Dereck Joubert and his wife, Beverly, have made many films about wild animals in Africa. Their films and photographs are very popular and one of the photographs has been on the front cover of a National Geographic magazine.
A working day for Dereck and Beverly started very early—at 4:30 in the morning! That’s when they get up and start filming. And it’s a long day—they often work until 8:30 in the evening. In the winter it’s very cold and in the summer it can be 40C. Dereck always does the filming—Beverly never does that, and she doesn’t write. But Dereck never takes photographs or records the sound. They work very well as a team, and they both believe we should shoot animals with cameras—not with guns!
When they have finished filming and taking photographs for the day, they have dinner and Dereck usually writes while Beverly looks at her photographs. At night, they usually sleep in a small tent, but they sometimes sleep in the Land Cruiser—when they’re very close to wild animals, it’s sometimes safer to sleep in the car!
Dereck and Beverly have also traveled around the world and given talks about their work. Dereck says that the animals are not just something to look at—they play an important role. Beverly thinks the wild animals can teach us a lot about ourselves.
1. Dereck and Beverly start working_________.

A．at 4:30 in the morning

B．at 4:30 in the afternoon

C．at 8:30 in the morning

D．at 8:30 in the evening

2. Dereck and Beverly usually sleep_________ at night.

A．in a car	B．in a tent
C．in a house	D．in a hotel

3. Beverly thinks the wild animals __________.

A．are something to look at	B．are very popular
C．play an unimportant role	D．can teach us a lot

What do you do if you're stranded (处于困境的) on a lonely island? Surely you need to find a way to get in touch with the outside world. Your best chance of doing this is to draw the attention of a passing plane.

Body signals (信号)

Pilots from different countries understand body signals if they have the correct training. When you wave your arms up and down in a straight line, it means "yes". When you point downwards and swing your arm from side to side, it means "no". If you want the pilot to know that it's safe to land, push your hands out in front of you and bend (弯曲) your knees. If you want to say that it's not safe to land, put your arms in the air and move them to one side.

Smoke signals

The smoke from a fire can be seen from far away, so it's a good way to draw attention. If the weather is dry, it isn't hard to start a fire. Remember, however, that fires can be very dangerous if they get out of control. Never light a fire unless you're sure that it can't spread. If the ground is dark, light smoke can be seen more easily. Green grass and leaves produce light smoke.

Ground-to-air signals

It's a good idea to build some signals, too. Use large pieces of wood to make the symbols (标记). If you can't find any wood, use earth. Some useful symbols are:

F: I need food and water."

II: I need medicine."

I: I am badly hurt."

X: I am unable to move from here."

Pilots' replies

If the pilot lowers the plane's wings from side to side, this means "message received and understood". (At night, the pilot flashes the plane's green lights.) If the pilots flies the plane in a clockwise circle, this means "message received but not understood". (At night, the pilot flashes the plane's red lights.)

4. Which picture means "it's not safe to land"?

A．

B．

C．

D．

5. What can we learn from the passage?

A．Swinging your arm from side to side means "yes".

B．If the ground is dark, light smoke can't be seen.

C．If you need some medicine, make a symbol "II".

D．The pilots make replies with a blue light at night.

6. What is the passage mainly about?

A．The explanation of building signals on an island.

B．The importance of making signals on an island.

C．Ways of sending out signals on a lonely island.

D．Ways of receiving signals from a lonely island.

People like different kinds of vacations. Some go camping. They swim, fish, cook over a fire and sleep outside. Others like to stay at a hotel in an exciting city. They go shopping all day and go dancing all night. Or maybe they go sightseeing to places such as Disneyland, the Tai Mahal or the Louvre.
Some people are bored with sightseeing trips. They don’t want to be “tourists”. They want to have an adventure— a surprising and exciting trip. They want to learn something and maybe help people too. How can they do this? Some travel companies and environmental groups are planning special adventures. Sometimes these trips are difficult and full of the world. Some volunteers spend two weeks and study the environment. Others work with animals. Others learn about people of the past.
Would you like an adventure in the Far North? A team of volunteers is leaving from Murmansk, Russia. The leader of this trip is a professor from Alaska. He’s worried about chemicals from factories. He and the volunteers will study this pollution in the environment. If you like exercise and cold weather, this is a good trip for you. Volunteers need ski sixteen kilometers every day. -
Do you enjoy ocean animals? You can spend two to four weeks in Hawaii. There, you can teach language to dolphins. Dolphins can follow orders such as “Bring me the large ball”. They also understand opposites. How much more can they understand? It will be exciting to learn about these ______animals. Another study trip goes to Washington State and follows orcas. We call orcas “Killer Whale”, but they’ re really dolphins—the largest kind of dolphin.. These beautiful animals travel together in family groups. They move through the ocean with their mothers, grandmothers and great-grandmothers. Ocean pollution is chasing their lives. Earthwatch is studying how this happens.
Are you interested in history? Then Greece is the place for your adventure. Thirty-five hundred years ago a volcano exploded there, on Santorini. This explosion was more terrible than Krakatoa or Mount Saint Helens. But today we know a lot about the way of life of the people from that time. There are houses, kitchens, and paintings as interesting as those in Pompei. Today teams of volunteers are learning more about people from the past.
Do you want a very different vacation? Do you want to travel far, work hard and learn a lot? Then an Earthwatch vacation is for you.
7. The Tai Mabal may be _________.

