C

    On May 7, 2001, Ronnie Biggs arrived in Britain for the first time in about thirty-five years. His return was the end of one of Britain's most famous crime stories, The Great Train Robbery. In 1963 Biggs was in a gang that stole ￡2.6 million from a train traveling between London and Glasgow. The gang was caught quickly, and Biggs was sentenced to thirty years in jail. Many people thought that the sentence was too harsh（嚴厲的）. Biggs also thought it was too harsh, so he decided to escape.

    Biggs was sent to Wandsworth Prison, a maximum security jail. It had one very high wall to keep the prisoners in, and some guards to watch them. One afternoon in July 1965, Biggs was in the prison yard. He had been in jail for just fifteen months. A tall van（貨車） stopped outside the jail, and a ladder was placed against the wall. Then a rope ladder was thrown over the wall into the prison yard. Biggs climbed up the rope ladder, jumped down into the van and escaped!

    From that time on, Biggs lived on the run. After hiding in France, Spain and Australia, he finally settled in Brazil in 1970. He was a celebrity（名人） criminal. He appeared in rock videos and movies, and he sold souvenirs to tourists who came to see him. But he missed his home in Britain and, at the age of seventy-one, decided to go home. He was met at the airport by family, friends—and police.

61. Ronnie Biggs was sentenced to thirty years in jail because ________.

62. What kind of prison was Ronnie Biggs in?

63. The main idea of Paragraph 2 is ________.

64. How many countries had Ronnie Biggs been to after he escaped from Britain?

65. When was Ronnie Biggs born?

—You were driving at 100 km an hour, sir.

—But officer, I ________. My car can't go more than 80.

    A. may not have to                     B. couldn't have been

    C. wouldn't like to                   D. needn't to be

    One silly question I simply can’t stand is “How do you feel?” Usually the question is asked of a man in action — a man on the go, walking along the street, or busily working at his desk. So what do you expect him to say? He’ll probably say, “Fine, I’m all right,” but “you’ve put a bug in his ear” — maybe now he’s not sure. If you’re a good friend, you may have seen something in his face, or his walk, that he overlooked that morning. It starts him worrying a little. First thing you know, he looks in a mirror to see if everything is all right, while you go merrily on your way asking someone else, “How do you feel?”

    Every question has its time and place. It’s perfectly acceptable, for instance, to asked “How do you feel?” if you’re visiting a close friend in the hospital. But if the fellow is walking on both legs, hurrying to catch a train, or sitting at his desk working, it’s no time to ask him that silly question.

    When George Bernard Shaw, the famous writer of plays, was in his eighties, someone asked him, “How do you feel?” Shaw put him in his place. “When you reach my age,” Shaw said, “either you feel all right or you’re dead.”

26. The passage tells us that some greetings such as “How do you feel?” __________.

A. show one’s consideration for others     

B. are a good way to make friends

C. are proper to ask a man in action       

D. generally make one feel uneasy

27. The question “How do you feel?” seems to be correct and suitable when asked of _________________________.

A. a man working at his work                  B. a person having lost a close friend

C. a stranger who looks somewhat worried   D. a friend who is ill

28. The writer seems to feel that a busy man should _________________.

A. be praised for his efforts             

B. never be asked any questions

C. not be troubled                    

D. be discouraged from working so hard

29. “You’ve put a bug in his ear” means that you’ve _________________.

A. made him laugh merrily              

B. given him some kind of warning

C. shown much concern for him          

D. played a joke on him

30. George Bernard Shaw’s reply in the passage shows his __________.

A. cleverness         B. cheerfulness              C. power and skills        D. politeness                          

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第二節(jié)  書面表達（滿分25分）

       假設(shè)你班將舉行一次英語班會，主題為“中學(xué)生應(yīng)該如何使用家長給的零花錢”。請你根據(jù)提示寫一篇發(fā)言稿。

第二節(jié)：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36～55各題所給的四個選項（A、B、C和D）中，選出最佳選項。

The following is a true story. It shows that potential（潛力）discovered may lead to success.

A young man traveled by train. As it was running across a  36 , passengers looked out of  37   idly and aimlessly. When the train came near a bend it  38  and then an unadorned （簡陋的）house came into  39  . It was so obvious  40  the deserted landscape that everybody on the train turned to “  41  ” it with eyes wide open. Some passengers  42  began a discussion abut it.

The young man was also   43  by the scene. On his return he   44  the train at the nearest station and found his 45 to the house. Its  46 told him that troubled by the  47  of the train he wanted to sell the house but   48  would buy it.

Soon after the young man   49  thirty thousand dollars for the house, regarding it as a 50 site for advertisement. It was facing the railway   51 where the train had to slow down and the  52  passengers would cast their eyes at the house to   53  themselves.

