It is obvious that talking about something behind others is what everyone will not ______．

       A．come up with             B．put up with

       C．keep up with              D．catch up with

In peace, too，the Red Cross is expected to send help_______there is human suffering.

A. whoever     B. wherever          C. whatever          D. however

Now that she is out of job, Lucy ____ going back to school, but she hasn’t decided yet.

   A. had considered    B. has been considering  C. considered  D. is going to consider

第二節(jié): 完型填空（共20小題；每小題1.5分，滿分30分）

閱讀下面短文，從短文后所給各題的四個選項（A、B、C、D）中選出可以填入空白處的最佳選項, 并在答題卡上將該項涂黑。

One day I went into a shop for a specific sort of metal polish(擦光劑). While I was in the shop, I saw an older woman looking around at things, and thought I would begin a   31    to light things up. We   32   well and showed some of the beautiful items to each other. She said she was in the shop to purchase a wedding gift for a nephew, whose wedding she wouldn’t be able to attend.

We wandered off  33    and met together again at the cash register. I   34    on the beautiful bowl she had chosen, and how   35   so many of the items were. She asked what I was  36    , and I showed her my polish tube. I said I might buy more items when my kids had all    37    and gone, but they weren’t in my  38    right now. I just like to  39    , as I would do in an art museum.

       She asked me what some of my   40    were, and I said I liked the salt and pepper shakers(攪拌器). She asked me to    41     her where the shakers were, so we walked over. She     42    my favorites and took them to the clerk.

       I thought she was   43   with my taste, and was going to add them to her nephew’s     44   . No. They were purchased for me. They were worth ninety dollars. I couldn’t 45                it. She laughed and hugged me, and said her husband would   46   know, but she really enjoyed being able to do that    47    me. I never saw her again after that day,   48   I think of her each time I put those beautiful objects on my table.

       Remembering that  49    helps me to stay aware and find opportunities to   50     to others, though not in quite such a grand way!

31. A. competition         B. research            C. secret                D. conversation

32. A. looked around    B. got on               C. gave up             D. watched out

33. A. helplessly            B. luckily                     C. separately          D. silently

34. A. depended            B. carried                     C. passed               D. commented      

35. A. lovely                 B. strange              C. expensive          D. terrible

36. A. expressing           B. thinking            C. purchasing         D. discussing

37. A. grown up            B. left                   C. cried                 D. returned

38. A. situation             B. budget                     C. favor                D. control

39. A. look                   B. complain           C. explain              D. challenge

40. A. favorites             B. duties                C. suggestions        D. habits

41. A. remind               B. prove                C. show                 D. write

42. A. turned down     B. picked up           C. laughed at         D. pointed out

43. A. pleased            B. busy                 C. careful                     D. bored

44. A. taste                   B. gift                   C. choice               D. basket

45. A. refuse                 B. change                     C. believe              D. solve

46. A. just                    B. never                C. even                 D. still

47. A. with                   B. like                   C. except               D. for

48. A. when                  B. but                   C. because             D. unless

49. A. experience          B. advice               C. mistake             D. danger

50. A. apply                  B. refer                 C. apologize          D. give

 It was too noisy outside. Not until ____at the top of my voice _____his head.

     A. I shouted; had he turned     B. did I shout ;did he turn

     C. had I shouted; he turned      D.I shouted ;did he turn

第三部分：閱讀理解.(共15小題：每小題2分，30分)

閱讀下列短文，然后從各題所給的四個選項(A、B、C、D)中，選出最佳選項，并將該答案寫在答卷上。

A

To most of us, school means classes, teachers, schedules, grades and tests. But for the children at Sudbury Valley School in Massachusetts, school is very different.

   Firstly, there are no lessons. All the children, aged between 4 and 19, do whatever they want. There are no teachers, only “staff members”. The idea behind this is that you do not need to make children learn, because children want to learn anyway. “You do not need to say to a three-year-old, ‘Go explore your environment.’ You can’t stop them!” says Daniel Greenberg, a founder of the school. “But if you make children do what you want all day… they will lose all taste of learning.” At Sudbury Valley School, you will find children talking, reading, painting, cooking, working on computers, studying French, playing the piano, climbing trees, or just running around.Two boys spent three years just fishing!

   The other way that Sudbury Valley School is different is that the children can decide the rules. Every week, there is a school meeting where both children and staff have one vote each—even the four-year-olds. They decide the school rules, how to spend the school budget (預(yù)算，經(jīng)費), and even which staff they want and do not want anymore.

    When the school first opened in 1968, people said it would never work. But today, the school has 200 students, and 80% of its students go on to college. Even the two boys who went fishing all the time have successful careers today. One of them is a musician and the other is a computer scientist.

56. What is the main idea of the article?

       A. An unusual school.           B. Children’s hobbies.   

       C. A school without teachers  D. Education in the US.

57. What does the school believe?

       A. Teachers cannot teach children well.

       B. Children learn best when they do what they want to do.

       C. Learning is for adults—children should only play.

       D. Children should only learn about one thing at a time.

58 What does Daniel Greenberg say about three-year-olds?

       A. They love learning.         

       B. They are very naughty.

       C. They want to be outside all the time.      

       D. They are too young to learn anything.

59. Who has the most power in the school meeting?

      A. The older children have more power than the younger children.

       B.A child has more power than an adult.

