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1、精選優(yōu)質(zhì)文檔-傾情為你奉上精選優(yōu)質(zhì)文檔-傾情為你奉上專心-專注-專業(yè)專心-專注-專業(yè)精選優(yōu)質(zhì)文檔-傾情為你奉上專心-專注-專業(yè)Mid-term Examination(滿分100分)Part 2 Vocabulary and Grammar(第二部分 詞匯與語(yǔ)法) (共40分)I. Choose the best answer (選擇最合適的答案) (14分) 26. There is “l(fā)” and “p” in the word “l(fā)amp”.A. a; an B. an; a C. a; a D. an; an【答案】B27. I usually communicate my pen f

2、riend through e-mail.A. by B. to C. for D. with 【答案】D28. If you park your car in the right place, you have any trouble.A. will B. wouldnt C. didnt D. wont【答案】D29. Which city is to Shanghai, Suzhou or Hangzhou?A. close B. closer C. closest D. the closest 【答案】B30. Please keep the door .A. close B. to

3、close C. closing D. closed【答案】D31. - I go to the shop for a packet of dried mushrooms now?- No, you .Must; neednt B. Must; wouldnt C. May; oughtnt to D. May; couldnt【答案】A32. Have you finished your homework?A. chemical B. chemistry C. chemicals D. chemistrys【答案】B33. Do you know how long he the flat?A

4、. buy B. had C. has had D. has bought【答案】C34. The teacher warned the students in class.A. to not talk B. not talk C. not talking D. not to talk【答案】D35. We can protect our environment by the air, the water and the land.A. not polluting B. not pollute C. not to pollute D. to not pollute【答案】A36. useful

5、 advice youve given us!A. What a B. How a C. How D. What【答案】D37. Hes such a warm-hearted man. He gave the poor clothes food.A. as nice as B. as long as C. as well as D. as soon as【答案】C38. You are fat. You must not eat .A. too much; too much B. much too; much tooC. much too; too much D. too much; muc

6、h too【答案】C39. Could you tell me ?A. that it rains tomorrowB. what will the weather be likeC. which bus I can switch toD. how would I get to the nearest stop【答案】CII. Complete the following passage with the words in the box. Each word can only be used once (將下列單詞或詞組填人空格，每空格限填一詞) (共6分)A. slowly B. quic

7、kly C. rely on D. are being destroyedE. much cleaner F. by G. holdWetlands are a very important part of the environment. Ihey help slow down and clean up polluted water from the land and provide habitat (棲息地) for animals. You wil find wetlands in areas where water covers the soil or is near the grou

8、nd surface for part or all of the year. Sometimes a wetland wil actually appear dry at certain times of the year! You can often tell if something is a wetland (40) the types of plants that are growing in it. Most of these plants, like cattails and swamp roses, are adapted to living in the water and

9、cant live in dry soil for very long.Wetlands as sponges (海綿)The sponge will (41) a lot of water before it slowly starts to leak. The same happens in a wetland. A wetland will trap water that flows into it during a rainstorm and will (42) release the water later. This helps to prevent flooding.Wetlan

10、ds as filters (濾紙)After being trapped by the wetland sponge, polluted water moves slowly through a wetland, finding its way around plants and through small spaces in the soil. While it moves, the nutrients are absorbed by the plant roots. By the time the water leaves the wetland it is (43) than it w

11、as when it entered. This is why many people think of wetlands as natures filter system.Wetlands as habitatWetlands are home to many types of fish, amphibians (兩棲動(dòng)物), birds, mammals, and reptiles. These animals (44) the plentiful food, water, and shelter that the wetland offers. While some animals sp

12、end their whole lives in a wetland, many use it only for a particular time in their lives, such as for hatching eggs and raising young.Wetlands (45) to make way for farmland, highways, houses, and development of commercial sites like malls. We need to try harder to control changes in our watersheds

13、so we can stop losing wetlands.【答案】40-45 FGAECDIII. Fill in the blanks with the given words in their proper forms (詞性轉(zhuǎn)換) (8分)46. We sell all kinds of glass in our shop. (contain)47. Your article is really in disorder. Why not get it into good . (organize)48. Fear made him on his way to the forests.

