Warm water freezes more quickly than cold water. Sir Francis Bacon said that almost four hundred years ago. But few people believed him. Later, a Canadian scientist George Kell proved the English scholar was right. Dr.Kell filled an open jar（罐子）with cold water. He filled another with warm water. He put them both in the same low temperature. And the warm water froze first.
What was the reason? Some of the warm water changed into vapour. It went into the air. This meant that less of the warm water was left to freeze. And so the warm water froze faster than the cold water.
1. Sir Francis Bacon was__________________.
A. an American chemist B. an English scholar
C. a Canadian scientist D. a French physicist
2. Dr.Kell’s jars were both_____________________.
A. put in a place of the same low temperature
B. filled with warm water
C. left empty
D. put on a long table
3. The cold water froze more slowly because_____________.
A. there was less of it left B. there was more of it left
C. something else was added to it D. its jar was much bigger
4. Dr.Kell proved what Bacon said in _____________ way.
A. a difficult B. a hard C. a wrong D. a simple
I arrived in London at last. The railway station was big, black and dark. I did not know the way to my hotel, so I asked a porter(搬运工). I not only spoke English very carefully, but very clearly as well.The porter, however, could not understand me. I repeated my question several times and at last he understood. He answered me, but he spoke neither slowly nor clearly. “I am a foreigner”, I said. Then he spoke slowly, but I could not understand him. My teacher never spoke English like that! The porter and I looked at each other and smiled. Then he said something and I understood it. “ You’ll soon learn English!” he said. It seems to me that in England each man speaks a different language. The Englishman understand each other, but I don’t understand them! Do they speak English?
1. How did the writer of the passage get to London?
A. By train B. On foot C. By sea D. By air
2. What country did the writer of the passage come from?
A. England B. Ameica C. France D. We don’t know
3.Why couldn’t the porter understand the writer when he spoke English?
A. Because he was a foreigner.
B. Because the porter could only understand the London dialect (方言).
C. Because he spoke not British English but American English.
D. Because he couldn’t speak idiomtic (地道的) English.
4.“In England, each man speaks a different language.” The writer thinks so because_________________.
A. some people speak English, while others don’t.
B. he does not understand native(本国的) speakers of English
C. not every Englishman speaks English
D. each Englishman can speak several foreign languages
Many years ago, in a small town, there lived a doctor. He was good and kind. At any time of the day and night, he was always ready to go to help a sick person. Everyone in the town liked him and people always went to him when there was anything wrong.
The years went past, and the doctor became old. He began to lose his memory.When people noticed this, they didn’t go to him any more.
“He may give us the wrong medicine,” they said, and they were afraid.
The good old doctor noticed that people didn’t come to him any more but didn’t understand why. So he asked, “Why does no one come to me now?”
No one wanted to tell him the real reason because they didn’t want to make the good old man unhappy, so they said, “You have helped all the sick people in the town. There is no one sick now.”
The doctor was pleased when he heard that.
1.People always went to the doctor when they were____________.
A. wrong B.not right C.not well D.not happy
2. “He began to lose his memory.”means __________.
A. He couldn’t know his sick persons any longer.
B. He forgot everything in the past.
C. He couldn’t find anything.
D. He couldn’t remember things well.
3.The sick people didn’t come to the doctor any more because____.
A. there was no sick man in the town
B. he might give them the wrong medicine
C. they were afraid of him
D. he was old and no longer a doctor
4. The old doctor was _________ when he heard that there was no one sick in the town.
A. sorry B. angry C. glad D. surprised
书面表达（满分25分）
有人说， 父母为孩子包办一切是孩子成长的最大杀手。的确，太多的中国家长习惯于为孩子包办一切。假设你是李华，请针对这一现象给某英语报社编辑写一封信并阐述你的观点或建议。
1、简述这种现象；
2、分析其弊端（从独立性、兴趣能力、影响等方面去分析）；
3、你的观点或建议。
注意：1、词 数100左右；
2、可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
3、开头和结尾已为你写好，不计入总词数。
4、参考词汇 独立性independence;抵制resistance
Dear Editor,
I’d like to tell you some of my problems with my parents in daily life. My parents tend to make almost all decisions for me.
Yours sincerely,
Li Hua
短文改错（共10小题，每题1分，满分10分）
文中共有10处错误，每句中最多有两处。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏词符号（∧），并在此符号下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意： 1、每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2、只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。
Dear Mr. and Mrs. William,
I’ve learned that you are interested in Beijing Opera, so I’ve come to give you two ticket for tomorrow evening’s Beijing Opera at Mei Lanfang Theater. But it’s real a pity that you happened to be out. So I have to leave the tickets with this note. The opera will be put on by some famous actors or actresses. He is well worth watching. By the way, I’ve read the two books you lent me, that are very interested. This week, I am busy review my lessons in order to pass the final exams. I’m afraid of that I can’t go to the Opera together with you.
I hope you will have good time.
Yours,
Li Ming
1 It might understand more than you think．
A dog named Rico recognizes the names of about 200 objects，say researchers in Germany． 2 Its word-1earning skills are as good as those of a parrot or chimpanzee．
In one experiment，the researehers took all 200 items that Rico is supposed to know and divided them into 20 groups of 10 objects． 3 In the tests，Rico got 37 out of 40 commands right．As the dog couldn’t see anyone to get clues，the seientists believe Rico must understand the meanings of certain words．
In another experiment，the scientists took one toy that Rico had never seen before and put it in a room with seven toys whose names the dog already knew． 4 .
The correct object was chosen in seven out of 10 tests．suggesting that the dog had worked out the answer by process of removing．A month 1ater，Rico remembered half of the new names，which is even more impressive．
5 Even if they do，they call’t talk back．Still．it wouldn’t hurt to sweet-talk your dog every now and then．You might just get a big，wet kiss in return!
A．The owner then told Rico to fetch the object，using a word the dog had never heard before．
B．Do dogs more understand us than some friends?
C．It’s hard to know if all dogs understand at least some of the words we say．
D．Be careful of what you say around your dog．
E．The dog also appears to be able to learn new words．
F．Then the owner told the dog to go and fetch one of the items．
G．Rico is thought to be smarter than the average dog．
