Forget Miami, Los Angeles and New York. – The next big Latin music explosion is on its way in secondary markets across the United States, and the numbers are there to back it up. Among all categories, Latin music was the only one registering growth in 2005. From tiny Vero Beach in northern Florida to Des Moines, Iowa, in the heart of the Midwest, from Charlotte, N.C．to Salt Lake City, Latin music sales are skyrocketing.

Wilson says there are two major reasons for the increase. One is simply the Hispanic(来自说西班牙语国家的) population’s increase in specific areas, which encourages stores to carry Latin product for the first time. Second, and perhaps more important, is the fact that major companies－whether dealing in music or not－are addressing the Latin consumer at a corporate level, creating Latin departments and hiring Latin ad agencies. One of Handleman’s suburban Detroit stores, for example, has expanded its Latin section four times in the last two years. Cities like Milwaukee and Des Moines are now stocking Latin product.

Besides, it also results from economic development. It goes something like this: more often than not, a city or country with a seemingly important Hispanic population will suddenly expand its construction or offer affordable housing to those working in larger, neighboring cities. This attracts lower-income workers, many of whom are Latin. Small shops and groceries begin to stock a small selection of music. When the Latin population numbers reach a critical mass, the local mass merchant, if there is one, begins stocking the product. Sooner or later, a local radio station follows; first AM, then FM. Sometimes it’s a cable TV show or a small TV station.

Of course, there are other driving forces that should not be forgotten, for example, regional Mexican music.

68．The passage mainly tells readers _____.

       A．that more and more Americans like Latin music

       B．what makes Latin music develop fast in American market

       C．why Latin music becomes Americans’ favorite music

       D．that Latin music is bringing in more benefits for Americans

69．The underlined word “skyrocketing” in the first paragraph means “_____”.

       A．changing very quickly     B．disappearing slowly

       C．recovering slowly           D．increasing very quickly

70．According to the third paragraph, which shows the right relations among the following things?

       ①economic development       ②more Latin workers

③shops’ stock of Latin music ④local radio station

⑤small TV station         ⑥the development of Latin music

A．①                          B．  ①                       C．   ①                D． ①

↓                                   ↘                      ↙                            ↓

②                         ⑤       ②                      ②                         ②

↙↓↘                            ↑        ↓                     ↙↘                                  

③ ④ ⑤                  ⑥       ③           ③  ④  ⑤       ③  ④  ⑤ ⑥

↘↓↙                            ↖  ↙             ↖ ↑ ↗

⑥                            ④                  ⑥

71．Suppose that the passage doesn’t finish, which of the following may be discussed next?

       A．The variety of Latin music in America.

       B．The economic development in Hispanic area.

       C．The historic development of regional Mexican music.

       D．The driving forces of regional Mexican music.

第三部分   任务型阅读（共10小题：每小题1分，满分10分）

阅读下面短文，根据所需内容在文后第76至第85小题的空格添上适当的单词或短语，并将答案转写到答题卡上。

请认真阅读下列短文，并根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填入最恰当的词。

注意：每空一个单词

Wen Jiabao arrived in Singapore yesterday for an official visit to the country. It is the first visit by a Chinese premier to Singapore in eight years. In the arrival statement, When said he is looking forward to the meeting with Singing pore on ways to deepen East Asian cooperation between two nations so as to contribute to the building of a peaceful, harmonious relationship. "

Premier Wen Jiabao and Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong agreed to jointly develop an environmentally friendly city in northeastern China. The city will be a model for sustainable development, a Singapore government statement said. The "Sino-Singapore Tianjin Eco-city" will be developed by a joint venture formed by Chinese and Singapore companies. "This eco-city, to be built in Tianjin, will become another highlight in our relations," When said after signing an agreement with Lee, who agreed, "On the Singapore side, on all levels, we'll give this project our full support.”

The two sides will share expertise and experiences in urban planning, environmental protection, resources conservation, recycling, use of renewable resources and wastewater re-use. China's economic planning agency issued a set of guidelines earlier this month welcoming foreign investment in environmentally friendly areas such as recycling, "clean" industries and environmental protection.

