Ralph and Norton can grow to be 40 feet long and live in a tank as large as a football field.  What are they? They’re the only two whale sharks at a North American aquarium （水族館）

You can see Ralph and Norton at the world’s largest aquarium, the new Georgia Aquarium in Atlanta,.

The aquarium’s giant tanks hold eight million gallons of water and will be home to about 100,000 fish!

The aquarium was designed to look like a giant ship breaking through the waves . It has 60 different habitats from the sea and five galleries （展館）, each with a different theme. About 2.4 million visitors are expected to come each year.”We want to be the world’s most engaging aquarium.” said Jeff Swingman, the aquarium’s executive director.

Ralph and Norton arrived in June, 2005 from Taiwan. They were only 15 and 13feet long, but they may grow to be more than 40 feet long! Whale sharks are the world’s largest fish. Three full-time vets will work there to make sure that Ralph, Norton, and all of the aquarium’s sea life stay healthy . Students from the University of Georgia will help run the aquarium and conduct research at the animal hospital.

The aquarium was paid for almost completely by a $ 200 million gift from Berne Marcus, co-founder of Home Depot Inc, and his wife, Billi.” It’s going to be the most unique aquarium in the world ,”said Marcus, Marcus said the aquarium was a “thank you” note to the city of Atlanta and the State of Georgia, where the Home Depot first opened for business.

1．According to this passage，Ralph and Norton are            .

    A．polar bears       B．whale sharks     C．penguins      D．dolphins

2．The world’s largest aquarium is located in         .

    A．Los Angeles      B．New York       C．Atlanta        D．Miami

3．Which of the following is TRUE?

    A．The aquarium was designed to look like a giant shark.

    B．The aquarium’s giant tanks can hold eighteen million gallons of water

    C．Ralph and Norton arrived in June，2005 from Japan.

    D．Marcus helped to build the aquarium to show his thanks to Atlanta. 

4．By saying“We want to be the world’s most engaging aquarium”Jeff Swanagan means       .

    A．the aquarium will attract large number of visitors

    B．the aquarium will be home to very special sea animals

    C．the aquarium will be rebuilt and will be made even larger

    D．the aquarium will be the largest habitat for sea life

Illegal removal of coral（珊瑚）along Sri Lanka’s coastline increased the amount of destruction on the island by last December’s tsunami, say researchers.

Harindra Femando, a fluid dynamicist（力學家）at Arizona State University in Tempe, made the connection after a visit to his native Sri Lanka earlier this year. While serving as a scientific expert and translator for a BBC-documentary team, he chatted with locals who said they saw the tsunami turn sideways when it hit coral-which would have made it less powerful than in coral-free areas. Fernando linked this to trucks he had seen last year caring piles of coral away from the sea.

Using the eyewitness reports, estimates（估算） of wave heights, and a series of divers to check the presence or absence of corals, Fernando and his colleagues produces a map of coral gaps and wave flooding along Sri Lanka’s southwest coast.

The tsunami reached significantly farther inland through the gaps; in one instance, the water travelled 1.5 kilometers long and knocked a passenger train off its tracks, killing 1,700. But only a few kilometers away, where the coral was still undamaged, the wave travelled just 50 meters inland and caused no deaths,

There is a similar phenomenon. In Nicaragua in 1992,a tsunami poured through a break in the coral reef made to let boats through,” Within this passage, water went one kilometer inland,” says Fernando.” But nearby, where the coral was undamaged, there were still beach umbrellas standing.”

In Sri Lanka, coral is illegally mined to provide souvenirs for tourists, or to be used in house paint. Coral harvesters sometimes blow it up with dynamite（炸藥）in order to collect fish at the same time. Often, the reefs in the best shape are those in front of hotels, as the hotel owners maintain them for the tourists, Fernando hopes that his findings will encourages the Sri Lankean government to enforce（實施） its laws against coral mining.

1．Harindra Fernando did all the following EXCEPT         .

    A．serving as a translator for a BBC-documentary team

    B．helping the Sri Lankan government enforce its laws against coral mining

    C．producing a map of coral gaps along Sri Lanka’s southwest coast

    D．linking the coral removal with the destruction of Tsunami

2．The main idea of Paragraph 5 is that          .

    A．undamaged coral can greatly decrease tsunami damage

    B．coral-free area is a danger to passenger trains

    C．in general, water travels 30 times farther inland in coral-free area

    D．it is urgent to enforce laws against coral mining

3．Which of the following may NOT be the cause of coral gaps?

       A．Boat passages.                             B．Tourists’ sight seeing. 

       C．Fish collecting                             D．Tourists’ souvenirs

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

    A．Harindra Fernsndo, a Great Environment Protector

    B．Stop Using Coral as Souvenirs

    C．Coral Cried “Help! Help!”

    D．Coral Mining Enhanced（加�。㏕sunami Damage

此題要求改正所給短文中的錯誤。對標有題號的每一行作出判斷：如無錯誤，在該行右邊橫線上畫一個勾（√）；如有錯誤（每行只有一個錯誤），則按下列情況改正：  

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

    該行缺一個詞：在缺詞處加一個漏字符號（/\），在該行右邊橫線上寫出該加的詞。

    該行錯一個詞：在錯的詞下劃一橫線，在該行右邊橫線上寫出改正后的詞。

    注意：原行沒有錯的不要改，答題內(nèi)容寫在答題卡上。

    Have you ever been bored with the busy life in the city? If so，    1．      

have glimpse of the primary forest with me. The breath-taking          2．      

scenery make you forget everything when you’re exploring what       3．      

the forest has to offer. With tens of thousands of trees surrounded      4．      

you. you will feel like to floating on the green ocean. Under the         5．      

leaves he all kinds of flowers, peacefully and shy. A wide                6．      

variety of birds were singing happily in the trees. While you’re          7．      

enjoying the scenery on the ground，watching out for the sky!        8．      

It will give your eye a feast. Wandering alone in the forest，           9．      

we will have the feeling of returning to nature.                       10．      

假設(shè)你叫李華，在2008年暑假期間成為了北京奧運會的一名志愿者，請你用英語給美國的筆友Tom寫一封100字左右的信，談談你當志愿者的心得體會。要點如下：

    1．志愿者工作艱辛而快樂；

    2．鍛煉了英語口語；

    3．增強了合作精神和責任感；

    4．你感到很驕傲，并將珍藏這份記憶。

注意：

    1．信件的開頭和結(jié)尾都已給出，不記人總詞數(shù)。

    2．可適當增加細節(jié)以使行文連貫。

Dear Tom，

How is everything going?

Babies are not born with ______ moral sense; they can’t tell ______ difference between right and wrong.

A．the; the          B．a(chǎn); a          C．a(chǎn); the           D．不填; a

Everyone in this country enjoys the same right ______ religion, race or sex.

A．regardless of                                             B．in view of

C．in spite of                                D．in case of

—Isn’t it amazing that I met Francis at the Christmas party?

—Really? For how many years ______ each other?

A．didn’t you see                                        B．haven’t you seen  

C．hadn’t you seen                                     D．don’t you see

He wrote a lot of novels, none of ______ was translated into a foreign language.

A．them            B．what          C．that           D．which

______ the working efficiency, the boss allows the employees to have a coffee break.

A．Improving              B．To improve            C．Having improved          D．Improved

—Shall I ______ the raincoat?

—No hurry. Leave it ______ it is. It looks like rain.

A．put on; there                                               B．put on; where

C．put away; in the place                     D．put away; where