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57. Nowadays more ______ realize they are responsible for reducing industry pollution. (factory) 58. Stephen and his wife will ______ their holidays by going abroad for sightseeing. (joy) 59. Computers were a wonderful ______ in 1920s though they were very huge at the time.(invent) 60. Lisa said “hello” ______ to her friend’s parents when she met them in the street. (polite) 61. I think these tools are ______, for I haven’t touched them for quite a few years. (useful)
V. Complete the following sentences as required (根据所给要求，完成下列句子。每空格限填一词) (共14分)
62. We got everything ready for the New Year’s party. (改为一般疑问句) ______ you ______ everything ready for the New Year’s party?
63. All the students listened to the lecture by Professor Li attentively. (对划线部分提问) ______ ______ all the students listen to the lecture by Professor Li? 64. Jack Chen is a humorous and powerful man. (改为感叹句) ______ ______ humorous and powerful Jack Chen is!
65. We last saw the missing dog on the evening of October 1st. (改为被动语态) The missing dog ______ last ______ on the evening of October 1st.
66. As for the plan of the next term, I have the same opinion with Larry. (保持句意基本不变) As for the plan of the next term, I ______ ______ Larry.
67. “I can cut the huge hamburger in half quickly.” Little Sandy said. (改为宾语从句) Little Sandy said that he ______ ______ the huge hamburger in half quickly. 68. saw, at McDonald’s, lady, him, the young. (连词成句)
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Part 3 Reading and Writing (第三部分 读与写)
IX. Reading Comprehension (阅读理解)：(共50分)
Burl Ives was born in June, 1909 in Illinois, the USA. He began learning songs when he was very young. He loved making music and wanted other people to get pleasure from the music he made.
As a young man, Burl wanted to teach history. So, he began attending Eastern Illinois
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Teachers’ College in 1927. But he was not a very good student. The president of his college told him he would never be a very good teacher. Then, he took his guitar and began travelling around the United States.
Burl Ives went to New York City in the early nineteen-thirties. He went to the famous Julliard School of Music to study. He also got jobs in New York. He sang in small eating and drinking places. He sang the songs he had learned. In 1938 he began performing in theatres. He also sang on the radio. He began recording the folk songs he had learned. His songs like Big Rock Candy Mountain could be heard on the Burl Ives program each week. The radio program was first broadcast in 1940. His song It’s Just My Funny Way of Laughing earned him a Grammy Award. He also did lots of movie work. Burl Ives won an Oscar in 1958 for the movie The Big Country.
Burl Ives also recorded many songs for children. His most famous songs are two Christmas songs, Rudolph the Red Nosed Raindeer and Frosty the Snowman. These songs were used in cartoon movies first shown on American television in the nineteen-fifties and sixties. Burl Ives provided the voice of some of the animals and people. He also sang most of the songs.
Burl Ives was a large, friendly man who loved to make people happy with his acting and especially with his music. Burl died of cancer(癌) on April 14, 1995.
69. Burly Ives wanted to be a(n) ______ when he was young.
A) artist B) movie star C) history teacher D) famous singer 70. Burly Ives traveled around America with his guitar after he was told ______. A) he was a good student B) he would never be a good teacher B) he would be a famous singer D) he was a top traveler 71. In the early nineteen-thirties, Burly ______ in New York City.
A) taught history B) went to school of music and got jobs C) attended a teacher’s college D) recorded songs for children 72. In 1958 Burly Ives won an Oscar for the movie ______.
A) It’s Just My Funny Way of Laughing B) Big Rock Candy Mountain C) The Big Country D) Frosty the Snowman 73. From the passage we learn that ______. A) Burly only wrote songs for children
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B) Burly once provided the voice for cartoon movies C) Burly was the director of many cartoon movies D) Burly seldom did movie work 74. The passage is mainly about ______.
A) the American actor and singer Burly Ives B) how to be a history teacher C) Burly Ives’ hard life in 1938 D) a successful young man
B Choose the best words and complete the passage(选择最恰当的单词完成短文) （12分） Often in your reading you will come across（遇见）a difficult new word. You may be able to read the word, but, you still do not know what it 75__. One way of finding out a word’s meaning is by looking it up in a _76___. Another way is to use context(上下文). You can think of the context as the “neighborhood” in which a word “lives”. A word is never _77___. It appears in a sentence with other words, and that sentence has other sentences that come before and after it. These words and sentences are the context of the unknown word.
A word’s context often contains clues (包含提示)to its meaning. To find clues, think about the meanings of the other words in the sentence. Look at the sentences that come before and after the sentence that contains the word. Do they give you any clues? Sometimes a writer gives _78___ that can help you understand the word’s meaning. Sometimes you may find a word that has almost the same meaning, or a word that means the _79___,or even a definition（释义） of the unfamiliar word, in the same sentence or a nearby one. These are all context clues.
Read the following sentence. Can you guess from the context what word might fit in the blank?
We had our picnic in the shade（阴凉处）of a huge _80___. Did you guess the missing word from the context? If you did, you were able to tell from the other words in the sentence that the missing word must be a noun. You could also tell that the word means something that can give shade outdoors. It is something that people might have a picnic under. All these context clues helped you know the word. 75. 76.
A) predicts A) book
B) means B)dictionary
C) debates C) newspaper
D) wants D) magazine
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77. 78. 79. 80.
A) alone A) a letter A) opposite A) river
B) sad B) an answer B) difficult B) ground
C) united C) an example C) serious C) street
D) quiet D) an action D) necessary D)tree
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）
Do you get angry when your friends sing loudly while you are trying to work or when your best friend does not wait for you after school?
If you do, you need to take control of your feelings. Getting angry with others can cause you to l_81___ friends. Cary Egeberg, an American high school teacher, has written a book named My Feelings Are Just Like Wild Animals to help you control your feelings .The book tells how to stay cool when b_82___ things happen.
The book says that getting angry only makes problems w_83___. It can never make them better. “Getting angry is not a natural way to act,” the book says. “It is just a habit, like smoking.’’
The book says you can control you feelings e _84___---all you have to do is to tell yourself not to be angry.
The book gives many tips to help you if you get angry frequently. Here are the top three: ● Keep a r_85___.Every time you get angry, write down why you are angry. Look at it later and you will see you get angry so often.
● Ask your friends to s_86___ talking to you when you get angry. Leave you alone. This will teach you not to be angry.
● Do something d_87___. When you get angry, walk away from the problem and go somewhere else. Try to laugh.
D. Answer the questions (根据短文内容回答下列问题) （12分）
I recently went to a charity party. At the end of the visit our host told us that the following Monday was his birthday. He asked if, as a gift to him, we would do something kind for someone else on that day. I thought that was a terrible birthday idea!
The following Monday, I saw my neighbor, a new mother, in the garden with her baby, I went
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