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60. It will be very ____________ to learn some foreign customs and cultures. (help) 61. I can’t do the ____________ question but I’ve done all the others. (two)
62. Many things ____________ our environment, such as waste water from factories, plastic bags and so on. (pollution)
63. It’s ____________ to see such a heavy snow in this warm place. (usual)
64. When you sit out here, you really can feel the ____________ of the sun. (powerful)
VII. Rewrite the following sentences as required（根据所给要求，改写下列句子。每空格限填一词): (共12分)
65. She has dinner with her grandparents once a week. (改为一般疑问句) ____________ she ____________ dinner with her grandparents once a week?
66. The Browns have lived in New York since they moved here ten years ago. (对划线部分提问)
____________ ____________ have the Browns lived in New York? 67. Could you please tell me how I can operate the machine? (改为简单句) Could you please tell me ____________ ____________ operate the machine?
68. We went to France to spend our holidays last summer. (对划线部分提问) ____________ ____________ you go to spend your holiday last summer? 69. He was so excited that he couldn’t sleep well last night. (保持句意基本不变)
He was ____________ excited ____________ sleep well last night. 70. I gave my son several books besides a camera. (保持句意基本不变)
I gave my son several books and a camera ____________ ____________.
Part 3 Reading and Writing (第三部分 读写)
VIII. Reading comprehension (阅读理解): (共56分)
A. True or False（判断下列句子是否符合短文内容，符合的用“T”表示，不符合的用“F”
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表示): ( 7分)
Ruth Simmons was born in a very poor family. Today, she’s the president of a famous American university. How did she do it?
The story begins on a farm in Grapeland, Texas, in 1945. Ruth was born that year. Her
parents were farmworkers, and she was the youngest of their twelve children. They weren’t able to give the children many things, and Ruth never had any toys. For Christmas, she didn’t receive any presents at all except a shoebox with an apple, an orange, and some nuts. However, in Grapeland, Ruth wasn’t really aware of being poor. Then the family moved into the city, Huston. In the city, being poor was much harder. And at that time, life was dangerous for African Americans, especially in the South.
At the age of five, Ruth fell in love with school. She was a clever child, and she was lucky to
have some excellent teacher. No one in Ruth’s family had much education, but her teachers encouraged her to go to college, and Ruth was brave enough to try. They also gave her money and even a coat to wear.
At first, Ruth studied theater. Then she studied language. Later she married, had two children,
and began to work as a college teacher and administrator. Soon people began to notice her and respect her abilities.
In 1995, Ruth became president of Smith College, a famous American college for women.
Ruth was the first African American to lead a college like this one. Six years later, she accepted another challenge. She became the president of Brown University.
Ruth believes in the power of education. “Learning can be the same for a poor farm kid like
me as it is for the richest child in the country. It’s all about cultivating one’s mind, and anybody can do that. So it doesn’t matter what color your skin is, it doesn’t matter how much money your father has, it doesn’t matter what kind of house you live in. Every learner can experience the same thing.”
71. Ruth was born poor and was the oldest child in her family. 72. Ruth’s parents gave the children many nice presents for Christmas.
73. Ruth herself was lucky enough to accept much school education when she was young.
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74. Before Ruth married, she studied physics and then language in college. 75. Ruth became the president of Brown University in 2003.
76. Ruth was a secretary before becoming the president of Smith College. 77. From the passage we know Ruth was a lucky and amazing woman.
B. Choose the best answer（根据短文内容，选择最恰当的答案): ( 7分)
It may help you to know that there is no such thing as a perfect speech. At some point in every speech, every speaker says something that is not understood exactly as he has planned. Luckily, such moments are usually not obvious（明显的）to the listeners. Why? Because the listeners do not know what the speaker plans to say. They hear only what the speaker does say. If you lose your place for a moment, wrongly change the order of a couple of sentences, or forget to pause at a certain point, no one will notice that. When such moments happen, don't worry about them. Just continue as if nothing has happened.
