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　　Around the world more and more people are taking part in dangerous sports and activities. Of course, there have always been people who have looked for adventures ——those who have climbed the highest mountains, traveled into unknown parts of the world or sailed in small boats across the greatest oceans. Now, however, there are people who look for an immediate excitement from a risky activity which may only last a few minutes or even seconds.

　　I would consider bungee jumping to be a good example of such an activity. You jump from a high place (perhaps a bridge or a hot-air balloon) 200 metres above the ground with an elastic (有弹性的) rope tied to your ankles. You fall at up to 150 kilometres an hour until the rope stops you from hitting the ground. It is said that about 2 million people around the world have now tried bungee jumping. Other activities which most people would say are as risky as bungee jumping include jumping from tall building and diving into the sea from the top of high cliff（悬崖）.
Why do people take part in such activities as these? Some psychologists suggest that it is because life in modern societies has become safe and boring. Not very long ago, diseases could not easily be cured, and life was a continuous battle for survival(生存).

　　Nowadays, according to many people, life offers little excitement. They live and work in comparatively safe conditions； they buy food in shops； and there are doctors and hospitals to look after them if they become ill. The answer for some of these people is to look for danger in activities such as bungee jumping.

　　46. The best title for the text is_____.

　　A. Dangerous sports: what and why

　　B. The boredom of modern life

　　C. Bungee jumping: Is it really dangerous?

　　D. The need for excitement

　　47. More and more people today______.

　　A. are trying activities such as bungee jumping

　　B. are climbing the highest mountains

　　C. are coming close to death in sports

　　D. are looking for adventures such as traveling into unknown places

　　48. In bungee jumping, you_____.

　　A. jump as high as you can

　　B. slide down a rope to the ground

　　C. attach(系) yourself to a rope and fall to the ground

　　D. fall towards the ground without a rope

　　49. People probably take part in dangerous sports nowadays because_______.

　　A. they have a lot of free time

　　B. they can go to hospital if they are injured

　　C. their life is short of excitement

　　D. they no longer need to hunt for food

　　50. The writer of the text has a_______attitude towards dangerous sports.

　　A. positive(肯定的) B. negative(否定的)

　　C. neutral(中立的) D. nervous(紧张的)

　Ⅳ. 短文改错/Proofreading and error correction (10分)

　　Many years ago a poor man grew an orange tree. 51.____

　　On the tree there were many fine oranges. Some day he found 52.______

　　one of them was so big as a football. He took it 53._______

　　for the king. The king was so happy that he gave the 54. _____

　　poor man lots money. When a rich man heard of it, 55. _____

　　he said for himself, “I’ll take my gold cup to the king 56. _____

　　and he will give me much money.” Next day the king received 57. _____

　　from the cup. The king was very fond of the cup and he told 58.______

　　the rich man:“I have an orange. It?s beautiful than the cup, 59. _____

　　so I have decided to give it to you as the reward instead money.” 60.______

　　Ⅴ. 单词拼写/Word spelling（10分）

　　About three years ago, I felt very lonely. I didn’t like my classmates, my parents or anyone else. My classmates didn’t want to talk 61 me and my parents were always saying that other kids were better than me. I thought I was the 62 unlucky person in the world.
One day I had a big fight with one of my classmates. I was so angry 63 I hit him in the face. Just at that moment, a boy stood up and 64 the fight. He was the monitor of my class.
After that, he often helped me and we became good 65. Whenever I got angry or sad, he would help 66 to cool down. My life began to change because of the boy, my best friend. We spent a lot of interesting days together. As 67 goes by, I have become happier with people and things. And it 68 that people around me have changed, too. My parents don’t shout at me 69 more and my classmates become friendly to me.

　　But now I can’t often see my best friend because he is seriously 70 and is staying in hospital. How I miss the days when we were together! I hope he will be all right and come back to school soon.

　　61.____ 62.______ 63.______ 64.______ 65._______

　　66.____ 67.______ 68.______ 69.______ 70._______

　　Ⅵ. 书面表达/Writing (20分)

　　你的英国朋友正在做一个课题：世界各地的生日庆祝方式。他请你介绍中国学生过生日的方式。请你根据以下要点写一篇短文。

　　1.通常方式：

　　（1）生日聚会；

　　（2）生日礼物；

　　（3）生日祝福。

　　2.我认为更有意义的庆祝方式和理由。

　　注意：词数在100词以上。

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　　Ⅶ. 教学设计/Teaching plan（15分）

　　请设计一个教案，达到以下目的。

　　1. 能听懂、会说、会读单词：blow out, a candle, a costume, a doorbell, take off.

　　2. 能听懂、会说、会读和会写句型：When?s your birthday? My birthday?s on ... What would you like as a birthday present? I?d like ...

　　3. 培养学生运用英语的能力。