D
I wrote to the White House asking about a birthday greeting for my grandfather who will be 95 next year. I received a card signed by Bill and Hillary. They look like real signatures（簽名）and are not printed and they are probably produced by autographing（親筆簽名）machines. That says:
Happy Birthday!
Hillary and I are delighted to join your friends and family in congratulating you on this special day. As you look forward to the year ahead, please accept our best wishes for good health and much future happiness.
This was sent in a double envelope so that I could address the inner one to my grandfather and send the sealed（蓋章） card to him. The card has the presidential seal printed in gold. The outer envelop is hand addressed. 
NOTE: the postage meter impression on the outer envelope reminded me that the president does not have franking privileges.（郵資特權(quán)）
The outer envelope does have a little "B" written on the upper right corner indication that they have a pile of these pre-signed and double-enveloped; when a request comes in, they just write the address on the outer envelope and mail it. 
The return address on both envelopes is simple: The White House, Washington.
73．When did the writer write to the White House?
A．On his grandfather’s birthday.
B．On his birthday.
C．When his grandfather was 94 years.
D．When his grandfather was 95 years old.
74．It’s clear that the card sent by Bill and Hillary was                     .
A．signed by an autographing machine
B．the one that had real signatures of Bill and Hillary
C．the one whose signatures were printed
D．the one that was signed with their own names
75．Form what the card says, we can find it                        .
A．was a public letter for those who were in need of greeting
B．can be sent to all those who write to them both
C．was sent specially to the writer’s grandfather
D．can be sent to anyone whose birthday is coming near
76．The letter “B” on the upper right corner of the outer envelope means              .
A．these are all double envelope having cards with pre-signatures inside them
B．these are all letters which have franking privileges
C．they have written the address on the outer envelopes
D．they have written “The White House, Washington” on both envelopes

第二節(jié)：語法填空：（共10小題；每小題1.5分，滿分15分）
仔細(xì)閱讀下面的短文，短文中有10個(gè)空格。請按照每小題括號(hào)內(nèi)的具體要求完成語法填空和詞形變化。
Among all the fast growing science and technology, the research of human genes, __31_ biological engineering as people call it, is drawing more and more attention now. Sometimes it is a hot topic __32__ (discuss) by people.
The greatest thing that gene technology can do is to cure serious diseases that doctors at present can almost do nothing with, such as cancer and heart disease. Every year, millions of people are murdered by these two __33__ (kill). And to date, doctors have not found __34_ effective way to cure them. But if the gene technology __35__ (apply) , not only these two diseases can be cured completely, __36__ (bring)  happiness and more living days to the patients, but also the great amount of money people spent on curing their diseases can be saved, so __37__ benefits the economy as well. In addition, human life span(壽命) can be prolonged.
Gene technology can help people to give birth to more healthy and clever children. Some families, with the English imperial(皇室) family being a good example, have hereditary diseases. This means their children will for sure have the family disease, __38__ is a great trouble for these families. In the past, doctors could do nothing about hereditary diseases, __39__ gene technology can solve this problem __40__ (perfect). The scientist just needs to find the wrong gene and correct it, and a healthy child will be born.

