When early colonial settlers went to America, they took many forms of dance to their new home. Square dancing, one of the oldest forms of American folk dancing, developed from several different Old World group dances, mainly English country dances, and the French quadrille(四對方舞).

   In the American version of square dancing, four couples form a square and dance to music. An American addition to square dancing is the caller. What do you think a caller does?

The callers---someone who calls out the dance steps in time to the music--- was a completely American invention. At first dancers memorized all the steps for a particular dance, but eventually the dances became so complicated that it was necessary to have someone call out cues (提示) so that dancers didn’t have to remember so many steps. The caller didn’t just call out “do-se-do your partner”; a good caller also came up with colourful sayings or witty lines that he said in between the cues such as “Don’t be shy and don’t be afraid. Swing on the corner in a waltz promenade (步伐).” A caller might also come up with new dance steps and routines.

   Although popular for years, square dancing seemed to be going out of style and fading away until the early 1930s, when Henry Ford helped revive interest in it. Ford, the automobile manufacturer, used to vacation at the Wayside Inn in Massachusetts, where he enjoyed the dance programme run by a man named Benjamin Lovett. Ford asked Lovett to come to Detroit and teach dances, but Lovett said he couldn’t because he had a contract with the inn. Ford solved that problem by buying the inn and Lovett’s contract. He took Lovett back to Detroit, where together they established a programme for teaching squares and rounds. Square dancing was updated and groups began forming all over the country.

53. What is the best title for the passage?

   A. The Different Steps of Square Dancing

   B. The Origin and Development of Square Dancing

   C. Who Was the Inventor of Square Dancing?

   D. Why Did Square Dancing Go Out of Style?

54. What does the underlined part “their new home” refer to?

   A. The United Kingdom.            B. France.

   C. Africa.                          D. America.

55. Why did the caller call out the steps for the dancers?

   A. Because the dance was invented by the caller.

   B. Because the dancers didn’t know the names of the steps.

   C. Because the steps were very particular.

   D. Because it was hard for the dancers to remember all the steps.

56. Why did the author mention Henry Ford in the last paragraph?

   A. Because he was the man who made the first car.

   B. Because he was vey fond of dancing.

   C. Because he helped make square dancing popular again.

   D. Because he taught people how to dance.

語音知識（共5小題， 每小題1分，滿分5分）

從A、B、C、D四個選項中，找出其劃線部分與所給單詞的劃線部分讀音相同的選項。

1. great

2. machine

3. wanted

4. inspire

5. houses

---I told you she was not serious about him and now she has dumped him.

    ---Poor boy! It will take him a long time to get over this      .

       A．beat  B．strike C．blow D．knock

The show attracted a large number of audience, _________ from children to old people.

A．increasing      B．reducing      C．spreading           D．ranging

The doctor finally gave up the ____ of medicine for full - time writing．

         A．days           B．process     C．skills      D．practice

Maybe all people realize that _____ is to be next Mayor will face masses of problems.

A. who    B. whoever    C. whomever    D. no matter who

Ten people died in the car accident, two children _________.

including        B. contained          C. included                   D. containing

19. At last he chanced to sail back towards the place _____ he had started. 

A. with which B. for which   C. from which       D. on which

                            D

   Many disease researchers have warned that rising global temperatures could lead to more diseases. for example by allowing tropical diseases to expand their ranges into what are now mild regions. This is a particular fear for the diseases carried by insects such as malariac(瘧疾） and

sleeping sickness.

   But the reality is more complex, argues Kevin Lafferty. a disease ecologist. He argues that a warming climate could favour some diseases in certain regions while controlling them in others.

     Lafferty does not deny that climate change might allow malarial mosquitoes to spread to new areas. However he believes that hotter and drier conditions may also get rid of mosquitoes from areas where they currently exist. If this were the case, he says. there would be little. if any, net

increase (凈增長） in the risk of disease.

   In addition, many mild regions such as southern Europe or the southern U.S. have good sanitation（衛(wèi)生設(shè)備） and insect control programmes which, Lafferty says, would prevent diseases from becoming common even if climatic conditions were suitable.

    Finally, he argues, climate change could wipe many species off the plant. Infectious pathogens（病原體） depend on their hosts for survival so they too may become endangered-especially if they,like malaria, rely on more than one host.

    But Mercedes Pascual of the University of Michigan points out that there are large human populations in the east African highlands, just outside of the existing range of malarial mosquitoes.She said as temperatures rise, the mosquitoes will reach these areas. So the disadvantages will

outweigh the advantages of decreased risk elsewhere.

    Most of the ecologists do, however, seem to agree on one point: predicting where a disease is going to go next involves far more than just considering climate. No matter what the results of the debate are, they all agree that health concerns should continue to play a critical role in climate policy and the debate shouldn't be regarded as weakening the case for action against global warming.

53. According to Kevin Lafferty, climate change__________

    A. will not increase the spread of insect-bome diseases

    B. may not significantly increase the risk of disease in the whole world

    C. will not affect the dry regions where sanitation is good

    D. may not affect viruses that depend on more than one host

54. What does Mercedes Pascual think of Lafferty 's conclusion?

A. She disagrees with it.   B. She supports it.

C. She is not sure ofit.    D. She thinks it needs proving.

55. We may infer from the passage that ___________

    A. climate is the only factor in the predictior of the spread of diseases

    B. when making a climate policy one should take health into account

    C. the debate mentioned in the passage furthers the debate on global warming

    D. a policy should be made immediately to try to stop climate change

56. We can learn from the passage that ___________

    A. all the disease researchers agree that climate change will spread disease

    B. nothing can be done to stop the present global warming

    C. scientists have found ways to stop the wild spread of disease

D. ecologists have different views on whether the global warming will spread diseases further

第一部分：英語知識運用（共三節(jié)，滿分50分）

第一節(jié)：語音知識（共5小題；每小題1分，滿分S分）

    從A. B. C.D四個選項中，找出其劃線部分與所給單詞的劃線部分讀音相同的選項。

1.elect       A. seldom     B. reply    C. media    D. secret

2.design      A. observe    B. taste    C. decision    D. pleasure

3.theatre     A. breathe    B. break    C. area    D. heaven

4.character   A. machine    B. research    C. change    D. technique

5. yellow     A. carefully  B. reply      C. Ioyalty    D. Daily