Bilateral relations between China and Singapore have seen big progress even though the two countries established diplomatic ties only 17 years ago, When said during his talks with Lee.

China and Singapore have also kept close contact and coordination on regional issues, he added. When said China and Singapore are both important Asian countries that share common interests in many areas.

Title: Wen’s visit to Singapore

When it    air pollution, Beijing faces the three “C” s，cars，coal and construction，which lead to Beijing's thick air pollution．

A．refers to    B．comes to    C．happens to   D．speaks to

 My key is gone. Have you seen it anywhere?  

– Oh, it is in the room _______ we had a talk last night  

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

第四部分：书面表达（满分25分）

在紧张的高三备考阶段,你班老师为了提高复习效率,广泛征求学生的意见。假如你是李华,请根据以下提示,给英语老师写封信,表达你们的需求和建议。

·不要教得太快,留足思考时间；

·反复训练重要、易错的知识点；

·指导学习方法；

·减少作业量以保证质量；

·多鼓励我们。

注意：

1.不要按提示逐句翻译,可根据实际情况适当调整细节,以使行文连贯；

2.词数100-120（开头和结尾已经给出,不计入总词数）

Dear Mr. Wang,

We're so pleased that you are willing to share our views.

In the course of the general revision, what we need in solid foundation.

Your ever,

Li Hua

For photographers lacking training, experience and even the ability to click a shutter button, they produce remarkable pictures. Under the sea, deep in the woods and high in the sky, furry, feathery and leathery-skinned creatures are opening up vistas（远景）by taking cameras where no human can go.

This is the world of animal-borne imagine celebrated last month at a conference sponsored(supported) by the National Geographic Society for the 20th anniversary of its Crittercam, the device that started it all.

Since its debut（首次公开露面）in 1987 on the back of a turtle, the Crittercam and similar devices developed by others have grown smaller and more powerful.

“It’s more than just a camera now,” said Greg Marshall, the marine biologist and now filmmaker who invented the Crittercam. “We are now including more instruments to gather more data while at the same time reducing everything in size.”

The idea of attaching video cameras to animals came to Mr. Marshall in 1986 on a dive off Belize when a shark apporached him. When the animal quickly turned away, he noticed a shark with a sucker fish on its belly. He came up with the idea that putting a camera in place of the sucker fish would allow people to witness the shark’s behavior without disturbing it.

Crittercams have been attached to sharks, sea lions and other marine animals, and, more recently, to land animals.

Birds are a new addition, Mr. Marshall said. Dr. Christian Rutz of Oxford recently reported on tiny cameras called feathercams that monitor the crows in the South Pacific. It has discovered that crows are smarter than anyone knew they not only use twigs（嫩枝）and grass stems as tools to root out food, but they also save their favorite tools to use again.

Tracey L. Rogers, director of the Australian Marine Mammal Research Center in Sydney, said crittercam was a powerful tool in her work with leopard seals（豹斑海豹）in Antarctica. “In studying animals,” Dr. Rogers said at the meeting, “you want to see how our animal models align（与……一致）with reality. With a camera, you actually see what they do. You don’t have to guess.”

64.What’s the text mainly about?

A. The advantages of crittercam.

B. The development of Crittercams in the past 20 years.

C. How crittercam was invented.

D. How crittercam works.

65.What inspired Marshall to invent crittercam?

A. The sight of sucker fish clinging to a shark on a dive.

B. The thought of how to photograph animals better.

C. Noticing a shark eating a sucker fish on a dive.

D. Seeing a shark with a camera on its belly on a dive.

66.According to Dr. Rogers, crittercam ____.

A. can clear up all your doubts about animals

B. is the most powerful tool in studying animals

C. enabled her to observe the crows in the South Pacific closely

D. helped a lot with her research on leopard seals in Antarctica

67.All of the following are improvements of crittercams EXCEPT that ____.

