第三部分閱讀理解 (滿分30分)
A
Some scientists say that animals in the ocean are increasingly threatened by noise pollution caused by human beings. It is caused mainly by industrial underwater explosions, ocean drilling, and ship engines.
Some scientists have proposed setting a noise limit of one hundred and twenty decibels (分貝) in oceans. They have observed that noises at the level can frighten and confuse (使困惑) whales.
A team of American and Canadian scientists discovered that loud noises could seriously injure some animals. They found that powerful underwater explosions were causing whales in the area to lose their hearing. This seriously affected the whales’ ability to exchange information and find their way. Some of the whales even died.
Some researchers whose work depends on ocean sounds object to (反對) a limit of one hundred and twenty decibels. They say such a limit would mean an end to important industrial and scientific research. Scientists do not know how much and what kinds of noises are harmful to ocean animals. However, many scientists agree that noise is a greater danger than they believed. They want to prevent noises from harming creatures (生物) in the ocean.
56. According to the passage, which of the following is increasingly dangerous to sea creatures?
A. The man-made noises.            
B. The noises made by themselves.
C. The sound of earthquakes.         
D. The sound of ice-breaking.
57. Concerning the effect of noises on whales, which of the following is TRUE?
A. They are deaf to noises.           
B. Noises at a certain level may hurt them.
C. Noises could kill them.            
D. Noises will cause them to lose their eyesight.
58. Some scientists think that the noise limit of one hundred and twenty decibels would _________.
A. prevent them doing their research work    
B. benefit them a lot in their research work
C. do good to their health                 
D. increase the industrial output
59. According to the last paragraph, what will scientists most probably do in the future?
A. They will study the effect of different noises in the sea.
B. They will work hard to make no noise.
C. They will never do any scientific research in the sea.
D. They will protect sea animals from harmful noises.

第三部分 閱讀理解 (滿分30分)

A

Some scientists say that animals in the ocean are increasingly threatened by noise pollution caused by human beings. It is caused mainly by industrial underwater explosions, ocean drilling, and ship engines.

Some scientists have proposed setting a noise limit of one hundred and twenty decibels (分貝) in oceans. They have observed that noises at the level can frighten and confuse (使困惑) whales.

A team of American and Canadian scientists discovered that loud noises could seriously injure some animals. They found that powerful underwater explosions were causing whales in the area to lose their hearing. This seriously affected the whales’ ability to exchange information and find their way. Some of the whales even died.

Some researchers whose work depends on ocean sounds object to (反對) a limit of one hundred and twenty decibels. They say such a limit would mean an end to important industrial and scientific research. Scientists do not know how much and what kinds of noises are harmful to ocean animals. However, many scientists agree that noise is a greater danger than they believed. They want to prevent noises from harming creatures (生物) in the ocean.

56. According to the passage, which of the following is increasingly dangerous to sea creatures?

A. The man-made noises.            

B. The noises made by themselves.

C. The sound of earthquakes.         

D. The sound of ice-breaking.

57. Concerning the effect of noises on whales, which of the following is TRUE?

A. They are deaf to noises.           

B. Noises at a certain level may hurt them.

C. Noises could kill them.            

D. Noises will cause them to lose their eyesight.

58. Some scientists think that the noise limit of one hundred and twenty decibels would _________.

A. prevent them doing their research work    

B. benefit them a lot in their research work

C. do good to their health                 

D. increase the industrial output

59. According to the last paragraph, what will scientists most probably do in the future?

A. They will study the effect of different noises in the sea.

B. They will work hard to make no noise.

C. They will never do any scientific research in the sea.

D. They will protect sea animals from harmful noises.

第三部分: 閱讀理解:(共35分)

第一節: 閱讀下列5篇短文, 選出最佳選項(共30分,每小題1.5分)

About ten years ago when I was an undergraduate in college. I was working as a practice student at my University's Museum of Natural History. One day while working at the cash register in the gift shop, I saw an elderly couple come in with a little girl in a wheelchair.

As I looked closer at this girl, I saw that she was kind of set on her chair. I then realized she had no arms or legs, just a head, neck and main body. She was wearing a little white dress with red dots.

As the couple wheeled her up to me, I was looking down at the register. I turned my head toward the girl and gave her a wink(眨眼). As I took the money from her grandparents, I looked back at the girl, who was giving me the cutest(可愛的), largest smile I have ever seen.

All of a sudden her handicap (殘疾)was gone and all I saw was this beautiful girl, whose smile just melted me and  gave me a completely new sense of what life is all about. She took me from a poor, unhappy college student and brought me into her world--- a world of smiles, love and warmth.

That was ten years ago. I'm a successful business person now and whenever I feel down and think about the troubles of the world, I think about that little girl and the remarkable lesson about life that she taught me.

1.What do we know about the author?

  A.He graduated from Natural History University.

  B. He majored in Natural History at university .

  C.He ran a gift shop in the university

  D.He is a successful businessman

2.When the author looked again, he saw that the little girl____.

  A. was wearing a beautiful red dress

  B.wasn’t able to move in the wheelchair

  C.was badly injured

  D.was only able to smile

3. In the author’s opinion, the little girl was not disabled at all because ______.

  A.she told everyone how to live a good life

  B.she offered him suppport in his business

  C.she could take good care of herself

  D.she had a strong spirit

4.What would be the best title for his passage?

  A.World of smiles          B.Love of a girl 

  C. A badly disabled girl      D.Secret of a businessman

第三部分：閱讀理解（共20小題，每小題2分，共40分）。
Live Music—Late Night Jazz
Enjoy real American jazz from Herbie Davis, the famous trumpet player. He is known to play well into the early hours, so don’t want to get much sleep.

第二卷（非選擇題）
第三部分：寫作（共三節，滿分55分）
第三部分 寫作（共兩節, 滿分50分）
第二節：短文改錯（共10小題，每題1.5分，滿分15分）
此題要求改正所給段文中的錯誤。對標有題號的每一行作出  判斷：如無錯誤，在該行右邊橫線上畫出一個勾（√ ）;如有錯誤（每行只有一個錯誤），則按下列情況改正：
該行多一個詞：把多余的詞用斜線劃掉，在該行右邊橫線上寫出該詞，并也用斜線劃掉。
該行缺一個詞;在缺詞處加一個漏字符號（^ ）,在該行右邊橫線上寫出該加的詞。
該行錯一個詞：在錯的詞下劃一橫線，在該行右邊橫線上寫出改正后的詞。
My classmates and I worked as volunteer in Beijing                   66.________
Paralympics in September 13 . Early in the morning at 7:20 ,           67.________
we gathered at the National Stadium , namely the Bird’s Nest.            68.________      
As soon as we got into it ten minutes late ,we started to do               69.________            
some cleaning . From 9:00 am to 4:00 pm , we tried our best help     70.________      
the disabled athletes to get ready for their competitions , leading the        71.________   
audience to their seats and keep order .It was until 12:00 that we          72.________ 
had lunch and took a rest ,which last about an hour . We stopped          73.________  
working at 4:00 .Though it was a tired job , We felt                        74.________   
that it an honor to serve the disabled friends from all over the world.       75.________