Our town is in the eastern part of our country. Once a year, we elect a girl to show how beautiful and great our town is. All the girls are eager to get this position in an effort to become popular.

It was not an easy choice this year, since there were eight girls to choose from. The elder judge finally decided that either Sara or May would get the position. Both girls were beautiful with extraordinary appearance. Besides, they had a good education and cared about how pollution had a bad effect on the earth. Most important, both girls got up early to eat eggs at their breakfast. Eggs were important to people of the east of our town because the economy here depended mainly on the production of eggs.

“Either girl will win,” my father said, “But someone will cry in the end.”

“Either will be fine,” I said, “They are both great girls.”

The final round was held at the east edge of our town. Sara lived nearby so she did not need to get up early to arrive. However, she was the first person there. “You know what they say about the early bird. ” she said with a smile.

However, May arrived fifteen minutes late to the competition. “It’s the taxi driver’s fault,” she said. “I told him to head east, but he was in one ear and thought I said Bread Cheese. You know, Bread Cheese is the name of our neighboring town.”

I thought May would certainly lose because she was late, but to my surprise, she turned out to be this year’s winner. The judges liked her answer to their last question, “If you could have anything in the world, what would it be?” Sara replied, “World peace.” May, on the other hand, said, “Better market to have our eggs sell well”.

64. What does the underlined sentence “You know what they say about the early bird.” mean?

A. she liked the early bird very much.

B. she was sure that she would succeed.

C. she lived nearby, so she should get there early.

D. she wanted to show off her good language knowledge.

65. Why was May chosen in the end?

   A. Because she arrived late and gave enough explanation

B. Because she gave a different answer from Sara’s.

C. Because she looked more beautiful than Sara.

D. Because her answer was more practical than Sara’s.

66. According to the passage, which of the following maps is correct?

第二卷（共23分）

第四部分 写作（共二节，满分23分）

第一节：单词拼写（共8小题,每小题1分，满分8分）

1. The t_______________ number of students in the English Language Program is about 250.

2. First it was stored in tubes, then on transistors and later on very small chips. As a r_______________ , I completely changed my shape.

3. If you must smoke, p_______________ your children by always smoking outside the home.

4. To be h_______________ , the exam is not so difficult and I believe I can do it well.

5. His mother d_______________ her entire adult life to raising her four children, and died yesterday peacefully in hospital.

6. The school has its own radio station which b_______________ music and news all over town.

7. Your sister really r_______________ me of your mom; their characters and appearances are so similar!

8. If you want to write a good composition, you have to pay a_______________ to your handwriting.

She was so __________to me that I recognized her voice the moment I picked up the phone.

       A. familiar            B. sensitive                  C. confident                 D. devoted

 The price_________recently. I wonder whether it will remain so.

   A. was going up     B. went up   C. has gone up      D. has been going up 

 The news_______ the girl studying at the art college had a_______ for music and dance___________us.

   高中阶段学习比较紧张，正确的学习方法尤为重要。下面显示了两位高一学生不同的学习方法，请简述并发表你的观点及理由。

注意：1.文章开头已给出;

      2.词数100左右；

      3.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

参考词汇：

attentively专心地，effectively有效地，concentrate on 集中精力于, energetic 精力旺盛的

    Li Hua and Wanghai are students of Senior High. Both of them work hard but they have different learning methods. ______________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

All passengers ______, please fasten your seat belts and remain seated ______ the plane is landing.

   A. on board; before               B. abroad; since     C. on the board; after    D. aboard; when

My parents would have come to see you if it had been possible, but they ________ so busy.

A. were    B. had been    C. have been     D. would be

Our school is _________ the small one in the distance.

A. three times as big as      B. bigger than three times

C. as big three times as      D. three times the school

My grandfather is as          as a young man and hates sitting around doing nothing all day.

A. enthusiastic B. energetic    C. talkative    D. sensitive