The law that farmers don’t need to turn over agricultural tax to the state has come into _______.

  A. effect B. season C. view      D. power

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36－55各題所給的四個選項(xiàng)（A、B、C和D）中選出最佳選項(xiàng)，并在答題卡上將該項(xiàng)涂黑。

Arriving in a new city, I had the strangest first week of my graduate school. I fell and broke my  36  within two days of arriving there! I was really  37  by the kindness shown by my new  38 , someone who I had only just met. "We are family now", she said when she found me  39  in my room with a swollen leg, unable to move, in a  40  city with no family except across three oceans.

She  41  me to the student health center by taxi to get my leg  42 . The driver was so nice and said to me how  43  I was to have a friend like that. After that, my roommate  44 stop helping me — she made me delicious meals and  45  them to me and made me comfortable despite my insistence that I could do things on my own. When I refused her help, "I really like  46  people", she would say, "and I believe what goes  47  always comes around..." and this was from someone who I had been   48  just by chance!

I was  49  touched by the kindness of everyone — the girl in the elevator, people on the bus, the doctors and nurses—people who were so considerate and  50 . Not feeling lonely and homesick any more, I  51  I’ve become a member of a big family.

The small acts  52  in my mind — the bus drivers gave me the luxury of being picked up from any point wherever and made sure I could get the connections to  53  I needed to go... or the many people who  54  the door open for me — small things that were incredibly hard with inconvenience. In whatever way I could, I decided to 55  the universe for its blessings.

36. A. leg                            B. arms                        C. back                        D. fingers

37. A. interested                   B. assisted            C. touched                    D. advocated

38. A. classmate                   B. teacher                     C. desk-mate          D. roommate

39. A. studying                    B. lying                        C. walking                    D. dying

40. A. strange               B. different                   C. big                          D. small

41. A. brought                   B. fetched                     C. took                         D. drove

42. A. examined                   B. examining         C. examine                   D. to examine

43. A. easy                          B. comfortable              C. inspiring                  D. lucky

44. A. didn't                         B. had to                     C. failed to                   D. promised to

45. A. cooked               B. brought                C. bought                     D. sent

46. A. to help                B. help                         C. being helped            D. helping

47. A. around                B. across               C. over                         D. beyond

48. A. parted                        B. passed            C. paired               D. pitied

49. A. slightly        B. secretly               C. seriously                  D. suddenly

50. A. concentrated    B. concerned          C. changed                   D. conducted

51. A. felt                            B. stopped       C. announced         D. determined

52. A. stayed                        B. lasted                       C. grew                        D. related

53. A. whatever                    B. whenever                 C. wherever                  D. whoever

54. A. prepared       B. held                    C. tended               D. threw

55. A. refuse         B. repay                       C. reach                       D. receive

People tend to think of computers as isolated machines, working away all by themselves. Some personal computers do without an outside link, like someone's secret cabin in the woods. But just as most of homes are tied to a community by streets, bus routes and electric lines, computers that exchange intelligence are part of a community local, national and even global network joined by telephone connections.

　　The computer network is a creation of the electric age, but it is based on old-fashioned trust. It cannot work without trust. A rogue (流氓) loose in a computer system called hacker is worse than a thief entering your house. He could go through anyone's electronic mail or add to, change or delete anything in the information stored in the computer's memory. He could even take control of the entire system by inserting his own instructions in the software that runs it. He could shut the computer down whenever he wished, and no one could stop him. Then he could program the computer to erase any sign of his ever having been there.

Hacking, our electronic-age term for computer break-in is more and more in the news, intelligent kids vandalizing（破壞）university records, even pranking (惡作劇) about in supposedly safeguarded systems. To those who understand how computer networks are increasingly regulating life in the late 20th century, these are not laughing matters. A potential for disaster is building: A dissatisfied former insurance-company employee wipes out information from some files; A student sends out a "virus", a secret and destructive command, over a national network. The virus copies itself at lightning speed, jamming the entire network thousands of academic, commercial and government computer systems. Such disastrous cases have already occurred. Now exists the possibility of terrorism by computer. Destroging a system responsible for air-traffic control at a busy airport, or knocking out the telephones of a major city, is a relatively easy way to spread panic. Yet neither business nor government has done enough to strengthen its defenses against attack. For one thing, such defenses are expensive; for another, they may interrupt communication, the main reason for using computers in the first place.

