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went on the old man. “Our forefathers(祖先)planted trees for us to enjoy and I am doing the same for the people after me.”

The rich man was quiet and said, “You are right, my good man. We should do some things for the people after us. Thank you very much.” Then he rode away.

104.What tree was the old man planting when the rich man saw him？

_____________________________________________ 105.How old was the old man？

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106.The old man was planting the tree to get himself some fruit to eat, wasn't he？

_____________________________________________ 107. Did the rich man eat figs when he was a boy？

____________, ________________________________ 108. Who was he planting the tree for？

_____________________________________________ 109. In your opinion, what should we do for the people after us？

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长宁

Choose the best answer（根据短文内容，选择最恰当的答案): ( 6分)

The brain receives information from the outside world through the sensory system. This information is gathered through the eyes, the nose, the ears, the mouth and the surface of the body. It is then kept in the memory. In fact, scientists do not fully understand how the memory works but they have not shown that there is any limit to the amount of information that the human brain can store. Also, it appears that the information is never lost. Very old people often remember things that happened in their childhood which have not come to their minds for sixty to seventy years. If we have stored something in our memory, it is here. But can we get it out again and use it? That is the difficulty.

Some of the information we receive only goes into the Short Term Memory. We only keep this information for a minute or two, then we lose it. This temporary memory is very important in our thinking and understanding. It is used, for example, when you try to remember a name that someone told you a moment ago or a telephone number that you are going to dial. School children in class often seem to use the Short Term Memory if they are not interested in the subject. When school teachers describe this, they say that things go “in one ear and out in the other”. But if a child is interested, he puts the information in his Long Term Memory, and he never loses it (th course, sometimes he cannot bring it to mind). Long Term Memory depends heavily on our understanding of the meaning of the information we receive.

( )84. Information is gathered through the ________ of sight, hearing, smell, taste and touch. A. sense B. experience C. practice D. brightness ( )85. Scientists know ________.

A. nothing about the memory of human beings B. everything about the memory of human beings

C. something about the memory of human beings D. anything about the memory of human beings

( )86. The human brain seems to be able to store ________. A. a huge amounts of information B. limited (有限的). amounts of information C. much information D. unlimited (无限的). amounts of information ( )87. Very old people can remember everything happened ________ A. in the past B. about seventy years ago C. in their thirties D. in their classroom ( )88. If a school child is not interested in a subject, ________.

A. what he learns is quickly forgotten B. what he learns is quickly memorized C. what he learns is easily forgotten D. what he learns is easily memorized ( )89. The better we understand the meaning of the information, ________. A. the more information we can put in our Short Term Memory B. the more information we can put in our Long Term Memory C. the less information we can put in our Short Term Memory D. the less information we can put in our Long Term Memory

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

成短文):（14分） London, May 5th, 2003 Emma Richards of Britain has become the first woman and the youngest person to finish the Around Alone round-the world sailing race. The journey started in New York last September and went __90__ around South Africa to New Zealand. It crossed the Pacific and went around South America, ending up yesterday in Rhode Island, the smallest state in America. In the end, the trip covered over 46,000 kilometers. The race was on the same sea route taken in the past __91___ many famous travelers who wanted to learn about the world.

Emma, a 1996 graduate of the University of Glasgow, finished the race at the age of twenty-eight. The race requires competitors to sail ___92___. Emma said that actually it was very difficult to be all by herself for such a long period ___93___ she really loves sailing. Her ___94___ moment was when she had to climb an eighty-foot mast in a bad storm to fix some ___95___ parts of the boat. By that time, she was hundreds of kilometers from ___96___ and the wind was blowing very hard. Only her strong willpower kept her going to make it all the way. These days, Emma is happy to be home with her parents and sleep in a bed that stays still. ( )90. A) east ( )91. A) of ( )92. A) lonely ( )93. A) because of ( )94. A) least ( )95. A) broke ( )96. A) land

B) south B) for B) alone B) even though B) best B) breaking B) island

C) west C) to C) along C) so that C) worst C) broken C) sea

D) north D) by D) down D) as if D) most D) breaks D) ocean

E. 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） New York City is in the northeast of the United States. Its nickname is “The Big Apple”. It?s the most popular and biggest city in the USA. It has an area of about 831.4 s__97__ kilometers with a population of about 18.8 million. The city is a modern city with convenient public transportation. There are many museums and galleries in the city. You can?t m__98__ the Broadway district, if you are a lover of musicians.

