63. From the passage we know one bamboo plant may grow 1.5 meters in a day.

64. The underlined sentence means “Some other bamboo plants may grow to be very thick”. 65. Bamboo can be used to build new buildings and it can hold things very strongly.

九、阅读下面A、B两篇短文，根据短文内容选择正确答案。（共10小题，每小题2分；计20分）

A

On the evening of June 21, 1992, a tall man with brown hair and blue eyes entered the beautiful hall of the Bell Tower Hotel in Xi’an with his bicycle. The hotel workers received him and telephoned the manager, for they had never seen a bicycle in the hotel hall before though they lived in “the kingdom of bicycles.”

Robert, an American, arrived in Xi’an on his bicycle trip across Asia which started last December in New Delhi, India.

When he was 11, he read the book Marco Polo and made up his mind to visit the Silk Road. Now, after 44years, he was on the Silk Road in Xi’an and his early dreams were coming true.

Robert’s next traveling places were Lanzhou, Dunhuang, Urumqi, etc. He will finish his trip in Pakistan.

66. Who was the tall man with brown hair and blue eyes?

A. Marco Polo. B. An American C. The hotel manager. 67. Robert is visiting the three countries in the following order, .

A. China, India, and Pakistan B. Pakistan, China, and India C. India, China, and Pakistan

68. What made Robert want to come to China?

A. The stories about Marco Polo. B. The famous sights in Xi’an C. His interest in Chinese silk.

69. From the passage we can say Robert is.

A. clever B. friendly C. strong-minded 70. The topic of the article is about .

A. The Kingdom of Bicycles B. An American Achieving His Aims C. Marco Polo and the Silk Road

B

What are American high schools like? Well, I’m happy to tell you what I know.

When I started school here, it had already been a week since the school opened. At this school, new students usually go on a trip for about three days at the beginning of school. Unfortunately I missed that wonderful trip, which would have been the best time to get to know my classmates. I felt sad.

But gradually I liked my new life and school.

There is a space in the basement(地下室) of the teaching building where students chat and meet each other. As we do not always have the same classrooms and classmates, the school wants us to get to know each other there. Students usually come to school early, sit in that space and have fun.

It really surprises me that we have almost no textbooks. We only have textbooks for World History and Algebra 2(代数2) and they are big and heavy, like bricks. Without textbooks, students learn things freely and actively. For example, my humanities teacher just teaches us what is in her

mind at the time. We never know what we will learn.

Another difference is that American schools care about student’s morality more than their studies. For example, if you do not finish your homework, you will just be asked to do it later, but if you cheat or lie, you will get a warning or even be kicked out.

I think that most students here are good at schoolwork as well, but compared to Chinese students, they can make learning a more joyful experience. 71. What was the writer sad for?

A. He was late for school. B. He didn’t know anyone C. He missed the trip at the beginning of school.

72. Why do students go to the basement of the teaching building?

A. To attend class. B. To have fun. C. To share a classroom. 73. How do teachers in the US teach the students?

A. Whatever they want to. B. They use bricks. C. Some use textbooks; some teach freely.

74. According to the passage, in American high schools,.

A. you are likely to be kicked out if you cheat

B. you’ll be punished if you do not finish your homework C. students are better at school work than Chinese students 75. The main idea of the passage is about .

A. what American high schools are like

B. American students care much about the grades they get C. Chinese students are looked down upon in America

B卷（计50分）

注意事项：B卷共五大题，请用黑色钢笔将答案写在答题卷上相应的题号后。 一、根据句意和所给首字母填单词，并将单词完整地写在答题卡相应题号后。（共5小题，每小题1分，计5分）

1. The game is so interesting that the two brothers don’t want to stop pit. 2. Not only does Lily speak English c, but she also speaks it fluently. 3. After working in the same place for a few years, I’m tfor a change.

4. The father often feels lbut when their children come home from school at the weekends. 5. In some places, pfrom factories spreads over cities and villages and makes people ill.

二、完成对话：在对话的空格处填上适当的单词，使对话完整正确。一空一词（含缩写词）。（共10小题，每小题1分；计10分）

Reporter: Nice to meet you, Mr. Principal. I’m a reporter from Chengdu TV Station. Should I

make an interview with you?

Principal: OK. With pleasure.

Reporter: Thank you. It’s said that tomorrow you’re going to make a speech for the 1.students of

Grade 9. Can you tell me what’s your purpose of doing it?

Principal: My purpose is just to 2. my students to study harder. You know, they have only two

months’ study at school. Later, they’ll 3. the first hard challenge to take high school entrance examination in their lives. So I’d like to give them more confidence and courage.

Reporter: Quite good! As a principal, you have seen they grow up. Any 4.in them or how have the

students changed?

Principal: Well, when in Grade 7, they were all full of energy and anxious for knowledge. But now

they are talented young adults 5. are full of hopes for the future.

