tch TV. Keith Connolly was doing an interview on the local news programme.
Danny hoped that the television wouldn?t go fuzzy (模糊的) or lose the sound when Keith Connolly was talking. It was an old set, and it did things like that.
It wasn?t clear enough, but at last Keith Connolly?s smiling face appeared on the screen. ?What I really like about playing for Lowgate,? he said, ?is the fans. They?re the best. They always support us. It?s fantastic running on to the playground to all that cheering and chanting.?
Danny wished he could be in that crowd at the Lowgate ground, but the price of a single ticket was way above anything he could afford. There was no chance of the whole family going, or even just Danny and his little brother.
?You won again on Saturday,? said the reporter. ?Did the team go out to celebrate?? ?We went for a meal together,? said Keith Connolly, ?but I have to be careful about what I eat, because I want to stay fit. I love doughnuts (甜甜圈) very much …?
Then the sound went fuzzy, and Danny jumped up and thumped the top of the set to make it come on again. He hadn?t missed much. But he had missed something important. Keith Connolly had been saying ?… but I?m not allowed to eat doughnuts.?
Danny hadn?t heard that. All he heard was that Keith Connolly loved doughnuts. And at the end of Danny?s street was a bakery. It sold the biggest and the best doughnuts! When Danny went to bed, he lay wide-awake, making a plan. 69. Keith Connolly was ________.
A) Danny?s brother B) one of Danny?s fans C) a basketball player D) the captain of Lowgate
70. One day, Danny did his homework hurriedly so as to ________. A) play with Keith Connolly B) watch a TV programme C) interview Keith Connolly D) read a local newspaper
71. The writer described Danny?s TV to tell us ________. A) Danny needed to buy a new TV set B) Danny?s family was poor C) Danny liked football very much D) Danny?s wish came true 72. The word “thumped” in paragraph 9 means ________. A) covered B) reached C) beat D) managed 73. The underlined word “that” refers to “________”.
A) we went for a meal together B) I have to be careful about what I eat C) I love doughnuts very much D) I?m not allowed to eat doughnuts
74. Danny most probably planned to ________ when he lay wide-awake on the bed. A) get less homework to do every day B) find a way of giving doughnuts to Keith
C) celebrate the victory in the bakery D) tell Keith not to eat too many doughnuts
B. Choose the words or expressions and complete the passage (选择最恰当的单词或词语完成短文) (12分)
Can you imagine getting up in the morning without a coffee for breakfast? What is a good meal without a coffee at the end of it? Coffee is probably the world?s favourite drink, but most of us never give it a second 75 . How much do you know about coffee?
The Turks gave us the word coffee and the Italians gave us espresso and cappuccino, but Finland is the biggest coffee-drinking country in the world. Coffee originally came from Ethiopia, but Brazil and Colombia are now the most important countries that 76 coffee.
There are more than 100 different varieties of coffee beans and Jamaican Blue Mountain is said to have the best 77 . However, the most expensive coffee in the world (at $660 / kilo) is Kopi Luwak. An Indonesian cat called Paradoxurus is 78 fond of coffee beans and Kopi Luwak is made from its droppings!
We all know coffee addicts –people who can do nothing in the morning until their second or third cup of coffee.http://www.2abc8.com/ The most 79 coffee addicts in the world were probably the French writers Balzac (40 cups a day) and Voltaire (more than 50 cups a day). Beethoven was also a coffee lover – he always 80 60 beans for each cup of coffee that he made.
The most fashionable coffee bars in the US serve ?coffee art?. Artists in California draw leaves, hearts and other designs in your coffee. 75. A) hand B) thought C) look D) chance 76. A) protect B) prepare C) produce D) predict 77. A) sight B) taste C) model D) sense
78. A) especially B) directly C) nearly D) immediately 79. A) pleasant B) famous C) regular D) similar 80. A) planted B) collected C) stored D) counted
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)
Wild animals usually make their own homes if they need one, but pets often need some sort of house to live in. An outdoor kennel is a good home for a large dog and pet birds are best kept in a cage large e 81 for them to move around freely. Small pets such as mice, rats and hamsters(仓鼠) can be kept in small cages but larger animals such as rab
bits and guinea pigs should have a b 82 cage.
