78. A.different B same C tall D clever 79. A.during B from C through D including 80. A. how B what C where D when Keys：BDCADB
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）
He was just an ordinary p 81 . Day after day, he shuttled(穿梭) back and forth across the village. For him, life was without waves.
One day, he was delivering mail as usual. When he looked up in the sky, he s 82 lost his balance. It was a little stone that tripped him up（绊倒）. He observed the stone that had embarrassed him, finding it strange but beautiful. In his eyes, this stone was like a lost jewel（宝石） covered with dust. The postman then placed the stone in his bag carefully. Because of this stone’s arrival, his day was lightened. He suddenly had a bold thought—I can b 83 a castle with such beautiful stones. How magnificent it will be!
His ordinary life started to be different since then. He still delivered mail, but he collected every stone he could find along the way. All those dusty stones, in his eyes, glittered like diamonds.
Gradually, his small bag couldn’t hold his stones anymore and he needed to use a wheelbarrow to carry them. People didn’t understand what happened when they saw the postman delivering letters with a wheelbarrow full of stones.
After collecting e 84 stones, he started to build his castle. During the daytime, he passed along the dreams of others; and during the nighttime, he built his own dream. No one was willing to join in. But the postman was unmoved, still happily building his castle. B 85 he knew, the dream and the castle only belonged to him.
After 20 years of working day and night, the postman’s dream castle was finally completed. It was a magnificent castle just as he had i 86 It was a miracle arising from the ordinary.
This is a real story. The postman’s name is Xue Waller. The stone castle has become a famous tourist a 87 in France, which is called“ ideal palace of Ferdinand Cheval.”At the entrance of the stone castle, there is a sentence—“I want to know how far a dream stone can go.” 81p 82s 83b 84e 85b 86i 87a
Keys：postman,suddenly,build,enough,because,imagined,attractions
D. Answer the questions（根据短文内容回答下列问题) (12分)
What will the home of the future look like? A team of architects (建造师) in Hong Kong say that city homes will be tiny, as populations continue to grow and space becomes more expensive. They have designed “space flats”. There are only 30 square meters in size.These flats have
three small rooms, a living room, a bathroom and a bedroom, as well as a balcony (阳台),but everything is carefully planned to make good use of the limited space.
The living room is the main room of the flat. It can be used as an office, a kitchen or even a second bedroom. There is a sofa that can be changed into a bed. The dining table can be changed into a computer desk. And, if not needed, both the sofa-bed and the table can be folded away and stored into a small apace in the wall. There is a flat-screen TV, which can also serve as a computer monitor. In one corner of the room, a small cooker, a microwave oven and a miniature refrigerator are hidden out of sight.
The other rooms are small but useful. The bathroom contains a toilet and a shower. The double bed in the bedroom can also be a sofa, if necessary, The balcony has enough room for two people to sit and enjoy the view from the block of flats. All the rooms have high ceiling to provide as much storage space as possible, while the flat has large windows to let in plenty of sunlight. “Space flats “are now being tested in a building in Hong Kong. “It’s wonderful,” said one resident(居民) “The flat is so well designed that you feel that there is plenty of space”
88. How big are the “spaceflats”? 89. What can the living room be used as? 90.How many things are hidden out of sight? 91.Where can the owner enjoy the nice view? 92. There is plenty of sunshine in the flats ,isn’t there? 93. Would you like to live in the “spaceflats”?Why? Keys：88.Only 30 square meters in size.
89.It can be used as an office, a kitchen,even a second bedroom. 90.Three things. 91.From a balcony. 92. Yes, there is.
93. Yes, I would., because it is interesting and wonderful.
Ⅶ. Writing (10分)
Write at least 60 words about the topic “My opinion on playing computer games”(以”我对玩电脑游戏的看法”为题，写一段不少于60个字的短文，标点符号不占格。) (注意：短文中不得出现任何人名，校名及其他相关信息，否则不予评分。) Suggested questions:(以下内容仅供参考)
1.What is your opinion about playing computer games? 2.Why do you think so?(Give at least two reasons)
3.What suggestions will you give about playing computer games?