The most important holiday in spring, especially for Christians（基督徒）, is Easter. This Christian holiday is not on the same date every year, but it’s always on a Sunday. It can be any Sunday between March 22 and April 25. Many people celebrate Easter by buying new clothes. Children celebrate by hunting for colored eggs that their parents have hidden around the house. People also give Easter baskets filled with candy and other goodies to one another to celebrate the day.

     But the holiday is more than new clothes and good things to eat. On Easter, many people go to church to celebrate Jesus’ resurrection（復活）from the dead.

     Most people color them. Some people hide them. Others just eat them. But no matter what one does with Easter eggs, they are an important Easter tradition throughout the Western world.

     People from many different cultures celebrate Easter. In both America and Belgium, children look for Easter eggs hidden on lawns and in bushes. In America， children believe the eggs are hidden by the Easter bunny（復活節(jié)兔子）. But in Belgium, the hidden eggs are supposed to have fallen from church bells. In Bulgaria, red Easter eggs are lucky in churches; Bulgarian families also hit these Easter eggs together to see whose is the strongest. The winner looks forward to good fortune that year. Still dozens of other Easter traditions exist. In parts of Austria, for example, children sing from door to door and are rewarded with colorful eggs.

60. Easter comes _______.

     A. on the same date every year

     B. on Sunday on March 22

     C. on Sunday on April 25

     D. on a Sunday between March 22 and April 25

61. To celebrate Easter, people ___________.

     A. go shopping, hide colored eggs and children hunt for them

     B. give Easter baskets filled candy and goodies to one another

     C. buy new clothes, hide colored eggs and children look for them around the house

D. both B and C

62. For Christians the more important thing to do on Easter is________.

     A. buying new clothes

     B. going to church to celebrate Jesus‘ resurrection

     C. eating delicious food and paint color eggs

     D. exchange beautiful gifts each other

63. People from different cultures have different ideas about Easter egg， _________.

    A. In both American and Belgium, children hunt for Easter eggs hidden in rooms and in bushes

    B. In American, children believe the eggs are hidden by the Easter bunny

    C. In Belgium, the hidden eggs are thought to have fallen from doorbells

    D. In America, the hidden eggs are supposed to have fallen from doorbells

For thousands of years, man has enjoyed the taste of apples. Apples, which are about 35 percent water, grow almost everywhere in the world but the hottest and coldest areas. The leading countries in apple production are China, France and the United States.

There are various kinds of apples, but a very few make up the majority of those that are grown

for sale. The three most common kinds that are grown in the United States are Delicious,

Golden Delicious and Macintosh.

Apples are different in color. Size and taste. The color of the skin may be red, green, or yellow. They have various sizes, with Delicious apples being among the largest. The taste may be sweet or tart“酸的”. Generally, sweet apples are eaten fresh while tart apples are used to make apple sauce(果醬).

Apple trees may grow as tall as twelve meters. They do best in areas that have cold winters. Although no fruit is yielded during the winter ,this cold period is good for the tree.

   68. Apple trees grow______________.

A.neither in the hottest areas nor in the coldest areas   

B. everywhere in the world

      C. either in the hottest areas or in the coldest areas  

D. nowhere but the hottest and the coldest areas

   69. Apples are different in______________.

      A. size         B. taste          C. color        D. all the above

   70. It can be learned from the passage that Delicious apples are______________.

      A. grown in France        B. sold everywhere      C. very big       D. quite sweet

   71. Which of the following has the same neaning as the underlined word“yield”?

      A. improve      B. increase      C. produce     D. sell

第三節(jié)：寫作 （滿分30）

根據(jù)下面四幅圖畫，寫一篇100詞左右的短文，開頭已給出。

提示: ride very fast after a bus 在汽車后面騎得飛快  talk and laugh 又說又笑     all the way 一路上  the traffic light turn red 交通燈變紅了   run into 撞上 

Ma Hu was carrying Li Gang on the back of his bike. _____________________________

____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

 The World War II made ______ impossible for Einstein to go on with his research.

   A. him               B. this              C. it        D. that

------- Could you please tell me more about the city?

   ------- Sorry, I’m a newcomer. I know nothing else ______ you know now.

   A. except for    B. except   C. except what   D. besides

He didn’t put the things ________they belonged, for_______he got his punishment.

       A. which; that                            B. what; this

       C. that; whose                            D. where; which

Most of what has been said about the Smiths _____ also true of the Johnsons.

A. are  B. is  C. being  D. to be

 ----- Why hasn’t she come to the party?

   ----- I’m afraid she can’t. She is _______ in preparing her graduation paper.

  A. covered        B. filled           C. occupied        D. crowded

第二節(jié) 完形填空 （共20小題；每小題1分，滿分20分）

It was a cold afternoon. Ginny and I were walking home after work when ___41___a young man asked us, “Do you want a hug?” He carried a ___42___ in his hand which read “Free Hugs”. I looked around and ___43___ there were other young people with him. They all ___44___ their handmade signs high. The message was the ___45___ on all of them---Free Hugs!

“Sure!” Ginny smiled and hugged him with all the ___46___ she had in her heart.

“Wow!” he shouted. “That is the best ___47___ I’ve had all day!”

Then the young man looked at me and ___48___ , “ How about a hug?”

“ You got it!” ___49___ his open arms. We held a hug briefly and parted at once.

Ginny and I stepped back and watched the “free huggers” hug those who ___50___ them. All of the young people ___51___ hugs to anyone.

When the huggers walked on the street ___52___ their signs, most people ignored them or shook their heads to show that they were not ___53___ in what they were doing. But the fact was that those who opened their arms in return, walked away with a ___54___ on their faces.

I felt the ___55___ in my heart, so warm ___56___ it seemed as if it were not a cold winter day. At that time, Ginny and I were going through ___57___ times. We had little money and were ___58___ in debt. We were stressed and ___59___, but that afternoon, for a short moment, we ___60___ all our problems because of a hug with love. It took a simple hug to make everyone smile and make everything better.

41.   A. seriously        B. fortunately C. suddenly       D. immediately

42.   A . sign           B. mark        C. newspaper           D. magazine

43.   A. watched         B. recognized  C. examined      D. noticed

44.   A. held            B . flew        C. carried         D. dropped

45.   A . special          B . same       C. equal         D. common

46.   A. strength         B. power      C. love          D. pity

47.   A . talk            B. rest          C. service         D. hug

48.   A. asked          B. replied            C. ordered        D. commanded

49.   A. came from        B . gave back  C. walked into      D. gave in

50.   A . accepted        B . escaped     C. received       D. disturbed

51    A. replaced         B. refused       C. rewarded      D. offered

52    A. with           B. by           C. under               D. before

53    A. disappointed      B. interested   C. experienced     D. excited

54    A. shame         B. regret       C. shock           D. smile

55    A. warmth          B. surprise      C. truth         D. prize

56    A. what           B. that          C. which           D. as

57    A. easy            B. busy        C. hard          D. ordinary

58    A. seldom           B. hardly      C. nearly          D. mostly

59    A. satisfied         B. dangerous   C. generous       D. worried

60    A. remembered      B. forgot      C. returned       D. arrived

----Shall we smoke here?

   ----No, we ______ , because the worker is filling our car with petrol..

A. won’t       B. needn’t      C. couldn’t    D. mustn’t