A French billionaire used to have a rough time when he was young. Later he carved out a career for himself in the field of drawing sales. Within ten years, he had become a young media tycoon (大亨）in France. He died of cancer in 1998.

　 A French newspaper published his will after his death, in which he claimed:“I was a poor guy. Before I reach the threshold (門檻) of heaven, I leave my secret of how to become rich to the world. Anyone who can answer the question 'What is the most absent for the poor? ' will have discovered my secret of becoming rich. He will have my congratulations. My deposit of one million francs in the private safe of my bank will be the prize for his wisdom in uncovering the riddle of poverty.”

　 Many people responded to the publicized will. The answers, as one might imagine, were various. The majority of them thought the most absent for the poor was money. Some stated that what the poor most needed was opportunity. Still others thought that the poor needed skills to make money. The rest of the answers claimed that poverty could be attributed to the absence of help, love, attractiveness, name-brand clothes, and even a presidency of a state.

　 On the first anniversary of the billionaire’s passing, his lawyer and representative opened his private safe in the bank; the secret of getting rich was unfolded. The billionaire believed that the most absent of the poor was the ambition of getting rich.

　 It was a nine-year-old girl who hit the nail on the head. Why did she regard “ambition” as the most absent for the poor? The day she was officially awarded the one million francs, she said: “Every time my elder sister brought her boyfriend home, she always warned me not to be ambitious. Not to be ambitious! So, I thought perhaps ambition was something that brought what you wanted.”

61. According to the passage, which of the following is true about the French billionaire?

A. He died of cancer in 1998 and left nothing.

B. Later on, he took up drawing as his career.

C. Within a decade, he had became a young media tycoon in the world.

D. He did not have a happy life when he was young.

62. What will the winner get if he finds out the billionaire’s secret of becoming rich?

A. The billionaire’s francs　　　　　 B. The billionaire’s private safe.

C. The billionaire’s ambition　　　　 D. All of the billionaire’s possessions.

63.What did most people think of the most absent for the poor?

A. Help　　　　 B. Money　　　　 C. Opportunity　　　 D. Ambition

64. From the passage, we can infer that the little girl find the secret__________.

A. with her sister’s help　　　　　　 B. just on purpose

C. quite by accident　　　　　　　　 D. not mentioned

65. The underlined phrase “hit the nail on the head” in the last paragraph refers to ________.

A. she had got the ambition to become rich

B. she offered to tell her story publicly

C. she failed to get the prize of one million francs

D. she guessed right and knew the answer

When a storm is coming, most people leave the area as quickly as possible and head for safety. But there are a few people who will get into their cars and go straight for the center of the storm. These people are willing to risk being killed by floods or 100-kilometre-an-hour winds for the excitement of watching the storm close up.

“Storm chasing” is becoming an increasingly popular hobby, especially in the Midwest of the United States, where there are frequent storms between March and July. A storm chaser begins the day by checking the Internet for the latest weather reports, and then drives up to 1,000 kilometers to where the storm will be and waits for it to develop.

Although anyone can do it, storm chasing is extremely dangerous. The power of a big storm can throw a cow into the air or destroy a whole house in seconds. Storm chasers are also often hurt in accidents caused by driving in a heavy rain. If you are a beginner, it is much safer to join a group for storm chasing vacations during the storm season.

Even then, storm chasing is not all adventure or excitement. “Storm chasing is 95% driving,” says Daniel Lynch, who spends most of his summer storm chasing. Sometimes you can sit round for hours waiting for something to happen, and all you get is blue sky and a few light showers.”

However, for storm chasers, it is all worth it. “When you get close to a storm, it is the most exciting sight you will ever see in your life,” says Jasper Morley. “Every storm is an example of the power of nature. It is the greatest show on Earth.”

56. For storm chasing, the first thing storm chasers do is to ____.

A. head straight for the center of the storm　 B. get into the car for safety

C. wait patiently for the storm to develop　　 D. collect information about a coming storm

57. Beginners of storm chasing are advised ______.

A. not to drive in a heavy rain　　　　　 B. to do it in an organized way

C. not to get too close to a storm　　　D. to spend more time on it in summer

58. By saying “it is all worth it” in the last paragraph, the author means that ____.

A. storm chasing costs a lot of money　　 B. storm chasing is worth hours of waiting

C.efforts in storm chasing are well paid　 D. a storm presents the greatest show on Earth

59. What can we learn from the text?

A. Sometimes storm chasers get nothing but disappointment

B. Many storm chasers get killed in the storms.

C. Storm chasing is becoming popular around the world

D. Storm chasing is only fit for young people.

60. According to the passage, the right order in which the following things happen is_________?

a. collect information about a coming storm

b. get into their cars and go a long way for the area where the storm will be

c. determine on the months between March and July

d. be patient and waits for the storm to develop

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

When you cut your skin, you bleed(流血). If a person loses a lot of blood, he will become ill and may die. Blood is very important. People have always known that. At one time, some people even drank blood to make them strong!

