--- Really? Who will give _________ lecture?

   --- Mr．Wang, ________ famous professor from Nanjing University.

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

       Today just as technology changed the face of industry, farms have undergone an “agricultural”. On the farm of today, machines provide almost all the power. One of the most important benefits will be the farm computer. A few forward-looking farmers are already using computers to help them run their farms more efficiently. The computers help them keep more accurate records so they can make better decisions on what crops to plant, how much livestock to buy, when to sell their products, and how much profit they can expect. Many computer companies have been developing special computer programs just for farmers. Programs are being written for hog(肉豬) producers, grain farmers, potato farmers. In the future, farmers will be able to purchase computer programs made to their needs.

Because of the growing importance of computers on the farm, students at agricultural colleges are required to take computer classes in addition to their normal agricultural courses. There can be no doubt that farmers will rely on computers even more in the future. While the old-time farm depended on horse power, and modern farms depend on machine power, farms of the future will depend on computer power.

Another technological advance which is still in the experimental stage is the robot, a real “mechanized hired hand” that will be able to move and, in some ways, think like a human being. Agricultural engineers believe that computer-aided robots will make shocking changes in farming before the end of the century. Unlike farmers of the present, farmers of the future will find that many day-to-day tasks will be done for them. Scientists are now developing robots that will be able to shear（修剪） sheep, drive tractors, and harvest fruit. Even complex jobs will be done by robots. For example, in order to milk their cows, farmers must first drive them into the barn, then connect them to the milking machines, watch the machines, and disconnect them when they are finished. In the future, this will all be done by robots. In addition, when the milking is completed, the robots will automatically check to make sure that the milk is pure. The complete change of the farm is far in the future, but engineers expect that some robots will be used before long.

67．According to the passage, computers can not help farmers decide _______.   

       A．how much money they can earn from their products   

       B．whether to plant a certain kind of crop   

       C．when to sell their products   

       D．what livestock to raise

68．Which of the following statements is true?   

       A．Farmers in the future will depend totally on computers.    

       B．Farmers mainly use machines on their farms at present.   

       C．Both computers and robots have been in use on today’s farms.  

       D．Students at agricultural colleges must take computer classes because they can do nothing without the help of computers on today’s farms.

69．According to the engineers,          will be done by robots in the near future.

       A．a(chǎn)ll farm work          B．milking cows

       C．some farm work             D．most of the farm work

70．What is the best title for the whole passage?   

       A．Computer, Farmers’ Best Friend            B．The Agricultural Revolution 

       C．Farmers in The Future          D．Computers and Robots

第四部分：書面表達(dá)（滿分25分）

最近，不少城市發(fā)出了"減少白色污染"的倡議，得到廣大市民的支持。請以" People should not be encouraged to use plastic bags "為話題在博客上發(fā)表簡單評論。

注意：詞數(shù)120左右。參考詞匯：可分解的degradable  窒息choke

    Eating kangaroos instead of cattle and sheep has been given a scientific stamp of approval by

the government’s top climate change adviser.

The belch（噯氣） of millions of farm animals is a major contributor to Australia’s greenhouse

gas emissions（排放）, notes professor Ross Garnaut in a major report to the government on global warming.

Kangaroos, on the other hand, breathe out little amounts of methane（甲烷） gas.

If farmers were included in a system requiring industry to buy permits for the gas they

produce, the cost of meat would rise and could lead to a change in eating habits, says Garnaut.

“For most of Australia’s human history---around 60,000 years –the kangaroo was the main

source of meat,” he says.

“It could again become important. However, there are some barriers to this change, including livestock and farm management issues, consumer resistance and the gradual nature of change in food tastes.”

Garnaut cites a study looking at the potential for kangaroos to replace sheep and cattle for

meat production in Australia’s rangelands, where kangaroos are already harvested.

The study concludes that by 2020, beef cattle and sheep numbers could be reduced by seven

million and 36 million respectively, allowing for an increase in kangaroo numbers from 34 million now to 240 million by 2020.

