29．After Maria visited the garden，she would most probably ask her mom to ．
A．go back to the countryside B．pick flowers from the garden C．grow vegetables on the roof D．show her around the park
30．What is the best title for this passage？ A．A Creative Lady B．A Rooftop Garden C．An Empty Roof D．A Special Building．
31．（6分）Do you have brown hair？Are you taller than other kids your age？These characteristics were decided before you were born．You got your traits from your parents．They passed their traits on to you through genes （基因）．
Genes carry codes （代码） for blue eyes or brown eyes．Genes say how tall you will get and what color hair you will have．You got half of your genes from your mother．You got half of your genes from your father．So you have your own set of genes．Each person gets different genes for each body part．That is why you look like but not exactly like your brother or sister．
A dominant （显性的） gene shows up most of the time．Brown eyes are dominant over blue eyes．A recessive （隐性的） gene shows up less often．Light hair comes from a recessive gene．Dark hair is more common．Look at the eye color and hair color of the people around you．You will see that this is true．
Genes help to make you who you are．But they don't tell the whole story．Your genes
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may help you to be fast and strong．But you still need to learn how to run or swim or skate well．
31．The underlined word\ ． A．charactcristics B．expericnces C．achievements D．possibilities
32．According to Paragraph 3，you can see most of the people around you have ．
A．brown eyes with dark hair B．brown eyes with light hair C．blue eyes with dark hair D．blue eyes with light hair
33．What is the passage mainly about？ A．Genes carry codes for eyes and hair． B．Genes help to make you who you are． C．Genes help you to be fast and strong． D．Genes make brothers look similar．
34．（8分）Lizzie﹣s diary from Antarctica （南极洲） Day 3：Tuesday December 2
We planned to go to Rothera that morning．We'd be staying there for the next two weeks．Because Antarctica is the windiest place on earth，sometimes you can't fly at all．【来源：21·世纪·教育·网】
We had a nervous wait over breakfast to find out if we'd be leaving that day．People have to stay in Stanley for weeks while the pilots wait for good weather
It turned clear at 9：30and we took off at 10：30on a little red plane called a Dash﹣7．But even when we were in the air，there was still a chance we wouldn't be able to fly the whole day．
Day 4：Wednesday December 3
After waking up in the Antarctic for the first time today I can understand why
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everybody who comes here falls in love with the place．It is really beautiful． We're staying at Rothera Survey base with mountains of ice all around．It s about minus 20C today，which for me is very cold，but the regulars（常客） here are often seen walking around in T﹣shirts! Day 5：Thursday December 4
I woke up to another beautiful sunny day here in the Antarctic．I'm told it's a bit colder today，about minus 50C，but it's not very windy so it feels warmer．Those of us who are new to the bas have to do a spccial training course before we're allowed to go off base to other stations or to go snowboarding over the nearby hill． Day 7：Saturday December 6
Not a cloud in the sky and it's warm enough to sit outside （in a jacket）．
The most amazing thing about this place is how the scenery （凤景） changes every day．
At first I thought I was going mad．I'd step outside in the morning and think，\that big mountain of ice wasn't there yesterday．\always moving﹣slowly thankfully!
34．Lizzie sat outside wearing a jacket on ． A．Tuesday B．Wednesday C．Thursday D．Saturday
35．What could stop Lizzie from leaving Stanley for Rothera？ A．Strong winds． B．Thick clouds． C．Mountains of ice． D．Low temperatures．
36．How did Lizzie feel during her stay in the Antarctic？ A．Afraid． B．Nervous．
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C．Amazed． D．Bored．
37．What impressed Lizzie most about Rothera was that ． A．people walked around in T﹣shirts B．there was a special training course
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C．the weather was sometimes warm D．the scenery changed every day．
四、笫四部分词汇检测（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）根据下列句子及所给汉语注释或通过上下文，在答题卡标有题号的横线上，写出空缺处各单词的正确形式．每空只写一词．
38．（1分） （最后），I would like to thank you all for coming here today． 39．（1分）In Switzerland，some of the old clothes are （卖） in charity shops． 40．（1分）Life is like a race．I'm ready to take on new （挑战） any time． 41．（1分）Everyone，you need to have a dream．The future of China （依靠） on you．
42．（1分）My grandma always tells me （没有什么）is more important than health．
43．（1分）It took him much longer﹣hundreds of （额外的）hours to improve his skills．
44．（1分）Juice is to drink as pork is to ． 45．（1分）﹣Can I have some more sweets？
﹣OK，but eating too much sugar can to tooth problems． 46．（1分）﹣Why are you all wet？
﹣It's heavily．I forgot to take my umbrella． 47．（1分）﹣Do you still take the bus to school？
﹣No．Now I can come to school by underground of by bus．
五、第五部分句子翻译（共5小题；每小题3分，满分15分）将下列句子译成
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英语，并将所译句子写存答题卡标有题号的横线上． 48．（3分）苏州有着2500多年的历史． ． 49．（3分）这座城市以其美丽的园林而出名． ． 50．（3分）这几年苏州发生了很大的变化． ． 51．（3分）住在这样一个现代化的城市里很舒适． ． 52．（3分）我们会尽力使苏州成为一个更美好的地方． ．
六、第六部分 阅读表达（共1小题；53题1分，54题2分，55题3分，满分6分）请认真阅读下面短文，用英语回答短文后的问题，并将答案写在答题卡标有题号的横线上．
53．（6分）Book Review by Patricia Ann Turner
It is school holiday time and Mitch Morrow's family have just moved to a new home In a new place．Mitch can't stop worrying about what his new school is going to be like．He is not even sure about the neighbours．Next door live the Bull family and they have two children，Di and Bruce．
The older of the two，Bruce，is a large boy，about Mitch's age．Mitch．Watches him carry big rocks．He looks really strong and unkind．Mitch gives him the name Bruiser（彪形大汉）
because he has a black eye．Did he get it in a fight？Mitch imagines all the worst possible things about Bruiser．He is probably the class bully （恶霸）．In his mind Mitch thinks of him as the enemy．
Things seem to get more worring for Mitch．He finds out he will be in the same class as Bruiser．Then on the first day of school he learns that Bruiser is his buddy for the day．
This is a lovely story for young readers to read or listen to．It has a wonderful message for all children about facing their fears﹣real and imagined．
The pictures in the book catch the worry Mitch feels and make Bruiser rcally look like a bad guy．
My only complaint is the colour of the printing of the text．Why there are pages of
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