They _______him to drop the plan, but he was determined to carry it through to the end.

  A. urged       B. persuaded     C. encouraged       D. suggested

 -----What do you think of the play ?

   -----Terrible! I have never seen________one.

A. a bad                 B. a better                 C. a worse              D. the worse

第二部分 阅读理解（共25小题。第一节每小题2分，第二节每小题1分；满分45分）

第一节  阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

  A new study in West Africa shows how farm irrigation systems powered by the sun can produce more food and money for villagers. The study in Benin found that solar-powered pumps are effective in supplying water, especially during the long dry season.

  Sub-Saharan Africa is the part of the world with the least food security. The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization estimates that more than one billion of the world’s people faced hunger last year. Around two hundred sixty-five million of them live south of the Sahara Desert. Lack of rainfall is one of their main causes of food shortages.

  Jennifer Burney from Stanford University in California led the study. The research team helped build three solar-powered irrigation systems in northern Benin.

The solar-powered irrigation systems produced an average of nearly two metric tons of vegetables per month.

  They sold the surplus(过剩的) produce at local markets. The earnings greatly increased their ability to buy food during the dry season which can last six to nine months.

  People in the two villages with the systems were able to eat three to five more serving of vegetables per day. But making the surplus available at markets also had a wider effect.

  The study compared the villages with two others where women farmed with traditional methods like carrying water in buckets. The amount of vegetables eaten in those villages also increased, though not as much.

  The researchers note that only four percent of the cropland in sub-Saharan Africa is irrigated. Using solar power to pump water has higher costs at first. But the study says it can be more economical in the long term than using fuels like gasoline, diesel or kerosene. And solar power is environmentally friendly.

1. People living in sub-Saharan Africa are short of food mainly because______.

  A. it seldom rains there throughout the year   B. there is little farmland in the area

  C. people there lack experience in farming    D. people know nothing about irrigation techniques

2. Which of the following is an advantage of Jennifer’s irrigation systems?

  A. They are not affected by the weather.

B. They cost much less than traditional irrigation systems.

  C. They have no bad effects on the environment.

  D. They use less fuel than traditional irrigation systems.

3. We can learn from the last paragraph that______.

  A. people in South Africa will soon be provided with enough food

  B. the demand for fuels like gasoline will greatly decrease in Africa

  C. people in sub-Saharan Africa don’t take agriculture seriously

  D. it’s worthwhile to use the new irrigation systems on the while

4. People in the two villages owe all the following to Jennifer’s irrigation systems EXCEPT that ______.

  A. they could buy more food during the dry season

  B. they could eat more vegetables than usual every day

  C. they could supply local markets with vegetables

  D. they could provide people in other villages with food

第二卷（非选择题）

第三部分：写作（共三节;满分55分）

第一节  单词拼写（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）

根据下列句子及所给汉语注释，写出各单词的正确形式。（每空只写一词）

66．We must arrange a      （方便的）time and place for the meeting.

67．The new hairstyle really      （适合）you---you look terrific.

68．Our school is more beautiful than        （他们的）.

69．They finished                  （测量）that piece of land last week.

70．I lay in bed       （舒服地）and I didn’t want to get up.

71．Letters         （递送）by air is much faster than those by train, but they cost more.

72．China has 56       （民族）and it has a large population.

73．The two friends         （分享）all that they have when they were studying abroad.

74．I will go and see you next         （星期三）.

75．Water was found at a           （深度）of 30 feet.

．The cousins are alike in age, but__________they are as different as day and night.

       A．anyhow    B．besides     C．otherwise  D．moreover

We may have dreams because we have needs that are  _____  in our daily lives.

    A. unknown     B. undone      C. unborn      D. unmet

The students were told to _____ their English before going abroad.

   A. give up      B. polish up      C. use up     D. end up

The 2008 Olympic Games,           in Beijing, impressed the world deeply.

       A．to be held       B．held  C．to held      D．holding

The bank is reported in the local newspaper _____ in broad daylight yesterday.

A. being robbed    B. to have been robbed    C. robbed    D. having been robbed

第二节：写作（满分25分）

     假设你是李华，今年初次到英国，暑假欲参加英语短期培训班。你在报纸上看到下面的广告，颇感兴趣，但是对次广告，你尚有许多不明之处，你将这些疑问都标在广告上了。你将用英语给房东写一封信，简要介绍你的情况并就你的疑问提出询问。

注意：1．词数120词左右；

2．广告上的要点均要提及，可适当增加细节，以使文章连贯。.

3．信的开头和结尾已写出，不必重复。

Dear Sir/Madam,

__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

                                                       Yours faithfully,

                                                   Li Hua