A. the size is becoming smaller

B. more instruments are involved to gather more data

C. they allow researchers to see where and how animals live

D. they are able to be applied to smaller animals such as birds

短文改错 (每小题1分,共10分)

在下面的短文中只有10处错误，请找出，多出的（从第11处）起不给分。

增加：在缺词处加一个漏词符号（∧），并在此符号下面写出该加的词

删除：把多余词用（﹨）划掉

修改：在错词下划一横线，并在该词下写出修改后的词

My sister saw a lovely cup when we are shopping the other day. She liked it at once. Then she bent down and picked up to look at a price on it. As she did this, lots of tea splashed on his T-shirt! I had to try hardly not to laugh at her shocked face! My sister wanted get out of the shop as fast as she could when a shop assistant came over to us. It was turned out to be her own cup, that she’d left on the shelf by mistake. The assistant was clearly as embarrassing as my sister, for I just thought it was funny!   

Some pupils are often scared _______ some money in the corner of the streets by a few young men.

第四部分：书面表达（满分25分）

请你以A Worried Mother的名义给中国教育报写一封信,反映如下情况：

1. 很多电视节目充满了暴力,儿童常常模仿；

2. 不能用儿童来做广告,这样不利于孩子们的成长；

3. 一些儿童看了电视里的广告后,要求他们的父母只购买广告里的糖果、玩具等之类的商品；

4. 不能把一些著名的儿歌改变成广告词。

注意：

1. 信的开头已为你写好；

2. 不能逐条翻译；

3. 词数100左右。

Dear Editor,

I'd like to tell you something about the effect of television. ...

For photographers lacking training, experience and even the ability to click a shutter button, they produce remarkable pictures. Under the sea, deep in the woods and high in the sky, furry, feathery and leathery-skinned creatures are opening up vistas（远景）by taking cameras where no human can go.

This is the world of animal-borne imagine celebrated last month at a conference sponsored(supported) by the National Geographic Society for the 20th anniversary of its Crittercam, the device that started it all.

Since its debut（首次公开露面）in 1987 on the back of a turtle, the Crittercam and similar devices developed by others have grown smaller and more powerful.

“It’s more than just a camera now,” said Greg Marshall, the marine biologist and now filmmaker who invented the Crittercam. “We are now including more instruments to gather more data while at the same time reducing everything in size.”

The idea of attaching video cameras to animals came to Mr. Marshall in 1986 on a dive off Belize when a shark apporached him. When the animal quickly turned away, he noticed a shark with a sucker fish on its belly. He came up with the idea that putting a camera in place of the sucker fish would allow people to witness the shark’s behavior without disturbing it.

Crittercams have been attached to sharks, sea lions and other marine animals, and, more recently, to land animals.

Birds are a new addition, Mr. Marshall said. Dr. Christian Rutz of Oxford recently reported on tiny cameras called feathercams that monitor the crows in the South Pacific. It has discovered that crows are smarter than anyone knew they not only use twigs（嫩枝）and grass stems as tools to root out food, but they also save their favorite tools to use again.

Tracey L. Rogers, director of the Australian Marine Mammal Research Center in Sydney, said crittercam was a powerful tool in her work with leopard seals（豹斑海豹）in Antarctica. “In studying animals,” Dr. Rogers said at the meeting, “you want to see how our animal models align（与……一致）with reality. With a camera, you actually see what they do. You don’t have to guess.”

64.What’s the text mainly about?

A. The advantages of crittercam.

B. The development of Crittercams in the past 20 years.

C. How crittercam was invented.

D. How crittercam works.

65.What inspired Marshall to invent crittercam?

A. The sight of sucker fish clinging to a shark on a dive.

B. The thought of how to photograph animals better.

C. Noticing a shark eating a sucker fish on a dive.

D. Seeing a shark with a camera on its belly on a dive.

66.According to Dr. Rogers, crittercam ____.

A. can clear up all your doubts about animals

B. is the most powerful tool in studying animals

C. enabled her to observe the crows in the South Pacific closely

D. helped a lot with her research on leopard seals in Antarctica

67.All of the following are improvements of crittercams EXCEPT that ____.

A. the size is becoming smaller

B. more instruments are involved to gather more data

C. they allow researchers to see where and how animals live

D. they are able to be applied to smaller animals such as birds