Kenya is losing an average of 100 of its 2,000 lions each year because of growing human settlements, increasing farming, climate change and diseases，according to the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS).

“ Lions have a special place in Kenyans’life，” said Paul Udoto，a spokesman for the organization. “ Other than being the symbol of national strength, they are among the Big Five, a main attraction for visitors to Kenya. ”

There were 2,749 lions in Kenya in 2002 and Uieir population dropped to 2,280 by 2004 and to about 2,000 today, according to KWS figures.

“The fall of the lion population is worrying and every effort needs to be made to make sure that Kenya either protects its population of 2, 000 lions at present or increases the numbers to an ecologically acceptable level,” said Mr. Udoto.

“There is no doubt that the numbers are in free fall. I’ d be surprised if they even last as long as 20 years，” said Laurence Frank, project director of Living With Lions, a Kenya-based animal protection organization? i? When I first came here 30 years ago，I would always hear lions roaring across the land at night and see their tracks in the morning. Now that is very rare.

“The reason is simple。As the numbers of people grow and the numbers of cows increase they take up much of the lion’s space. Alongside that there are other ways, including poisoning 9 to kill lions. ”

Animal lovers are making a new strategy to save the animals. Part of the measures will include tracking lions fitted with radio collars in the Amboseli area in southern Kenya, close to the border with Tanzania.

Wildlife officials in Tanzania face similar challenges in protecting their lions, but there is far less human encroachment (侵入）on the animals’ homeland there than in Kenya,

1.What is the main reason of Kenya appreciating lions’ existence?

A. lions are the symbol of the national strength.

B. Lions are among the most endangered animals.

C. Lions are a subject of great concern to Kenyans.

D. Lions are the major appeal for foreign tourists.

2.What does Laurence Frank mean by saying “they even last as long as 20 years ”?

A. It is alarming that the number of lions is declining at a high speed.

B. It is amazing that he has tolerated the decline for such a long time.

C. It is fascinating that many evidences have proven the decline trend,

D.It is surprising that a lion should live as long as twenty years in Kenya.

3.In which aspect does the striking difference between Kenya and Tanzania in lion protection lie?

A.Climate changes.

B.Increasingly fanning.

C.Natural disasters*

D.Outbreaks of epidemics (流行病）.

The first Ml choir rehearsal(彩排)of the school year took place in the school hall. All the students joined together to sing. I watched as my elder sister and her grade came in and took their places next to us on the stage. Meanwhile, I could hear laughing. Some students were pointing at a girl standing next to my sister. I’d never seen this girl before. A girl whispered in my ear, “ Did you know she’s wearing diapers(紙尿褲）？”

After school that evening, I asked my sister about the girl I’d seen. She told me her name was Theresa and that she was a very nice girL .“ Why were those kids being mean to her? I asked, “Because they’re stupid，” she said.

One day, I was walking home from school when I heard voices behind me. “There’s the little idiot’s (傻子)sister. Does your sister wet her pants too?” I walked a little faster and then I felt a atone hit me in the back. When I got home, I ran down to my sister’s room.

I pushed my way into her room, screaming at her. “Why do you have to be that giri’s friend? I don’t see anyone else being nice to her, ” Janelle yelled back, Because she is a wonderful person and she is dying!” I will remember those words as long as I live. Theresa wet her pants because she had an illness, which was killing her. My sister was the only one nice enough to be her friend and stick up for her. A few months later, Hieresa passed away.

I felt proud that Janelle was my sister. Throughout the years I watched her, and she always made friends with everyone. It didn’t matter if they ware fat, thin, brilliant or not. She never left anyone feeling isolated or alone. It was she who changed me and taught me to never look at anyone in the same way again.

1.Why did other students make fun of Theresa?

A. Because she was dying very soon.

B. Because she was not good at singing,

C. Because she behaved in an unusual way.

D.Because she was usually dressed poorly.

2.What was the turning point of the story?

