D
 Far from the land of Antarctica(南极洲), a huge shelf of ice meets the ocean. At the underside of the shelf there lives a small fish, the Antarctic cod.
 For forty years scientists have been curious about that fish. How does it live where most fish would freeze to death? It must have some secret. The Antarctic is not a comfortable place to work and research has been slow. Now it seems we have an answer.
 Research was begun by cutting holes in the ice and catching the fish. Scientists studied the fish’s blood and measured its freezing point.
 The fish were taken from seawater that had a temperature of -1.88℃ and many tiny pieces of ice floating in it. The blood of the fish did not begin to freeze until its temperature was lowered to -2.05℃. That small difference is enough for the fish to live at the freezing temperature of the ice-salt mixture.
 The scientists’ next research job was clear: Find out what in the fish’s blood kept it from freezing. Their search led to some really strange thing made up of a protein(蛋白质) never before seen in the blood of a fish. When it was removed, the blood froze at seawater temperature. When it was put back, the blood again had its antifreeze quality and a lowered freezing point.
 Study showed that it is an unusual kind of protein. It has many small sugar molecules(分子) held in special positions within each big protein molecule. Because of its sugar content. It is called a glycoprotein. So it has come to be called the antifreeze fish glycoprotein. Or AFGP.
68. What is the text mainly about?
   A. The terrible conditions in the Antarctic.
   B. A special fish living in freezing waters.
   C. The ice shelf around Antarctica.
   D. Protection of the Antarctic cod.
69. Why can the Antarctic cod live at the freezing temperature?
   A. The seawater has a temperature of -1.88℃.
   B. It loves to live in the ice-salt mixture.
   C. A special protein keeps it from freezing.
   D. Its blood has a temperature lower than -2.05℃.
70. What does the underlined word “it” in Paragraph 5 refer to?
   A. A type of ice-salt mixture.  B. A newly found protein.
   C. Fish blood.     D. Sugar molecule.
71. What does “glycol-” in the underlined word “glycoprotein” in the last paragraph mean?
   A. sugar   B. ice   C. blood   D. molecule
E
 If you boss asks you to work in Moscow this year, he’d better offer you more money to do so — or even double that depending on where you live now. That’s because Moscow has just been found to be the world’s most expensive city for the second year in a row by Mercer Human Resources Consulting.
 Using the cost of living in New York as a base, Mercer determined Moscow is 34.4 percent more expensive including the cost of housing, transportation, food, clothing, household goods and entertainment(娱乐).
 A two-bedroom flat in Moscow now costs $4,000 a month; a CD $24.83, and an international newspaper $6.30, according to Mercer. By comparison, a fast food meal with a hamburger(汉堡包) is a steal at $4.80.
 London takes the No.2 place, up from No.5 a year ago, thanks to higher cost of housing and a stronger British pound relative to the dollar. Mercer estimates(估算) London is 26 percent more expensive than New York these days. Following London closely are Seoul and Tokyo, both of which are 22 percent more expensive than New York, while No.5 Hong Kong is 19 percent more costly.
 Among North American cities, New York and Los Angeles are the most expensive and are the only two listed in the top 50 of the world’s most expensive cities. But both have fallen since last year’s study — New York came in 15th, down from 10th place, while Los Angeles fell to 42nd from 29th place a year ago. San Francisco came in a distant third at No. 54, down 20 places from a year earlier.
 Toronto, meanwhile, is Canada’s most expensive city but fell 35 places to take 82nd place worldwide. In Australia, Sydney is the priciest place to live in and No. 21 worldwide.
72. What do the underlined words “a steal” in Paragraph 3 mean?
   A. an act of stealing    B. something delicious
   C. something very cheap   D. an act of buying
73. London has become the second most expensive city because of ______.
   A. the high cost of clothing  B. the stronger pound against the dollar
   C. its expensive transportation  D. the high prices of fast food meals
74. Which city is the third most expensive on the list?
   A. Tokyo.  B. Hong Kong.  C. Moscow.   D. Sydney.
75. Which city has dropped most on the list in North America?
   A. New York. B. Los Angeles.  C. San Francisco. D. Toronto.

第二卷（共35分）

第四部分：写作（共两节，满分35分）
第一节　短文改错（共１０小题；每小题１分，满分１０分）
此题要求改正所给短文中的错误。对标有题号的每一行作出判断：如无错误，在该行右边横线上画一个勾（√）；如有错误（每行只有一个错误），则按下列情况改正：
此行多一个词：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉，在该行右边的横线上写出该词，并也用斜线划掉。
此行缺一个词：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），在该行右边横线上写出该加的词。
此行错一个词：在错的词下划一横线，在该行右边横线上写出改正后的词。
注意：原行没有错的不要改。（试题见答案）

第二节 书面表达（满分25分）
假定你是李华，准备参加学校举办的主题为“健康成长”的英语作文比赛。请按要求写一篇短文，主要内容包括：
1. 乐观的人生态度；
2. 努力学习；
3. 参加体育锻炼。
生词：态度恶劣attitude
注意：1.词数100左右；2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；3.开头已为你写好。

参考答案
第一部分
1. B   2. A   3. C   4. A   5. B   6. A   7. C   8. C   9. A   10. A
11.C   12. C   13. B   14. B 15. C  16. A   17. B   18. B   19. A   20.C
第二部分
21. A   22. C   23. C   24. D   25. A   26. C   27. B   28. D   29. D   30. A
31. B   32. B   33. C   34. A   35. B   36. A  37. C   38. C   39. D   40. D
41. A   42. B   43. C   44. A   45. B   46. D   47. C   48. A   49. D   50. B
51. D   52. B   53. A   54. C   55. B
第三部分
56. D   57. B  58. C   59. A   60. D 61. B 62. C 63. D 64. C 65. A
66. D 67. A 68. B 69. C 70. B  71. A 72. C   73. B 74. A   75. D
第四部分
第一节 短文改错
It is five years now since I graduate from No.3 High  76.   graduated 
School. Last Saturday, the class that I was on held a  77.      in    
get-together, which took us a long time ∧ prepare. It 78.      to    
was indeed not easy to get in the touch with everybody 79.    去掉the 
and set a well time for all of us. We all enjoyed   80.     good       
this precious day greatly, remember the time we spent 81.  remembering
together and the people they were familiar with. It was 82.      we    
a pity which some of us were not present as they had 83.      that   
gone abroad for further studies, but they called back  84.      √    
or sent greeting card from different places.    85.     cards   

第二节   写作
One possible version
 We all want to grow up happily and healthily, and for this goal we must do several things.
 Firstly, we should develop a good attitude to life. Life consists of not only sunshine but also hard times. We should be brave in front of difficulties. Secondly, we must study hard because knowledge is power. If we have the power. We can help to build our country and enjoy life better. In order to study well, we need to do sports so that we can keep fit. We can go running, play ball games or simply take a walk after a day’s study. If we do those things well, we will be able to grow up happily and healthily.

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