阅读理解（共两节，第一节4小题，第二节1小题；每小题2分，满分10分）
阅读下面短文，并根据短文后的要求答题。
__ 1 ___. This was not because the woods and fields were always far away, but because they were too far from the city to permit people to make a day trip between morning and nightfall.
In 1970, a young German school master had an idea which changed this situation. He decided to turn his little school into a dormitory (宿舍楼) for the summer holidays. Anyone who brought his sleeping bag and cooking equipment along could stay there for a very small quantity of money. The idea was a success. A few years later, the school house was much too small to hold the many young people who wanted to stay there. __ 2 ___ . This was the first hostel. (青年招待所) .
Today, young students and workers of every country can meet in the hostel and get to know each other. When young people arrive at the hostel, they have only to show their cards of membership in a hostel organization in their own country. ___3____ .
Often, at the evening meal, a group of boys and girls from various parts of the country or world will happen to meet at the same hostel. They may put their food together and prepare a dinner with many kinds of dishes. Sometimes a program will be organized after the meal with dances, songs, or short talks followed by a question period. __ 4 ___. For this reason, a few weeks spent “hosteling” can be just as useful a part of one’s education as classes in school.
第一节 根据短文内容，从A、B、C、D、E中选出最适合放入短文空缺处的选项，并将序号及相应答案写在答题纸上。选项中有一项是多余选项。
A. One can learn a lot about other places, just by meeting people from those places.
B. As a result, a dormitory was set up in an old castle nearby.
C. For years, children in the industrial areas of Europe seldom left their cities to see the beauties of the countryside.
D. More and more young people went to the hostel for summer holidays.
E. This card will permit them to stay in a hostel all over the world for very low prices.
第二节 根据短文所给的信息回答问题，并将序号及相应答案写在答题纸上。
5. According to the passage, why time spent in hostels can be useful or helpful to young people?
书面表达（共15分）
外籍教师Lynne任教期满准备回国，学校答应派车送她去机场。她在临行前一天写了张便条提醒办公室李老师：
1)．请检查(check on)明天的车是否落实，提醒司机。
2)．她之所以要确定一下，是因为太早不好叫出租车。
3)．感谢费心，并感谢一年来的关心。
4)．在学校一年来，生活愉快、难忘，很可能再来。
5)．留下一些英语书给贵校图书馆，希望对学生有用。 21世纪教育网
字数：100—120个词。
Hi, Mr. Li,
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Yours truly,
Lynne
短文改错（满分10分）
下面短文中有10处语法错误。请在有错误的地方增加、删除或修改某个单词。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧）,并在其下面写上该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写上修改后的词。
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11处起）不计分。
I appreciate your help very well. On the first day of Camp, you came up to myself while I was sitting alone. After that, you always gave me specially attention and inspire me to join in activities. As a result, I gradually got to know the other campers. Because the help you gave me that summer, my life changed. I gained so much confidences that I went back to school as a new person. My grades improved. I became very active but made new friends. Today, I got a letter what said I had been admitting to a college. I am so proud of myself. I just want to thank you for helping me become a different person.
Trees should only be pruned (修剪) when there is a good and clear reason for doing so and , the number of such reasons is small. Pruning involves the cutting away of overgrown and unwanted branches, and the inexperienced gardener can be encouraged by the thought that more damage results from doing it unnecessarily than from leaving the tree to grow in its own way.
First, pruning may be done to make sure that trees have desired shape or size. The object may be to get a tree of the right height, and at the same time to help the growth of small side branches, which will thicken its appearance or give it a special shape. Secondly, pruning may be done to make the tree healthier. You may cut out diseased or dead wood, or branches that are rubbing against each other and thus cause wounds. The health of a tree may be encouraged by removing branches that are blocking up the center and so preventing the free movement of air.
One result of pruning is that an open wound is left on the tree and this provides an easy entry for disease , but it is a wound that will heal (愈合). Often there is a race between the healing and the disease as to whether the tree will live or die, so that there is a period when the tree is at risk. It should be the aim of every gardener to reduce that risk of death as far as possible. It is important to make the area, which has been pruned, smooth and clean, for healing will be slowed down by roughness. You should allow the cut surface to dry for a few hours and then paint it with one of the materials available from garden shops produced especially for this purpose. Pruning is usually done in winter , for then you can see the shape of the tree clearly without interference (妨碍) from the leaves and also it is very unlikely that the cuts you make will bleed. If this does happen, it is, of course, impossible to paint them properly .
1.．Why should pruning be done?
A．To make the tree grow taller. B．To improve the shape of the tree.
C．to get rid of the small ranches . D．To make the small branches thicker.
2.．Trees become unhealthy if the gardener__________.
A. giving a tree a special shape and a definite height
B. removing small side branches and making a tree look less thick
C. allowing too many branches to grow in the middle
D. having a tree surrounded by many other trees
3.．Why is a special material painted on the tree?
A．To help a wound to dry. B．to cover a rough surface.
C．To make a wound smooth. D．To prevent disease entering a wound.
4.．A good gardener prunes a tree _________ .
A．several times throughout the year B．as quickly as possible
C．occasionally when necessary D．regularly every winter
5.．What was the author’s purpose when writing this passage?
A．To discuss different methods of pruning.
B．To introduce some common knowledge of pruning.
C．To explain how trees develop disease.
D．To give practical instruction for pruning a tree.
