cleaning,\Mum suggested. \you can help me, right?\Martina agreed unwillingly.

They cleaned the house. They cleaned upstairs, downstairs, inside, outside, until everything was clean. Then Mum pointed to Grandpa's sofa and shouted. \old sofa has got to go. We'll buy Grandpa a new one.\

It was true and Martina had to agree. The sofa was really old. As they tried to move the sofa, Grandpa stood in their way. \

\you a new one,\

\about it tonight when John gets home.\

\family were having supper. Grandpa shook his head and said, \your grandma right here, when I asked her to marry me. It was so long ago, but when I sit in this sofa and close my eyes I feel she is near.\

\amazing,\Martina thought, \Grandpa can remember things from the past. These days he forgets almost everything.\

The old man smiled to Martina and went on. \I sat in this sofa. I was nervous when they placed the little baby into my arms.\

\continued, \your grandma was ill. I was lost without her, but the sofa gave me the comfort.\

\Grandpa. \is not just an old sofa. This sofa is more like a friend.\The whole family agreed that the living room would be boring without the old sofa. 34.What is a robin?

A. A bird. B. A cat. C. A fish. D. A worm. 35.What was Grandpa like these days?

A. Careless. B. Impatient. C. Organized. D. Forgetful. 36.Who was \

A. Martina. B. Martina's dad. C. Martina's mum. D. Martina's uncle. 37.What's the best title for this passage?

A. Martina's wish B. A spring cleaning C. A happy family D. The old sofa

C

Dear Mr Scott, I expect you may be slightly surprised to receive a letter from your next-door neighbor, but I have to raise a theme that it will be easier for me to discuss in writing. You may have noticed that I have a line of apple trees running along the fence（栅栏）that separates our two gardens. You may also have felt happy when you see your two children sitting on your grass by the fence. And you may also have noticed that my apple trees bend over the fence and seem to look down at your children with interest. It is only natural that your children should sometimes seem to return that interest. And it is quite legal（合法的）for them to show that interest by picking all the apples that hang over on your side of the fence. But to tell you the truth, Mr Scott, I am tired of seeing your children, day after day, destroy the branches of every one of my apple trees. And it seems that a war has been fought on one side of my apple trees. Besides, I am more tired of waking up on these fine autumn mornings to find even the apples on MY side of the fence much less in number. I know this too is the work of your children, since last night I was woken at midnight by the noise they were making when climbing one of my trees, and (as they may have told you) I drove them away. Yours sincerely, Becky Aldrin

38.What is this?

A. A complaint letter. B. An invitation letter. C. A thank-you letter. D. A recommendation letter. 39.Which season was it?

A. Spring. B. Summer. C. Autumn. D. Winter.

40 .What did the two children do last night? A. They sat on the grass. B. They ran along the fence. C. They destroyed the branches. D. They climbed an apple tree. 41 .How was Becky Aldrin when she wrote this letter? A. Polite but serious. B. Surprised but happy. C. Angry and rude. D. Tired and uninterested. 42 .What did Becky Aldrin wish Mr Scott to do next?

A. Be kind to his neighbour B. Make friends with his children. C. Have a talk with his children. D. Grow apple trees in his garden.

四、词语运用（共16小题，每小题1分，满分16分）

A）选用方框内的单词或词组填空，其中有一个单词或词组是多余的。

Miss whatever after all never balance for free 43 .If you are lucky enough, you will get a concert ticket ▲ ． 44 .Mary, I shall ▲ our pleasant talks when you leave.

45 .As an old saying goes, \ ▲ been to the Great Wall is not a true man.\

46 .When Tom was running after the dog, he lost his ▲ and fell over. 47 .You can eat ▲ you like, my dear.

B）根据句子意思，用括号中所给单词的正确形式填空。（每空限填一个单词） 48 .My cousin is good at ▲ （dance).

49 .Their house is just like our house, but ▲ （we) has a bigger balcony. 50.Yuan Longping is one of the ▲ （great) people that have ever lived, I think.

51 .I bought the computer ▲ （simple) because it was cheap. 52 .I need ▲ （silent) when I am studying. C）用括号中所给动词的正确形式填空，使短文完整。

Donnie Darko is a fantastic film. It's a dark comedy, which is sometimes funny and sometimes frightening.

The film 53 (set) in an American town. One night, Donnie Darko, who is a teenager, meets a frightening man 54 (dress) as a rabbit. When a plane crashes into Donnie's house, the man saves his life and then tells him that his enemies plan 55 (end) the world in 26 days. The film is about the next 26 days. It's a teenage love story, a thriller, a science fiction film, and a comedy, all in one film.

Donnie Darko was written and directed by Richard Kelly, who 56 (be) only 25 when he made it. It 57 (win) plenty of film awards so far, but no Oscars. The music is really good, and it 58 (include) 1980s pop songs. Watch this film now and see what you think of it.

五、阅读填词（共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分） 阅读短文，根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填入一个最恰当的单词。

You may think that English dictionaries have been used for many, many centuries. The spelling of English has always been a problem, but it was more of a problem in the days before a dictionary. In those days people spelt words in different ways which you might find interesting. But it made reading English much more difficult. So dictionaries were invented to encourage everybody to spell the same. In fact, an English dictionary like the kind you use today wasn't made until the time of the Qing Dynasty.

The largest dictionary in the world is the仇户rd English Dictionary, or OED for short. The idea for this dictionary came from an important meeting in Britain in 1857. Twenty-two years later, Oxford University asked James Murray to be the editor of its new dictionary.

Murray had not been to college. At the age of fourteen, he left his village school in Scotland and taught himself while working in a bank. Later he became a great teacher. After Oxford gave him the job, Murray had a place built in the garden behind his house to do his work. Part of it was one metre underground. In winter he had to wear a heavy coat and put his feet in a box to keep warm. Every morning, Murray got out of bed at five o'clock and worked several hours before breakfast. Often he would