25. So bright ____ that the flowers were bright as by day.

　　　 A. the moon was　　　　 B. was the moon

　　　 C. the moon had been　　　 D. has the moon been

24. ---Where’s Tom? He’s late.

　 ---He ____ stuck in rush-hour traffic.

　　　 A. must have had　　　　　　　 B. may have got

　　　 C. should have had　　　　　 D. can’t have got

23.　 The road ____ has many dangerous turns needs ____.

A. it, widen　　　　　　　　 B. which, widened　　　　　　

C. that, widening D. /, to be widened

22.　 ---I’m sorry I’m late. I was at the dentist.

---Don’t tell me! You ____ someone interesting while you ____ in the waiting room.

A. meet, are waiting　　　　　 B. were waiting, waited

C. have met, wait　　　　 D. met, were waiting

第一节：单项填空(共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分)

21.　 For thousands of years, ____ ancient art form of Fenghui, has played ____ major role in ____ Chinese life.

A. /, a, the　　　　　　 B. the, a, /　　　　　　 C. an, the, the　　　 D. /, the, /

VI. 书面表达 (满分25分)

　请以My Favourite Newspaper为题用英语写一篇100个词左右的短文，介绍21世纪报(21^st Century)。

短文应包括下面表格中所提供的内容。

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 My Favourite Newspaper

V. 短文改错 (共10小题，每小题1分;满分10分)

此题要求你对一段文章改错.先对每一行做出判断是对还是错,如果是对的,在该行右边的横线上划出一个(√);如果有错误(每行不会多于一个错误),则按情况改错如下:

次行多一词:把多余的词用斜线(\)划掉,在该行右边横线上写上该词,并也用斜线划掉;

此行缺一词:在缺词处加一个漏字符(∧),在该行右边横线上写上该加的词;

此行错一词:在错的词下面划一横线, 在该行右边横线上写出改正后的词.

Reading can only be a fun if you expect　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 76. __________

it to be. If you are fixed in books somebody 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 77. __________

tell you you “ought” to read, you probably 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 78. __________

won’t have fun. And if you put down a book 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 79. __________

you don’t like and try another till you find one　　　　　　　　　　　　　 80. __________

means something to you, and then relax　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 81. __________

with it, you will almost certain have a good 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 82. __________

time-and whether you become, as a result of 　　　　　　　　　　　　　 83. __________

reading, better, wiser, kinder, or gentle,　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 84. __________

you won’t have suffered from during the process.　　　　　　　　　　　 85. _________

E

Fish have ears. Really. They’re quite small and have no opening to the outside world carrying sound through the body. For the past seven years, Simon Thorrold, a university professor, has been examining fish ears, small round ear bones called otoliths.

As fish grow, so do their otoliths. Each day, their otoliths gain a ring of calcium carbonate (碳酸钙). By looking through a microscope (显微镜) and counting these rings, Thorrold can determine the exact age of a young fish. As a fish gets older, its otoliths no longer get daily rings. Instead, they get yearly rings, which can also be counted, giving information about the fish’s age, just like the growth rings of a tree.

Ring counting is nothing new to fish scientists. But Thorold has turned to a new direction. They’re examining the chemical elements (元素) of each otolith ring.

The daily ring gives us the time, but chemistry tells us about the environment in which the fish swam on any given day. These elements tell us about the chemistry of the water that the fish was in. It also says something about water temperature, which determines how much of these elements will gather within each otolith ring.

Thorrold can tell, for example, if a fish spent time in the open ocean before entering the less salty water of coastal areas. He can basically tell where fish are spending their time at any given stage of history.

In the case of the Atlantic croaker, a popular saltwater food fish, Thorrold and his assistant have successfully followed the traveling of young fish from mid-ocean to the coast, a journey of many hundreds of miles.

This is important to managers in the fish industry, who know nearly nothing about the whereabouts of the young fish for most food fish in the ocean. Eager to learn about his technology, fish scientists are now lending Thorrold their ears.

72. What can we learn about fish ears from the text?

A. They are small soft rings.　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. They are not seen from the outside.

C. They are opening only on food fish.　　　　　　 D. They are not used to receive sound.

73. Why does the writer compare the fish to trees?

A. Trees gain a growth ring each day.　　　　　　　 B. trees also have otoliths.

C. Their growth rings are very small.　　　　　　　 D. They both have growth rings.

74. Why is it important to study the chemistry of otolith rings?

A. The elements of the otoliths can tell the history of the sea.

B. Chemical contents of otoliths can tell how fast fish can swim.

C. We can know more about fish and their living environment.

D. Scientists can know exactly how old a fish is.

75. How would you understand “fish scientists are now lending their ears”?

A. They are very interested in Thorrold’s research fingings.

B. They want to know where they can find fish.

C. They lend their fish for chemical studies.

D. They wonder if Thorrold can find growth rings from their ears.

第II卷(共35分)