V. Rewrite the following sentences as required（根据所给要求，改写下列句子。每空格限填

一词）: (共14分)

62. All of us know something about the traditional skill of cormorant fishing. (改为否定句)

_________ of us know _________ about the traditional skill of cormorant fishing. _________ _________ will Millie and Ken finish their crime report?

64. Some kids rarely know how to control themselves in front of a computer. (改为反意疑问句) Some kids rarely know how to control themselves in front of a computer, ________ ________? 65. I used to drink coffee when I am free, but now I drink tea instead. (保持原句意思不变)

Now I drink tea _________ _________ coffee when I am free. 66. We must think of a plot before we start to write a story. (改为被动语态) A plot must __________ __________ of before we start to write a story.

67. Add an ending to your story, and you’ll find it more attractive. (保持原句意思不变)

You _________ find your story less attractive _________ you add an ending to it. 68. box, Tony, lift, is, the, to, impossible, for, it, heavy (连词成肯定句) ___________________________________________________

63. Millie and Ken will finish their crime report in three days. (对划线部分提问)

Part 3 Reading and Writing (第三部分 读写)

Ⅵ. Reading comprehension (阅读理解) (共50分)

A. Choose the best answer（根据短文内容，选择最恰当的答案) (12分)

Join the Roller Coaster Club!

You’re sitting in a tiny car. The car is part of a very small train that runs on a narrow track. Slowly, the little train climbs to the top of a huge hill.

You’re high above the grounds, so high that you can see for miles. Suddenly, you rush toward the ground at a speed that takes your breath away. You’re on your way up again, and this time you’re upside down!

You go up, down, and around. You’re on a roller coaster（过山车）. Some people think riding a roller coaster is really terrifying. One ride is more than enough for them, even in a lifetime. However, other people love riding roller coasters. They ride their favourite roller coaster over and over. They also like to try out new roller coaster.

There’s a club for people who are very crazy at riding roller coasters. It’s called ACE. ACE is a short form for American Coaster Enthusiasts (热衷者). Steven Reagan and Kevin Lipnicky belong

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to ACE, and so do their families. Their family holidays often include trips to amusement parks to ride on new roller coasters.

As members of ACE, the boys were among the first to ride a new roller coaster at Sea World in Texas. It’s called the Great White, which is the name of a kind of shark.

Sometimes, amusement parks close the roller coaster to everyone except ACE members. “If there’s no one in line,” says Steven, “we keep our seats and ride again!”

It’s not all fun for ACE members. They also have a job to do. They tell owners of new amusement parks where the old roller coasters are. The owners buy the old roller coasters and move them to new homes so that they can be fixed instead of being destroyed (毁坏)

For ACE members, roller coaster riding is fun, fun, fun! People are thankful to the work they do to save different old roller coasters.

69. When a roller coaster takes you to the top, high above the grounds, it will probably ________.

A) stop it and get off

C) take away your breath

A) amazing C) exciting A) are all adults

B) climb out of the train slowly D) rush to the grounds B) satisfying D) frightening

B) love to ride roller coasters D) only ride old roller coasters

70. Some people think riding a roller coaster is terrifying. The underlined word means ________. 71. From this passage, you can tell that members of ACE ________.

C) don’t like to ride the Great White

72. Which statement is probably NOT TRUE about Steven?

A) ACE members will keep their seats and ride again if nobody is in line. B) He is probably one of the first to ride new a roller coaster at Sea World. C) He knows nothing about different roller coasters.

D) He enjoys family holidays, including trips to amusement parks. A) but it’s still open to ACE members C) and ACE members can do nothing at all A) They cannot be moved. C) They are all the same. 短文)（12分）

You’re minding your own business. Suddenly, you look up to see your big brother coming

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73. Sometimes roller coasters in amusement parks are closed to everyone, _________.

B) and the seats will be destroyed at once D) but new owners never have them fixed B) They provide different kinds of fun. D) Old roller coasters cannot be fixed.

74. Which statement is probably TRUE about roller coasters?

B. Choose the words or expressions and complete the passage（选择最恰当的单词或词语完成

towards you. He’s giggling (痴笑) from ear to ear. His arms are stretched out, fingers shaking slightly. You try to get away, but there’s no way to 75 . Before you know it, he’s tickling (抓痒逗笑) you, and you can’t stop laughing.

