41. The reason why the woman was not sure that people were speaking English was that       .

A. they speak too fast to follow

B. they didn't want the woman to learn their experience

C. they have some special words and expressions of their own in their field

D. they are from theater and movie industry

42. We can infer that the saying "get your act together"         .

A. began from movie industry

B. was created by word expert James Rogers in the 1970s

C. is used commonly in businesses and investment companies at present

D. was first used by the Manchester Guardian newspaper

43. The best title for the passage is         .

A. Different Countries, Different Languages

B. The Experience in the US

C. The Word and Its Story: Get Your Act Together

D. How to Learn English Well

C

Did you know that a bowl of rice could save your iPod if you drop it in a swimming pool by accident? Or that the camera on your phone could tell you what's wrong with your TV remote control? The experts at Geek Squad have made a gadget (小机件) rescue guide. So, let's take a look at some of their useful advice.

●How to get more juice out of your phone battery( 电池)?

If your battery goes dead but you need to get a number or send one last text, try warming it up. That may give you a tiny bit of power. Take the battery from the phone and rub it between your hands. Then try to start the phone--but use it quickly.

●What to do if your gadget gets wet?

First, try drying it out with a vacuum cleaner. If a vacuum cleaner isn't at hand, fill a pot or bowl with uncooked rice and put your wet gadget inside. The dry, uncooked rice will absorb all the water and, after a few hours, you should be able to use the gadget. Don't forget to remove the battery and SIM card before you dry it.

●What to do if your TV remote control stops working?

Get the camera function up on your phone and point the remote at the lens(镜头 ). When you press a button on the remote, if it's working then the glass bobble(小球) at the front of the remote will light up when you look at it on the screen of your phone. This is because the screen on a phone or digital camera picks up infrared rays(红外线), even though your eyes don't. If the glass bobble doesn't light up, the remote is broken. If it does, the receiving device is broken.

44. If your cell phone falls into a sin(水槽) you can        .

A. warm it up under your arm

B. put it into the uncooked rice

C. press it with both of your hands

D. remove the battery after you dry it

45. Why can a phone be used to prove the TV remote control works well?

A. Because it can receive infrared rays.

B. Because it can reflect infrared rays.

C. Because it can improve the TV remote control.

D. Because it can picture the TV remote control.

46. In which section of a newspaper can we possibly read this text?

A. Entertainment.    B. Finance.     C. Culture.   D. Life.

47. The purpose of the passage is to give people        .

A. professional guides

B. necessary warnings

C. practical tips

D. personal opinions

D

Squirrels are getting ready for winter. They are looking for nuts and seeds, digging holes in the ground or finding holes in tree trunks. That's where they're storing food they will need during the coming months, when the weather is cold and sometimes snowy.

Squirrels spend a lot of time in trees, which are like restaurants, for them. Among their favorite things to eat are nuts and other parts of trees, like the tender(嫩的 ) buds.

Squirrels may also eat corn, insects and other animals. And, as anyone who has a bird knows, squirrels love birdseed !

Squirrels stay active all winter, so they need a supply of food to help keep up their energy. Squirrels tend to bury food underground, piece by piece. Some squirrels may gather food into piles that they put at the base of trees or bury underground.

When they need the food, the squirrels use memory and smell to help them find what they buried. Sometimes, you'll even see them digging through the snow.

Squirrels make nests in trees, either in the branches or inside holes in the trunks. Some squirrels spend much of the winter in underground tunnels(地道), where it is warmer.

When spring comes, squirrels change their food preferences to new plant growth, like buds and leaves. Sometimes they forget to dig up all the buried nuts.

That's why you 'll sometimes find a tree seedling(树苗) growing in a place where neither you nor your family planted it. It must have been the squirrels.

48. How do the squirrels find the food they buried in the snow?

A. By smell.               B. By memory.

C. By sound.            D. By memory and smell.

49. Which of the following is TRUE?

A. The squirrels never forget to dig out their buried nuts.

B. The squirrels often make nests in the branches.

C. The nests of the squirrels are warm

D. The squirrels in winter are not very active.

50. What does the passage mainly talk about?

A. The food of the squirrels.

B. How the squirrels sleep in winter.

C. The squirrels prepare early for winter.

D. The habit of the squirrels.

51. Which kind of food do the squirrels NOT love?

A. Corn.        B. Nuts.        C. Buds.           D. Apples.

E

Dear Bobby Brune,

Children learn best when they're having fun. "Jungle Gym Jimmy" is an article for parents and children that teaches playground safety and shows how simply playing can promote good health and fitness. The tips are given through the funny voice of the "tour guide" on the playground, seven-year-old Jimmy. By listening to Jimmy, children learn how to use the equipment safely and how to get the most fun out of a day on the playground.

As a Kid Talk subscriber for the last seven years, I am very familiar with your publication, and feel this article would be a positive addition to the "I Can Do It" section of the magazine. The article has 2,114 words, and has been divided into categories in a way that holds children's interest. Being a mother of four children and using our home as a meeting place for most of the neighborhood, I've had the opportunity to test and confirm that the fun and easy "exercises" offered here are not only effective but are lots of fun for kids.

