【正文】 There are more and more students who are developing eating habits in our school, which has attached widely attention of the parents and our school. Some students often go to school without have breakfast. When they are hungry, they prefer eating some snack. Some of them are even particular with food。 The Mississippi The Mississippi is a great river whose relationship with man goes way back beyond its discovery in the 16th century. The River Indians used it as a highway and as a source of food, and it was they who gave it its name —— “misi” meaning “great” and “sipi” meaning “water”. When the length of its branch, the Missouri, is added to it, the Mississippi bees greater. 36 . From the source of the Missouri to the tip of the delta (三角洲 ), it is 2, 480 miles long. Great rivers are likely to suffer floods. In 1927 the Mississippi flooded 26 thousand acres, sweeping away farms, towns, everything in its path. In 1938 its floods drowned or killed 200 people and made millions homeless. Today the river has largely been controlled. 37 . Industries have spread down some of the waterways of the delta, but otherwise the delta is a remote place, the homeland of a little colony of French Canadians that the British drove out of Nova Scotia in the 18th century. They still speak French, mixed with English, Indian, Spanish and Negro idioms. They keep to themselves, fanning the rich soil of the delta. 38 ___ . 39 . Pioneers who first reached its banks wondered not only where it went, but what lay beyond. In 1764 the French founded a city on the right bank of the river, and named it after their king, Louis XV. This city, named St. Louis, became the jumpingoff place for the adventurous men and women who opened up the Great Plains, and the way to the Far West. Some 40 years earlier, at the beginning of the 18th century, the French had founded another city just above the Mississippi delta, New Orleans. 40 . New Orleans is one of the great ports of the world, and one of the greatest terminals for both sea and river traffic. A. It was the Mississippi that made the city what it is B. Levees, high banks built of earth, hold back the flood waters C. Therefore, as we know, it’s the third longest river in the world D. It is known that the “Great W ater” has also been a frontier river E. However, they paddled up and down the Mississippi in their boats to seek their fortune F. The “Great Water” always remains a thread ( 分界線 ), for the streets of the city are below the level of the river G. They call themselves Cajuns, who have actually been leading fairly primitive lives and preserving their own traditions 第三部分 英語知識運(yùn)用（共兩節(jié)，滿分 45分） 第一節(jié) 完形填空（共 20小題；每小題 ，滿分 30分） 閱讀下面短文，從短文后各題所給的四個(gè)選項(xiàng)（ A、 B、 C、 D）中，選出可以填入空白處的最佳選項(xiàng)，并在答題卡上將該項(xiàng)涂黑。 15. Why does the man talk to the woman? A. He wants to invite her to spend a holiday with him. B. He wants to give her some advice. C. He wants to get some suggestions from her. 16. Which is mentioned in the talk? A. Mike had intended to travel with Celia this holiday. B. Mike had wanted to go sightseeing with Miguel this holiday. C. Celia had planned to go on a trip with Miguel this year. 17. Why does Mike feel it hard to make the decision to accept the invitation? A. He has not enough money for the holiday. B. He does not want to hurt Celia’s feelings. C. He does not like Miguel very much. 聽第 10 段材料，回答第 1820 題。聽完后，各小題將給出 5秒鐘的作答時(shí)間。從題中所給的 A、 B、 C三個(gè)選項(xiàng)中選出最佳選項(xiàng)并標(biāo)在試題的相應(yīng)位置。 從題中所給的 A、 B、 C 三個(gè)選項(xiàng)中選出最佳選項(xiàng)并標(biāo)在試題的相應(yīng)位置。 9. Where does the flight go? A. To London. B. To Paris. C. To Heathrow. 10. How much is the oneway flight? A. $ 420. B. $ 320. C. $ 210. 11. What time can the woman get the ticket? A. Tomorrow. B. Anytime she likes to. C. The day after tomorrow. 聽第 8 段材料，回答第 1214 題。s languages, where it will happen and which languages will be threatened in particular. 32. The language of Ainu is mentioned in Paragraph l in order to tell us that _______________. A. Japanese is new seriously threatened B. few people speak Japanese in the world C. Japanese is made up of many languages D. it is most likely to disappear in the future 33. What may endanger the languages most according to Amano? A. The diversity of society. B. The decline of the population. C. The development of economy D. The improvement of the environment. 34. The writer shows us the reasons that languages are endangered by ___________________. A. offering some examples B. performing some experiments . C. telling some i