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单元质量检测（一）
时间：100分钟 满分：120分
Ⅰ.阅读理解(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A、B、C和D中，选出最佳选项。
A
Every Olympics creates encouraging stories.Here are 4 memorable moments in U．S. summer Olympic history.
Kerri Strug
Gymnastics
Women gymnasts from the Soviet Union had won team gold at every Games since 1948.Then came Team USA in Atlanta in 1996.They were in first place after three events.One to go: the vault (跳马)．Kerri Strug was the final American.She landed and felt her left ankle crack.There was no time to know if her 9.162 score was enough to hang on to petitors get two tries at the vault, and the better one counts.Her coach asked Strug if she could vault again. “I will do it, I will, I will，” she replied.This time, she landed on both feet.Her score: a gold medal winning 9.712.
Al Oerter
Track and Field
Six days before the final while practicing, Oerter hurt his neck.Medics told him it was the end of his career.But this was the Olympics.Blocking out the pain, he set an Olympic record.In 1968, Oerter was told he was too old to compete, but he made it.His final throw broke the Olympic record.No other athlete has won four successive (连续的) gold medals in the discus (掷铁饼)．
Rulon Gardner
Wrestling (摔跤)
Rulon Gardner didn't stand a chance.In Sydney, Australia, in 2000, the farm boy from Wyoming faced Russian wrestler Aleksandr Karelin.Karelin had three Olympic gold medals and nine world titles.But no matter what Karelin tried, Gardner resisted (抵抗)．With five seconds left, the “unbeatable” Karelin gave up.It was the biggest surprise in Olympic wrestling history.
Billy Mills
Track and Field
The only person who thought Billy Mills would win the 10,000 meter race in Tokyo in 1964 was Billy Mills.No American had even come close to winning the race since it became an Olympic event in 1912.This “unknown” ran 45 seconds faster than ever before, setting an Olympic record and taking home the first and only gold medal for the U．S. in the event.
1．What happened to Al Oerter
A．He lost the 1968 Olympics.
B．He hurt himself in the final game.
C．He set an Olympic record with injuries.
D．He gave up his career on doctors' advice.
2．Why was Rulon Gardner's victory a surprise
A．He beat a powerful competitor.
B．He hurt his foot during the match.
C．He earned three Olympic gold medals.
D．He was the first American to win the match.
3．What do Kerri Strug and Billy Mills have in common
A．They took part in the same event.
B．They tried twice in their matches.
C．They were famous athletes before their victories.
D．They won the first Olympic gold medals for America in their events.
B
Son's Help
Mr. Lang worked in a factory. As a driver, he was busy but he was paid much. His wife was an able woman and did all the housework. When he came back, she took good care of him and he never did anything at home. So he had enough time when he had a holiday. A few friends of him liked gambling (赌博) and he learned it soon. So he was interested in it and hardly forgot anything except gambling. He lost all his money and later he began to sell the television, watches and so on. His wife told him not to do it but he didn't listen to her. She had to tell the police. He and his friends were punished for it. And he was hardly sent away. After he came out of lockup (拘留所), he hated her very much and the woman had to leave him.
It was New Year's Day. Mr. Lang didn't go to work. He felt lonely and wanted to gamble again. He called his friends and they came soon. But they were afraid the police would come. He told his five year old son to go to find out if there were the policemen outside. They waited for a long time and didn't think the police would come and began to gamble. Suddenly opened the door and in came a few policemen.
“I saw there weren't any policemen outside, daddy，” said the boy, “so I went to the crossing and asked some to come.”
4．Mr. Lang was paid much because .
A．he was a driver
B．he worked in a factory
C．he had a lot of work to do
D．he had worked there for a long time
5．Mrs. Lang did all housework because .
A．she couldn't find any work
B．she thought her husband was tired
C．her husband spent all time in gambling
D．she wouldn't stop her husband gambling
6．__________, so he was put into lockup.
A．Mr. Lang often gambled
B．Mr. Lang was late for work
C．Mr. Lang didn't help his wife at home
D．Mr. Lang wasn't polite to the police
7．The woman had to leave Mr. Lang because .
