A library with five thousand books _______ to the nation as a gift.

  A. is offered                     B. have offered      C. are offered               D. has offered

Handshaking, though a European practice, is now often seen in big cities of China. Nobody knows exactly when the practice started in Europe.  It is said that long long ago in Europe when people met, they showed their unarmed (无武器的) hands to each other as a sign of goodwill. As time went on and trade in cities grew rapidly, people in cities began to clap each other's hands to make a deal or to reach an agreement. This practice wax later changed into shaking hands among friends on meeting or leaving each other. "Let's shake (hands) on it' sometimes means agreement reached.

     Do the Europeans shake hands wherever they go and with whomever they meet? No. Some-times the Chinese abroad reach out their hands too often to be polite, it is really very impolite to give your hand when the other party, especially when it is a woman, shows little interest in shaking hands with you and when the meeting does not mean anything to him or her. Even if', for politeness, lie holds out his unwilling hand in answer to your uninvited hand, just touch it slightly. There is generally a misunderstanding (误解) among the Chinese that westerners are usually open and straightforward, while the Chinese are rather reserved (保守的) in manner. But in fact some people in western countries are more reserved than some Chinese today.  So it is a good idea to shake hands with a westerner only when he shows interest in further relations with you.

In the old days in Europe, people put out their unarmed hands to each other        .

   A. to make a deal              B. to greet each other

   C. to show friendliness          D. to reach an agreement

The first paragraph mainly tells us        .

   A. where handshaking was first practised

   B. how handshaking came about

   C. about the relationship between handshaking and trade

   D. about the practice of handshaking both in Europe and in China

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

   A. Westerners are more reserved than the Chinese.

   B. Westerners are unwilling to shake hands.

   C. We should make a judgment before shaking hands.

   D. We shouldn't shake hands with European women.

The main purpose of the text is        

   A. to tell us some differences between the East and the West

   B. to offer us some important facts about handshaking

   C. to introduce us to some different customs in the West

   D. to give us some advice before we travel abroad

语音知识（共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分）

从A、B、C、D四个选项中，找出其划线部分与所给单词的划线部分读音相同的选项。

navy      A. nature     B. fast        C. magazine      D. narrow

example   A. expect     B. explain     C. exchange      D. existence

retell      A. recent     B. terrible     C. energy        D. problem

wealth    A. neither     B. strength     C. thus          D. bathe

bush      A. such       B. truly       C. argue         D. gunshot

 _______ is believed, all the scientists subscribe to the view ______ the increase in the earth’s temperature is due to the burning of fossil fuels to produce energy.

A. It;   \      B. As ;  that      C. It;  if    D. As;  whether

 The beggar has no money with which to buy food. However, no passers-by

______ him.

   A. have mercy on                                        B. are at the mercy of

   C. show mercy on                                       D. to be merciful to

第二节 基础写作

执信中学将举行广州亚运会志愿者选拔大赛，选拔3名优秀志愿者推荐给亚组委。现正接受同学们报名。

[写作内容]

请你用英语拟一份报名公告，必须包含以下内容：

[写作要求]

1．只能使用5个句子表达全部内容；

2．短文的开头已为你写好。

 [评分标准]

句子结构准确，信息内容完整，篇章结构连贯。

          Volunteer Selection Competition

Zhixin High School is about to hold a Selection Competition to pick out the best three volunteers who are going to be recommended to the Organizing Committee of Guangzhou Asian Games. The details are as follows.

_______ from other continents for millions of years, Australia has many plants and animals not found in any other country in the world.

A. Being separated               B. Having separated

C. Having been separated          D. To be separated

 Finding her car stolen, _____________.

  A. a policeman was asked to help

  B. the area was searched thoroughly

  C. it is looked for everywhere

  D. she hurried to a policemen for help

IV、写作（共两节，满分为40分）

第一节 基础写作（共1题，满分15分）

2009年10月31日，著名科学家钱学森在北京逝世。请根据下列信息以“A Great Scientist”为题写一篇介绍钱学森的英语短文。

[写作要求]

1）只能使用5个句子表达全部的内容。

2）介绍须包括所有内容要点，但不要逐条译成英语。

3）参考词汇：中国科协Chinese Technology Association                

两弹一星‘two bombs and one satellite’

导弹 missile   航空航天 aerospace

[评分标准]

   句子结构准确，信息内容完整，篇章结构连贯。

We all like to make friends with him because he always ________.

       A. has words                 B. has a word                C. keeps his word          D. keeps his words