Win a trip to the OREGON COAST-Dare to Explore the Pacific Ocean. Build the biggest sand castle on the beach. Search tide pools for sea life. Watch the bright orange sunset over the ocean. Whether you’ve been to the Pacific Ocean before or have only closed your eyes and imagined it, we want to know how you would explore the Oregon Coast if you had the chance to go this summer.

JUDGING

1. Clear relationship between the Essay and the Drawing 40%

2. Creativity and skill in design and form of the Drawing 40%

3. Expression of the passion to draw and explore 10%

4. Journalistic quality, tidy nature and overall quality of the Essay 10%

PRIZE

     By entering, you will have the chance to win an all expense paid trip to the ORECON COAST. Activities will include: kite flying, studying beautiful sea creatures, searching for sea life in a boat, science exploration at a science center and roasting over a beach campfire.

Who may enter: The competition is 0pen to kids aged 6 - 14.

TERM :  Entries(參賽作品) must be postmarked no later than July 31 ,2009.

How to enter

     Surf travelogue. com/kids to download and print out an entry form.

     Be sure to mark whether you have or have not been to the Pacific Ocean in山e form. Create a drawing of the Pacific Ocean on a piece of paper using a pen or paints.

     Write an article of 100 words or less to explain why you want to go, what you think you would see and what you would explore if you have never been to the Pacific Ocean, or describe your favorite memories from your last visit.

     Send to Dare to Explore the Pacific Ocean. NG1145 14th street NW. Washington D. C. 20036

72. What is the most important for the judging?

     A. Whether your article is written in a neat way.

     B. The article and the drawing should be closely related.

     C. Whether you show your passion to draw and explore.

     D. The skill in your drawing the map of the Atlantic Ocean.

73. If you win the competition, you may____

     A. search the beach for sea plants

     B. fly a kite on the beach

     C. roast the sea creatures over a beach campfire

     D. win an all expense paid trip to Washington D. C.

74. What information can you get from the passage?

     A. Your article should be 8t least 100 words.

     B. Every kid can rake part in the competition.

     C. You must send the drawing before June 31, 2009.

     D. Your entry form should be downloaded and printed out.

75. You can most probably read the passage in _         .

A．a(chǎn) textbook       B．a(chǎn) travel guide

C．a(chǎn) newspaper     D．a(chǎn) research book

---Please tell Bruce he has won the first prize in the maths contest.

   ---_____He never did so well before.

A. Congratulations!       B. Good luck!

C. That’s right!      D. What a good surprise!

People often think that having a million dollars would make all their dreams come true. There are TV game shows that give contestants the chance to become millionaires. When asked the question "What would you do with a million dollars?", most people tend to give similar answers: “Quit my job.”, "Buy my dream house," or “Go traveling.” Twenty years ago, it was possible to realize these dreams. However, things are not so easy today.

In many developed countries, the cost of living is higher than ever. Over the last twenty years, for example, housing prices in many of the world's cities have soared. In the U. S., luxury homes in the state of Arizona sold for about $ 800, 000 in 1995. These same homes now cost more than $ 1.5 million. Now, because more people live in the area, the cost of property has risen.

Apartments in many city centers are also more expensive now than in the past. Today, people want to be closer to their workplace, and many are now moving back into the city center. As a result, living in or near this area costs more than ever. Apartments in London's Mayfair district or in Manhattan in New York City often sell for over a million dollars.

Inflation is another important reason for the rise in the cost of living. Over the last 150 years, as prices have gone up, the value of money has gone down, so we now need more money to buy things. In 1850, for example, $50,000 had as much buying power as $1 million dollars does today. Of course, people now earn more money than they did 150 years ago, but they also spend more on necessities such as food, medicine, and housing.

In order to live well after you stop working, you should begin saving for retirement early. Experts suggest that after you retire, you will need 75 percent to 80 percent of your salary to live on every month. This calculation assumes that you have no mortgage on a house to continue paying, or any other major expenses.

Due to increased demand for housing, higher inflation, and longer life expectancy, a million may not be enough to live on. To be able to retire early, travel the world, and build your dream home, you may have to appear on that game show and win more than once!

