Happy birthday

The China Nation Opera (CNO)will give a concert to celebrate its 50th birthday.

Different generations of CNO vocalists(歌手), like Li Guangxi, Yao Hong and Ma Mei, will present the concert which will feature both songs from famous Chinese operas like “The White-haired GM “and “The Hundredth Bride”, as well as, arias (詠嘆調(diào)) of such Western opera classics as “Madame Butterfly”, “La Traviata” and “Rigoletto”.

Time/date : 7:30 pm, September 7, 8

Location : Tianqiao Theatre

Tel : 6551-4787, 8315-6170

Tickets : 60—50 yuan (US $7.2-60.2)

Folk music

A concert will be held to feature some recently-composed traditional Chinese music works.

The concert, given by the Folk Orchestra of the China Opera and Ballet Theatre, will include such pieces as “Memory of Childhood”, “Memorial Ceremony for God” and “Wine Song”.

Time/date : 7:30 pm, September 13

Location: Concert hall at the National Library of China

Tel: 6848-5462, 6841-9220

Tickets : 30-200 yuan (US $ 3.6—24.1)

Moon music

A concert of traditional Chinese music will be given on the eve of the Moon Festival which falls on September 21st this year.

The concert will feature a number of famous pieces centered on this theme of the moon, such as “Moonlight”, “Spring Night on a Moonlit River” and “Lofty Mountain and Flowing River.”

A number of established traditional Chinese music performers, like Zhou Yaokun and Fan Weiqing, will play solos（獨(dú)奏）as well as collaborate（合奏）with the folk music orchestra.

Time/ date: 7:30 pm, September 21st

Location: Grand Theatre of the Cultural Palace of Nationalities

Tel: 6606-8888, 6606-9999

1. If you want to buy tickets for listening to the music “Memory of Childhood”, you will dial       .

2. “Madame Butterfly” is       .      

3. The passage will most probably appear in the column “      ”of a newspaper.   

Judging from _________ number of cars outside, only _________ number of people have come to the show.

 We’ve at last got through the task and____I feel like doing most now is going out for a drive.

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

. Joined by their friends, Troy and Cabrella staged a musical _____ their experiences, hopes and fears about the future.

       A. reflecting      B. reflected        C. being reflected           D. having reflected

第二節(jié)：完形填空（共20小題；每小題1分，滿分20分）

  閱讀下面短文，掌握其大意，然后從21～40各題所給的四個選項(xiàng)（A、B、C和D）中，選出最佳選項(xiàng)，并在答題紙上將該選項(xiàng)標(biāo)號涂黑。

 Five and a half years ago my father was suddenly rushed to the hospital for an operation. We had  21  idea that he was seriously ill until we were told that the operation did not go well. My father remained  22  . Due to the laws of our state, we were  23  to keep him on a ventilator(呼吸器) for 72 hours, though it was   24    his wish that medical treatment should stop if he was too ill.

At the end of the next day, I was    25   in the waiting room and watching others walk their fathers around who had had operations. Normally, I am very happy for others that are 26  . But that evening, I guess I was a little   27  because I finally realized I would never be  28   to hold my father’s hand and walk down the hall again.

I had to jump up and run down the hall to   29  everyone. This was not in my nature but I just had to be alone. After running for what seemed like a long time, I went into a restroom and       30   for at least five minutes.

When I came out of the stall(廁所側(cè)間),there was a   31  by the sink(水槽). I went to  32 the water to wash my face and she came to  33  me though I didn’t know her. She held onto me until I   34  stopped crying. Then she grabbed a paper towel, wet it   35   handed it to me. She looked at me, smiling, and then left. She never said one word but she   36  my heart.

She taught me that you do not  37   to be a conversationalist to  38  someone who is hurt. Never    39  to hug someone who may need it. You can make a  40   in someone’s life without ever saying a word.

