1.The most important thing about cotton in history is___ part that it played in___Industrial Revolution

2.III.Cloze(30 points)Directions:For each blank in the following passage,there are four choices marked A,B,Cand D.Choose the one that is most suitable and mark your answer by blackeningthe corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet. The destruction of habitats(栖息地)all over the world is the primary reason species arebecoming extinct(灭绝)or endangered.Houses,highways,dams,industrial buildings,and ever-spreading farms now dominate (21) formerly occupied by forests,deserts,and wetlands.(22) the beginning of European settlement in America,(23),over 65,000,000 acres ofwetlands have been drained.One million acres alone vanished (24) 1985 and 1995. Habitat destruction can be (25) or it can be subtle,occurring over a (26) period of time without being noticed.(27) such as sewage from cities and chemical runoff from farms,can change the (28) and quantity of water in streams and rivers.To (29) living in a delicately balanced habitat,this disturbance can be as (30) as the clear-cutting of a rainforest. (31) remaining habitats are carved into smaller and smaller pockets or islands,remainingspecies are forced to exist in these (32) areas,which causes further habitat (33) .These species become less adaptable to environmental (34);in fact,they become (35) endangered. Scientists believe that when a habitat is cut by 90%,one-half of its plants,animals and insects will become extinct.(27)__

3.The sentence was___（wrong)translated.

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5.My sister is used to __ with all the windows open.

6.He soon began designing boards, andtoday “Burton” is a popular ____ of snowboard.填入____处的最佳答案是()。

7.Passage Two At the University of Kansas art museum, scientists tested the effect of different colored walls on two groups of visitors to an exhibit of paintings. For the first group the room was painted white; for the second, dark brown. Movement of each group was followed by an electrical equipment under the carpet. The experiment showed that those who entered the dark brown walked more quickly, covered more area, and spent less time in the room than people in the white one. Dark brown made people more active, but the activity ended sooner. Not only the choice of colors but also the general appearance of a room affects those inside. Another experiment presented people with photographs of faces whose energy was to be commented, Three groups of people were used; each was shown the same photos, but each group was in an ordinary room--a nice office. The third was in a tastefully designed living room with carpeting. Results showed that the people in the beautiful room tend to give higher marks to the faces than those in the ugly room did. Other studies that students do better on tests taken in comfortable room than in ordinary-looking or ugly rooms.When comparing men and women in the matter of fashion the conclusions to be drawn are obvious. Do the constantly changing fashion of women's clothes, one wonders, reflect basic qualities of inconstancy and instability? Men are too clever to let themselves be treated by fashion designers. Do their unchanging styles of dress reflect basic qualities of stabililty and feasibility?That's for you to decide. According to the passage, we may conclude that the whiter a room is

8.Mr.Leonard，the principal of the Bedford Academy High School in Bedford-Stuyvesant，Brooklyn，is a man of many solutions，many of them creative，many of them，apparently, also effective.In New York City, only about 50 percent of students manage to graduate in four years.At Bedford Academy 63 percent of the students qualify for free lunch，a majority of which are being raised by a single mother and another significant number are being raised by someone other than a parent.Yet close to 95 percent of students graduate，and actually every one of those goes on to college.Mr.Leonard does not achieve those results by admitting only high-testing students into hisschool.Of the students arriving with lower test scores，Mr.Leonard says that he is not looking for the students with the highest grades，or even the best behavior.He’ S looking for the ones who understand his basic mission of discipline and respect，and are willing to devote themselves to his regular training course.The Bedford Academy High School is famous for its autonomy.For Mr.Leonard，autonomy means insisting that all entering students spend their Saturday mornings in preparatory classes the summer before they enroll.Autonomy also means an automatic weeklong suspension for any student who “disrespects a female，”said Mr.Leonar D.It means requiring struggling students，in the weeks before the Regents exams，to attend studying sessions on Saturday from 9 A.m.until 9 p.m.It means the most senior, experienced teachers，including Mr.Leonard，teach not the school’S academic jewels，but the most struggling students.And autonomy also means the school’ S teachers administer almost no omework.Instead they emphasize after-school tutoring where the teachers Can keep a better eye on whether the student is actually grasping the material.In Mr.Leonard’S school，most ofthe students who don’t have to pay for lunch____.

