It ___________last night, for the ground is wet outside.

A .would be raining   B. would have rained  C. must rain    D. must have rained

 From his ______ look, we could see that he hadn’t expected that we could raise such ______

 questions to him.

A. confused; confusing     B. confusing; confused 

C. confusing; confusing    D. confused; confused

--How about _____ Christmas evening party?

-- I should say it was _________ success.

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

假设你是李华，请根据下面的提示写一封信给一家艺术博物馆的委员，提议建一个艺术馆，在信中提出你的理由并请求许可。

【提示】你最近做了一项调查（survey），发现你所在的区（district）有好多美术家（artist）,

画家（painter），雕塑家（sculptor），陶器家（potter）。他们有好多作品，但没处展出。

【单词提醒】 艺术馆：gallery;  提供：provide   委员：Committee members

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：在缺词处加一个漏词符号（∧），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的词。

【注意】:1.每处错误及修改均仅限一词；

2．只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。

I went out to see a film with my brother after supper. On our way to the cinema, we met a American girl named Alice, she had got lost and looked very anxious. We went up to see that was the matter, then we took him to the hotel. While going there, we tell her the great changes that had been taken place in our country in the past few years and Alice told us a lot about youth in America.

Although we missed the film, but we felt very happy for we had not only helped Alice get out of troubles also knew something about the States. We see English can strength understanding and friendship.　

根据下列各句句意和空白之后的汉语提示词，写出对应的单词，每空只写一词。

56. We should do something to stop people from ______（污染）the drinking water.

57.The teacher has lost________(信心) in the naughty boy.

58. They said that they ______(转化) heat into power.

59. She hopes to get a job on the local newspaper and ______ (最终) works for The Times.

60.That ancient building is ______(刻着) with beautiful pictures.

61.We all should _______(采用) the problem-solving attitude.

62.We students are making an _______(尝试) to go to universities for further study.

63.He has a _______(偏爱) for the physics study.

64. She often wears a ______(钻石) necklace and ring.

65.The girls standing there are our school’s _______(图书管理员).

While waiting to pick up a friend at the airport in Portland, Oregon, I had an experience which occurred merely two feet away from me.

　　　 Trying to locate my friend among the passengers coming through the jet way, I noticed a man walking toward me carrying two light bags. He stopped right next to me to greet his family.

　　　 First he kissed his three children one by one and said, “It’s nice to see you. I missed you so much!” Then he hugged his wife, “I’ve saved the best for last!” giving her the longest, most passionate kiss I ever remember seeing. They stared at each other’s eyes, smiling at one another, while holding both hands. For an instant they reminded me of newlyweds（新婚夫妇）, but I knew by the age of their kids that they couldn’t possibly be.

　　　 Full of admiration, I asked, “Wow! How long have you two been married?” “Being together for fourteen years total, married twelve of those.” He replied, without breaking his gaze from his lovely wife’s face. “Well, then, how long have you been away?” I asked. “Two whole days!” “Two days?” I was astonished. By the intensity (热烈) of the greeting, I had assumed he’d been gone for at least several weeks --- if not months. I knew my expression betrayed me, so I turned away my eyes and said quietly, “I hope my marriage is still that passionate after so long!”

The man suddenly stopped smiling and looked me straight in the eye. With forcefulness he told me something that left me a different person. “Don’t hope, friend…decide!” Then he smiled again, shook my hand and said, “God bless!”

With that, he and his family turned and walked away together.

I was still watching that man and his special family walk just out of sight when my friend came up to me and asked, “What are you looking at?” Without hesitation, and with a curious sense of certainty, I replied, “My future!”

52. The best title of the passage may be _____.　

A. Long Loving Hugs　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. My Future

C. Don’t Hope. Decide D. Love Is Everywhere

53. Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?

A. The man replied to the author, with his eyes still fixed on his wife’s face.

B. After being away for several weeks, the man missed his family very much.

C. It was fourteen years since the couple had got married.

D. Their three kids reminded the author of newlyweds.

54. By saying “my expression betrayed me” (in Paragraph 4), the author means that ______.

A. he failed to express his ideas to the man

B. the man sensed his real feelings from his expression

C. he didn’t believe in his expression any more

D. his expression was not faithful to him

55. From the passage, we can infer that ______.

A. the experience may be easily forgotten by the author

B. the author will live a passionate life from now on

C. the author will be away from his family and hug them passionately upon his return

D. Americans prefer to save the best for last　

Do you still remember your favorite poem from high school or some other important period in your life？Why is it that decades later it still stands out in your mind？Probably the main reason is that some aspect of that poem resonates (引起共鸣) with you. In the same way，you too as a school leader can touch the hearts of your staff and students.

Poetry allows us to experience strong spiritual connections to things around us and to the past. Thus , it can inspire whatever and whomever it touches. The power that poetry has displayed over time and across cultures actually satisfies this_common need of the human heart and soul.

As one of the oldest art forms，poetry has successfully connected various strands of humanity (人性) from one generation to another. Referring to poetry，Hillyer makes a simple yet meaningful statement，“With this key mankind unlocked his heart.”

