B

Save the Animals

Animals are natural resources that people have wasted all through our history.

Animals have been killed for their fur and feathers(羽毛), for food, for sport, and simply because they were in the way. Thousands of kinds of animals have disappeared from the earth forever. Hundreds more are on the danger list today. About 170 kinds in the United States alone are considered in danger.

Why should people care? Because we need animals. And because once they are gone, there will never be any more.

Animals are more than just beautiful or interesting. They are more than just a source of food. Every animal has its place in the balance of nature. Destroying one kind of animal can create many problems.

For example, when farmers killed large numbers of hawks (鹰), the farmers’ stores of corn and grain were destroyed by rats and mice. Why? Because hawks eat rats and mice. With no hawks to keep down their numbers, the rats and mice multiplied (繁殖) quickly.

Luckily, some people are working to help save the animals. Some groups raise money to let people know about the problem. And they try to get the governments to pass laws protecting animals in danger.

Quite a few countries have passed laws. These laws prohibit the killing of any animal or plant on the danger list.

61. Animals are important to us mainly because __________.

A . they give us a source of food             B. they are beautiful and lovely

C. they keep the balance of nature            D. they give us a lot of pleasure

62. What has happened to the animals on the earth?

A. About 170 kinds of animals have disappeared forever.

B. Thousands of kinds of animals are gone forever.

C. A few kinds of animals have died out.

D. All kinds of animals are in danger.

63. Why do people kill animals?

A. They kill animals for something they need.

B. They kill animals to raise some money.

C. Animals destroy their natural resources.

D. Animals create many problems.

64. What does the underlined word “prohibit” mean in the last paragraph?

A. prevent           B. stop              C. forbid            D. allow

65. What can we infer(推断) from the fact that quite a few countries have passed laws protecting animals in danger?

A. Animals in danger will be kept away from people.

B. Animals in danger will not be killed any more.

C. The number of some animals in danger will increase.

D. Every person will know the importance of protecting wild animals.

C

Less TV Reduce Kids Weight

PALO AITO, California—“ Switching off the television may help prevent children from getting fatter—even if they do not change their diet or increase the amount they exercise,” US researchers said last week.

A study of 192 third and fourth grades, generally aged eight and nine, found that children who cut the number of hours spent watching television gained nearly two pounds (0.91 kg ) less over a one-year period than those who did not change their television diet.

“The findings are important because they show that weight loss can only be the result of a reduction in television viewing and not any other activity,” said Thomas Robinson, a pediatrician (儿科专家)at Stanford University.

“ American children spend an average of more than four hours per day watching television and videos or playing games, and rates of childhood being very fat have doubt over the past 20 years,” Robinson said.

In the study, presented this week to the Pediatric Academic Societies’ annual meeting in San Francisco, the researchers persuaded about 100 of the students to reduce their television viewing by one-quarter to one-third.

Children watching fewer hours of television showed a significantly smaller increase in waist size and had less body fat than other students who continue their normal television viewing, even though neither group ate a special diet nor took part in any extra exercise.

“One explanation for the weight loss could be the children unstuck to the television may simply have been moving around and burning off calories,” Robinson said.

“Another reason might be due to eating fewer meals in front of the television. Some studies have suggested that eating in front of the TV encourages people to eat more,” Robinson added.

66. The author tries to tell us in the first two paragraphs that ____.

A. children will get fatter if they eat too much.

B. children will get thinner if they eat less.

C. children will get fatter if they spend less time watching TV.

D. children will get fatter if they spend more time watching TV.

67. According to the passage, the time American children usually spend on watching TV ____.

A. is more than four hours a day.        B. is less than four hours a day.

C. doubled in the last twenty years.     D. is more than on any other activities.

68. The time children spend on TV viewing every day is suggested to be about ___.

A. six hours  B. eight hours  C. three hours  D. one hour

69. Which of the following is right ?

A. Children usually eat fewer while watching TV.

B. Children usually eat more while watching TV.

C. Children eat the same amount of meals while watching TV.

D. Children usually eat nothing while watching TV.

70. Why can watching TV increase kids’ weight according to the passage ?

A. They usually eat more while watching TV.

B. They burn off fewer calories.

C. They change their diet while watching TV.

D. Both A and B

D

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School. Children go to their parents when they need help with school. If you speak better English, you can help your child with homework and you can also talk to teachers and other parents.

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71. Learning English well can help us in the following things EXCEPT__________.

A. finding many more good jobs             B. a better chance of finishing high school

C. a promotion and earning more money       D. cheating others easily

72. How can English benefit you in America?

A. You’ll communicate with most doctors and pharmacists better.

B. You can find cheap, free medical help for your family.

C. You can find important information for your family .

D. You can take your GRE.

73. If you want to learn English well, where should you learn?

A. Most doctors and pharmacists in America.  B. A vocational school for practical English.

C. Colleges for special English.             D. The Beehive for an English course.

74. Which kind of article is this passage?

A.  A Notice.                           B. A magazine.

C. An advertisement.                      D. A newspaper.

75. What would be the best title for the passage?

A. Learning English has a powerful effect on your job.

B. Learn more English, your life will be sweeter.

C. If you speak English better, you’ll find more jobs.

D. it is never too late to find out the right type of education!

第四部分(共三节，满分45分)

第一节：根据所给的首字母或汉语注释写出所缺单词的完整形式(每空1分，共10分)

76.I couldn’t have passed the English exam without your ______________(鼓励).

77.The high price is ______ (吓跑)away possible buyers.

78.Drinking pure water is _____________ (有益)to our health.

79. Everyone e_______ him because he is handsome and clever.

80. I gave the a_________ as soon as I saw the smoke.

81.The conference____________(宣告)that the country was independent.

82. He is two years younger than me, that is to say, he is j_____ to me by two years.

83. She p___________ a beautiful car from the supermarket last week.

84. I sat there _____________(反思) on what I have done today.

85. Every year many businessmen d_________ a large sum of money to the hope project.

第二节：短文填词(共10小题;每小题1分，满分10分)

Last weekend we went mountain-climbing. Even the

heavy rain in the morning could not p______ us going. Setting 86.____________

off very early, we went along an extremely_______(狭窄的)road, all 87.____________

in high spirits. On_____ side of the road were green fields  88.____________

and some farm ______(房子). We could hear the sound of the  89.____________

rain a_____ our footsteps mixed with our laughter. At noon 90.____________

we reached the top of the mountain. W_____ surprised us 91.____________

most there was the b_______ scenes. After having a 92.____________

short rest there and______(分享) the food we had bought, we 93.____________

started going down. It rained even _______.We were 94.____________

wet to the skin, but we still sang and____(大笑)happily. 95.____________

第三节：书面表达(满分25分)

目前，我国假期选择出国旅游的人越来越多，请你以Travelling Abroad为题，用英语写一篇词数在120左右的短文，要点如下：

1.出境游热的原因;2.旅游中出现了一些不文明现象，如随地吐痰、乱扔垃圾等;3.你的态度和看法

注意：1.可适当增加细节以使行文连贯; 2.参考词汇：树立形象：uphold an image

At present, more and more people choose to travel abroad when they have holidays.

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