9．It was the Year from Hell─the dog died，my marriage of 24 years ended，and my house burned down．I had moved into a new rented house with my youngest son after my husband and I divorced．We'd been in the house just six weeks．I went to a dinner party one night，and as I drove home near，I saw smoke rising into the sky．I wondered whether it was my house．Then I turned the corner，and sure enough，it was my house．
My son and I stayed with a friend for a couple of nights．Then my friend Gail heard about the fire，called me up，and said，"Come and move into my house．I have seven bedrooms and five bathrooms─plenty of space for you and your son．"Gail had three kids at home，but there was still plenty of room for me and my son，Sutton．Little did I know that her offer of a temporary place to stay would turn into a living arrangement that lasted two and a half years．
We were two single mothers．Gail and I spent the next couple of years sorting out a lot of things together．After we moved in，I soon began to look for a permanent place to live in．Gail said，"Please don't leave．I've never had so much freedom!"Having me in the house meant someone to help take care of her kids，someone to share cooking and gardening，and someone to share day-to-day life．She loved having me there，and I loved being there．So we stayed．
It was an important chapter in my life．We both needed time to heal from our divorces．It was a time of deeper insight and spiritual growth for both of us．Gail's generosity was more than anyone could expect from a friend．I am eternally grateful to have a friend like Gail．I'm also grateful for the lessons I learned from the fire and the other losses that came so suddenly，so fast．Much to my surprise，I found gratitude among the ashes．I was tested serious trial by fire．But，like a phoenix，I rose from the ashes strong and whole．I would not be the person I am today if not for that Year from Hell．
23．Which of the following may NOT be lost for the author according to the p assage？
C
A．Her furniture．B．Her dog．C．Her car．D．Her husband．
24．What can we learn from the passage？D
A．The author and her son went to Gail's house the night after the fire happened．
B．The author wrote the passage after she moved into a new rented house．
C．The author had planned to live with Gail for a long time at the beginning．
D．Gail and the author shared all together and had a lot in common in their life．
25．After suffering a lot，the autho r eventually became moreB．
A．simple--minded                B．strong-minded
C．out-going                     D．kind-hearted
26．What did the author learn from her experience？A
A．When God closes a door，he opens another．
B．Where there is a will，there is a way．
C．A positive attitude will bring success．
D．A friend without faults will never be found．

8．To extinguish （熄灭） different kinds of fires，several types of fire extinguishers have been invented．They must be ready for immediate use when fire breaks out．Most portable （手提式的） kinds operate for less than a minute，so they are useful only on small fires．The law requires ships，trains，buses and planes to carry extinguishers．
Since fuel，oxygen and heat must be present in order for fire to exist，one or more of these things must be removed or reduced to extinguish a fire．If the heat is reduced by cooling the material below a certain temperature，the fire goes out．The cooling method is the most common way to put out a fire．Water is the best cooling material because it is low in cost and easy to get．
Another method of extinguishing fire is by cutting off the oxygen．This is usually done by covering the fire with sand，steam or some other things．A blanket may be used do cover a small fire．
A third method is called separation，which includes removing the fuel，or material easy to burn，from a fire，so that it can find no fuel．
The method that is used to put out a fire depends upon the type of fire．Fires have been grouped in three classes．Fires in wood，paper，cloth and the like are called Class A fires．These materials usually help keep the fire on．Such fires can be stopped m ost readily by cooling with water．
19．If a fire breaks out on a bus，which of the follow should be ready there for you to use？C
A．Sand         B．Water        C．An extinguisher．D．A blanket．
20．To cover a small piece of burning wood with a basin in order to stop the fire is an example ofD．
A．separating the fire．
B．reducing the heat
C．removing the fuel                
D．cutting off the oxygen
21．In choosing how to put out a fire，we should firs t be clear aboutD．
A．when it breaks out               
B．where it takes place
C．how it comes about               
D．what kind it is
22．What would the author probably discuss in the paragraph that follows？C
A．Another type of extinguishers         
B．How fires break out．
C．Another class of fires            
D．How fires can be prevented．

