—_______ us another hour, I suppose, and we will fulfill the task perfectly.

   —Will that do? OK.

  A. To give           B. Give                C. Giving          D. Given

When I lived in Spain, some Spanish friends of mine decided to visit England by car. Before they left, they asked me for advice about how to find accommodation (住所). I suggested that they should stay at “bed and breakfast” houses, because this kind of accommodation gives a foreign visitor a good chance to speak English with the family. My friends listened to my advice, but they came back with some funny stories.

“We didn’t stay at bed and breakfast houses,” they said, “because we found that most families were away on holiday.”

I thought this was strange. Finally I understood what had happened. My friends spoke little English, and they thought “VACANCIES” meant “holidays”, because the Spanish word for “holidays” is “vacaciones”. So they did not go to house where the sign outside said ‘VACANCLES’, which in English means there are free rooms. Then my friends went to house where the sign said ‘NO VACANCLES’, because they thought this meant the people who owned the house were not away on holiday. But they found that these houses were all full. As a result, they stayed at hotels!

We laughed about this and about mistakes my friends made in reading other signs. In Spanish, the word “DIVERSION” means fun. In English, it means that workmen are repairing the road, and that you must take a different road. When my friends saw the word “DIVERSION” on a road sign, they thought they were going to have fun. Instead, the road ended in a large hold.

English people have problems too when they learn foreign languages. Once in Paris. when someone offered me some more coffee, I said ‘Thank you’ in French. I meant that I would like some more, However , to my surprise the coffee pot was taken away! Later I found out that ‘Thank you’ in French means ‘No, thank you.’

1. My Spanish friends wanted advice about ______.

 A. learning English                     B. finding places to stay in England

C. driving their car on English roads        D. going to England by car

2. I suggested that they stay at bed and breakfast houses because ______.

   A. they would be able to practise their English

   B. it would be much cheaper than staying in hotels

   C. it would be convenient for them to have dinner

   D. there would be no problem about finding accommodation there

3. “NO VACANCIES” in English means ______.

   A. no free rooms        B. free rooms      C. not away on holiday    D. holidays

4. If you see a road sign that says ‘Diversion’, you will ______.

   A. fall into a hole

   B. have a lot of fun and enjoy yourself

   C. find that the road is blocked by crowds of people

   D. have to take a different road

5. When someone offered me more coffee and I said “Thank you” in French, I ______.

   A didn’t really want any more coffee      B. wanted them to take the coffee pot away

   C. really wanted some more coffee        D. wanted to express my politeness

_____ the news, so far, has been good, there may be days ahead when it is bad.

   A. While     B. When     C. As      D. Since

It’s almost time to head back to school, and well, it’s never too early to start shopping for those school supplies. If you have some extra cash left over after shopping for backpacks and number two pencils, then treat your kid to some cool electronics you can borrow from them later.

   Acer Aspire One: Net books are great for many reasons. Parents will love them because they’re extremely affordable and light compared to the average laptop. They’re also ideal for students who don’t quite need a computer but want one to do research, check email, or just surf the Web. You can find a black or white version for the low price of $99.

Fuji Fine Pix Z20fd: This sub-$200 digital camera is the perfect thing for any high school student. Available in five eye-catching colors, the Fine Pix Z20fd is a 10-megapixel(兆像素) camera. Media kids will appreciate the camera’s blog and auction mode, as well as the “one touch” movie recording option that allows them to edit movies before sharing them online. This is certainly an affordable camera for photo-lovers of any age.

Mimobot: USB flash drives are all pretty much the same, but if you want to treat your teen to a hip flash drive, check out Momobot.com. Each drive is packed with cool wallpaper, digital magazines, and so on. You can find them in 1GB, 2GB, 4GB and 8GB capacities(容量) at the price of $35-$100.

Samsung S2: Regardless of what your teen may tell you, there are other music players out there packed with plenty of great features. Samsung’s S2 MP3 player is nice enough to wear around the neck and small enough to take to the gym. It is available in five colors (red, black, white, purple, and green), comes in capacities of 1GB or 2GB, and is available for the low price of $40 or less.

1. Judging from the content, whom is this passage probably written for?

A. Teenagers.         B. Teachers.                  C. Students.                  D. Parents.

2. According to the second paragraph, which picture is a model of Acer Aspire One?

A.     B.             C.       D.

3. Which is the most expensive of the four goods?

A. Acer Aspire One.                                         B. Fuji Fine Pix Z20fd.

C. Mimobot.                                                 D. Samsung S2.

4. Which could be the best title for this passage?

A. Cheap Gifts for you

B. Gift Ideas for High School Students

C. Best Goods for your Babies

D. New Products for your Children

第Ⅱ卷（非選擇題，共35分）

第四部分：寫作（共兩節(jié)，滿分35分）

第一節(jié)  任務(wù)型讀寫（共10小題；每小題1分，滿分10分）

閱讀下面短文，根據(jù)所讀內(nèi)容在表格中的空白處填入恰當(dāng)?shù)膯卧~。注意：每個空格只填一個單詞。

In a memory – based competition between you and a chimp (猩猩); who do you think would win? If you put yourself on top, you might want to guess again.

In a test that challenged participants to remember numbers, a young chimp performed better than Japanese college students.

   Here's how the test worked. At Kyoto University in Japan, human students and chimpanzee participants sat in front of a computer. Five numbers, ranging from 1 to 9, were combined with one another and then, they appeared at random places on the screen.