9.i only have____bread for lunch today.

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Last Friday,after doing all the family shopping in the town.I wanted to have a restbefore catching the train.I1 a newspaper and some chocolate and2into the station coffee shop.It was a cheap self-service place with long tables to3at.I put myheavy bag down on the floor,4the newspaper and the chocolate on the table and thenwent to get a cup of coffee.

When I came back with the coffee.there was someone5in the next seat.6

was a boy,with dark glasses and old clothes,and7bright red at the front.He had

started to cat my chocolate!Naturally,I was rather uneasy about him.but I didn't want to have any8.I justread the newspaper,tasted my coffee and took a bit of chocolate.The boy looked at me in9.Then he took a10piece of my chocolate.I could hardly believe it.Still I didn'tsay anything to him.When he took a third piece,I felt more angry than uneasy.Ithought,"Well,I shall have the last piece,"And I got it.The boy gave me a strange look,then11up.As he left,he shouted out.

＂There's something.12with that woman!”Everyone looked at me,13I didn't

Want to quarrel with the boy,so I kept quiet.I did not realize that I had14a mistakeuntil I finished my coffee and was ready to15.My face turned red when I saw my unopened chocolate under the newspaper.The chocolate that I had been eating was the boy's!11.单选

11.Passage FourEvery morning, kids from a local high school are working hard. They are making and selling special coffee at a coffee cafe. They are also making a lot of money.These students can make up to twelve hundred dollars a day. They are selling their special coffee to airplane passengers. After the students get paid, the rest of the money goes to helping a local youth project.These high school students use a space in the Oakland airport. It is usually very crowded.Many people who fly on the planes like to drink the special coffee.One customer thinks that the coffee costs a lot but it is good and worth it. Most customers are pleasant but some are unhappy. They do not like it if the cafe is not open for business.The students earn $ 6.10 an hour plus tips. They also get school credit whiel they learn how to run a business. Many of the students enjoy the work although it took some time to learn how to do it.They have to learn how to steam milk, load the pots, and add flavor. It takes some skill and sometimes mistakes are made. The most common mistake is forgetting to add the coffee.Many of the students__________the work although it took some time to learn how to do it.

12.Laura and Anthony Valois are a young New York couple who have been trying in vain to have their first child.Several years ago.Belinda Ramlrez read an Internet adoption listing and quickly contacted them from her home in Texas,telling them they could adopt her unborn baby. Excited, Laura and Anthony spent weeks communicating with Ramirez and got regular updates on her preg –nancy.Before long, Ramirez began to ask them for financial support. That took the Valoises by surprise.But were willing to do a lot to ensure a smooth birth. They sent more than $1,000 to Ramirez over several months.Laura and Anthony finally drove to Texas so they could be on hand for the birth. But once they arrived,Ramirez avoided their daily phone calls. After there weeks, the couple drove back to New York-empty-handed and emotionally crushed.They later learned Ramirez had been cheating about ten other people for such things as Wal-mart gift cards in ststes ranging from California to Ohio to Florida. From start to finish,it was a scam .In fact,Ramirez was never even pregnant. She was sentenced to 24 months in prison as she deserved.“When you find out you can’t have children, it’s just depressing.” Laura Valois told a Texas Tv station.“But when somebody intentionally does this to you,it’s 15 times worse.”What has been troubling the Valoises?

13.IV.Reading Comprehension(60 points)Directions:There are five reading passages in this part.Each passage is followed by four ques-tions.For each question there are four suggested answers marked A,B,C and D.Choose the best answer and blacken the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.

Passage OneWoman nabbed for a DUI at same crash spotWed May 21,2:17 AM ET TRUCKEE,Calif.-Call it drunken driving deja vu(记忆幻觉).For the second time in five months,a 23-year-old California woman has been arrested after she crashed her car while driving under the influence(DUI)at the exact same spot north of Lake Tahoe. And to top it off,Truckee Police say that in both cases,her blood alcohol content was morethan three times the legal limit.The police say Melissa Dennison of Truckee crashed at about noon on Sunday on GlenshireDrive just south of the Glenshire Bridge.They say she was extremely drunk and had trouble standing or walking.Her blood alcohol level initially was measured at.346.The legal limit is.08. Sergeant J.Litchie said Dennison also had been charged with a DUI in January when shecrashed at the same spot and registered a blood alcohol level of.380.If found guilty of the secondoffense,she faces up to 10 years in prison and fines in excess of$2,000. A telephone message the Associated Press left at a listing for Dennison in Truckee on Tuesday was not immediately returned.38.Why could the woman be imprisoned for 10 years?