7．假如你叫王非，是一位高中生．请你用英语给报社写一封信，反映如下情况并谈谈你的想法：
现在有很多学生使用手机一是认为这是种时髦二是认为便于跟家人和朋友联系．
一些学生把手机带进教室，在课堂上经常听见手机的铃声，破坏课堂纪律．
有的同学还在课堂上发短信息，浪费宝贵的时间．
建议：教室是学习的地方，需要安静；学生不应该在教室中使用手机；应该集中注意力学习．（附：自己再想一条建议）
注意：
信的开头和结尾已给出；  字数：100 左右
Dear Editor，
  I'm a senior high student．___________________________________________________．
Yours
                                                                    Wang Fei．

6．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．
    I was sitting at my favorite table in a restaurant last Sunday and wait for the food I had ordered to arrive．I suddenly found that Lin Ling，one of my classmate，worked like a waitress there．Honest speaking，it was great surprise for me to find her working there．As far as I know，she's from a richer family．What was it that made her to work there？I walked up to her and asked her the reason．When asking，she said，"I just want to earn some pocket money so that we can help some children in poor areas go back to school．"How a good girl!I should learn from her．

5．The Price of a Dream
I grew up poor，living with my wonderful mother．We had little money but plenty of love and attention．I was（41）Aand energetic．I understood that no matter how poor a person was，he could still（42）Ba dream．
My dream was to be a sportsman．（43）AI was sixteen，I had started playing baseball．I could throw a ninety-mile-per-hour fastball and hit anything that moved on the football field．I was also（44）C：My high-school coach was Ollie Jarvis，who not only believed in me，but taught me（45）Ato believe in myself．He（46）Bme the difference between having a dream and realizing the dream．One particular（47）Dwith Coach Jarvis changed my life forever．
It was the summer between my junior and senior years，and a friend recommended （推荐） me for a summer job．This meant a chance for money in my pocket-money for a new bike and new clothes，and the（48）Cof savings for a house for my mother．Then I realized I would have to（49）Csummer baseball to deal with the work schedule，and that meant I would have to tell Coach Jarvis I wouldn't be playing．
When I told Coach Jarvis，he was as（50）Aas I expected him to be．"You have your whole life to work，"he said．"Your playing days are limited．You can't（51）Bto waste them．"I stood before him with my head hanging，trying to think of the（52）Cthat would explain （53）Bhim why my dream of buying my mom a house and having money in my pocket was worth facing his（54）D in me．
"How much are you going to make at this job，son？"he asked．"Three twenty-five an hour，"I replied．
"Well，"he asked，"is 3.25 an hour the（55）Cof a dream？"
That simple question made it（56）B to me the difference between（57）Asomething right now and following a dream．I（58）Bmyself to sports that summer，and within the year I was （59）Dby the Pittsburgh Pirates to play baseball，and was（60）Ca 20，000 contract．In 2000，I bought my mother the house of my dream!
 

41．A．happy	B．polite	C．shy	D．honest
42．A．lose	B．have	C．make	D．need
43．A．By the time	B．The time	C．At one time	D．At a time
44．A．right	B．popular	C．lucky	D．confident
45．A．how	B．why	C．when	D．whether
46．A．gave	B．taught	C．brought	D．asked
47．A．accident	B．matter	C．problem	D．experience
48．A．aim	B．idea	C．start	D．purpose
49．A．keep up	B．put up	C．give up	D．pick up
50．A．mad	B．happy	C．frightened	D．shameful
51．A．adopt	B．afford	C．affect	D．effect
52．A．answers	B．excuses	C．words	D．ways
53．A．for	B．to	C．on	D．in
54．A．sadness	B．regret	C．hopelessness	D．disappointment
55．A．source	B．prize	C．price	D．allowance
56．A．direct	B．clear	C．clean	D．straight
57．A．wanting	B．changing	C．dreaming	D．choosing
58．A．provided	B．devoted	C．headed	D．imagined
59．A．worked	B．mentioned	C．fired	D．hired
60．A．paid	B．got	C．offered	D．signed

