It ______ last night ______ Tom saw an interesting film in Dongfeng Cinema.

A. is; that          B. was; that          C. was; which      D. was; who 

       Federal regulators Wednesday approved a plan to create a nationwide emergency alert system using text messages delivered to cell phones．Text messages have exploded in popularity in recent years, particularly among young people．The wireless industryls trade association, CTIA, estimates more than 48 billion text messages are sent each month．

       The plan comes from the Warning Alert and Response Network Act, a 2006 federal law that requires improvements to the nation's emergency alert system．The act tasked the Federal Communications Commission （FCC） by coming up with new ways to alert the public about emergencies．

       "The ability to deliver accurate and timely warnings and alerts through cell phones and other mobile services is an important next step in our efforts to help ensure that the American public has the information they need to take action to protect themselves and their families before and during disasters and other emergencies," FCC Chairman Kevin Martin said following approval of the plan．

       Participation in the alert system by carriers -telecommunications companies is voluntary, but it has received solid support from the wireless industry．The program would be optional for cell phone users．They also may not be charged for receiving alerts．

       There would be three different types of messages, according to the rules．The first would be a national alert from the president, likely involving a terrorist attack or a nationwide disease．The second would involve "approaching threats," which could include natural disasters like hurricanes or storms or even university shootings．The third would be reserved for child kidnapping emergencies．The service could be in place by 2010．

59．What is the purpose of the approved plan?

       A．To warn people of emergencies through messages．

       B．To popularize the use of cell phones．

       C．To estimate the monthly number of messages．

       D．To promote the wireless industry．

60．According to the passage, cell phone users ____．

      A．must accept the alert service．       B．may enjoy the alert service for free．

       C．must send the alerts to others  D．may choose the types of messages

61．An alert message will NOT be sent if____．

       A．a(chǎn) child gets robbed in the street      B．a(chǎn) university shooting happens

       C．a(chǎn) natural disaster happens       D．a(chǎn) terrorist attack occurs

62．Which of the following can be the best title for the text?

       A．Cell Phone Alerts Protecting Students

       B．Cell Phone Alerts by Wireless Industry

       C．Cell Phone Alerts of National Disasters

       D．Cell Phone Alerts Coming Soon

第二節(jié) 語(yǔ)法填空 (共10小題，每小題1.5分，滿分15分)

    閱讀下面短文，按照句子結(jié)構(gòu)的語(yǔ)法性和上下文連貫的要求，在空格處填入一個(gè)適當(dāng)?shù)脑~或使用括號(hào)中詞語(yǔ)的正確形式填空， 并將答案填寫(xiě)在答題卡標(biāo)號(hào)為31～40的相應(yīng)位置上。

    Chinese proverbs are rich and they are still widely used in Chinese people’s daily life.   31         these proverbs, there are often interesting stories. For example, the proverb, “plucking up a crop   32    (help) it grow”, is based on the following story.

    It is said that a short-tempered man in the Song Dynasty (960 — 1279) was very anxious to help   33         rice crop grow up quickly. He was thinking about   34          day and night. But the crop was growing much slower than he expected.

    One day, he came up with an idea   35             he would pluck up all of his crop a few inches. He did so the next day.

    He was very tired   36          doing this for a whole day,   37         he felt very happy since the crop did “grow”   38            (high).

    His son heard about this and went to see the crop. Unfortunately the leaves of the crop began to wither.

This proverb is saying we have to let things go in their   39            (nature) course. Being too anxious to help an event develop often   40             (result) in the contrary to our intention.

 ---I bought three DVD copies of the film Avatar and now       is left. Somebody just borrows something and never returns.

---Things like that happen all the time.

A. none               B. nothing             C. no one            D. neither

I could hardly tell the twins apart because their appearances are only ____ different.

A. slightly     B. gradually      C. personally      D. extremely

 The operator put him ______ to 83428091.

  A. out   B. in   C. through   D. on

He's definitely NOT James Bond—nor even Austin Powers.And now the world's worst spy, codenamed Piglet,is facing 14 years in prison after bungling (辦槽)an attempt to sell secrets to the Russians.

Aircraft engineer Ian Parr,46,tried to pass on secrets of seven sensitive projects for￡l30. 000 to a man he thought was a Russian agent called Aleksey.

But it turned out that Parr—once nicknamed "Hazard" by colleagues-actually handed over the secrets to all M15(軍情五處)agent. As the father-of-two sat in the pub drinking a pint of lager to celebrate the￡25,000 he had just been given,police swooped and arrested him for spying.

But his troubles were not over. While in Belmar's Prison,he,who had given himself the codename Piglet,tried to kill himself.He wired his spectacles to the mains to try to electrocute himself-but he only succeeded in leaving an outline of his glasses bummed on to his face.

Parr had a reputation for being a bungler long before his spying exempt.

