They _______him to drop the plan, but he was determined to carry it through to the end.

  A. urged       B. persuaded     C. encouraged       D. suggested

 -----What do you think of the play ?

   -----Terrible! I have never seen________one.

A. a bad                 B. a better                 C. a worse              D. the worse

第二部分 閱讀理解（共25小題。第一節(jié)每小題2分，第二節(jié)每小題1分；滿分45分）

第一節(jié)  閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的四個(gè)選項(xiàng)（A、B、C、D）中，選出最佳選項(xiàng)，并在答題卡上將該項(xiàng)涂黑。

  A new study in West Africa shows how farm irrigation systems powered by the sun can produce more food and money for villagers. The study in Benin found that solar-powered pumps are effective in supplying water, especially during the long dry season.

  Sub-Saharan Africa is the part of the world with the least food security. The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization estimates that more than one billion of the world’s people faced hunger last year. Around two hundred sixty-five million of them live south of the Sahara Desert. Lack of rainfall is one of their main causes of food shortages.

  Jennifer Burney from Stanford University in California led the study. The research team helped build three solar-powered irrigation systems in northern Benin.

The solar-powered irrigation systems produced an average of nearly two metric tons of vegetables per month.

  They sold the surplus(過剩的) produce at local markets. The earnings greatly increased their ability to buy food during the dry season which can last six to nine months.

  People in the two villages with the systems were able to eat three to five more serving of vegetables per day. But making the surplus available at markets also had a wider effect.

  The study compared the villages with two others where women farmed with traditional methods like carrying water in buckets. The amount of vegetables eaten in those villages also increased, though not as much.

  The researchers note that only four percent of the cropland in sub-Saharan Africa is irrigated. Using solar power to pump water has higher costs at first. But the study says it can be more economical in the long term than using fuels like gasoline, diesel or kerosene. And solar power is environmentally friendly.

1. People living in sub-Saharan Africa are short of food mainly because______.

  A. it seldom rains there throughout the year   B. there is little farmland in the area

  C. people there lack experience in farming    D. people know nothing about irrigation techniques

2. Which of the following is an advantage of Jennifer’s irrigation systems?

  A. They are not affected by the weather.

B. They cost much less than traditional irrigation systems.

  C. They have no bad effects on the environment.

  D. They use less fuel than traditional irrigation systems.

3. We can learn from the last paragraph that______.

  A. people in South Africa will soon be provided with enough food

  B. the demand for fuels like gasoline will greatly decrease in Africa

  C. people in sub-Saharan Africa don’t take agriculture seriously

  D. it’s worthwhile to use the new irrigation systems on the while

4. People in the two villages owe all the following to Jennifer’s irrigation systems EXCEPT that ______.

  A. they could buy more food during the dry season

  B. they could eat more vegetables than usual every day

  C. they could supply local markets with vegetables

  D. they could provide people in other villages with food

第二卷（非選擇題）

第三部分：寫作（共三節(jié);滿分55分）

第一節(jié)  單詞拼寫（共10小題；每小題1分，滿分10分）

根據(jù)下列句子及所給漢語(yǔ)注釋，寫出各單詞的正確形式。（每空只寫一詞）

66．We must arrange a      （方便的）time and place for the meeting.

67．The new hairstyle really      （適合）you---you look terrific.

68．Our school is more beautiful than        （他們的）.

69．They finished                  （測(cè)量）that piece of land last week.

70．I lay in bed       （舒服地）and I didn’t want to get up.

71．Letters         （遞送）by air is much faster than those by train, but they cost more.

72．China has 56       （民族）and it has a large population.

73．The two friends         （分享）all that they have when they were studying abroad.

74．I will go and see you next         （星期三）.

75．Water was found at a           （深度）of 30 feet.

．The cousins are alike in age, but__________they are as different as day and night.

       A．a(chǎn)nyhow    B．besides     C．otherwise  D．moreover

We may have dreams because we have needs that are  _____  in our daily lives.

    A. unknown     B. undone      C. unborn      D. unmet

The students were told to _____ their English before going abroad.

   A. give up      B. polish up      C. use up     D. end up

The 2008 Olympic Games,           in Beijing, impressed the world deeply.

       A．to be held       B．held  C．to held      D．holding

The bank is reported in the local newspaper _____ in broad daylight yesterday.

A. being robbed    B. to have been robbed    C. robbed    D. having been robbed

第二節(jié)：寫作（滿分25分）

     假設(shè)你是李華，今年初次到英國(guó)，暑假欲參加英語(yǔ)短期培訓(xùn)班。你在報(bào)紙上看到下面的廣告，頗感興趣，但是對(duì)次廣告，你尚有許多不明之處，你將這些疑問都標(biāo)在廣告上了。你將用英語(yǔ)給房東寫一封信，簡(jiǎn)要介紹你的情況并就你的疑問提出詢問。

注意：1．詞數(shù)120詞左右；

2．廣告上的要點(diǎn)均要提及，可適當(dāng)增加細(xì)節(jié)，以使文章連貫。.

3．信的開頭和結(jié)尾已寫出，不必重復(fù)。

Dear Sir/Madam,

__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

                                                       Yours faithfully,

                                                   Li Hua