He was _____ by his grandparents, so his parents seemed to be strangers to him. 

A. brought out  B. brought down  C. brought in  D. brought up

The music was so _______ that everyone present felt ________ at it.

   A. excited…exciting  B. exciting…excited   C. excited…excited   D. exciting…exciting

Starving polar bears are eating one another in the Arctic. Flowers are blooming too soon and die. The ice caps are melting so fast that rising water levels will threaten coastal towns along Florida within several decades. These are just a few examples of the terrible consequences of climate change supported by a new analysis in Nature.

   In the past three decades, average global temperatures have risen about 0. 6°C and are projected to jump by about 1. 7°C by the end of the century, says Cynthia Rosenzweig, who leads the Climate Impacts Group at NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies at Columbia University in New York. “We’ve already seen that a relatively low amount of warming,” she says, “can lead to a broad range of changes. ”

   The unnatural warming caused by man-made greenhouse gases, especially carbon dioxide produced by cars and coal-powered plants, brings trouble for entire ecosystems. In North America alone, scientists have identified 89 species of plants, such as the American holly that have flowered earlier in the spring. In Spain, apple trees bloom 35 days ahead of schedule in response to the higher temperatures. Other wildlife, like the insects that use certain plants for food and the birds that feed on the insects, must then move forward their seasonal stirrings(萌動) and mating（交配） patterns to survive.

   To try to follow this time shift, some birds such as robins, the classic symbol of winter’s thaw(解凍時期), are returning to Colorado from their migrations some two weeks earlier than in years past. All these changes can throw a food chain in disorder. Some bird species that arrive before the insects reappear may starve to death.

   “Around the world, plants and animals are waking up to an earlier alarm clock than they used to,” says Terry Root, a biologist from Stanford University.  

The underlined word “projected”(in Paragraph 2) probably means “____”.

       A. forced           B. presented         C. indicated       D. predicted

According to the third paragraph, as a result of climate change ____ .

       A. the warm weather wakes animals up earlier

       B. certain trees bloom a season ahead of time

       C. the birds need to change patterns of living

       D. the American holly will flower in late spring

What can we know about robins according to the passage?

       A. Farmers depend on them to tell the time.

      B. They used to come back when spring came.

      C. They used to predict the change of weather.

      D. They usually migrate when seasons change.

What would be the best title for the passage?

       A. Man is to blame for global warming     

       B. Great changes take place on Earth

      C. Bird migration and climate change

       D. Global warming changing nature’s clock

第二節(jié) 短文改錯(共10小題；每小題1.5分，滿分15分)

此題要求改正所給短文中的錯誤。對標(biāo)有題號的每一行做出判斷：如無錯誤，在該行右邊橫線上畫一個勾（√）；如有錯誤（每行只有一個錯誤），則按下列情況改正：

此行多一個詞：在缺詞處加一個漏字符號（^），在該行右邊橫線上寫出該加的詞。

此行錯一個詞：在錯的詞下劃一橫線，在該行右邊橫線上寫出改正后的詞。

注意：原行沒有錯的不要改。

       It is five years now since I graduate from No.3 High             76.______________

School. Last Saturday, the class that I was on held a                 77. ______________

get-together, which took us a long time prepare. It                   78.______________

was indeed not easy to get in the touch with everybody               79. ______________

and set a well time for all of us. We all enjoyed                     80. ______________

this precious day greatly, remember the time we spent                81. ______________

together and the people they were familiar with. It was               82.______________

a pity which some of us were not present as they had                83. ______________

gone abroad for further studies, but they called back                 84. ______________

or sent greeting card from different places.                         85. ______________

--- Oh, it is you. I ___________.

  ---- I have just had my hair cut and I am wearing new glasses.

  A. didn’t recognize       B. hadn’t recognized   C. haven’t recognized    D. don’t recognize

This picture was taken a long time ago. I wonder if you can       my father.

       A．find out    B．pick out    C．look out    D．speak out

 If a thing is worth ______, it must be well ______.

    A. doing; done      B. to do; doing      C. to do; done       D. being done; doing

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。

A handsome middle-aged man walked quietly into the café and sat down. Before he ordered, he couldn’t help but noticed a group of younger men at the table next to him. It was obvious they were making fun of something about him and it wasn’t until he remembered he was wearing a small pink ribbon(絲帶) — on the lapel of his suit that he became aware of what the joke was all about.