Ⅲ　閱讀�。ü矁晒�(jié)，滿分40分）
第一節(jié) 閱讀理解（共15小題；每小題2分，滿分30分）
閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的A、B、C和D項(xiàng)中，選出最佳選項(xiàng)，并在答題卡上將該項(xiàng)涂黑。
A person has to be sixteen to drive, seventeen to see certain movies, and eighteen to vote. People can get terrific discounts on all sorts of stuff－provided they’re over sixty-five. Everywhere we look there are age limits that define what people can and can’t do. But creativity has no boundaries, no limitations. Anyone can invent. And they do. Inventors are popping up at the youngest ages.
Sitting in the car waiting for her mom to return from shopping, Becky decided she might as well try to finish her math homework. But it was growing dark and getting hard to see the paper.
“I didn’t have a flashlight, and I didn’t want to open the car door because then the whole car would light up.” recalled Becky. “So I thought it would be neat to have my paper light up somehow, and that’s when the idea came to me.”
It isn’t every day that a ten-year-old invents a product eagerly sought by several businesses, but that’s exactly what Becky Schroeder did when she created a tool that enabled people to write in the dark. Her invention? The Glo-sheet.
That night Becky went home, trying to imagine different ways of making her paper glow in the dark. She remembered all sorts of glow-in-the-dark toys－like balls and Frisbees－and wondered how they were made. She was determined to find a solution. So they very next day, Beck’s dad took her on an outing to the hardware store. They returned with a pail (桶) of phosphorescent paint. She took the paint and stacks of paper into the darkest room in the house－the bathroom. There, she experimented.
“I’d turn on the light, turn it off, turn it on,” said Becky. “My parents remember me running out the room saying ‘It works, it works! I’m writing in the dark!’ ”
She used an acrylic board and coated it with a specific amount of phosphorescent paint. She took a complicated idea and made it work rather simply. When the coated clipboard is exposed to light, it glows. The glowing board then illuminates or lights up the paper that has been placed on top. Two years after her initial inspiration, in 1974, Becky became the youngest female ever to receive a U.S. patent.
She didn’t actively market her Glo-sheet. She didn’t need to. The New York Times wrote an article about an incredible invention－patented by a twelve-year-old, and the inquiries and orders streamed in.
1. From Paragraph 1 , we can draw a conclusion that _________.
A. it is illegal for one to drive under sixteen
B. people enjoy privileges when over sixty-five
C. one is never too old or too young to invent
D. people hate the limitations that define our behavior
2. What caused Becky to invent Glo-sheet?
A. She was trying to do homework when it got dark.
B. She was having trouble with math problems.
C. She was trying to earn some money.
D. She was working on a school project.
3. What is the meaning of the underlined words “phosphorescent paint” in paragraph 5?
A. paint that acts as a glue                          B. paint that covers a mark
C. paint that becomes hard                         D. paint that glows in the dark
4. What does it mean that Beck “didn’t actively market her Glo-sheet” according to paragraph 8?
A. She kept the original one for her own use.
B. Other people came to her for the Glo-sheet.
C. Becky’s father tried to sell the Glo-sheet.
D. She gave away patent to the government.
5. With which statement would Becky most likely agree?
A. Experience is needed to be a good inventor.
B. Only by inventing things can you know what people need.
C. Always try to sell patent rights to large companies.
D. You never know what you can do unless you try.

第二節(jié)信息匹配（共5小題；每小題2分，滿分10分）
第二節(jié) 信息匹配(共5小題；每小題2分，滿分10分)
閱讀下列應(yīng)用文及相關(guān)信息，并按照要求匹配信息。請?jiān)诖痤}卡上將對應(yīng)題號(hào)的相應(yīng)選項(xiàng)字母涂黑。
以下是廣告信息：


以下是與廣告相關(guān)的讀者來信。請匹配來信與它們所對應(yīng)的廣告。
56.                                               May 15，2006
Gentleman,
The enclosed advertisement for your organization comes from the April issue of    Cosmopolitan. I am interested in doing volunteer work for abused children and would 1ike to have your information booklet. My address is as follows:
6 Villa Maurice，
92160 Antony France
Yours truly，
D. Gruber
57.                                               January 15, 2006
Dear Sir or Madam，
I am interested in writing adventure stories for children. Please send information on the course you offer to the following address:
5481 Torrance Blvd，
Torrance, CA 90503
Yours faithfully，
Irene Ponbs (Ms)
58.                                              April 14，2006
Dear Sir or Madam,
I am interested in finding a part-time job in the morning. Please send information to the following address:
2955 Pacific Coast Highway,
Torrance, CA 90505
Sincerely,
M. E. Nielson (Mr)
59.                                              1068 Baxter Road,
Loveland, Ohio 45140
March 13，2006
Dear Sir or Madam,
Please send me your catalog and information on the service you offer. I have a small business and have been robbed several times.
Yours truly，
J. Barnes
60.
Am Frankenheim 21,
5000 Koln 40 Germany
June 1, 2006
Dear Sir,
I would like to receive the list mentioned in your recent advertisement, as well as more information about L.A. Parent. I enclose a self-addressed envelope.
Yours faithfully,
H. Wolf