14、(frozen)49. As a mother, she shouldnt be more with her children. (patience)50. Her idea sounded very . She needs a clearer outline. (puzzle)51. There is no between the two words. (connect)52. My daughter fell and didnt know what had happened. (sleepy)53. Recently some announced that they had some ne

15、w discoveries. (science)46.【答案】containers 47.【答案】organization48.【答案】freeze49.【答案】patient50.【答案】puzzled51.【答案】connection52.【答案】asleep53.【答案】scientistsIV. Rewrite the sentences as required (按要求改寫句子) (12分)54. Monica brought me a packet of sweets yesterday. (改為一般疑問句) Monica you a packet of sweets yester

16、day?The assistant invited us to a magic room to show us some wonderful experiments. (對(duì)劃線部分提問) did the assistant you to a magic room?I told her hundreds of times not to turn on the light with wet hands. (對(duì)劃線部分提問) times did you tell her not to turn on the light with wet hands?57. We need to plant more

17、 trees. (改為反義疑問句)We need to plant more trees, ?58. They can play squash. I can do that, too. (保持句意基本不變)They can play squash and I.The iPad you are using is his. (保持句意基本不變)The iPad you are using him. 54.【答案】Did . bring 55.【答案】Why . invite56.【答案】How many 57.【答案】dont we 58.【答案】so can59.【答案】belongs toPa

18、rt 3 Reading and Writing(第三部分 閱讀與寫作) (共35分)I. Reading comprehension (閱讀理解)A. Choose the best answer (根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，選擇最恰當(dāng)?shù)拇鸢?，用A,B,C或D表示) (6分)When May got her first cellphone about a decade ago, one of the first things she did was go to her service providers website and stock up on ringtones. And then her da

19、d got the phone bill. When new songs came out, she would download them, but most of the ones she downloaded, she never really used, because most of the time she was in school or work.By about 2009, May lost interest in buying ringtones altogether. And she wasnt the only one. Mays personal experience

20、 mirrors what has been a sharp decline in ringtone sales over the last half-decade.In the early- to mid-2000s, the ability to play a customized sound (定制鈴聲) for incoming calls - was a fun new thing for people buying their first cellphones. Ringtones became fashionable. People scrambled to personaliz

21、e their phones with the newest or coolest tunes.Mastertones made the ringtone an easy way to hear ones favorite music. People also could assign different ringtones to different callers - say, “Take This Job and Shove It” when your boss calls, ha ha - as a sonic form of Caller ID.The ringtone sales w

22、as a great barometer (晴雨表) of how people were starting to live around entertainment on their phones. We saw the market grow from $68 million retail in the U.S. in 2003 to about $600 million in 2006.But then the sales dipped. Despite the enormous growth of smartphones, mobile audio products such as r

23、ingtones and ringbacks (which is a song that plays while a callers waiting for an answer) brought in only $167 million last year.So what happened?Two things: The interest of the musical snippets wore off. And we learned how to make custom ringtones for free.Musical ringtones could be costly. Costs f

24、or ringtones varied, but the 20-to-30-second snippets (片段) were often pricier than buying the whole song. Someone who updated their ringtones frequently could easily pay $20 a month or more.But with the rise of audio-editing software and free Web programs for making ringtones, users could easily cre

25、ate their own custom ringtones from songs they already owned.And as smartphones evolved, with their enticing menu of video, games, music and Facebooking, suddenly ringtones didnt seem so exciting anymore.Theres another factor at play, too. Surveys have shown that as text-messaging has grown in popul

26、arity, especially among younger users, people dont make calls as often. So ringtones are less of a priority.Cellphone users may not think about them as much, but the gradual decline of the ringtone has been bittersweet for people in the music industry. It was a little sad. In BMIs early digital days

27、, they made more money from ringtones than anything else. And now when you think about it, its basically zero.After May downloaded her favourite ringtones, she .paid $5 for them B. sent the phone bill to her DadC. remembered to use them D. never really used most of them61. According to Mays personal

28、 experience, ringtone sales became these years. A. better B. worse C. more interesting D. more attractive62. “Master tones” enables people to with the newest or coolest tunes.A. write a song for incoming calls B. buy their first cell phonesC. personalize their phones D. hear different callers speaki

29、ng63. The ringtone market grew from .A. $68 million in 2003 B. $600 million in 2006C. late 2000s D. late 201264. Nowadays, people no longer need to to update their ringtones.A. use audio-editing software B. use free web programmesC. pay $20 a month D. share 20-to-30-second snippets65. According to t

30、he passage, the is not the main reason for the decline of ringtone sales market.A. smartphoneB. use of text-messagingC. the music industryD. the rise of free audio-editing software【答案】60-65 DBCACCB. Read the passage and choose the best words or expressions to complete the passage (選擇最恰當(dāng)?shù)膯卧~或詞語(yǔ)完成短文) (

31、6分)Imagine a mass of floating waste is two times the size of the state of Texas. Texas has a land area of more than 678,000 square kilometers. So it might be difficult to imagine anything twice as big.All together, this mass of waste flowing in the North Pacific Ocean is known as the Great Pacific O

32、cean Garbage Patch. It (66) about 3,500,000 tons. The waste includes bags, bottles and containers - plastic products of all kinds.The eastern part of the Great Pacific Ocean Garbage Patch is about 1,600 kilometers west of California. The western part is west of the Hawaiian Islands and east of Japan

33、. The area has been (67) a kind of oceanic desert, with light winds and slow moving water currents. The water moves so slow that garbage from all over the world (68) there.In recent years, there have been growing concerns about the floating garbage and its effect on sea creatures and human health. S