A．he didn't love her any longer
B．he wouldn't stop gambling
C．he had been put into lockup
D．he was hardly sent away by the factory
C
Are the British people Europeans？This may seem a strange question to Africans and Asians, who tend to think of all white men as Europeans. But the British, when they are in Britain, do not regard themselves as Europeans. The Europeans, to them, are those rather excitable foreigners from the other side of the English Channel, who have never learnt how to speak English. Europe is “the Continent”：a place full of interest for British tourists, but also the source of almost all the wars in which Britain has ever been involved. Thus, although geographically speaking Britain is a part of Europe, yet the fact that it is a separate island has made its people feel very, very insular (孤立的). They feel, and in many ways are, different from the rest of Europe and they sometimes annoy continental nations by failing to support them, or even to understand them, in time of need.
Where did the British people come from？This is an extraordinary interesting question, since they are a mixture of many different races，and all these races invaded Britain at various times from Europe. Nobody knows very much about Britain before the Romans came during the first century B．C., but there had been at least three invasions before that. The first of these was by a dark haired Mediterranean race called the Iberians. The other two were by Celtic tribes: first the Gaels, whose descendants are the modern Scots and Irish, some of whom still speak the Gaelic language；and second the Britons, who gave their name to the whole island of Britain. These were the people whom the Romans conquered. The Romans gave the Britons a good deal of their civilization, but they never settled in Britain in very large numbers, so the British race survived until the overthrow of the Roman Empire by the“barbarians”， i．e. the numerous Germanic tribes which overran the whole of Western Europe.
8．The purpose of the passage is to .
A．talk about Europeans
B．discuss the origin of British people
C．argue for the superiority of British people
D．compare the Europeans with Africans and Asians
9．It can be known from the passage that .
A．most people think white people are Europeans
B．there are many Africans and Asians living in Europe
C．white men are Europeans in the eyes of Africans and Asians
D．the British people think of themselves as Europeans
10．Why do the British people feel very insular
A．They are different from those people in the continent.
B．They sometimes fail to support the continental countries in time of need.
C．They are separated geographically from the continent.
D．They are considered very difficult to understand.
11．Which of the following might be discussed after this passage
A．The Germanic tribes which invaded Britain.
B．The civilization the Romans gave Britain.
C．The Romans who did not settle in Britain.
D．The survival of the British people in the first century B．C.
D
Computers are very important to modern life. Many people think that in the future compu ters will be used in lots of everyday life. It is thought that we won't have to go shopping because we will be able to get most things which are sold in shops on the Internet. There will be no more books because we will be able to get all texts from computers. The Internet will be used to play games, see films and buy food. Most telephone calls will be made by computers, too.
Some people are glad about these new ways of shopping and communicating (交际). Others do not think that computers will replace our old ways.
Let's look at books, for example. Some people think that one day we will not read books made of paper. Instead, we will buy and read books using computers. We will read texts on small pocket computers. The computers will keep many different books in them at the same time. We won't need to turn lots of pages and paper will be puterized (计算机化) books will be used more and more.
Is Internet shopping such a pleasure as going to the shop Many people say it is not. It is a pleasure to go into shops and look at things you want to buy. It is also unlikely that many people will want to read large texts on our computers. Because paper books will perhaps be more friendly. Maybe computers won't change these two habits.
12．In Paragraph 1 it is thought people will use computers for .
A．playing games, shopping and making telephone calls
B．making telephone calls, having meals and seeing films
C．seeing films, buying food, and going for holidays
D．playing games, making telephone calls and seeing the doctor
13．Which reason for using computerized books is NOT said in the passage
A．Computerized books won't be very expensive.
B．Computers can keep many different books in them.
C．We won't have lots of pages.
D．We won't need any paper.
14．Paragraph 4 tells .
A．about the old and new ways of shopping and comm unicating
B．if the Internet will change our habits
C．about computerized books
D．about future uses of computers
15．The title for this passage is .
A．Computers will Replace Shops and Books
B．Computers Are the Future
C．Computers will Do Everything for Man
D．How Computers Change Our Habits
Ⅱ.阅读七选五(共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分)
根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
Linguistic (语言学的) Puzzles
How did the language begin What was the world's first language Do all languages come from one original language 16
In the 4th century BC, the Greek historian Herodotus wrote this account: Psamtik Ⅰ， an Egyptian King, wanted to find out what the oldest language in the world was.
17 He told his servant to find two newborn babies. When the servant had found them, the king gave them to a shepherd (牧羊人) and said, “Keep these babies with the goats. Take care of them, but do not talk to them. Listen to any words that they say.” The king wanted to find out what language the children would speak if they were left alone. He said: “The first words they speak will come from the original language of the world.”