A. Janelle became a friend of Theresa.

B. Theresa suffered from a serious illness.

C.The author lost her temper to her classmates.

D.The author was told the truth about Theresa.

3.What is the message conveyed in the story?

A.We shouldn’t look at anyone shallowly.

B. Making friends teaches us more things.

C. Disadvantaged people need our sympathy.

D. Understanding is important among friends.

4.What might be the best title for the passage?

A.A Great Hero to Me

B.A Girl in Need of Help

C.An Unforgettable Rehearsal

D.An Embarrassing Experience

For more than twenty years scientists have been seeking to understand the mystery of the “sixth sense” of direction. By trying out ideas and solving problems one by one, they are now getting closer to one answer. One funny idea from observing animals in nature is that animals might have a built-in compass.

Many birds migrate(遷徙）twice a year between their summer homes and winter homes. Some of them fly for thousands of kilometers and mostly at night. Experiments have shown that some birds can recognize star patterns. But they can keep on course even under cloudy skies. How can they do that? A common bird that does not migrate but is great at finding its way home is the horning pigeon(鶴子）and they have been widely studied. One interesting experiment was to attach little magnets (磁鐵，磁場(chǎng)）to the birds’ heads to block their magnetic sense — just as a loud radio can keep you from hearing a call to dinner. On sunny days, that did not fool the pigeons. Evidently they can use the sun to tell which way they are going. But on cloudy days, the pigeons with magnets could not find their way. It was as if the magnets had blocked their magnetic sense. Similar experiments with the same kind of results were done with honeybees.

In spite of the experiments, the idea of an animal compass seemed pretty extraordinary. How would animals get the magnetic stuff for a compass? An answer came from an unexpected source, A scientist was studying bacteria that lived in the mud of ponds. He found accidentally little rod-like bacteria that all swam together in one direction 一 north. In fact, the bacteria had made themselves into little magnets that could line up with the earth’s magnet.

The big news was that a living thing, even a simple bacterium，can make magnetite. That led to a search to see whether animals might have it. By using a special instrument, scientists were able to find magnetite in bees and birds，and even in fish. In each animal, except for the bee, the magnetic stuff was always in or close to the brain.

Thus, the idea of a built-in animal compass began to seem reasonable.

1.The main purpose of this passage is to .

A. explain how the animal compass was invented

B. answer how an animal would get the magnetic stuff for a compass

C .introduce a famous experiment

D. prove the idea that animals might have a built-in compass

2.Which of the following can we infer from Paragraph 3?

A. The bacteria magnetic sense seemed to be the same as the earth’s.

B. The earth itself is a big magnet with which something magnetic might lines up

C. Little rod-like bacteria were found to swim north together through experiments.

D. Migrant birds can easily lose their way because of lacking magnetie.

3.The underlined words “keep on course” in the second paragraph means“

A.stay in the correct flying route

B.lose one’s way

C.remain calm

D.recognize star patterns

4.Where is probably the built-in magnet for a fish according to the scientists?

A.Close to its stomach. B.In its heart.

C.Far from its brain. D.Inside its head.

根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，從短文后的選項(xiàng)中選出能填入空白處的最佳選項(xiàng)。選項(xiàng)中有兩項(xiàng)為多余選項(xiàng)。

One answer to the questions of land shortage was suggested by a committee some years ago. A city was to be built at sea, housing 30000 people.

1. The outer wall of the harbor would stand on steel columns resting on the sea-bed. Naturally this could only be where the water was fairly shallow. The people would live in flats in the fifty-meter high outer wall. The flats would all face inwards. 2.The glass would be specially made and colored to control the heat and strong light from the sun. The planners called this water the lake.

3. On it would be floating islands carrying more buildings ： a hospital, two theaters, a museum, an art exhibition hall and a church. On one of the islands would be a special plant. 4.

People living in the city could move around on small boats dnven by electricity. 5. There would be platforms outside the main wall for ships bringing supplies. People could also travel to the mainknd by molorboat or water plane.