第二節(jié)完型填空（共20小題；每小題2分，滿分40分）
閱讀下面短文，掌握其大意，然后從各題所給的四個(gè)選項(xiàng)（A、B、C和D）中，選出最佳選項(xiàng).
I have eyes that are said to be “cow brown,” and my long fair hair is my best feature .Iam not overweight, but I’m not too  16  either.
I’m relatively happy with my   17  ,but where did I get it? Do I share the same features as some unknown stranger?   18  , while walking down the street, I tried to  19  that stranger, imagining that one of the women I passed  20  possibly be my biological mother.
For a long time I wondered what life would be like with  21  . I was never  22  with my life. I just never  23  wondering what it would be like to have been raised by my biological mother. And then one day, I   24  a poem which compared adoption  25  a seed that was planted by one person and then taken care of by another. The second person had   26  the seed and made it grow to be tall and beautiful. I found that it compared perfectly to my  27  .
Gradually I   28  that my mom had made me who I am today. She did my hair for my first dance. She was there for my first hearbreak… She’d been there for  29  that ever mattered. And I started to notice that we had the same silly  30  , the same attitude to life, and the same way of treating people.
Sometimes when we’re out somewhere, people comment on   31  we look  alike, and we turn to each other and laugh,   32  until that moment that she wasn’t the one who gave birth to me.
33  I may not know why I look the way I do, I know why I am who I am. The mom I have now is the   34  one I ever could have hoped for, not only because she holds a huge amount of unconditional（無條件的）love, but because she has  35  who I am today.
16．A．thin   B．fat     C．strong       D．weak
17．A．eyes  B．a(chǎn)ppearance       C．weight      D．hair
18．A．Still  B．Even C．Again       D．Often
19．A．run after   B．pick out    C．bring back       D．turn down
20．A．should      B．would       C．could D．must
21．A．the biologist            B．my adoptive mother
C．The stranger            D．my birth mother
22．A．dissatisfied       B．content     C．a(chǎn)ngry       D．pleased
23．A．enjoyed    B．stopped     C．escaped     D．a(chǎn)llowed
24．A．wrote down     B．put up      C．handed out       D．came across
25．A．with  B．for    C．to      D．a(chǎn)s
26．A．buried      B．harvested  C．planted     D．watered
27．A．thought    B．seed  C．situation   D．history
28．A．realized    B．guessed     C．hated D．expected
29．A．something B．everything       C．everyone   D．someone
30．A．problem   B．illness       C．a(chǎn)doption   D．personality
31．A．how much       B．how far    C．where       D．why
32．A．proving    B．noticing    C．forgetting D．remembering
33．A．As    B．Unless      C．Though     D．Until
34．A．happiest    B．best   C．prettiest    D．wisest
35．A．saved       B．regretted   C．shaped      D．declared

C
　　Once upon a time，there was a wonderful old man who loved everything on the land——animals and plants.
　　One day while walking through the woods，the old man found a cocoon of a butterfly. He took it home. A few days later，a small opening appeared；he sat and watched the butterfly for several hours as it struggled to force its body through that little hole. Then it seemed to stop making any progress. It appeared as if it had gotten as far as it could and it could go no farther. Then the man decided to help the butterfly，so he took a pair of scissors and cut the remaining bit of the cocoon. The butterfly then came out easily.
　　But it had a swollen body and small，shriveled（枯萎的）wings. The man continued to watch the butterfly because he expected that，at any moment，the wings would enlarge and expand to be able to support the body，or they would be smaller. Neither happened! In fact，the butterfly spent the rest of its life crawling around with a swollen body and shriveled wings. It never was able to fly.
　　What the man in his kindness and hurry did not understand was that the struggle required for the butterfly to get through the tiny opening was nature’s way of forcing fluid from the body of the butterfly into its wings so that it would be ready for flight once it achieved its freedom from the cocoon.
　　Sometimes struggles are exactly what we need in our life. If we were allowed to go through our life without any difficulties，it would cripple（使無能）us. We would not be as strong as what we could have been. And we could never fly.
59．The old man cut the cocoon in order to__________.
A．kill the butterfly
B．play with the butterfly
C．make the butterfly come out easily
D．have the butterfly
60．The reason why the butterfly could not fly is that__________.
A．the old man broke its wings
B．it was too small
C．newly born butterflies can’t fly
D．it came out of its cocoon without enough struggle
61．What can we know from the passage？
A．That old man was fond of everything except the butterfly.
B．It was the old man that stopped the butterfly flying.
C．The old man realized his mistake.
D．It’s not hard for the butterfly to come out of the cocoon.
62．What does the author want to tell us by writing the passage？
A．We should help others.
B．Without others help we can still succeed.
C．Struggles in our life can make us stronger.
D．Butterflies can fly without people’s help.