A．a shopping center	B．a hotel
C．a dancing ball	D．a place of interest

8. From the passage, on an adventure trip,   people ______________.

A．may not spend much time on sightseeing

B．won’ t meet some difficulties or hardships

C．can’t enjoy themselves -

D．can’t learn something

9. If you want to learn something about people of the past,   you can ___________

A．join the team to Hawaii	B．join the team to the Far North
C．join the team to Washington	D．join the team to Greece

10. The word “intelligent” in paragraph 4 means __________________.

A．exciting

B．beautiful

C．large

D．clever

11. Which of the following is false ?

A．Some people find sightseeing trips boring.

B．Earth watch is planning all these special adventures

C．The number orcas is decreasing.

D．3 volcano explosions in all broke out 3, 500 years ago in Greece.

第三部分：阅读理解（共20题；
阅读下列短文，从每题中所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
You have heard the expression “horse sense”. As you may imagine, it came from the time when the majority of people traveled in vehicles drawn by horses. A horse does have a lot of common sense, and there are many true stories about horses having saved their drivers from danger of death.
Today for the most part, people travel by train, ship, airplane, and car, but very little by the use of horses. Modern vehicles are propelled by engines, and an engine does not have any sense. In case of danger, many horses could be depended on to help. Not so with the engine; the driver must do all the things.
In recent years, the speed of travel has increased greatly. With the increased speed comes greatly increased danger. The driver of a powerful engine needs to be careful. A moment of being careless may cost a life. In order to drive today, a person must be able to see clearly, and he must learn and follow carefully the rules for safety on the road. Greater attention is the price we pay for using a machine instead of a horse.
12. The passage mainly talks about ______.

A．engines

B．safe driving

C．using horses

D．modern machines

13. The underlined word “propel” in the second paragraph means ______.

A．repair

B．raise

C．push forward

D．made

14. It can be inferred from the passage that ______.

A．a driver must know the rules of safety

B．a driver needs to be able only to tell red from green

C．an eye test is an important part of a driver’s examination

D．greater attention is needed for a driver while driving a machine

15. Which of the following is NOT true?

A．A driver must be able to see and hear well.

B．The driver of a car must follow the rules of safety.

C．Horses are known to have saved their drivers from injury.

D．It is better for vehicles to be pulled by horse than to be pushed by engine.

Building Trust in a Relationship Again

Trust is a learned behavior that we gain from past experiences.     16     Trust is a risk. But you can’t be successful when there’s a lack of trust in a relationship that results from an action where the wrongdoer takes no responsibility to fix the mistake.

Unfortunately, we’ve all been victims of betrayal. Whether we’ve been stolen from, lied to, misled, or cheated on, there are different levels of losing trust. Sometimes people simply can’t trust anymore.     17     It’s understandable, but if you’re willing to build trust in a relationship again, we have some steps you can take to get you there.

●    18     Having confidence in yourself will help you make better choices because you can see what the best outcome would be for your well­being.

●    19     If you’ve been betrayed, you are the victim of your circumstance. But there’s a difference between being a victim and living with a “victim mentality”. At some point in all of our lives, we’ll have our trust tested or violated.

●You didn’t lose “everything”. Once trust is lost, what is left? Instead of looking at the situation from this hopeless angle, look at everything you still have and be thankful for all of the good in your life.     20     Instead, it’s a healthy way to work through the experience to allow room for positive growth and forgiveness.

A．Learn to really trust yourself.

B．It is putting confidence in someone.

C．Stop regarding yourself as the victim.

D．Remember that you can expect the best in return.