School leaders can find and make use of the value of poetry for themselves，their students and their staff members. Beyond the simple use of poetry，techniques of poetry such as metaphors，repetitions and imagery can be used to take advantage of the power of language to transform communication，create meaning and a culture of care and attention.

Since schools are mainly about people and relationships，school leaders，like poets，are required to inspire and encourage the human heart. The use of poetry－or even of some techniques of poetry－in school leadership not only helps to improve communication，but also serves to meet the human need for inspiration.

49．Who is the passage mainly for?

A．Students.      B．School teachers.    C．School leaders.    D．Poets.

50．According to the passage，some poems are unforgettable mainly because________.

A．they are easy to understand            B．they usually tell true stories

C．they can inspire people's imagination    D．they can touch people's hearts

51．The underlined part “this common need” in the second paragraph refers to________.

A．the need to read poetry            B．the need to be inspired

C．the need to learn about the past      D．the need to be connected with other people

Land Art, sometimes referred to as Earth Art or Earthworks, is a form of art which involves using physical landscapes to create art, taking art out of the museum and into the outside world.  Modern Land Art movement really got going in the 1960s, when American artists began creating Land Art on a large scale.  Today, works of modern Land Art can be seen all over the world, sometimes right alongside much older pieces of Land Art created by people who lived thousands of years ago.

Land art, which is not necessarily unchangeable, can take a number of forms.  For example, in 1970 Robert Smithson created the Spiral Jetty (螺旋码头) , made of a collection of stones and mud, in the Great Salt Lake. The American artist made a large jetty in a spiral shape which sticks out into the waters of the lake.

Reshaping the landscape is a common feature of Land Art.  It can be created by moving components (组分) around. People can also add things to the environment to create Land Art,  like salt,  which is added to the Spiral Jetty. It is possible to use plants.  In all cases, Land Art is immovable.

Land Art is designed to evolve (逐步形成), change, and eventually decay (衰落). That's one of the biggest differences between Land Art and most of the art one sees in the museums. Some works of art can exist only for a few hours or days.  Others are exposed to rain and wind so that they evolve and decay over time, which is part of the attractiveness in the eyes of the artist.

45．From Paragraph 1，we can learn that________.

A．Land Art aims to get people interested in nature

B．American artists were the first to create Land Art

C．Land Art was the most popular art in the 1960s

D．people have been creating Land Art for thousands of years

46．All of the following are used to design the Spiral Jetty EXCEPT________.

A．stones        B．plants       C．salt        D．mud

47．What do we know about Robert Smithson?

A．He is an American artist.             B．He is a pioneer in creating Land Art.

C．He created the most famous Land Art.   D．He lives near the Great Salt Lake.

48. From the passage we know Land Art _______.

A. can not exist for ever           B. can be moved everywhere

C. can be created in a few hours     D. can’t be changed once created

She is widely seen as proof that good looks can last forever. But, at nearly 500 years of age, time_is_catching_up_with_the_Mona_Lisa.

The health of the famous picture, painted by Leonardo da Vinci in 1505, is getting worse by the year, according to the Louvre Museum (卢浮宫博物馆) where it is housed.“The thin, wooden panel on which the Mona Lisa is painted in oil has changed shape since experts checked it two years ago，” the museum said. Visitors have noticed the changes but repairing the world's most famous painting is not easy. Experts are not sure about the materials the Italian artist used and their current (现在的)chemical state.

Nearly 6 million people go to see the Mona Lisa every year, many attracted by the mystery of her smile. “It is very interesting that when you're not looking at her, she seems to be smiling, and then you look at her and she stops，” said Professor Margaret Livingstone of Harvard University.“It's because direct vision is excellent at picking up detail, but less suited to looking at shadows. Da Vinci painted the smile in shadows.”

However, the actual history of the Mona Lisa is just as mysterious as the smile. Da Vinci himself loved it so much that he always carried it with him, until it was eventually sold to France's King Francis I in 1519.

In 1911, the painting was stolen from the Louvre by a former employee, who took it out of the museum hidden under his coat. He said he planned to return it to Italy. The painting was sent back to France two years later.

During World War Ⅱ， French hid the painting in small towns to keep it out of the hands of German forces.

Like many old ladies, the Mona Lisa has some interesting stories to tell.

41．The underlined sentence in the first paragraph means the Mona Lisa ______.

A．is losing its value         B．is being damaged after so many years

C．will rot away             D．is getting more valuable with years passing

42．Experts haven't any repairs on the Mona Lisa because ______.

A．it is now in a poor chemical state

B．they don't know how to replace the wooden panel

C．they don't have the materials Da Vinci used

D．they are afraid it'll be done further damage

43．The smile of the Mona Lisa can only be seen ______.

A．by indirect vision     B．at a distance   C．by direct vision     D．in shadows

44．Which of the following is TRUE about Mona Lisa?

A．It was once taken away and hidden up by German forces.

B．Its painter himself loved it greatly and always kept it in a shade.

C．Mona Lisa stops smiling when you look at her wanting to see her smiles.

D．King Franc I bought it and planned to return it to Italy.