When doctors understand how blood goes around inside the body, they try ways of giving blood to people who need it. They take blood from the healthy people and give it to people who need it. This is called "blood transfusion（輸血）". The blood goes from the arm of the healthy person into the arm of the sick person.

But there are two problems. First, it does not always work. Sometimes people die when they have blood transfusion. Later, doctors find that we do not all have the same kind of blood. There are four groups—O, A, B and AB. We all have blood of one of these groups. They also find that they can give any kind of blood to people of group AB. But they find that they must give A-group blood to A-group people and B-group blood to B-group people. I have O-group blood and the doctor told me that I could give blood to anyone else safely.

There is another problem. To give blood of the right kind, doctors have to find a person of the right blood group. Often they can not find a person in time. If they have a way to keep the blood until someone needs it, they can always have the right kind of blood. At first they find they can keep it in bottles for fifteen to twenty days. They do this by making it very cold. Then they find how to keep it longer. In the end they find a way of keeping blood for a very long time.

We call a place where we keep money a "bank". We call a place where we keep blood a "blood bank". One day, when you grow up, you may decide to give blood to a "blood bank". In this way you may stop someone from dying. Or perhaps one day you may become ill. You may need blood. The "blood bank" will give it to you.

51. From the passage, we learn that sometimes people die when they have blood transfusions because they           .

A. are unhealthy people                                  B. have lost a lot of blood

C. are not given the right kind of blood            D. are AB-group people

52. Which of the following is true?

A. Doctors can give any kind of blood to the writer.

B. The writer can give blood to B-group people.

C. The writer has never had a blood transfusion. 

D. The writer has the same kind of blood as his father.

53. People set up the "blood bank" so that they can      .

A. give the right kind of blood to the people who need it in time

B. keep different groups of blood as much as possible

C. make it easier to sell or buy blood

D. keep blood for more than twenty hundred years

54. From the last paragraph (段落) of the passage, we learn that      .

A. the writer thinks it's good to give blood to a "blood bank"

B. we may become ill if we give blood to a "blood bank"  

C. many people died because they lost a lot of blood  

D. blood is more important than money

55. The writer doesn't talk about       in the passage.

A. how important blood is to us   B. the four groups of blood 

C. where the blood bank is        D. what "blood transfusion" is  

The oldest man had just celebrated(慶祝)his hundredth birthday and the reporter of a local(本地的)paper called on him for an interview .Having congratulated(祝賀)the old man, the reporter asked a few questions.

“To what do you owe your long life?”

The old man thought for a moment and then holding up his hand and counting the items(條目)on his fingers, began,“ I never smoked, drank, or overate and always rise at six in the morning.”

“But,”the reporter didn’t agree, saying,“ I had an uncle who acted in that way, yet he only lived to be eighty. How do you explain the cause of that?”

“ He didn’t keep it up long enough,” was the calm(平靜的)reply.

46.When did the reporter call on the old man?

A .shortly after his birthday                 B.on his birthday

C. at an interview                         D.not long before his birthday

47.The reporter was interested in _______.

A.how the old man celebrated his hundredth birthday   B why the old man never smoke

C. how the old man manage to live so long 

D. what the old man usually drank or ate for his health

48After hearing the old man’s words, the reporter __________.

A wanted to live long, too                   B was not satisfied (滿意)with his reply

C explained why his uncle live to be eighty     D thought it was reasonable

49In the old man’s opinion, the cause of the reporter’s uncle’s death was______

A He had bad habits(習(xí)慣)                  B he smoke too much

C He did not keep his good habit long enough   D He drank too much wine

50．When did the old man usually get up in the morning?

A at seven      B at eight      C at six       D at half past six

Learning English may be difficult for beginners. There are two    36   (base) stages to learn English. The first stage of learning this language would be very    37   (interest). Once you have a good command of the alphabets(字母),    38   (gradual) you can learn many words. It would always be better to follow the method of reading first, then writing. When you feel    39    you have understood the words, you can make sentences. This is the most amusing stage to learn. You just think of a sentence in your mother language, and try to set down the same sentence in English. There could be some mistakes,    40    you should not worry about it. You’d better write the same sentence by    41   (make) use of many different words till you are satisfied    42   your sentence. If you follow this way, very soon you can create sentences of your own.

