where water comes from an underground river. Near an oasis, people can grow lots of plants and keep animals.
Life is hard in the desert, for people, animals and plants. But desert people like to live there. 46.A desert is very dry because__________. A. it is sandy B. there is so little rain
C. the wind is strong D. there is no water deep under the ground
47.What does the underlined phrase\suck up\A.围堵 B.讨好 C. 释放 D.吸收 48.Some desert animals have extra big eyes or ears because__________.
A.the sunlight is too strong in the day B.they need to see and hear well at night C.it is very cold at nigh D.they store water in them. 49.Most desert animals stay cool in the day by_________.
A.storing water in side their bodies B.drinking water as much as they can C.staying underground D.growing lots of plants 50.Which of the following is true?
A.Desert people like to live in the desert though life is hard. B.People in the desert usually fry eggs on the ground. C.Camels have special fur to store water. D.All the deserts are covered in sand. 46—50 BDBCA
【主旨大意】本文介绍了沙漠的气候特点以及沙漠里一些动植物的生活习性。
46． B细节理解题。根据第一段的第一句话“A desert is a very dry land where there is hardly any rain.”判断选B。
47． D词义猜测题。根据上文“它们有发达的根系”，下雨时当然是为了“吸收”雨水了。 48．B细节理解题。根据第六段中“They have to be very good at seeing and hearing because most of them only come out at night.”可判断选B。
49．C细节理解题。根据第七段的最后一句话“It stays cool in the day by staying underground, like most desert animals.”可判断选C。
50．A细节理解题。根据最后一段可判断选项A是正确的。
【2011山东威海】（任务型：回答问题）C 阅读短文，根据短文内容简要回答问题。（每小题2分）请根据答案填写到第7页答题区内指定位置。
Do you think that French fries are really French? French fries are called \France and they are not from France. French fries come from Belgium(比利时) originally. French fries are made of potatoes, and they are cut and fried. The fried potatoes are called French fries because they were fist seen by Americans in Belgium, but they were fried in the French way. The French way is to fry potatoes twice with a small pause in the middle.
During World War I, there were a lot of hungry American soldiers in Northern France and Belgium. They ate French fries in Belgium. After the war was over, the soldiers went back home to America. However, they missed French fries so much that they made French fries at home. That's how French fries were fist introduced to America.
French fries were called Belgian fries once, but the name was finally changed to French fries. Sometimes French fries are just called fries.
French fries are one of the most popular potato foods in America. American fast food restaurants such as McDonald's and Burger King have French fries on their menus. French fries are freshly fried, and usually served with hamburgers.
If you visit any fast food restaurant in America and order a hamburger, you will probably hear \want fries with that?\don't you think about the history of French fries a little while, and say \
51.What are French fries made of? ______________________________
52.Where do French fries originally come from? ______________________________
53.Why are the fried potatoes called French fries? ______________________________
54.Who first introduced French fries to America? ______________________________
55.What does the underlined \that\______________________________
51.potatoes 52.Belgium 53.Because they are fried in the French way. 54.American soldiers. 55.Hamburgers
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四、单词拼写（共6小题，计6分）
【2011山东威海】根据句意和音标提示以适当形式填写单词。
56.Excuse me, what's the ________/prais/ of this alarm clock? 57.My brother always__________// his teeth after meals. 58.He knows a lot about __________//culture.
59.Do you know what you said has great__________//on me?
60.I wish to __________//a wonderful cartoon character for the children. 61.Many art __________//will be on display in this exhibition. 56.price 57.brushes 58.western 59.influence 60.create 61.treasures 【2011山东威海】五、动词填空 用括号里所给动词的适当形式填空
Robot Vogel is a police officer in New York. One Morning, he was drinking coffee in a restaurant. Suddenly a man ran in and shouted, \street, and a little kid ____62____(drive) it!\
Officer Vogel ran out of the restaurant and saw a car____63___(go) slowly at about 25 miles an hour. He jumped into his police car and followed it. When he was behind it, he turned on his red light and siren(警笛), The car moved to the side of the road and stopped.
Officer Vogel got out of his police car and looked inside. The driver was a little boy. His name was Rocco, and he was five years old. In the back seat was his little sister who was only two year old. Both children _____64___(cry).
\idea \
\said. “You stay with me.\
Officer Vogel___66____(drive) Rocco and his sister o the police station. Then he called their mother. Rocco told Officer Vogel and his mother that he got the car key from the refrigerator while his father was at work and his mother was sleeping.
Newspapers and TV station heard about Rocco, and a lot of reporters went to his house. One reporter asked Rocco, \
Rocco smiled, \
62. is driving 63.going/was going 64.were crying 65.will go 66.drove 67.grow
【2011山东威海】六、完成句子（共5小题，计15小分）根据所给汉语句子完成英语句子，词数不限。
68.去年我在长城上遇见了她。
_______________________________________ 69.我有一些有趣的事情要告诉你。
_______________________________________ 70.他离开的时候把电话号码留给了我。 _______________________________________ 71.刘翔是世界上最受欢迎的体育明星之一。 _______________________________________ 72.你妈妈想知道你是否已经安全到校。
_______________________________________ 68.I met/saw her on the Great Wall last year.
69.I have something interesting to tell you./I have something that is interesting to tell you.
70.He gave/left/told me his telephone number when he left/He gave/left/tole his telephone number to me when he left
71.Liu Xiang is one of the most popular sports stars in the world.
72.Your mother wants to know if/whether you have arrived at/reached school safely.
【2011山东威海】七、短文填空（共8小题，计8分） 根据短文内容，选择适当的单词或短语填空，使短文意思完整，每个选项至多使用一次，有两项多余。
A. is not allowed B. hot C. before D. slowly E. in the countryside F. until G. stopped the car H. enjoyed themselves I. crowded J. took off their clothes Linda and Betty were both nineteen years old. In June, after a school year was over, they decided to take a vacation_____73____. They went to several towns and villages, visited some places of interest, saw and heard a lot of interesting things. They____74____very much.
One afternoon, they were going to stay overnight in a small town. It was too____75___to walk further and they wished they could find a river and swim in the cool water. They were driving their car___76_____while they were looking around. Suddenly Linda saw a lake not far away. They drove there fast and ____77____by the lake. They looked around and found a woman sitting on the stone and fishing there. After they____78____and were going to jump into the water, the woman came up to them and shouted, \
\\
73.E 74.H 75.B 76.D 77.G 78.J 79.A 80.C
【2011山东威海】八、书面表达（共1小题，计15分）
81.计算机在我们的工作、生活中的作用越来越大， 你知道计算机的起源于发展吗？请就计算机的发明时间（1946年)、大小、用途等方面，谈一下它的发展变化，并说明你对未来计算机的畅想。
要求：1.意见连贯，语句通顺；
2.词数不少于80词；短文的开头已给出（不计入总词数）。 Computers are becoming more and more important in our daily life. Do you know the history and the changes of computers?
One possible version：
Computers are becoming more and more important in our daily life. Do you know the history and the changes of computers? Computer was invented in 1946. At that time, The machine was huge and it was as large as a big house. It weighed about 30 tons.
Computer is a very useful tool in our life, in our study as well as works. For example, computer can send some messages to foreign friends by E-mail. The computer can open our eyes to let us know more. Computer is the most helpful invention in the world. Computer can help us in study or work. There are many computer functions（功能）We can listen to music or play the game on computer. It makes us relax.
It's hard to imagine what our life would be like if we had no computers in our daily life. And in my opinion, computers are going to change our life completely in the near future.
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