Choose the best answer (根據(jù)文章內(nèi)容，選擇最恰當(dāng)?shù)拇鸢?/span>)：(12分)
Join the Roller Coaster Club!
You’re sitting in a tiny car. The car is part of a very small train that runs on a narrow track. Slowly, the little train climbs to the top of a huge hill.
You’re high above the grounds, so high that you can see for miles. Suddenly, you rush toward the ground at a speed that takes your breath away. You’re on your way up again, and this time you’re upside down!
You go up, down, and around. You’re on a roller coaster (過(guò)山車). Some people think riding a roller coaster is really terrifying. One ride is more than enough for them, even in a lifetime. However, other people love riding roller coasters. They ride their favorite roller coaster over and over. They also like to try out new roller coaster.
There’s a club for people who are very crazy at riding roller coasters. It’s called ACE. ACE is a short form for American Coaster Enthusiasts(熱衷者). Steven Reagan and Kevin Lipnicky belong to ACE, and so do their families. Their family holidays often include trips to amusement parks to ride on new roller coasters.
As members of ACE, the boys were among the first to ride a new roller coaster at Sea World in Texas. It’s called the Great White, which is the name of a kind of shark.
Sometimes, amusement parks close the roller coaster to everyone except ACE members.
“If there’s no one in line,” says Steven, ‘”we keep our seats and ride again!”
It’s not all fun for ACE members. They also have a job to do. They tell owners of new amusement parks there the old roller coasters are. The owners buy the old roller coasters and move them to new homes so that they can be fixed instead of being destroyed (毀壞)
For ACE members, roller coaster riding is fun, fun, fun! People are thankful to the work they do to save different old roller coasters.
44. When a roller coaster takes you to the top, high above the grounds, it?will probably___________.
A. stop it and get off ??????????B. climb out of the train slowly ???
C. take away your breath ??????D. rush to the grounds
45. Some people think riding a roller coaster is terrifying. The underlined word means________.
A. amazing ??????B. satisfying ??????C. exciting ???????D. frightening
46. From this passage, you can tell that members of ACE________.
A. are all adults ?????????????????????B. ?love to ride roller coasters ??
C. don’t like to ride the Great White ?????D. only ride old roller coasters
47. Which statement is probably NOT TRUE about Steven?
A. ACE members will keep their seats and ride again if nobody is in line. ??
B. He is probably one of the first to ride a new roller coaster at Sea World.
C. He knows nothing about different roller coasters.
D. He enjoys family holidays, including trips to amusement parks.
48. Sometimes roller coasters in amusement parks are closed to everyone, ________.
A. but it’s still open to ACE members
B. and the seats will be destroyed at once
C. and ACE members can do nothing at all
D. but new owners never have them fixed
49. Which statement is probably TRUE about roller coasters?
A. They cannot be moved.
B. They provide different kinds of fun.
C. They are all the same.
D. Old roller coasters cannot be fixed.
B.?Choose the words or expressions to complete the passage (選擇最恰當(dāng)?shù)膯卧~或詞語(yǔ)，完成短文)?：(12分)
You’re minding your own business. Suddenly, you look up to see your big brother coming towards you. He’s giggling(癡笑)from ear to ear. His arms are stretched out, fingers shaking slightly. You try to get away, but there’s no way to??50 ?. Before you know it, he’s tickling(抓癢逗笑)you, and you can’t stop laughing.
????Most of us don’t like to be tickled. We try everything to move our way out of a tickle. Yet no matter how much we dislike being tickled, we always end up laughing.?
????Why do people laugh when they are tickled? That’s???51 ?scientist Christine Harris of San Diego, California, wanted to find out. First, Harris and her friends needed to practice. They spent some time tickling each other. Then they gathered a group of students who were ready to be tickled in the name of science.
Next, Harris’s???52 ??observed how hard the students laughed at different TV shows. They wanted to know about that type of laughter which is different from laughter caused by tickling. Then the team tickled the student volunteers under the arms and on the?toes(腳趾). As part of the research, Harris’s team even used a tickle machine with parts that???53 ?shaking fingers!
What were the results of this tickling research? Harris’s team found that people do not laugh because tickling is funny. People simply cannot stop themselves from laughing when they are tickled. The scientists decided that ticklish laughter may be a special kind of action. This action happens?54 ?a person’s control or effort.
So, have all questions about tickling been answered? Has Harris tickled her last toe? It’s unlikely. It seems that humans are not the only living things that giggle when they are tickled. Young chimpanzees also?55???to tickle one another during their play. They, too, seem to chuckle(吃吃地笑)when they are tickled.