18 He told the king, who asked his scholars about this word. They told him that the Phrygians, who lived in an area which is now Turkey, called bread “becos”. The king said. “Then Phrygian is the oldest language.” Today we know that the king's conclusion was wrong. We don't know why the children said “becos”．
19 Scholars discovered that many European and southern Asian languages belonged to the same “family” and that they started from the same parent language, Proto Indo European. Linguists think that it had split into several different languages, including Greek and Sanskrit, between 2,000 and 1,000 BC. Other languages, such as English and Spanish, developed from later splits.
20 Two questions that interest linguists are：How does language change Why does language change If you like solving mysteries, historical linguistics may be the job for you.
A．Nowadays, we study the origin of language more scientifically.
B．He was talking about this problem with his scholars when he had an idea.
C．The King was very kind to his servant and his servant remained royal to him.
D．Linguists are the scholars who are very interested in categorizing the language families.
E．People have been trying to find the answers to these questions for more than 2,000 years.
F．One day, while the babies were babbling to each other, the shepherd heard them say “becos”．
G．Linguists have classified many language families, and they are still trying to categorize others.
Ⅲ.完形填空(共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分)
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
When Dave was eighteen, he bought a secondhand car for $200 so that he could travel to and from work more 21 than by bus. It worked quite well for a few years, but then it got so old, and it was costing him 22 much in repairs that he decided that he had better 23 it.
He asked among his friends to see if anyone was particularly 24 to buy a cheap car, but they all knew that it was falling to pieces, so 25 of them had any desire to buy it. Dave's friend Sam saw that he was 26 when they met one evening, and said, “What's 27 ， Dave？”
Dave told him, and Sam answered, “Well, what about advertising it in the paper You may 28 more for it that way than the cost of the advertisement！” Thinking that Sam's 29 was sensible (合理的), he put an advertisement in an evening paper, which read “For sale: small car, 30 very little petrol, only two owners. Bargain at $50.”
For two days after the advertisement first appeared, there was no 31 . But then on Saturday evening he had an enquiry (询问)．A man rang up and said he would like to 32 him about the car. “All right，” Dave said, feeling happy. He asked the man whether ten o'clock the next morning would be 33 or not. “Fine，” the man said, “and I'll 34 my wife. We intend to go for a ride in it to 35 it.”
The next morning, at a quarter to ten, Dave parked the car in the square outside his front door, 36 to wait there for the people who had 37 his advertisement. Even Dave had to 38 that the car really looked like a wreck (残骸). Then, soon after he had got the car as clean 39 it could be, a police car stopped just behind him and a policeman got out. He looked at Dave's car and then said, “Have you reported this 40 to us yet, sir？”
21．A.directly B．safely
C．properly D．easily
22．A.so B．such
C．very D．too
23．A.keep B．repair
C．sell D．throw
24．A.anxious B．lucky
C．ashamed D．generous
25．A.some B．neither
C．none D．most
26．A.delighted B．upset
C．calm D．astonished
27．A.on B．up
C．it D．that
28．A.learn B．miss
C．get D．find
29．A.message B．advice
C．request D．description
30．A.uses B．loses
C．has D．spends
31．A.doubt B．help
C．trouble D．answer
32．A.tell B．see
C．agree D．call
33．A.exact B．suitable
C．early D．late
34．A.follow B．meet
C．bring D．introduce
35．A.recognize B．gain
C．admire D．test
36．A.happening B．meaning
C．turning D．failing
37．A.read B．inserted
C．answered D．placed
38．A.forget B．show
C．disagree D．admit
39．A.as B．that
C．so D．such
40．A.bargain B．sale
C．accident D．result
Ⅳ.语法填空(共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分)
阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
O. Henry was a pen name used 41 an American writer of short stories. His real name was William Sydney Porter. He was born in North Carolina in 1862. As a young boy he lived an 42 (excite) life. He did not go to school for very long, but he managed 43 (teach) himself everything that he needed to know. When he was about 20 years old, Henry went to Texas, 44 he tried different jobs. He first worked on a newspaper, and then had a job in a bank. When some money was 45 (miss) from the bank, O. Henry was believed to have stolen it. Because of that, he was 46 (sentence) to prison. During the three years in prison, he learned to write short stories. After 47 (go) out of prison, he went to New York 48 continued writing. He 49 (write) mostlyabout New York and the life of the poor there. People liked his stories, because simple as the tales were, they would finish with a 50 (suddenly) change at the end to the reader's surprise.
