V．Spelling （5 points）

76. My grandpa is e______________ for sports, and he usually devotes half of his spare time to participating in various activities.

77. The s________ economic growth somewhat reflects the stability of the state.

78. She answered all my questions with her usual h________.

79. The money r______ by the singers was sent to the people in the flooded areas.

80. Showing t_________ is very important because it means that people will have fewer fights and argument.

81. My family were all _________ (反對(duì)) to spending the summer holiday in Shanghai.

82. It is like an underground city, ________ (占) an area of more than 20 football pitches.

83. It was built there so that _________(方便的) for everyone to get to

84. Some countries e________ to substitute their flags with tricolor flags, after the French.

85. People are becoming more and more a_______ of the need to preserve the world’s cultural heritage.

II. Grammar and Vocabulary   (15 points)

21. In face of _______ failure, it’s important for us to keep ________ good state of mind.

A. /；the 　　         B. the；a 　　     C. /；a 　　       D. a；the

Finnish President said Finland-China relations had progressed ___ with fruitful cooperation in new and high-tech fields.

A. peacefully     B. highly        C. quietly      D. smoothly

—When shall we go planting trees in the hill?

—______ it begins to rain, so they don’t need watering.

 A. Not until          B. While                C. Till                   D. Unless

28. ____, he sometimes makes mistakes.

    A. Though he is careful teacher      B. As he is careful

C. A careful teacher as he is         D. Being a careful teacher   

17．－I didn't pass the English exam.

       －Work hard, _______you'll succeed.

       A．a(chǎn)nd                        B．but                         C．or                          D．So

In tough economic times, school counselors (顧問(wèn)) don’t just wait for students to come to their offices in search of college brochures, health pamphlets or other help. These days, they are looking for at-risk kids to prevent personal or academic troubles before they arise. Nowadays, students and families need the guidance more than ever.

Counselors play a steadying role in schools as the economy weighs on families, college admission becomes even more competitive, immigration continues to reshape the population and state-testing pressures many students. They use computers to search through attendance data, grades and standardized test scores for kids who might need extra help.

Schlatter, director of guidance and counseling at Prince William County’s Woodbridge Senior High School, has checked attendance records against grades and test results to start peer groups (同年齡群體) for students who are failing classes but not skipping them. She said group counseling is another way to reach more students though it can be difficult. “Kids really do start helping and sharing with each other.”

At Fairfax High School, counselors found through surveys that students who transferred (轉(zhuǎn)學(xué)) to the school after ninth grade enjoyed school significantly less than those who had been there all four years. The counseling staff set up a special program and group for new arrivals in response, said Marcy Miller, the school’s director of student services. Counseling staff members also have started small study groups for students to prepare for state Standards of Learning exams, which Miller said have helped raise test scores. She said that some of the newest counselors have had some of the freshest ideas.

63. We can learn from the passage that __________.

A. counselors don’t wait for kids to come to ask for help now

B. counselors are trying to help people with economic problems

C. counselors have made college admission less competitive

D. counselors are trying to reach more kids in need of help

64. The author uses the example of Fairfax High School to show that ________.

A. counseling work is obviously effective

B. many students transfer there for help

C. new arrivals will no longer skip classes

D. counseling means little to new arrivals

65. What would the author most probably discuss in the following part?

A. What assistance they can offer.

B. The significance of their counseling job.

C. Other approaches to counseling at-risk kids.

D. The barriers of counseling the students with troubles.

66. Which of the following is the most suitable title for this passage?

A. Guiding Hands Find New Ways      

B. Small Study Groups Raise Test Scores

C. Transferred Students Need More Help    

D. Tough Times See More At-risk Kids

第三部分 任務(wù)型閱讀（滿(mǎn)分10分）

      Joseph Pulitzer(April 10，1847—October 29，1911)was a Hungarian—American publisher best known for establishing the Pulitzer Prizes after death．

      Pulitzer was born in Makó，Hungary．At 17，Pulitzer attempted to join the Austrian army．but was turned down due to age，bad health and poor eyesight. Disappointed but still with hope，he traveled first to Paris and then to London, hoping to join the army there. And he was rejected for the same reasons. Finally , he moved to the United States in 1846 and served in the Lincoln Army when he was just 18 until the end of the American Civil War. After the war he settled in St. Louis Missouri, where in 1868 he started working as a reporter for a German-language daily newspaper, the Westliche Post fro $3,000. Then , in 1879, he bought the St. Louis Dispatch for $2,700 and merged (合作) the two papers as the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, which remained St. Louis’ daily newspaper. He bought the New York World in 1883, which turned out to be a successful decision, and which made Pulitzer wealthy. In 1885, he was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives, but resigned after a few months’ service. In 1895 the New York World introduced the first newspaper comic printed with color. Under Pulitzer’s leadership circulation (發(fā)行量) grew from 15,000 to 600,000, making it the largest newspaper in the country . But unfortunately from 1890, Pulitzer’s already failing health worsened rapidly and he with drew from direct management of the newspaper, and simply gave some instructions from his vacation houses in Maine or in New York. At the ago of some instructions from his vacation houses in Maine or in New York. At the age of forty, he was struck blind, but he still continued to run his press empire for twenty-two more years.

       In 1892, Pulitzer offered Columbia University’s president money to set up the world’s first school of journalism. But the university turned down the offer. In 1902, Columbia’s new president willingly accepted the plan for a school and prizes,  but it would not be until after Pulitzer’s death that this dream would come true．Pulitzer left the university$2 million in his will，which led to the creation in 1912 of the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism．And up till now，Columbia’s Graduate School of Journalism still remains one of the most famous in the world．

      Joseph Pulitzer died aboard his sailing boat in 1911．He was buried in the Woodlawn Cemetery in The Bronx，New York．In 1917．the first Pulitzer Prizes were awarded，as Pulitzer wished to．

    In 1989，in honor of his great achievements and contributions，Pulitzer was included in the St．Louis Walk of Fame．

Title：A biography of a famous person

第一部分 語(yǔ)言知識(shí)運(yùn)用

第一節(jié)    單項(xiàng)填空（共15小題，每小題1分，滿(mǎn)分15分）

21．We work together to achieve our common purpose：          world that is safer cleaner and healthier than         one we found．  A．the；the  B．a(chǎn)；不填   C．a(chǎn)；the D．the；不填

24．This is an exciting area of study，_______new applications are being discovered almost daily．

      A．one by which B．the one where       C．one in which          D．the one by which