完形填空（共10小题；每小题2分，满分20分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从21 ~ 30各题所给的/A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Every year, the village of Pettineo celebrates its special arts festival. For a few days each summer, artists from all over Europe 21 at this village near the north coast of Sicily to enjoy the folk atmosphere. During their stay, the artists get together with the local people to paint a one-kilometer long picture that runs the 22 of the high street. Once the painting is done, each visiting artist joins a local family for a big lunch and, in exchange(交换) for the 23 , the family receives the section of the painting that the artist has painted. As a result, though few villagers are 24 , almost every home has at least one painting by a well-known 25 artist. Visitors to the village are 26 invited into homes to see these paintings.
The festival, which was 27 four years ago, was the idea of Antonio Presti, a local businessman. Since then, Pettineo has 28 a sort of family art museum in which any visitor can ring the doorbell, go into a house and enjoy a painting. In addition to this 29 of paintings in people’s homes, for those who have time to spare, there is a chance to 30 through the show of huge sculptures(雕刻) in the village square.
21. A. join B. crowd C. gather D. compete
22. A. size B. length C. width D. area
23. A. painting B. gift C. meal D. festival
24. A. lucky B. willing C. active D. rich
25. A. European B. Pettineo C. Italian D. Sicilian
26. A. rarely B. eagerly C. suddenly D. secretly
27. A. made up B. broken up C. come up D. set up
28. A. become B. founded C. grown D. changed
29. A. shopping B. sales C. exchange D. show
30. A. move B. step C. walk D. run
第二节 语法填空（共10小题; 每小题1.5分，满分15分）
阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空，并将答案填写在答题卡标号为31 ~ 40的相应位置上。
Barack Obama was elected the nation's first African-American President. The son 31 a black father from Kenya and a white mother from Kansas, Barack Obama from Illinois sealed his victory by 32 (defeat) Republican Sen. John McCain in Ohio, Florida, Virginia and Iowa.
“I would not be standing here tonight without the greatest support of 33 best friends for the last 16 years，the rock of our family, and the love of my wife, 34 nation's next first lady Michelle Obama.” said Obama 35 (short) after he won the election. As the 44th President, Obama will move into the Oval Office as leader of a country 36 is almost certainly in a decline(衰落) of economy, and fighting two long wars, one in Iraq, and the 37 in Afghanistan.
Obama's creative 38 brave decision to compete McCain in years paid rich bonus(红利，回报).
Obama has said his first order of presidential business will be 39 （improve） the economy. In his 40 (speak) he has promised to retire most U.S. fighting troops from Iraq within 16 months.
Ⅲ 阅读理解 （共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D项中选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A
At school many things happen to us. We may feel excited when we have success in a school play. We may feel sorry if we lose an important game. We want to keep the memory for the rest of our lives.
How to keep the memory? Our English teacher, Miss Wang, has taught us a good way of remembering things to make our own yearbook. What is a yearbook? A yearbook is a kind of book which is used to keep the memory of exciting moments. It’s usually made at the end of the year.
Last December, we began to make our yearbook. First we chose the persons who had done something special, then some students interviewed (采访) them, some wrote down their stories, others took photos of them. Everyone in our class had something to do. Finally our teacher helped us to put the things together. We had our first yearbook.
All of us put a lot of love into making the yearbook. It is so wonderful that not only the students but also our parents and teachers will remember the special time for ever.
41. When the students have success in a school play, they may have a feeling of ______.
A. fun B. amazement C. excitement D. surprise
42. Miss Wang’s good way of remembering things is to ______.
A. buy a new book B. write down stories C. take a lot of photos D. make a yearbook
43. A yearbook is made to ______.
A. take notes B. keep the memory
C. do their homework D. remember English words
44. Usually a yearbook is made in ______.
A. January B. February C. October D. December
45. They made their first yearbook ______.
A. without any help B. without putting their love into it
C. with the help of their teacher D. with the help of their parents
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If you knew a bottle of water had been recycled from urine (尿), would you drink it? Astronauts at the International Space Station (ISS) may soon do so.
NASA (美国航空航天局) said it would use a high-tech machine to recycle wastewater at the ISS. The machine will recycle everything from sweat (汗), the water for washing hands, shower water, water used for brushing teeth, and even urine, to make drinking water.
