70. If a dog lives to 5 years old, that translates to human years.
A) 25
B) 30
C) 35
D) 40
71. In Paragraph 3, the underlined word “brake” means . A) something for repairing C) something for eating
B) something for slowing or stopping D) something for breathing
72. Which invention is best to use before meeting someone important to you? .
A) Smell This. C) Dog Watch.
B) Earthquake House.
D) Ping Pong Door.
73. Which of the following statement is right? . A) With Dog Watch, you can know when the dog wants to eat. B) We had better use the Earthquake House for a hillside home. C) It’s difficult to smell the air from our own mouth without Smell This. D) Ping pong Door requires a beginner skater to train in a strict manner. 74. You can find such a passage in the materials except .
A) newspapers
B) magazines D) story books
C) science books
B. Choose the words or expressions and complete the passage.（选择最恰当的单词或词语完成短文。）（12分）
George Harrison had the happiest childhood of the Beatles(披头士乐队). He didn’t have the sadness of 75 his mother as Paul and John did, He didn’t get sick like Ringo.
He was the youngest Beatle, born on February 25, 1943. Harold, his father, drove a bus. Louise, his mother, taught ballroom
dancing(交谊舞). But little George wasn’t interested in dancing. He wasn’t interested in music, either. He was a 76 boy.
As he got older, he wore tight pants and grew his hair long, even though the other kids 77 him for it. George used to tell them he kept his hair long because the scissors(剪刀) his father used weren’t sharp. Of course, that wasn’t true, he just liked the way his hair looked.
Music came into George’s life when he was fourteen. That’s when he heard a British 78 named Lonnie Donegan. The music Lonnie Donegan played was similar to rock and roll, except it was faster. They called this new music “skiffle.” George loved the sound of it, and begged his mother to buy him a guitar. She 79 agreed, and bought one for five dollars.
George taught himself how to play. He practiced so much that the tips of his fingers started to bleed(流血). Soon he wanted a 80 guitar, an electric guitar. An electric guitar is much
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louder because when it’s plugged in, the sound runs through a speaker. Even though the guitar was sixty dollars, his mother bought it for him.
While Paul loved to sing, George was more interested in playing guitar. He was actually too scared to sing in front of people. Years later, he would be known as “the quiet Beatle.” 75. A) losing B) describing C) begging D) following 76. A) thankful B) serious C) quiet D) noisy 77. A) took care of B) made fun of C) shook hands with D) made friends with 78. A) singer B) teacher C) waiter D) dancer 79. A) angrily B) hungrily C) hardly D) finally 80. A) heavier B) cheaper C) better D) worse C. Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words（在短文的空格内填入适当的词，使其内容通顺，每空格限填一词，首字母已给。)（14分）
Help a Child Write a Book Review
Why Use This Tip
Reviewing a favorite (or not so favorite) book helps a child’s reading comprehension. It also gives him or her the c 81 to express an opinion through writing and develop his or her writing style and voice. In order to write an effective (有效的) review which helps the reader decide whether or not to pick up a particular book, a child
must include certain elements. By helping a child recognize what those elements are and how they can help him or her express opinions, you’ll provide a framework (框架) for writing a 82 not only books but also movies, plays, and TV shows. What to Do
1. Look for some examples of book reviews. Your favorite magazine or local newspaper may be a good source; some newspapers even include reviews by middle or high school students. You can also f 83 book reviews online at the Books section of USA Today or The New York Times.
2. Read some book reviews with a child and together pick out the main elements, for example: the book’s t 84 and author (作者), a brief summary of the plot, comments on the book’s strengths and weaknesses, the reviewer’s p 85 response to the book with specific examples to support praise or criticism (批评).
3. Help the child choose a book to review. It can be a novel he or she is reading for fun or a book for homework. One way to encourage interest and have some fun with the project is to pick a book, such as a children’s picture book, a comic strip novel, or a book of photography.
4. Encourage the child to take notes while reading the book so he can r 86 to support his points.
5. Suggest that a child outline (列提纲) the book review b 87 writing, using one paragraph for each point he or she wants to make about the book.
D. Answer the questions.（根据短文内容回答下列问题。）: (12分，第88题1分，第89-92
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题每题2分，第93题3分)
Antarctica (南极洲) is the fifth-largest continent on Earth. It is also the coldest, windiest, driest and highest continent. It is an ice-covered place where no large plants grow, and no land animals live there.
Antarctica covers an area of more than 13.6 million square kilometres. It is nearly twice the size of Australia, or one-and-a-
half times the size of the United States of America.
Antarctica does not belong to one country, and it has no government. People visit Antarctica – usually as tourists, or to do scientific research – but no one lives there all the time.
Antarctica was the last continent to be discovered. It is not certain who first saw Antarctica, but sailors began to map Antarctica’s coast from their ships in the 1800s. The first confirmed (证实)landing was in the mid-1890s.
Over the next few years, several men tried but failed to reach the South Pole, which is the Earth’s southernmost point.
Finally, a team led by Norwegian Roald Amundsen reached the South Poe in 1911. By then, countries around the world were becoming more and more interested in the frozen continent, and soon seven nations: Argentina, Australia, Chile, France, New Zealand, Norway and the United Kingdom, had laid claim to parts of Antarctica.
As so many nations had made a claim to territory in Antarctica, it was clear that fighting might break out. Diplomats(外交官) from different countries wanted to stop a war from starting, so they began talking about a treaty for Antarctica. A treaty is a written agreement signed by two or more nations.
