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which e from the female’s body. The male carries the eggs in its pouch for about three weeks until they hatch. Soon after the babies are born, the female gives her mate a new set of eggs. Sadly, the number of sea horses is being smaller. Why is this happening? Some places where sea horses once lived have been filled in to make new land. Also, many sea horses are caught and sold as aquarium fish. This really is not a good idea because most sea horses don’t live long in aquariums. The best place for a sea horse is the ocean. 28. The sea horse got its name because of its . A. head B. tail C. skin D. pouch 29. How does a sea horse keep safe from other fish? A. It rolls up. B. It runs away quickly C. It remains still D. It hides in plants and grasses 30. What soes a female sea horse do with her eggs? A. She hatches them. B. She hides them in sea grasses C. She puts them in the male’s pouch D. She carries them around. 31. We can learn from the passage that sea horses . A. like to move around B. feed on small sea animals C. live in cold ocean waters D. change colors with the temperature D English is the most widely used language in the history of our pla. One in every seven human beings can speak it. More than half of the world’s books and three quarters of international mail are in English. Of all languages, English has the largest vocabulary — perhaps as many as two million words. However, let’s face it: English is a crazy language. There is no egg in an eggplant, neither pine nor apple in a pineapple and no ham in a hamburger. Sweetmeats are candy, while sweetbreads, which aren’t sweet, are meat. We take English for granted. But when we explore its paradoxes (探討它的矛盾 ), we find that quicksand can work slowly, boxing rings are square, public bathrooms have no baths in them. And why is it that a writer writes, but fingers don’t fing, grocers don’t groce, and hammers don’t ham? If the plural of tooth is teeth, shouldn’t the plural of booth be beeth? One goose, two geese — so one moose, two meese? How can a slim chance and a fat chance be the same, while a wise man and a wise guy are opposites? How can overlook and oversee be opposites, while quite a lot and quite a few are alike? How can the weather be hot as hell one day and cold as hell the next? English was invented by people, not puters, and it reflects the creativity of human beings. That’s why, when stars are out, they are visible。 but when the lights are out, they are invisible. And why, when I wind up my watch, I start it。 but when I wind up this essay, I end it. 32. According to the passage ______. A. there should be egg in an eggplant B. pineapples are the apples on the pine tree 第 4 頁(yè)(共 8 頁(yè)) C. boxing rings should be round D. sweetmeats and sweetbreads are different things 33. Which of the following is the correct plural? A. Beeth. B. Meese. C. Geese. D. Tooth. 34. Which of the following includes two items which have the similar meaning? A. A wise man and a wise guy. B. Quite a lot and quite a few. C..Overlook and oversee. D. Hot as hell and cold as hell. 35. The underlined words “wind up” in the last paragraph probably mean “______”. A. blow B. roll up C. get hurt D. finish 第二節(jié)(共 5 小題;每小題 2 分,滿分 10 分) 根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容,從短文后的選項(xiàng)中選出能填入空白處的最佳選項(xiàng)。選項(xiàng)中有兩項(xiàng)為多余選項(xiàng)。 Doctors say anger can be an extremely damaging emotion, unless you learn how to deal with it. They warn that anger can lead to heart disease, stomach problems, headaches, emotional problems and possibly cancer. __36__ Some people express anger openly in a calm reasonable way. Others burst with anger, and scream and yell. But other people keep their anger inside. They can not or will not express it. This is called repressing anger. For years many doctors thought that repressing anger was more dangerous to a person’s health than expressing it. They said that when a person is angry,