In the middle of the night, there suddenly came a loud thunder, _____ the alarms of the cars parking below us.

A. giving off              B. setting off          C. putting off               D. going off

. Many composers, directors and procucers are ______ that the erhu, a Chinese musical instrument, can make their films more colorful.

   A. aware      B. anxious     C. cautious     D. modest

第三部分：阅读理解

请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项.

A

In the debates about how a particular piece of land is to be used, the priorities often conflict. What should you do, for example, if you find out that under the fertile fields of a farming community there is a thick bed of coal which can be strip mined(露天矿) ? Strip mining tears up top soil and plants. But mining may create jobs, bring money to the towns businesses. Those who approve of strip mining say that the coal is needed, and they point out that it is quicker and cheaper to get coal from the surface than to go deep into the earth to get it by standard mining techniques. On the other hand, it takes nature 500 years to create an inch of top soil. As the countryside fills up, people are becoming more aware of the need for open space. Nearly every proposal for a new power plant, highway, or airport draws fierce opposition. Everyone wants the big, land-eating “uglies” to be in someone else’s backyard. Minneapolis and St.Paul, Minnesota, for example, have been debating about the site of a future airport for years. Yet if a new airport is needed, it will have to go somewhere.

How do we find our way out of the land-used problem? One way might be to reexamine our values, to think in new directions. Does everyone have to have a car with its need for highways and parking lots? What about developing mass transport systems that use less land? Do suburbs have to spread? Can they be designed so they use less space? Do we have to have more energy? If we do, do we really have to strip-mine coal to provide it?

However difficult they may be to arrive at, choices will have to be made if we want to preserve the beauty and usefulness of the land. For there is at least one point on which all of us can agree: The land does have its limits.

1. The word “priorities” in the sentence means ____.

? A. the various needs           B. the most important goal

? C. the number one necessity     D. the first thing to be considered

2. “…, people are becoming more aware of the need for open space. ” tells us that ____.

? A. people are thinking to develop their living space into the sky

? B. people noticed the need for unoccupied land

? C. people are struggling to get more land from the space ?

D. people are becoming more active on the space issue

3. How do we find our way out of the land use problems?

?A. One way might be to reexamine our values, to think in new directions.

B. Everyone has to have a car with its need for highways and parking lots.

?C. We have to have more energy. We need strip-mine coal to provide it.

D. We may develop mass transit systems which use less land.

4. “Everyone wants the big, land-eating ‘uglies’ to be in someone else s backyard.” shows that        .

? A. people don t want more big projects

? B. people don t want to live in the neighborhood of the big projects

? C. people regard the large construction projects are “uglies ”

? D. people don t like the undesirable building projects

5. The main idea of this article is ____.

?  A. The Limits of Land            B. Land    

C. Land and Our Life Styles      D. Land and Space

In the UK, what impressed exchange students most was the Student Activity,         they could get lots of information outside.

   A. where        B. that        C. which        D. when 

7.某中学生英文报举办故事大赛，请根据下列五幅图画提供的信息，以Zhang Ping’s choice 为题，写一篇故事，讲述张平的经历。               

“电脑……难学……

英语……难记……

科技……难懂……

还是电视好看，纸牌好玩……”

你堂兄李华在国外学习,你们经常用英文通信。他即将完成学业，不久前来信问是否回国工作征求你的意见。请根据以下提示回信：

       ⑴ 建议他回国；

       ⑵ 你的理由是: 学有所用，就业容易；

       ⑶ 照顾父母；

注意：

       ⑴ 词数：100左右；

       ⑵ 行文应连贯，内容应完整；

       ⑶ 开头语与落款已为你写好（不计入总词数）。

Dear LiHua,

       I am very glad to have received the letter you sent me two weeks ago.

________________________________________________________________________       Best wishes.

                                                                                                  Ming Hua

                                                                                           Nov. 6^th

B) 阅读下面的短文，根据首字母的提示在空白处填上适当的单词，使短文意义完整。(For questions 71—80, read the passage below. Complete it by filling in each blank one word. The first letter of each word is provided.)

The Home of the Future

When Dan Green comes home from work, he doesn't need a key to open his front door. As he walks up to the front of his house, the (71)d________ opens. The lights turn on inside. His favorite music starts to play. His dinner is (72)r________ in the oven. (73)B________ no   one   is   home.   What's happening? This is the home of the future! Right now, Dan Green is the  only  person (74)w________ has a home like this. He is a scientist. But  in  about  25 years, many  people (75)w________ have homes like Dan's. His  home  does  not  look different on the (76)o________. But inside it is very different.

Computers control this house of the  future. For (77)e________, Dan  is  watching  television  (78)w             the doorbell rings. The TV is a computer. When Dan presses a button on the TV remote control, he can see  a picture of his (79)v________ on  the  screen. He  can  also  use  the remote control to open or close the door. Dan can watch TV and answer the door at the same   (80)t________.

I. 选择填空（Multiple-choice）（共15小题；每小题1分，计15分）

从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。(Beneath each of the following sentences there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the answer that best completes the sentence.)

31. Alice is fond of playing ________ piano while Harry is interested in listening to ________ music.

A. /; the        B. /; a     C. the; /       D. the; a

. — What happened over there?

— They argued______ the waiter______ the price of the meal.

A. to, for          B. against, over      C. for, at           D. with, about

. She feeds the baby _____ milk and grass _______her cattle.

A .on; t o　　　          B. to; on　　　　　    C. with; to　　　        D. on; with