One bitterly cold day, a snowstorm blew into our area. Needing firewood, quickly set out with my best friend, Bruce, to look for a tree to cut down. I was glad to have Bruce along. Cutting down a tree in a snowstorm can be dangerous. So it was important to have a friend who could warn me of dangers.

       When I chose a big 23-meter-tall tree and prepared to cut it down, my best friend suddenly warned me, “Don’t cut down that tree! It’s too close to the power line!” I wasn’t sure about it. So I decided to disregard his warning. I wanted to finish the job quickly and go home. So I began cutting down the tree. When the tree fell, there was no longer any doubt whether my friend was right.

       The tree caught the power line, bringing it to the ground. I considered cutting the tree off the line. After all, electricity can’t travel through wood, so I could safely remove the tree. As I reached out my finger to touch the tree, pain ran up my arm and through my head. I had been shocked!

       After I returned home and told my mother what happened, she quickly called the power company. Workers from the power company soon arrived on the scene. One of them asked if I had touched the tree, and when I told him I had, his face turned pale.

       “You should have been killed,” he said.

       So why am I still alive? It was my boots that saved my life.

       Within two hours, the workers removed the tree. Soon the snowstorm calmed down—but not my mother.

       Even though she was glad I wasn’t hurt, my mother was still serious with me. After all, I shouldn’t have brushed off my friend’s warning.

       Through this experience, I learned it’s important to listen to people who offer a different perspective. Taking the time to listen might actually save a lot of time and trouble. It certainly would have kept me from getting the “shock of my life.”

1．The underlined word “disregard” in the second paragraph means“        .”

       A．pay no attention to                               B．take notice of

       C．consider                                             D．follow

2．In spite of Bruce’s    warning, the author still cut the tree because        .

       A．he was sure there would be nothing to happen

       B．he wasn’t sure if Bruce was right and was anxious to go home

       C．he didn’t hear his friend’s warning at all because of the blowing wind

       D．he know electricity can’t travel through wood

3．Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage?

       A．But for his boots, the writer would have died.

       B．The writer regretted having brushed off his friend’s warning

       C．The writer knew nothing about electricity.

       D．When the tree was cut down, the writer realized his friend was right.

4．The Underlined sentence “the snowstorm calmed down—but not my mother” means“      ”.

       A．my mother was still angry with me for not listening to my friend’s warning

       B．my mother was still in fear of the terrible accident

       C．my mother was still comforting me

       D．my mother was still worried about my safety

5．The author wrote the passage mainly to        .

       A．give an account of one of his terrible experiences

       B．make us know it’s important to listen to people who offer a different perspective through his experience

       C．tell us not to cut trees down any more

       D．remind us to be careful while working

       阅读下面的短文，请根据短文后的要求答题（请注意问题后的字数要求）。

       Scientists guess that 80% of a person’s weight gain comes from genetics and 20% comes from the person’s environment. By 1998, more than 130 genes（基因）and gene neighbors were found to have some link to weight gain or weight loss in people. These different genes can either work all together or work in groups. This means that different people may        or lose weight with difficulty for different reasons.

       One example of these different kinds of combinations（组合）is a family of genes that allows people to change extra fat into heat instead of storing the fat in the body. Animals which have this same family of genes do not gain weight easily as other animals. Other genes may affect how quickly the stomach lets the brain know that it is full. If these genes slow down the passage of this information, people may eat more than they really need. Genes are also thought to be linked with how much a person fidgets（烦躁不安小动作）in a day. Fidgeting is small movements of a person’s hands, feet, arms, or legs usually when the person is nervous or excited. Fidgeting actually uses a lot of energy over a day and his energy usually comes from burning fat.

       In one experiment about weight gain, researchers wanted to see how much energy different people used when they were resting. People in the experiment were asked to lie on a bed and not move for 40 minutes. Researchers then measured the energy the person used for breathing. They found that different people in the study used very different amounts of energy for this one job, breathing. Researchers calculated that some people in the study burned 1,067 calories per day while others burned up to 3,015 calories. Those people who burn fewer calories doing normal work or exercise have a slow metabolism（新陈代谢）.

76．What is the best title of this passage?（Please answer within 10 words.）

77．Which sentence in the passage can be replaced by the following one?

       If these genes don’t pass the information that the stomach is full to the brain on time, people may eat much more.

78．Please fill in the blank in the first paragraph with proper words or phrase to complete the sentence.（please answer within 10 words.）

79．What can we learn from the experiment？（Please answer within 30 words.）

80．Translate the underlined sentence in the second paragraph into Chinese.

请根据下列各小题中所给单词的汉语提示，在各小题后的横线上写出该单词的正确形式：

1．         （提拔）to a higher position, she felt glad and worked harder.

                                                                                                      1．         

2．I’m a          （宽容的）man but your behavior is more than I can bear.

                                                                                                      2．         

3．She got off the bus,         （担负）with two heavy cases.

                                                                                                      3．         

4．He is still         （笨拙的）with a knife and fork and drops food at each meal.

                                                                                                      4．         

5．These subjects have lost their         （吸引力）for most students.

                                                                                                    5．         

       在我国不少地方环境污染仍然比较严重。请你用英语给China Daily写一封信反映这一情况，并以“如何使我们的天空更蓝，山岭更绿，河流更清”为主题，提出建议，保护环境，共筑美好家园。

       注意：1. 信的开头与结尾已经给出，不计算在总词数内。

          2. 词数要求：120—150

Dear Editor，

       In some places in our country,                                                   

                                                                   Yours truly,

                                                                    Li Hua

Recently some studies have found that learning         second language can lead to          increase in one’s brain power.

A. a; the                  B. ~; the                  C. a; an                 D. the; an

        such a good chance, how could she let it slip away?

A. Having been given                           B. Having given

C. To being given                              D. To have given

It’s so hot! The temperature must be         over 100 degrees!

A. very                  B. well                C. much               D. still

The lecture starts at 6:00 sharp. Latecomers will not be        .

A. admitted               B. interrupted           C. approved                    D. disturbed

Children should be warned that it’s dangerous to open the microwave oven         it is still working.

A. until                  B. after                C. before               D. while

December saw a more than average rainfall;        , the possibility of a drought is still strong.

A. therefore              B. nonetheless          C. whereas                     D. although