This would be more than enough to replace the lost lamb and beef production, and kangaroo

meat would become more profitable than cattle and sheep as the price of emissions permits increased.

Garnaut’s report says livestock, mainly cattle and sheep, are responsible for some 67% of

agricultural greenhouse gas emissions.

Despite being the national animal and appearing on the Australian coat of arms, kangaroos are

slaughtered in the wild each year to control their numbers and much of the meat is used for pet food.

The idea of farming them for human consumption is controversial, but many Australians

already eat kangaroo meat.

55．Which of the following statements is true about kangaroos?

       A．Kangaroos have appeared on a scientific stamp.

       B．Kangaroos breathe out air containing little methane gas.

       C．Kangaroos are the main source of meat for Australians.

       D．Kangaroos are protected in a way because they are national animals.

56．All the following are factors that prevent kangaroos from being the main source of meat for Australian except ________.

       A．Whether the price of the kangaroo meat is acceptable

       B．Whether consumers like the new idea.

       C．How the farms are run.         

       D．Whether consumers become used to eating the meat

57．The underlined word “controversial” in the last paragraph is closest in meaning to ______.

       A．a(chǎn)cceptable          B．positive        C．negative        D．a(chǎn)rguable

58．What’s the main idea of the passage?

       A．Kangaroos may replace other animals in Australia in the near future.

       B．People aren’t willing to eat kangaroo meat.

       C．People are called on to eat kangaroo meat to reduce global warming.

       D．Kangaroos pollute the environment less than other animals.

The number 9.11 is special number,       , I think, that will be remembered by the Americans forever.

       A．what B．it      C．which       D．one

第二節(jié)：完形填空（共20小題；每小題1. 5分，滿分30分）

After their business trip, John and Mary returned, eager to see their lovely children. As they drove into their home town feeling glad to be back, they noticed 36 , and they went off their usual route to see what it was. They found a  37 in flames. Mary said, “Oh, well, it isn’t our fire, let’s go home.”

But John 38 closer and screamed, “That home belongs to Fred Jones who works at the plant. He wouldn’t be 39 works yet, maybe there is something we could do. ” It has nothing to do with us, Mary 40 .

But John drove up and stopped and they were both horror-stricken to see the whole house in 41 . A woman on the lawn was screaming, “The children! Get the children!” John 42 her by the shoulder saying, “Get a hold of yourself and tell us where the children are!” “In the 43 ,” cried the woman, “down the hall and to the left. ”

In spite of Mary’s disagreement John 44 for the basement which was full of smoke and 45 hot. He found the door and two children. 46 he left he could hear some more sobbing. He 47 the two badly frightened children into 48 arms and started back asking how many more children were down there. They told him 49 more and Mary grasped his arm and screamed, “John! Don’t go back! It’s 50 ! That house will fall down any second. ”

51 he ran into the smoke-filled hallway and at last he found both children. As he climbed up the 52 stairs, the thought went through his mind that there was something strangely 53 about the little bodies next to him, and at last when they came out into the  54 and fresh air, he found that he had just  55 his own children.

The baby-sitter had left them at this home while she did some shopping.

