【正文】 underlined word “it” in the second paragraph refers to _____. A. the change from good to bad that’s seen in a child B. the way that parents often blame themselves C. the opinion that a child has of his parents D. the advice that parents want their children to follow 43. The boy on the sofa would most probably he described as ______ A. lazy B. quiet C. unusual D. rude 44. From the second example we can infer that the parents of the two daughters _________. A. pay no attention to them B. are too busy to look after them C. have e to hate them D. feel helpless to do much about them 45. What is the author’s opinion about the sudden change in teenage children? A. Parents have no choice but to try to accept it. B. Parents should pay still more attention to the change. C. Parents should work more closely with school teachers. D. Parents are at fault for the change in their children. 四、詞匯運(yùn)用（共 20 小題，每小題 1 分，計(jì) 20 分） （一）根據(jù)句意，完成已給出首字母的單詞。 必須使用下列單詞： Mr. Smith, work, now, he, three years, make, often, say 【試題答案】 一、單項(xiàng)選擇 15 B B C A B 610 A C B C D 1115 A B D B C 二、完形填空 1620 BDCAB 2125 CACAD 三、閱讀理解 2630 B C B B A 3135 DBABD 3640 B DBCB 4145 A A D D A 四、詞匯運(yùn)用 46. differences 47. achieve 48. clothes 49. January 50. decision 51. watered 52. convinent 53. honest 54. importance 55. light 56. happens 57. at 58. changed 59. part 60. before 61. win 62. chose 63. practised 64. hardly 65. down 五、任務(wù)型閱讀 66. Yes, they can. 67. It costs less money. / It’s cheap. 68. 3,500 L. 69. It is used to prevent the water from evaporating and being polluted. Or: It is used for preventing the water from evaporating and being polluted. Or: It is used to protect the water inside the tank from evaporating and insects from flying into the water and laying eggs. 如果照抄原文 ： It protects the water……and l aying eggs. 要扣掉 分。 (10 分 ) at, hard, change, up, before, win, happen, down, choose, practise, e, part Life is not easy, so I’d like to say “When anything (56) , believe in yourself!” When I was a young boy, I was too shy to speak to anyone. My classmates often laughed (57) me. I was sad but could do nothing. Later, something happened, and it (58) my life. It was an English speech contest(比賽 ). My mother asked me to take (59) in it. What a terrible idea! It meant I had to speak (60) all the teachers and students of my school! “Come on, boy. Believe in yourself! You are sure to (61) .” Then mother and I talked about many different topics. At last I (62) the topic “Believe in yourself”. I tried my best to remember all the speech and (63) it over 100 times. With my mother’s great love, I did well in the contest. I could (64)______ believe my ears when the news came that I had won the first place. I heard the cheers from the teachers and students. Those classmates who once looked (65) on me, now all said congratulations to me. 五、任務(wù)型閱讀（共 5 小題，每小題 2 分，計(jì) 10 分） When we think of harvests (收獲 ), we usually think of plants. But can you also harvest a liquid? Sure. Just think of rainwater. Best of all, it is free, except for the cost of a way to collect it. One way to harvest rainwater is with some technology developed by International Development Enterprises. It is in the American state of Colorado. It created the technology as a way for people in developing countries to avoid having to drink polluted (污染 ) ground water. The rainwater harvesting system (系統(tǒng) ) created by International Development Enterprise