50.A) hold ?????B)watch ?????C)escape ??????D)wait
51.A) how ?????B)what ???????C)who ???????D)why
52.A) team ?????B)customer ???C)invention ???D)relationship
53.A) pointed out ????B)moved like ????C)went in for ????D)kept in touch with
54.A) besides ????B)except ???C)with ????D)without
55.A) enjoy ?????B)improve ???C)love ???D)organize
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C) Read the passage and fill the blanks with proper words?(在短文的空格內(nèi)填入適當(dāng)?shù)脑~，使內(nèi)容通順，每空格限填一詞，首字母已給)?(14分)
April Fools’ Day is on April 1st. People can play j??56 ?on others on this special d?57 ??If you succeed, you usually laugh and say “April Fool!” The person who has been fooled by you l??58??too, and he will never be angry with you.
Mother’s Day is on the second Sunday of May. It’s a day to t ?59??mothers. On that day mothers usually receive flowers and cards from their children. Fathers and children do the housework so that mothers can have a r??60 ??
Easter Day falls on the first Sunday after the full moon which is on or after March 21st. It’s also called Easter Sunday. It is said that on that day Jesus Christ comes back to?l ?61?Many people go to church and children often get p??62 ?such as toy rabbits.
Thanksgiving Day is on the fourth Thursday in November. It’s a day when people give thanks for the good things in life. Usually families all get together?and have a big dinner.
Christmas Day comes on December 25th. It’s the most important festival in a year. The beautiful things can be seen?everywhere. People exchange gifts, send Christmas cards and visit friends.
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D)Answer the questions (根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容回答下列問(wèn)題)：(12分)
1) If you live in Tornado（龍卷風(fēng)）?area, you keep a close eye on the sky. This part of the mid-western United States has as many as 300 tornadoes blowing through it every year. Local people know that a “twister”（旋風(fēng)）?maybe only a hop, skip, and a jump away. Twisters are tornadoes, and tornadoes are trouble for people living there.
2) A tornado is wind caused by a thunderstorm(雷雨). Tornadoes are the most terrible winds on Earth. They can travel up to 300 miles an hour. At that high speed, they damage almost everything. As they move, tornadoes turn round quickly in a twisting movement. They change direction without warning.
3) Once you’ve seen a tornado, you’re not likely to forget it. It has a unique(獨(dú)特的) appearance. Take an ice cream cone, turn it upside down, and you’ve got a model for a tornado. The sound is also hard to be mistaken. Everything becomes completely silent. Even the insects stop buzzing. It seems the tornado take in all of the sound from the air. Suddenly it shouts it all back out in a roar, like a train running out of control.
4) But sometimes the result can’t be predicted. Have you ever seen the film The wizard of Oz(綠野仙蹤)? Remember the scene when Dorothy’s house flies? A tornado once carried a house through the air for two miles. Another twister lifted a china cabinet(櫥柜) and dropped it back to Earth some miles away. No disk was broken. Once, a tornado swept a child and her pony into the air. Her mother found her half a mile away, still sitting on the pony. Luckily, neither the girl nor her pony was seriously hurt.
5) These stories ended happily. Most tornado stories don’t. These terrible windstorms usually bring sadness, death and even disasters. In 1955, a tornado killed 34 people in one town. Three thousand buildings, including five schools, were damaged.
6) Luckily, tornadoes seldom last more than an hour. Most travel only at 20 miles per hour. They are almost always less than a few hundred yards wide. That’s a good thing for us! If twisters were any worse than they are, tornado area would be a tornado wasteland.
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63. What do tornadoes usually bring people trouble or happiness?
64. How fast does a tornado go when it comes to its high speed?
65. Which sentence in the 2nd?paragraph says people can hardly predict the way a tornado move?
66.Which two words or expressions in the 3rd ??paragraph describe a tornado’s sound change?
67. What can be the main idea of the 4th ??paragraph?
Tornado stories sometimes ????????????????????????????????????????????????????.
68. How do you understand?“If twisters were any worse than they are, tornado area would be a tornado wasteland.”
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Ⅶ. Writing (作文) （共20分）
Recently there has been a discussion about the topic “Water Is Precious” in your class.
Please write at least 60 words about the topic "Water Is Precious" to express your point of
view,(請(qǐng)以“水是珍貴的”寫(xiě)一篇至少60詞的作文，標(biāo)點(diǎn)符號(hào)不占格）
(你的作文內(nèi)容須包含以下幾點(diǎn))
1）Why is water very important in our life?
2）What are the causes of the water shortage?
3）How can we protect our precious water resources?
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