30.Which of the following four countries has the smallest proportion of people living in metropolitan areas?

A.United States.   B.Germany.     C.France.    D.England.

31.What’s the m eaning of the word“metropolitan”in the middle of the passage?

A .Of a large city with its suburbs.    B.Of small and large towns.

C.Of urban areas.                D.Of rural areas.

32.  According to the passage，what can we learn about small towns in the United States?

A Most small towns become gradually crowded

B.Small towns are still similar to each other.

C.As the traditional picture is changing，towns are different.

D .Small towns are turning into large cities

D

Children in the United States are exposed to many influences other than that of their families.Television is the most significant of these influences，because the habit of watching television usually begins before children start attending school.

Parents are concerned about the lack of quality in television programs for children.The degree of violence in many of these shows also worries them.Studies indicate that，when children are exposed to violence，they many become aggressive or insecure.

Parents are also concerned at，out the commercials that their children see on television. Many parents would like to see fewer commercials during programs for children.And some parents feel that these shows should not have any commercials at all because young minds are not mature enough to deal with the claims made by advertisers.

Educational television has no commercials and has programs for children that many parents approve of The most famous of these is Sesame Street，which tries to give preschool children a head start in learning the alphabet(字母)and numbers.It also flies t o teach children useful things about the world in which they live.

Even though most parents and educators give Sesame Street and shows like it high marks for quality，some critics argue that all television，whether educational or not，is harmful to children.These critics feel that the habit of watching  hours of television every day turns children into bored and passive(被动的)consumers of their world rather than encouraging them to become active explorers of it.

33.Which of the following statements is NOT based on the passage?

A.  Parents are worried about the influence from television on their children

B.  Television has much influence on children

C.  Both parents and their children like watching educational television.

D.  Some critics think that television is no good for children.

34.In what ways do children suffer from television?

A.  They become the victims of social violence

B.  They spend hours watching television instead of doing school work

C.  The programs make the children lose interest in the world.

D.  The programs make the children spend too much of their parents’ money

35.Parents would not like their children to see commercials because ____

A.  they think that their children ore not old enough to handle advertising

B.  commercials teach children alphabet and numbers

C.  commercials help to sell products

D.  they don’t like commercials

第二节(共5小题，满分10分)

根据短文内容，选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，有两处多余选项。

36_  One of the best things y ou can possibly do is to start you own club. It’s great fun especially if you are the sort of person who feels there’s never anything to do during the school holidays.

The first thing you need to come up with is an idea for your club. _ 37 _ Pets, clothes, pop music or dancing groups, sports, making things? the list is endless.

Next you need some friends to be in your club with you. _ 38 _ All you need is three or four other people who are interested in the same thing as you.

_ 39  You should all sit down somewhere together with lots of pieces of paper and write down every name you can think up.That’ll keep you busy for ages.

At your first meeting you should make up a rule book. And the first rule should be no grown-ups or little/big brothers or sisters! The best clubs are always secret!

Now you have just about everything you need, except membership cards. these are very important and again you can speed a lot of time making them.   40   Why not leave some space for a photo of yourself?That will make the membership card really look like it.

So there you are, get clubbing! Once you get started you’ll think of loads of more interesting things to do!

A.      that’s easy.

B.      enjoy your own club!

C.     invite a designer to join you.

D.     what are you interest in?

E.      some vacation is just around the corner.

F.       then you need to pick a name for your club.

G.    use a bright thick pen to make a special design.

三.完形填空(共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分)

When we read books  we seem to enter a new world. This new world can be similar to the one we are living in, or it can be very  41   . Some stories are told  42  they were true. Real people who live in a  43  world do real things; in other words, the stories are about people just like us doing what we do. Other stories, such as the Harry Potter books, are not  44  . They are characters and creatures that are very different from us and do things that would be  45  for us.

But there is more to books and writing than this. If we think about it, even realistic writing is only  46   . How can we tell the difference between what is real and what is not real? For example, when we read about Harry Potter ,we   47  seem to learn something about the real world. And when  Harry studies magic at  Hogwarts,  he also learns more about his real life than  48  . Reading, like writing, is an action. It is a way of  49  . When we read or write something ,we do much more than simple look at words on a page. We use our  50  --which is real—and our imagination—which is real in a different way --- to make the words come to life in our minds.