The numbers stayed on the screen for less than a second. In the first test, for example, participants saw the numbers for 650 milliseconds (about two- thirds of a second).

Then, each number disappeared and they saw a white square instead. Participants had to touch the squares in numerical order, based on the numbers that had been there a moment before.

In this test, the students touched the boxes in the correct order about 80 percent of the time. A young chimp named Ayumu performed equally well.

   During a harder test, participants were only able to see the numbers for 210 milliseconds.

   This time, students only succeeded in putting the boxes in the correct order about 40 percent of the time. But Ayumustill could select the boxes in the right order nearly 80 percent of the time.    

Some people have what's called a "photographic memory", which allows them to remember a surprising number of details after just a quick glimpse of something. Ayumu's memory might work in a similar way, says lead researcher Tetsuro Matsuzawa.

The chimp's young age might have something to do with his impressive performance, too. In previous tests, the Japanese researchers found that young chimps performed better than their mothers.

   The scientists are interested to see whether Ayumu loses his strong memory as he arrows older. They already know that young children sometimes have sharp memories when offered something photographical, but they lose this ability over time.

--- Sorry, Daddy. I am not getting on well with my studies.

    --- Well._________You hadn’t wasted so much time playing online games.

       A．As if B．Even if     C．If only      D．Only if

“Without Chinese toys, kids around the world ________ not have so much happiness.” said an European Union official.

 I was told that by 1990 things were beginning to improve, _________ quickly enough.

A. even if not                B. even I didn’t improve

C. if not improved             D. if even to improve not

Edmund Halley was an English scientist who lived over 200 years ago. He studied the observations of comets（慧星） which other scientist had made. The orbit（軌道） of one particular comet was a very difficult mathematical problem. He could not figure it out. Neither could other scientists who dealt with such problems.

   However, Halley had a friend named Newton, who was a brilliant mathematician. Newton thought he had already worked out that problem, but he could not find the papers on which he had done it. He told Halley that the orbit of a comet had the same shape of an ellipse.（橢圓）

   Now Halley set to work. He figured out the orbits of some of the comets that had been observed by scientists. He made a surprising discovery. The comets that had appeared in the years 1531, 1607, and 1682 all had the same orbit. Yet their appearances had been 75 or 76 years apart.

   This seemed very strange to Halley. Three different comets followed the same orbit. The more Halley thought about it, the more he thought that there had not been three different comets, as people thought. He decided that they had simply seen the same comet three times. The comet had gone away and had come back again.

   It was an astonishing idea! Halley felt certain enough to make a prediction of what would happen in the future. He decided that this comet would appear in the year 1758. There were 53 years to go before Halley’s prediction could be tested.

   In 1758 the comet appeared in the sky. Halley did not see it, for he had died some years before. Ever since then that comet has been named Halley’s Comet, in his honour.

 1. Edmund Halley figured out the orbit of        .

 A. some different comets appearing several times

B. the same comet appearing at different times

C. three different comets appearing three times

D. several comets appearing at the same time

2. Halley made his discovery        .

A. by doing experiment 

B. by means of his own careful observation

C. by using the work of other scientists

D. by chance

3. Halley made a surprising, but correct prediction in the year      .

A. 1704        B. 1705          C. 1706       D. 1707

4. This passage in general is about      .

A. Halley and other scientists         B. the orbit of a comet

C. Newton and Halley               D. Halley and his discovery

四、閱讀理解 （2分×15=30分）閱讀下列短文,從每題所給的A、B、C和D項中，選出最佳選項。

Talk about a real-life hero! Ten-year-old Larry Champagne from St. Louis，Missouri, hit the brake (剎車) on a runaway school bus. He saved himself and 20 other kids on board from disaster.

It all happened in one terrible accident. On the way to school, the bus driver, Ernestine Blackman, suddenly fell ill. Seeing the car was running away, the other kids started to scream, but Larry ran to the front and stopped the bus.

“At first I thought, ‘We’re going to die,’” says Larry, “but after I pressed the brake, I felt safe.”

Larry’s speedy reaction made news all over the country. He appeared on TV shows as a hero. The bus company gave Larry a big gift. His school hung a medal of honor around his neck.

“My grandmother always tells me to do what’s right,” says Larry. He thanked his brother, Jerrick, 9, who “helped me get the bus driver up” during the emergency（緊急情況）. How did he know how to stop the bus? Larry is something of a mechanic（機(jī)械師）. He helps his grandfather work on his old truck. “He gets his hands dirty,” says his grandfather. One thing is for certain: Larry knows where to find the brakes.

1. What did Larry do to save the runaway bus?

A. He parked it for the sleeping bus driver. 

B. He helped all the kids climb out through the windows.

C. He dialed 911.              D. he pressed the brake.

2. When did Larry finally feel safe?

A. When the kids finally stopped screaming.        B. When the police officers arrived.

C. Once he pressed the brake, and the bus stopped.   D. When the bus driver started driving again.

3. Larry got the following as praise for his hero action Except            .

A. appearing on TV shows                         B. a scholarship from his school

C. a big gift from the bus company                    D. a medal of honor

4. Larry thanked his brother Jerrick for             .

A. helping him get the bus driver up                  B. helping him work on his old truck

C. teaching him how to find the brake         D. teaching him how to stop the bus

5. The underlined sentence“Larry is something of a mechanic” tells us that               .

A. Larry’s job is a mechanic                       B. Larry knows something about machines

C. Larry is a robot                                     D. Larry knows nothing about machines