–Could you meet me at the airport?

--I’d like to, but I’m afraid I_________ a very important meeting when you return.

A. will have attended     B. was attending     C. am attending      D. will be attending

C

Stepping into a pool of water is common enough ,but who could ever imagine stopping into a pool of fish ?In February of 1974, Bill Tapp ,an Australian farmer ,saw a rain of fish that covered his farm . How surprised he must have been when he heard many fish hitting against his roof!

What caused this strange occurrence ?This is a question that had long puzzled people who study fish .The answer turned out to be a combination of wind and storm.

When it is spring in the northern part of the world ,it is fall in Australia, Throughout the autumn season ,terrible storms arise and rains flood the land .The strong winds sweep over Australia like huge vacuum（真空） cleaners, collecting seaweed ,pieces of wood , and even schools of fish .

The second thing，a dictionary will tell you the pronunciation．Most dictionaries give phonetic(语音的)，or sound alphabet(音标)．The phonetic alphabet shows pronunciation．The third thing，a dictionary will tell you the meaning of words．You can look up a word and find out what it means．Many words have more than one meaning，and a good dictionary will tell you au of the word's meanings．For example，in English the common word“get”has over 20 different meanings．

49．Many words have_____________ ．  

    A．several meanings    B．one meaning    C．few meanings  D．no meaning

50．A good dictionary will tell you____________．

    A．more of word's pronunciation       B．more of the word's meanings

C．more of grammar                 D．more of the word's spelling．

51．Phonetic alphabets are used to show        ．

    A．handwritings   B．spelling    C．meanings  D．pronunciation

52．How many important things will most dictionaries tell you?

    A．Four    B．Five    C．Three   D．Two

第二节：书面表达（满分25分）

某国际性英语刊物有一个介绍各国风俗习惯的专栏，请为该专栏写一篇短文，简单介绍中国的农历新年（春节）。包括以下要点：

1.春节是中国人的重要节日；

2.春节是在哪一天（农历：the lunar calendar）；

3.除夕一家人吃团圆饭（have a …feast）；

4.守岁爆竹迎新年（爆竹:firecracker）

5.大年初一亲朋好友拜年；

6.孩子们的压岁钱（lucky money）；

7. 狮子舞(lion dances)及其他节目是节日不可缺少的活动内容，要延续三天左右。

8.（字数：80—120）

Father will not _______ us to use his recorder.

A. have         B. let                     C. agree                   D. allow

 He _____ advantage of her kindness and borrows money too often.

A. makes              B gets            C. gives          D. takes

But at other moments you will find him gentle and weak, _____ he cries about the lost lives of people drowned in ships that have sunk.

A. as with                    B. as for               C. as to                        D. as when

“I_____in a cold sweat when I realized it was an earthquake.” Said the lucky man who happened to be out of the house to work that morning in Yushu.

       A. broke out   B. cried out    C. blocked out       D. cut out

 It's reported that the price of that building, which you were looking forward to buying, has risen ______ a further 600 yuan a square meter.

A. at                    B. by                 C. with          D. for

The local government is trying all out to find out who is______the forest fire．

       A．to blame for starting       B．to blame to start

       C．to be blamed for starting D．to be blamed to start

It is definite that new digital mobile phones have less radiation, but that does not mean________that they should be used without caution.

A. obviously   B. necessarily       C. generally       D. eventually