1 . At the meeting place of the Yangtze River and the Jialing River _____, one of the ten largest cities in China.

A．Chongqing lies	B．lies Chongqing
C．does lie Chongqing	D．does Chongqing lie

2 . The African elephant, the largest land animal remaining on earth, is of great importance to African ecosystem (生态系统). Unlike other animals, the African elephant is to a great extent the builder of its environment. As a big plant-eater, it largely shapes the forest-and-savanna (大草原) surroundings in which it lives, therefore setting the terms of existence for millions of other animals that live in its habitat (栖息地).

It is the elephant’s great desire for food that makes it a disturber of the environment and an important builder of its habitat. In its continuous search for the 300 pounds of plants it must have every day, it kills small trees and underbushes, and pulls branches off big trees. This results in numerous open spaces in both deep tropical forests and in the woodlands that cover part of the African savannas. In these open spaces are numerous plants in various stages of growth that attract a variety of other plant-eaters.

Take the rain forests for example. In their natural state, the spreading branches overhead shut out sunlight and prevent the growth of plants on the forest floor. By pulling down trees and eating plants, elephants make open spaces, allowing new plants to grow on the forest floor. In such situations, the forests become suitable for large hoofed plant-eaters to move around and for small plant-eaters to get their food as well.

What worries scientists now is that the African elephant has become an endangered species. If the elephant disappears, scientists say, many other animals will also disappear from vast areas of forest and savanna, greatly changing and worsening the whole ecosystem.

1. What is the passage mainly about?

A．Disappearance of African elephants.

B．Forests and savannas as habitats for African elephants.

C．The effect of African elephants’ search for food.

D．The eating habit of African elephants.

2. What does the underlined phrase “setting the terms” most probably mean?

A．Fixing the time.

B．Worsening the state.

C．Improving the quality.

D．Deciding the conditions.

3. What do we know about the open spaces in the passage?

A．They result from the destruction of rain forests.

B．They provide food mainly for African elephants.

C．They are home to many endangered animals.

D．They are attractive to plant-eating animals of different kinds.

4. The passage is developed mainly by______.

A．showing the effect and then explaining the causes

B．pointing out similarities and differences

C．describing the changes in spare order

D．giving examples

3 . You ________ be Carol. You haven’t changed a bit after all these years.

A．must

B．can

C．will

D．shall

4 . James has just arrived, but I didn’t know he _______ until yesterday.

A．will come

B．was coming

C．had come

D．came

5 . It is not always easy for the public to see ________ use a new invention can be of to human life.

A．whose

B．what

C．which

D．that

6 . 第一节，短文改错（共10小题；
以下标有题号的每一行均有一个错误，请找出，并按下列情况改正；
此行多一个词；把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉，在该行右边横线上写出该词，并也用斜线划掉。
此行缺一个词：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（^），在该行右边横线上写出该加的词。
此行错一个词：在错的词下划一横线，在该行右边横线上写出改正后的词。
注意：请在答题卡上作答。
Here is my idea about how a friend is like. Firstly,                    1.____________
a friend is somecone you can share your secrets. If you                 2. ____________
tell himse secret, never will he talks about it with anybody            3.____________
else. Besides, a friend is always good listener when you                 4.____________
need one. Afther hear your sad stories, he will say some                 5. ____________
words that is nice and warm. Still, your happiness makes               6. ____________
him happily too. What’s more, a good friend is willing to               7. ____________
offer the help to which you need, or can at least give you               8. ____________
some advices. In a word, friends are those you like and                  9.____________
trust, and you will enjoy every minute that you spent with             10. ____________
them.

7 . The artist was born poor, poor he remained all his life.

A．and

B．or

C．but

D．so

8 . Without his wartime experiences, Hemingway____ his famous novel A Farewell to Arms.

A．didn’t write	B．hadn’t written
C．wouldn’t write	D．wouldn’t have written

9 . _____________in the poorest area of Glasgow, he had a long, hard road to becoming a football star.

A．Being raised	B．Raising
C．Raised	D．To raise

10 . —I can drive you home.
—____ , but are you sure it’s not too much trouble?

A．That would be great	B．Don’t bother
C．I’m afraid not	D．Take care