped on his horse and rode through the countryside before dawn in order to warn the farmers and villagers that they must fight at daybreak. he rode all night, and in the morning, by the time the troops arrived, the farmers were hidden all along the roads with their guns loaded. When the British came, the Americans drove them back. These first battles of the American Revolution were fought at Concord and at Lexington, Massachusetts, on April 19,1775.In 1776 the colonies signed a declaration of independence.

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41.What is the author's main purpose in the passage??

A) To provide information about the childhood of Paul Revere.?

B) To discuss the war between the British and the Americans.?

C) To tell the reader a story about Paul Revere in the American Revolution.?

D) To describe the courage of the farmers and villagers in the American Revolution.

42.Which of the following is TRUE of Paul Revere??

A) He was very interested in polities.? B) He got a relative to help him.?

C) He fought the British himself. D) He told the people about the coming enemy.