He managed to get   54  to big companies and tried his best to convince them of the advantage of the place for   55  . Finally the Coca Cola Company took a lease on（租用） it to put up promotion signs. The young man was paid 180 thousand for a three-year rent.

36．A．city   B．station      C．tunnel      D．wilderness 

37． A．windows       B．houses      C．rooms       D．planes            

38．A．broke down     B．turned down     C．slowed down   D．put down 

39．A．being       B．view        C．use    D．effect

40．A．a(chǎn)gainst     B．on     C．for    D．to           

41．A．a(chǎn)dmire     B．hear  C．inspect      D．see 

42．A．ever  B．even        C．still   D．yet   

43．A．excited     B．expressed  C．shocked    D．impressed

44．A．got in       B．got out     C．got off     D．put off 

45．A．way B．path  C．road  D．means     

46．A．loser B．employer  C．boss  D．owner

47．A．sound       B．noise       C．voice D．saying 

48．A．nobody    B．none  C．nothing     D．someone

49．A．cost   B．paid  C．spent       D．took        

50．A．favorable        B．wrong      C．best   D．just         

51．A．station      B．track C．carriage   D．bend 

52．A．tired        B．excited     C．moved      D．delighted

53．A．express     B．enjoy C．refresh     D．seat 

54．A．close B．a(chǎn)ccess      C．down        D．up           

55．A．promotion       B．production       C．sale          D．a(chǎn)dvertisement    

Brian arrived at the San Francisco airport two hours before the flight to Paris. He was wearing three shirts, a jacket, two pairs of soc, a pair of shorts, and two pairs of jeans. He was carrying one small backpack, which was very full, but he didn’t have any other luggage. Brian needed to meet a man named Tony before he checked in for his flight. He found Tony near the Air France counter. Tony gave him a round-trip ticket and a small package. 

“Give this package to Jean-Paul at the airport in Paris. He will have a sign with your name on it. I think you can find him easily, “Tony said.” You don’t have any luggage, right?”

 “Only this backpack,” Brian answered. “You said I could bring one carry-on bag.”

 “That’s right, one carry-on bag is fine. Have a good trip.”

 “Than.”

Is Brian a criminal（犯罪）? Not at all. He is an air courier . And he paid only $110 for the round-trip ticket to Paris. Air couriers get cheap airline tickets because they take important packages and papers to foreign countries. Businesses sometimes need to get packages and papers to people in foreign countries by the next day. Often, the only way they can do this is to use an air-courier company. It is not cheap for a business to send a package with an air courier, but it is quick.. 

Every year about 80, 000 people worldwide travel as air couriers. The number of tickets for courier travel is growing by about 10 percent a year. However, air-courier travel isn’t for everyone, But if you have very little money, can be flexible（靈活的）about your travel plans, and don’t mind wearing the same clothes for a week, it can be a great way to take a vacation!

52. Why was Brian wearing so many clothes for his travel?

A. Because they were the uniform for air couriers,

B. Because that made him easier to be recognized. 

C. Because his backpack had no room for his clothes. 

D. because he did not have any luggage with him. 

53. An air courier is a person who        

A. manages a business company in foreign countries

B. organizes international flights for tourists

C. travels around the world with cheap tickets

D. delivers papers and packages to foreign countries

54 .Businesses choose the air-courier service because      

A. it costs less     B. it is flexible     C. it saves time     D. it grows fast

55. One of the disadvantages of traveling as an air courier is that he

A. cannot decide when and where to travel

B. cannot take any luggage with him

C. has to wear two pairs of jeans

D. saves little money from the travel

56. The author of the text mainly

A. describes the activities of a law-breaker

B. suggests an ideal way to travel

C. argues against the air-courier travel

D. tells us about a developing business

. Is this the first time that Jack ______ this kind of food?

A. enjoys       B. has enjoyed   C. enjoyed         D. had enjoyed

.All of the ski resorts are ____ from the hotel via free public transportation.

  A. available           B. accessible         C. present             D. probable

第三部分：閱讀理解（共20小題 滿分40分）

閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的四個選項（A、B、C、D）中選出最佳選項

My father was driving us to our grandparents’ house for our annual Christmas dinner. The closer we got to the turnoff (岔道) for my grandparents’ house, the slower the car went. Suddenly, my father U-turned in the middle of the road and said: “I can’t stand it!”

  “What?” asked my mother.

  “It’s those people back there at the Pan Am, standing in the rain. They’ve got children. It’s Christmas. I can’t stand it.”

  When my father pulled into the service station, I saw that there were five of them: the parents and three children – two girls and a small boy.

  My father rolled down his window. “Merry Christmas,” he said.

  “Howdy (您好),” the man replied. He was very tall and had to stoop (彎腰) slightly to peer into the car.

  My sisters Jill, Sharon, and I stared at the children, and they stared back at us.

  “You’re getting wet standing here. Just a couple miles up the road there’s a shed (小棚) with a cover there, and some benches,” my father said. “Why don’t you all get in the car?”