21.  A . no           B. bit           C. some       D. much

22.  A. unhappy       B. uneasy       C. unaware     D. unconscious

23.  A. inspired       B. trained        C. forced      D. forbidden

24.  A. against        B. through       C. for         D. to

25.  A. sitting         B. playing       C. chatting     D. reading

26.  A. walking       B. recovering     C. returning    D. leaving

27.  A. angry         B. pleased       C. curious      D. calm 

28.  A. sure          B. nervous       C. able         D. regretful

29.  A. catch up with   B. take care of   C. pay attention to D. get away from

30.  A. cried         B. shouted       C. screamed     D. sighed

31.  A. father         B. son          C. stranger      D. relative

32.  A. turn on        B. turn off       C. turn up       D. turn down

33.  A. advise         B. criticize      C. call          D. hug

34.  A. meanwhile     B. suddenly      C. soon         D. finally

35.  A. but           B. and           C. or           D. so

36.  A. closed         B. lost          C. touched       D. broke

37.  A. need          B. promise       C. refuse        D. forget

38.  A. forgive        B. confirm       C. excite        D. comfort

39.  A. learn          B. hesitate       C. continue      D. dream

40.  A. choice         B. mistake       C. difference     D. decision

. ---I have some good news for you. You’ve been accepted as a member of our club.

---_____________ That’s great!

A. Good idea!        B. Pardon?          C. Congratulations!          D. Have I?      

.-----How do you find the dictionary? -------It’s useful,_________for beginners of English.

A.specially      B.particularlly      C.naturally      D.extremely

Where we will build the dam has not been decided yet, ______?

A. will we             B. has it         C. won’t we           D. hasn’t it

What will people die of 100 years from now? If you think that is a simple question, you have not been paying attention to the revolution that is taking place in bio-technology. With the help of new medicine, the human body will last a very long time. Death will come mainly from accidents, murder and war. Today’s leading killers, such as heart disease, cancer, and different colors t(遙遠(yuǎn)的) memories.

   In discussion of technological changes, the Internet gets most of the attention these days. But the change in medicine can be the real technological event of our times. How long can humans live? Human brains were known to decide the final death. Cells are the basic units of all living things, and until recently, scientists were sure that the life of cells could not go much beyond 120 years because the basic materials of cells, such as those of brain cells, wouldn’t last forever. But the upper limits will be broken by new medicine. Sometime between 2050 and 2100, medicine will have advanced to the point at which every 10 years or so, people will be able to take medicine to repair their organs(器官).The medicine, made up of the basic building materials of life, will build new brain cells, heart cells, and so on—in much the same way our bodies make new skin cells to take the place of old ones.

   It is exciting to imagine that the advance in technology may be changing the most basic condition of human existence, but many technical problems still must be cleared up (澄清) on the way to this wonderful future.

1.According to the passage, human death is now mainly caused by _______.

A.diseases and aging   B.accidents and war

C.accidents and aging  D.heart disease and war

2.In the author’s opinion, today’s most important advance in technology lies in ______.

A.medicine B.the Internet C.brain cells  D.human organ

3.Humans may live longer in the future because ________.

A.heart disease will be far away from us

B.human brain can decide the final death

C.the basic materials of cells will last forever

D.human organs can be repaired by new medicine

4. We can learn from the passage that ______.

A.human life will not last more than 120 years in the future

B.humans have to take medicine to build new skin cells now

C.much need to be done before humans can have a longer life

D.we have already solved the technical problems in building new cells

第二卷

注意：將答案寫在答題卡上。寫在本試卷上無效

第三部分   寫作（共兩節(jié)，滿分35分）

短文改錯（共10小題；每小題1分，滿分10分）

假定英語課上老師要求同桌之間交換修改作文，請你修改你同桌寫的一下作文。文中共有10處語言錯誤，每句中最多有兩處。錯誤涉及一個單詞的增加、刪除或修改。

增加：在缺詞處加一個漏字符號（^），并在其下面寫出該加的詞。

刪除：把多余的詞用斜線（\）劃掉。

注意：1. 每處錯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。

Our class have had a discussing recently on whether it is necessary to start learning English from childhood. Some for it. As little boys and girls have had a very good memory, they can learn a lot of English words by heart very easy. This will help their future English learning. While others don’t agree. They think children have to learning Chinese pinyin at school. If they study Chinese pinyin and English at same time, it will be very easy for them to mix it up. This will do a lot of harm to their Chinese learning and their future English learning. For short, we have not arrived at some agreement yet.