一、单项选择 （10分）

1. This book _____ ten units, ______ three mainly revision.

A. contains; including B. includes; containing

C. contains; containing D .includes; including

2. ---- Oh, it’s you. I ______ you.---- I have just had my hair cut, and I’m wearing new glasses.A. don’t recognize B. haven’t recognized ?

C. didn’t recognize D. hadn’t recognized

3. Being a businessman, my father is ____ that he never has time for me and the family.

A. so busy person B. such busy person

C. so busy a person D. such busy a person

4. In my opinion, _____ wild animals should be allowed to live in _____ wild.

A. /; / B. the; the C. /; the D. the; /

5. It is reported that ______ has been discovered in the rain forest in Brazil.

A. new species B. a new species C. a new specie D. new specie

6. With no more wood added to the fire, it finally died ______.

A. away B. down C. out D. off

7. Once harm is _______ to the eco-system, all species will ________, including man himself.

A. made; be in danger B. done; be dangerous

C. caused; be endangered D. done; be in danger

8. When he was asked about the question where he was last night, he was ______.

A. at loss B. in a loss C. at a loss D. with losses

9. I don’t think the change of timetable will _____ our plan much.

A. effect B. affect C. be affected D. be effected

10. 18. This man is difficult to ______.

A do with B deal with C be deal with D be done with

11. New ways have to be found to ______ wildlife being endangered. Which of the following is not OK?

A. keep B. protect C. prevent D. stop

12. Insects, ______ mosquitoes, flies, butterflies and so on, have their functions in _____ nature.

A. like; the B. such as; / C. including; / D. containing; the

13. _____ a report from WWF, the global warming has greatly _______ wildlife on the earth, destroying or damaging the habitats they are living in.

A. According to; affected B. With; effected

C. From; effect on D. For; endangered

14. _______the competition in society is becoming fiercer and fiercer, more and more people turn to ______ drugs to reduce their pressure.

A. With; taking B. As; take C. With; take D. As; taking

15. _______in the ocean, it becomes powerless once it is on the beach.

A. However a whale is powerful B. However powerful a whale is

C. Whatever a powerful whale is D. Whatever powerful a whale is

16. It is believed that a new kind of drug ______ by the scientists and they are hopeful

that they will succeed in a couple of months.

A. has been developed B. is being developed

C. is developing D. has developed

17.______ he will return to his native land.

A. It is long before that B. It is before long that

C. It won’t be long before D. It will be long before that

18. The application of the Internet is considered as a revolution in computer science, _______, computers could be connected with _______ to share information.

A. as a result; one after another B. as the result, one another

C. as a result; one another D. as the result; one to the other

19. _______time goes by, computers are made smaller and smaller and nobody knows for sure how small _______ be made but there must be a limit.

A. With; they can B. As; they can

C. When; they can D. While; can they

20. Apart from being applied in such fields _______ communication, finance and trade, computers also play an very important part in making mobile phones, medical operations ________ in space exploration.

A. like; as long as B. as; as well as C. like; as good as D. as; as far as

二、完形填空 （20分）

It was a sunny day. A city man was driving along a country road with a new wagon（马车）and a beautiful pair of horses. He didn’t pay a lot of 21 to where he was going. Pretty soon he 22 that he was lost, but he 23 to drive, expecting to re-find his way or to 24 someone who could tell him how to get back to the 25 .

It was a long 26 road. For many hours he kept on driving. When it was almost 27 ，he saw in a 28 a tall farmer ploughing（犁地）the land. He stopped his 29 team of horses near the fence and called out，“Hello，farmer.”

“Hello，yourself，”the farmer replied， 30 ploughing.

“Where does the horse 31 ？”he asked without knowing his language mistakes.

“I haven’t seen it go anywhere. It 32 stays right where it is,” said the farmer， 33 stopping his work.

“How far is it to the next town？” said the city man，speaking a little 34 .

“Don’t know. I never 35 it,” replied the farmer. By this time the city man was getting 36 . “What do you know？You’re the biggest fool I 37 saw.”