The man pretended not to notice it, but the whisper and laughter began to get to him. He looked one of the rude young men straight into the eye, placed his hand beneath the ribbon and asked, “This?”

With that the young men all began to laugh out loud. The man he spoke to said, “Hey, sorry, man, but we were just commenting on how pretty your little pink ribbon looks against your blue jacket!”

The middle-aged man calmly invited the joker to come over to his table, and politely seated him. Uncomfortable as he was, the young guy had to, not really sure why. In a soft voice, the middle-aged man said, “I wear this ribbon to bring awareness about breast cancer. I wear it in my mother’s honor.”

“Oh, sorry. She died of breast cancer?”

“No, she didn’t.” “She’s alive and well. But her breasts nourished me as a baby, and were a soft resting place for my head when I was scared or lonely as a little boy. I’ m very grateful for my mother’s breasts, and her health.”

“Umm.” The young replied, “Yeah.”

“And I wear this ribbon to honor my wife,” the man continued.

“And she’s okay, too?” the young guy asked.

“Oh, yes. She’s fine. Her breasts have been a great source of loving pleasure for both of us, and with them she nurtured and nourished our daughter 23 years ago. I’ m grateful for my wife’s breasts, and her health.”

“Uh, huh, and I guess you wear it to honor your daughter, also?”

“No. it’s too late to honor my daughter by wearing it now...”

Shaken and ashamed, the young guy said, “Oh, I’m so sorry.”

“So, in my daughter’s memory, too, I proudly wear this little ribbon, which allows me the opportunity to enlighten others. And here…”With this, he reached in his pocket and handed the young man a little pink ribbon. The young guy looked at it, slowly raised his head and asked, “…?”

41. The young man joked about the middle-aged man’s ___.

A. looks      B. ribbon       C. attitude         D. clothes

42. What may have happened to the man’s daughter?

A. She died of breast cancer.                               B. She was ill with cancer

C. She had gone abroad.                                      D. She got married.

43. What will the young man probably ask at the end of the story?

A. May I give it to my mother?                    B. Can you help me put it on?

C. Will you please forgive me?                      D. Shall we have some drink together?

44. What is the best title for the passage?

A. An unusual meeting                      B. An impressive lesson

B. Be careful to your beloved                 D. A little pink ribbon

第二節(jié)（共5小題；每小題2分，滿分10分）

根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，從短文后的選項(xiàng)中選出能填入空白出的最佳選項(xiàng)。選項(xiàng)中有兩項(xiàng)多余選項(xiàng)。

                                   71    

   Frankly, I very much appreciate myself. Yes, I admit I’m in many respects(方面) not as good as other people, but I don’t think I’m always not good. When I find what I’ve done or written is okay, I’ll remain pleased with myself for quite a few days, and in case I receive praise for it, I’ll even become so excited as to add a few words to glorify(贊美) myself.

   True, I’m not modest at all.     72    But I think otherwise.

        73    I appreciate anything good. Isn’t it unfair to forget appreciating myself while appreciating others?

We Chinese are generally inclined(傾向的) to be modest, and we take pride in being so. For example, a Chinese will call his own wife zhuojing, meaning “my humble wife”, and his own writings zhuozuo, meaning “my poor writings”. But if you should call his wife a “rustic(鄉(xiāng)巴佬) woman” or his writings “trash”, he would , I’m sure, slap the table in a rage and declare he would make a clean break with you.     74      

I don’t think it’s wrong for you to freely praise yourself if you’re really worthy of praise. As we know, there is an old Chinese saying disparaging(輕視的) a melon peddler, named Lao Wang, who keeps praising his own goods. Well, why can’t he praise his melons if they are really weet and juicy?

Friends, Lao Wang sells melons for a living. How could he carry on business if he, by imitating the affections of us intellectuals(知識分子)，were to show false modesty about his melons? He would sure enough die of starvation.

Self-appreciation is therefore key to professional dedication(貢獻(xiàn)) and enjoyment of work..     75     Needless to say, the same is true of those who make a living with their pen.

A. I also appreciate other people.

B. On Self-control

C. On Self-Appreciation

D. People may call me conceited(自負(fù)的).

E. We need appreciate ourselves.

F. One will lose confidence in continuing with writing when he ceases(停止) to admire his own essays.

G. As a matter of fact, there is probably no differenc at all between what is said by him and you respectively(各別地).

 ---Poor John! I could hardly recognize him just now!

   ---_______. He has changed so much.

   A. Never mind     B. No problem      C. Not at all      D. Me, neither