There are two lakes near Joe’s hometown, the larger of       is nearly ten thousand square kilometers.

A. whose B. whom      C. which D. where

第三部分 阅读理解 （共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）

第一节：阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。

My Best Enemy

Once again, I was in a new school. So was a girl in my class named Lisa. That’s where the similarities ended.    

I was tall and she was small. My thick black hair had been recently cut short into an untidy style. Her natural blonde hair flowed to her waist and looked great. I was 12 and one of the oldest in the class while she was 11 and the youngest. I was awkward and shy. She wasn’t. I couldn’t stand her, considering her my enemy. But she liked me and wanted to be friends.

One day, she invited me over and I said yes—I was too shocked to answer any other way. My family had moved six times in six years, and I had never managed to develop any friendships. But this girl who wore the latest fashions wanted me to go home with her after school.

She lived in a fun part of town that had two pizza places, an all-right bookstore, a movie theater and a park. As we walked from the school bus stop through her neighborhood, I tried to guess which house might be hers. Was it the white one with the perfect lawn or the three –story house with a front porch? I got very surprised when she led me into an old apartment building. She lived on the fourth floor in a two-room place with her mother, her stepfather, her two brothers and her sister.

When we got into the room she shared with her sister, she took out a big case of Barbies, which was my next surprise. I had never played with them. We sat on the floor, laughing as we made up crazy stories about the Barbies. We found out that we both wanted to be writers when we were older and both had wild imaginations. We had a great day that afternoon.

Lisa was loved by the whole neighborhood. The bookstore owners lent her fashion magazines; the movie theater gave her free tickets…. Soon I was included in her magic world. We slept over at each other’s houses and spent every free moment together.

Lisa, my first real friend since childhood, helped me get through the rough years of early adolescence（青春期）and taught me an amazing and very surprising thing about making friends: you worst enemy can turn out to be your best friend.

66. The writer and Lisa were similar in the way that___________________ .

      A．they were both new students   B．they had the same hair styles

       C．they were both tall   D．they were of the same age

67. One day Lisa invited the writer          .

       A．to go to the movie   B．to go to her home

       C．to go to walk in a park    D．to go to a pizza place

68. Which of the following did the writer learn form Lisa?

      A．How to make up stories.  B．How to deal with enemies.

       C．How to make friends.      D．How to live a better life. 

第四部分： Part A  单词拼写 （每小题1分 满分10分）

71.This year, scientists will test another 60_____（志愿者）and will be in a better position to explain the results.

72.Cancer is one of the_______(致命的)illnesses in the world.

73.I wonder why English is a language with so many c______ rules.

74.Confucius was born in China and lived from 551 BC until 479 BC. He greatly i_____ the development of China’s culture and education.

75.By the latter half of the 14th century, English was ______(采纳) by all classes in England.

In_____________1860s, the Italian archaeologist Giuseppe Fiorelli was made___________director of the Pompeii dig.

   A. the; 不填    B. the; the      C. 不填; 不填     D. 不填; the

These monkeys are such quick thieves that they ________ your bananas when you realize what has happened.

A．will enjoy        B．are enjoying            C．have been enjoying         D．will be enjoying

Just as our teacher often ________ it, success is ninety percent attitude.

     A．gets   B．makes       C．puts   D．means

．It was commanded that the coal mine survivors ____ to the nearest hospital for treatment．

       A．must send       B．be sent          C．would be sent   D．should send

       Monarch butterflies（黑脉金斑蝶）are a common summer sight in the northern United States and Canada. These large orange and black insects brighten parks and gardens as they fly lightly among the flowers. What makes monarchs particularly interesting is that they migrate（迁飞）— all the way to California or Mexico and back. They are thought to be the only insect that does this.

       Every year in the late summer monarchs begin their journey to the south. Those heading for Mexico go first for the Louisiana-Mississippi area, and then fly across the Gulf of Mexico into Texas. Once in Mexico, they settle themselves in one of about fifteen places in a mountain forest filled with fir trees. Each place provides a winter home for millions of monarchs. There are so many butterflies that they often cover entire trees. When spring comes, they begin their long journey north. 

       The question is often asked whether every butterfly makes the round-trip journey every year. And the answer is no. The average monarch lives about nine months. So one flying north might lay eggs in Louisiana and then die. The eggs of that generation may be found in Kentucky; the eggs of the next generation may end up in Wisconsin or Michigan. The last generation of the season, about the fourth, will make their way back to Mexico and restart the journey.

       Scientists learn about monarchs’ migration by catching and making marks on the insects. By recatching a monarch with such a mark and noticing where it came from, the next scientist can get to know things like the butterfly's age and its routing（路线）.

68. One of the places where monarchs spend the winter is _____.

       A. the Gulf of Mexico                                     B. an area in Mississippi 

C. a forest in Mexico                                D. a plain in Texas

69. The routing of monarchs’ migration can be learned _____.

       A. by examining the marks made on them    B. by collecting their eggs in the mountains

       C. by comparing their different ages            D. by counting the dead ones in the forests

70. Which is the best title for this passage?

       A. Migration of monarchs.                         B. Scientists’ interest in monarchs.     

       C. Winter home of monarchs.                            D. Life and death of monarchs.

IV. 书面表达（满分25分）

据媒体报道，虽有282个城市实施鞭炮禁放令，但先后有105个城市解禁，有限燃放。你作为校学生会干部，组织了部分学生就“春节燃放鞭炮”的主题进行了讨论。请根据所给内容给你某报社写一封信，表明你自己对该问题的看法和建议。

    参加讨论的学生男女各有50人，50%的同学认为：1.燃放鞭炮是很好的民间传统；2.燃放鞭炮可以增加节日气氛；3.我们应该要保护自己的民族节日。40%的同学认为：1.燃放鞭炮造成空气和噪音污染；2.燃放鞭炮会造成人身和财产的伤害。10%的同学认为：1.没有考虑过；2.无所谓。

注意：1、要包含所有要点；2、信件的开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数；4、参考词汇：燃放鞭炮 set off fireworks

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 ---Mary’s score on the test is the highest in her class.

   ---Really? She ______ have studied very hard.

    A. may                     B. ought to               C. must             D. should