Many people have fish as pets. If they are coldwater fish, they can live in an aquarium or a fish pond in the garden. Tropical(热带的) fish need a lot more looking after and will d 83 unless they are in a warm tank with an air pump(泵). Stick insects can be kept in a jar with a fine net tied over the top. Ants can also be kept in a g 84 container(容器) where you can see them working in their tunnels.
Most pets also like something to do. It would be a very b 85 life for a budgerigar (虎皮鹦鹉) in its cage without a ladder and a bell or a mirror. Hamsters and mice enjoy e 86 on a treadwheel(踏车). Another thing that is quite necessary in a cage or hutch is to provide an amount of f 87 food and water that is changed daily. Fish, too, need more than just a home. A fish tank should have a floor of sand and a few stones. It is also a good idea to have some plants growing in the water, to help the fish breathe properly.
D. Answer the questions (根据短文内容回答问题) (12分)
For centuries, the Inca city of Machu Picchu was lost in the jungle. Then, in 1911, the American explorer, Hiram Bingham, discovered the ruins(废墟) of it. It is one of the most extraordinary places in the world.
Today it is also one of the most popular tourist destinations in the world. Many people choose to follow the Inca Trail (印加古道), a centuries-old path of 43 kilometres that takes three or four days on foot. Others take the train and then a bus for the last part of the journey.
Now a hotel company is going to build a cable car to the top of Machu Picchu. ?The cable car is good news for Machu Picchu,? says a company spokesman. ?There are going to be a lot more tourists and that means more jobs for the local people. Looking after the ruins is expensive. With the extra money, we can spend more on looking after them.?
However, the plan is not popular in Peru (秘鲁). Ana Redondo, a tour guide, explains the problem. ?There are already more than 300,000 tourists that go to Machu Picchu every year. The Inca Trail is crowded. Old tea bags and water bottles can be found here and there. How dirty the Inca Trail is now! The new cable car is going to bring 400 tourists every hour! The company is also going to build a large hotel and tourist centre with souven
ir shops, fast food restaurants and so on. It is the end of Machu Picchu.?
Ana is an activist who belongs to an organization named Save Machu Picchu. She says that the organization is going to stop the company?s plans. ?Tomorrow we are meeting government officers. Next week two scientists from UNESCO will come here. We will discuss the plans. Next month we are organizinghttp://www.2abc8.com/ an international meeting. We are not going to stop until the cable car idea is dead.?
88. What did Hiram Bingham discover in 1911?
_____________________________________________________________________. 89. How long is the Inca Trail, a centuries-old path?
_____________________________________________________________________. 90. What does the hotel company plan to do?
_____________________________________________________________________. 91. What is the problem the Inca Trail has now?
_____________________________________________________________________. 92. What will Save Machu Picchu do next week?
It ____________________________________________________________________. 93. Do you think the hotel company?s plan is a good idea or not? Why?
_____________________________________________________________________.
VII. Writing (作文) (共20分)
94. Write at least 60 words about the topic “My last winter holiday in junior middle school” (以“我初中的最后一个寒假”为题，写一篇不少于60个词的短文，标点符号不占格) 即将到来的寒假是你在初中阶段最后一个寒假。你想怎样度过这个寒假呢？你最想做的事情是什么呢？你觉得你父母会赞成你的想法吗？请把你的想法写下来，告诉他们吧。
(注意：短文中不得出现任何人名、校名及其它相关信息，否则不予评分。)
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81 enough 82 bigger 83 die 84 glass 85 boring 86 exercising 87 fresh 88 He discovered the ruins of the Inca city. 89 It is 43 kilometres long.
90 The hotel company. / It plans to build a cable to the top of Machu Picchu. 91 it is crowded and dirty now.
92 It will discuss the plans with two scientists from UNESCO. 93 It?s good idea.
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