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You may think there is only sand in the desert of the world.1it is not true the desert,as we know,there is a little2buti t is not3 for most plants,Stillwesee some plants4inthe desertThere is5in some places in the desert,We6these places oases.In the onthere are villages and towns.People grow 7 kinds of crops in the fields there.People8live outside the oases.They have camels.sheep and other animalThese animals depend9 the desert plants for their food and do not need 10water.

The 11 are useful to the desert people in many ways.They eat the meat and drinkthe milk of the animals.They use the camels for carrying water,food.tents and something else.

The people of the desert have to keep moving from place to place,They must alwayslook 12 grass or desert plants for their animals.When there is no more food for theiranimals,they move to13 place.The desert people are 14.No man in the desertwould ever refuse 15 the people in trouble and give them food and water.7（单选题）

2.Many people use wood stoves and fireplaces to heat their homes．Scientists have become worried about the smoke that they give off．Harmful chemicals are in the smoke．The smoke is causing air pollution．The pieces of pollution, called soot, are floating in the air．They are too tiny to see．Scientists must use a microscope to see them. 　　Small amounts of soot are safe, but large amounts can be dangerous．The govenment wants to limit this kind of pollution．It may stop people from using their fireplaces. 　　The air is tested every day．When soot levels are high, more than 65 micrograms of soot per cubic meter, factories must stop making smoke．The government thinks that limit should be much lower. Factories produce the most smoke and soot．But the government thinks that all types of burning should be limited．The soot levels from factories and homes could be limited．Home owners may have to install new wood stoves that they comply with the new law．Or, they may not be able to bum on days when the air quality is bad. 　　Residents of some towns are fined if they violate the burning ban．Scientists hope these new regulations will make the air cleaner and less harmful to breathe.[单选题] What happens to some residents who bum too much wood?

3.Most of the athletes have come to understand: what matters ( ) not wining but participating .

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Probably no other musical instrument(乐器）is as popular around the world as the guitar(吉他）。Almost every kind of music needs a guitar.Country and western music would not be the same without a guitar.The Spanish music called flamenco could not exist without a guitar.The sound of American blues music would not be the same without the sad cry of the guitar.And rock and roll music would almost be impossible without this instrument.

People do not agree about where the guitar was first played,but most agree it is veryold.Some say an instrument very much like a guitar was played in Egypt more than one thousand years ago. Some other say that an old form of the modern guitar was brought to Spain from Persian sometime in the 12th century.The guitar continued to develop in Spain. In the 1700s it became similar to the instrument we know today.

Many famous musicians played the instrument.The famous musician Niccolo Paganini played and wrote music for the guitar in the early 1800s.Franz Schubert used the guitartowrite some of his famous works.In modern times Andres Segovia helped make the instrument extremely popular.

One kind of music for the guitar developed in the southern area of SpaincalledAndalusia，It will always be strongly connected with the Spanish guitar.4.What would be the best title for the text?（）

5.___of the population here are peasants.

6.Rejection at the resorts did not ____ snowboarding from growing in popularity.填入____处的最佳答案是()。

7.It's a pity that some of the people________cannot come tO the party.

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You may think there is only sand in the desert of the world.1it is not true the desert,as we know,there is a little2buti t is not3 for most plants,Stillwesee some plants4inthe desertThere is5in some places in the desert,We6these places oases.In the onthere are villages and towns.People grow 7 kinds of crops in the fields there.People8live outside the oases.They have camels.sheep and other animalThese animals depend9 the desert plants for their food and do not need 10water.

The 11 are useful to the desert people in many ways.They eat the meat and drinkthe milk of the animals.They use the camels for carrying water,food.tents and something else.

The people of the desert have to keep moving from place to place,They must alwayslook 12 grass or desert plants for their animals.When there is no more food for theiranimals,they move to13 place.The desert people are 14.No man in the desertwould ever refuse 15 the people in trouble and give them food and water.15（单选题）

9.It took me___days to finish drawing a beautiful horse.

10.It is still sometimes difficult to understand why those between ages 10 and 18 would endangertheir lives by joining armed forces or rebel groups and become fighting soldiers. The recently published book, Young Soldiers, Why They Choose to Fight by Rachel Brett and Irma Specht, tries to find an answer.There is no doubt that children fight in most armed conflicts today. While international attention focuses largely on those who are forced into battles, thousands more enlist(应征入伍) voluntarily.In an attempt to understand the young who take up arms, Brett and Specht interviewed 53 boy and girl soldiers and ex-soldiers from around the world, Afghanistan, Colombia, the Republic of the Congo for example. All interviewees were involved with armed groups before the age of 18 and all classified themselves as volunteers.What these two field officers heard is “I joined involuntarily—if you have nothing, you volunteer for the army”. Other reasons young people gave are self—defense, revenge, poverty, and unemploy-ment.But while it is common knowledge that most child soldiers come from poor and disadvantaged backgrounds, Young Soldiers shows that the issue is far more complex. Many poor child do not join the army. The environmental, educational, social, cultural, and highly personal factors determine whether someone decides to join up or not.The battlefield is not a place children. One young soldier described being there as “too sad an experience”. The authors hope that by understanding why teenagers join up, those child soldiers should know how to discourage others from the same tragedy.The writers of Young Soldiers probably expect that ( )

11.What does “Pharoah’s Revenge” probably refer to in the last paragraph?

