“Some day, there will be no Americans left in the NBA.” Said 12-year-old Xing Tao, who joined his school’s team two years ago, after watching Yao in a televised NBA game. “The players will all be Chinese, like Yao!”
To China Yao is a home-grown superstar who helped make the world’s first basketball league closer to Chinese players. To the NBA, the 2.23-metre centre offers an opening of a different sort into the world’s largest new market.
Yao’s NBA first appearance against the Indiana Pacers in October reached 287 million households in China. By contrast （對照）, there are only about 105 million households in the US. That game might have been a bit of a let down to  Yao’s fans. He played just 11 of the 48 minutes, had two rebounds and got no points.
Compare that with his performance on December 19, and also against Indiana, Yao won 29 points and 10 rebounds. “This was one of the most exciting games I’ve had,” Yao said after Houston’s 95-83 victory.
“Yao Ming has brought the NBA closer to the Chinese,” said NBA spokeswoman Cheong Sau Ching, who is based in Hong Kong. “That makes the dream seem achievable for other people in China.”
The 22-year-old Yao is not the country’s first player in the NBA; Wang Zhizhi broke down that wall as a player with the Dallas Mavericks（小牛隊）in April 2001. But Yao’s combination of modesty and his skills make him a favourite back home.
60．What’s the direct reason for Xing Tao to join the school’s basketball team?
A．He watched an NBA game
B．He liked basketball
C．He hoped to play for Houston Rockets
D．He had a dream that he would become a basketball star.
61．What’s the main idea of this passage?
A．Middle school students want to play basketball
B．Yao Ming makes NBA closer to China
C．There’ll be no Americans left in the NBA
D．There are many new stars from China in the NBA
62．What does “l(fā)etdown” in paragraph six mean?
A．failure        B．surprise      C．disappointment     D．sadness
63．Why does Yao Ming win more popularity than Wang Zhizhi at home?
A．He has performed excellently            B．He is modest   
C．His height                           D．A ＆ B

There are some kinds of detectives who do not wear a uniform, like Hausman, solve endless mysteries every year. There is, for example, the dust detective. Tiny bits of dust stick to your clothes, your fingernails, your hair, or your shoes. They catch in your nose and in your ears. They tell where you have been and what you have done lately. The dust detective often helps catch a criminal by proving that he has been on the scene of the crime（罪案）.
Then there is the wood detective. By studying a piece of wood he can tell what kind of tree the piece of wood came from. He can tell where it was grown, and how old it is. He can even tell you what the weather was like at a certain place the year Columbus landed in America. The growth rings on a tree tell him.
64．According to the selection, by studying a piece of wood, a wood detective can tell you________.
A．what the weather was like the year Columbus landed in America.
B．what the weather was like last year in the mountain
C．what the weather was like last month in your hometown
D．what kind of tree the piece of wood came from
65．What does the underlined word “they”(para. 1) mean?
A．Your clothes           B．Your finger-nail
C．Tiny bits of dust        D．Your shoes

第二節(jié)：閱讀表達（共5小題，每小題2分，滿分10分）
Would you spend more time playing outside, reading, or studying? Well, now it’s our chance to turn off your TV and find out! TV-Turnoff Week is here.
The goal of TV-Turnoff Week is to let people leave their TV sets off and participate in activities from drawing to biking. The event was founded by TV-Turnoff Network, a non-profit organization which started the event in 1995. In the beginning, only a few thousand people took part. Last year more that 7.6 million people participated, including people in every state in America and in more than 12 other countries! This is the 11 th year in which organizers are asking people to “turn off the TV and turn on life.”
According to the TV-Turnoff Network, the average kids in the US spend more time in front of the TV （about 1, 023 hours per year）than they do in school （about 900 hours per year）. Too much TV watching has made many kids      .In fact, in 2001’s TV-Turn-off week, US Surgeon General David Satcher said, “We are raising the most overweight generation of youngsters in American history. This week is about saving lives.”
Over the years, studies have shown that watching a lot of TV leads to poor eating habits, too little exercise, and violence. Frank Vespe of the TV-Turnoff Network said that turning off the TV “ is , or should be ,part of a healthy lifestyle.”
“One of the great lessons of participating in TV-Turnoff Week is the realization that every time I turn on the TV, I’m deciding not to do something else,” Vespe said.
TV-Turnoff Week seems to be making a difference. Recent US Census （人口普查）data shows that about 72 percent of kids under 12 have a limit on their TV time. That’s up from about 63 percent ten years ago.
81．What’s the best title of the passage? （Please answer within 10 words）
_______________________________________________________________________________
82．Which sentence in the passage can be replaced by the following one?
According to many studies, spending too much time in front of TV has many bad results.
_______________________________________________________________________________
83．Please fill in the blank in the third paragraph with proper words or phrases to complete the sentence. （Please answer within 10 words）
_______________________________________________________________________________
84．Can you think of other bad results of watching too much TV? （Please answer within 30 words）
_______________________________________________________________________________
85．Translate the underlined sentence into Chinese.
_______________________________________________________________________________

