8. The situation is (完全地) out of control now.

7. If you are (不確定) how long you will stay there,you can book the ticket later.

6. People used to (儲存) ice in the underground room.

5. His (私人的) secretary says he won't be back until Christmas.

4. We were told to always put (顧客) needs first when we were trained.

3. What a (雜亂) you’ve made!You’d better clear it up before Mum gets home.

2. I am very busy now. I have to have my letter (郵寄)

四、單詞拼寫(12分)

1. As the saying goes,each (硬幣) hastwosides.

(B) For most kids,homework is just part of their daily lives,but have you ever imagined that one day you won’t need to do any homework at all? Such a thing has just happened in a school in the UK.

Nottingham East Academy,a school in the UK,has established a non-homework policy (政策) recently. The school plans to give an extra lesson and provide more activities for students to do at school. So the students no longer need to do homework after class. When the school announced this policy,students,parents and teachers were all shocked.

The school,Nottingham East Academy,is the country^ largest school. It has a total of 3 ,570 students,Barry Day,prevsident of the school,thinks that homework is unnecessary and can ea^sily cause argument both at home and at school. He once told the local newspaper,

^People give homework for children to do simply because they think it should be given. Actually,homework doesn’t help with education at all."

Letting kids do their homework at school is becoming popular in the UK. Several other schools are welcoming the policy and are taking similar measures (措施) . Tiffin Boy's School has started giving students less homework. Students now spend le^s time on homework. The time has dropped from two or three hours to just forty minutes a night. Nottingham East Academy is asking students to read for pleasure with their parents at home instead.

() 6. The underlined word “established ” in the second paragraph probably means .

   A. 制定  B. 抱怨   C. 發(fā)表   D. 取消

() 7. How much time does it take students to finish their homework at Tiffin Boy^

School now?

   A. None. B. Two hours. C. Three hours. D. Forty minutes.

() 8. According to the passage,which statement is WRONG?

   A. Nottingham East Academy is larger than any other school in the UK.

   B. In the UK,no school has announced a non-homework policy so far.

   C. Letting kids do their homework at school is popular in the UK.

   D. Reading after school is good for students.

() 9. Barry Day thinks homework unnecessary because  .

   A. most people don't think homework should be given

   B. he doesn't think homework is helpful to education

   C. homework takes students too much time

   D. some schools welcome the policy

() 10. The best title for the passage is .

   A. Homework Is Necessary   B. Reading after School

   C. Non-Homework Policy   D. Amazing Advertisement

三、 閱讀理解(20分)

(A) Jerry Green was sent to spend a year at the South Pole Station as the only doctor in 1998 when she was 47. While working at the station that March,she discovered that there wa、s a hard lump (腫塊) in her stomachs She knew it was cancer,but she wasn't able to go to a doctor for help. She couldn leave the station for the next seven months until the snow thawed Dr. Green didn't wait for the death,but decided to fight against the cancer. She tried to tell about the lump to a hospital in the United States. The doctors vSaid it was cancer. Without the proper treatments she wouldn't live for long. Soon a USA airplane came to provide her with some help. She started her own treatments after getting instructions from American doctors. She finally spent the long winter there before she returned home that October. Then she became a member in support of cancer charities. She also wrote a best-selling book called Ice Bound.

Sadly,Dr. Green cancer finally returned. She died on June 23 ,2009.

() 1. Jerry Green discovered that she had a hard lump in her stomach in .

   A. March,1998   B. May,1998   C. June,2009   D. July,2009

() 2. What does the underlined word “thawed” mean in Chinese?

   A. 形成   B. 堆積   C. 融化   D. 覆蓋

() 3. Which of the following statements is NOT true?

   A. Dr. Green decided to give up the treatments.

   B. She sent the information about the lump to a hospital in the United States.

   C. She wrote a book called Ice Bound.

   D. Dr. Green died of cancer.

() 4. When did she start her own treatments?

   A. After searching the Internet.

   B. After getting instructions from American doctors.

   C. After hearing from her parents.

   D. After becoming a member in support of cancer charities.

() 5. How does the writer feel about Dr. Green^,s death?

   A. exciting. B. Happy. C. Sad. D. Pleased.