12.I.Phonetics(5 points)Directions:In each of the following groups of words,there are four underlined letters or let-ter combinations marked A,B,C and D.Compare the underlined parts and iden-tdtify the one that is different from the others in pronunciation.Mark your answer by blackening the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.

13.Ⅴ.Daily Conversation ( 15 points)Directions:Pick out appropriate expressions from the eight choices below and complete thefollowing dialoaue by blackenina the corresuondina letter on the Answer Sheet.Woman : Hello, Mr. Johnson' s office.Man : Good morning.56 ？Woman : Sorry,he' s in a meeting at the moment.57 ？Man:Yes. This is Steve Lee from Brightlight Systems. 58 ？Woman:Tomorrow afternoon in your office.Man : 59Woman : Okay. 60Man : Thank you.58

14.There are three____and seven____in the picture.

15.根据以下材料，回答56-60题 A．I’ll say I did B．Wonderful C．Yes，it was D．That’s a good idea E．You’d better buy some fruit and sandwiches F．What kind of fruit do you like G．How about 6 0’clock in the morning H．I’u be tIIere Jane：How do you like the idea of having a picnic this Saturday? Michael： 56 ．But where shall we go? Jane：What about going to the Western Hill?It’s quite cool there． Michael： 57 ．Shall we invite John and his girlfriend to go with us? Jane：OK．And we can ask them to prepare some drinks． Michael：What should I do then? Jane：58． Michael：59? Jane：I like oranges，watermelons，grapes，and bananas． Michael：When shall we start off? Jane： 60 ?We call get there in an hour and a half． Michael：OK．I’11 call John and tell him about our plan．Michael：59?

16.Jonathan and Joe left the house to go for__ after supper.

17.Staying in a hotel costs_____renting a room in a dormitory for a week．

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What enables some people to get big creative breakthroughs while others only get small and non-creative breakdowns, blaming themselves and society? Are some people "gifted"? Are there other factors 21 work--factors that we have more control over than we think?While nobody can deny the 22 that some people seem to be blessed with particular creativity, research shows that anyone can 23 their chances of coming up with new and original ideas24 they would only engage themselves more in the process of 25 . It' s the old Thomas Edison thing about "discovery2699 percent perspiration (汗水) and 1 percent inspiration. " 27 , the studies prove this:great creative breakthroughs usually happen only 28 intense periods of struggle. It is sustained effort towards a specific goal 29 eventually prepares for great creative insights.This kind of sustained effort does not always30 immediate results, a fact that not only separates the innovators (革新者) from non-innovators, but31 leads some people to conclude that it is just not 32for them. "Maybe I should have gone to medical school like my mother wanted," they wonder when the breakthrough is 33 to be found. Alas, one forgets during inevitable encounters34self-doubt,that the big surprise is never35 . Indeed,it can happen at any time and place.35.

19.Passage TwoBEIJING(Associated Press ) --China has a growing middle class, a tradition (传统) of expecting education and 21 million new babies every year. Selling educational toys should be easy.While China may be the world's biggest toy-maker. Much of the best is exported (出口). Department stores here do not have enough high-quality toys. It is said that the demand for educational toys is low.A Us company, BabyCare, is trying to change that with a new way to sell toys in China.BabyCare works basically together with doctors in Beijing hospitals. People who join the company's "mother's club" get lectures and newsletters on baby and child development at no extra cost--if they agree to spend 18 dollars a month on the company's educational toys and childcare books."We want to build a seven-year relationship with those people," said Matthew J. Estes, BabyCare's president. "It starts during pregnancy (孕期) , when the anxiety and needs are highest. " BabyCare works on a one-to-one basis. Doctors, nurses, and teachers-paid by Baby-Care-advise parents, explaining toys that are designed for children at each stage (阶段) of deBabyCare opened its first store in China last June in a shopping center in central Beijing and another near Beijing Zoo. It plans to have 80 stores in China within six years.It is a new model for China and develops a market in young children's education and health that no other companies are in.BabyCare is developing its business in China by .

20.He is ( ) nervous ( ) he moved about the room all the time