15．They have no brains and no spines （脊椎）．You can often see right through them．But they can cause painful，sometimes deadly stings （刺伤）．Some can even glow in the dark!Scientists know them as medusas，but most people call them jellyfish．
Jellyfish are not really fish．Jellyfish have stomachs and mouths，but no heads．They have nervous systems for sensing the world around them．They are made almost entirely of water，which is why you can look through them．Most jellyfish live in salt water，apart from a few types that live in fresh water．Jellyfish are found in oceans and seas all over the world．They live in warm，tropical seas and in ice waters near the North and South Poles．
Adult jellyfish are shaped like an open umbrella or a bell．A Jellyfish has tentacles （触须） at the edges of its body．At the center of a jellyfish's body，where it is widest，is the mouth．The ends of the tentacles have sting cells on them，which jellyfish use to catch their prey （猎物）．Some jellyfish have powerful stings that can kill people．
Most jellyfish eat fish，tiny creatures and even other jellyfish．Once a jellyfish stings and catches its prey，it takes the prey to its mouth and swallows it．
Some jellyfish are very small，no longer than a marble （弹子）．Others are quite large．The largest jellyfish can grow to about 7feet （about 2meters） across and weight hundreds of pounds!Jellyfish may be blue，orange，pink，yellow，purple，and other colors．
Some jellyfish can glow in the dark by making their own light．The light is made by a chemical reaction inside the jellyfish．Scientists believe jellyfish glow for several reasons．For example，they may glow to attract animals they prey on．
24．What is the second paragraph mainly about？D
A．What jellyfish live on．
B．What jellyfish look like．
C．How jellyfish move．
D．What jellyfish are．
25．What is in the center of a jellyfish's body？B
A．Its brain．
B．Its mouth．
C．Its nervous system．
D．Its stomach．
26．How does a jellyfish catch and eat its prey？C
A．It stings and catches its prey，then sends it into its mouth to chew it．
B．It bites the prey with its mouth，chews it with its teeth and then swallows it．
C．It stings the prey with its tentacles and then swallows it directly．
D．It tears the prey into small pieces and sends it into its mouth to swallow it．
27．What can we learn from the text？A
A．Some jellyfish can make a person die．
B．Most jellyfish live in fresh water．
C．Most jellyfish can be planted in the ocean．
D．Jellyfish only have five colors．

14．Undoubtedly，everyone has one or more friends in his or her daily life．Someone may come across the fact（71）that one of his friends borrows some money from him but doesn't return （72）it in time．At this time，he must be faced with the question how （73）to ask （ask） his friend to return his money，（74）in person or by writing a letter？
If I were forced to choose one of the two，I would prefer （75）the latter．Once I received a letter from one of my friends（76）unexpectedly （unexpected），in which he asked me to return his money in a polite way．In my opinion，the letter doesn't hurt me．Instead，it helps me to get along with my friend （77）more closely （closely） than ever before．If I hadn't received his letter，it would（78）have ruined （ruin） our friendship only because of some money．
As far as I am concerned，everyone suffers （79）from the strain of modern life．If you drop in on your friend just because you want to get your money back，it will hurt your friend and obviously hurt your relationship．However，a kind letter not only can solve the problem （80）that/which upsets you，but also can further develop your relationship．

13．假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文．文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处．错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改．
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词．
删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉．
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词．
注意：1．每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2．只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分．
Dear Mr Smith，
I've been now safe back to Shanghai．Thank you very much for all the help from you and your families during my stay there．I hope that everything is fine with you．
Now I wonder that you could do me a favor．On returned，I suddenly realize that I had left my English dictionary behind at your home carelessly．It is a very precious present from mine Canadian teacher，which  I treasure it very much．Would you please be so kind as send it back to me？I will pay back the postage．The dictionary is on the bookshelf in my bedroom．It is the one with the blue cover．
Yours sincerely
Li Hua．