The city has many well-known landmarks. The Statue of Liberty is one of the most

f__99___ statues in the world. France gave it to the US as a p___100___ in 1886. Although Wall Street is a narrow street, it holds the whole w__101__ attention. The city is also home to several of the tallest buildings in the world like the Empire State Building (帝国大厦). Besides, if you like walking, you must take a walk a__102___ Fifth Avenue.

There are nearly 170 languages s__103___ in the city. How attractive the city is!

F. Answer the questions（根据短文内容回答下列问题): ( 12分)

Dinosaurs suddenly disappeared about 65 million years ago. There are a lot of theories on why they died out. And the most famous is the asteroid(小行星)theory.

Many scientists think that at that time a 10-kilometre-wide asteroid hit the Earth. It broke the Earth?s outer covering, and made hot dust fly into the sky. Then the hot dust caused fires, storms, acid rain, and even volcanoes. The great heat killed most living things.

The large amount of dust in the sky formed a layer so sunlight couldn?t reach Earth for months and the temperature became lower and lower. As a result, more dinosaurs died. Because plants could not grow without sunlight, they soon died. So if there were still some dinosaurs strong enough to survive, they had nothing to eat and so, died out.

A recent study shows that at that time two asteroids moving between Mars and Jupiter hit each other and sent many huge rocks to the Earth, including the ones that killed the dinosaurs. However, no one knows the truth. Now what do you think? 104. What is the most famous theory on why dinosaurs died out?

105. How big was the asteroid that hit the Earth according to many scientists? The asteroid was ___________ wide. 106. How did the asteroid kill most living things?

The asteroid hit the Earth and killed most living things by . 107. What three things made dinosaurs die out according to the asteroid theory? _______ _______ and ___ made dinosaurs die out. 108. What different detail can we learn from the recent study?

We can learn from the recent study that ___________ from the two asteroids hitting each

other killed the dinosaurs.

109. What do you learn from this passage?

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浦东

( C )

Life is wonderful, but it is also challenging at times. The following advice comes from one of the most successful businessmen in history, Bill Gates. He recently told a group of students about 8 things they do not learn in school.

Rule 1: Life is not fair - get used to it.

Rule 2: The world will expect you to do something BEFORE you feel good about yourself. Rule 3: You will NOT make 40 thousand dollars a year right out of high school. Rule 4: If you think your teacher is tough, wait till you get a boss.

Rule 5: If you mess up, it's not your parents' fault, so don't complain about your mistakes, learn from them.

Rule 6: Your school may have done away with winners and losers but life has not. In some schools, if you meet with difficulties and they'll give you as many times as you want to get the right answer. This isn?t the similar to ANYTHING in real life.

Rule 7: Life is not divided into terms. You don't get summers off and very few people are interested in helping you find yourself. Do that on your own time.

Rule 8: Television is NOT real life. In real life people actually have to leave the coffee shop and go to jobs.

Choose the best answer（根据短文内容，选择最恰当的答案): ( 5分) 63. What is Bill Gates? ___________________

A) A cameraman. B) A computer expert. C) A detective. D) A player. 64. Bill Gates believes life is ___________________

A) full of difficulties. B) full of fun.

C) fun and challenging. D) different to different people . 65. What is Bill Gates? opinion about mistakes ? ___________________

A) We should complain about them. B) They?re caused by parents. C) It?s not necessary for us to pay attention to them. D) Mistakes can make us grow.

66. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A) Real life doesn?t give us as many times to correct our mistakes as schools. B) Life in school is the same as life in jobs.

C) A huge number of people are ready to help when you are troubled by work.. D) Television can tell us what real life is like.

67. Why does Bill Gates give us such advice according to the passage? He wants to make us

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