Both realism and fantasy(幻想)  51  the imagination and the “magic” of reading and writing to make us think. When we read  52  realistic, we have to imagine that the people we are reading about are just like us, even though we  53  that we are real and they are  54  . It sounds  55  ,but it works. When we read, we fill in missing information and  56  about the causes and effects of what a character does. We help the writer by  57  that what we read is like real life. In a way, we are writing the book, too.

Most of us probably don’t think about what is going on in our  58  when we are r eading. We pick up a book and lose  59  in a good story, eager to find out what will happen next. Knowing how we feel  60  we read can help us become better readers, and it will help us discover more about the real magic of books.

41. A. possible   B. easy    C. new     D. different

42. A. that       B. What    C. whether      D. as if

43. A. usual      B. normal    C.certain        D. common

44. A. realistic      B. reasonable     C. moral       D. instructive

45. A. difficult       B. impossible      C. important        D. necessary

46. A. thinkable      B. designed        C. imagined         D. planned

47. A. do         B. make         C. have               D. are

48. A. lessons     B. dreams      C. experience        D. magic

49. A. working    B .thinking      C.living           D. understanding

50. A. knowledge  B. skill         C. Words          D. grammar

51. A. make       B. get          C. use            D. have

52. A. a newspaper  B.something    C. everything      D. a story

53. A. find        B. learn         C. know          D. hope

54. A. too         B. not          C. all            D. so

55. A. dangerous   B. serious       C. strange        D. terrible

56. A. talk        B. learn         C. read           D. think

57. A. telling      B. pretending    C. promising       D. guessing

58. A. mind       B. life          C. world          D. society

59. A. heart       B.time          C. money         D. ourselves

60. A. what       B. how           C. when         D. why

四、语法填空(共10小题，每小题1.5分，满分15分)

阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容(不多于3个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。

Last Monday, my father would be on a   61   (busy)trip for five days. Having gotten my promise of being great at home and taking care of my mother, he rest assured and put his luggage into the trunk of his car. ___62____(see) my father’s driving away, my mother and I waved our hands and said goodbye to him. For a moment, I began to miss my father, ____63_____(wish) that he would be safe and well the next days I thought everything would go well, as this was not the first time that my father _____64____(be)away for several days. Yet, —____65_____(fortunate), my mother caught a cold the next morning. Looking at her pale face, I _____66______(experience) high levels of anxiety. However, I told myself that I had to calm down  and look after my mum, ____67_____I promised to my dad. The moment I got my mum to sleep, I put cold towel on her forehead, found pills in the medicine box, and made some noodles for her. Luckily, she woke up and felt ____68_____(good), after taking the pills and the noodles. _____69_____her fever was gone relieved and satisfied me a lot. In the next f our days, I was taking her body temperature twice a day, ensuring that she was completely well. To our delight, my dad went back home safely and healthily on Saturday. On hearing _____70____I had done to my mum, he, as well as my mum, beamed at me and gave me a big thumb. Hearing their praises and seeing bright smiles on their faces, I really felt overjoyed and thrilled. Conceivably, taking care of my parents was, indeed and definitely, my mission and obligation。

五、短文改错(共10分)

假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处，每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。

增加：把缺词处加一个漏符号(∧)，并在其下面写出该加的词。

删除：把多余的词用斜线()划掉。

修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。

注意：1. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词;

2. 只允许修改10处，多者(从第11处起)不计分。

Ladies and gentlemen,

May I have your attentions, please? In Saturday, July 27th, there will have a few visits to different places. Everyone is welcomed. All the visitors will be divided into four groups. Each group of visitors can visit one of the place – a factory, a farm, a school or a hospital. Please you sign your name at the Service Desk before 9: 00 a.m. and say what place you wish to visit. We’ll set out after the breakfast at 8 and we will return in the afternoon. We will have lunch at place of visit.

We hope you a pleasant journey. That’ s all.

Thank you.

六、书面表达(共25分)

请你根据以下要点，拟一则有关家教的招聘启事。

1. 家教老师(英语)必须是一位男性，年龄在30岁左右;

2. 必须具有教师经历，且有耐心和信心;

3. 工作时间是每周星期六、日，每天8小时，待遇丰厚;

4. 联系电话是8101688。

注意：

1. 标题已为你写好;

2. 可适当发挥;

3. 词数:100左右.

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