As a teenage he joined the Army,where he earned his nickname"Hazard".

An excolleague said."If you wanted a job doing,Hazard would do it badly.He blew up the barracks washing machine by overloading it."

"He was forever injuring himself when loading shells(炮彈)into the gun turret(炮塔)of the tank. I lost count of the number of times I saw him with bandages and plasters on his fingers."

"You'd hear him clanging around and there'd be a yelp and he'd squeal,'Oh,my bloody fingers.'He's very lucky to have all his fingers left."

Parr eared ￡25,000 a year at BAE(bachelor of aeronautical engineering(航空工程學(xué)士) Systems.It is thought that he tried to make money from spying because of worries about being dismissed at the firm.

73. According to the passage,the world's worst spy Is________.

      A. James Bond       B. Austin Powers    C. lan Parr      D. Aleksei

74. Piglet actually passed the secrets on to________. 

      A. Aleksei,the Russian agent        B. an agent

      C. nobody             D. somebody whose nickname was"Hazard"

75. The underlined word"swooped"in paragraph 4 most probably means________.

      A. attacked suddenly and unexpectedly       B. at tack evincing crowds

      C. cameos planned               D. walked slowly and secretly

76. If he had succeeded in selling the secrets,he would have earned________.

      A. ￡25,000   B. ￡155,000 C. ￡130,000 D. ￡105,000

We’ve used the wind as an energy source for a long time. The Babylonians and Chinese were using wind power to pump water for irrigating crops 4,000 years ago, and sailing boats were around long before that. Wind power was used in the Middle Ages, in Europe, to grind(磨碎) corn, which is where the term “windmill” comes from.

We can use the energy in the wind by building a tall tower, with a large propellor（螺旋槳） on the top. The wind blows the propellor round, which turns a generator to produce electricity. We tend to build many of these towers together, to make a “wind farm” and produce more electricity. The more towers, the more wind, and the larger the propellors, the more electricity we can make. It’s only worth building wind farms in places that have strong, steady winds, although boats and caravans（大篷車(chē)）increasingly have small wind generators to help keep their batteries charged.

The best places for wind farms are in coastal areas, at the tops of rounded hills, open plains and gaps in mountains — places where the wind is strong and reliable. Some are offshore. To be worthwhile, you need an average wind speed of around 25 km/h. Most wind farms in the UK are in Cornwall or Wales. Isolated places such as farms may have their own wind generators. In California, several “wind farms” supply electricity to homes around Los Angeles.

The propellors are large, to obtain energy from the largest possible volume of air. The blades can be angled to cope with varying wind speeds. Some designs use vertical turbines (垂直渦輪機(jī)), which don’t need to be turned to face the wind. The towers are tall, to get the propellors as high as possible, up to where the wind is stronger. This means that the land beneath can still be used for farming. 

The first paragraph aims to introduce to us _______.

A. the function of wind power                     B. the source of wind power

C. the nations using wind power                     D. the history of using wind power

The best places for building the wind farm are places where _______.

A. boats and caravans can often be seen      B. isolated farms don’t have enough electricity

C. there are less human activities                 D. the wind is strong and reliable

We can infer from the passage that _______.

A. wind farms will not take up too much farming land

B. wind farms need no fuel because wind is free

C. the blades can be angled to turn to face the wind wherever it comes from

D. the higher and larger the towers are, the stronger the wind is

What can be a suitable title for the passage?

A. Where to build a wind farm.                 B. ABC of the using of wind energy.

C. How to make best use of wind.              D. Wind energy is the best energy.

The underlined sentence in the last paragraph means______________________.

A. The blades can increase wind speeds   

B. The blades can decrease the wind speeds

C. The speed of blades can be changed.

D. The blades can be adjusted to face different wind speeds

短文改錯(cuò)

此題要求改正所給短文中的錯(cuò)誤。對(duì)標(biāo)有題號(hào)的每一行作出判斷：如無(wú)錯(cuò)誤，在該行右邊橫線上畫(huà)一個(gè)勾（∨）；如有錯(cuò)誤（每行只有一個(gè)錯(cuò)誤），則按下列情況改正：

此行多一個(gè)詞：把多余的詞用斜線（＼）劃掉，在該行右邊橫線上寫(xiě)出該詞，并也用斜線劃掉。

此行缺一個(gè)詞：在缺詞處加一個(gè)漏字符號(hào)（∧），在該行右邊橫線上寫(xiě)出該加的詞。

此行錯(cuò)一個(gè)詞：在錯(cuò)的詞下劃一橫線，在該行右邊橫線上寫(xiě)出改正后的詞。

注意：1）原行沒(méi)有錯(cuò)的不要改。2) 不按要求做不得分。

village, which I strongly believed and was very thankful then.

— How many of them do you want to act in the play?

 —_______ , and still a large number needed!

A. All                          B. Both               C. Neither                    D. None