  The man thought about it for a moment, and then he waved to his family. They climbed into the car.

  Once they settled in, my father looked back over his shoulder and asked the children if Santa had found them yet. Three unhappy faces gave him the answer.

  “Well, I didn’t think so,” my father said, winking at my mother, “because when I saw Santa this morning, he told me that he was having trouble finding all, and he asked me if he could leave your toys at my house. We’ll just go to get them before I take you to the bus stop.”

  All at once, the three children’s faces lit up, and they began to bounce around in the back seat, laughing and chattering.

  When we got out of the car at our house, the three children ran through the front door and straight to the toys that were spread out under our Christmas tree. One of the girls spied Jill’s doll and hugged it to her breast. The little boy grabbed Sharon’s ball. And the other girl picked up something of mine.

  We left them there at the bus stop in Winborn. As we drove away, I watched out the window as long as I could, looking back at the little girl hugging her new doll.

  That was the Christmas when my sisters and I learned the joy of making others happy.

56. The writer’s father U-turned in the middle of the road because ______.

   A. he could not stand the people at the service station

   B. he could not bear the thought of leaving the people behind

   C. he wanted to do something special for his parents

   D. he wanted to help the family standing in the rain

57. The reason the father asked the kids if Santa had found them was probably that _____.

   A. he knew the mention of Santa would lift their spirits

   B. he once promised to receive them as guests in his house

   C. he wanted to avoid embarrassing the family

   D. he had met Santa and got the presents for the kids

58. How did the author feel at the end of the story?

   A. She was pleased that they had been able to give the kids presents and make them happy.

   B. She was unhappy remembering that they had been late for the Christmas dinner.

   C. She was angry because she realized that she didn’t receive a Christmas gift that year.

   D. She was puzzled by why her father had done this on Christmas.

59. What is the article mainly about?

   A. How my family found the lost Santa.

   B. The people at the service station.

   C. The art of celebrating Christmas.

   D. The joy of making others happy.

Ship tourism to Antarctica is on the rise: More than 35,000 tourists are expected to visit Antarctic this summer. In 1992-1993, 6,750 visited Antarctica, according to the Antarctica Treaty. All of this tourism, however, is putting both tourists and the environment in great danger.

Among the tourist ships that visit the continent, the Explorer, a Canadian ship, was one of the first. Put to use in 1969, it was built to carry tourists to Antarctica. Last week, however, it became the first commercial passenger ship to sink beneath the waters. Fortunately, all of the passengers and crew members were rescued from the ship. However, the sunken ship endangered the Antarctic’s fragile(脆弱的) environment. The ship was estimated to be holding 48,000 gallons of fuel.

The accident was not unexpected. Both the US and UK had warned a conference of the Antarctic Treaty member countries in May that the tourism situation in this area was a potential disaster. The US said in a paper, people “should take a hard look at tourism issues now, especially those related to ship safety.” Although the Antarctic seas are relatively(相對地) calm, floating ice causes a potential threat to ships. The owner of the Explorer blamed the sinking on a fist-like hole in the ship created by ice.

Many of the other large ships now visiting Antarctica are not designed especially against thick ice. Such ships generally can only come to the continent in summer. But the tourist rush is pushing ships into dangerous situations. “The increasing number of ships operating in Antarctic means that the ship are under great pressure to get there in time for the key visiting sites,” the British government wrote in a paper at the meeting of member countries.

As a natural frontier, Antarctica is in a messy legal situation. There are no obvious answers as to who is responsible for dealing with the threat that tourist may cause to human life and the environment.

There is no coast guard for Antarctica. Do we want it to become Disneyland, or do we need some controls?

76. Which of the following is true according to this passage?

A. Antarctica tourism has a history of about 17 years

B. The number of tourists to the Antarctic is over 5 times as large as that of 17 years ago.

C. The tourism boom has caused holes in the floating ice in the Antarctic.

D. The Antarctica Treaty is responsible for the problem.

77. The sinking of the Explorer____________.

A. led to a conference about the tourism situation in the Antarctic.

B. was caused by the rough seas

C. had been predicted

D. did harm to the Antarctic.

78. It can be inferred from the passage that_________.

A. a Disneyland will be built in the Antarctic

B. fewer people are visiting the Antarctic because of the warnings given

   C. not all the ships are suitable to go to the Antarctic

D. some ships take risks visiting the Antarctic in other seasons rather than in summer

79. In this passage, the writer suggests that___________.

A. people had better not make a tour of the Antarctic

B. ships to the Antarctic should be built strong enough

C. there should be legal controls over tourism in the Antarctic

D. the Antarctic’s environment is fragile

80. What attitude does the writer hold towards Antarctic tourism?

   A. Supportive.     B. Positive.       C. Indifferent.        D. Anxious.