12．The dark chocolate is one of the favorite food choices by many people because it has a lot of benefits （61）whenit comes to your health．Here is a list of the effects of dark chocolate on health．
First of all，it contains different kinds of antioxidants（抗氧化剂） which （62）are  （be） good for heart．Besides，the dark chocolate can also lower blood pressure and reduce bad cholesterol （胆固醇），lowering the risks of stroke and taking away the risk of blood vessels which may （63）harden  （hard） for too much cholesterol in them．
Lastly，do you know the feeling of being overjoyed after （64）jogging（jog）？This feeling is like extreme happiness．The dark chocolate will give you the feeling of （65）pleasure （please） and happiness．If you are feeling that the world has turned  against you，then dark chocolate can be （66）a  mood  lifter．
These are commonly the effects of chocolate on health．It can benefit you especially if  （67）taken（take） with the right amount．（68）Approximately  （approximate），100grams of chocolate  （69）orless a day is already enough according to studies．If you have taken too much，try to lessen your other meals for the day．It is all about nutrition and taking the right amount of food in order to get the health benefit that it can provide （70）for you．

11．When men get together，they seldom talk about their feelings or inner thoughts．However，they talk about a lot，like their newest computer，how to repair their car，or even business．
Talk might move to the best place to find fish or women，jump to computer games，then continue to the sport of the season．They also like to tell jokes each other and spend a fair amount of time playing one-up and boasting（吹牛）．Men seldom call each other to chat．
When man meets woman，he usually wants to make a good impression．Many single men try hard to carry on amusing，fun，and pleasant conversations．They use conversation to discover her interests and feelings in order to learn how to be attractive to her．
Some men，either out of nervousness or ignorance，spend most of the time talking about themselves，often appearing to brag about their achievements or talk endlessly about their problems or work．Even the quietest man talks to his woman when love is new．
When women get together，they talk about feelings and relationships，their work and their family．They enjoy talking but also want the give and take of talk，then listen．Women often call each other to chat．Conversation is an important part of most women's 1ives．
As relationships progress，however，many a man turns on the television and forgets how to talk．This raises anger and cry from his woman partner who says，"You never talk to me  anymore．"Some men start talking．Many，however，mainly discuss their own achievements and problems．
When the woman starts talking about her favorite subjects：feelings，family，relationships，friends and her work，many men lose interest or bring the conversation back to themselves．Pretty soon，the man is back to staring at the television each night，wondering where his relationship has gone．The woman is talking to her friends，mom，sister，or neighbor，often about that very relationship and how she is hurting．
28．What can we know about men from the first two paragraphs？A
A．They like to talk about practical matters．
B．They are willing to expose their inner thoughts．
C．They prefer to take adventurous travels．
D．They often call each other to chat about work．
29．Which of the following can replace the underlined part"brag about"in Paragraph 4？A
A．Show off．    
B．Dream about．  
C．Put forward．
D．Care for．
30．What is the same topic in both men's and women's talk？D
A．Family．    
B． Jokes．
C．Friends．
D．Work．
31．What is the best title of this passage？C
A．How a man makes a good impression to a woman．
B．Good relationship between men and women．
C．Men talk；women talk；do they talk together？
D．Talking，the women's main tool in communication．

10．假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文．文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处，每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改．增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词．删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉．修改：在错的词下画一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词．注意：1．每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；2．只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分
In New York there are some neighborhoods are full of people from same country．For example，in the southern part of the city has New York's Chinatown．New Yorkers from all part of the city like to go here．They enjoy shopping at the Chinese stores and eat at the Chinese restaurants．But most of the people live in Chinatown are Chinese．The shop signs are all writing in Chinese．Everyone in the shops speak Chinese．This is one of the crowding and colorful neighborhoods in the city．

