One August afternoon, Richard Allen dropped off his last passenger, Mrs. Carey. Lifting two grocery bags, he followed her across the yard and stood on the step of her house, Glancing up, he saw a large wasp（黃蜂）nest under the roof. Allen had heard that wasps can become more likely to sting（sting, stung, stung蜇）in summer. He mentioned this to Mrs. Carey, who had opened the door.

“Oh, they don’t bother me,” she said lightly, “I go in and out all the time.”

Anxiously, Allen looked at the nest again－to see the wasps flying straight at him. “Hurry!” he shouted to Mrs. Carey. “Get in!”

She stepped quickly inside, Allen ran for his mini-bus. Too late: they were upon him. Just as he jumped aboard, half a dozen red spots showed on his arm, and he felt more on his back and shoulders.

As he was driving down the road, Allen felt as if something was burning at the back of his neck, and the “fire” was spreading forward toward his face. An immediate anxiety took hold of him. Allen knew that stings could cause some persons to die. But he had been stung the previous summer and the after-effects soon passed. However, what he didn’t know was that the first sting had turned his body into a time bomb waiting for the next to set off an explosion.

Miles from the nearest medical assistance, Allen began to feel his tongue thick and heavy and his heartbeat louder, Most frightening, he felt his breathing mire and more difficult. He reached for the radio mike（話筒）, trying to call the mini-bus center, but his words were hardly understandable. Signals were also poor that far out. He knew a rescue team was on 24-hour duty a：the Amherst Fire Department’s north station. So his best chance was to make a run for it.

Rushing down the mountain, Allen tried not to panic, focusing his mind on each sharp turn. He was almost through the last of them when he felt sure he was going into shock（休克）. Just then he reached for the radio mike again.

“Call fire station.” He shouted, concentrating to form the words. “Emergency. Bee sting. Emergency. There in ten minutes.”

“Five-ten,” the center replied.

Hold on, Allen thought Keep your eyes open. Breathe. Keep awake.

At last he reached the station. Two firemen ran out, Allen felt their hands grasp him before he hit the ground. You made it, he thought.

69．It is mentioned in the passage that wasps are more likely to attack when       ．

A．there are huge noises

B．strangers are approaching

C．the air is filled with food smell

D．the hottest season comes around

70．Allen didn’t know that if stung by wasps again, he would       ．

A．have no after-effects

B．suffer from sharper pain

C．surely lose his life

D．become more sensitive

71．Allen failed at his first attempt to send his message to the mini-bus center because       ．

A．he was unable to speak clearly

B．his radio equipment was poor

C．he was in a state of shock

D．no one was on duty

72．Which would be the best title for the passage?

A．Allen, A Helpless Driver

B．Wasps, Bloody Killers

C．A Race Against Death

Kathy started at my nursery school at the age of three. She settled into the group easily, and would be first on the slide and highest up the climbing frame. She could put on her coat without help and not only fasten her own buttons but other children’s too.

She was a lovely child but unfortunately a scratcher. If anyone upset her or stood in her way, her right hand would flash out fast and scratch down the face of her playmates. Children twice her age would fly in fear from her.

This must have been very rewarding for Kathy but obviously it had to be stopped. All the usual ways failed and then I remembered and account by G. Atkinson of Highfield School, of how fights in the playground had been stopped. No punishment had been given, but the attacker had been ignored and the victims rewarded. So I decided to try this out on Kathy.

With a pocketful of Smarties I followed Kathy around. She was so quick that it was impossible to prevent her scratching, but I was determined to stay within arm’s length all afternoon.

All was peaceful but then I saw Kathy’s hand moved and heard the scream. Gently I gathered up the little hurt one in my arms and said “Nice, nice sweetie” and I put a Smartie into her mouth. Kathy opened her mouth, expecting a Smartie and then looked puzzled when she got nothing.

Soon came another scream, this time from John. While holding him in my arms, I said, “Look, Kathy, a nice Smartie for John” and put it into John’s mouth.

A smile of understanding flashed across Kathy’s face, Minutes later, she came to me and said loudly, “Give me a Smartie! I have hurt my finger!”

“No,” I replied, “you’ll get it if someone hurts you.”

On purpose, she turned and scratched a nearby boy. Tom, and waited quietly while I mothered and rewarded him, then she walked away.

She has never scratched a child since.

Parents who find older children bullying younger brothers and sisters might do well to replace shouting and punishment by rewarding and more attention to the injured ones. It’s certainly much easier and more effective.

65．From the passage, we know that Kathy is       ．

A．sensitive but slow

B．smart but a bit rude

C．independent but selfish

D．quick but sort of passive

66．Kathy scratched Tom because       ．

A．she was angry at Tom, who was in her way

B．she wanted to get a Smartie from the teacher

C．she was in the habit of scratching other children

D．she wanted to know if the teacher meant what she had said

67．According to the passage, the underlined word “bullying” is closest in meaning to “       ”．

A．helping

B．punishing

C．hurting

D．protecting

68．The writer of this passage aims to recommend and approach to       ．

A．rewarding children’s good behavior

B．correcting children’s bad behavior

C．punishing badly-behaved children

D．praising well-behaved children

Margaret,married with two small children,has been working for the last seven years as a night cleaner,cleaning offices in a big building.