1. People usually regard computers as____________.

       A. a small cabin at the end of a street  

       B. part of a network

       C. means of exchanging intelligence

       D. personal machines disconnected from outside

2. The writer mentions “ a thief ”in the second paragraph most probably to____________.

       A. look into the case where hackers and thieves are the same people 

       B. demand that a computer network should be set up against thieves

       C. tell people that thieves like to steal computers nowadays

       D. show that a hacker is more dangerous than a thief

3. According to the passage , a hacker may do all the damages below EXCEPT____________

       A. destroying computer systems . 

       B. creating many electronic-age terms .

       C.. entering into computer systems without being discovered

       D. attacking people’s e-mails

4. By saying “ Now exists the possibility of terrorism by computer ”(the underlined ) the writer means that____________.

       A. students who send out a “ virus ”may do disastrous damages to thousands of computers

       B. some people may spread fear in public by destroying computer systems

       C. some employees may erase information from some files

       D. some terrorists are trying to contact each other using electronic mails

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(xiàng)（A、B、C和D）中，選出最佳選項(xiàng)，并在答題卡將該項(xiàng)涂黑。

  One of our biggest fears nowadays is that our kids might some day get lost in a “sea of technology” rather than experiencing the natural world. Fear-producing TV and computer games are leading to a serious disconnect between kids and the great outdoors, which will change the wild places of the world, its creatures and human health for the worse, unless adults get working on child’s play.

   Each of us has a place in nature we go sometimes, even if it was torn down. We cannot be the last generation to have that place. At this rate, kids who miss the sense of wonder outdoors will not grow up to be protectors of natural landscapes. “If the decline in parks use continues across North America, who will defend parks against encroachment (蠶食)?” asks Richard Louv, author of Last Child in the Woods.

   Without having a nature experience, kids, can turn out just fine, but they are missing out a huge enrichment of their lives. That applies to everything from their physical health and mental health, to stress levels, creativity and cognitive (認(rèn)知的) skills. Experts predict modern kids will have poorer health than their parents—and they say a lack of outside play is surely part of it; research suggests that kids do better academically in schools with a nature component and that play in nature fosters (培養(yǎng)) leadership by the smartest, not by the toughest. Even a tiny outdoor experience can create wonder in a child. The three-year-old turning over his first rock realizes he is not alone in the world. A clump of trees on the roadside can be the whole universe in his eyes. We really need to value that more.

   Kids are not to blame. They are over-protected and frightened. It is dangerous out there from time to time, but repetitive stress from computers is replacing breaking an arm as a childhood rite（儀式）of passage.

   Everyone, from developers, to schools and outdoorsy citizens, should help regain for our kids some of the freedom and joy of exploring, taking friendship in fields and woods that cement (增強(qiáng)) love, respect and need for landscape. As parents, we should devote some of our energies to taking our kids into nature. This could yet be our greatest cause.

1. The main idea of Paragraph 2 is that __________.

       A. kids missing the sense of wonder outdoors      

       B. parks are in danger of being gradually encroached

       C. Richard Louv is the author of Last Child in the Woods

       D. children are expected to develop into protectors of nature

2. According to the passage, children without experiencing nature will _________.

       A. keep a high sense of wonder    

       B. be over-protected by their parents

       C. be less healthy both physically and mentally

       D. change wild places and creatures for the better

3. According to the author, children’s breaking an arm is ___________.

       A. the fault on the part of their parents         

       B. the natural experience in their growing up

       C. the result of their own carelessness in play

       D. the effect of their repetitive stress from computers

4. In writing this passage, the author mainly intends to ________.

       A. blame children for getting lost in computer games

       B. encourage children to protect parks from encroachment

       C. show his concern about children’s lack of experience in nature

       D. inspire children to keep the sense of wonder about things around

第二節(jié) 完形填空（共20小題；滿分20分） 閱讀下面短文，掌握其大意，然后選出最佳選項(xiàng)。

Last fall, before Thanksgiving, I was making my way in my car out of the shopping center parking lot．I was bored in the car．I   21  a woman heavily loaded with   22  and her two boys, one carrying a pumpkin and the other another bag．

