Where did all the tigers go? That’s what Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh wants to know. India’s Sariska Project Tiger Reserve, once home to 26 tigers, is now home to none. Singh has ordered a police investigation into the   39  ，and created a new taskforce to save the   40   animals.

Tigers are an endangered species(物種). Half of the world’s tiger   41   live in India. For years, tigers have been disappearing from India’s national parks, but Sariska may be the last straw. And the government has to react.

On Thursday, Singh held the first meeting of   42   officials, wildlife experts, and related leaders, aiming to count the nation’s remaining tigers, and to come up with a plan to keep them safe.

It is not hard to guess why the tigers are disappearing. Poachers (偷獵者) can   43   the big cats for $50,000 each. Tiger skin and bones are popular in Chinese   44  . A single tiger tooth can fetch $120. Recently, a group of poachers admitted killing ten tigers in Sariska and were   45  .

“Indian tiger poaching is probably the biggest conservation problem in modern times.” said Belinda Wright, the head of the Wildlife Protection Society of India.

However, poaching isn’t the only   46  . Many poachers use advanced technologies, like night glasses and long–range binoculars. Forest security officers are paid so   47   that few of them bother to track down the poachers. Even if a security guard were to find a poacher, many carry only a stick to make him obey the law.

Tiger fans hope that Singh’s plans mean end for the poachers and   48   for the endangered species.

1.A. project            B. disappearance        C. reserve          D. home

2. A. dangerous     B. huge                 C. rare             D. fierce

3.A. population     B. percentage           C. generation       D. group

4. A. business          B. trade                    C. army             D. forest

5.A. raise              B. hunt                 C. sell             D. shoot

6. A. food              B. tradition                C. culture          D. medicine

7.A. found          B. arrested             C. prohibited       D. controlled

8. A. problem           B. worry                C. crime            D. factor

9.A. commonly       B. poorly               C. slightly         D. highly

10.A. success          B. lamp                C. hope         D. achievement

Valentine’s Day may come from the ancient Roman feast of Lupercalia.   36   the fierce wolves roamed nearby, the old Romans called   37   the god Lupercus to help them. A festival in his   38   was held on February 15th. On the eve of the festival the   39   of the girls were written on   40   of paper and placed in jars. Each young man   41   a slip. The girl whose name was   42   was to be his sweetheart for the year.

Legend   43   it that the holiday became Valentine’s Day   44   a Roman bishop named Valentine. Emperor Claudius II   45   the Roman soldiers NOT to marry or become engaged. Claudius felt married soldiers would   46   stay home than fight. When Valentine   47   the Emperor and secretly married the young couples, he was put to death on February 14th, the   48   of Lupercalia. After his death, Valentine became a   49  . Christian bishop moved the holiday from the 15th to the 14th—Valentine’s Day. Now the holiday honors Valentine   50   of Lupercus.

Valentine’s Day has become a major   51   of love and romance in the modern world. The ancient god Cupid and his   52   into a lover’s heart may still be used to   53   falling in love or being in love. But we also use cards and gifts, such as flowers or jewelry, to do this.   54   to give flower to a wife or sweetheart on Valentine’s Day can sometimes be as   55   as forgetting a birthday or a wedding anniversary.

1.A. While             B. When               C. Though             D. Unless

2.A. upon         B. back             C. off                 D. away

3.A. honor            B. belief           C. hand            D. way

4.A. problems          B. secrets            C. names         D. intentions

5.A. rolls          B. piles            C. works          D. slips

6.A. cast              B. caught         C. drew            D. found

7.A. given             B. chosen                  C. elected                 D. delivered