第三部分: 閱讀理解 (共20小題;每小題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,D)中選出最佳選項
One of the most important aspects of an image is color. People are very sensitive to color, and different colors have different effects on people .
In general , red is an exciting color , which creates an image of action, energy and danger. Red is also the most frequently used color in flags .Eighty percent of the world’s flags contain red. A study in “Germany showed that football teams wearing red are more successful .Blue is a very calm color .Business executives usually wear dark blue suits .Blue is also a peaceful color. The flag of the United Nations is light blue .Yellow is associated with openness and freedom. Green is a very relaxing color .Surgeons nowadays wear green ,because it’s less tiring than white .Black creates an image of power and authority .It can also be a very threatening color .Gangsters and vampires often wear black .white is a pure and strong color .This is one reason why doctors wear white coats .We trust them more .Grey is a very anonymous color .People wearing grey don’t want other people to notice them .Brown is the opposite of black .It’s warm and friendly ,while black is threatening .
56．What does the author mainly talk about in the passage?
A．Color and Character       B．Color and Image
C．Color and Occupation     D．People are sensitive to color
57．Which of the following is true about color according to the passage?
A．Eighty per cent of the world’s flags contain green.
B．Brown is the opposite of pink, presenting warmth.
C．Red creates an image of energy , danger and freedom.
D．Blue is a peaceful and calm color.
58．The underlined word “anonymous” roughly means ______
A．outstanding     B．beautiful C．exciting   D．unknown

This booklet is designed to help you and your family plan for and survive a major earthquake. By taking action to be prepared, you can lessen the impact of an earthquake on your family. Set aside some emergency supplies, and teach your family what to do at home during and after a disaster. You could be without help for up to 72 hours, so learn to cope for at least that long.
Movement of the ground is seldom the actual cause of death or injury. Most casualties（意外） result from partial building collapse and falling objects and debris, like toppling chimneys, falling bricks, ceiling plaster, and light fixtures. Many of these conditions are easily preventable.
Because earthquakes occur without warning, it’s important to take steps now to prepare, so that you know what you can do and how to respond — constructive, protective action is possible.
Have on hand for Any Emergency – Ideas for Home, Workplace, and Car.
Because you don’t know where you will be when an earthquake occurs, prepare a disaster supplies.
59．Who is the passage mainly written for ?
A．scientists B．parents     C．the public        D．teachers
60．How can we lessen the impact of an earthquake on our family?
A．Stay at home
B．Keep away from high buildings
C．learn some knowledge about the cause of earthquakes
D．know what to do in a disaster
61．What will the writer talk about next?
A．emergency supplies        B．first aid
C．toppling chimneys      D．ceiling plaster
62．which can be the best title of this passage?
A．Are You Prepared for the Next Earthquake 
B．Earthquakes Occur without Warning
C．How to prevent earthquakes           
D．Cause of Earthquakes