   43    second step is learning the grammar. Compared with    44    languages, English is quite simple and very systematic(系統(tǒng)化的). There are certain rules and regulations for each and every topic in grammar of this language. As long as you follow the rules and regulations,       45    would be a difficult task to make mistakes.

A young British woman had shortly arrived in Hong Kong and had not yet  21  anything about the Chinese  22  . One day she went to the home of a Chinese friend and was  23 given a cup of Chinese tea. She was not  24  and she also found this type of tea rather  25  . However, since she had been given the tea , she felt she should drink it. Hoping to finish it  26   so that she would not feel about having to drink this tea which she did not  27  , she started to drink as much of it as she could. But as soon as her cup became half - full, the host  28   on giving her more. Several times she told the host that she had had  29  , but it seemed to have no  30  . Her cup kept being  31 , and she kept on drinking. During the time of her  32  , she drank about twelve cups of tea. Later she found out that she should have just 33  the tea, and that this would have meant that she had had enough. Influenced by her 34  culture, she felt it too  35  to leave the tea and could not understand why the host took no notice of her protests (抗議) that she had had enough!

21. A. got             B. learned             C. taught              D. remembered

22. A. culture               B. language           C. food                 D. habit

23. A. hardly         B. certainly          C. carefully         D. immediately

24. A. tired            B. happy             C. thirsty             D. interested

25. A. bitter        B. sweet                      C. nice                D. cold

26. A. in time               B. slowly              C. gradually        D. quickly

27. A. take            B. have              C. like                  D. buy

28. A. practised    B. insisted             C. stopped            D. tried

29. A. some          B. enough             C. all                    D. a little

30. A. value           B. end                  C. effect             D. importance

31. A. filled           B. moved              C. changed           D. emptied

32. A. talk             B. visit                  C. party                D. investigation

33. A. left             B. drunk               C. absorbed          D. filled

34. A. modern       B. ancient             C. Western            D. Eastern

35. A. impolite       B. polite                C. easy                 D. uneasy

隨著網(wǎng)絡(luò)的發(fā)展，越來越多的中學(xué)生創(chuàng)建了自己的博客，對于中學(xué)生該不該有自己的博客這一問題，上周你們班進(jìn)行了一次討論，以下是討論結(jié)果：

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2.詞數(shù)100左右；

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Last week, we had a discussion on whether middle school students should have their own blogs or not. Opinions are divided.                                  

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97．如果我們有更多的時(shí)間，我們就會(huì)贏了。（虛擬語氣）

98．令人驚訝的是John已經(jīng)戒煙了。（It is amazing that…）

99．即使處于危險(xiǎn)中，我們也不能絕望。（even if）

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91. If you are unhappy with the jacket, you can take it back and e      it for another.

92. His problem is not physical but m     .

93. Every student p        a student ID card.

94. Our system has to be f        enough to satisfy the needs of different people.

95. Nowadays some children are a         to computer games.

96. Nobody can p       what will happen in the future.

A. “Just do it!” — This slogan speaks out to teens. It tells them to do something, but only if they think it’s worth it. And if so, why not do it wearing Nike?

B. “Always Coca-Cola.” — Coke’s slogans change every few years, but this one has enjoyed a lasting popularity because it shows the brand’s spirit. It seems to say “Coke is the only drink there is; there are no other forms of drink.”

C. “Share moments, share life.” — This slogan from Kodak connects photos and beauty. It asks people to remember the happy moments in life by taking photos of them — using Kodak film of course!

D. On hearing the slogan “Make yourself heard”, you will know there is Ericsson product for you to call anyone.

E. There are some public service advertisements (PSAs) that educate people about public service projects, such as Project Hope. Its slogan is “Project Hope — Schooling every child.”

F. One toothpaste ad says “Bright-teeth fights bad breath!” The advertisers want you to read the word “fight” and think that the toothpaste cures bad breath.

請閱讀以下購買者的信息，然后匹配購買者和他/她擬購買產(chǎn)品的廣告語：

86. Alice is afraid of opening her mouth, because a bad smell will come out, which makes her feel embarrassed when talking with others. So she needs something which can remove the smell no matter how much it is.

87. Tom was a senior middle school student. He likes sports very much and plays football every afternoon. But after class this afternoon he has to buy a pair of shoes because his shoes have been worn out.

88. Joan doesn’t want to forget the past, especially the happy moments. 

89. There’s a party this evening — for Mary’s 15th birthday. Her family are making preparations for it. Her brother’s job is to buy some drink.

90. Jack passed the entrance exam and was admitted to a famous university. These days, his father is looking for a mobile phone for him so as to keep in touch with each other closely.