8.A. tells              B. means             C. makes             D. has

9.A. after             B. since            C. as                 D. from

10.A. ordered       B. appealed          C. imagined           D. believed

11.A. other           B. simply              C. rather          D. all

12.A. disliked          B. resisted            C. defeated         D. dishonored

13.A. celebration            B. arrangement       C. feast               D. eve

14.A. goat                B. saint            C. model              D. weapon

15.A. because     B. made           C. instead                 D. learnt

16.A. part                 B. representative   C. judgment         D. symbol

17.A. story          B. wander             C. arrow             D. play

18.A. describe      B. require            C. demand            D. alarm

19.A. Keeping       B. Disapproving     C. Supporting         D. Forgetting

20.A. constructive B. damaging          C. strengthening      D. responding

A successful scientist is generally a good observer.  He makes full 36  of the facts he observes.  He doesn’t accept ideas which are not  37   on obvious facts,  and therefore refuses to accept authority as the only   38   for truth.  He always  39    ideas carefully and makes experiments to prove them.

The rise of    40    science may perhaps be considered to    41   as far back as the    42    of Roger Bacon,  the wonderful philosopher of Oxford,  who live    43    the years 1214 and 1292.  He was probably the first in the Middle    44    to suggest that we must learn science    45    observing and experimenting on the things around us,  and he himself    46   many important discoveries.

Galileo,  however,  who lived more than 300 years later (1564-1642),  was the greatest of several great men,     47    in Italy,  France,  Germany,  or England,  began by    48    to show how many important    49    could be discovered by observation.  Before Galileo,  learned men believed that large bodies fell more    50    towards the earth than small ones,     51    Aristotle said so.  But Galileo,  going to the    52     of the leaning Tower of Pisa,  let fall two   53    stones and proved Aristotle was wrong.  It was Galileo’s    54    of going direct to Nature,  and proving our    55    and theories by experiment,  that has led to all the discoveries of modern science.

1.A.use                B.time           C.speed               D.trust

2.A.worked        B.based          C.lived                     D.written

3.A.reason        B.cause           C.advice               D.result

4.A.thinks          B.checks          C.has             D.learn

5.A.natural         B.physical         C.ancient          D.modern

6.A.date            B.keep           C.look                D.take

7.A.study           B.time            C.year                       D.birth

8.A.both                 B.each                           C.between                           D.among

9.A.Schools                 B.Ages                    C.Days                          D.Count

10.A.in                         B.with                          C.on                        D.by

11.A.did                 B.made                C.took                                   D.gave

12.A.who         B.when            C.that               D.where

13.A.ways         B.degrees       C.levels              D.chance

14.A.truths        B.problems       C.people            D.subjects

15.A.slowly       B.rapidly           C.lightly             D.heavily

16.A.although      B.because          C.when                        D.If

17.A.place                     B.foot                     C.top                                     D.ceiling

18.A.big                B.small                            C.equal                        D.unequal

19.A.spirit                      B.skill                     C.theory                      D.discovery

20.A.plans                      B.opinions       C.world          D. ability

“Long time no see” is a very interesting sentence. When I first read this sentence from an American friend’s email, I laughed. I thought it was a typical _36__ of Chinglish.

Obviously it is a word-by-word literal（字面上的）translation of the Chinese greetings with a 37  English grammar and structure! Later on, my friend told me that it is a standard American 38  .I was too delighted to believe her. Her words could not  39  me at all. So I did a  40 on Google. Com.. To my surprise, there are over 60 thousand web pages  41  “Long time no see”. This sentence has been 42 used in emails, letters, newspapers, moves, or any other possible place. Though it is 43   informal, it is part of the language that Americans use daily. 44  , if you type this phrase in Microsoft Word, the 45  will tell you that the grammar needs to be corrected.

Nobody knows the  46  of this Chinglish sentence. Some people believe that it came from Charlie Chan’s movies. In 1930s, Hollywood moviemakers successfully 47 a world wide famous Chinese detective named “Charlie Chan” on wide screens. Detective Chan liked to teach Americans some Chinese wisdom 48 quoting (引用) Confucius. “Long time no see” was his trademark. Soon “Long time on see” became a   49   phrase in America 50   the popularity of these movies.