I've been writing children's stories and articles for several years, and have had many of my stories published in Kids Know Best, a small newspaper that the Cinder Primary School publishes each month. I'm also a founding member of the "Right On Baby" editorial group which publishes a monthly e-zine for parents with newborns, and I'm a contributing editor to "Write Now" , an online site that teaches creative writing. Thank you for your time.

Sincerely,

Claudia Parker

52. The author has written this letter to a        .

A. magazine               B. website

C. newspaper            D. primary school

53. According to the passage, we can learn "Jungle Gym Jimmy"        .

A. is an article written for teachers      B. gives tips through the voice of a little boy

C. has less than 2,000 words           D. is written by a mother who has five children

54. By writing the third paragraph, the author wants to show that she        .

A. is experienced in writing articles for children

B. writes lots of articles about her own children

C. often reads different stories for her children

D. is good at designing activities for children

55. The purpose of the letter is to        .

A. open a new section in a publication for parents

B. start a game to promote good health and fitness

C. organize a class teaching children how to play safely

D. recommend an article on how to have fun on the playground

第二节   阅读表达(共5小题;每小题2分，满分10分)

阅读下面短文，并根据短文后的要求答题(请注意问题后的字数要求)，将答案写在第II卷相应位置。

[1]  Do you ever wish you were as thin as a model or as strong as your favorite football player? Maybe you wish you were taller or just shaped a little differently. Those thoughts are a natural part of growing up. How can you feel better about your body?

[2]  Firstly, learning what you can and can't change about your body is part of growing up. It can be hard to accept. But when people accept the way they look, they often feel happier.

[3]  Eating healthy foods can make people feel better about their bodies. Why? Because eating___

will make you full of energy and keep your body working just the way it should.

[4]  Watching TV and playing computer games can be fun, but it doesn't do much for your body because your body stays still. Those are called sedentary(坐着的)activities because you sit while you do them.

[5]  But when you move your body by playing, dancing, taking part in sports, or even cleaning your room, you exercise your muscles(肌肉). When you exercise your muscle, it gets stronger and stronger. And when you have strong muscles, you can do whatever you want to do.

[6]  People feel better about their bodies when their bodies can do whatever they want them to do. So climb a hill, jump rope, ride a bike, swim in a pool, run up the stairs, or even do the hula--and enjoy all your body can do!

56. What is the best title for this passage? (no more than 9 words)

57. According to paragraph 5, please fill in the blank with proper words to complete the sentence. (no more than 4 words)

Your muscles will become          after you exercise them.

58. Fill in the blank in Paragraph 3 with proper words. (no more than 3 words)

59. According to Paragraph 2, how can you keep happy? (no more than 7 words)

60. What does the underlined word "they" (Paragraph 6) probably refer to? (no more than 2 words)

第II卷

第二节  单词拼写：每小题1分，共10分，将单词的正确形式写在每小题的横线上。

61. I watched him until he _______________(消失)from sight in the distance.

62.When we arrived at the stadium, the opening________________(仪式) had begun.

63. There are many                (吸引人的) things in the shop.

64. The police _____________ (射杀) 153 camels in one day in 1935.

65.We saw _______________(被遗弃的) farms which were built more than a hundred years ago.

66.The boy had a bad a____________ towards his schoolwork so that he failed in the final exam.

67.Of the six people in the car accident, only one s_______________.

68.He is so poor that he can’t a_______________ an apartment in Shehong.

69. She was nervous when attending the job i              , so she failed to get the job.

70. Christmas is coming. It means Christmas is a_________________.

第三节  短文改错(共10小题;每小题1.5分，满分15分)

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：在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧)，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。

Last summer vacation, my parents and I go to the countryside to visit my uncle. It took us two hours get there by car. After having the lunch at my uncle’s house, we went fishing in the river near our house. I was very excited so I caught a lot of fish there. The next day, we decided to ride bikes, around the villages. The village was very beautiful and we were very relaxing. Then we had a picnic in a park which many children were flying kites. How peace the country life was! I hope I should go there again in the future.

第四节  书面表达(共30分)

今年暑假，我第一次去厦门旅行，这次旅行给我留下了深刻的印象。

1、厦门位于福建省东南部。鼓浪屿是厦门最出名的地点之一，每天有成千上万的游客乘船去鼓浪屿。

2、有一个叫普厝垵的村庄，在那里，我们可以尝到各种美味的小吃。

3、厦门大学是你必须要去的地方，在厦大，你会发现上大学是一件极好的事情。

4、厦门被大海围绕，你可以去捡贝壳，去追海浪，去海里游泳。

简而言之，厦门是一个多么迷人的城市啊!

参考词汇：普厝垵：Zeng Cuoan  围绕：surround      鼓浪屿：Gulangyu island

贝  壳：shell        追逐：chase

注意：词数在100左右。