Part 2 Phonetics, Grammar and vocabulary
（第二部分 语音、语法和词语）
Complete the sentences with the given words in their proper forms ; font-family:;" font-size:10.5pt;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;"="">don’t I B. isn’t it C. aren’t I D. isn’t there
III．Rewrite the following sentences as required
1. I used to play football. So did my father.
I ________ use to play football. ________ did my father.
The hen lay on the grass and laid an egg.
________ then hen ________ on the grass and ________ an egg?
They must have left ten minutes ago.
They must have left ten minutes ago, ________ ________？
Captain King escaped from Gork __________.
________ ________ Captain King escape from Gork ?
The old man liked TV series better than news.
The old man ________TV series ________ news.
He is too careless to do this work well.
He isn’t ________ ________ to do this work well.
IV． Choose the proper words to complete the passage（将下列单词或词组填入空格，每空格限填一词，每词只能填一次）
A. the most B. grow C. depends on D. other E. the largest |
As we all know, rice is the most important food for people all over the world. According to a survey, rice helps feed one third of the world’s population. Rice grows well with enough water. People ___1___ rice on the flooded land and in the rain forests of Africa.
Scientists say that China started growing rice about 3000 to 4000 years ago. Now, rice is common in people’s daily meals. Rice can be boiled, steamed or made into ___2___ snacks. It is also a popular food on festivals. People make New Year cakes with sticky rice every Spring Festival.
China has ___3___ population in the world. In order to feed more people, Chinese scientists Yuan Longping led the Super Rice Program in 1996. Today half of China’s rice plants are Yuan’s Super Rice.
The harvest of rice ___4___ many factors. Rice grows well between 18C to 35C. A good rainfall also makes a great harvest. Farmers need to fertilize the rice and be careful with insects.
A. caused B. thoughts C. produces D. while E. solved |
Dreaming is an activity of the brain. It ___5___ electrical waves which can be measured. You have dreams when brain waves are especially fast.
Everyone dreams. If you think that you never dream, you are wrong. Most of the time, we cannot remember our dreams. Some scientists say that we dream mostly about the ___6___ and wishes that we try not to show to others. Others say that if dreaming is not strong enough it is difficult to remember them anyway.
Most people cannot control their dreams, they just happen. Very few people have clear dreaming. They can control what takes place in their dreaming ___7___ they are sleep.
People often have the same dreams over and over again. They may be events in your life that have ___8___ problems which you hav not solved yet. Nightmares are dreams that are so terrible you usually wake up. There is medical treatment for nightmares. You can go to a doctor who tries to find out why you have nightmares and how to deal with them.
V．Reading Comprehension（阅读理解）
Read and answer the questions（阅读短文，回答问题）
Visiting Fort Worth, Texas often makes people think back to the days in the late 1800s when cattle and cowboys roamed the land. The historic museums and the preserved stockyards in Fort Worth are filled with cow facts,cow collectibles,and even live cows.Is it any wonder the city is fondly nicknamed"Cowtown, USA"?
Fort Worth is located in the center of Tarrant County in north-central Texas and has a population of almost 450,000 people.Fort Worth is 48 miles west of Dallas.There are almost 4 million people in the Dallas-Fort Worth metropolitan area.
The aerospace industry leads the way in Fort Worth's present-day economy.The aircraft manufacturing plants here are among the country's largest.Fort Worth is also a center for grain and oil and is,of course,the headquarters of the cattle industry.
Despite the name,Fort Worth was never an actual fort.Founded in 1849 by Major Ripley A.Amold, the site was turned into an army post to protect the settlers in the area.The military base was called Camp Worth after Major General William J.Worth,a hero of the War of 1812 and the War with Mexico.
In 1853 the soldiers left and the town's attractiveness to settlers declined until 1856when settlers began moving into the army's vacated buildings.The population of the settlement grew and its name was changed to Fort Worth.In 1860,Fort Worth was voted the seat of Tarrant Country.
After the Civil War ,Fort Worth became a sTOPover for the cowboys.The settlers traded with the cowboys who used Fort Worth as a sTOP for supplies and entertainment.With the increase in economic activity more settlers came to Fort Worth.In 1873,Fort Worth was declared a city.
The next century brought many changes with positive results.In 1876 the Texas and Pacific Railroad came to town,which meant that cattle could be transported directly from the city.This helped turn Fort Worth into not only a cattle-shipping center,but also a meatpacking center,as well.The opening of the first flour mill in 1882 and the discovery of oil fields in West Texas around 1915 attracted more and more people to Fort Worth. In 1949 the manufacturing of aircraft and military supplies began in Fort Worth.This created many new jobs.
Today Fort Worth is one of Texas' major cities.Even with all its modern advances the city still contains an impressive collection of historic sites.Wooden sidewalks give many of the old buildings an amazingly realistic 1800s feel. Points of interest include the Fort Worth Stockyards,which are still active in the Texas livestock industry,and the Exchange,built in 1902,which includes holding pens as well as an arena where weekly cattle auctions are held.
The history of the cattle-driving days of yesteryear is a large part of Fort Worth's attraction.Upon seeing the rejuvenated old-fashioned town,the period cosplaytumes worn by store employees,and the stockyards, it is easy to understand how Fort Worth can remind people of the days when cowboys on horseback driving cattle,not cars or trucks,crossed the land.
When was Fort Worth founded ? And by whom?
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What other, larger city is very near Fort Worth?