46. What is the main cause of high housing price?

A. People generally make more money today.

B. There are more luxury homes than apartments.

C. There is less housing available there for sale or rent.

D. People would rather live in the suburbs than in the city.

47. The word "inflation" in the 4th paragraph refers to _____

A. the amount of money required for life's necessities

B. a continuing increase in prices over time

C. a bank loan for a house or piece of land

D. things that one must pay for regularly

48. If you make $ 4,000 per month, you will need _______ per month after you retire.

A. $2,250~$2,400        B. $ 3,000~$ 3,200

C. $3,500~$3,750        D. $2,550~ $ 2,700

49. What does the underlined sentence mean in the last paragraph?

A. You will be so lucky that you can win another million dollars.

B. Don't expect too much for just a million dollars that cannot change your life completely.

C. A million dollars is too little to travel around the world.

D. To win another million dollars is the only way to make you live better after retirement.

50. The passage mainly tells us _______.

A. what a million dollars can buy

B. higher housing prices have become a social problem to deal with

C. how much money you will need in order to live well after retirement

D. we should not neglect the fact that money may not be as that much as before

 I’m preparing the report for tomorrow’s meeting. Would you please _____ the radio a little ?

    A.turn on       B. turn off       C. turn up       D. turn down

第四部分：寫(xiě)作（共4節(jié)，滿(mǎn)分40分）

第一節(jié)：?jiǎn)卧~拼寫(xiě) 按照句子意思，用括號(hào)中所給單詞的適當(dāng)形式填空。（ 15分，每題1分）

61. The boy was______________(frighten) at what he saw.

62. That place is dirty and _______ (smell).

63. Dr Bethune was _________(self).He devoted his life to medical career.

64. He found a good job, so he became _________ (hope) about his future.

65. Twenty miners were_______ (trap) underground after the fire.

66. After ___________ (graduate) from high school, he worked in a shop.

67. He said he preferred singing to       (dance).

68. He gets __________ (tire) of the food in the school

69. He dreamed about ___________ (dig) out a box of gold.

70. A terrible earthquake ___________ (destroy) the whole city of Tangshan in 1976.

71.They ___________ (組織) a team to rescue the boy after the big earthquake.

72. In my o______, it’s unfair to treat him like that.

73. Everyone is e__________ in the eyes of the law.

74. Although he is over 80, he is still very a______.

75.However, surfing the Internet also has some _________(不利因素)

 完形填空 （共20小題，每小題1分，滿(mǎn)分20分）

閱讀下面短文掌握其大意，然后從36—55各題所給的四個(gè)選項(xiàng)A、B、C、D中，選出最佳選項(xiàng)。

When someone says, “Well, I guess I’ll have to go to face the music.” It doesn’t mean he is planning to go to a concert. It is  36  less pleasant, like  37  in by your boss to explain why you did this and did that, and why you did not do this  38  that. Terrible music, indeed, but it has to  39  . At some time or  40  , every one of us has had to “face the music”, especially as children. We can all remember father’s  41  voice, “I want to talk to you!” and only  42  we did not obey  him. What an unpleasant business it   43  !

       The phrase “to face the music” is known  44  every American, young and old. It is at least 100 years old. Where did the  45  come from?

       The first  46  comes from American novelist James Fennimore Cooper. He said, in 1851,  47  the expression was first  48  by actors while waiting in the  49  to go on stage. After they got their clue (暗示) to go on, they often said, “It’s time to go to face the music.” And this is  50  what they did face — the orchestra (管弦樂(lè)隊(duì)) which was just below the stage.

       An actor might be frightened or  51  as he moved on to the stage in front of him. The audience might be friendly, or perhaps unfriendly, especially  52  he forgot his lines. But he had to go out. If he did not, there would be no play. So, “to face the music”  53  to mean: having to go  54  something, no matter how unpleasant the 55  might be, because you knew you had no choice.

36. A. anything          B. something     C. nothing             D. everything  

37. A. call              B. called          C. calling                  D. being called

38. A. or                    B. and            C. but                D. with    

39. A. face             B. facing         C. being faced        D. be faced      

40. A. another         B. the other        C. an other          D. others  

41. A. loud            B. angry          C. calm              D. worried      

42. A. because           B. since           C. unless            D. in case 

43. A. is               B. had been        C. was                D. has been     

44. A. by               B. for              C. to                      D. of

45. A. question               B. proverb          C. information              D. expression   

46. A. saying          B. method          C. explanation       D. point    

47. A. when            B. why            C. whether             D. that     

48. A. used             B. said            C. taken             D. sent     

49. A. clothes          B. wings          C. masks            D. words 

50. A. perhaps         B. exactly               C. mainly            D. also   

51. A. satisfied               B. proud          C. nervous              D. mysterious

52. A. if                    B. while          C. before             D. until  

53. A. went          B. came            C. continued           D. got    

54. A. through         B. by          C. on                  D. into   

55. A. problem               B. event          C. incident              D. experience 

Young women are more adventurous than young men when travelling abroad in gap years. One in three female backpackers visits more than three countries during a year out and travels alone, according to new research.