C
Last Sep.11 was an important day too. After unknown gunmen attacked aid workers from the Nobel Prize-winning Medecins sans Frontieres at a roadblock on that day , most of the international aid groups helping Darfur’s 6 million people stopped using the roads . On Dec.18 , unknown gunmen attacked the southern town of Gereida. More than 70 aid workers then pulled out of the refugee(難民) camp there—Darfur’s largest, with 130,000 people —leaving only 10 Red Cross employees behind. Yet at the time no one said what had really caused the sudden pullbacks.
Damaging has become surprisingly common in Darfur, where 200,000 Africans have been killed and a third of the population have been sent fleeing into camps in three years of war. But the attacks on international aid workers suggested a dramatic and dangerous start—to attack on purpose those helping to keep Darfur’s millions of refugee alive. A dozen people from foreign NGOs (non－governmental organizations) have been killed in just the past six months , more than previous years. There are about 14,000 aid workers in Darfur now , the majority of them Sudanese, working for foreign NGOs and U.N. agencies and delivering $1 billion a year in aid . Just a few more terrible attacks could throw that into jeopardy. Last week 14 U.N. offices working in Darfur made a clear warning that “the humanitarian (人道主義) organization cannot possibly make certain the survival of the population Darfur if aid workers don’t feel safe. ”
64．What made Sept．11 an important day according to the passage?
A．Two World Trade Center buildings were destroyed in the USA．
B．International aid workers were attacked in Darfur．
C．A fight happened between the international aid workers and some unknown gunmen in Darfur．
D．International aid groups stopped their help to Darfur．
65．Which of the following shows a picture of Darfur?
A．Darfur has been in war since the last Sept．11．
B．Many people in Datfur are homeless because of the war．
C．Darfur will not get help from organizations including the UN．
D．International aid groups have never been attacked before．
66．The underlined word“jeopardy”in the last paragraph most probably means     ．
A．light                   B．practice              C．danger            D．effect   
67．Which of the following can be the tide of the passage?
A．People in        Darfur        B．International Aid Groups in Danger
C．War in Darfur                D．International Aid to Darfur

D
Mike Ingrarn had been a guard the Ohio State football team in the late 1950s．I believe he may have been captain in his senior year．He is a tough - looking guy，a hero in Columbus，a brave fighter in a red—and—gray uniform．  
One holiday season Jack and I had been at the F&R Lazarus department store downtown, and we saw，carrying a tall pile of boxes，someone who clearly was working in the Lazarus stockroom(倉庫)．It was, Mike Ingram，post—Ohio state football player．
We stared—how could we help it? And Mike Ingram stopped in his track，looked right back at us，and said，with bite in his tone：“Yeah，it's me．”Meaning：Go ahead and stare if you must．
Couldn’t really blame him．There was nothing wrong with what he was doing——be was earning some money in the stockroom．But he was out in the world now, he wasn't where he had been when everything was bathed in sunlight；he was in Ohio Stadium，hearing the supporting shouts from 78，000 people who loved him and his teammates．He had moved past that trust of life’s roles，as everyone does．It was his misfortune to have，been famous very early；there must have been dozens and dozens of men in their twenties working in the Lazarus stockroom that holiday season，but Mike Ingram was the one sure to attract cnrious passers，because he was no longer who he was supposed to be．
68．When the writer met him in Lazarus，Mike was a           ．
A．salesman             B．manager             C．1aborer           D．customer
69．By saying“how could we help it?”the writer means that          ．
A．he and his friend just can’t force themselves not to look at Mike
B．he wonders whether he and his friend can help Mike
C．he and his friend can’t stop looking at each other
D．he and his friend can do nothing to stop Mike carrying the boxes
70．Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?
A．Mike used to be very popular when he played in the Ohio State football team．
B．Many other people would stare at Mike like the writer when they run into him．
C．Working as an ordinary worker，according to the writer，is Mike’s misfortune．
D．Some people accept what life gives them．
71．We can infer from the passage that when Mike was stared at，he looked           .
A．nice                   B．worried                     C．shy                 D．unhappy