That “Monday morning feeling” could be a crushing pain in the chest which leaves you sweating and gasping for breath. Recent research from Germany and Italy shows that heart attacks are more common on Monday mornings and doctors blame the stress of returning to work after the weekend break.
The risk of having a heart attack on any given day should be one in seven, but a six-year study helped by researchers at the Free University of Berlin of more than 2,600 Germans showed that the average person had a 20 percent higher chance of having a heart attack on a Monday than on any other day.
Working Germans are particularly not protected against attack, with a 33 percent higher risk at the beginning of the working week. Non-workers, by comparison, appear to be no more at risk on a Monday than any other day.
A study of 11,000 Italians proved 8 am on a Monday morning as the most stressful time for the heart, and both studies showed that Sunday is the least stressful day, with fewer heart attacks in both countries.
The findings could lead to a better understanding of what is the immediate cause of heart attacks, according to Dr Stefan Willich of the Free University. “We know a lot about long-term risk factors such as smoking and cholesterol（胆固醇）but we don’t know what actually causes heart attacks, so we can’t give clear advice on how to prevent them,” he said.
Monday mornings have a double helping of stress for the working body as it makes a rapid change from sleep to activity, and from the relaxing weekend to the pressures of work.
“When people get up, their blood pressure and heart rate go up and there are hormonal（内分泌）changes in their bodies,” Willich explained. “All these things can have an unfavourable effect in the blood system and increase the risk of a clot（血凝块）in the arteries（动脉）which will cause a heart attack.”
“When people return to work after a weekend off, the pace of their life changes. They have a higher workload, more stress, more anger and more physical activity,” said Willich.
1.．Monday morning feeling, as this passage shows, .
A. is not so serious as people thought
B. is harmful to working people in Germany and Italy
C. is the first killer in Germany and Italy.
D. is created by researchers in Germany and Italy
2.．To protect people from suffering from heart attack, doctors have paid much attention to .
A. people’s working time B. people’s living place
C. people’s diet and lifestyle D. people’s nationalities
3.．It can be learned from this passage that heart attack has nothing to do with .
A. blood pressure B. heart rate C. hormonal changes D. blood group
4.．If the researchers give us some advice to avoid Monday morning feeling, what might it be?
A. Stop working on Monday B. Create a pleasant working environment
C. Get up late on Monday morning D. Go to work with a doctor
5..Which of the following is true according to the passage?
A. The risk of having heart attacks on Monday mornings is the same as on any other day of the week to non-workers
B.33% of the Germans have heart diseases, therefore heart attacks are more common in Germany than in any other country.
C.20%of the Italians appear to have higher possibility of having heart attacks.
D. Non-smokers are more likely to have heart attacks on Sundays.
Joanne was stuck in a traffic jam in central Birmingham at 5：30 and at 6：30 she was expected to be chairing a meeting of the tennis club. At last, the traffic was moving. She swung quickly racing to her house. As she opened the door, she nearly tripped over (被绊倒)Sheba.
“Hey, Sheba,” she said, “I've got no time for you now, but I'll take you out as soon as I get back from tennis club.” Then she noticed Sheba seemed to be coughing or choking. Obviously, she could hardly breathe. Immediately, Joanne realized she would have to take her to the vet (兽医).
When she got there, the vet was just about to close for the day. Seeing the state of Sheba, Dr. Sterne brought her quickly into his office.
“Listen, doctor, I'm really in a rush to get to a meeting, can I leave her with you, and go and get changed? I'll be back in ten minutes to pick her up, and then I'll take her on to the meeting with me. Is that OK?”
“Sure.” said the doctor.
Joanne made the quick trip back to her house in a couple of minutes. As she was once more entering the hallway, the phone by the door began to ring.
“This is Dr. Sterne,” said an anxious voice. “I want you to get out of that house immediately, ”said the doctor's voice. “I'm coming round right away, and the police will be there any time now. Wait outside!”
At that moment, a police car screeched (发出尖锐的声音)to a stop outside the house. Two policemen got out and ran into the house. Joanne was by now completely confused and very frightened. Then the doctor arrived.
“Where’s Sheba? Is she OK?” shouted Joanne.
“She’s fine, Joanne. I took out the thing which was choking her, and she’s OK now. ”
Just then, the two policemen reappeared from the house, half-carrying a white—faced man, who could hardly walk. There was blood all over him.
“My God, ” said Joanne, “how did he get in there? And how did you know he was there?”
“I think he must be a burglar.” said the doctor. “I knew he was there because when I finally removed what was stuck in Sheba’s throat：it turned out to be three human fingers.”
1.. What was Joanne supposed to do at 6：30？
A. To walk her dog. B. To see her doctor.
C. To attend a club meeting. D. To play tennis with her friends.
2.. Joanne wanted to get back to her home again .
A. to dress up for the meeting B. to phone the police station
C. to catch the badly hurt burglar D. to wait for her dog to be cured
3.. From the passage, we can infer that .
A. Sheba fought against the burglar
B. the police found the burglar had broken in
C. Joanne had planned to take her dog to the meeting
D. the doctor performed a difficult operation on the dog
4.. In this passage, the writer intends to tell us that the dog is .
A. clever B. friendly C. frightening D. devoted
5.．The underlined word a burglar in the last paragraph probably means ________. A. a cleaner B. a physician C. a thief D. a murderer
