Cape Verde is an African country that contists of 10 main islands and 5 tiny ones. It lies in the Atlantic Ocean, about 400 miles west of Senegal on the African mainland .

Cape Verde has a population of about 329,000 and a total area of 1,557 square miles. Sao Tiago, the largest island , covers 383 square miles. There are no people living on Santa Luzia, the last of the ten larger islands,nor on the five small islands.

Praia,the capital of Cape Verde,is on Sao Tiago.However,the largest city,Mindelo,is on Sao Vicente, the sixth largest island of the group. Portugal(葡萄牙)ruled the islands from the 1460's until 1975,when Cape Verde became independent. Now Cape Verde is a republic with an elected president.

About 70 per cent of the people of Cape Verde have mixed black African and Portuguese (葡萄牙的) blood. The rest of the population are mostly black Africans.

1. If you visit Cape Verde,you will find

A. people only on the ten main islands.

B. about 200 people on every square mile of land.

C. people on all the islands except Santa Luzia.

D. no people on the six smallest islands.

2. Five hundred years ago Cape Verde was

A. a free country.

B. a colony (殖民地).

C. an unknown country.

D. a republic.

3. Three out of ten people living in Cape Verde are of

A. mixed Portuguese and African ancestry (祖先).

B. Portuguese ancestry.

C. either Portuguese or African ancestry.

D. African ancestry.

 On August 27, 1783, the people of the village of Gomesse, in France, looked up into the sky and saw a strange and terrible animal. It was huge and round, flying down from the sky. It landed in the field just outside the village. It was clear to the people of Gomesse that they had to defend themselves. The animal was clearly some kind of terrible “spirit”. They were afraid of the spirit but they were also very brave. They rushed out into the field and fought the animal with knives and sticks and farming tools. The “spirit” made terrible noises, like an animal that can breathe only with great difficulty.

But that was not the worst thing. When the villagers cut into the spirit's skin, it gave off a horrible smell, and even after the villagers had cut the thing open, it still moved. Finally the villagers tied it to a horse. The horse ran through the fields and the “Spirit” was torn to pieces. What was the terrible spirit? The answer is that it was one of the first “hot air balloons氣球”. Its skin was made of silk and a kind of rubber. The terrible smell was the hot air inside the balloon. When the air got out through the cuts in the skin, it also caused the horrible noises.?

1. The terrible noises were made because        .?

A. the spirit could hardly breathe

B. the spirit wanted to frighten the villagers?

C. the spirit was afraid of the villagers

D. hot air got out through the skin?

2. The terrible smell was        .?

A. the smell of silk and rubber

B. the hot air inside the balloon?

C. the smell of burnt house

D. the smell of burnt crops?

3. The spirit didn't stop moving until        .?

A. the hot air in it ran out completely

B. the villagers cut into its skin?

C. the villagers cut it open

D. it gave off a horrible smell?

4. The villagers tied the spirit to a horse        .?

A. shortly after they caught sight of the spirit?

B. because it didn't stop moving though it was cut open?

C. after it was torn to pieces?

D. because the villagers wanted to take it away?

卷II（共30分）

第四部分 寫(xiě)作 (共三節(jié)，滿分30分)

第一節(jié) 短文填空 （共10小題，每小題0.5分；滿分5分）

閱讀下面的短文，在標(biāo)有序號(hào)的空白處填入一個(gè)適當(dāng)?shù)脑~，或填入括號(hào)中單詞的正確形式。

John liked chocolates very much, but his mother__76__ gave him any, because they were__77__ for his teeth, she thought. But John had a very nice grandfather. The old man loved his grandson very much, and sometimes he___78___ (bring) John chocolates when he came to visit him. Then his mother let him eat them, because she wanted to___79___ the old man happy.

One evening, a few days before John’s seventh birthday, he was saying his prayers(禱告)in his bedroom before he went to ___80___.“Please, God,” he shouted, “make__81__ give me a big box of chocolates for my birthday on Saturday.”

His mother was in the kitchen, but she heard the small boy__82__ and went into his bedroom quickly.

“Why are you shouting, John?” she asked her son. “God can hear you when you talk__83__.”

“I know,” answered the clever boy__84__ a smile, “but grandfather is in the __85__ room, and he can’t.”

 In 1939, Hitler ________ war against Poland, which started the Second World War.

A. announced      B. broadcast      C. declared      D. advertised

 He was generally _________ to be the finest poet in the land.

A. received       B. regarded        C. seen         D. acknowledged

. It is difficult for us to _________ a conversation with so much noise around us.

A. communicate with      B. carry on     C. set up       D. bring up

My goodness, look at the time! It’s nine o’clock already and I’m _____ at breakfast.      

A. still      B. yet      C. ever    D. only

第二節(jié) 書(shū)面表達(dá)（滿分25分）

61. 假如你是某英語(yǔ)報(bào)刊“Heart to heart”欄目的編輯，負(fù)責(zé)回復(fù)讀者來(lái)信，請(qǐng)回復(fù)下面一封來(lái)信，要求針對(duì)來(lái)信內(nèi)容對(duì)來(lái)信者進(jìn)行安慰、鼓勵(lì)，并對(duì)其“學(xué)得很累”和“感到孤獨(dú)”的狀況提出建議。詞數(shù)：120左右

Dear Editor,

       I’m a Senior 3 student. I failed the mid-term examination two months ago, which makes me very sad. If I can’t do well in the examinations now, my dream to enter one of the top universities next year will not come true. What is worse, I find I can’t study as hard as before and easily feel tired. I also feel very lonely now. My classmates are all busy with their studies. I miss the days in Senior 1 and Senior 2 when I could share my happiness and sadness with my classmates.

Yours, 

Grace

Dear Grace,

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                                                Yours,

                                                                   Editor

．Canada, ________ second to Russia in size, is ________ home to all kinds of animals and plants, making it famous for its natural scenery.

   A. 不填，a             B. the, the        C. the, 不填           D. 不填，不填

.— This is one of the oldest trees in the world.

      —_____ such a big tree.

A. Never I have seen                        B. I haven't never seen    

C. Never have I seen                          D. I have seen never