Ⅴ.短文改错(共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分)
假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧)，并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线(\划掉。
修改：在错的词下画一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2．只允许修改10处，多者(从第11处起)不计分。
One afternoon on May, 1912, a new ship set off from England to America on its the first trip. It was one of largest at that time. It was cold, but the trip was pleasant and people are enjoying themselves.
The next day was even cold. People could see icebergs here or there. It was night. Suddenly, the man on watch shouting, “Look Out! Iceberg! Iceberg！” It was too late. A ship hit the iceberg and came to a stop. There was a very big hole on the ship and water began to come. Slowly the ship started to go down with the people.
Ⅵ.书面表达(满分25分)
众所周知，海洋动植物的数量正在减少，有些物种甚至灭绝了。原因：过度利用；水质污染。因此海洋环境问题急需关注。
请根据以上要点写一篇100词左右的英语短文，简要说明海洋环境问题。
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单元质量检测（一）
时间：100分钟 满分：120分
Ⅰ.阅读理解(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A、B、C和D中，选出最佳选项。
A
Every Olympics creates encouraging stories.Here are 4 memorable moments in U．S. summer Olympic history.
Kerri Strug
Gymnastics
Women gymnasts from the Soviet Union had won team gold at every Games since 1948.Then came Team USA in Atlanta in 1996.They were in first place after three events.One to go: the vault (跳马)．Kerri Strug was the final American.She landed and felt her left ankle crack.There was no time to know if her 9.162 score was enough to hang on to petitors get two tries at the vault, and the better one counts.Her coach asked Strug if she could vault again. “I will do it, I will, I will，” she replied.This time, she landed on both feet.Her score: a gold medal winning 9.712.
Al Oerter
Track and Field
Six days before the final while practicing, Oerter hurt his neck.Medics told him it was the end of his career.But this was the Olympics.Blocking out the pain, he set an Olympic record.In 1968, Oerter was told he was too old to compete, but he made it.His final throw broke the Olympic record.No other athlete has won four successive (连续的) gold medals in the discus (掷铁饼)．
Rulon Gardner
Wrestling (摔跤)
Rulon Gardner didn't stand a chance.In Sydney, Australia, in 2000, the farm boy from Wyoming faced Russian wrestler Aleksandr Karelin.Karelin had three Olympic gold medals and nine world titles.But no matter what Karelin tried, Gardner resisted (抵抗)．With five seconds left, the “unbeatable” Karelin gave up.It was the biggest surprise in Olympic wrestling history.
Billy Mills
Track and Field
The only person who thought Billy Mills would win the 10,000 meter race in Tokyo in 1964 was Billy Mills.No American had even come close to winning the race since it became an Olympic event in 1912.This “unknown” ran 45 seconds faster than ever before, setting an Olympic record and taking home the first and only gold medal for the U．S. in the event.
语篇解读：本文是应用文。文章介绍了创造奥运会世界纪录的四名运动员。
1．What happened to Al Oerter
A．He lost the 1968 Olympics.
B．He hurt himself in the final game.
C．He set an Olympic record with injuries.
D．He gave up his career on doctors' advice.
解析：选C 细节理解题。根据Al Oerter部分中的“Oerter hurt his neck ...Blocking out the pain, he set an Olympic record”可知，Oerter负伤参加奥运会并创造了奥运纪录。
2．Why was Rulon Gardner's victory a surprise
A．He beat a powerful competitor.
B．He hurt his foot during the match.
C．He earned three Olympic gold medals.
D．He was the first American to win the match.
解析：选A 推理判断题。根据Rulon Gardner部分中的“the farm boy from Wyoming faced Russian wrestler Aleksandr Karelin.Karelin had three Olympic gold medals and nine world titles”以及“the ‘unbeatable’ Karelin gave up”可知，Rulon Gardner打败了劲敌Karelin，成为奥运史上的奇迹。
3．What do Kerri Strug and Billy Mills have in common
A．They took part in the same event.
B．They tried twice in their matches.
C．They were famous athletes before their victories.
