47. ___________ freezing weather it is! The water in the river has frozen.

A) How B) What a C) How a D) What

48. The girl asked me to sit down in her place. The underlined part means “____________”.

A) take her seat B) take down her seat

C) sit her seat D) sit down her seat

49. ______ is known as the center of finance(金融)in the USA.

A) The White House B) Wall Street

C) Downing Street D) The Buckingham Palace

50. A: Mr. Li, may I ask you some questions?

B: ______________

A) What was it? B) Never mind. C) Go ahead. D) Yes. What is it?

III. Complete the following passage with the words or phrases in the box. Each one can only be used once(将下列单词或词组填入空格。每空格限填一词，每词或词组只能填一次。注意有一个多余选项):(共8分)

A. will B. moment C. hold on D. dream E. dangerous F. alive G. for long H.

sudden I. messages

Miners(矿工)work under the earth to collect coal. They have _____51_____ jobs because sometimes the earth sinks or fall apart(坍塌). When this happens, miners are trapped(被困在)underground. They are covered with earth and rocks. They will die if they don’t have air to breathe, food to eat, or water to drink. They cannot live without any of these things _____52______.

Trapped miners _____53_____ of being free and don’t give up. In July 2011, nine miners went to work in California. All of a _____54______, there was a terrible accident. A wall broke apart(断裂) and water flooded the place where the miners were working. The water came up to their necks. At first the miners shouted, but no one could hear them. Luckily, people on the surface found out where the miners were and dug a breathing hole. Later, they gave them _____55______ from their families, which told them to ______56______ and never lose heart. Many people took part in helping to save them. After several days’ hard work, they successfully pulled the tired miners out of the mine ______57_____. People called this “ miracle of lives(生命中的奇迹)”. On one hand we applaud(向……鼓掌) for the efforts and hard work of the rescuers(营救人员), we are moved by the coal miners’ strong _____58_______ to survive and we admire the care of people for these miners. But on the other hand we think the authority(有关当局) should take strong measures to prevent more of these sorts of accidents from happening.

IV. Complete the sentences with the given words in their proper forms(用括号中所给单词的适当形式完成下列句子): (共8分)

59. Mike believed his lucky number was ten, so he decided to live on the __________floor. (ten)

60. How can I get rid of this ____________visitor? (welcome)

61.“Take care of yourself,” the mother said ____________ to her son. (gentle)

62.The weather in Shanghai _____________ greatly in the early spring, doesn’t it? (variety)

63. In Western countries many young people still keep up the ____________ that women will get married in a long white dress.(traditional)

64. Tom’s answer was ____________. The teacher nodded with a smile. ( satisfy )

65. This is the _____________ plan. Please go over it. ( change )

66. Much of this waste does a lot of ____________ to the plants. ( harm )

V. Rewrite the following sentences as required(根据所给要求，改写下列句子,每空格限填一词):(共14分)

67.Tom goes to school on foot every morning. (改为否定句)

Tom ________ ________ to school on foot every morning.

68. People can get drinking water by taking away the salt from sea water. (对划线部分提问)

__________ __________ people get drinking water?

69. The postman delivers letters in the late afternoon every day. (改为被动语态)

Letters ___________ __________ by the postman in the late afternoon every day.

70. It was a very exciting week. (改为感叹句)

_____________ _____________ exciting week it was!

71. John’s told to be on time for the meeting. (改为反意疑问句)

John’s told to be on time for the meeting,______________ ______________?

72. The water is warm. The baby can take a bath in it. (两句合并为一句简单句)

The water is ____________ ____________ for the baby to take a bath in.

73. I was the only person who was invited to the party. (保持原句意思)

Nobody ___________ me ____________ invited to the party.

Part 3 Reading and Writing ( 第三部分 读与写 )

VI. Reading Comprehension ( 阅读理解 ): (共50分)

A. Choose the best answer(根据短文内容，选择最恰当的答案): ( 12分)

Jim was a young man in his early twenties who was studying to be a carpenter(木匠). He was a good worker, honest and worthy of trust, so his boss was pleased with him. As he was such a likable man and easy to deal with, he was popular with his workmates, too. They also made fun of him a great deal but he never got angry with them and would only laugh.

But Jim’s one great shortcoming(缺点) was that he could never tell a lie, no matter how hard he tried, not even a little one. In fact, he was so honest and shy that he would blush(脸红) even when he was telling the truth. He used to stand in front of the mirror and practise lying while looking himself in the eyes at the same time. But as soon as he saw his face starting to go red he had to look away.

One morning, however, he didn’t like going to work because he had been to a party the night before and it hadn’t ended till the early hours of the morning. And then the first time in his life he decided to take the day off. He rang his boss, pretending to be a woman. He spoke in a high voice. “ Hello,” he said timidly. “I’m afraid Jim can’t come to work today. He isn’t feeling very well.” Poor Jim was thankful that his boss couldn’t see him just at that moment because his hands were trembling(发抖) and his face was bright red.

“Thank you for letting me know,” said Mr. Woods, his boss, and then just as he was about to hang up, he said, “ Just a moment, madam, who’s speaking.”

“Oh!” Jim stammered(口吃), and going all out for making a voice(尽量装出…的嗓音)like a woman, he cried in a loud voice: “This is my landlady speaking!”

Jim was ________________________.

A) mid-aged B) a teenager C) over 25 D) between 20--25

75. He was a _________________________ .

A) skillful worker B) skillful carpenter

C) researcher studying how to be a carpenter D) being- trained carpenter

76. His boss was ________ with him.

A) displeased B) not pleased C) satisfied D) unsatisfied

77. His workmates used to __________________ .

A) cheat him B) play with him C) play jokes on him D) beat him

78. Telling lies always made him _____________.

A) go blue B) go white C) go red D) feel hot

79. At the end of the story poor Jim let the cat ________________ .

A) out of the bag B) out of the house C) into the bag D) into the house