1、36. With the help of computers, writing does not seem so _ as it used to be. A. difficult B. less difficult C. more difficult D. the most difficult 37. He didnt realize his mistake _ he was told about it. A. if B. while C. until D. since38. Believe it or not, its said that people born in the year of
2、 the rat _ become excellent writers. A. should B. can C. must D. need39. My father_ for Japan next week and he will stay there for two weeks. A. leaves B. left C. is leaving D. has left40. Justin Bieber _ a lot of young fans since his first appearance on the stage. A. wins B. is winning C. will win
3、D. has won 41. When the light went out suddenly last night, I _ a book in bed. A. read B. was reading C. had read D. am reading42. The children _ by the funny performance in Shanghai Circus World. A. attract B. attracted C. are attracting D. were attracted43. He doesnt mind _you a helping hand if yo
4、u cant find anyone else. A. give B. gives C. giving D. to give44. You cant expect _ a foreign language in a few months. A. learn B. learnt C. learning D. to learn 45. The problem is _will be in charge of our school newspaper. A. who B. when C. what D. where46. The girl in red with a pair of glasses
5、_ good at communicating with others. A. am B. is C. are D. be 47. We must do something to protect the earth,_ we will lose our home. A. or B. but C. so D. and48. _ good idea it is that we will visit London this summer holiday! A. What B. What a C. How D. How a 49. Would you like me to call a taxi fo
6、r you? _. A. Yes, please. B. Its a pleasure. C. Not at all D. Never mind50. Im sorry for what has happened. I didnt mean it._.A. You are welcome. B. All right. C. Thats all right. D. Good idea.III. Complete the following passage with the words or phrases in the box. Each can only be used once. （将下列单
7、词或词组填入空格，每空格限填一词，每词只能填一次。注意有一个多余选项）：（共8分）A. always B. memory C. really D. YetE. as well as F. change G. looking for H. fresh I. when Picasso, the great Spanish painter, was born in 1881 and died in 1973. Before he passed away, he still took up his brushes to start a new picture. He was still _51_new
8、 ideas and new ways to paint pictures like a young man. Thats why we have called him the youngest painter. Young people welcome _52_ideas. They are always trying new things and new ways of doing things.Most painters discover a style of their own and stick to that, especially _53_ people like their p
9、ictures. As the artist grows older his picture may _54_, but not very much. But Picasso was like a man who had not_55_ found his own style of painting. He was still trying to find the perfect expression for his own ideas.Picasso painted what he saw with his mind _56_ with his eyes. Gertrude Stein, a
10、 famous American writer who knew him said that he painted from _57_, not as he saw it with his eyes. Picasso painted a picture of her in 1906. People complained that the painting of Miss Stein didnt look like her. But thirty years later Gertrude Stein said that Piccasos painting of her was the only
11、picture she knew that showed her as he _58_was.IV. Complete the sentences with the given words in their suitable forms （用括号中所给单词的适当形式完成下列句子。每空格限填一词） （共8分）59. China will be the _nation to build a space station in outer space.（three）60. Be_ while getting off the train. The ground is wet. （carefully）61
12、. On the top of the _ you can have a birds eyes view of the whole city.（build）62. The guests were told to introduce _ before the opening ceremony. （they）63. The students in that school are _ from Asian countries like Japan.（main）64. We human beings are closely related to the _ world in some way.（nat
13、ure）65. The police will try to find out the _ of the traffic accident.（true）66. Mr. Ren, a Chinese_, began to study global climate change more than a decade ago.（science）V. Rewrite the following sentences as required （根据所给要求，改写下列句子。每空格限填一词）：（14分）67.Jerry has to work hard to feed his large family.（改为
14、否定句） Jerry _ _ to work hard to feed his large family.68.The Whites will move to a new house in two months. （对划线部分提问）_ _ will the Whites move to a new house?69.Steve Jobs grew up as an only child with a single mother.（改为反义疑问句）Steve Jobs grew up as an only child with a single mother, _ _?70.We must do
15、 something to meet the students need and interests.（改为被动语态） Something must _ _ to meet the students need and interests.71.Shanghai used to be a small fishing village.（保持句意基本不变） Shanghai is not a small fishing village_ _. 72.The teacher asked us, Have you finished reading the passage?（保持句意基本不变）The te
16、acher asked us _ we _ finished reading the passage.73.The tourists took a rest in the hotel nearby. They didnt go further.（合并一句） _ _ going further, the tourists took a rest in the hotel nearby.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）：I came in
17、to a village and I saw a policeman standing outside the post office and reading something carefully. He looked up at the car, w_86_ into the road, and held up a hand to stop me.I a_87_ stopped, but then I realized that the policeman had been reading about me. I supposed the police at the hotel had w
18、orked quickly, and called all the local villages. I drove faster, the policeman jumped out of my way, and I was soon out of the village.I left the main road as soon as possible and tried a smaller one. It was not easy without a map, and I realized that I had been so s_88_ to steal the car. It would
19、help the police to find me in any corner of Scotland. If I left it, and went off on foot, they would find me in an hour or two.I was very hungry; I had eaten n_89_ since morning. And now, as I drove, I heard a noise in the sky, and there was a plane. I drove as fast as I could down into another town
20、. Suddenly, a car appeared in front of me from a s_90_road. There was no time to stop. I did the only thing possible and drove off the road into a fence, hoping to hit something soft beyond. But I was out of good l_91_. The car went through the fence like a knife through butter, and immediately bega
21、n to fall. I jumped out and was caught by the branch of a tree, while the car disappeared into a river fifteen meters below.A hand helped me out of the tree, and a frightened voice asked me if I was badly hurt. The speaker was a young man who was very sorry. I was more p_92_ than angry; it was a goo
22、d way for the car to disappear.D. Answer the questions （根据短文内容回答下列问题）：（12分）On 3 July 2003, a 35-year-old Englishman called Doug Bruce walked into a police station in New York, and told the police that he did not know his own name. He had woken up a few minutes earlier on a subway train, with a heada
23、che, and had no idea where he was going or who he was. I was frightened, he said later, when talking about the experience. I didnt know anything. It was like being in the darkness.Doug went to the police station because he had nowhere else to go. He was wearing a T-shirt, shorts and had a bag with s
24、omething in it: a Spanish book, a bunch of keys and a map of New York. The police were confused. We d never had anything like this before, said a policeman. They sent Doug to a hospital. On his name card the nurse wrote unknown white man.The doctors were surprised at his memory loss. Although Doug c
25、ould make sentences without difficulty, he remembered nothing about his own past. One doctor at the hospital said that he only ever seen such a serious diseases in the movies and books.The hospital would not let Doug to go until he had come to himself. Finally, hospital staff came across a phone num
26、ber in his Spanish book. It was the number of his friend. Doug phoned and she recognized his voice at once. Is that you, Doug? she said. His friend went to the hospital, told the doctors who Doug was, and took him home.Home turned out to be a perfect flat in downtown Manhattan, which he shared with
27、two dogs and three birds. Doug discovered that he had once lived in Paris, where he had made a lot of money working at a big company. Then he had got tired of the business world, and so he left and went to New York for a four-your course in photography.Now that Doug and discovered himself, he had to deal with other difficulties. He was worried about meeting his family and friends. They seemed like st
