【正文】 od vegetables. Seeing how well they were doing, the gardener now gave the best of care to his vegetable field, watering it better than any other field for miles around. 56. What is the problem between the tree and the vegetables? A. They looked down upon each other. B. They didn‘t leave water to each other. C. They couldn‘t stand each other. D. They didn‘t know how to protect themselves. 57. What is the result of the fight between the tree and the vegetables? A. They grew taller and stronger. B. They were both drying up. C. The tree defeated the vegetables. D. The vegetables defeated the tree. 58. The courgette thought of ways to solve the conflict by . A. making peace with the tree B. working together with other vegetables C. entering the gardening contests D. growing big enough 59. What can we learn from this passage? A. We ought to live in harmony with others. B. We ought to save as much water as possible. C. We ought to learn from each other in some ways. D. We ought to learn to respect each other. B Would it surprise you to learn that, like animals, trees municate with each other and pass on their wealth to the next generation? UBC Professor Simard explains how trees are much more plex than most of us ever imagined .Although Charles Darwin thought that trees are peting for survival of the fittest, Simard shows just how wrong he was. In fact, the opposite is true: trees survive through their cooperation and support, passing around necessary nutrition ―depending on who needs it‖. Nitrogen（ 氮 ） and carbon are shared through miles of underground fungi（ 真菌 ） works, making sure that all trees in the forest ecological system give and receive just the right amount to keep them all healthy. This hidden system works in a very similar way to the works of neurons（ 神經(jīng)元 ） in our brains, and when one tree is destroyed, it affects all. Simard talks about ―mother trees‖, usually the largest and oldest plants on which all other trees depend .She explains how dying trees pass on the wealth to the next generation, transporting important minerals to young trees so they may continue to grow .When humans cut down ―mother trees‖ with no awareness of these highly plex ―tree societies‖ or the works on which they feed, we are reducing the chances of survival for the entire forest. ―We didn39。 17. Who is the speaker? A. A doctor. B. A fitness coach. C. A PE teacher. 18. What should people do before they start a longrun exercise? A. Eat less food. B. Take a tenminute walk. C. Have a good sleep. 19. What does the man advise runners to do? A. Avoid doing any hard exercise. B. Increase the running distance gradually. C. Try to overdo the exercise. 20. What is the passage mainly about? A. How to deal with problems in running. B. How to keep healthy. C. How to run correctly. 第二部分 英語知識應(yīng)用 （ 滿分 45分 ） 第一節(jié) 單項填空 （ 共 15小題 ； 每小題 1分 ， 滿分 15分 ） 21. —I‘m terribly sorry to have put you through so much trouble. —____. I know you didn‘t mean to. A. You‘re wele B. No trouble C. All right D. Fet it 22. I don‘t like any humor in serious speech because I can‘t think of any circumstance _______ this would be beneficial or useful. A. where B. which C. whether D. as 23. Just in front of our house _______ with a history of 1,000 years. A. does a tall tree stand B. stands a tall tree C. is standing a tall tree D. a tall tree stands 24. . published fifty years ago, his work still attracts much attention at present. A. As B. Though C. Apart from D. Despite 25. –Guess what! We‘ll have a chance to visit our sister school in Denmark this summer! How nice! You ______ a different culture then. A. will have experienced B. have been experiencing C. will be experiencing D. will have to experience 26. 24. —How do you find Johnson‘s last party? —Well, it couldn‘t have been . In fact, I won‘t go to his party next time. A. any better B. any worse C. any worst D. any best 27. — Shall we put off the match because of the bad weather? — No. Rain or shine, the match will be held as ______. A. schedule B. scheduling C. scheduled D. to schedule 28. What makes online shopping so popular is it shortens the distance between manufacturers and consumers. A .how B. that C. whether D. why 29. Teaching is not ____ a matter of spreading knowledgeit also calls for the ability to build up the students‘ personality. A. simply B. partly C. equally D. obviously 30. This new model of car is so expensive that it is _____the reach of those with average ines. A. over B. within C. beyond D. below 31. A notice was________in order to remind the students of the changed lecture time. A． sent up B． given up C． set up D． put up 32. — Why do we get up so early? — If we _______ the flight we would have to stay here for another day. A. miss B. would miss C. missed D. had missed 33. Tom‘s little sister is a girl of great _______. She takes an interest in everything. A. ambition B. caution C. curiosity D. strength 34.— What is the man, actually? —I don‘t know for sure. But I think he can be _______ but a policeman. A. nothing B. something C. everything D. anything 35. the instructions on the packet when you take the drug and the drug, I think, will work soon. A. Follow B. To follow C. Following D. Followed 第二節(jié) 完形填空（共 20小題，每小題 1. 5分，滿分 30分） 閱讀下面短文，從短文后各題所給的四個選項（ A、 B、 C和 D）中，選出可以填入空白處的最佳選項，并在答題卡上將該項涂黑。 11. How long does it take to get to Brussels? A. 12 hours. B. 9 hours. C. 7 hours. 12. Which ticket will the woman take? A. First class on