Several countries had already set up research stations in Antarctica where scientists could live and work. Most scientists worked during the summer months when it was not as cold as in winter. Scientists hoped a treaty would allow them to continue their work and to exchange information with scientists from other countries.
88. Antarctica is the largest continent on Earth, isn’t it? (1分) 89. How big is Antarctic? 90. Who first saw Antarctica?
91. How many nations had laid claim to parts of Antarctica?
92. Why did diplomats from different countries begin talking about a treaty for Antarctica? 93. Would you like to work in Antarctica in the future? Why? (Give 2---3 reasons) （3分） VII. Writing (作文): (共20分)
94. Write at least 60 words about the topic “What I have learnt from (making) mistakes”. (以“我从（犯）错误中学到的”为题写一篇不少于60词的短文，标点符号不占格。) 生活中人人会犯错误，或大或小，关键是犯错后的态度。你犯过什么样的错误呢？犯过之后有什么体会和我们分享吗？
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（短文中不得出现考生的姓名、校名及其他相关信息，否则不予评分）
听力及答案
Part I Listening
A. Listen and choose the right picture (根据你听到的内容，选出相应的图片)
1. I want to buy a new cell phone with large memory space to keep a lot of music on it. 2. “Go Fighting” is really an interesting TV programme. Many people like watching it. 3. There’s a coffee shop not too far from my house and I like to go there sometimes. 4. One of my favourite things is to visit the zoo, in early winter before it gets too cold. 5. Roof plants are one of the best ways to fight against pollution in our city.
6. Mrs. Brown is interested in baking bread these days and she enjoys every minute of doing it. B. Listen to the dialogue and choose the best answer to the question you hear (根据你听到的对话和问题，选出最恰当的答案)
7. M: Is it true that you take the train for two hours to get to school? W: Yeah, almost always. I can’t get there by bus. Q: How does the girl go to school?
8. W: If I could have any job, I know what I’d do! M: What’s that, Kelly? Be a star or a doctor?
W: No. I want to be a reporter. I hope to write a news story that will make a change in a city or
country.
Q: What does Kelly want to be?
9. W: When are you free next week? I have free tickets for an art show. M: Great! How about Wednesday?
W: Oh, I have tennis practice on that day. How about Saturday? M: I’m free all day.
Q: When will they go to visit the art show? 10. M: Let’s go to see that new movie. W: I just saw it yesterday.
M: Well. Would you like to go swimming?
W: Oh, I don’t like that. Maybe we could read comics at your place. M: That’s great.
Q: What will they probably do next?
11. W: Hey, do you know where Moon Monkey is?
M: Oh, that new restaurant. Just go to the bank and turn left. It’s between the library and the
photo shop.
W: Between what and the photo shop?
M: Between the library and the photo shop. You will love that place. Great food.
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W: I hope so! Thanks a lot.
Q: What is the women looking for?
12. M: How many years have you been taking piano lessons? W: Let me see… I started when I was eight. M: And how old are you now? W: I’m 15.
Q: How long has the girl taken piano lessons? 13. W: What can I do for you?
M: I came to see the new computer. You know, the M-5 system. W: Oh, I guess you saw the advertisements for them on TV.
M: No, just on the Internet. I want the one with the biggest display. Can you deliver it to my
home?
W: No problem at all. I need your credit card and I.D. please. Q: What’s the probable relationship between the two speakers?
14. M: We agreed that we would meet at a quarter past eight. You are half an hour late. W: I’m sorry. I left home early as usual, but I didn’t know the traffic was so heavy. Q: Why was the man late?
C. Listen to the passage and tell whether the following statements are true or false (判断下列句子是否符合你听到的短文内容, 符合的用“T”表示，不符合的用“F”表示)
There was a small village near the sea in America. Every summer lots of people came here to spend their holidays. But a few of them came here only to end their lives. Two months ago a young woman jumped into the sea at night and died. From then on, the people in the village began to pay more attention to each of the visitors. If someone looked unhappy or worried, they would watch him all day long with care. They would never let the same thing happen again.
A week later, came several visitors. Among them there was a young woman of twenty years old. One day she looked different from others. She went out alone at night. She was found just by a villager. The villager made no noise and followed her. When the young woman was walking towards the sea, the villager rushed at her and tried hard to pull her back. “Let me go. Don’t pull me!” said the young woman, “I was playing here this afternoon. Now I can’t find the key to my suitcase. I think it must be left here.” “But why won’t you look for it tomorrow morning?” said the villager. “Tomorrow morning?” said the young woman., “Tomorrow morning I’ll leave here and catch the early bus to New York. I can’t wait till the day breaks.”
When the villager heard this, he had a good laugh and helped her look for the key in the moon light.
D. Listen to the passage and complete the table (听短文，完成下列内容。每空格限填一词)
Never try to work when you are very hungry. If you decide to do your homework right after school, you may get something to eat before you getting to work. Always do your homework before you get too tired. Don’t wait until very late in the evening, or your work will seem much harder than it really is. If you have more than an hour’s work, give yourself a break after an hour. On the other hand don’t break it up so much that you can’t get anything done, you should be able to work at least a half at a time without stopping.
Don’t put it off until last minute. If you put off doing your homework, you will have it on your mind, and you won’t enjoy your free time so much. If you put it off until the end of the week or until right before a test, you will have too much catching up to do. A little bit each night,
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