9．Swedish businessman Nile Bergqvist is delighted with his new hotel，the world's first igloo （冰屋）hotel．（61）Built（build） in a small town in Lapland，it has been attracting lots of visitors，but soon the fun will be over．
In two weeks'time Bergqvist's ice creation will be nothing more than a pool of water．"We don't see it as a big problem，"he says．"We just look forward to （62）replacing（replace） it．"
Bergqvist built his first igloo in 1991 for an art exhibition．It was （63）sosuccessful that he designed the present one，（64）whichmeasures roughly 200 square meters．Six workmen spent more than eight weeks （65）piling（pile） 1，000 tons of snow onto a wooden base； when the snow froze，（66）the　　
base was removed．
After their stay，all visitors receive a survival certificate recording （67）theirsuccess．With no windows，nowhere to hang clothes and temperatures below 0℃，it may seem more like a survival test （68）thana relaxing hotel break．"It's great fun，"Bergqvist explains，"as well as a good start in survival training．"
The （69）popularity（popular） of the igloo is beyond doubt：it is now attracting tourists from all over the world．At least 800 people have stayed at the igloo this season even though there are only 10 rooms．"You can get a lot of people in，"explains Bergqvist．"The beds are three meters wide by two meters long，and can fit at least four （70）ata time．"

8．In 1947 a group of famous people from the art world headed by an Austrian conductor decided to hold an international festival of music，dance and theater in Edinburgh．The idea was to reunite Europe after the Second World War．
At the same time，the"Fringe"appeared as a challenge to the official festival．Eight theater groups turned up uninvited in 1947，in the belief that everyone should have the right to perform，and they did so in a public house disused for years．
Soon，groups of students firstly from Edinburgh University，and later from the universities of Oxford and Cambridge，Durham and Birmingham were making the journey to the Scottish capital each summer to perform theater by little-known writers of plays in small church halls to the people of Edinburgh．
Today the"Fringe"，once less recognized，has far outgrown the festival with around 1，500 performances of theater，music and dance on every one of the 21 days it lasts．And yet as early as 1959，with only 19 theater groups performing，some said it was getting too big．
A paid administrator was first employed only in 1971，and today there are eight administrators working all year round and the number rises to 150 during August itself．In 2004 there were 200 places housing 1，695 shows by over 600 different groups from 50 different countries．More than 1，25 million tickets were sold．
32．What was the purpose of Edinburgh Festival at he beginning？A
A．To bring Europe together again．
B．To honor heroes of World War 11．
C．To introduce young theater groups．
D．To attract great artists from Europe．
33．Why did some uninvited theater groups come to  Edinburgh in 1947？D
A．They owned a public house there．
B．They came to take up a challenge．
C．They thought they were also famous．
D．They wanted to take part in the festival．
34．Who joined the"Fringe"after it appeared？B
A．Popular writers．
B．University students．
C．Artists from around the world．
D．Performers of music and dance．
35．We may learn from the text that Edinburgh FestivalD．
A．has become a non-official event
B．has gone beyond an art festival
C．gives shows all year round
D．keeps growing rapidly．