D．They won the first Olympic gold medals for America in their events.
解析：选D 推理判断题。根据Kerri Strug部分中的“Women gymnasts from the Soviet Union had won team gold at every Games since 1948.Then came Team USA in Atlanta in 1996”和“Her score: a gold medal winning 9.712”以及Billy Mills部分中的“This ‘unknown’ ...taking home the first and only gold medal for the U．S. in the event”可知，这两位运动员的共同点是为国家赢得了各自比赛项目的第一枚奥运金牌。
B
Son's Help
Mr. Lang worked in a factory. As a driver, he was busy but he was paid much. His wife was an able woman and did all the housework. When he came back, she took good care of him and he never did anything at home. So he had enough time when he had a holiday. A few friends of him liked gambling (赌博) and he learned it soon. So he was interested in it and hardly forgot anything except gambling. He lost all his money and later he began to sell the television, watches and so on. His wife told him not to do it but he didn't listen to her. She had to tell the police. He and his friends were punished for it. And he was hardly sent away. After he came out of lockup (拘留所), he hated her very much and the woman had to leave him.
It was New Year's Day. Mr. Lang didn't go to work. He felt lonely and wanted to gamble again. He called his friends and they came soon. But they were afraid the police would come. He told his five year old son to go to find out if there were the policemen outside. They waited for a long time and didn't think the police would come and began to gamble. Suddenly opened the door and in came a few policemen.
“I saw there weren't any policemen outside, daddy，” said the boy, “so I went to the crossing and asked some to come.”
语篇解读：本文讲述了Lang先生因为赌博，先后被妻子和儿子送进监狱两次。
4．Mr. Lang was paid much because .
A．he was a driver
B．he worked in a factory
C．he had a lot of work to do
D．he had worked there for a long time
解析：选C 细节理解题。根据第一段第二句话“As a driver, he was busy but he was paid much”可知答案为C。
5．Mrs. Lang did all housework because .
A．she couldn't find any work
B．she thought her husband was tired
C．her husband spent all time in gambling
D．she wouldn't stop her husband gambling
解析：选B 推理判断题。根据第一段“His wife was an able woman and did all the housework. When he came back, she took good care of him and he never did anything at home”可知答案为 B。
6． ， so he was put into lockup.
A．Mr. Lang often gambled
B．Mr. Lang was late for work
C．Mr. Lang didn't help his wife at home
D．Mr. Lang wasn't polite to the police
解析：选A 推理判断题。根据第一段“His wife told him not to do it but he didn't listen to her. She had to tell the police”可知答案为 A。
7．The woman had to leave Mr. Lang because .
A．he didn't love her any longer
B．he wouldn't stop gambling
C．he had been put into lockup
D．he was hardly sent away by the factory
解析：选A 细节理解题。根据第一段最后“...he hated her very much and the woman had to leave him”可知答案为A。
C
Are the British people Europeans？This may seem a strange question to Africans and Asians, who tend to think of all white men as Europeans. But the British, when they are in Britain, do not regard themselves as Europeans. The Europeans, to them, are those rather excitable foreigners from the other side of the English Channel, who have never learnt how to speak English. Europe is “the Continent”：a place full of interest for British tourists, but also the source of almost all the wars in which Britain has ever been involved. Thus, although geographically speaking Britain is a part of Europe, yet the fact that it is a separate island has made its people feel very, very insular (孤立的). They feel, and in many ways are, different from the rest of Europe and they sometimes annoy continental nations by failing to support them, or even to understand them, in time of need.
Where did the British people come from？This is an extraordinary interesting question, since they are a mixture of many different races，and all these races invaded Britain at various times from Europe. Nobody knows very much about Britain before the Romans came during the first century B．C., but there had been at least three invasions before that. The first of these was by a dark haired Mediterranean race called the Iberians. The other two were by Celtic tribes: first the Gaels, whose descendants are the modern Scots and Irish, some of whom still speak the Gaelic language；and second the Britons, who gave their name to the whole island of Britain. These were the people whom the Romans conquered. The Romans gave the Britons a good deal of their civilization, but they never settled in Britain in very large numbers, so the British race survived until the overthrow of the Roman Empire by the“barbarians”， i．e. the numerous Germanic tribes which overran the whole of Western Europe.
语篇解读：文章对“英国人是欧洲人吗？”进行了讨论。
8．The purpose of the passage is to .
