The ____ tall pole cast a ____ long shadow.

   A. ten feet; twenty feet                                B. ten feet; twenty-foot

C. ten-foot; twenty-foot                             D. ten-foot; twenty-feet

    In Denmark, parents are allowed to set up a new school if they are dissatisfied with the school in the area where they are living. Although these schools have to follow the national courses, they are allowed a lot of choice in deciding what to teach. Some of these new schools are called “small schools” because usually the number of pupils in them is only sixty, but a school has to have at least twenty-seven pupils.

    Cooleenbridge School in Ireland, is a small school similar to the ones in Denmark, it was set up by parents who came from Holland, Germany, Czechoslovakia, England and other parts of Ireland. They came because they wanted to live in the countryside and to grow their own food. In June 1986, they decided to start a school. They managed to get an old, disused primary-school building and started with twenty-four children aged from four to twelve.

    The teachers say, “The important thing in school is doing, not sitting.” And so the courses includes yoga(瑜伽), cooking, knitting(編織), kite-making, music, fishing, drama(戲劇) and environmental river studies, as well as reading, writing, maths and science.

40. What are the rules for setting up a new school in Denmark?

   A. Parents are allowed to set up their own school.

   B. The school has to follow the national courses.

   C. The school has to have at least 27 pupils.

   D. All of the above.

41. The writer tells about the Cooleenbridge School in Ireland because___________

   A. it was set up by parents who are not people of Denmark

   B. it was taken as an example of this kind of “small school”

   C. there were only twenty-four children

   D. the pupils there were aged from 4 to 12

42. What makes this kind of school special?

   A. It is set up by parents not by government.

   B. It is free to decide what to teach.

   C. The number of pupils in it is only sixty.

   D. It has to have at least 27 pupils.

43. “The important thing in school is doing, not sitting.” What the teachers say actually means___________.

   A. What we should do is teaching in the classroom, not sitting in the office.

   B. Children should do more homework at home, not just sit in class to listen to the teachers.

   C. Children should learn by themselves not rely on teachers.

   D. Children should learn through practice not just from books.

五．單詞拼寫(xiě) （共6小題；每小題1分，共6分）

1. Tianshan is home to a great d__________ of plants and animals .

2..He didn’t pass the exam d_________ to his laziness.

3.There is no d_________ that the earth is becoming warmer.

4.Tom g_________ through the report before he got into the meeting room.

5.He a_________ himself quickly to the environment.

6.We all wondered why John o_________ the building of a motorway.

You can go out, _________you promise to be back before 11 o'clock.

A. as far as    B. so far as    C. when    D. so long as

. Mr Williams, ______ of the long speech, sat there, ________ to death.

  A. tired; boring    B. tiring; bored     C. tired; bored    D. tiring; boring

 _______ around the Water Cube, we were then taken to see the Bird’s Nest.   

 A. Having shown       B. To be shown     C. Having been shown   D. To show

The students were studying in____________classroom when, all of ____________sudden,the lights went out.

A．不填;不填              B．a(chǎn);the         C．the;a         D．the；不填

第三部分：閱讀理解（共20小題，每題2分，滿分40分）

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

    The meaning of the word “volunteer” may be a little different in different countries, but it

usually means “one who offers his or her services”．Volunteers don’t expect any kind of pay．

Tracy, a good friend of mine, however, recently came back from India with a new idea of what being a volunteer means．She worked for two and a half weeks in one of Mother Teresa’s homes in Calcutta．The following is her story．

“I watched a video about her．I was so moved by her spirit to help others and her endless love for every human being that, after I graduated from a high school, I too wanted to try her kind of work．So with two friends I flew to Calcutta for a few weeks．”

“I was asked to work in a home for sick people．I helped wash clothes and sheets, and pass out lunch．I also fed the people who were too weak to feed themselves and tried to cheer the up．I felt it was better to share with them than to think that I have helped them．To be honest, I don’t think I was helping very much．It was then that I realized that I had not really come to help, but to learn about and experience another culture that helped improve my own understanding of life and the world．”

56．Why did Tracy choose to be a volunteer?

     A．She liked to work with Mother Teresa．

     B．She had already had some experience．

     C．She was asked to do so by Teresa.

     D．She wanted to follow Mother Teresa’s example．

57．Tracy started her work as a volunteer _______．

     A．a(chǎn)fter she met Mother Teresa

     B．a(chǎn)fter she finished high school

     C．when she was touring Calcutta

     D．when she was working in a hospital

58．What is Tracy’s “new idea” of being a volunteer?

     A．Going abroad to help the sick．

     B．Working in Mother Teresa’s home．

     C．Doing simple things to help the poor．

     D．Improving oneself through helping others．

59．What is the best title for the passage?

       A．How to Be a Volunteer               B．Voluntary Life in India

       C．A Different Meaning of Volunteer     D．Inspiration from Mother Teresa

     After years of hearing drivers complain about scratches (劃痕) on their cars, Japan's Nissan Motor Company has officially announced the next big thing--a paint that not only resists scratches and scrapes, but actually repairs itself within a few days.

     The new material, developed by Nippon Paint Company, contains an elastic rubbery-like resin (彈性樹(shù)脂) that is able to heal minor (較小的) marks caused by car wash equipment, parking lot encounters, road debris (石頭碎片) or even on-purpose destruction.

     The automaker admits its results vary depending on the temperature and the depth of the damage, but adds this is the only paint like it in the world, and tests prove it works.

     Minor scratches, the most common type, are said to slowly fade over about a week. And once they're gone, there is no trace (痕跡) that they were ever there.

     The special paint is said to last for at least three years after it is first applied, but there is no word yet on whether more can be added after that period.

     Nissan claims car washes are the worst offenders for this type of damage, accounting for at least 80 percent of all incidents.

     But the complete auto-healing won't come without scratching your wallet. The vehicle maker notes the special paint adds about $ 100 US to the price of a car.

     It plans to use its new chemical mixture only on its X-Trail SUVs in Japan for now, as it looks for a more widespread presentation. And while plans to offer the feature overseas haven't been made yet, if it's a hit there, you can be almost sure market forces will drive it to these shores, as well.

67. From the article, we can find that_______.

       A. the paint has already been used on cars by now

       B. the paint beats other products of its kind in its lengthy effect

       C. car damage is mainly caused by scratches and scrapes

       D. marketing this paint in Europe is not under way

 68. The paint used on cars can_________.

      A. last 3 years before it is re-applied again

      B. fade only in a few days

      C. help to protect cars from minor paint damage

      D. reduce car scrape incidents to 20 percent

 69. What does the underlined part refer to?

      A. Certain models of Nissan.   B. Name for one kind of paint.

      C. Somewhere in Japan.       D. A word standing for a car-dealer store.

 70. What can be inferred from the article?

      A. The paint was developed by Nissan Motor Company.

      B. The paint might work better in summer than in winter.

      C. The mark on the car could disappear as soon as the paint is applied.

      D. The paint is very popular in Japan.

書(shū)面表達(dá)（滿分30分）

目前，學(xué)校存在少數(shù)學(xué)生考試作弊現(xiàn)象。某英文雜志社擬對(duì)此現(xiàn)象向中學(xué)生征文, 標(biāo)題是 “ My Opinion on Cheating in Examinations”。請(qǐng)根據(jù)下列提示用英文寫(xiě)一篇征文稿。內(nèi)容要點(diǎn)如下：

1.作弊的主要原因；

2.個(gè)人看法。

注意：1. 短文標(biāo)題已寫(xiě)好, 不計(jì)入總詞數(shù);

      2. 詞數(shù)：100左右。

                My Opinion on Cheating in Examinations