– Is John coming by train?

   – He should, but he _______ not. He likes driving his car.

   A. must          B. can          C. need         D. may      

．—Let’s back up. Where was I?

—______.

    A. You were in the kitchen.                                 B. You left your book at home.

    C. You were having a rest.                                        D. You were talking about the cause.

  It is natural that children are curious about the world around them. For example, they want to know how their hearts beat. They want to know why the ocean water tastes salty.

　As children grow up, they become curious about different kinds of things. When they are babies, they are interested in the parts of their bodies and in the smiles of their mothers. They become interested in the physical world around them: the plants, the animals, the sky. Later, they become interested in the things that people have made: wheels, bicycles, cars. And when they are adults, their curiosity continues. Sometimes this curiosity leads to a career in science.

　Scientists spend their lives trying to find out about the world. Those who work with the earth sciences study the earth, the oceans, and the sky. Other scientists who study living things work with the biological sciences. A third group of scientists study the physical sciences, e. g. physics, chemistry .

　These scientists have already discovered a lot about our world. For example, they tell us why your heart beats fast when you run. They say that when you are quiet, your heart normally beats 65 or 75 times a minute. Your heart is a pump that pumps blood to all parts of the body. The blood carries oxygen and nutrition. When you run, your muscles work very hard and use the nutrition that the blood carries to them. The muscles need oxygen, too. So your brain sends a signal to the heart. The signal means that the muscles need more nutrition and oxygen. Then the heart beats fast and sends blood quickly to the muscles. It may beat 90 to 140 times a minute.

　Of course, scientists cannot answer all of our questions. If we ask, “Why does the ocean water taste salty” scientists will say that the salt comes from rocks. When a rock gets very hot or very cold, it cracks. Rain falls into cracks. The rain then carries the salt into the earth and into the rivers. The rivers carry the salt into the ocean. But then we ask , “What happens to the salt in the ocean? The ocean does not get saltier every year.” Scientists are not sure about the answer to this question.

　We know a lot about our world, but there are still many answers that we do not have, and we are curious.

According to the passage, which of the following statements is true?

　 A. People are curious in the same way.

　 B. People in different countries are interested in different things.

　 C. People of different ages are interested in different things.　 

   D. Men and women are curious about different things.

Scientists who work with the biological sciences study____.

   A. the earth , the oceans and the sky    B. plants and animals

   C. man-made things                 D. ocean water

A rock cracks _____.

   A. in wet regions                   B. in dry regions

   C. when salty water falls in           D. at very high or very low temperatures

People are always curious because _____ .

A. they know little about the world     B. they know nothing about the world

C. they can not explain many things     D. they want to be scientists

第Ⅱ卷 （非选择题，共35分）

第四部分：写作（共两节，满分35分）

第一节 短文改错 (共10小题,每小题1分，满分10分)

此题要求改正所给短文中的错误。对标有题号的每一行做出判断：如无错误，在该行右边的横线上划一个“√”如有错误（每行只有一个错误），则按下列情况改正：

该行多一个词：把多余的词用斜线（╲）划掉，在该行右边横线上写出该词，并也用斜线划掉。

该行缺一个词：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），在该行右边横线上写出该加的词。

该行错一个词：在错的词下划一横线，在该行右边横线上写出改正后的词。

注意：原行没有错的不要改。

This summer holiday, I get a chance to teach English                              76. ___________

beginners. I experienced life as teacher for the first time.                         77. ___________

The students were very small, but I was even nervous when                     78. ___________

so many kids stared at me. Fortunately, their warmly welcome                79. ___________

encouraged me. I taught them some letters, sang English songs                80. ___________

and played games with them, fill the classroom with laughter.                  81. ___________

But little kid like talking with each other in class, so it was                      82. ___________

hard to control the class. As a result, I got a sore throat. Thus,                 83. ___________

I found that teaching is cool and exciting, especially that                         84. ___________

when you help your students to learn anything with joy.                          85. ___________

Some exercises appear to be ______ ones you have done, but on ______ second thoughts, you’ll find that they’re different.

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

 After a 68-hour flight in the Shenzhou VII spaceship, three astronauts Zhai zhigang, Liu Boming and Jing Haipeng returned to the earth _____.

A. safely and soundly     B. safe and sound   C. safely and sound    D. safe and soundless

Will computers take ________ place of humanbeings? As_______ matter of fact, it is still _______question.

A. /, the, a      B.   The, a, the      C.  the, a, a       D.   /, a,  the

 She couldn’t go to the party that day because she_____.

A. hasn’t invited               B. hadn’t invited     

C. hasn’t been invited           D. hadn’t been invited

 Sometimes the expert ________ a task from a historical point of view.

    A. doesn’t need to approach      B. dare settle     C. needs not to solve    D. dare not to deal with

第三部分  阅读理解（共20 小题；每小题2分，满分40分）

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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

 “Can I see my baby?” asked the happy new mother. The bundle(婴儿包) was placed in her arms and when she moved the fold of cloth to look upon his tiny face, she gasped—the baby had been born without ears. Time, however, proved that the baby’s hearing was perfect except his appearance.

One day when he rushed home from school and threw himself into his mother’s arms, he cried out bitterly, “A boy, a big boy called me—a f-…freak.” She sighed, knowing that his life was to be endless of heartbreaks.

He grew up, handsome for his misfortune. A favorite with his fellow students, he might have been class president, but for that. He developed a gift for literature and music.

The boy’s father had a talk with the family doctor. Could nothing be done? “I believe we could graft(移植) on a pair of outer ears, if they could be donated,” the doctor decided. So the search began for a person who would make such a sacrifice for a young man. Two years went by. “You’re going to the hospital, son. Mother and I have someone who will donate the ears you need. But it’s a secret,” said the father.

The operation was a brilliant success. His talents blossomed into genius. School and college became a series of successes. Later he married and entered the diplomatic(外交) service. “But I must know!” he urged his father. “Who gave so much for me? I could never do enough for him.”

“I do not believe you could,” said the father, “but the agreement was that you are not to know…, not yet.” The years kept the secret, but the day did come… one of the darkest days that ever pass through a son. He stood with his father over his mother’s casket(棺材). Slowly and tenderly, the father stretched forth a hand and raised the thick, reddish-brown hair to let out the secret.

56. The story is mainly about_______.

A. how a boy had new ears through an operation

B. what a devoted parent privately did for the child

C. how a disabled boy turned into a useful person

D. why a donator made a sacrifice to a bright boy

57. The underlined word “freak” in Paragraph 2 probably means “_______”.

A. slow-acting person                                B. ugly-looking child

C. badly-behaved student                                  D. strangely-shaped creature

58. What can be inferred from the passage?

A. The agreement was between the donator and the family.

B. The boy was so popular that he was made class president.

C. Finally the boy came to know who the donator was.

D. The mother donated her ears to her son after she died.

59. We can learn from the passage that _______.

A. real love sometimes lies in what is done unknown 

B. it is up to parents to help their children heart and soul

C. true beauty lies only in the heart not in appearance

D. it’s a virtue for young generations to learn to be grateful