第二卷
第四部分寫作（共兩節(jié)，滿分35分）
第一節(jié)：對話填空共10小題；每小題1分，滿分10分）
M: What are you doing here (76)a_____?                                                 76. __________       
W: Just looking at the lights. I like to look at the city at night.                              
M: Everybody is standing around the piano and singing.
Don’t you want to (77)j_____us?                                                                   77. __________       
W: I’d (78)r_____stay out here for a few minutes.                                        78. __________       
Look down there where I’m pointing.
M: I don’t see anything (79)s_____.                                                             79. __________        
W: That’s (80)w_____I used to live when I was a child.                                 80. __________       
M: What kind of neighborhood was it?
W: A very (81)p_____one. Everybody was supposed to work                          81. __________        
hard and end up with a house in the outer area of the city.
M: But you’ve ended up with a flat in the sky.
W: Yes, and I don’t want to lose it.
M: I think that means that all of us had (82)b______go                                         82. __________       
home soon so that you can get a little (83)s_____.                                        83. __________        
W: I do have to be at the (84)o______in the morning.                                    84. __________       
M: Tell me, how do you do it, both work so hard and play so hard?
W: I don’t know. I just like to do (85b_____. And I don’t need much sleep.            85. __________       

    Directions: Reading the following passage. Answer the questions accroding to the information given in the passage and the required words limit.
Xu Hui is very excited. The Senior 1 student in a middle school in Beijing will go to Japan with his parents during the Spring Festival.
“Overseas touring has always been a dream for me,” he said happily.
Nowadays, Chinese people enjoy longer holidays, such as the three “Golden Week Holidays”(the Spring Festival, May Day and National Day). They have more time to travel. Rising incomes also make travelling abroad realistic for ordinary Chinese people.
Nearly 7 million Chinese travelled overseas in 2001, according to the National Tourism Administration(國家旅游局). The most common problem travellers face is how to choose the best routes.
By the end of 2002, Chinese citizens were allowed to travel to 19 foreign countries and regions at their own expense.
The top 10 places included Hong Kong, Macao and Thailand. European countries are also becoming increasingly popular.
“More and more Chinese people have shown interest in travelling to Europe, particularly France and Finland,” said Tan Wen, a general manager of China Youth Travel Service. “Sooner or later, there will be a peak in European tours.”
Another consideration is choosing the right travel agencies and finding the best price. The China Consumers’ Association offered tips to consumers on choosing the right travel agencies to help prevent a relaxing vacation from turning into a costly disaster.
“Price should not be the single most important factor in choosing a travel agency,” said Zhang Yuanchao, CCA vice-secretary general. Consumers are advised to choose large State travel agencies with good reputations and official approval to organize overseas tour groups.
Zhang’s association dealt with more than 5, 000 complaints about travel agencies last year. And the majority of the complaints were about random changes in travel routes, bad tour guides, and forced shopping.
Travellers were warned to look carefully at their contracts with agencies and to buy travel insurance.
81. How many reasons are given in the article as to why ordinary Chinese people are traveling abroad more today? ( No more than 2 words )
82. List two factors Chinese travellers should consider while choosing a travel agency.
( No more than 3 words )
83. What seems to be the most common result of choosing a bad travel agency ?
( No more than 12 words )
84. What would be a good title for this passage ? ( No more than 6 words)

三、閱讀理解（30分）
On New Year’s Eve
At midnight on New Year’s Eve, people in Rome, Italy, throw out all the things they no longer want. The streets are filled with old chairs, beds, clothes and dishes. In Madrid, Spain, the new year comes in more quietly. People flock to the main square. Each holds a bag of grapes. As the clock strikes twelve, the people eat the grapes— one for each stroke.
In Tokyo people eat noodles on New Year’s Eve. This food is said to bring long life. Early the next morning, some Japanese families climb Mount Fuji. There they watch the first sunrise of the new year.
41. This story is about New Year’s Eve in ____.
A. Italy and Spain     B. China and Japan    C. Japan             D. both A and C
42. In Rome, Italy, the streets are filled with old things on New Year’s Eve because __     .
A. people throw out all the things they no longer want
B. the city has never been clean
C. people want to change back what they want
D. they want to see the sun come up
43. People in both Spain and Japan bring in the new year by____.
A. throwing things away                      B. eating a special food
C. climbing a mountain                       D. watching the first sunrise
44. In Tokyo, people eat noodles on New Year’s Eve _____.
A. because they like eating noodles very much
B. so that the daytime could be longer
C. in order that they could live longer
D. though they don’t eat them