A．talk about Europeans
B．discuss the origin of British people
C．argue for the superiority of British people
D．compare the Europeans with Africans and Asians
解析：选B 写作意图题。由第一段第一句“Are the British people Europeans？”和第二段内容可知B项正确。
9．It can be known from the passage that .
A．most people think white people are Europeans
B．there are many Africans and Asians living in Europe
C．white men are Europeans in the eyes of Africans and Asians
D．the British people think of themselves as Europeans
解析：选C 细节理解题。由第一段第二句“This may seem a strange question to Africans and Asians ...as Europeans.”可知C项正确。
10．Why do the British people feel very insular
A．They are different from those people in the contin
ent.
B．They sometimes fail to support the continental countries
in time of need.
C．They are separated geographically from the continent.
D．They are considered very difficult to understand.
解析：选C 细节理解题。由第一段倒数第二句“Thus, although geographically ... it is a separate island has made its people feel very, very insular (孤立的)．”可知C项正确。
11．Which of the following might be discussed after this passage
A．The Germanic tribes which invaded Britain.
B．The civilization the Romans gave Britain.
C．The Romans who did not settle in Britain.
D．The survival of the British people in the first century B．C.
解析：选A 推理判断题。从第二段最后一句中的“the numerous Germanic tribes which overran the whole of Western Europe”可知下一段要接着讲日耳曼人对英国的影响。
D
Computers are very important to modern life. Many people think that in the future compu ters will be used in lots of everyday life. It is thought that we won't have to go shopping because we will be able to get most things which are sold in shops on the Internet. There will be no more books because we will be able to get all texts from computers. The Internet will be used to play games, see films and buy food. Most telephone calls will be made by computers, too.
Some people are glad about these new ways of shopping and communicating (交际). Others do not think that computers will replace our old ways.
Let's look at books, for example. Some people think that one day we will not read books made of paper. Instead, we will buy and read books using computers. We will read texts on small pocket computers. The computers will keep many different books in them at the same time. We won't need to turn lots of pages and paper will be puterized (计算机化) books will be used more and more.
Is Internet shopping such a pleasure as going to the shop Many people say it is not. It is a pleasure to go into shops and look at things you want to buy. It is also unlikely that many people will want to read large texts on our computers. Because paper books will perhaps be more friendly. Maybe computers won't change these two habits.
语篇解读：本文主要讲了计算机与我们生活息息相关，并讨论了计算机是否会改变人们的习惯。
12．In Paragraph 1 it is thought people will use computers for .
A．playing games, shopping and making telephone calls
B．making telephone calls, having meals and seeing films
C．seeing films, buying food, and going for holidays
D．playing games, making telephone calls and seeing the doctor
解析：选A 细节理解题。在第一自然段中我们可知在未来计算机会涉及我们日常生活的方方面面，其中提到了购物、玩游戏、看电影和打电话。
13．Which reason for using computerized books is NOT said in the passage
A．Computerized books won't be very expensive.
B．Computers can keep many different books in them.
C．We won't have lots of pages.
D．We won't need any paper.
解析：选A 细节理解题。从文章的第三自然段中可知计算机可同时贮存许多本书，这样我们就不再看书本了，并且还节约了纸，computerized (计算机化) books 被使用的越来越多。但没有说computerized books的价格问题。
14．Paragraph 4 tells .
A．about the old and new ways of shopping and comm unicating
B．if the Internet will change our habits
C．about computerized books
D．about future uses of computers
解析：选B 段落大意题。计算机虽给我们带来了许多便利，但有些人仍然喜欢到商店购物，paper books 仍旧受许多人的青睐，那么Internet是否将改变人们的习惯呢？
15．The title for this passage is .
A．Computers will Replace Shops and Books
B．Computers Are the Future
C．Computers will Do Everything for Man
D．How Computers Change Our Habits
解析：选B 标题归纳题。纵读全文(特别是开头的两句)可知，计算机与我们的生活息息相关，所以说computers are the future。
Ⅱ.阅读七选五(共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分)
根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
Linguistic (语言学的) Puzzles
How did the language begin What was the world's first language Do all languages come from one original language 16
In the 4th century BC, the Greek historian Herodotus wrote this account: Psamtik Ⅰ， an Egyptian King, wanted to find out what the oldest language in the world was.