A. Fresh water is supplied to the city.

B. TTie city was away from the mainland.

C. And they would be made of concrete and glass.

D. The suggestion was to shape the city like a harbor.

E. The water inside this man-made harbor would be calm.

F. It will take the salt out of sea water and turn it into fresh water.

G. Thus there would be no air pollution from the burning of petrol.

完形填空

閱讀下面短文，從短文后各題所給的四個(gè)選項(xiàng)（A、B、C和D)中，選出可以填人空白處的最佳選項(xiàng),并在答題卡上將該項(xiàng)涂黑。

I love working with my dad, but I hated the summer job he gave me. He owned a small _________ in Bank Street. In his shop, the most recently _________person got the worst job, and the boss，son was also_________ .

I didn’t want to spend hours _________ the frost on the ceiling of the walk-in freezer, and it was the Saturday afternoon’s _________that I hated most. We received fresh chicken every day. Chicken sat in wooden boxes and was _________ with crushed ice. During the week, the ice and the blood of the chicken slowly leaked into the containers under the chicken，creating its bloody _________ .

There was only one _________ to get rid of the blood and wash the containers： hold my _________and carefully slide the containers from under the chicken， as I tried not to _________ the contents over my clothes, and then _________ into the drain (下水道）.

Soon, _________who have cut lawns, painted houses, woriced in offices, or maybe even worked in the butcher’s will _________ to school. Some will have great memories _________ others will come back with _________ ones.

Looking back, I thought my father could have 56 met from my weekly disaster. However, my dad, who had dropped out of school to help support his family after his father died, was a teacher for me _________. He knew treating me _________from his other employees would be an unfair thing. Most importantly，he taught me to _________ those who do the hard and _________ tasks in life.

For the next six summers，I returned not as the boss, son，but as one of other guys，and I cleaned the dirty containers every Saturday afternoon.

1.A. grocery B. butcher’s C. chain D. baker’s

2.A. hired B. invited C. received D. trained

3.A. interested B. included C. affected D. offered

4.A. looking into B. tearing up C. cleaning up D. carrying on

5.A. class B. course C. job D. career

6.A. surrounded B. impressed C. accompanied D. allocated

7.A. fight B. dish C. path D. smell

8.A. chance B. way C. place D. reason

9.A. aim B. nose C. breath D. head

10.A. touch B. notice C. expose D. spill

11.A. break B. divide C. empty D. allow

12.A. workers B. girls C. boys D. students

13.A. adapt B. walk C. return D. apply

14.A. while B. when C. since D. because

15.A. exiting B. good C. amazing D. unpleasant

16.A. forced B. spared C. treated D. pushed

17.A. at heart B. in fact C. in case D. at home

18.A. kindly B. carefully C. differently D. warmly

19.A. witness B. appreciate C. hurt D. influence

20.A. vital B. dirty C. valid D. fanny

閱讀下面材料，在空白處填人適當(dāng)?shù)膬?nèi)容(1個(gè)單詞)或括號(hào)內(nèi)單詞的正確形式。

I’m in a real dilemma. I really don’t know what I want to do when I leave school. My dad is in the navy but I wouldn’t want to spend so much time on ships. My mum is a scientist 61 it seems to me what she does all day is looking 62 a microscope. All that stuff about splitting atoms is pretty interesting but I think I might be more 63 (interest) in studying medicine. But then again, my uncle is a doctor and he is always talking about replacing people’s organs，64 makes me feel a bit ill. He also wants me to sign a form 65 _(say) that I will donate my heart or eyes if anything 66( happen) to me. I haven’t signed it yet. I could always study 67 (be) a computer programmer like my brother, but then I’d have to sit in front of a computer all day. I know what! I could be an 68 (invent) ! I could invent a microwave oven that didn’t dry food out, and a jet that flew faster than the speed of sound} I could have 69 ( hundred) of patents for all the things I had invented and I would be 70(success).

