54. What does the underlined word trade mean? A. 旅游 B. 对待 C. 交易 D. 工作 55. According to the passage, which may not on the money? A. the face of Chairman Mao B. a pen C. a lion D. a flower 56. How many sets of banknotes can we Chinese use now? A. Two B. Four C. Five D. Seven 57. What’s the main idea of the passage? A. Money is useful.
B. China has five sets of banknotes.
C. Money says something about the culture of a country. D. The use of money and the kinds of money.
( C )
Look at the center circles of Diagram (图)A and Diagram B. Which of the centre circles looks larger?
Take a first look and you probably think that the centre circle in Diagram A is smaller than that in Diagram B. In fact, they are exactly the same size. A B
Then look at the picture on the right. What do you see? A vase（花 瓶）? Or two faces？Does the picture change quickly from one to the other again and again? Maybe yes or maybe no, but you can never see them at the same time.
“What’s happening? Is something wrong with my eyes?” You may wonder at what you see. Don’t worry. Here is how it goes:
When we look at things, our eyes send messages to our brains and then our brains interpret（解读）the information. However, sometimes our brains interpret the received information in a wrong way. It seems that our eyes are playing a joke on us. This often happens and we call it “Visual illusion（视觉错误）”.
Movie makers often make use of illusions. They make the objects around actors much smaller or bigger than usual. This makes us believe that the actors are much larger or smaller than they usually are. The movies Jurassic Park and Honey I shrunk the kids just make use of illusions.
58. The text is probably taken from .
A. a story book B. a science book C. a movie magazine D. an advertisement
59. The centre circle in Diagram A looks smaller than that in Diagram B. That’s because .
A. something is wrong with our eyes B. the two circles are not the same size
C. our brains interpret the information in a wrong way D. the two pictures change quickly from one to the other 60. What’s the right order according to the passage?
a. We look at things with our eyes. b. Our brains interpret the messages. c. Our brains tell us what we have seen. d. Our eyes send messages to our brains. A. adbc B. cabd C. acdb D. bcad
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A C 61. In the picture on the right, it seems that Line AB is shorter
than Line CD, but in fact Line AB is as long as Line CD. The ________paragraph(段落) can explain this. A. second B. third
C. fifth D. sixth
D B ( D )
Now throwing shoes at President Bush is a popular game on the Internet. It turns out that there are times when it’s good to throw shoes.
After leaving his office in the center of the city, a young man bought a new car and drove it from the city to his home. He was very happy and the car ran very fast. Suddenly, a shoe hit the car door. The man got very angry. He jumped out of the car and caught a boy who still had a shoe in his hand.
“Who are you? Why did you do that?” the young man shouted at the boy.
“I’m sorry. But I don’t know what else to do. My sister has been hurt. I cried for help but nobody stopped,” the boy said.
The man looked around and saw a girl by the road. Her leg was bleeding. “She is my sister. She wanted to cross the road but fell out of her wheelchair. She is too heavy for me. I can’t get her back into the wheelchair. ”The man was moved. He helped the bleeding girl back into her wheelchair.
“Thank you. You’re so kind,” said the little boy. Life speaks to our hearts. Sometimes we don’t have time to listen and it will throw a shoe at us.
62. The young man was driving his new car ______ when a shoe hit the car door.
A. to the city B. home C. to his office D. to his school 63. Who threw a shoe at the car?
A. A small boy B. A bleeding girl C. A young man D. An old lady 64. Why did the boy throw the shoe?
A. Because he liked the car. B. Because her sister was hurt.
C. Because he was hurt. D. Because he was naughty（淘气）. 65. What can we learn from the story?
A. We should be kind and helpful. B. We should drive slowly and safely. C. Life always throws shoes at our cars. D. Nobody wants to be hit by a shoe.
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Ⅴ. 任务型阅读。（每小题2分，共10分） 阅读下文并回答问题。
The first Earth Day was in 1970. People were beginning to worry about what they were doing to our environment. So they set up Earth Day to tell everyone about their worries.
In 2007, organizers in over 150 countries planned over 4000 big events. But Earth Day is not just about marches(游行) and big events. In the week around Earth Day (April 22nd) there were many thousands of smaller, local events. These events dealt with environmental problems in the neighborhood.
The world Wide Fund for Nature made a list of 5 things that each person could do to save the environment.
? Don’t leave the tap（水龙头） running. ? Turn off lights when you leave a room.
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? Turn off your computer every night.