38 stopping, the farmer turned and looked for a long time 39 at the city man. Then he said，“Maybe I don’t know much. 40 I am a fool. But at least I’m not lost！”

21. A. signs B. orders C. attention D. direction

22. A. realized B. recognized C. accepted D. received

23. A. stopped B. used C. wanted D. continued

24. A. miss B. meet C. look D. lose

25. A. town B. country C. capital D. village

26. A. lonely B. busy C. dirty D. crowded

27. A. at noon B. at night C. raining D. dark

28. A. truck B. pile C. field D. store

29. A. strong B. tired C. weak D. tiring

30. A. but B. went on C. stopped D. still

31. A. go B. lead up C. get D. show

32. A. always B. often C. sometimes D. seldom

33. A. began B. still C. without D. already

34. A. clearly B. lower C. more loudly D. more politely

35. A. judged B. measured C. saw D. studied

36. A. sad B. lovely C. friendly D. angry

37. A. ever B. often C. even D. never

38. A. Still B. Not C. With D. Finally

39. A. gladly B. immediately C. in silence D. excitedly

40. A. Really B. Perhaps C. Certainly D. Fortunately

三、阅读理解 （30+5=35分）

A

More and more people think it necessary to study in an English-speaking country and it didn’t take long at all for me to decide to come and study in UK.

Having been in the school for 2 months, I’m getting used to school life, and I am starting to make the most of my time in here. School starts at 9 o’clock every morning, and every Monday, Wednesday and Friday we have long days, in which we have 9 lessons and school finishes at 4 o’clock. Every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday we have short days, in which we have only 6 lessons and finish at 1 o’clock. After lessons, we have 2 hours of activity time, when you can choose from a wide range of activities, including all the major sports, such as rugby and football, and also the minor sports such as basketball and tennis.

As a boarder（寄宿者), the quality of food is something I consider very important, and Merchiston has not let me down. The school kitchens are run by a professional catering（饮食）company, and the quality of food is excellent, and also they take issue(问题) of a healthy diet really seriously: I remember once I was asked to take more salad for my meal by a member of the kitchen staff(工作人员) for I didn’t have enough vegetables. This brings another point of being a boarder: you need to learn how to look after yourself and be responsible(负责) for yourself. One of the huge advantages of being a boarder is that we can have breakfast in the school, which means we don’t have to pull ourselves out of bed as early as the day pupils!

41. The passage mainly tells us about________.

A. the author’s school life in the UK as a boarder

B. the author’s opinion of the school life in the UK

C. the differences in school life between China and the UK

D. the boarder life in a British middle school

42. According to the second paragraph, we can learn that the author ______.

A. has not enough time to study B. likes to play tennis and basketball

C. went to the school two months ago D. finishes school at 4 o’clock

43. How many lessons do the students have every week in this school?

A. 15 B. 45 C. 27 D. 18

44. The underlined words “ let me down” in the last paragraph means _______.

A. made me disappointed B. made me pleased

C. encouraged me D. amazed me

45. As a boarder in the school, the author ______.

A. is not used to the food there B. has learned to have healthy diets

C. is specially taken good care of D. sleeps as much as day pupils

B

King Midas used to love gold. One day he met a fairy who allowed him to make a wish for something. The king replied at once , ‘‘I love gold . I want everything I touch to change into gold”. ‘‘Very well , tomorrow morning, everything you touch will turn into gold .”Saying this, the fairy disappeared.

The king waited excitedly till the next morning. To his joy ,everything he touched changed immediately into gold. ‘‘I’m the richest man in the world now.” He shouted.

Soon Midas became hungry. He sat down at his table. All the foods and drinks turned into gold in his hand . ‘‘I’m dying of hunger.” He cried.

Just then his daughter came running in . ‘‘Why are you so sad , dad ?” she asked, putting her arms around him. There and then she became a golden statue. The king loved his daughter very much .Seeing this ,he began to cry. He looked up and suddenly saw the fairy before him. ‘‘Don’t you like the golden touch?” asked the fairy. ‘‘ Please take it away,” begged the king, ‘‘ give me back my daughter.” ‘‘Well, you have learned your lesson. Go and wash in the river. Then the golden touch will be gone.” The king ran quickly to the nearby river.

46. The fairy