It will save NASA millions of dollars each year. At present, each ISS astronaut uses about 4.4 liters (升) of water every day. It costs about $24 million a year to transport water up to ISS. NASA says that a liter of water costs about $11,000.
The machine will be sent to the ISS in October 2008. NASA hopes it will recycle about 93% of all water used on the station.
Will the water be clean? Scientists say the wastewater will go through a very complicated process (复杂的过程). For example, different chemicals will be put in the wastewater; the water will be heated to 130℃ to get rid of bacteria (细菌). The recycled water is thousands of times better than the water from a city tap, scientists say.
46. NASA will use a high-tech machine to recycle wastewater at the ISS to __________.
A. protect the ISS
B. make astronauts at ISS work harder
C. provide better water and food for ISS astronauts
D. save the cost of transporting water up to the ISS
47. At present it costs NASA about _________ dollars to transport water up to an astronaut at the ISS a day.
A. 4.4 thousand B. 11 thousand C. 48.4 thousand D. 24 million
48. Scientists plan to get rid of bacteria in the wastewater by ___________.
A. freezing B. heating C. shaking D. collecting
49. The passage mainly tells us something about ___________.
A. water recycling for ISS B. the International Space Station
C. a high-tech machine D. the cost of NASA
50. Which of the following sentences is true according to the passage?
A. The recycled water is much better than that from a city tap.
B. The high-tech machine will recycle all the water used on the station.
C. At present, each ISS astronaut uses more water than the people living on the earth.
D. The high-tech machine can only recycle urine to make water at present.
C
News 1
Yuan Longping, the father of hybrid rice (杂交水稻), won the World Food Prize on Monday. Yuan developed the world first popular and widely known hybrid rice. Hybrid rice plants can make more rice than common ones. (Agriculture report 2006-4-4)
News 2
Archeologists（考古学家） on November 22 removed an about 1,000-year-old mini pagoda, from an iron instrument found at an ancient temple in Nanjing. This four-layer, 1.1-meter-high and 0.5-meter-wide pagoda is the largest of its kind to be unearthed in China.
The pagoda, believed to contain a part of Buddha's(佛) body, shown in this photo taken on November 22, has attracted a lot of visitors after being put on display(展览) in Nanjing, the capital of Jiangsu province，which is home to a number of temples, including the Changgan Temple of the Northern Song Dynasty (960-1127) and the Dabaoen, or Grand Temple of Payment for Kindness of the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644). (China Daily 2008-11-24 )
News 3
In China he's known as 'the Flying Fish'; in America they call him 'the Baltimore Bullet'.
Whatever you call him, American swimmer Michael Phelps looks destined to become a household name across the world after breaking the Olympic record for most gold medals in a single Games in Beijing.
Phelps's breakthrough in Olympic history put him one ahead of another American swimmer Mark Spitz's who won seven gold medals in the same field in 1972. (China Daily Aug 8 2008)
News 4
Last Wednesday Medvedev (梅德韦杰夫) took over from Vladimir Putin (普京). At the age of 42, he becomes the youngest president of modern Russia.
Medvedev was born to a family of teachers. He read a lot from a young age. After university, the soft-spoken young man went on to teach law at university and became very popular with his students.
In 2005, Medvedev became the first deputy prime minister (第一副总理). But he was as friendly as before. “He has not changed. He invited me to his home,” said Vera Smirnova, Medvedev’s first teacher. “In Russia, only two politicians have invited their first teachers to their homes, Medvedev and Putin.” (http://www.21stcentury.com.cn/?c=je)
51. Yuan Longping won the World Food Prize because he ________.
A. is the father of his three children B. likes to eat hybrid rice
C. developed hybrid rice D. spent a long time researching hybrid rice
52. The underlined words pagoda in News 2 most probably mean_______.
A. temple B. tower C. Buddha D. instrument
53. How many gold medals did Michael Phelps win in 2008 Beijing Olympic Games?
A. Five. B. Six. C. Seven. D. Eight.
54. According to News 4, Medvedev is now ________.
A. a lawyer B. a teacher
C. the first deputy prime minister D. the youngest president of modern Russia
55. What Medvedev’s first teacher said shows ________.
A. Medvedev is as friendly as before B. Medvedev and Putin were her students
C. Medvedev has changed D. Medvedev and Putin invited her to their homes
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