1 . dead

A．eager

B．great

C．least

D．health

2 . 根据短文内容，从下框的A---F选项中选出能概括每一段主题的最佳选项。 选项中有一项为多余选项。
1. Pet-keeping is a time-honored tradition. One of the reasons for people to raise dogs or cows was usefulness. While people in the past hunted animals and kept them in their backyards, the civilised man today is less cruel towards them and is less exploitative(利用的).     1    
2. We keep animals as pets because they are attractive. We all have the urge to possess something that has aesthetic（审美的）value, and this is why we treasure paintings or fine furniture. Keeping pets is one form of this urge. A Siamese cat in the house can be a decorative object. Pets are playful animals and they amuse us. A little rabbit amuses us by its playful and lively runs.     2    
3. Many parents find it helpful to have pets in the house for their children. Having pets is an excellent way of developing in children the love of animals and responsibility. Children get the opportunity to take on full responsibility for another creature’s life. It will be an educational experience for a child to watch the natural life cycle of an animal. There are psychological benefits for children. Pets are welcome friends for children who are lonely. Pets are excellent companions. Keeping pets means giving love and being loved. We find comfort in giving care and receiving care in return. We get pleasure from their appearance and their behavior.     3    
4. As more people move into apartments, there are limitations on keeping of animals like dogs and monkeys. Therefore, caged animals have increased in popularity. Birds fall into this group. We keep them for their beautiful songs and feathers. Fish-keeping is a widespread hobby and the keeper can observe their behavior in the glass tank and study its entire life cycle. The cat is a fine house pet and it fits neatly into human habitation(居住地) without requiring its own cage. They are wonderful hunters, if there are rats around.     4    
5. Pets satisfy man’s desire to care for a bit of nature. The pet owner has the responsibility for supplying those needs that nature provides. Pets are amusing and entertaining, but we are in a way doing animals harm by making them live in a human environment. Are we not enslaving(奴役)them?     5    

A．Adults keep pets with their children.

B．Pet-keeping has a very long history.

C．Pet-keeping may do harm to animals.

D．People keeps pets for their aesthetic need.

E．Caged pets become increasingly popular.

F．Pet-keeping is helpful for children’s growth.

3 . united

A．use

B．ugly

C．upstairs

D．put

4 . —Did you see a man in black pass by just now?
—No,sir.I___a newspaper.

A．read	B．was reading
C．would read	D．am reading

5 . Bryan、Olga、Scott、Anna、和David正在进行一项“企业家成功秘诀调查”。他们将采访几位企业家，下列小题是他们拟定的采访话题。阅读下面刊登在Entrepreneur (《企业家》)杂志上6位企业家的成功感言（A、B、C、D、E和F），为每位采访者选定最佳采访对象，并在答题纸上将该选项标号涂黑。选项中有一项是多余选项。

6 . 请认真阅读下面对话，并根据各题所给首字幕的提示，在答题卡上标有题号的横线上，写出一个英语单词的完整、正确形式，使对话通顺。
K=Kathy
M=Mum
M: Kathy, have you decided what you’re going to do in the vacation?
K: I need to (1) e________ some money. I’d try to find a job looking after children. What do you think, mum?
M: It’s not an easy job and you don’t have any particular (2) k_______ about children. Some children could be noisy and badly (3) b___________. Do you have any other ideas?
K: Not (4) r________. I don’t think much of the jobs I’ve seen (5) a_________.
(A week later)
M: Kathy, are you still looking for a children job?
K: No, Mum. I (6) m_______ to tell you earlier. I’ve been offered a job in the office of the local computer factory and it’s well paid. I’ve decided to take it and will (7) s________ on Monday.
M: Good! Tell me more (8) d________ about the job.
K: I will work as a (9) s________, typing letters, answering phones calls and so on.
M: Some people may find it busy and (10) b________, and you need to be patient and careful.
K: Thank you, Mum. I’ll try my best.

7 . 阅读下列各小题，根据括号内的汉语提示，用句末括号内的英语单词完成句子，并将答案写在答题卡上的相应题号后。
1. ______（最长的三条河流）in the world are the Niles, the Amazon, and the Changjiang River.（long）
2. Seldom ______（他们玩）video games ever since they entered college.（play）
3. The city ______（我成长的）is very hot and damp in summer.（grow）
4. ______（我花了）one thousand dollars to buy the painting last week.（cost）
5. I feel so sick. I wish Mum ______（没有逼我）to eat so much.（force）
6. —You’d better go and ______（把你的轿车洗洗）.
—No, I’ll do it myself.（wash）
7. With the rapid development of science and technology, I can’t imagine ______（我的家乡会是什么样子）in ten years.（what）
8. It is your efforts, not your intelligence, ______（决定）your success.（determine）
9. He looks sleepy. He must ______（熬夜了）last night, writing the essay.（stay）
10. At present, lots of food, water, tents, and medicine ______（正在运往）from all over China and other parts of the world to the earthquake-stricken areas.（transport）

8 . ours

A．outside

B．cousins

C．nervous

D．clocks

9 . thirsty
A. theatre              B. thus               C. although              D. feather

10 . 下面文章中有5个段落需要添加首句。请从以下选项（A、B、C、D、E和F）选出适合各段落的首句，并在答题纸上将相应选项的标号涂黑。选项中有一项是多余选项。
A. Time can run out.
B. Tomorrow won’t be better.
C. Ideas need time to develop.
D. Your professor will be impatient.
E. You blow off your chances for help.
F. You are probably overestimating (高估) the pain.
Never Put off Tomorrow What You Can Do Today
Want to put off studying for the physics test? Or writing that thirty-five-page research paper on future uses of biotechnology? Sure you do? And who wouldn’t? But it’s still a silly idea to put off doing something until a future time. Here is why ....
1. __________. The task will be still the same. It won’t be any more fun and you still won’t want to do it. As the deadline gets closer and closer, the task seems to become larger and larger if you haven’t started the work. And the stress increases. Now not only do you have to write that paper, you have to do it under great pressure.
2. _________ . Before you start, it seems that the task is unlikely to be accomplished. But you know what? You’re probably miscalculating. Get started -------- maybe on a small piece ------ And you will discover that you have more resources and know more about the subject than you thought. Result? You won’t experience nearly as much suffering as you expected to. Things are guaranteed ------ 100 percent ------- to get better.
3. _____________ . If you leave your work before the night before it’s due, you give up the possibility of getting input from your professor. Professors regularly give advice ----- or at least a few useful tips ---- during office hours. Unfortunately though, they don’t usually hold office hours at midnight, so you will be out of luck when you discover the night before the midterm that you have no idea how to do the questions that will count for two-thirds of your grade.
4. ________ . Ever wonder why the professor assigns the papers two weeks before it’s due? It’s because he or she expects you to be thinking about the issue, or doing the research, for two weeks. No, not every waking moment, but at least some of the time. After all, the professor could just as easily have given the assignment one week before it was due if he or she expected less thinking. When you throw together a paper or a report at the last minute, your ideas are half-baked. And your professor will know it.
5. ________ . If you put things off at the last minute, you might find that you haven’t budgeted enough minutes to finish the necessary tasks. It’s the easiest thing in the world to miscalculate how long it will take to do all the work especially when new issues arise ------ like illness, family problems, computer breakdowns, trouble at work, and all the other things ------- as you are thinking through your paper argument or preparing yourself for the coming test. If you keep delaying, you don’t allow yourself time for those various life events that have an adverse (不利的) effect on your ability to complete your assignment.