36．A．direction   B．mistake   C．danger     D．smoke

37．A．home       B．plant    C．store     D．kitchen

38．A．ran      B．walked    C．drove      D．rode

39．A．a(chǎn)t         B．off    C．to               D．on

40．A．whispered B．nodded C．disagreed        D．required

41．A．ruins       B．pieces C．flames         D．silence

42．A．pushed     B．seized       C．greeted   D．stopped

43．A．basement  B．department       C．house  D．hall

44．A．went   B．reached   C．a(chǎn)sked     D．rushed

45．A．heavily     B．slightly   C．partly  D．terribly

46．A．If        B．As    C．Since    D．Unless

47．A．comforted B．delivered C．recognized D．protected

48．A．cheering   B．freezing  C．waiting       D．suffering

49．A．many       B．several  C．three     D．two

50．A．dangerous B．foolish      C．practical   D．painful

51．A．Therefore B．So     C．Instead        D．But

52．A．wide B．endless  C．final          D．dirty

53．A．particular B．interesting C．familiar    D．fortunate

54．A．car       B．sunlight        C．crowd  D．a(chǎn)rms

55．A．rescued     B．found       C．lost   D．missed

二.完形填空（共20小題；每小題1.5分，滿分30分）

閱讀下面短文，掌握其大意，然后從第36至第55小題所給的A、B、C、D四個選項(xiàng)中，選出最佳選項(xiàng)，并在答題卡上將該項(xiàng)涂黑。

Once upon a time there was a prince who wanted to marry a princess, but she would have to be a real princess. He travelled all over the world to find one, but    36   could he get what he wanted. There were enough princesses, but it was    37    to find out whether they were real ones. There was always something about them that was not as it    38    be. So he came home again and was sad,  39   he would have liked very much to have a real princess.

One evening a terrible storm    40   ; there was thunder and lightning, and the rain poured down in torrents. Suddenly a knocking was    41    at the city gate, and the old king went to open it. It was a princess    42    out there in front of the gate. But, good gracious! what    43    the rain and the wind had    44    her look. The water ran down from her hair and clothes; it ran down into the toes of her shoes and out again at the heels.    45    she said that she was a real princess.

“Well, we'll soon find that out.”    46    the old queen. But she said nothing, went into the bed-room, took all the bedding off the bedstead, and    47    a pea on the bottom; then she took twenty mattresses（床墊）and put    48   on the pea, and then twenty eiderdownbeds（鴨絨被）on top of the    49   .

On this the princess had to lie all night. In the morning she was asked    50   she had slept. Ks5u"Oh, very badly!" said she. "I have    51    closed my eyes all night. Heaven only knows what was in the bed, but I was lying on something hard,    52    I am black and blue all over my body. It's horrible!"

Now they knew that she was a real princess because she had     53   the pea right through the twenty mattresses and the twenty eider-down beds.

Nobody but a real princess could be as    54   as that.

So the prince took her for his wife, for now he knew that he had a real princess. And the pea was put in the museum,    55   it may still be seen, if no one has stolen it.

36. A. nowhere      B. everywhere        C. anywhere          D. somewhere

37. A. easy            B. simple               C. abstract             D. difficult

38. A. could          B. should              C. would               D. might

39. A. which          B. when                C. for                    D. then

40. A. came on     B. came around    C. came across      D. came out

41. A. listened              B. heard                C. told                  D. seen

42. A. looking              B. sitting               C. standing            D. wandering

43. A. a scene        B. a girl                C. a princess          D. a sight

44. A. caused         B. led                    C. got                   D. made

45. A. And            B. So                  C. And yet             D. Not yet

46. A. said             B. thought             C. shouted             D. whispered

47. A. laid             B. lain                   C. lay                    D. lied

48. A. them           B. it                      C. her                   D. that

49. A. beds            B. bedstead            C. beddings           D. mattresses

50. A. if                B. whether             C. how                  D. when

51. A. nearly         B. scarcely             C. almost               D. merely

52. A. in order that B. in case                     C. only if                     D. so that

53. A. felt                 B. touched             C. smelt                D. tasted

54. A. careful        B. sensitive            C. active                D. thoughtful

55. A. which         B. though                     C. where               D. that

Four Insurance Policies You Can' t Do Without

A single gap in insurance coverage could wipe out the money that yon' ve earned for many years through your hard work.That' s why it' s important to give yourself a yearly insurance checkup, whether you buy your policies through an agent or from one of the growing number of insurance companies.

Health.Before selecting a policy from your employer or deciding among Medicare options, review your current health,predictable medical needs, and family status.This review should help you avoid a plan that fails to cover a necessary treatment or paying for services that you know you'll never use.