17 He told his servant to find two newborn babies. When the servant had found them, the king gave them to a shepherd (牧羊人) and said, “Keep these babies with the goats. Take care of them, but do not talk to them. Listen to any words that they say.” The king wanted to find out what language the children would speak if they were left alone. He said: “The first words they speak will come from the original language of the world.”
18 He told the king, who asked his scholars about this word. They told him that the Phrygians, who lived in an area which is now Turkey, called bread “becos”. The king said. “Then Phrygian is the oldest language.” Today we know that the king's conclusion was wrong. We don't know why the children said “becos”．
19 Scholars discovered that many European and southern Asian languages belonged to the same “family” and that they started from the same parent language, Proto Indo European. Linguists think that it had split into several different languages, including Greek and Sanskrit, between 2,000 and 1,000 BC. Other languages, such as English and Spanish, developed from later splits.
20 Two questions that interest linguists are：How does language change Why does language change If you like solving mysteries, historical linguistics may be the job for you.
A．Nowadays, we study the origin of language more scientifically.
B．He was talking about this problem with his scholars when he had an idea.
C．The King was very kind to his servant and his servant remained royal to him.
D．Linguists are the scholars who are very interested in categorizing the language families.
E．People have been trying to find the answers to these questions for more than 2,000 years.
F．One day, while the babies were babbling to each other, the shepherd heard them say “becos”．
G．Linguists have classified many language families, and they are still trying to categorize others.
答案：16～20 EBFAG
Ⅲ.完形填空(共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分)
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
When Dave was eighteen, he bought a secondhand car for $200 so that he could travel to and from work more 21 than by bus. It worked quite well for a few years, but then it got so old, and it was costing him 22 much in repairs that he decided that he had better 23 it.
He asked among his friends to see if anyone was particularly 24 to buy a cheap car, but they all knew that it was falling to pieces, so 25 of them had any desire to buy it. Dave's friend Sam saw that he was 26 when they met one evening, and said, “What's 27 ， Dave？”
Dave told him, and Sam answered, “Well, what about advertising it in the paper You may 28 more for it that way than the cost of the advertisement！” Thinking that Sam's 29 was sensible (合理的), he put an advertisement in an evening paper, which read “For sale: small car, 30 very little petrol, only two owners. Bargain at $50.”
For two days after the advertisement first appeared, there was no 31 . But then on Saturday evening he had an enquiry (询问)．A man rang up and said he would like to 32 him about the car. “All right，” Dave said, feeling happy. He asked the man whether ten o'clock the next morning would be 33 or not. “Fine，” the man said, “and I'll 34 my wife. We intend to go for a ride in it to 35 it.”
The next morning, at a quarter to ten, Dave parked the car in the square outside his front door, 36 to wait there for the people who had 37 his advertisement. Even Dave had to 38 that the car really looked like a wreck (残骸). Then, soon after he had got the car as clean 39 it could be, a police car stopped just behind him and a policeman got out. He looked at Dave's car and then said, “Have you reported this 40 to us yet, sir？”
语篇解读：本文主要讲了Dave卖车的故事。
21．A.directly B．safely
C．properly D．easily
解析：选D easily表达更容易，他买车主要是为了上下班方便。
22．A.so B．such
C．very D．too
解析：选A so much ... that ...“如此多……以致于……”，这是一个固定结构。too much不能和that连用，我们经常使用too ... to。
23．A.keep B．repair
C．sell D．throw
解析：选C 根据上文修理花费太多，所以就决定卖掉，而且下文也就是围绕卖车而展开的。
24．A.anxious B．lucky
C．ashamed D．generous
解析：选A be anxious to do sth.“急着做……”，Dave想了解是否有人急着买车，因为他想卖掉自己的车。
25．A.some B．neither
C．none D．most
