This year will mark the 120th birthday of the Eiffel Tower. What gift will the Paris monument get? It will be given a fresh coat of brown paint. About 60 tons of paint to be exact, in a specially mixed color called “Eiffel Tower Brown”.

The landmark (標(biāo)志性建筑) gets a new coat of paint every seven years. In the past the tower has gone from reddish brown to yellow, brownish-yellow and dark red, before operators settled in 1968 on the current color.

“This is the color that suits the tower best－its most elegant （優(yōu)雅的）dress,” said Jean-Bernard Bros, head of he company that operates the tower. “So we have decided to keep the brown for good.”

The Eiffel Tower is the world’s most visited tourist attraction. It was designed and named after the French architect (建筑師) Alexandre Gustave Eiffel, who was also responsible for the frame of the well-known Statue of Liberty in the US.

However, when the tower was first built, it was highly controversial (有爭議的). Artists and politicians, including Maupassant (莫伯桑) and Alexandre Dumas (大仲馬), spoke out against it. They described it as ugly and said its presence lowered French taste.

67. What’s the best title of the passage?

A. The Eiffel Tower.    B. Birthday gift for the Eiffel Tower

C. How to celebrate the birthday of the Eiffel Tower    D. The history of the Eiffel Tower

68. How often does the Eiffel Tower get a new coat of pain?

A. Every year.    B. Every two years.    C. Every six years.    D. Every seven years.

69. According to the passage, which of the following is WRONG about the Eiffel Towel?

A. It is a place of interest which is most visited in the world.

B. A French architect named Alexandre Gustave Eiffel designed it.

C. Some people expressed their dislike about it when it was first built.

D. The Eiffel Tower was once painted black.

70. The underlined phrase “for good” in the third paragraph means ______.

A. forever    B. temporarily    C. beneficially    D. properly

六．書面表達(dá)（共計(jì)15分）

現(xiàn)如今，大家都認(rèn)為音樂在生活和學(xué)習(xí)中非常重要用。我校在5月第二周舉行了音樂周，請用英語寫一篇短文，介紹本次音樂周的情況。內(nèi)容如下：

每個(gè)班級都表演了節(jié)目，有唱歌、跳舞、短劇等，有的班級還用英語進(jìn)行了表演。

我們邀請了一位著名的鋼琴家來表演，并進(jìn)行了有關(guān)鋼琴知識的講座。

學(xué)校舉辦了音樂知識競賽。

注意：

詞數(shù)：100詞左右。

參考詞匯：音樂周：a music week 競賽：competition∕contest   鋼琴家 pianist  講座 lecture  短劇：short plays

注意時(shí)態(tài)和連詞的適當(dāng)使用

Nothing is more pleasing and romantic as flowers in the bedroom. Now, a new study says that the sweet smells of flowers in the bedroom can also lead to sweet dreams.

Researchers in Germany have carried out the study and have found that sleeping with flowers in the bedroom may encourage sweet dreams, a major finding they claim could help nightmare sufferers to and extent.

They came to the conclusion after an analysis of the sleep patterns of 15 female volunteers for a period of nearly 30 nights, a leading British newspaper reported on Monday.

The researchers pumped scents of rotten eggs, roses or no scent under their noses for nearly ten seconds while the women were in the Rapid Eye Movement period of sleep when a dream occurs.

The subjects were then woken up and asked to record their dreams. The smells had an effect on the emotions of the dreams but did not become part of the dream in that the women exposed to roses did not dream about roses the study found.

There was a correlation between the negative smells and negative emotional scores the sleepers reported from their dream.

According to the researchers, it’ll be interesting to study nightmare sufferers and if positive smells can actually influence the mood of their dreams as a form of treatment in the future.

The study has been presented at the 2008 American Academy of Otoblaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Foundation Annual Meeting in Chicago.

What is the best title for the text?

A. A recent study on dreaming   B. Smells influence one’s dreams

C. Do you want to have a good dream?  D. Flowers in the bedroom lead to sweet dreams.

What is the right order of the events related to the experiment?

a. The female volunteers get to sleep.  b. The researchers wake up the sleeping women.

c. A particular smell is pumped under dreamers’ noses  d. The dreamers are asked to describe their dreams.

A. a, c, b, d     B. d, c, b, a    C. a, c, d, b    D, d, b, c, a

The underlined word “correlation” in paragraph 6 can be replaced by _______

A. combination  B. coincidence  C. connection  D. cooperation

Which of the following statements is TRUE?