4．Many years ago，I owned a service station and roadhouse（路边小店） on the main road between Melbourne and Adelaide．
One cold and wet night at about 3：30a．m．，there was a （36）D on the front door of our house．A young man，wet from （37）C to toe，explained that he had（38）D out of petrol about 30km up the road．He had left his pregnant （怀孕的） wife and his two children （39）B at the car and said that he would hitchhike （搭便车） back．
Once I had （40）D a can with petrol，I took him back to his car where his two-year-old and four-year-old children were both （41）B，saying that they were cold．Once the car had started，I suggested that he （42）D me back．
Before leaving，I had turned the heater （43）A in the roadhouse，so that when we went in，it was nice and（44）C．While the little ones played and ran（45）A，I prepared bread and butter for the children，and hot chocolate for the （46）D．
It was about 5a．m．before they （47）A．The young fellow asked me how much he should （48）Cfor it and I told him that the petrol pump （加油泵） had（49）D15．He offered to pay
"call-out fee"，but I wouldn't accept it．
About a month later，I received a （50）B from Interstate，a large bus company that we had been trying to （51）A to stop off at our roadhouse for a long time．It （52）B out that the young fellow I had helped was its general manage，the most （53）D person in the company．
In his letter，he thanked me again and （54）C me that，from then on，all their buses would stop at my service station．In this case，a little bit of（55）Dwas rewarded with a huge amount of benefits．

36．A．kick	B．hit	C．beat	D．knock
37．A．finger	B．shoulder	C．head	D．hand
38．A．driven	B．used	C．come	D．run
39．A．away	B．behind	C．over	D．out
40．A．supplied	B．poured	C．equipped	D．filled
41．A．sleeping	B．crying	C．quarrelling	D．fighting
42．A．allow	B．ring	C．lead	D．follow
43．A．on	B．off	C．in	D．over
44．A．neat	B．hot	C．warm	D．attractive
45．A．around	B．inside	C．nearby	D．along
46．A．drivers	B．guests	C．customers	D．adults
47．A．left	B．arrived	C．ate	D．disappeared
48．A．give	B．pay	C．owe	D．offer
49．A．appeared	B．exhibited	C．calculated	D．shown
50．A．call	B．letter	C．check	D．notice
51．A．get	B．force	C．require	D．dislike
52．A．pointed	B．turned	C．worked	D．found
53．A．generous	B．successful	C．serious	D．powerful
54．A．praised	B．persuaded	C．promised	D．convinced
55．A．honesty	B．success	C．confidence	D．kindness

3．请根据如图写一篇120-150个词的短文．你的短文应包括下列要点：
1．简要描写图画内容；
2．说明图画含义；
3．表达你的观点．

2．London has become a cycle friendly zone after the launch of a new bike hire scheme．It has been designed to encourage more people to cycle in and around central London．
So how does it work？First you have to sign up to the scheme to be sent a key．The key will unlock one of the bikes，which are kept at docking stations in and around central London．You have to pay an access fee for the key and then you pay as you go for the length of time you use the bike．
Transport for London，which runs the scheme，are hoping to have 6，000bikes and 400docking stations in place by the end of the year．The new hire system is hoping to ease congestion （拥挤） in London and is expected to create up to 40，000extra cycle trips a day into the city centre．London Mayor Boris Johnston launched the scheme and said London had been"filled with thousands of gleaming machines that will transform the look and feel of our streets and become as commonplace on our roads as black cabs and red buses"．
However，there have been a few problems since the scheme was launched last Friday．On the first day some people found they couldn't dock their bike properly and their usage of the bike had not been registered．Transport for London did admit they had been expecting a few"teething problems"and have said they wouldn't charge for the first day as a"gesture of goodwill"．Some other people have criticized the lack of docking stations and locks for the bikes as well as the price it costs to hire the bicycles．
Despite the comments，the green-thinking London Mayor still seems very positive about things，saying，"My campaign for the capital to become the greatest big cycling city in the world has taken a big pedal-powered push forwards．"

