The lion is considered the king of the forest as it is a ______ of courage and power.

A.example        B.sign         C.mark         D.symbol

 “I am thinking of tomorrow’s maths test. I’m afraid I can’t pass it.” “_____. I’m sure you’ll make it.

A. No problem   B. Good luck      C. Give up      D. Cheer up

第三部分：閱讀理解（共20小題，每題2分，滿分40分）

       閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的四個選項（A、B、C和D）中，選出最佳選項。

Life in 2060

　　Let us suppose it is now about A.D. 2060. Let’s make believe (假裝；虛構(gòu)) it is about sixty years from now. Of course, things have changed and life is very different.

　　Voyages to the moon are being made every day. It is as easy to take a holiday on the moon today as it was for the people in 1960 to take a holiday in Europe. At a number of scenic spots on the moon, many hotels have been built. The hotels are air-conditioned, naturally. In order that everyone can enjoy the beautiful scenery on the moon, every room has at least one picture window. Everything imaginable is provided for entertainment (娛樂) of young and old.

　　What are people eating now? People are still eating food. They haven’t yet started to take on heir (繼承) supply of energy directly as electrical current or as nuclear power. They may some day. But many foods now come in pill form, and the food that goes into the pill continues to come mainly from green plants.

　　Since there are several times as many people in the world today as there were a hundred years ago, most of our planet’s surface has to be filled. The deserts are irrigated with water and crops are no longer destroyed by pests. The harvest is always good.

　　Farming, of course, is very highly developed. Very few people have to work on the farm. It is possible to run the farm by just pushing a few buttons now and then.

　　People are now largely vegetarians (素食者). You see, as the number of people increases, the number of animal decreases. Therefore, the people have to be vegetarians and we are healthier both in our bodies and in our minds, and we know the causes and cure of disease and pain, and it is possible to get rid of diseases. No one has to be ill any more.

　　Such would be our life in 2060.

1. When was the passage written?

　　A. In about A.D. 2060.   B. In about 1960.　　C. In about 2000.       D. In about 2004.

2. According to the passage, what will be on the moon in about A.D. 2060?

　　A. Many tourists.    B. Many other animals.　　C. Many plants.     D. A sea.

3. What will people eat then according to the passage?

　　A. Biscuits in pill form.   B. Foods in pill form.

　　C. Foods in water form.   D. Foods in gas form.

4. The passage tells us that in 2060, ____ on the earth than now.

　　A. there are fewer population   B. there are more pests

　　C. there is less water       D. the crops are getting better

The world’s population continues to grow. There are about five billion of us on earth now. It could reach six billion in 10 years’ time, and eleven billion in another 75 years. Experts have long been concerned about such growth. Where will we find the food, water, jobs, houses, schools and health care for all these people?

A major new study shows that situation may be changing. A large and rapid drop in the world’s birth rate has taken place during the past 10 years. Families generally are smaller now than they were a few years ago. This is happening in both developing and industrial nations. Scientists said they found a number of reasons for this. More men and women are waiting longer to get married. More women are going to school or working at jobs away from their home instead of having children. And more governments, especially in developing nations, now support family planning programs to reduce population growth.

China is one of the nations that have made great progress in reducing its population growth by about one half since 1970. China now urges each family to have no more than one child. And it hopes to reach zero population growth before long, that is, the number of birth equaling the number of death.

Several nations in Europe already have fewer births than deaths. Experts said that these nations could face a serious shortage of workers in the future.

1. In the sentence “Experts have long been concerned about such growth”, the phrase “concerned about” is similar in meaning to_____.

A. worried about      B. related to       C. busy working on     D. made a study of

2. “Family planning programs” means______.

A. economic policy in a country         B. economic policy in a family

C. TV programs for a family            D. birth control in a country

3. The world’s birth rate has dropped because_____.

A. people marry at a much later time

B. women would rather go to study or work than have children

C. some countries are carrying out the family planning programs

D. all the above

4. We hope that soon the number of birth and the number of death in China will_____.

A. be greatly different          B. be equal to each other

C. drop in great deal            D. become much larger

---Do you like your school life?