By contrast, the majority of their male counterparts visit only one country and tend to travel in groups, says a survey by the Gap Year company, which provides information and services for students considering taking a year out.

More women than men say that their prime reason for taking time off is to see the world and experience different cultures. Men were more likely to rank “having fun” higher on their list of priorities. Women were more likely to value the challenge of a foreign trip, and many cited reasons such as learning a language and meeting new people.

The more adventurous gap years taken by women seem to work to their benefit: more than three quarters of those surveyed reported increased confidence, self-reliance and inde??pendence, whereas only half of the men had that experience.

The research also showed that women were more likely to do voluntary work while trav??elling, with more than one in ten helping with teaching or development projects. One of the reasons given for this is a wish to see the country in an authentic light.

A greater proportion of women than men faced objections or criticism from their fami??lies over their gap-year plans. Among the men surveyed, lack of money was the main barrier to travel.

Carolyn Martin, a doctor from London, was a typically confident female traveller.

Starting in Cape Town, she travelled around southern Africa and Australia with a string of

unusual and sometimes dangerous jobs.

“I had one job chasing elephants off the runway in Africa by banging a stick against a pan,” she recalled. “It was OK but one day I did get chased by one.”

She said that she had travelled alone because “you meet more people”.

46. By referring to “gap year” the writer means ______.

A. a gap you come across after leaving high school

B. a time when you are caught in a dilemma between work and study

C. a period before you find a job upon your graduation from college

D. a year off between high school and college for certain purposes

47. According to the article, ______.

A. most of the women students will travel abroad during the summer holidays

B. one third of the women students will travel abroad in a year

C. women students are more likely to travel abroad alone

D. women students are willing to travel abroad in a group

48. In the third paragraph, the underlined word “priorities” most probably means ______.

A. selections     B. attractions    C. preferences     D. projects

49. Which of the following statements is TRUE?

A. Men students will travel less during the gap year because of their part-time jobs.

B. Women students will travel more but face more objections.

C. The article suggests that women travelling alone will have dangerous experi??ences.

D. Men students prefer to travel inside their own country to going abroad.

50. Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?

   A. Girls Get the Best out of Gap Years   B. Boys Lack Courage in Gap Years

   C. For Fun or for Adventure?          D. Young Women Are More Adventurous

第三部分 閱讀 (共兩節(jié)，滿(mǎn)分40分)

第一節(jié) 閱讀理解（共15小題；每小題2分，滿(mǎn)分30分）

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

No matter how well you understand a foreign language, misunderstanding still exists between native speakers and you. Here is such an example.

Three young Frenchmen were traveling in Britain. Though they had taken a few English lessons before their holiday, they were often in trouble because of their misunderstanding of English. One day they talked about their misfortunes(不幸) together.

The first Frenchman said, “I once heard someone shout ‘Look out’, I put my head out of a window and a bucketful(一桶) of water fell on me.”

The second Frenchman said, “I was once in a ship and heard the captain shouted, ‘All hands on decks(甲板).’ I put my hands on the deck and someone walked on them.”

The third Frenchman said, “I once called early on an English friend and the maid(女傭) who came to the door said, ‘He’s not up yet.’ When I went again for him, she said, ‘ He’s not down yet’. I said, ‘ If he’s not up and he’s not down, where is he?’ She said, ‘He’s still upstairs now. When I told you he was not up I meant he had not got up yet, so he has not come downstairs by now.’”

31. Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?

   A. Misunderstanding of English       B. Three Young Frenchmen

   C. Misfortunes of Three Frenchmen   D. A Few English Lessons

32. When someone is calling “l(fā)ook out” to you, he probably wants you to ___________.

   A. put your head out of the window   B. receive a bucket of water    

  C. be careful                      D. go away

33. The sentence “All hands on decks” may mean _______________.

   A. you should put your hands on the desk   B. everyone should get ready

   C. someone walks over one’s hands       D. someone is making fun of a foreigner

34. The third Frenchman made a mistake _____________.

   A .in visiting a friend at an improper time     B. in recognizing the maid

   C. in recognizing his friend                D. in telling from “up” and “down”

35. This article is written to tell us  _____________.

   A. that English is difficult to learn.

   B. why we are misunderstood by others

   C. however well we know a foreign language, we may still have some misunderstanding of it.

   D. to learn English better

More foreign leaders have sent telegrams and letters recently to ________ China on the complete success of the Beijing Olympics between Aug. 8 and 24.

A congratulate     B celebrate               C express               D expect

The boy was lucky enough ________.

A. to escape to be punished   B. escaping to be punished

C. to escape being punished   D. to escape punishing