? Wash your clothes and yourself in warm or cold water, not hot water. ? Make your dishwasher use as little water as possible.
If we all do at least 2 of these all the time, we can make a big difference. 66. When is Earth Day?
67. Why was Earth Day set up?
68. What should we do when we see water keep running from a tap?
69. Does the word “dishwasher” mean “a machine which is used for washing dishes”? 70. Besides the five, what else can we do to save our environment? (One example is OK.) VI、口语运用：（每小题1分，共5分）
阅读下面对话，从方框内7个选项中选择5个恰当的句子完成此对话。
Mrs. Black comes to Mrs. Green’s house for dinner. She knocks at the door and Mrs. Green opens it. (B: Mrs. Black G: Mrs. Green)
G: Good evening, Mrs. Black. 71 Come in and sit down at the table. B: Thank you. Fish, chips, cakes and …… Ah, 72
G: 73 ( Thirty minutes later) How do you like them? B: They’re very delicious.
G: 74 Would you like to have some rice?
B: No, thanks. I’ve had enough. Thank you for inviting me. G: 75
A. Help yourself, please.
B. With pleasure.
C. Welcome to dinner.
D. They’re all my favorites.
E. I don’ t think so.
F. I’m glad you enjoy them.
G. It’s my pleasure.
71. __________ 72. __________ 73. ___________ 74. ___________ 75. ____________ VII. 根据首字母或所给词的适当形式填空。(每空1分, 共10分) 76. Can you i___________ living in such a lonely island alone for years?
77. Notre Dame Cathedral is one of the most famous c____________ in the world .
78. This problem is not difficult at all. Most of the students can work it out e___________. 79. His father’s sudden d__________ made his family very sad..
80. He is such a k_____________ person that we all call him Mr Know-all. 81. It is said that goldfish ___________(be) easy to look after.
82. Nobody should________________(allow) to smoke in this kind of closed train. 83. He ___________(throw) away something useless and went away.
84. It seems that China’s fast ____________(develop) has made the whole world, especially America, feel uncomfortable.
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85. I think he is a ______________ (honest) boy. Do you think so? VIII．句型转换。(每空1分, 共10分) 根据所给提示完成句子。每空一词，含缩略词。 86. He can sing and dance very well.（改为否定句）
He __________ sing __________ dance very well.
87. He usually studies for a test by going over his notebooks.（对画线部分提问）
_____________ _____________ he usually study for a test?
88. He showed the photographs that he took in Tibet in the museum last week. (变被动语态) The photographs that he took in Tibet _________ ___________ in the museum last week. 89. Whose pen is this, do you think? (变同义句)
Who do you think this pen __________ ___________? 90、他的车在上班路上出故障了。
His car __________ ___________ on his way to work. IX. 短文填空。（每空1.5分，共15分）
根据下列短文内容，在短文的空格处填上一个恰当的词，使短文完整、通顺。
When you come to a new place, you must have a strong wish to fit in(适应). Fitting in ___91_ making more friends, having more influence on others and getting more chances to live a happier life. Here is some 92 that can help you.
Be confident. Confidence attracts most people. Everyone is special and there is only one person like you in this world. Spend some time thinking about your strong points. If _93_ , you will be able to build up confidence step by step.
Be kind to everyone. Kindness is the bridge to your own happiness. ___94___ people notice your kindness, they will return it to you one day. Always give more than you receive, and think more of ___95___ than of yourself. A person who cares for others is popular everywhere.
Be active in group activities. Different activities like playing football can 96 you to be known to others. You may add more friends to your circle. ___97__ the same time, you’ll be amazed to see how much they like you. __98___ of wasting time being alone, go out to dance and sing together with others to develop friendship.
Be optimistic(乐观的). Optimism makes both you and others feel pleased. A pleasant smile costs the 99 and does the most. Humor(幽默) also catches others’ attention. People will like you for making them live happily.
If you follow what is mentioned above, you will be accepted by people around you and fit in very ___100___. X.书面表达。 (共15分)
助人为乐一直是中华民族的传统美德，在和谐社会中，帮助别人已经成为一种良好的社会风尚。请以“Helping Others Makes Us Happy”为题目写一篇文章，包含以下要点：
1. 为什么要助人为乐？
2. 如何助人为乐（如帮助同学，老人，……）？ 3. …… 要求：
1. 字数： 80词左右。
2. 文中不能够出现自己的姓名和所在学校的名称。
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