---It’s hard to say. If there were no ________ examinations, I should have _______ much happier time at school.

A. an; a            B. /;a        C. a; the       D. /; /

.Since we have failed many times, why not take  a new _________to solving the problem?

A. method   B. way   C. means    D. approach

 My uncle promised to buy me a nice gift for my birthday, _____ beyond my imagination. 

A. which    B. that     C. the one           D. something

. He was hit by a falling tree that night and killed ____________.

A. on the spot B. in a spot  C. under the spot   D. on a spot

 To read newspaper before going to bed seemed to me a rule ____.

A. to never break              B. never to have broken 

C. never to be breaking         D. never to be broken

第二節(jié)：完型填空（共20 小題；每小題1.5分；滿分30分）

    閱讀下面短文，掌握其大意，然后從36～55各題所給的A、 B、C、D四個選項中，選出最佳選項。

Alice, my friend’s daughter, goes to an expensive private school where she has a friend, Jane, who is on a full scholarship at this school. Jane has   36   economic resources—her father has been dead for years and her mother works   37   a maid. Although her mother works very hard, she can   38   support the family. Jane is very bright and gifted at   39   and that’s how she has got the scholarship, which included a(n)   40   for things like lunch, school uniform and music lessons.

Alice became friends with Jane and would   41   talk to her at lunch. She did it that way in order to avoid the other kids   42   her. 

On her birthday last month, she   43   her new friend to her birthday party, but Jane said she couldn’t come. Alice wanted her to be   44   so much that she   45   on her coming. Eventually, the girl said, “I don’t have any   46   clothes that I could wear at your birthday party.” After a brief pause, the girl remembered, “I have a   47   from my piano performance,” and asked, “Could I   48   a skirt from you?”

Alice was happy that her friend would be   49   to come and hurried home to ask her Mum   50   she could lend her friend one of her skirts. To her surprise, her Mum said, “No.” The daughter was very   51   and angrily said to her Mum, “  52   I could, I would give my friend all my clothes.” The Mother didn’t understand why her daughter should have had such an outburst as she’s normally very well   53  . 

Finally, Alice explained to her Mother her friend’s   54  .  Her Mother immediately changed her mind and said, “Yes.” She also encouraged her daughter not to feel like she should secretly be friends with Jane but to feel proud of her   55   with her. 

So the true friendship seeks to give, not to take; to help, not to be helped; to minister, not to be ministered unto.

36. A. personal            B. extra                      C. limited                     D. adequate

37. A. for                    B. with                        C. like                       D. as

38. A. hopefully            B. obviously                 C. hardly                      D. temporarily

39. A. music                B. drawing                   C. maths                       D. biology

40. A. bonus                B. allowance                C. donation                   D. pension

41. A. secretly              B. happily                    C. quietly                            D. eagerly

42. A. pointing at         B. shouting at               C. laughing at               D. glaring at

43. A. took                  B. invited                            C. accompanied             D. sent

44. A. happy                 B. independent              C. confident            D. present

45. A. depended           B. insisted                    C. focused                    D. agreed

46. A. casual                 B. comfortable                     C. nice                         D. tight

47. A. shirt                  B. jeans                        C. handbag                   D. necklace

48. A. get                   B. copy                       C. order                       D. borrow

49. A. free                  B. able                      C. glad                              D. willing

50. A. how                  B. when                      C. why                        D. whether

51. A. stubborn           B. upset                      C. firm                      D. enthusiastic 

52. A. If                             B. When                     C. Unless                    D. Though

53. A. treated                      B. controlled               C. educated                 D. behaved

54. A. cleverness                B. character                 C. circumstances           D. competences

55. A. study             B. friendship                C. sympathy                D. performance