Even if you do make an obvious mistake during a speech, that doesn’t really matter. If you have ever listened to Martin Luther King’s famous speech — “I have a Dream”, you may notice that he stumbles (结巴)over his words twice during the speech. Most likely, however, you don’t remember. Why? Because you were more interested in his message than in his way of speech-making.
People care a lot about making a mistake in a speech because they think making a speech is a kind of performance rather than (胜于) an act of communication. They feel the listeners are like judges in an ice-skating competition. But, in fact, the listeners are not looking for a perfect performer. They are looking for a speech that expresses the speaker’s ideas clearly and simply. Sometimes a mistake or two can, in fact, increase a speaker’s attractiveness by making him more human.
As you work on your speech, don’t worry about being perfect. As soon as you free your mind of this, you will find it much easier to give a good speech. 78. ________ never happens during a speech.
A) Making listeners understand all speakers’ plans
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B) Losing the place for a moment C) Changing the sentence order wrongly D) Forgetting to pause at a certain point 79. In fact, listeners always ________.
A) look for a perfect speaker
B) point out the speaker’s mistakes
C) need clear and simple ideas of the speaker D) try to know the speaker’s plan
80. Making a speech is more like ________ according to people who care a lot about making a mistake in a speech.
A) an act of communication C) a kind of performance
B) a discussion
D) an ice-skating competition
81. ________ not perfect during Martin Luther King’s famous speech — “I have a Dream”.
A) Only one place is C) No place is
82. You will find it much easier to give your speech freely if you ________.
A) don’t worry about being perfect C) don’t stumble over your words
B) don’t free your mind D) don’t plan your speech well
B) Two places are D) More than two places are
83. Which of the following is Not True according to the passage?
A) Every speaker says something that is not understood exactly as he has planned. B) In fact, listeners are not like judges in an ice-skating competition.
C) In a listener’s opinion, the way of speech-making is usually more important than the message from a speech.
D) Sometimes a speaker’s mistake can increase his attractiveness by making him more human. 84. The passage mainly tells us ________.
A) it really matters if the speaker makes an obvious mistake during a speech B) listeners will only remember the speaker’s mistake C) people care a lot about making a mistake in a speech D) you can make a good speech though no speech is perfect
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C. Choose the words or expressions and complete the passage（选择最恰当的单词或词语完成短文):（14分）
Gilbert joined the Science Club last summer. One day he was given a piece of paper, a block of wood and four wheels; he was told to go home and give them all to “dad”. 85 , Gilbert’s mum knew that Gilbert’s dad wasn’t good at making things and decided that she would read the 86 and let Gilbert do the work. A few days later, he and his mother went to a car race with their car. But when they got there, Gilbert found that his car was the only one that had not been made by a “father-son” partnership (合作) and all the fathers joined in the race except his father.
The race began. One by one the cars were knocked out until it came to the final between Gilbert and Jimmy. Just before the race, Gilbert asked 87 they could stop for a minute so that he could make a wish. After a long minute, Gilbert said that he was 88 . People cheered as the race began. Jimmy stood with 89 and watched their car racing down the road while Gilbert was surprised at the great speed of his car as it rushed over the finishing line less than a second 90 Jimmy’s. Gilbert jumped up and down 91 .
Soon the club manager came over and asked him, “So, Gilbert, your wish was to win, right?” “Oh no, sir,” he replied. “I just wished that I wouldn’t cry if I lost.” 85. A) However 86) A) menus 87) A) when 88) A) ready
B) Usually
C) Still C) projects
D) Besides D) instructions D) what D) worried D) his friend D) opposite D) with great care
B) programs B) where B) satisfied
C) whether C) surprised C) his teacher C) before C) in return
89) A) his mother 90) A) beside
B) his father B) behind
91) A) in surprise B) with pleasure
D. 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）
Going to see a new movie is a good way to spend a night out on the town, and there are more
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