第II卷(非選擇題共35分)
第四部分(共二節(jié)，滿分35分)
第一節(jié)：對話填空(共10小題，每小題1分，滿分10分)
閱讀下面對話，掌握其大意，并根據(jù)所給首字母的提示，在標(biāo)有題號(hào)的右邊橫線上寫出一個(gè)英語單詞的完整、正確形式，使對話通順。
M：Hi，it’s you，Mary! I didn’t(76)r         you !                 76．            
W：Hi，Tom! Long time no see．I've changed a lot，haven’t I?
M：Yes, indeed．You're(77)s          than before．                  77．            
w：Really? I，m losing(78)w         ．                                 78．            
M：But how? Going on a(79)d      or…?                                79．            
W：I tried to eat 1ess，but(80)f    ．You know I've got a sweet     80．          
tooth．Chocolates，ice creams…．a(chǎn)ll my favorites．
M：So?
W：My doctor(81)s      that I do more exercise．You see，       81．             
as a secretary，I always sit at the desk doing paperwork．
(82)L         of exercise led to my gaining weight day by day．   82．           
So at last，I(83)f    his advice．I’m attending a Yoga            83．           
Course regularly(84)t      a week．And I often do jogging.          84．           
M：Can you(85)I   your Yoga coach to me? I’m interested in it．    85．           
W．Sure

完形填空（共20小題；每小題1.5分，滿分30分）
閱讀下面短文，從短文后各題所給的四個(gè)選項(xiàng)（A、B、C、D）中，選出可以填入空白處的最佳選項(xiàng)。
Once upon a time there was an old general (將軍). He liked to drink wine better than anything else.He always __36__ several bottles of good wine in his house.He __37__ go out one day, but he was _38___ his servant would drink his wine.Then he thought of a way to __39_ him doing so.
"I'm going out for the day ." he __40__ his servant."Please _41___ the house for me. There are some meat and two bottles of _42___ in the kitchen .There is also a hen there. But be careful not to _43___ it because it is poisonous.__44___ you drink it ,it will kill you."
But as soon as he left, his servant killed the hen and __45__ it for dinner.He then ate __46__ the hen and the meat,drank the two bottles of wine and went to bed.The general returned home late that evening. He was __47__ to find that the hen,the meat and the two bottles of wine were gone.He then saw his servant __48___ asleep in bed.There were two empty bottles beside him. He woke the servant up.
"What was happened?" he asked.
"I'm very sorry."His servant replied."After you __49___,a cat jumped in _50___ the window and ate the meat.A dog took the hen away. I know you would be __51___ with me when you returned,__52___ I tried to _53____myself  by drinking the poison . Please __54__ me." The general didn't believe __55__ he said but there was nothing he could do.
36.A.bought      B. stole          C. kept          D. carried
37.A.had to       B. had better      C. should        D. could
38.A. talking      B. writing        C. pleased       D. worried
A. stop        B. keep          C. notice        D. thank
A.ordered      B. told           C. asked        D. invited
41.A. take care of  B. leave          C. sell          D. buy
42.A. wine        B. milk          C. water         D. ink
43.A. touch       B. kill            C. forget        D.drink
44.A. Before      B. If             C. Because      D.Since
45.A. hid         B. threw         C. washed       D. cooked
46.A. both        B. all            C. some         D. either
47.A. sure        B. disappointed    C. surprised      D. sorry
48.A. dying       B. lying          C. singing       D. crying
49.A. left         B. returned        C. knew        D. drank
50.A. near        B. onto           C. under        D. through
51.A. thankful     B. angry          C. satisfied      D. strict
52.A. but         B. so             C. though       D. that
53.A. fool        B. teach           C. kill          D. wake
54.A. excuse      B.drink           C. help          D.kill
55.A. when       B. that            C. what         D. How