       C. The younger children have more power than the older children.

       D. Everybody has equal power.

C

Imagine a world 400 years ago where children were used as chimney sweeps．The pay was low, it was a dirty trade and there was little reward for the men who did the job and even less for children.

Medway’s annual Sweeps Festival recreates the joy and laughter enjoyed by the chimney sweeps at their traditional holiday: the one time of the year the sweeps could leave the soot（煙灰） behind and have some fun．The sweeps’ holiday was traditionally held on 1 May each year．Locally, they used to mark the occasion by staging a procession through the streets of Rochester.

Their fun continued with the Jack-in-the-Green ceremony, a seven-foot character that they used to waken at dawn on Blue Bell Hill, Chatham．The Jack-in-the-Green would walk with the chimney sweeps in their parade．When the Climbing Boys’ Act 1868 made it illegal to employ young boys to carry out the trade, the traditional procession gradually began to fade．The final May celebration was held in the early 1900s.

The modern day Rochester Sweeps Festival is a colorful mix of music, dancing and entertainment with more than 60 Morris sides and entertainers celebrating throughout the three-day festival．The festival was revived in 1981 by local businessman Gordon Newton, a keen historian．He decided it was time to bring it back and over the years he has helped develop the festival into what it is today — an excellent performance of traditional Britain.

Gordon researched the Sweeps’ tradition and organized a small parade, involving local Morris teams．In time, Medway Council took over organization of the festival but Gordon remained actively involved．Today he is festival producer and plays melodeon（簧風(fēng)琴） for several Morris teams．Doug Hudson is the festival’s music director, a role he has held for many years．Through Gordon’s vision and hard work, Doug’s musical ability and the council’s help, the Rochester Sweeps Festival has become the largest May Day celebration of its kind in the country.

66．According to the writer, chimney sweeps ____________.

      A．were highly respected               B．were well rewarded

      C．led a hard life in the past            D．worked in good conditions

67．Medway’s Sweeps Festival ____________.

      A．has been organized by the Jack-in-the-Green

      B．dated back to the May celebration in the early 1900s

       C．is held to honor those chimney sweeps every other year

      D．has become a time for chimney sweeps to enjoy themselves

68．The underlined word “revive” in the 4th paragraph most probably means ___________.

      A．realize          B．review         C．recreate         D．recognize

69．It can be inferred from the passage that ____________.

      A．the festival has never been supported by the local government

      B．The festival is a good way to see British folk customs in action

      C．youngsters has been forbidden to be chimney sweeps since 1981

      D．the modern festival lasts five days celebrating the coming of spring

70．What is the passage mainly concerned about?

      A．Sweeps Festival history       B．Medway’s traditional holidays

      C．Climbing Boys’ Act 1868           D．a(chǎn) procession in Rochester

第Ⅱ卷（共45分）

第四部分：書面表達（共兩節(jié)，滿分45分）

第一節(jié)：閱讀表達（共5小題，每小題3分，滿分15分）

       閱讀下面的短文，并根據(jù)短文后的要求答題（請注意問題后字?jǐn)?shù)要求）。

                 On October 19，1959，the first Special English program was broadcast(廣播)on the Voice of America．It was an experiment．The goal was to communicate by radio in clear and simple English with people whose native language was not English．Experts said the goal was admirable，but the method would not work．They were proved wrong. The Special English programs quickly became some of the most popular on VOA．And ____________________ today．

            Forty years later，Special English continues to communicate with people who are not fluent in English．But during the years its role has expanded．It also helps people learn American-English．It succeeds in helping people learn English in a non-traditional way．And it provides listeners, even those who are native English speakers, with information they cannot find elsewhere.

Today，Special English broadcasts around the world seven days a week，five times a day．Each half-hourly broadcast begins with ten minutes of the latest news followed by 20minutes of feature(特寫報道)programming．There is a different short feature every weekday about science，development，agriculture，and environment，and on the weekend, about news events and American idioms．These programs are followed by in-depth(深入的)15 minutes features about American culture，history，science，medicine，space，important people or short stories．

76．What is the best title of the passage? (Please answer within 10 words.)

_______________________________________________________________________________

77．Which sentence in the passage can be replaced by the following sentence?

Special English has played a more important part in many areas over the years．

_______________________________________________________________________________

78．Please fill in the blank in the first paragraph with proper words or phrases to complete the sentence．(Please answer within 10 words.)

_______________________________________________________________________________

79．What do you think about Special English? (Please answer within 30 words.)

_______________________________________________________________________________

80．Translate the underlined sentence in the second paragraph into Chinese．   

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．__________ has been announced, we shall have our final exam next month.

A. As           B. It            C. That          D. What

 －Did you receive my letter?

    －I received one just as I______

    A．set out                    B．had set out

    C．was setting out    D．would set out