C

　　A young man is on a train. When the train gets to a bend*, it slows down*. Near the railway, there is big a house. It looks different from the buildings in the city. Everybody on the train looks at it. Some tourists begin to talk about it.

　　The young man likes the house very much. He gets off at the next station and walks to the house. The house is on sale. The owner* of the house says, “Nobody wants to buy it, because of the noise* of the trains. The noise makes it difficult to live in.” The young man wants to buy the house and pays $30,000 for it. Then, he uses it for advertising*, because the house is near the railway bend. The train needs to slow down at the bend, so tourists have time to look at the house.

　　The young man goes to many companies to show the advantages of putting ads* on the wall of the house. Finally, a company agrees* to place some ads. The young man gets $180,000 for three years of advertising.

　　In this world, turning disadvantages into advantages is the key to success*.

　　46. What does "it" refer to in Para. 1?

　　A. the trainB. the bendC. the railwayD. the house

　　47. Why does the man want to buy the house?

　　A. The house is big.

　　B. The man likes the city.

　　C. The house is near the railway and it is quiet*.

　　D. The man wants to make money.

　　48. How much money does the man get from the advertisement every year?

　　A. $60,000B. $30,000C. $180,000D. $150,000

　　49. Which of the followings is True?

　　A. The house looks the same as the buildings in the city.

　　B. The owner doesn't want to sell his house.

　　C. Trains make it noisy to live in the house.

　　D. Many companies want to put ads on the wall of the house.

　　50. What can you learn from the passage?

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　　五、词汇运用(本题有15小题，每小题1分，共15分)

　　A.用方框中所给的单词的适当形式填空。 每空限填一词。

　　team receive oneself thousand late

　　51. I’m going to enjoy ______ this weekend. I will have a party with my friends.

　　52. Tom, we are looking forward to ______ your letter.

　　53. ____ of tourists come to Hangzhou every year.

　　54. Hurry up! Or you will be ____.

　　55. Lakers is my favourite basketball ____.

　　B.根据所给中文提示，写出空白处各单词的正确形式。每空限填一词。

　　Usually I spend May Day holiday at home, but this year is going to be different. I am going to Dalian __56__ (乘坐) air with my family. My uncle lives there and he will meet us at the __57__ (机场). Then we are going to a restaurant to have lunch. Dalian is famous for its __58__ (新鲜的) seafood*. __59__ (几乎) everyone likes it. In the afternoon, we are going to take a walk on its business streets and buy some local* __60__ (产品). We will do __61__ (某事) interesting next day. For example, we will visit the museum, __62__ (收集) shells* on the beach and go boating. We will __63__(结束) the tour at the third day. I hope there’ll not be people __64__ (到处). I think the tour will be __65__ (极好的).

　　六、任务型阅读(本题有5小题，每小题1分，共5分)

　　请阅读以下内容，在相应的横线上分别填入library，bank，museum，park，school。

　　66. A __________

　　67. B __________

　　68. C __________

　　69. D __________

　　70. E __________

　　Tomorrow Peter will go to school for the first time. His mother writes the way on a piece of paper:

　　Walk along the Centre Road, turn right at the second street. The library is on your left, the bank is on your right. Go straight and you will see a big park in front of you. Go through the park, you can see the school. It’s between a post office and a museum.

　　小词典

　　ad n. 广告 agree v. 同意 advice n.建议 advertise v.做广告

　　bend n.(轨道)拐弯处 capsule n. 舱 noise n.噪音

　　owner n. 所有者 quiet adj. 安静的 slow down 慢下来 seafood n.海鲜 set up 建立 shell n.贝壳 success n.成功

　　top n. 顶端

　　七、书面表达(本题有1题，共15分)

　　假设你是李华，你想要申请到Westminster School就读。请根据以下提示，给这所学校的负责人Mr. White写一封自荐信。

　　要求：1. 必须包含所给信息，可适当发挥;

　　2. 文中不得出现真实姓名和所在学校;

　　3. 字数不少于80，开头和结尾已给出，不计入总字数。

　　年龄、外貌、性格

　　兴趣爱好

　　在校表现、人际交往、活动

　　…

　　Dear Mr. White,

　　I am writing to you with the hope of having chance to study in your school. ________________

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　　I’m looking forward to your reply.

　　Li Hua