14.They sold___boxes of such sweets last week.

15.The news reportthat night was about a famine(饥荒）in Ethiopia.The pictures wereof people who were so thin that they looked like beings from another planet.The camera（摄像机）focused(聚焦）onone man so that he looked directly at me,sitting in my comfortable living room.All around was the sound of deathIt was clear that the world had not noticed this until now.You could hear the sadnessin the voice of the reporter,Michael Buerk.At the end of the report he was silent.Paulastarted crying,then rushed upstairs to check;our baby,Fifi,who was sleeping peacefully.I kept seeing the news pictures in my mind.What could I do?I was only a pop singerand by now not a very successfulpop singer.-All,I could do was to make records which noone bought.But I would do that.I would give all;the profits(利润）of the next Rats(thename of the music group he was in)record to:Oxfam(,an organization in Britain which helpspoor people around the world).What good would that do?It would only be a little moneybut it was more than I could give just from my bank account.Maybe some people wouldbuy it because the profits were for.Oxfam.And I would be protesting about this disaster（灾难）。But that was not enoughWhich paragraph describes(描写）what he thought about after the report?（）

16.I'll consider___Ms.Smith tonight,but I am not sure if I have the time.

17.The first European stock exchange was established in Antwerp, Belgium(比利时), in 1531.There were no stock exchanges in England until the 1700’s. A man wishing to buy or sell shares of stock had to find a broker(agents) to transact his business for him. In London, he usually went to a coffee house, because brokers often gathered there. In 1773, the brokers of London formed a stock exchange.　　In New York City, brokers met under an old button wood tree on Wall Street. They organized the New York Stock Exchange in 1792.The American Stock Exchange, the second largest in the United States, was formerly called the Curb Exchange because of its origin on the streets of New York City.　　A stock exchange is a market place where member brokers buy and sell stocks and bonds(债券) of American and foreign businesses on behalf of the public. A stock exchange provides a market place for stocks and bonds in the same way a board of trade does for commodities. The stockbrokers receive a small commission on each transaction they make.　　The stockholder may sell his stock wherever he wants to unless the corporation has some special rule to prevent it. Prices of stock change according to general business conditions and the earnings and future prospects(前景) of the company. If the business is doing well, the stockholder may be able to sell his stock for a profit. If it is not, he may have to take a loss.The passage is mainly about .

18.He cut the cake___

19.They took _____ measures to prevent poisonous gases from escaping.

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Passage Three

Thousands of years ago, ten of our very distant ancestors were hungry. They went out and picked berries or dug up roots to eat. Four of them chose poisonous food and died. The remaining six noticed that their food was safe to eat. They told their children, who, in turn, passed the message on to their descendants. In this way, habit became a vital factor in the survival of mankind: if you ate the right plant, you lived; if you wanted to make your own experiments, you would probably die.

The importance of habit on the survival of the human species is an interesting matter. Even today, most of us hesitate when we are invited to eat a new type of food or drink something we have not tasted before. Even if the food or drink is offered by a friend, we are usually not at all anxious to experiment and accept the offer.

When you get up tomorrow morning, notice which shoe or sock you put on first. Then notice which one you put on first on other days. You may discover that (a) you tend to put on one shoe or sock first every day, and (b) if you are right-handed, you usually deal with your left shoe or sock first. If you try to change this habit, you may find it uncomfortable or annoying, and you will soon return to your old habit. When it comes to other matters, we often follow a fixed pattern. We sleep in one or two favorite ways. We often follow familiar routes even when they are not the shortest or best. We often wear a watch on the same wrist even when there is no real reason for doing so. (83) In hundreds of other ways, we show that we are creatures of habit, following fixed patterns of behavior. This characteristic can help us to survive but it can be a barrier to progress too. We must be alert and not let a beneficial factor become a harmful one.The example shown in Paragraph 3 proves that ______.