7．Science can't explain the power of pets，but many studies have shown that the company of pets can help lower blood pressure （血压） and raise chances of recovering from a heart attack，reduce loneliness and spread all-round good cheer．
Any owner will tell you how much joy a pet brings．For some，an animal provides more comfort than a husband/wife．A  study by Karen Allen of the State University of New York measured stress （紧张） levels and blood pressure in people-half of them pet owners-while they performed 5 minutes of mental arithmetic （算术） or held a hand in ice water．Subjects completed the tasks alone，with a husband/wife，a close friend or with a pet．People with pets did it best．Those tested with their animal friends had smaller change in blood pressure and returned most quickly to baseline heart rates．With pets in the room，people also made fewer math mistakes than when doing in front of other companions．It seems people feel more relaxed  around pets，says Allen，who thinks it may be because pets don't judge．
A study reported last fall suggests that having a pet dog not only raises your spirits but may also have an effect on your eating habits．Researchers at Northwestern Memorial Hospital spent a year studying 36 fat people and their equally fat dogs on diet-and-exercise programs； a separate group of 56 people without pets were put on a diet program．On average，people lost about I1 pounds，or 5% of their body weight．Their dogs did even better，losing an average of 12 pounds，more than 15% of their body weight．Dog owners didn't lose any more weight than those without dogs but，say researchers，got more exercise overall-mostly with their dogs-and found it worth doing．
28．What does the text mainly discuss？D
A．Pets'value in medical research．
B．How pets help people calm down．
C．People's opinions of keeping pets．
D．What pets bring to their owners．
29．We learn from the text that a person with heart disease has a better chance of getting
well ifA．
A．he has a pet companion
B．he has less stress of work
C．he often does mental arithmetic
D．he is taken care of by his family
30．According to Allen，why did the people do better with pets around when doing stressful tasks？C
A．They have lower blood pressure．
B．They become more patient．
C．They are less nervous．
D．They are in higher spirits．
31．The research mentioned in the last paragraph reports thatA．
A．people with dogs did more exercise
B．dogs lost the same weight as people did
C．dogs liked exercise much more than people did
D．people without dogs found the program unhelpful．

6．It's rare that you see the words"shyness"and"leader"in the same sentence．After all，the common viewpoint is that those outgoing and sociable guys make great public speakers and excellent networkers and that those shy people are not．A survey conducted by USA Today referred to 65 percent of executives who believed shyness to be a barrier to leadership．Interestingly，the same article stresses that roughly 40 percent of leaders actually are quite shy-they're just better at adapting themselves to situational demands．Bill Gates，Warren Buffet and Charles Schwab are just a few"innies"．
Unlike their outgoing counterparts who are more sensitive to rewards and risk-taking，shy people take a cautious approach to chance．Rather than the flashy chit-chat that defines social gathering，shy people listen attentively to what others say and absorb it before they speak．They're not thinking about what to say while the other person is still talking，but rather listening so they can learn what to say．Along the same lines，shy people share a common love of learning．They are intrinsically（内在地） motivated and therefore seek content regardless of achieving an outside standard．
Being shy can also bring other benefits．Remember being in school and hearing the same kids contribute，until shy little Johnny，who almost never said a word，cut in？Then what happened？Everyone turned around to look with great respect at little Johnny actually talking．This is how shy people made good use of their power of presence：they"own"the moment by speaking calmly and purposefully，which translate to a positive image．
Shyness is often related to modesty．Not to say that limelight-seekers aren't modest，but shy people tend to have an accurate sense of their abilities and achievements．As a result，they are able to acknowledge mistakes，imperfections，knowledge gaps and limitations．
Since shy people have a lower sensitivity to outside rewards than outgoing ones，they're more comfortable working with little information and sticking to their inner desires．Shy people are also more likely to insist on finding solutions that aren't primarily apparent．Don't believe me？Maybe you'll believe Albert Einstein，who once said，"It's not that I'm so smart，it's that I stay with problems longer．"Obviously，finding certainty where uncertainty is typically popular is a huge plus for any successful person．
The myth that shy people are less effective leaders than their outgoing fellows is just a misunderstanding．Make wise use of your personality strengths to lead your business no matter what side of the range you fall on．
24．We can learn from Paragraph 2 thatB．
A．shy people are sensitive to rewards
B．shy people care more about content
C．outgoing people are more careful about chances
D．outgoing people consider what to learn while listening
25．The example of Johnny showsD．
A．shy people are likely to be modest
B．hardworking students speak little in public
C．some students keep silent on purpose at school
D．shy people may have an advantage in discussion
26．We can learn from the underlined sentence in Paragraph 5 thatA．
A．success results from devotion
B．shyness contributes to popularity
C．outside reward leads to insistence
D．uncertainty counts more than certainty
27．The author supports his ideas mainly byD．
A．giving definitions and presenting research results
B．explaining problems and providing solutions
C．quoting authorities and making evaluations
D．making contrasts and gibing examples．