They were headed, I   23 , to the bus stop across the major road．  24   it was too far to walk with all those   25   to any of the nearby bus stops, on a random impulse （沖動）, I rolled down my window and asked if they were indeed headed to the   26 ．“Yes,” the mother   27 ．I asked, “Would you like a   28  ? “Oh, yes!” was their   29  reaction．

I was also delighted, and, after driving out of the way of other   30  , I stopped and the boys piled into the back seat．The mother started to push   31   beside them．I   32   her by saying, “Oh, you come on up here   33   me．I’m not a taxi driver!” So off we went．

Right away, I decided to take them a mile and a half to their home, since I had   34   and they had bags．All the way, I had just a fine time listening and talking with all of them．It felt so good to be able to do this little   35  and showed that with such a small  36   I could make a big difference to a tired mother．I’m not sure   37   got the most out of it．

 38, this was special for me  39  , as a disabled person, I often receive help and now I know how especially good it feel to be   40  ．

21．A．noticed         B．a(chǎn)sked     C．helped          D．thanked

22．A．baskets         B．cases     C．bags          D．bottles

23．A．a(chǎn)dvised         B．thought     C．hoped           D．wondered

24．A．Since           B．Although  C．While           D．If

25．A．vehicles        B．distances   C．directions      D．purchases

26．A．shop          B．bus stop    C．parking lot       D．hotel

27．A．commented      B．promised  C．regretted       D．responded

28．A．drink         B．try        C．ride           D．break

29．A．shocked        B．surprised   C．excited         D．mixed

30．A．traffic          B．streets       C．signals          D．stops

31 A．a(chǎn)long           B．off        C．on             D．in    

32．A．urged               B．comforted C．stopped        D．stressed

33．A．with          B．by         C．for            D．to

34．A．money          B．plans     C．time          D．duty

35．A．work         B．trip       C．business        D．task

36．A．a(chǎn)ttention       B．idea       C．a(chǎn)nxiety         D．effort     

37．A．where           B．who      C．whether        D．when

38．A．By the way      B．In other words  C．Generally speaking   D．After all

39．A．however       B．so         C．or             D．because

40．A．useful           B．thankful    C．special          D．healthy

--- It’s been a wonderful birthday Party．Thank you very much．    

--- ___________．      

       A．No, thanks             B．I’m glad to hear that     

       C．My pleasure              D．It’s OK

 The survey shows that speed___ at least 30% percent of road traffic deaths.

   A. results in   B. results from   C. lies in   D. suffers from  

. Many people are quite at a loss as to what to do _______ a real fire.

    A. in honor of     B. in need of        C. in case of       D. in form of

第四部分  寫作（共三節(jié)，滿分35分）

第一節(jié) 單詞拼寫（把完整的單詞寫在答題卡上）

71. Every body knew that she did it on p______ to attract the boy’s attention.

72. When he came into the dining hall, nobody said hello to him. So he felt ignored and u___.

73. “He is r__________ from his illness and can go back home in a week.” The doctor said.

74. ---Oh, it’s you! I didn’t r_____ you.

   ---I’ve just had my hair cut, and I am wearing new glasses.

75. The textbook is b___ on a new way of teaching English. I want my friends to take a look at it.

76. At first, he said he wouldn’t go there, but we p______ him and he joined us.

77. Tom p___________ dancing while Jack likes singing.

78. The flood caused great d______ to the city along the river.

79. Two-thirds of them died or were i___________ during the earthquake.

80. It is u___________ to cry over the spilt（灑了的）milk.

---I have booked my ticket back to Washington. My flight leaves at 9:00 tomorrow morning.

---_______.

A. Is that so?      B. How wonderful!  C. Have a good trip.  D. Well, goodbye.