單句改錯(cuò)

假如英語(yǔ)課上老師要求同桌之間交換修改作文句子，請(qǐng)你修改你同桌寫(xiě)的以下句子。 句中共有10處語(yǔ)言錯(cuò)誤，每句中最多有兩處。每處錯(cuò)誤僅涉及一個(gè)單詞的增加、刪除或修改。

增加:在缺詞處加一個(gè)漏詞符號(hào)（∧)，并在其下面寫(xiě)出該加的詞。

刪除:把多余的詞用斜線（\)劃掉。

修改:在錯(cuò)的詞下面劃一橫線，并在該詞下面寫(xiě)出修改后的詞。

注意:1.每處錯(cuò)誤及其修改均僅限一詞；

2.只允許修改10處，多者（從第11處起）不計(jì)分。

1.That I feel like doing most now is going out for a drive.

2.Elvis Presley said to be the king of rock and roll.

3.I will help you after you will have finished washing up.

4.I believe that one has got many chances of finding an interesting job abroad than at home nowadays.

5.If they have not invited me to the party, I would not be here.

6.You mustn’t bring any food for the party. There will be enough.

7.I remember I used to going camping with my parents during my childhood.

8.She says that she feels feverish, so she can’t attend the class.

9.Experts advocate that each person play their parts.

10.People often use body language on a purpose.

漢譯英

1.祝愿你成功學(xué)習(xí)英語(yǔ)！

I you to your English!

2.我擅長(zhǎng)英語(yǔ)，不管是說(shuō)還是寫(xiě)。

I am good at English, speaking writing.

3.祝賀你在英語(yǔ)競(jìng)賽中贏得一等獎(jiǎng)。

your the first in the English contest.

4.如果我預(yù)付款的話是不是有折扣？

Is there a discount I pay ？

5.雖然他已經(jīng)服用了很多維生素C,他的感冒還是沒(méi)好。

he lots of Vitamin C, his cold hasn’t gone away.

書(shū)面表達(dá)

假定你是李華，計(jì)劃暑假期間去英國(guó)學(xué)習(xí)英語(yǔ)，為期六周。下面的廣告引起了你的注意，請(qǐng)給該校寫(xiě)封信，詢問(wèn)有關(guān)情況(箭頭所指內(nèi)容）。

注意：1.詞數(shù)80左右；2.可適當(dāng)增加細(xì)節(jié)，以使行文連貫。

Not many years ago, a wealthy and rather strange old man named Johnson lived alone in a village in the south of England. He had made a lot of money in trading with foreign countries. When he was seventy – five, he gave $ 60,000 to the village school to buy land and equipment for a children’s ground.

As a result of his kindness, he became famous. Many people came to visit him. Among them was a newspaperman. During their talk, Johnson remarked that he was seventy-five and expected to live to be hundred. The newspaperman asked him how he managed to be healthy at seventy-five. Johnson had a sense of humor. He liked whisky and drank some each day. “I have an injection (注射) in my neck each evening,” he told the newspaperman, thinking of his evening glass of whisky.

The newspaperman did not understand what Johnson meant. In his newspaper he reported that Johnson was seventy-five and had daily injection in his neck. Within a week Johnson received thousands of letters from all over Britain, asking him for the secret of his daily injection.

1.Johnson became a rich man through _______.

A. doing business B. making whisky

C. cheating D. buying and selling land

2.The gift of money to the school suggests that Johnson _______.

A. had many children in the school

B. was a strange old man

C. wanted people to know how rich he was

D. was kind and fond of children

3.Many people wrote to Johnson to find out _______.

A. what kind of whisky he had

B. how to live alone

C. how to become wealthy

D. in which part of the neck to have an injection

4.When Johnson said he had an injection in his neck each evening, he really meant that ____.

A. he liked drinking a glass of whisky in the evening

B. he needn’t an injection in the neck

C. a daily injection in the evening would make him sleep well

D. there was something wrong with his neck