解析：选C 前面已经提到“it was falling to pieces”车很快要成碎片，所以没有人愿意买。neither主要用于两个人中没有一个，所以不合适。
26．A.delighted B．upset
C．calm D．astonished
解析：选B upset表示“伤心的，难过的”。因为没人愿意买车，所以他很伤心。
27．A.on B．up
C．it D．that
解析：选B what's up表示“怎么回事，发生了什么”。
28．A.learn B．miss
C．get D．find
解析：选C get表示“得到”，在这儿是表示“你将得到的要比做广告花费的多”。
29．A.message B．advice
C．request D．description
解析：选B advice表示“建议”，因为前面有一句“what about advertising it in the newspaper？”这本身就是一种建议“在报纸上登广告怎么样？”
30．A.uses B．loses
C．has D．spends
解析：选A use表示“使用”，在这里表示车很省油。lose表示“丢失”；have表示“有”；spend表示“花费时间、金钱、精力”。
31．A.doubt B．help
C．trouble D．answer
解析：选D no answer表示“回应”，表示广告登出去以后无人问津。doubt表示“怀疑”，help表示“帮助”，trouble表示“麻烦”，均不合题意。
32．A.tell B．see
C．agree D．call
解析：选B 这里表示来看车。
33．A.exact B．suitable
C．early D．late
解析：选B suitable表示“合适的”，在这里是问第二天早上十点钟是否合适。
34．A.follow B．meet
C．bring D．introduce
解析：选C bring my wife表示“把妻子带来”。recognize表示“认出”， gain表示“获得，得到”， admire表示“羡慕”，均不合题意。
35．A.recognize B．gain
C．admire D．test
解析：选D test表示“测试”，买车的人将和妻子一道来测试一下车子。
36．A.happening B．meaning
C．turning D．failing
解析：选B mean to do表示“打算做……”，在这儿是打算等买车的人。
37．A.read B．inserted
C．answered D．placed
解析：选C answer在这里表示“回应”，就是指那个看了广告以后准备来看车的人。
38．A.forget B．show
C．disagree D．admit
解析：选D admit表示“承认”，在这里表示他自己也不得不承认自己的车看起来太旧了。
39．A.as B．that
C．so D．such
解析：选A 这里是一个固定结构“as ...as”。
40．A.bargain B．sale
C．accident D．result
解析：选C accident表示“事故”。
Ⅳ.语法填空(共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分)
阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
O. Henry was a pen name used 41 an American writer of short stories. His real name was William Sydney Porter. He was born in North Carolina in 1862. As a young boy he lived an 42 (excite) life. He did not go to school for very long, but he managed 43 (teach) himself everything that he needed to know. When he was about 20 years old, Henry went to Texas, 44 he tried different jobs. He first worked on a newspaper, and then had a job in a bank. When some money was 45 (miss) from the bank, O. Henry was believed to have stolen it. Because of that, he was 46 (sentence) to prison. During the three years in prison, he learned to write short stories. After 47 (go) out of prison, he went to New York 48 continued writing. He 49 (write) mostlyabout New York and the life of the poor there. People liked his stories, because simple as the tales were, they would finish with a 50 (suddenly) change at the end to the reader's surprise.
答案：41.by 42.exciting 43.to teach 44.where
45．missing 46.sentenced 47.going 48.and 49.wrote
50．sudden
Ⅴ.短文改错(共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分)
假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧)，并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线(\划掉。
修改：在错的词下画一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2．只允许修改10处，多者(从第11处起)不计分。
One afternoon on May, 1912, a new ship set off from England to America on its the first trip. It was one of largest at that time. It was cold, but the trip was pleasant and people are enjoying themselves.
The next day was even cold. People could see icebergs here or there. It was night. Suddenly, the man on watch shouting, “Look Out! Iceberg! Iceberg！” It was too late. A ship hit the iceberg and came to a stop. There was a very big hole on the ship and water began to come. Slowly the ship started to go down with the people.
答案：第一句：on→in; 去掉the
第二句：largest前加the
第三句：are→were
第四句：cold→colder
第五句：or→and
第七句：shouting→shouted
第九句： a ship→the ship
第十句：on→in; come后加in
Ⅵ.书面表达(满分25分)
众所周知，海洋动植物的数量正在减少，有些物种甚至灭绝了。原因：过度利用；水质污染。因此海洋环境问题急需关注。
请根据以上要点写一篇100词左右的英语短文，简要说明海洋环境问题。
参考范文：
There are some evidence showing that，the graph of marine life has been going downwards which means that more and more marine lives in the sea and ocean are dying.
I think the reason for this is that we human beings had used too much of the natural reserves and water pollution had also contributed to the death of the marine lives.
So when more and more protective marine life animals like whale and sharks are dying, soon animals under the sea are going to be fewer and fewer.And my conclusion is that problems that care about the marine life under the sea need to be highlighted and discussed so that it will not be carried on.