    Some people 51  America to a huge melting pot (熔爐). All kinds of culture are 52 in the pot together, and they 53   the color and taste of each other. American Chinese, though a minority ethnic group in the United States, is also 54 some changes to be 55 in the mixed pot.

1.A.example        B. sign            C. word         D. change

2.A.damaged       B. perfected        C. learned      D. ruined

3.A.custom         B. greeting         C. habit       D. proverb

4.A.persuade        B. encourage       C. convince    D. believe

5.A.job              B. research        C. survey      D. search

6.A.containing        B. printing        C. publishing    D. expressing

7.A.widely            B. hardly         C. seldom       D. search

8.A.lots of             B. plenty of      C. lots of        D. sort of

9.A.Unfortunately     B. Luckily         C. However      D. Suddenly

10.A.hardware         B. software         C. operator     D. speaker

11.A.use              B. origin           C. expression     D. meaning

12.A.created          B. published        C. did          D. discovered

13.A.by                B. in              C. with         D. of

14.A.ordinary           B. rare           C. modern       D. popular

15.A.because           B. as to           C. thanks to     D. but for

16.A.compare          B. add             C. join          D. owe

17.A.joined            B. mixed            C. compiled     D. done

18.A.improve           B. change           C. lower       D. promote

19.A.owing             B. putting           C. taking      D. contributing

20.A.influenced         B. mentioned        C. used        D. considered

第二節(jié)::完形填空（共20小題；每小題1.5分,滿分30分）

I was parked in front of the mall wiping off my car. Coming my way from across the parking lot was  1  society would consider a bum(無業(yè)游民). From the  2  of him, he had no car, no home, no clean clothes, and no money. He sat down in front of the bus stop but didn’t look like he could have enough money to even  3  the bus. “That’s a very pretty car,” he said. He was  4  but he had a(n)  5  of dignity around him. I said, “thanks,” and  6  wiping off my car. He sat there  7  as I worked. The  8  beg for money never came. As the silence between us widened something inside said, “ask him if he needs any help.” I was  9  that he would say “yes”. “Do you need any help?” I asked. He answered in three  10  but profound(深遠(yuǎn)的) words that I shall never  11 . “Don’t we all?” he said.

I had been feeling high, successful and important  12  those three words  13  me like a shotgun. Don’t we all? I needed help. Maybe not for bus fare or a place to sleep, but I needed help. I  14  my wallet and gave him not only enough for bus fare, but enough to get a warm meal and  15  for the day. Those three little words still ring  16 . No matter how much you have, no matter how much you have  17 , you need help too. No matter how  18  you have, no matter how  19  you are with problems, even without money or a place to sleep, you can  20  help.

1. A. that              B. what          C. which        D. how  

2. A. expressions        B. manners       C. looks             D. attitudes 

3. A. ride                B. buy          C. drive          D. stop    

4. A. generous          B. disappointed   C. modern          D. ragged 

5. A. air                   B. atmosphere     C. appearance     D. figure 

6. A. finished            B. stopped          C. continued        D. began 

7. A. quietly                  B. casually                C. aimlessly               D. eagerly 

8. A. intenting            B. expected            C. boring            D. supposed 

9. A. afraid                  B. glad              C. doubtful         D. sure

10. A. simple             B. complex           C. strange              D. rigid 

11. A. accept                B. forget             C. respond          D. choose  

12. A. unless                B. after              C. until              D. when  

13. A. fightened        B. moved           C. wounded        D. hit  

14. A. reached in               B. searched for    C. looked up       D. exposed to 

15. A. shelter             B. clothes            C. reward            D. blanket 

16. A. nice                   B. ridiculous       C. true                D. proper 

17. A. submitted           B. devoted         C. applied          D. accomplished

18. A. few                 B. many              C. little               D. enough 

19. A. loaded             B. puzzled           C. angry             D. unsatisfied 

20. A. receive             B. give                 C. need              D. seek