D
Elsie Eiler is the head of Monowi, a tiny town in northern Nebraska, U.S.A., and that isn’t her only job. She is also the town secretary, the town treasurer, the librarian, and she works in the café. Why has she got a lot of different jobs? Because there’s nobody else to do them. Monowi has got a population of one — Elsie.
Monowi is an unusual sight. There are about twelve old wooden houses there. They are all empty and are surrounded by a few trees, several old cars and lots of rubbish. The town is silent. An old yellow school bus, with no wheels or seats, stands next to the small school. The school closed 40 years ago. Opposite Elsie’s café is an old building, filled with rubbish. It was a shop but it closed in the 1950s.
The busiest time for Monowi was in the 1930s. Then, the population was 150, and was
made up of mostly farmers and their families. There was a railway too. However, the farmers couldn’t compete（競(jìng)爭(zhēng)）with the large industrialized（工業(yè)化的）farms, and left the town to look
for other work. In 1971, the railway closed and the town began to die. Three years ago, the last people that lived there, except Elsie’s family, moved away. Then, Elsie’s husband died, and then her son and daughter left to find work in bigger towns, leaving Elsie the only person in the town.
45 Her food is good, her beer is cold, and farmers and truck drivers travel a long way to eat at her café. “One day Monowi will just be memories, and it will probably turn to dust,” she says. “But I like it, and as long as I can take care of myself, I will stay here.”
42．What does Paragraph 1 mainly tell us about Elsie Eiler?
A. She is the only person living in Monowi.
B. She has a good time living in Monowi.
C. She can do different kinds of jobs.
D. She will leave Monowi soon.
43．Mostly _____ and their families lived in Monowi in the 1930s.
A. railway workers
B. shopkeepers
C. truck drivers
D. farmers
44．The article tells us about Monowi EXCEPT _____
A. what it looks like
B. whether there is train there
C. when people first lived there
D. why people started to leave it
45．Which of the following can be filled in the blank in the last paragraph?
A. Elsie believes Monowi will have a bright future.
B. Now Elsie wishes her kids to return to Monowi.
C. Elsie will leave Monowi in a couple of years.
D. Now Elsie lives alone but she isn’t lonely.
四、詞語運(yùn)用（共 15 小題；每小題 1 分，滿分 15 分）
A）選用方框內(nèi)的單詞或詞組填空，其中有一個(gè)單詞或詞組是多余的。
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46．I like being ▲ , near beautiful lakes and hills.
47．— What time is it?
— I have no idea. But just a minute, I will ▲ it for you.
48．This is my father’s own ▲ chair. No one else is allowed to use it.
49．There are lots of ▲ in the Palace Museum. Don’t miss them!
50．A serious study of physics is impossible ▲ some knowledge of maths.
B）用括號(hào)中所給單詞的正確形式填空。
When I look at this picture of myself, I realize how fast time flies. About one month after this picture 51 (take), I became a primary school student. Around me in this picture are the things that 52 (be) very important in my life at that time: toy cars and planes. I enjoyed 53 (study) different kinds of cars and planes. This picture brings back to 54 (I)many happy memories of my childhood.
Since I was a kid, I 55 (consider) different jobs I would like to do. First, I wanted to be a fireman, because the uniform looked so cool. Then, when I was in the 56 (six) grade, I wanted to be a teacher because I liked my English teacher so much. When I entered middle school, my dream was to open a restaurant. I wished to have a chain of restaurants in many different 57 (city). If I succeeded in managing one, I would open 58 (many). Now I hope to be a surgeon. “That’s a good 59 (decide)”, my parents say to me. I know I must try hard 60 (make) my dream come true.
五、任務(wù)型閱讀（共 10 小題；61～65 題每小題 1 分，66～70 題每小題 2 分，滿分 15 分）
A）根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容及首字母提示，寫出所缺單詞，使短文完整、通順。
It was Monday morning, and the writing class had just begun. Everyone was silent, waiting to see w 61 would be called to read his or her article aloud. Some of us were confident and couldn’t wait to take p 62 in the class activity; others were nervous. I had done my homework, but I was shy — I was a 63 to speak in front of a large group of people. At that moment, I remembered that my father o 64 said, “The classroom is a place for learning and that i 65 learning from textbooks, and mistakes as well.” Immediately, I raised my hand.
B）閱讀下面的短文，按要求回答問題。
70
VictoriaAmazonica
The Victoria Amazonica is native to（原產(chǎn)于）South America. It is famous for its size and strength. Its huge leaves grow to 2.5m in diameter（直徑）, and a fully-grown leaf can support a little kid sitting in the center. Its flowers are also big — up to 40cm in diameter. However, you can only enjoy the sight of the flowers for a short time, because they last for only 48 hours or so.
Calceolaria Uniflora
The Calceolaria Uniflora is a plant from the southern area of South America. It looks like a slippe（r 拖鞋）. It is also known as Darwin’s Slipper Flower, because it was first discovered by Charles Darwin in his trip around South America. These amusing flowers also look like little orange aliens walking together over the rocks, so sometimes they are nicknamed the Happy Alien Plant.
AzorellaCompacta
The Azorella Compacta looks like a beanbag sofa, but actually it is made up of thousands of flowering buds（花蕾）on long stems（莖）. It can support the weight of a human. The plant is native to the high Andes in South America. It grows very slowly, nearly 15mm per year. It is also one of the oldest living things in the world. Many of the Azorella Compactas we see are thought to be over 3,000 years old.
回答下面 5 個(gè)問題，每題答案不超過7個(gè)詞。
66．How long is the Victoria Amazonica in flower?
67．There are another two names for the Calceolaria Uniflora. What are they?
68．How fast does the Azorella Compacta grow?
69．Are the Victoria Amazonica and the Azorella Compacta weak or strong?
70．Please give a suitable title for the article.
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