Many people say that they have seen flying saucers（飛碟）in the sky.   31  can these things be ?
Some people think that they are spaceships from other planets. Doctors   32  that perhaps they are only a weakness of the eyes. It is possible that they are our own planes   33  very high. Or are they birds with the sun’s light on them?
But some people say that they have seen them   34 . They have seen beings（人）get off them and walk around. They have   35   to those beings, sometimes in English. People have   36   photos of flying saucers and of these beings. We have seen the photos, but sometimes the people had to take them in a   37 . Children have seen flying saucers, and even dogs have seen them. Perhaps we do not think that the   38  of children, or dogs are important. But school-teachers have   39  seen them and Air Force officers and   40  policemen. Must we not listen to these people?
【小題1】  

The world’s population was about 6.5 billion in 2008. ___46___ three billion people ___47___ Asia now. That’s about half of the world’s population.
China has the ___48___ population in the world, and about one fifth of the people in the world live in China. ___49___ the large population, there is ___50___ living space for each family. And it’s difficult for lots of people to find jobs. A large population also causes many ___51___ for ___52___ nation. For example, we are short ___53___ energy and water. Most cities are more ___54___ than before, and the traffic is much ___55___. The large population ___56___ a serious problem.
So far, our government has taken many measures to control the population. One is know ___57___ the one-child policy. It has worked ___58___ in controlling China’s population. Thanks to the policy, China is developing ___59___ and people’s living conditions are improving rapidly. However, the population problem is ___60___ serious in China. We still have a long way to go.

These days，cars are designed using computers．Let’s look at how a new car is created．
First，several   16  talk about the new car and any good ideas that they have．Then they sit down at their computers and   17  many sketches．The best two or three drawings are chosen and then more detailed drawings of   18  are developed on the computer．You can change the size，shape or color of any part on the computer to see   19  the car would look and then you can choose the best design．
Both the inside and the outside of the car have to be designed．Part of the inside of the car is    20 so that the designers can sit in it．They can feel if there is enough  21 inside and if they can reach  22 ．Then some cars are built-there are more than 15，000 parts of a car to 23 ．
When everything is known to be   24  ，the cars are made in the factory．Again，computers are used to make sure that all the parts are   25  as they are needed．The factory
usually stays open all through the night so that the car production never stops．

In the 13th century, Marco Polo travelled a long way to China. He was a famous Italian 31 During his stay in China, he saw many wonderful things. One of the things he 32 was that the Chinese used paper money. People in 33 coun­tries didn’t use paper money until the 17th century. However,people in China began to use paper money in the 10th century. 34     was invented by a Chinese about 2 000 years ago. His name was Cai Lun. He then 35 these pieces of paper together and made them into a 36 .
Now paper mainly comes from trees. We use it every day. 37 we waste a lot of it. If we keep on doing so, people 38 cut down many more trees. Then there will not be any trees left. If there are no 39 , there will be no paper.
So how can we 40 paper? When we mak­ing notes,we can use 41 sides of each piece of paper. We  can  buy  drinks  in bottles instead of 42  in paper packets. We can also use cotton handkerchiefs ( 棉手帕) and not the paper ones.
43  we go shopping, we can use fewer paper bags. If the salesman gives us a paper bag, we can keep it and 44  it later. We can help to protect trees if we think 45 . We should to it now,before it is too late.

China is the home of tea,  36 has more than 4,000 years of history. People in China drink tea daily.  37  the three major drinks ----tea, coffee and cocoa, tea is drunk by   38 people in the world. Tea from China, along   39 silk and porcelain, began to be known by the world over a thousand years ago and has been an important Chinese export  40  .
Tea leaves  41  mainly in the area south of the Yangtze River, in the provinces of Zhejiang, Jiangxi and Fujian, because of the mild  42  and rich soil there. Longjing, Wulong, Pu’er and Tieguanyin are all 43  kinds of tea.
Over the past centuries, Chinese people  44  their unique tea culture, which includes tea planting, tea-leaf picking, tea making, tea drinking and so on. Tea is   45  a popular topic which is often mentioned in dances, songs, poems and novels.

How many kinds of music do you know ? There is classical music,   36  music, country music, rap (說唱音樂) and so on. I think every type of music has its own   37  . For example, I think country music is so beautiful and rap is very cool. My favorite kind of music is pop music   38  it is very interesting and exciting. It can make me feel very   39  .
Now I want to tell you   40  about my favorite singer and music group. My favorite singer is Jolin. Her Chinese name is Cai Yilin. She has a very beautiful       41  and her songs very wonderful. I love her song Say Love You, The Smell of Lemon Grass and Pirates best. What do you   42   these songs ? I hope Jolin has a good time every day.  
43  my favorite music group ? That is S.H.E. Their songs are so cool that I have never   44   a chance to watch their performances.
45  to music is also good for me. It can make me feel relaxed and less lonely when I stay at home alone.
【小題1】A. thrilling                B. pop                   C. sweet
【小題2】A. features                B. players                C. interests
【小題3】A. although               B. so                     C. because
【小題4】A. happy                 B. sad                    C. afraid
【小題5】A. something              B. anything                C. everything
【小題6】A. sound                  B. noise                   C. voice
【小題7】A. hear of                B. think of                 C. care about
【小題8】A. What if                B. What about               C. Why not
【小題9】A. missed                 B. forgotten                C. found
【小題10】A. Speaking               B. Replying                C. Listening