A. People are very sensitive to smells at night.

B. The subjects were tested on when they dreamed

C. Pleasant smells get sleepers to dream of roses.

D. The experiment is designed to treat sleeplessness.

What is the future perspective（前景）of the study?

A. Sleeplessness can be cured in the near future.

B. Nightmare sufferers are likely to recover soon.

C. The finding can give hope to nightmare sufferers.

D. Roses will become more popular among patients.

Parents complain their children are behaving unreasonably _____children consider their parents to be old-fashioned.

A. while       B. when       C. or         D. after

Some parents are just too protective. They want to       their kids from every kind of danger, real or imagined. 

A. spot                 B. dismiss              C. shelter             D. distinguish

Mary made a few changes to the design and made her own needle, _____ saving people a lot of time.

A. one                          B. she                          C. that                          D. it

President Obama is letting Congress write the details of his plan for ________ he calls health insurance reform.

A. as             B. what                    C. that               D. all what

Do dogs understand us?

Be careful what you say around your dog. It might understand more than you think.

A border collie named Rico recognizes the names of about 200 objects, say researchers in Germany. The dog also appears to be able to learn new words as easily as a 3-year-old child. Its word-learning skills are as good as those of a parrot or chimpanzee(黑猩猩).

In one experiment, the researchers took all 200 items that Rico is supposed to know and divided them into 20 groups of 10 objects. Then the owner told the dog to go and fetch one of the items and bring it back. In four tests, Rico got 37 out of 40 commands right. As the dog couldn't see anyone to get clues, the scientists believe Rico must understand the meanings of certain words.

In another experiment, the scientists took one toy that Rico had never seen before and put it in a room with seven toys whose names the dog already knew. The owner then told Rico to fetch the object, using a word the dog had never heard before.

The correct object was chosen in seven out of l0 tests, suggesting that the dog had worked out the answer by process of elimination(排除法). A month later, Rico remembered half of the new names, which is even more impressive.          

Rico is thought to be smarter than the average dog. For one thing, Rico is a border collie, a breed (品種)known for its mental abilities. In addition, the 9-year-old dog has been trained to fetch toys by their names since the age of nine months.

It's hard to know if all dogs understand at least some of the words we say. Even if they do, they can't talk back. Still, it wouldn't hurt to sweet-talk your dog every now and then. You might just get a big, wet kiss in return!

From paragraph 3 we know that _________.

    A. animals are as clever as human beings

    B. dogs are smarter than parrots and chimpanzees

    C. chimpanzees have very good word-learning skills

    D. dogs have the same speaking abilities as 3-year-old children

Both experiments show that____________   

    A. Rico is smart enough to get all commands right

    B. Rico can recognize different things including toys

    C. Rico has developed the ability of learning mathematics

    D. Rico won't forget the names of objects once recognizing them

Which of the following statements is true?

    A. The purpose of the experiments is to show the border collie's physical abilities.

    B. Rico has a better memory partly because of its proper early training.

    C. The Border collie is world-famous for fetching objects.

    D. Rico is born to understand all its owner's commands.

What does the writer want to tell us?

    A. To train your dog.                        B. To talk to your dog.

 C. To be friendly to your dog.                D. To be careful with your dog.         

英語課上，老師要求同桌同學(xué)相互修改作文。假設(shè)以下小短文為你同桌所寫，請你對其進(jìn)行修改。短文中共有10處錯(cuò)誤，每句中最多有兩處。錯(cuò)誤涉及一個(gè)單詞的增加、刪除或修改。

增加：在缺詞處加一個(gè)漏詞符號（∧   ），并在此符號下面寫出該加的詞。

刪除：把多余的詞用斜線（\）劃掉。

修改：在錯(cuò)的詞下劃一橫線，并在該詞下面寫出修改后的詞。

注意：1．每處錯(cuò)誤及其修改均僅限一詞。

2．只允許修改10處，多者（從第11處起）不計(jì)分。

3．必須按答題要求做題。否則不給分。

The Mid-autumn Festival, that is one important traditional festival in China,

falls in August 15^th of the lunar calendar every year. It was celebrated both in China

and many Asian country. People believe that a full of moon is the symbol of reunion and

good luck. This is also a custom to express best wishes to their beloved ones at this

particularly time. On that day they usually go back home to have a family get-together,

so they appreciate the beautiful full moon, enjoyed the typical food—the moon cake.

All Chinese have wonderful time at the festival.

 —I wonder if you could go to the movie with me.

—Oh, just leave me alone. I _______ a composition all the morning and haven’t finished yet.

A. write                     B. was writing      C. have written            D. have been writing