Reporter: Maybe in the last three years, they have learned a lot in 6. and in life. But what do you

think the most important thing is for them?

Principal: I think the most important thing for them to learn is that they should learn to be

7.They should thank those important people in their lives, 8. their teachers and their friends because they are always standing beside them.

Reporter: Do you have any hopes for the students?

Principal: Yes, of course. Life in senior high will be harder and they may have many difficult tasks

ahead of them. But never give up! Choose 9.and be responsible for their decisions and actions. I’m sure the future will belong to 10. .

Reporter: I think so. Thank you, Mr. Principal. You are a good principal.

三、短文填空。从下面方框中选出10个单词，用其适当形式填入短文空格内，使短文意思正确通顺（每词限用一次）。（共10小题，每小题1分；计10分） build stand cheer personal exam everyone sound I importance low mean success There is a tradition at my school that when Chengdu High School Entrance Examination is less than a month away, students in the 1.grades, from Grade7 to Grad3 8, all gather together on the ground in front of the teaching building and cheer on the Grade 9 students who are standing upstairs. It wasn’t until I 2.took part in the activity that I understood the real 3. of it.

I was in Grade 8 at the time. On that special night, all the Grade 9 students 4.in the hallways and looked down at the younger students below. Various cheers started to 5.throughout the school, wave after wave. “Believe in yourself! You will 6.!”

Seeing 7. smiling face around me, I thought of a famous quote from the American philosopher Henry David Thoreau: What you get by achieving your goals is not as 8.as what you become by achieving your goals.

Soon it will be 9. turn to blessed(祝福) in this way, which also means I will have to say goodbye to my school. Although it will be sad, being 10.on by so many students will still be one of the brightest times of my life.

四、阅读表达（共10小题；计10分）

A. 补全短文：根据短文内容，从短文后的A-F选项中选出适当的选项补全短文，并将选项的编号依次填入题号后。（共5小题，每小题1分；计5分）

Madam Curie(居里夫人)

Madam Curie is probably the most famous woman scientist in the world. 1.She won the first in 1903 for physic, with her husband Pierre Curie, and she won the second, for chemistry, in 1911.

Madam Curie was born in 1867 in Poland. 2. In 1891, she went to Paris to live with one of her sisters and was accepted into Sorbonne University. 3. While Madam Curie was at the university, she was introduced to another scientist, Pierre Curie. They worked together and got married in 1895.

Madam Curie cared about knowledge very much. She also cared about people. 4.X-ray

machines were treated with the help of these X-ray machines. She also produced instruments to keep soldier’s wounds clean.

Madam Curie died in 1934 of an illness she got because of her dangerous experiments. 5. Madam Curie is a great model for women around the world. A. As soon as the First War started, Madam Curie gave her Nobel Prize money to help people. B. She was so poor that she worked as a teacher in the evenings and studied chemistry, physics and maths during the day. C. She could not go to university because the family did not have enough money. D. The notebooks she used are still too dangerous to touch, so they are kept in a special box. E. Although the family did not have much money, she studied very hard so that she could be a scientist. F. She was the first person in history to receive two Nobel Prizes. B. 完成表格：根据短文内容，完成下面表格中所缺信息。（共5小题，每小题1分，计5分）

More and more people believe that technologies are great for learning. Today, such teaching tools as iPads are used in a lot of courses, including language, history and science.

Many teachers are supporters of using iPads in language learning. They say that students now have much more time for discussion in the classroom. Instead of spending valuable class time listening to texts or watching teaching videos, students can do this on their own and come to class prepared for discussion.

The teachers also say that iPads allow students to learn at their own steps. Some students might listen to a dialogue only once and understand it, so they can save time for doing other things. Other students, however, might need to listen to the same dialogue again and again to understand it. Using iPads is especially helpful to students who are learning a language at different steps.

The students who are using the new tool in some courses are also happy. They believe that using iPads is a more enjoyable way to learn (such as watching movies). The class has become much more interesting and creative.

There are other advantages for students. By using iPads, they can pay more attention to the material and learn more. Teaching motes are stored in their iPads and are easy to find. Some students spend more time studying now. “I can listen to my language material or watch teaching videos on the bus, instead of having to wait until I get home,” a student explained.

Many adults complain that technologies such as iPads are bad for students. They worry that students might use iPads to download teaching notes and use them to cheat during exams. Some believe that iPads may separate students from each other. If a student spends more time watching videos on an iPad, he will have fewer opportunities to have face-to-face communication with others.

However, technologies are already a part of most students’ lives. As for cheating, teachers can ask students to hand in their iPads when they take exams. Education needs to make changes with the time as technology is playing an important part. We should look forward to wonderful future when iPads and other technologies can add a lot to classroom. Things or ideas 1.such as iPads. Advantages for students Introductions More and more people use them for learning courses today. ▲Teachers think students can have more time for discussion and learn at their own steps.