She trained as a nurse ,but had to give it up when her elder child became seriously ill.“I would have liked to go back to it ,but the shifts(工作班次)are all wrong for me,as I have to be home to get the children up and off to school.”

So she works as a cleaner instead,from 9 p.m.till 6 a.m.five nights a week for just £ 90,before tax and insurance.“It’s better than it was last year,but I still think that people who work‘unsocial hours’should get a bit extra.”

The hours she’s chosen to work mean that she sees plenty to the children,but very little of her husband.However,she doesn’t think that puts any pressure on their relationship.

Her work isn’t physically very hard,but it’s not exactly pleasant,either.“I do get angry with people who leave their offices like a place for raising pigs. If they realized people like me have to do it, perhaps they’d be a bit more careful.”

The fact that she’s working all night doesn’t worry Margaret at all, Unlike some dark buildings at night, the building where she works is fully lit, and the women work in groups of three, “Since I’ve got to be here, I try to enjoy myself－and I usually do, because of the other girls. We all have a good laugh, so the time never drags.”

Another challenge Margaret has to face is the reaction of other people when she tells them what she does for a living. “They think you’re a cleaner because you don’t know how to read and write, ” said Margaret. “I used to think what my parents would say if they knew what I’d been doing , but I don’t think that way any more. I don’t dislike the work though I can’t say I’m mad about it.”

61．Margaret quit her job as a nurse because         ．

A．she wanted to earn more money to support her family

B．she had suffered a lot of mental pressure

C．she needed the right time to look after her children

D．she felt tired of taking care of patients

62．Margaret gets angry with people who work in the office because        ．

A．they never clean their offices

B．they look down upon cleaners

C．they never do their work carefully

D．they always make a mess in their offices

63．When at work, Margaret feels           ．

A．light-hearted because of her fellow workers

B．happy because the building is fully lit

C．tired because of the heavy workload

D．bored because time passes slowly

64．The underlined part in the last paragraph implies that Margaret’s parents would            ．

A．help care for her children

B．regret what they had said

C．show sympathy for her

D．feel disappointed in her

閱讀下列各小題，根據(jù)括號(hào)內(nèi)的漢語提示，用句末括號(hào)內(nèi)的英語單詞完成句子，并將答案寫在答題卡上的相應(yīng)題號(hào)后。

31.__________(最長(zhǎng)的三條河流)in the world are the Niles,the Amazon,and the Changjiang River.(long)

32.Seldom____________(他們玩)video games ever since they entered college.(play)

33.The city__________(我成長(zhǎng)的)is very hot and damp in summer.(grow)

34._________(我花了)one thousand dollars to buy the painting last week.(cost)

35.I fell so sick .I wish Mum__________(沒有逼我)to eat so much.(force)

36.―You’d better go and_________(把你的轎車洗洗).

   --No,I’ll do it myself.(wash)

37.With the rapid development of science and technology,I can’t imagine________

(我的家鄉(xiāng)會(huì)是什么樣子)in ten years.(what)

38.Ir is your efforts,not your intelligence,_______(決定)your success.(determine)

39.He looks sleepy.He must________(熬夜了)last night,writing the essay.(stay)

40.At present,lots of food,water,tents,and medicine__________(正在運(yùn)往)from all over China and other parts of the world to the earthquake-stricken areas.(transport)

根據(jù)下列句子及所給單詞的首字母，在答題紙上按題號(hào)寫出各單詞正確的完全形式（每空限寫一詞）。

66．This cake t     delicious. Would you like a try?

67. Lucy was badly hurt in a traffic a      last week.

68. Yesterday Michael a       to his boss for being late.

69. These books b      to Sarah--- I must give them back to her.

70. Mum is cooking in the k      while Dad is watching TV.

71. About 71 percent of the earth’s surface is c      by water.

72. I u     go to bed at 10:00 p.m., but I stayed up till 11:00 last night.

73. Plants and a      , including humans, need food and water to survive.

74. He was p      of the Olympic Gold Medal he won for his country.

75. Each student is allowed to borrow two books at a time from the school l       .

你校學(xué)生會(huì)準(zhǔn)備辦一期英語墻報(bào)，主題為：保護(hù)環(huán)境從我做起。請(qǐng)你根據(jù)下圖所示寫一篇英語短文。

注意：

1. 詞數(shù)100左右，開頭語已為你寫好；

2. 可適當(dāng)增加細(xì)節(jié)，以使行文連貫。

What can I do for our environment?

Everyone can do something for our environment.              

【內(nèi)容要點(diǎn)】

1、離開教室要關(guān)燈，節(jié)約用電；

2、節(jié)約用紙，保護(hù)森林；

3、不用紙杯和筷子

4、自己根據(jù)實(shí)際情況可添加一些與保護(hù)環(huán)境有關(guān)的細(xì)節(jié)

盡管遭受如此嚴(yán)重的自然災(zāi)害，但只要不灰心，我們終會(huì)克服暫時(shí)的困難。(Although...)

我對(duì)學(xué)生所談的電子產(chǎn)品一無所知，我發(fā)現(xiàn)自己落伍了。(ignorant)

應(yīng)該鼓勵(lì)年輕人按照自己的特長(zhǎng)選擇職業(yè)。(encourage)