Disability. Your chances of becoming disabled before you retire are far greater than your chances of dying. So every working person needs some kind of disability coverage. If you are working for an employer who offers less than that, you can buy an individual policy to promote your coverage.

Homeowners or renters. Make sure you have replacement-cost coverage that would pay the current costs of rebuilding your home and replacing your personal possessions. A policy that would only pay for the decrease in value of these items isn' t good enough, because you could end up recovering just a small part of their costs. Don' t forget flood and/or earthquake insurance if you live in a locate that has a possible tendency to these types of disasters.

Life. Empty nesters and retirees may. no longer need life insurance at all. But if you have dependents who would suffer financially if you died, it' s still a must.

65. To have your insurance checkup every year is mainly because _______.

      A. the gap in insurance coverage could cost you a large sum

      B. the gap in insurance coverage could bring you benefits

      C. some insurance agencies cover few of your policies

      D. too many insurance companies prefer to sell coverage

66. _______ can be ignored while deciding among Medicare choices.

      A. Your necessary treatment.        B. Your personal health at present.

      C. Your social status.                 D. Your predictable medical needs.

67. Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?

      A. Workers needn' t buy personal disability coverage if their bosses offer that

      B. Insurance companies can secure the full value of private possessions

      C. Earthquake insurance can cover replacement-cost caused by the disaster

      D. Divorced or retired people may need life insurance for their dependents

68. We can infer that demand for insurance_______.

      A. varies due to individual needs of coverage

      B. stays the same whether you are working or not

      C. increases when we move to a new place

      D. decreases if we have a large family to support

第三節(jié)：完形填空（共20小題；每小題1.5分,滿分30分）

I grew up in a small town in Kentucky.My father raised chickens and ran a construction company.I was barely 10 years old  41  my dad gave me the responsibility of  42  the chickens and cleaning up the henhouse. He  43  it was important for me to have those jobs to learn  44  .Then,when I was 22, I found another  45  in Natchbill at a country music club called the Natchbill Palace. I washed dishes and  46  from 4:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. and then went on stage and  47  until 2:00 in the morning. It wasn't long  48  I became known as a singing cook. I had been turned down so many times by  49   companies that it was hard not to be  50  .One night, my manager and a woman executive (董事) from a  51  named Warner Brothers Records came to my performance. When the  52  was over, we sat down and talked. After they left, I  53  to myself that it was one more  54  . A few weeks later, however, my  55  received a phone call--Warner Brothers wanted to   56  me to a record deal. Soon after, I released my first record in June 1986. It sold over 2 million copies. My best  57  had gone into every job I ever held. It was the  58  of responsibility that made me feel like a man. Knowing that I had done my best filled me with  59  , I still feel that way today,  60  I have become a well-known singer.

41.A.until       B.while   C.though D.when

42.A.feeding   B.watching     C.selling  D.counting

43.A.promised       B.believed      C.suggested    D.guessed

44.A.skills      B.knowledge   C.hardship      D.responsibility

45.A.chance    B.job      C.position       D.time

46.A.cooked   B.waited  C.served  D.helped

47.A.danced   B.played  C.sang     D.talked

48.A.that B.after    C.before  D.since

49.A.record    B.film     C.restaurant    D.food

50.A.excited   B.surprised     C.discouraged D.interested

51.A.college   B.company     C.association   D.club

52.A.song       B.play     C.meeting       D.show

53.A.pointed   B.led       C.said     D.turned

54.A.success   B.failure  C.try       D.deal

55.A.manager B.mother C.friend  D.company

56.A.offer      B.give     C.lead     D.sign

57.A.wishes    B.efforts  C.results  D.gains

58.A.power    B.duty     C.sense    D.use

59.A.pride      B.hope    C.ease     D.care

60.A.in case    B.now that      C.as if     D.even though

 I insisted that a doctor _______ immediately.

   A. has been sent for B. sends for C. be sent for D. will be sent for