65．London Mayor Boris Johnston launched the new bike scheme in order toC．
A．reduce the air pollution of the city    B．encourage the citizens to take exercises
C．deal with the city's traffic problems  D．increase employment opportunities
66．If you want to hire a bike，what would you do first？D
A．Pay for the bike according to the time you use it．
B．Pay for the key to a bike．
C．Cycle in and around central London．
D．Sign up as a member to get a key．
67．All the following are the problems of the scheme EXCEPTB．
A．the high cost to hire a bike
B．not charging for the first day of the scheme
C．not registering their usage of the bikes
D．docking the bikes properly
68．From the passage we can infer thatA．
A．the London Mayor is confident in the scheme
B．the scheme will be cancelled because of the problems
C．all the citizens in London support the scheme
D．the cycling revolution is not successful．

1．Wildfires Continue to Rage Across Parts of Russia
Wildfires continue to spreads very quickly across Russia as the country endured its boldest surname on record．More than 50 people have died，and more than 1，200 private houses have burned to the ground．
Local medina reported Sunday that areas under fire in central Russia has increased to 190，000 hectares and a total of 564 wildfire acnes were discovered arouses Russia．
Russian emergency officials say firefighters are engaged in an uphill battle as fires cosine across Russia and temperatures remain hovering near the hundred-degree mark．
The Kremlin has deployed hundreds of thousands of firefighters and volunteers，in an attempt to keep the fires under control，but emergency officials say that it is difficult due to the high temperatures and shifting winds
Fires in the Far-East region have grown three times，in size，in the past 24 hours，according to the region's forestry department．One of the hardest hit is the remote Kamchatka peninsula．
State television footage has shown complete villages that have burned to the ground while fires continue to billow huge plumes of smoke into the air．
A resident of Kazan，Lyudmila Romanova，says her family's health has been affected．She says her seven-month-old granddaughter has started to have breathing problems due to the thick smoke，but that her grandson is more or less okay．
Voronezh，some 300 miles south of Moscow，was one of the hardest-hit regions．Officials say that nearly 600 people have been left homeless due to the flames．
Igor Vlaznev，head of the region's fire-fighter's unit，says the situation remains very tense．He says that everyone is praying to God，day and night，for rain to fall．He says it is the only thing that will help．
Weather forecasters say that temperatures are expected to remain near the century mark for the next few days，with no rain in sight．
Meanwhile，Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin described the situation as very difficult，chided the authorities for not doing more to prevent damage，and fire those who do not do their part to get the blazes under control．
Mr．Putin also promised that all of the destroyed homes would be rebuilt by October after pledging more than $150 million towards the rebuilding effort．
67．How many people lost their lives in the wildfires areas Russia according to the passage？B
A．About 30 people
B．More than 50 people．
C．More than 12，000 people
D．A total of 564 people．
68．How many wildlife scenes were found across Russia according to the text？C
A．Over 1，200
B．More than 50
C．564 in total
D．About 300．
69．Why is it hard to keep the fires under control？D
A．Because the wildfires continue to spread very quickly across Russia．
B．Because it's the hottest summer on recorded in Russia．
C．Because the fires continue to roll huge clouds of smoke upward into the air．
D．Because of the high temperatures and shifting winds．
70．Which of the following are the herders-hit regions according to the passage？B
A．The Kremlin and Voronezh
B．Voronezh and the Kamchatka peninsula．
C．The Kremlin and Kasan
D．The Kremlin and the Kamcharka peninsula．

20．We would join them in the dress-up party______．（　　）

	A．	whether they invite us		B．	shall we invite us
	C．	if they invite us		D．	should they invite us