Most of us don’t like to be tickled. We try everything to move our way out of a tickle. Yet no matter how much we dislike being tickled, we always end up laughing.

Why do people laugh when they are tickled? That’s 76 scientist Christine Harris of San Diego, California, wanted to find out. First, Harris and her friends needed to practice. They

spent some time tickling each other. Then they gathered a group of students who were ready to be tickled in the name of science.

Next, Harris’s 77 observed how hard the students laughed at different TV shows. They wanted to know about that type of laughter which is different from laughter caused by tickling. Then the team tickled the student volunteers under the arms and on the toes (脚趾). As part of the research, Harris’s team even used a tickle machine with parts that 78 shaking fingers!

What were the results of this tickling research? Harris’s team found that people do not laugh because tickling is funny. People simply cannot stop themselves from laughing when they are tickled. The scientists decided that ticklish laughter may be a special kind of action. This action happens 79 a person’s control or effort.

So, have all questions about tickling been answered? Has Harris tickled her last toe? It’s unlikely. It seems that humans are not the only living things that giggle when they are tickled. Young chimpanzees also 80 to tickle one another during their play. They, too, seem to chuckle (吃吃地笑) when they are tickled. 75. A) hold 76. A) how 77. A) team 78. A) pointed out 79. A) besides 80. A) enjoy

B) watch B) what B) customer B) moved like B) except B) improve

C) escape C) who C) invention C) went in for C) with C) love

D) wait D) why D) relationship D) kept in touch with D) without D) organize

C. Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words（在短文的空格内填入适当的词，使其内容通顺，每空格限填一词，首字母已给)（14分）

Who is managing things in your town or city? Someone repairs a broken window in the library. Someone makes sure the traffic lights work. Someone pumps clean water into the pipes. Someone c 81 for the animals in the zoo.

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The people who do these jobs are part of the government. In most towns or cities, they work for the mayor (市长). The mayor works with other o 82 . They manage the city and make sure that the work gets done. They fix old things, like roads and bridges. They build new things, like schools and parks. If people c 83 , they listen carefully. Then they change things that are wrong. For example, if a law isn’t f 84 to some people, they change it. They try to do what the people want.

Election Day is report card time! If people think the city government is doing fine, they might k 85 the same mayor. If there are problems, they might elect a new mayor.

On Election Day, people go to different places to vote (投票). Then all the votes are c 86 . The mayor may win or lose. For the winner, there is lots of excitement! There is a big party with balloons f 87 in the air!

The next day, it’s time to run the city or town again. The mayor must do a good job. The office members must work hard, too. After all, in a few years, there will be another Election Day. D. Answer the questions（根据短文内容回答下列问题) (12分)

1) If you live in Tornado (龙卷风) area, you keep a close eye on the sky. This part of the mid-western United States has as many as 300 tornadoes blowing through it every year. Local people know that a “twister（旋风）” may be only a hop, skip, and a jump away. Twisters are tornadoes, and tornadoes are trouble for people living there.

2) A tornado is wind caused by a thunderstorm (雷雨). Tornadoes are the most terrible winds on Earth. They can travel up to 300 miles an hour. At that high speed, they damage almost anything. As they move, tornadoes turn round quickly in a twisting movement. They change direction without warning.

3) Once you’ve seen a tornado, you’re not likely to forget it. It has a unique（独特的）appearance. Take an ice cream cone, turn it upside down, and you’ve got a model for a tornado. The sound is also hard to be mistaken. Everything becomes completely silent. Even the

insects stop buzzing. It seems the tornado take in all of the sound from the air. Suddenly it shouts it all back out in a roar, like a train running out of control.

4) But sometimes the result can’t be predicted. Have you ever seen the film The wizard of Oz（绿野仙踪）? Remember the scene when Dorothy’s house flies? A tornado once carried a house through the air for two miles. Another twister lifted a china cabinet（橱柜）and dropped it back to Earth some miles away. No dish was broken. Once, a tornado swept a child and her pony into the air.

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