C

　　Your name is made up of at least two names. Everyone has a first and last name. How many people do you know who are named William or Mary or John or Joy? How could you keep them all straight if they didn‘t have last names?

　　But there was a time in England when there were no last names. Your father might have been William， and your mother， Mary， William‘s wife.

　　Your name might have been Fred， son of William. What if another William moved into the town? Let‘s say he was a tailor， He might have been called William the tailor to keep people from confusing the two Williams. The name would then have become William Taylor， and his whole family would have the last name Taylor， That is how family names came to be.

　　There are many ways in which families were named. People were named for their jobs， where they lived， or how they looked. Some people even took the names of things that they thought were beautiful. Other people took such names as Prince or King， because they admired these people. Names were also given because of the father‘s name as in Anderson， Johnson， or Richardson. There were many ways that people got their last names. Can you imagine having to choose your own?

　　( )59. According to the text， we can tell that .

　　A. there was a time in England when there were no first names

　　B. there was a time in England when there were no last names

　　C. there was a time in England when people were all named William

　　D. there was a time in France when people had no names

　　( )60. If George was a blacksmith， his whole family would .

　　A. have the last name Smith B. have the last name Taylor

　　C. have the last name George D. have the last name William

　　( )61. In the first paragraph， the sentence “How could you keep them all

　　straight…“ means .

　　A. how can you possibly stop them from seeing each other

　　B. how can you possibly tell them from one another

　　C. how can you possibly make them live as good citizens

　　D. how can you possibly teach them to be honest

　　( )62. From what the writer says， we may conclude that .

　　A. Richard is the son of Richardson

　　B. people like their names made up of two parts better than three

　　C. there were many ways in which people got their first names

　　D. there were many ways in which people got their last names

　　D

　　Venice is the “Queen” of the Adriatic Sea (亞得里亞海)。 Every year thousands of people visit the city. Why do they go there? Because Venice is a beautiful city. There aren‘t any roads in this city so there aren’t any cars and buses. There are canals. There is one big canal and 177 small canal. People move up and down the canals in boats. But Venice is sinking. It is going down and the water is going up. In 2040 Venice will be underwater. The Adriatic will cover the city.

　　The Venetians love their city and they want to stay there. They want to save Venice from the sea. They do not want to leave. How can they save Venice? They can put some gates in the sea. The gates will close so Venice will not sink.

　　( )63. The citizens of Venice .

　　A. do not want to stay there

　　B . want to leave Venice

　　C. want to build some gates in the city

　　D. want to protect the city from the sea

　　( )64. Altogether how many canals are there in Venice?

　　A. 117 B. 176 C. 2040 D. 178

　　( )65. Which of the following statements is true according to the text?

　　A. The “Queen of the Adriatic” will be underwater in 2040

　　B. The “Queen of the Adriatic Sea” will come to Venice

　　C. There will be roads and cars and buses in Venice

　　D. The whole city but the gates will be under the water

　　五、补全对话(共5句;每句满分为3分，共15分。)

　　根据中文提示，将对话中缺少的内容写在线上。这些句子必须符合英语表达习惯。打句号的地方，用陈述句;打问号的地方，用疑问句。

　　提示：Nick shear 给 Alex Brown的办公室打电话，想找Alex.接电话的名叫Joe，他说Alex不在，但他愿意传话。Nick请他叫Alex给他回电话。

　　Joe： Mr. Brown‘s office.

　　Nick：____________________?66

　　Joe： I‘m sorry， he isn’t here right now. ____________________?67

　　Nick：Oh， thank you. ____________________.68

　　Joe： Is that S-H-E-E-R?

　　Nick：No， Shear.

　　Jon：____________________?69

　　Nick：No， he doesn‘t. It’s 6414283.

　　Joe： 6414283. O.K， Mr. Shear. I‘ll give him the message.

　　Nick：____________________.70

　　六、书面表达

　　提示：你校学生会将为来访的美国朋友举办一个晚会，要在学校广播中宣布此事，并欢迎大家参加。为使美国朋友听懂，请你用英语写一篇广播通知。要点如下：

　　宗旨：欢迎来访的美国朋友 组织者：学生会

　　时间：8月15日(星期六)晚7：30 地点：主楼屋顶花园

　　活动内容：音乐、跳舞、唱歌、交换小礼品(请包装好、签名并在包装外面写上祝贺词)

　　注意：广播稿约100词

　　a应包括以上要点，但不要逐字翻译，要组织成一篇通顺连贯的短文;

　　b开头语已为你写好

　　生词：交换小礼品：to exchange gifts 学生会：the Student Union

　　May I have your attention， please? I have an announcement to make.

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