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Why was the railroad important to the cattle industry?
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What modern industries are found in Fort Worth today?
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All historic sites relating to the cattle drives of the past have been destroyed in Fort Worth. Is it true? If the statement is false, write the statement correctly.
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What period in the history of Fort Worth do you think was the most important? Why?
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Word bank
collectible [kə'lektəbl] n.珍藏品 10. realistic [ˌri:əˈlɪstɪk] adj.
metropolitan [ˌmetrəˈpɒlɪtən] adj.大城市的 11. stockyard [ˈstɒkjɑ:d] n.牲畜围栏
fort [fɔ:t]n.要塞 12. exchange [ɪksˈtʃeɪndʒ] n.交易平台
decline [dɪˈklaɪn] v.降低，变弱 13. arena [əˈri:nə] n.竞技场
vacate [vəˈkeɪt] v.空出 14. auction [ˈɔ:kʃn] n.拍卖
seat [si:t] n.所在地 15. yesteryear [ˈjestəjɪə] n.往昔
sTOPover [ˈstɒpəʊvə] n.中途停留地 16. rejuvenated [rɪ'dʒu:vəneɪtɪd] adj.更新的，回春的
contain [kənˈteɪn] v.包括
impressive [ɪmˈpresɪv] adj.让人叹为观止的
VI. Writing （写作）
Almost everyone has his unforgettable moment in his life.
Write about 80 words on the following TOPic: An unforgettable Moment in My Life.
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Keys:
Part 2 Vocabulary and Grammar
I.1.the most attractive 2. liars 3. panicked 4. freedom 5. refrigerator 6. laid 7. interruption
II.1.A 2.B 3.A 4.B 5.D 6.D 7.B 8.D 9.D 10.B 1l.A 12.D 13.C 14.B 15.D
Ⅲ. 1. didn't, Neither 2. Did, lie, lay 3. didnt they 4. How did 5. preferred to 6. careful enough
IV．1.B 2.D 3.E 4.C 5.C 6.B 7.D 8.A
Part 3 Reading and Writing
V. 1. Fort Worth was founded in 1849 by Major Ripley A. Amold.
2. Dallas.
3. Having the railroad meant that cattle could be transported directly from Fort Worth. This helped turn Fort
Worth into not only a cattle-shipping center but also a meat-packing center as well.
4. Modern industries found in Fort Worth include the aerospace industry, aircraft manufacturing, grain and
oil industries and, of course, the cattle industry.
5. False, It still contains an impressive collection of historic sites.
6．略
VI.
Almost everyone has an unforgettable moment in his life. So do I. I will never forget what happened at the school sports meeting last year. It was the last several seconds of the 800-meter race. I was really exhausted and was about to give up. Just at that moment, my teacher and my classmates began to shout to me with all their strength, trying to cheer me up. I tried my best to rush to the finish line. To my surprise, I won first prize. What an unforgettable moment it is! It shows me the miracle of friendship and teaches me never to give up.
C. Fill in the blanks with proper words
When children play games, they don’t need a referee. They have their own rules in playing games. They seldom find it necessary to keep scores because they don’t worry about who wins or loses. They even don’t c__________ if the game is not finished. Yet, they like games that depend a lot on luck, so that their a__________ are not so important. They also enjoy games that move in stages in which they choose leaders and pick up sides.
Grown-ups r______________________________ find children’s games exciting, and they often feel puzzled at why their kids play such simple games again and again. However, it is found that a child plays games for some important r______________________________. He can be a good player without having to think whether he is a popular person, and he can find himself being a u__________ partner to someone who is more popular in real life. When it is his turn to be the leader, everyone follows his orders. This makes him feel more c______________________________.
It seems that when children play a game, they i__________ a situation under their control. Unlike real life, in this situation they make the rules themselves, and more importantly, everyone plays according to the rules. Those rules may be childish, but they make sure that every child has a chance to win.
C. Read the passage and fill the blanks with proper words
Liyuan Library
Liyuan Library , known as one of China's most beautiful bookstores, is located in a small hillside village near Beijing.
The project, designed by architect Li Xiaodong, was built with 40,000 wooden sticks. In the village, Li found large amounts of wooden sticks piled around each house. The villagers gather these sticks all year round to fuel their cooking stoves . Thus they decided to use this o___81___ material in a special way.
“This project is about the relationship of a building to the surroundings and i___82___ role in serving the community , rather than a building as an individual object,” Li told the visitors.
In the two-and-a –half years of the operation, Liyuan Library has experienced unexpected levels of use and appreciation. A new bus s___83___ has opened close by for the frequent visits by thousands of people, including local villagers, tourists from the Beijing urban area, and many international visitors as well.
“Everybody is f___84___ to visit,” explained Li. “However, visitors are encouraged to bring two books to the library, and take one back home from the collection in order to keep the place a center of k___85___ exchange.”
Instead of adding a new building in the village, they chose this site in the nearby mountains, a pleasant five-minute walk from the village center. In doing so, they could p___86___ a place for clear thoughts when one takes the effort to head for the reading room.
Li described his practice in the following way: “We try to m___87___ technology, community, local materials, modern thinking and a traditional sense of identity together.”
1.Keys:81.care 82.abilities 83.rarely 84.reasons 85.useful 86.confident 87.imagine
2.Keys:81. ordinary 82. its 83. sTOP/station 84. free 85. knowledge 86. provide 87. mix
