was born in June. So she chose to hold the first Father’s Day celebration(庆祝)on June 19th, 1910.
Since 1966 the third Sunday in June has become a national Father’s Day in America. In early times, people wore red roses to show respect for fathers who were still living and white flowers for fathers who had died. Today, Americans celebrate Father’s Day in many different ways. However the holiday is celebrated, the idea is for children to let their father know that he is loved.
41. Sonora Dodd thought about starting a Father’s Day holiday when she was still a child.
42. Sonora Dodd held the first Father’s Day celebration in June, 1909. 43. After more than 50 years Sonora Dodd’s wish came true.
44. In the past many different ways were used to show respect for fathers on Father’s Day.
45. The text mainly tells us something about the history of Father’s Day in America.
B) 阅读短文或图表，从每题所给的A、B、C三个选项中，选出最佳选项回答问题或完成句子。（20分） （A）
Huaihua City is in the west of Hunan. It was built in the 1970s along with the construction(建设)of the Xiang-Qian and the Zhi-Liu railways. Another Yu-Huai Railway has been used this year. Huaihua is the main transport(运输)center in western Hunan because three railways run through the city area.
Huaihua is in a mountainous area of Hunan and has a good ecological environment(生态环境)and many historical relics(遗迹). Ancient trading town(古商城)at Hongjiang is well preserved. It is very useful for the study of the history of economic(经济的)and social development in western Hunan. Furong Lou in Qiancheng is more than 40 km away from Huaihua. It was built in memory of Wang Changling, a famous poet(诗人) in Chinese history. It is an important cultural relics in Hunan.
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Another historical place is the Zhijiang Memorial Site(受降坊). It is 3.5 km east of Zhijiang and it is also the home of the Kuomintang air force. You can see many important pictures and materials in the exhibition hall. They tell us the history of the anti-Japanese War.
Many famous people, such as Su Yu, Teng Daiyuan and Xiang Jinyu were born in the city area. They were active in Chinese revolution in their early days and their former residences(故居)become important places to have education on revolutionary tradition.
46. Huaihua City was built more than 30 years ago because of _____. A. the building of the two railways C. its history and culture
47. The underlined word“preserved”can be replaced(替换) by _____. A. built
B. chosen
C. kept
B. its good ecological environment
48. The Zhijiang Memorial Site was built in order to _____. A. attract (吸引) visitors to Zhijiang B. offer people a place to relax themselves in C. celebrate the victory of the anti-Japanese War 49. How many famous people are mentioned in the text? A. Three.
B. Four.
C. Five.
50. The aim of writing the text is to _____. A. describe the beautiful future of Huaihua Huaihua
C. make a plan for the construction of Huaihua （B）
Here is the timetable of Yu-Huai Railway in Huaihua Railway Station. Read the information and then answer the questions.
Train number From To Start Arrival B. make people know more about
2641 Chongqing Huaihua 9:00 17:46 - 7 -
2642 Huaihua Chongqing 9:45 20:18 51. When should you get on the train if you go to Huaihua from Chongqing? A. Before nine o’clock.
B. After nine clock.
C. At 9:45.
52. How long does it take you to go to Chongqing from Huaihua by train? A. About 9 and half hours. 11 hours. (C)
53. When we want to express ideas, we often move our hands to mean something besides language. Do you know the meaning of this gesture(手势)? A. Good luck.
B. About 10 hours and a half. C. More than
B. We’ve won.
C. Everything is all right.
(D)
54. What do you know from the information on the right?
A. It’s a price list in a shop. B. It’s a menu in a restaurant.
C. It’s a list after having a meal in a restaurant.
55. Which is RIGHT according to the information? A. Chinese dishes are mainly offered here. B. Qingdao beer is a little dearer than tea there. C. The Food Festival is held for Chinese only.
C) 阅读下面的材料，然后根据材料内容回答所提问题。（10分）
Once upon a time, there was an island. All the feelings lived there such as Happiness, Sadness, and Love. One day the feelings heard that the island would sink(下沉). They
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all repaired their boats and left except Love. Love wanted to stay until the last possible moment. Just as the island began to sink, Love decided to ask for help. Miserliness(吝啬) was passing by Love in a big boat. Love said: “Miserliness, can you take me with you?” Miserliness answered: “No, I can’t. There are a lot of silver(银子)in my boat. There is no place for you here.”
Love decided to ask Vanity(虚荣)who was also passing by in a beautiful boat. “Vanity, please help me!” “I can’t help you, Love. You are all wet. You’ll make my boat dirty,” Vanity said.
Sadness was close by, so Love asked for help, “Sadness, let me go with you.” “Oh?Love, I am so sad that I need to be alone by myself!”
Happiness passed by Love too, but she was so happy that she did not even hear Love call her.
Suddenly, there was a voice, “Love, I will take you.” It was an old woman. Love felt so lucky that he even forgot to ask for her name. When they got to dry land, the old woman went away. Love asked Knowledge, another old woman, “Who helped me?” “It was Time”, Knowledge answered.
“Time?” asked Love. “But why did Time help me?”
Knowledge smiled with deep wisdom(智慧)and answered, “Because only Time can understand how great Love is.” 56. Where did the feelings live?
57. What was there in Miserliness’s big boat?
58. How many feelings did Love ask for help?
59. All the feelings refused to take Love with them, didn’t they?
60. Why did Time help Love?
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IV. 写作技能 （三个部分，计25分）
第一节 补全对话 根据上下文的意思，把下列对话补充完整。（5分） A: Good morning. 61. B: Good morning. I’d like to buy an MP3 for my English study.
A: We have many types here. Some are made in China and some are made in other countries. B: This one looks nice. 62. A: It’s made in Japan.
B: 63. A: 2,000 yuan. It’s a new type.
B: Wow. That’s too expensive! I can’t afford it. Do you have an ordinary one? A: Sure. 64. It costs only 300 yuan.
B: Well. That one looks very good and the price is OK. Is it made in China? A: Yes. It’s made in Shanghai.
B: OK, 65.
第二节 翻译 阅读下面的短文，将划线部分的句子译成汉语。（10分）
Water, like air and sunshine, is very important to living things. All animals and plants need water.（66）Without water, there can be no life on earth.
Man also needs water. He needs it to drink, to cook and to
clean himself. It even makes up the greater part of his body.
Water is almost everywhere. (67)It covers most parts of the earth. It is in lakes, rivers and seas. Even in the driest places of the world, there is water in the air. However, most of the water on earth is seawater. (68)There is too much salt in it. So it is not good for drinking or washing. We can only drink or use fresh water. It makes up only a very small part of all the water on earth.
To make things even worse, our need for water is growing and, at the same time, we are wasting the clean fresh water. (69)We are polluting the lakes and rivers. As a result, there is not much drinking water left.
(70)So we may say, we are now living in a thirsty world.
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