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 --- I’ll tell Mary about her new job tomorrow.

   --- What? You ______ her last week.

       A. ought to tell             B. must have told  C. might have told  D. should have told

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Hoorah！I have escaped the Czech (捷克) Republic! I am now wearing light clothing and sunglasses, although the latter are superfluous today, as it is cool and overcast with cloud and it has rained slightly.

The city of Qatar (卡塔尔) is flat and sandy with few trees — mostly palms. You can see construction everywhere, new streets with hotels and apartment blocks in Venice theme. It’s a mix of super modern and traditional building styles. Everything looks new including the vehicles. There are many huge roundabouts; no traffic rules or at least no one obeys any. The huge 4-storey shopping mall in fantastic style has an ice rink (溜冰场) on the ground floor. Thousands of people walk round the waterfront after dark.

    Qataris are very religious and there are calls to prayers regularly. Qatari men are dressed in all sorts of traditional clothing plus western dresses. You can easily find imported labour from South Asian countries, poorly paid and discriminated against. I am told that Qataris don’t hide their racist attitudes.

Women are always wonderful sights. Some are in all sorts of black clothing with face uncovered; some totally enveloped; lots wearing western dresses. Best sight so far: a woman in a mall completely wrapped in black including gloves, not even an eye shown — wearing glasses on the outside of her veil (面纱), using a cell phone while fingering a dress.

I am living with my employers — a New Zealand couple, and another teacher named Wayne, all about my age. We share one apartment. I have a large room with a bathroom attached: it is a little run-down but very comfortable. The only rather annoying thing is that I have to use the laptop on my bed as there is no desk and chair in here. As soon as it is clear that I will be staying I will make a change to all this. I haven’t lived with other people for many years and have been used to living alone so it will be interesting to see how this works.

49. The best title for this passage is ________.

A. The New Life with My Employers                 B. General Observation of Qataris

C. My Adventure in the Czech Republic             D. My First Impressions of Qatar

50. The underlined part in paragraph one can be explained as ________.

   A. it will be a fine day later                  B. light clothing is helpless with cold

C. sunglasses appear fantastic              D. sunglasses become unnecessary

51. In the author’s eyes, Qatar is a ________.

   A. rich western industrialized country             B. backward agricultural country

C. modern society with religious tradition     D. nation closed to the outside world

52. It is true that the author is ________.                 

A. pleased with her present living condition   B. missing her days in the Czech Republic

C. not certain how long she will be staying     D. worried about her relation with her boss

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 Can’t we just live in today, ________ the worries of tomorrow or the regrets of the past?

A. free from      B. aware of               C. sure of              D. tired from

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－Why did you have to get that stamp? It’s far from beautiful．

  －________my collection，of course．

  A．Completing         B．To complete       C．Complete        D．Completed

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第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）

第一节（共15小题：每小题2分，满分30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。

Heather Mills McCartney lives an admirable life, attending celebrity parties, meeting regularly with the rich and famous and doing meaningful work for charity. All who work with her admire and respect her. But Heather’s life hasn’t always been so easy. When Heather was only 9 years old, her mother abandoned her and her two brothers. At the age of 13, she ran away from home and ended up living on the streets in London. Eventually, however, her exceptional beauty led to a career in modeling. At that time, Heather also began helping with the war relief efforts in former Yugoslavia. Through her modeling and relief work, she soon became famous.

But in August 1993, at age 25 her life changed once again. She was crossing the street in London when a motorcycle crashed into her. She was so badly injured that the doctors had to cut off her left leg. After that, she discovered she frequently needed to change her artificial limbs (假肢). It was expensive and she felt it was a waste to just throw away the old one. It occurred to her to set up an organization that could deliver used artificial limbs to Yugoslavia and other war-torn countries. It was through her charity work that she met her husband Paul McCartney.

Throughout her life, Heather has risen above problems and focused on helping others. Her work with artificial limbs even earned her a nomination (提名) for the Nobel Peace Prize in 1996. Heather’s persistence and determination are what impresses anyone who knows her. Heather believes anyone can make a positive difference in the world.

36.This passage is mainly about _________.

A. Heather’s miserable life                

B. Heather’s contribution to the world

C. Heather’s success in her work    

D. Heather’s belief in life

37. Heather began her modeling career _________.

A. due to her mother’s encouragement    

B. after her brothers abandoned her

C. because of her excellent intelligence and performances    

 D. because she was especially beautiful

38. Which of the following is Not true according to the passage?

A. Heather won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1996.

B. Heather began her charity work while working as a model.

C. Her artificial limbs had to be replaced continuously.

D. Heather has never been defeated by her problems.

39. From the passage we can infer that people admire and respect Heather because

_________.

A. she had a lot of misfortunes during her childhood  

B. she was a world-famous model

C. she is determined and never gives in        

D. she made a great difference in the world

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Without plants, people could not live. We eat plants. We take in oxygen that plants make. And we need plants for another reason: We need them because they are beautiful.

Imagine a world with no plants. Imagine no flowers with their sweet smells, their beautiful colours and their lovely shapes. Imagine, when the wind blows, we are not able to hear the leaves of the trees or watch the branches swing from side to side.

Everywhere people need beautiful plants. That is why we have parks full of trees and flowers. That is why people always like houses with room for some grass and a garden.

Do you talk to your plants? Do you give them love and take good care of them? Peter Tompkins and Christopher Bird, writers of a book called The  Secret  of  Plants ,  tell of an experiment in which two seeds were planted in different places. While the plants were growing, one plant was given love and hopeful ideas. After six months, the beloved plant was bigger. Under the earth it had more and longer roots; above the earth, it had a thicker stem and more leaves.

68.In the experiment, the two plants were _____.

       A.treated in two different ways    

B. of different kinds

       C. both given love and taken good care of  

D. grown in the same place

69 At the end of six months________.

       A. the plants were of the same size            

B. one plant had longer roots than the other

    C. one plant had longer roots; the other plant had a thicker stem

    D. one plant had a thicker stem; the other plant had more leaves

70.Tompkings and Bird believe that plants________

       A. can talk to each other      

B. can take care of each other

C. should be grown in different places       

D. need love and care

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第三节 书面表达（满分 30分）

假如你是李华，18岁，现在是衡水中学高三的一名学生。你在网上看到香港大学计划在河北招收2名高三毕业生的消息。你对此非常感兴趣，并有意报考该校。请你给香港大学校长写一封自荐信。信的内容应包括：

1. 姓名、年龄及就读学校；

2. 品学兼优；爱好英语、篮球和电脑；

3. 曾荣获2009年河北省英语演讲比赛一等奖；

4. 希望能就读于香港大学计算机科学系。

注意：1.词数100左右。信的开头和结尾已为你写好；

2.可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

Dear President，

Knowing that you are going to choose two students to study in your school from Hebei Province, I’d like to have a try. ____________________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________________

I’m looking forward to your early reply.

Best wishes.

Yours，

Li Hua

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 -----I don’t care what people think.

-----Well, you ____.

A. could          B. would            C. should             D. might

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 When you get your paper back , pay special attention to ____ has been marked .

A.  where          B. which         C  what         D.that       

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From Mum’s love, patience and understanding, I have learned what a huge responsibility ___ is to raise a child.

A. it                      B. that                         C. this            D. one