E．They’ve been too badly hurt and they can’t bear to let it happen again.

F．This knowledge carries over in their attitude toward their future relationships.

G．Seeing the positive side of things doesn’t mean you’re ignoring what happened.

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
With the development of the information technology, we are stepping into the new century. People’s topics, especially the young people’ s , are becoming more and more _________, which older men never understand: the Internet and _____life.
Just a few years ago, people _____ talked about what a computer could do to help their daily life. They considered it as a high - tech ________ for programming, to design machines, to control robots, ________ to make A-bombs ! At that time, PCs were very expensive and it was too dear to ____ one’ s computer to the web. What’ s more, it was too slow. So ____ people knew what the Internet really meant.
But today, things have changed greatly. The Internet times are coming_____, if you like to have a shot at succeeding in business today, you will have to succeed______ the web. _____ around and it seems as if about every company out there is in E-business
For ordinary persons, E-mail is taking the place of traditional ways of _____letters. And young people keep in touch with each other by connecting their _____ to the web. They can express their _____ , either happiness or anger, sorrow or loneliness, to their web mates in chat rooms. Some_______have found their “true love” on the Internet!
I cannot______ the Internet’s great devotions to our daily life in the world of tomorrow. The Internet can do ______many things for us that we almost cannot live without it. Everything is _____ in the future, and no one can ____ what will exactly happen in years to come. But one thing is _____: more and more people will come to know the Internet and will surely_____themselves in his or her daily life.21.

A．modern

B．advanced

C．strange

D．interesting

22.

A．ordinary

B．everyday

C．school

D．working

23.

A．often

B．usually

C．sometimes

D．seldom

24.

A．tool

B．machine

C．computer

D．line.

25.

A．still

B．yet

C．even

D．except

26.

A．put

B．link

C．fit

D．tie

27.

A．a few

B．some

C．few

D．no

28.

A．For some reason

B．For some time

C．For sure

D．For example

29.

A．through

B．with

C．on

D．by

30.

A．Turn

B．Look

C．Travel

D．Go

31.

A．sending

B．receiving

C．writing

D．reading

32.

A．E- mails

B．names

C．computers

D．addresses

33.

A．thought

B．idea

C．opinion

D．feelings

34.

A．youths

B．men

C．boys

D．girls

35.

A．believe

B．imagine

C．think

D．make

36.

A．far too

B．quite

C．almost

D．so

37.

A．true

B．real

C．possible

D．changing

38.

A．tell

B．decide

C．guess

D．question

39.

A．sure

B．certain

C．thoughtful

D．considerable

40.

A．tire

B．love

C．help

D．enjoy

阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。
Finishing their shopping at the supermarket, a middle-aged couple found their new car     41    （steal）. They filed a report     42    the police station and a detective drove them back     43    the parking lot to look for evidence.
To their     44    （amaze）, the car had been returned     45    there was a note in it that said: "I apologize for taking your car. My wife was having a baby and I had to send her to the     46    as soon as possible. Please forget the inconvenience. There are two tickets     47    tonight's Rowan Atkinson concert."
Their faith in humanity restored（恢复）. The couple attended    48    concert. But when they returned home, they immediately found that their house    49    （be） ransacked （洗劫）. On the bathroom mirror was     50    note: "I have to put my kid through college somehow, don't I?"

51. 短文改错
假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（^），并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：1. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2. 只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。
Dear Tom,
In your e-mail you ask me about how to choose a university based on its location. If you choose an university in your country, you may be have more chances to go back home visit your parents. Also, it easy for you to adapt to the new environment. After all, there’s not much different between different cities in the same country.
If they intend to go to a university out of your country, you’ll have different experiences. Live in a strange country can strengthen your ability to adapt to a new situation, which is of great benefit to you. Beside, the new experiences in a new place enables you to broaden your horizons and enrich your knowledge.
In a word, you can choose a university depending on your own situation. I hope my advice can help you.
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52. 书面表达
张红从广告上得知某公司需要一名秘书，于是她写信应聘。以下是张红的简历：
年龄：20岁，即将从职业学校毕业。
专业: 企业管理（business management）
经历：（1）学英语8年，会计算机；
（2）在过去三年中一直是本校学生报编辑之一，学习成绩在班上优秀;
（3）本人喜欢办公室工作，相信能胜任秘书工作。
请你以张红的名义向公司写信应聘。
参考词汇：职业学校 vocational school
专业 major
注意：
1. 词数100左右；
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯的
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