完型填空 （共20小題；每小題1分，滿分20分）
A Fool’s Day falls on 1^st of April. People _1_forget the significance （意義） of the day.
In March 1980, I was 2at Durham University with seven other Chinese students. I had 3  to go to another university after graduation and had 4         application (申請)  forms to several 5  . Every morning I arrived at the porter’s office (傳達(dá)室) and waited my fate. But no 6  came.
On April 1^st, as I was eating my 7 , Huang came in , with a toothbrush(牙刷) 8  in his hand.  9 fearing that he might forget the important news , he passed me the 10 . “Morning , Wu,” he said , “I saw Mr. G this morning. He told me that a letter had arrived in his office for you from Manchester University, and asked you to go and get it 11 possible.” I jumped with 12 .
I even didn’t 13 my breakfast and rushed to Mr. G’s office but he wasn’t  14  . I then went to the secretary’s room and  15 everything to her. She opened Mr. G’s room. I looked at everything. There didn’t seem to be a letter for me. “If he had asked you to pick it up from here,” said the secretary , “ he would have put it in  16 or simply left it to me.”
Greatly 17 , I walked out of the room and 18 the secretary lock it. 19 the secretary’s eyes 20  . “Sorry,” she said. “It’s April Fool’s Day!”
【小題1】A sometimes        B. never            C. always       D. seldom

The 2010 Winter Olympic Games will take place in Vancouver and Whistler(惠斯勒) from February 12 to 28. As the world’s 【小題1】_____ athletes will compete there, Canada is preparing for it well.
It will be broadcasted(播出) in Canada’s two 【小題2】_____languages——English and French. Billions of television viewers worldwide will 【小題3】______ the opening ceremony of the 2010 Winter Olympic Games. Athletes from more than 80 【小題4】______ will compete in 86 medal events over 17 days. Then the Paralympics(殘奧會) will 【小題5】_____ from March 12 to 21. Canada has 【小題6】_____ millions of dollars preparing. Thousands of spectators will visit the country. Canada will be 【小題7】_____ it all.
The building of Olympic gyms began in 2005. Opening and closing ceremonies will be held indoors, at BC Place Stadium. It’ll 【小題8】______55,000 seats. Some competitions, 【小題9】______ ski, and bobsled, will take place in Whistler. It’s a ski village. During the Games, roads will be closed. More than 15,000 policemen will work to 【小題10】______ the peace throughout the Games.
The United States is the only country to host the Winter Games four times. Team USA hopes 2010 will be a golden year.

We have no idea about   1 men first began to use salt. But we do know that it had been used in many different ways __2___ the history.
For example, in many history books it is __3__ that people who lived three thousand years ago __4__salted fish. Thousands of years ago in Egypt（埃及）, salt __5_ keep the dead. It can keep the dead bodies __6__ decay.（腐爛）
In the eighteenth century, a person who stole salt was __7__ to have broken the __8__. if a person was caught stealing salt, he would be thrown into __9__. Books also record that in England about ten thousand people were put into prison during that century _10__ stealing salt! In the year 1553, if a man took __11__ than his share of salt, he would be thought to have broken the law and would be __12__ punished(懲罰).
Salt was very __13__ on the dinner table of a king. It was always put __14__ the king when he sat down to eat. Then important visitors sat near the salt __15_ less important visitors were given seats farther away from it.

When people talk about air pollution, they are usually thinking about outdoor air  1 . But do you know that there is    2  air pollution inside homes, offices, hotels and other buildings? The air in your home can be 2 to 100 times more polluted than the air outdoors! In fact, some American doctors say that 50% of illnesses have   3   to do with polluted indoor air.
A lot of pollution comes from indoor activities   4   smoking and cooking. As most people    5   about 80-90% of their time inside buildings, it is important to take indoor air pollution seriously, too.
Air pollution influences our health   6 . When the air is polluted, not only young children and old people suffer from it,   7  people with health problems suffer as well. Indoor air pollution can   8  people's eyes, noses and throats. Air pollution, both indoor and outdoor, can also lead to lung cancer（肺癌）and heart disease! In the great London fog in 1952, 4,000 people died in a few days   9  the pollution!   10  is said that half a million young children and women die each year in India because of indoor air pollution!