If you fly non-stop across Canada from Newfoundland in the east to British Columbia in the west, you can arrive before you set out, that is, by the time shown on clocks in British Columbia. Canada is such a big country that people in British Columbia may be having their breakfast while those in Newfoundland are perhaps already beginning their lunch. So the country is divided into five time zones, each an hour behind in time from the west zones to the east. For example, when it is 12 noon Atlantic Time in Newfoundland and the Madritime Provinces, it is 11a.m. Eastern time in most of Quebec and Ontario. Winnipeg, Manitoba, lies in the middle of the Central Time Zone, here it is 10 a.m. In most of the Prairies and the eastern half the mountains it is 9 a.m. Mountain Time while the west coast region has Pacific Time and it is 8 a.m.
45. The underlined word “non-stop” in the first sentence may mean ____.
A. to stop everywhere                            B. no stopping in Canada
C. without stopping before the final stop            D. to stop in Newfoundland
46. Which of the following is not the name of a place in Canada?
A. British Columbia.     B. Newfoundland.    C. Quebec.             D. Atlantic Time.
47. According to the passage, the place named Quebec is to the ___ of the place named Winnipeg.
A. east     B. west    C. south   D. north

第二節(jié)：完形填空（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16-35各題所給的四個選項（A、B、C和D）中，選出最佳選項。
I still remember the day I was driving to the supermarket I own. When I came out, I found a boy 16 my car with a brush. I went over and patted (拍) him 17 the shoulder, which surprised him very much. In no time he began to 18 at me, so I was sure he   19 some money. From the shoes he was wearing I could hardly imagine how 20 he was. So I offered him a $100 bill. To my great surprise, he 21 to take it. When I was wondering what he was doing, he said, “I was waiting here for 4 hours, waiting for you. Your 22 is so beautiful and I like it, but I don’t need that.” I knew he was mentioning the 23.
As he had refused the money, I offered to drive him around the town. The boy became so 24 that he got into the car at once, “Would you please drive me 25? It is only about 3 miles.” What the boy wanted to do was to show off to his friends and his family.
26 I stopped, he jumped out and ran into an old building, telling me to wait there for some time. Very soon he came out, saying to a little girl on his back, “Look at this beautiful car. I will buy you 27 some day.”
I noticed his sister had a pale (蒼白的) face. 28, her legs were too thin, and she was unable to 29. 
After that day I went to his home several times. And I got to know more about him and his 30. Poor as they were, the boy 31 refused my money, and said, “I can   32 money by myself, thank you.”
Soon I 33 my manager of the supermarket that a boy would go to 34 here the next day.
No matter how poor we are, we would 35 give in (屈服) to ourselves.
16. A. repairing             B. cleaning         C. fixing            D. hitting
17. A. over               B. off              C. in                  D. on
18. A. shout                B. cry                     C. smile                D. throw
19. A. lost               B. got                     C. received             D. needed
20. A. rich              B. poor            C. handsome              D. brave
21. A. begged           B. agreed           C. allowed           D. refused
22. A. car               B. shoes             C. suitcase           D. clothes
23. A. box              B. wheel            C. paper                D. bill
24. A. unhappy             B. scared         C. excited                 D. unfriendly
25. A. yard          B. office                  C. school            D. home
26. A. As soon as       B. As long as       C. As well as          D. So far as
27. A. one              B. it                  C. this                 D. that
28. A. So                B. However         C. What’s worse             D. In general
29. A. run              B. jump            C. climb                 D. walk
30. A. brother       B. family            C. friend            D. boss
31. A. no longer           B. at last          C. at first                   D. once again
32. A. spend             B. save                 C. make               D. borrow
33. A. told          B. asked            C. answered          D. warned
34. A. shop         B. work             C. sleep                   D. buy
35. A. always       B. often             C. ever                D. never