34、cientists say thousands of animals get trapped in the floating waste, resulting in death or (69) . Even more die from a lack of food or water after swallowing pieces of plastic. The trash can also make animals feel full, lessening their desire to eat or drink.The floating garbage also can have (70)

35、effects on people. There is an increased threat of infection of disease from polluted waste, and from eating fish that swallowed waste. Divers can also get trapped in the plastic.Its existence first gained public attention in 1997. That was when racing boat captain and oceanographer Charles Moore an

36、d his crew sailed into the garbage while returning from a racing event. Five years earlier, (71) oceanographer learned of the trash after a shipment of rubber duckies got lost at sea. Many of those toys are now part of the Great Pacific Ocean Garbage Patch.In August, 2009, a team from the University

37、 of California, San Diego became the latest group to travel to it. They were shocked by the amount of waste they saw. They gathered hundreds of sea creatures and water samples to measure the garbage patchs effect on ocean environment.66. A.works B.weighs C. contains D. consists67. A.the same as B.kn

38、own as C.described as D.named as68. A.crosses B.collects C.begins D.brushes69. A.injury B.impression C.health D.hopes70. A.helpless B.helpful C.harmless D.harmful71. A.other B.another C.others D.that【答案】66-71 BCBADBC. Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words (在短文空格內(nèi)填入適當(dāng)?shù)脑~，使其內(nèi)容通順，每空限

39、填一詞，首字母已給) (7分)William Herschel was born on November 15th, 1738 in Hanover in a family of musicians. In 1757, he fled to England and began earning a living as an organist (風(fēng)琴手) and later composer and conductor. In 1772, he (72) i his sister Caroline to join him as a singer. In their spare time the b

40、rother-sister team became (73) i in astronomy.Herschels first major discoveries were to show that Mars and Jupiter exhibit axial rotation (繞軸自轉(zhuǎn)). Herschel struck fame in 1781, when on March 13th he discovered the planet Uranus (天王星) while engaged in work (74) a at determining stellar parallax (恒星視差)

41、. This being the first new planet discovered (75) s ancient times, Herschel, until then an amateur (業(yè)余的) astronomer relatively unknown even in England, became world-famous. Adopting a historically proven strategy, Herschel named the new planet Georgium Sidum, in honor of the then ruling English king

42、 George III. The trick worked once again, as King George III gave William and Caroline the titles of The Kings Astronomer and Assistant to the Kings Astronomer”, an honor which came with a lifes wealth for both. In 1782 they (76) m to Bath, and shortly thereafter to Slough, and from this point on Wi

43、lliam and Caroline could devote themselves entirely to astronomy. The Herschels (77) w on to discover two moons of Uranus in 1787.While Caroline became increasingly occupied (投入) with the search for comets (彗星) at which she was quite successful, William became for a time keen on the Sun. Inspired by

44、 Wilsons 1774 work, he put forth the theory of sunspots (太陽(yáng)黑子), an opinion that (78) c to exist well into the nineteenth century. In 1801, he published two papers that effectively started the field of solar influences on Earths weather. 73. 74. 75. 76. 77. 【答案】72. invited 73. interested 74. aimed 75

45、. since 76. moved 77. went 78. continuedD. Answer the questions (根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容回答下列問題) (6分)In New York City, doctors in a new program recently prescribes (開處方) fruits and vegetables to overweight patients. It aims to give at-risk families greater access to healthy foods.Under the program, overweight patient

46、s can be prescribed the tickets from Health Bucks company to exchange produce at local farmers markets. This is part of the programme to make locally grown produce available to low-income New Yorkers. The vouchers (代幣券) are accepted at more than 140 New York City farmers markets.The Fruit and Vegeta

47、ble Prescription Program is meant to benefit whole families and communities at a time. Patients in the progrm receive $1 in Health Bucks per day for each person in their family for a period of at least four months. Each month, patients check in with the hospital to have their prescriptions renewed,

48、and their weight and body mass index evaluated. They also receive some advice on how to keep fit.Miss Tammy says her family has seen exciting changes since starting the program.“My son lost 40 pounds being on this program. she says, “and also I lost weight doing it with him. I have four other kids a

49、lso doing the program.”The prescription program was started by an organization that connects low-income people with local farm fresh foods. The group first carried out the program at sites in Massachusetts, Maine, California and Rhode Island. It has now expanded to seven states.This summer, Lincoln

50、Medical Center in the Bronx and Harlem Hospital Center became the first New York State hospitals to join in the program.A chief at Lincoln Medical Center says she thinks the program will bring lasting benefits to the city.“Were not only teaching them just about eating healthy, she says. This is really an investment for the future. And we hope we have a whole generation of kids who benefit from this, and reaches adulthood at a healthy weight.What do doctors in New York City prescribe to overweight patients? . Where do overweight patients use tickets f