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An annoying problem for humans, who like to boast (夸耀) about all the distant planets and moons we have explored, is that we've never taken a good look right under our noses. The inside of the earth is relatively close, but how can we get there?
The deepest oil well enters a mere six miles into the crust (地壳) (the center of the earth is about 4,000 miles deeper). Russian scientists dug the deepest hole in Siberia, but bottomed out at about 7.5 miles below the surface. The Mohole project, a U.S. plan in the 1950s, called for drilling a hole 25 miles down to the boundary between the hard rocks of the crust and the soft mantle (地幔). Sadly the project involved government supporting.
It gets harder and harder to drill deep into the earth because rocks get softer and softer. Hard but easily broken at the surface, rocks become plastic at depth, and the pressure caused by the weight of the overlaying crust ---  about 52,800 pounds per square inch at a depth of ten miles, makes further drilling impossible.
What little we know about the inside of the earth (like the fact that there's a crust, a mantle, and a core) comes from indirect evidence, such as the analysis of earthquakes.
So maybe it's time for a thorough new method to explore the earth's inside. Scientist David Stevenson says we should forget about drilling holes. Instead, we should open a crack (裂缝).
Stevenson suggests digging a crack about a half mile long, a yard wide, and a half mile deep (not with a shovel) but with an explosion on the scale of a nuclear bomb. Next, he'd pour a few hundred thousand tons of molten (熔化的) iron into the crack, along with a robot. The iron, thicker than the surrounding crust, would move downward at about 16 feet per second, carrying the robot with it and opening the crack deeper and deeper. The iron mass would drop for about a week and 2,000 miles to the outer edge of the earth core, the robot sending out data to the surface.
Stevenson compares his idea to space exploration. "We're going somewhere we haven't been before,"he says. "In all possibility, there will be surprises.”
This idea can probably be put in the drawer marked with Isn't Going To Happen. The robot would have to survive temperatures that would melt pretty much anything. But Stevenson's idea may inspire a new look at an old problem. Great things can come from what seems like impossible ideas.
72. Going inside the earth is _____ than going into space.
A. more interesting B. more possible C. easier  D. more challenging
73. How deep have we gone into the earth until now?
A. 6 miles.  B. 4,000 miles. C. 7.5 miles.  D. 25 miles.
74. Which of the following is TRUE about David Stevenson's idea?
A. It is an inspiring but not practical idea now.
B. It is a practical proposal that has come into use now.
C. It is a good proposal that will soon be put into practice.
D. It is a false theory that cannot be carried out at all.
75. What might be the most suitable title for the text?
A. An Annoying Problem for Humans
B. To the Center of the Earth
C. The Mohole Project
D. David Stevenson's Proposal
第二卷（一部分，共35分）
第四部分：写作（共两节，满分35分）
第一节: 短文改错（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
此题要求改正所给短文中的错误，对标有题号的每一行作出判断：如果无错误，在该行右边的横线上画一个勾（√）；如果有错误（每行只有一个错误），则按下列情况改正：
该行多一个词：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉，在该行右边横线上写出该词，并也用斜线划掉。
该行缺一个词：在缺词处加一个漏词符号（∧），在该行右边横线上写出该加的词。
该行错一个词：在错的词下划一横线，在该行右边横线上写出改正后的词。
注意：原行没有错的不要改。
As an English beginner, I found difficult to read fast. It  76. _____
was because whenever I read I always try to translate every 77. _____
English word or sentence into the Chinese before I could 78. _____
understand it. As a result of, it usually took me over 10   79. _____
minutes to finish read a passage. To get it over, I read 80. _____
a lot. Firstly, I read the passage fast and answered the 81. _____
questions within six minutes. Secondly, I checked the answer   82. _____
to see which of them were correct. Then I looked up only 83. _____
those key new words to seeing why they were wrong. 84. _____
In this way, I have progressed my reading speed a lot.   85. _____
第二节：书面表达（满分25分）
　  2004年12月26日发生在印度洋的海啸造成了重大的人员伤亡。为了在同学们中间进一步普及海啸知识，请你为学校的黑板报写一份稿件，简单谈一谈海啸的形成原因及如何预防。
   　注意：1. 词数：100左右;
   　2. 可以适当增加细节，以使短文连贯、完整;
  3. 参考词汇：海啸tsunami。

参考答案
1-5 BACBB 6-10 BACAB   11-15 CBACC 16-20BABAC  21-25 CADAC  
6-30 DDCDC 31-35 BBDDC 36-40 BDACB   41-45 CDABC 46-50 DABDC
51-55 ABDAC   56-60 ACBDB 61-65 ADCAC 66-70 BDDCB 71-75 ADCAB
76. found后加 it 77. try改为tried  78. 去掉the 79. 去掉of 80. read改为reading 
81.   √ 82. answer改为answers  83. correct改为wrong/incorrect
84. seeing改为see   85. progressed改为improved
One possible version：
Tsunami is usually caused by strong earthquakes that happen in oceans. Great sea waves will be pushed toward the shores with great speed. If the people along the shores don't know tsunami is coming, they will suffer great damage. For example, the tsunami, which happened in the Indian Ocean on December 26, 2004, killed more than 150,000 people in Indonesia, Sri Lanka, India, Thailand and other countries. Millions of people were injured and became homeless.
Tsunami is a natural disaster. We should set up more advanced warning systems along the shores, on the islands and in man-made satellites. Besides, we should protect our oceans further instead of destroying them.
部分解析
[语法和词汇知识]
21. C。考查交际用语。只有C选项符合英语交际习惯，其余三选均为汉语式表达。
22. A。考查冠词。空后两个单词都是以元音音素开头的。
23. D。考查情态动词。ought (not) to / should (not) 后跟不定式的完成式表示“本来应该或不应该做某事”。此处表示“本来应该做某事而实际上未做”。
24. A。考查时态、语态和主谓一致。由since1999可知应用现在完成时；the number做主语，谓语动词应用第三人称单数形式。
25. C。考查时态。答语第一句中有时间状语six months ago，故用went；第二句中有时间状语since then，故用haven't gone。
26. D。考查非谓语动词。过去分词短语做伴随状语，表示“与外部世界完全隔绝”。
28. C。考查习惯用语。all the same意为“尽管如此，仍然”。
29. D。考查连词。unless=if...not。本句意为“他骂了她；除非他向她道歉，否则她不会原谅他。”
30. C。it做形式宾语。
31. B。考查时态。by后跟将来时间在句中作状语，主句常用将来完成时。go without意为“在缺……的情况下勉强对付过去”。
32. B。考查时态和语态。动词wash，lock，sell，wear，read，open，shut，clean等的主语如果是物，且表示主语的特性或品质时，常用主动形式表示被动意义。
33. D。考查短语动词词义辨异。lit up 意为 “高兴起来”, 其主语常为face等; cheer up意为“感到振奋,高兴起来”，其主语一般为人。
34. D。考查动词。said这里意为“写道”。
35. C。考查倒装句和情态动词。否定副词never位于句首时，主句应用部分倒装语序；因是“过去未曾想到”，故用could have done结构。
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36. B。因是小学一年级的学生，故用curious修饰，意为“好奇的”。
37. D。观看建筑工人在附属楼房上“干活”。
38. A。由第三段第一句可知，建筑物当时正从下向上建，所以应在窗户下面，但非垂直下面，故用below。
39. C。looked up意为“抬头看”。
40. B。whose引导定语从句。此处意为“他的脸紧贴窗户”。
41. C。小男孩“招手回应”。
42. D。冬天“走向”春天。C项turned into表示一物“变成”另一物，如：Water can be turned into ice.
43. A。“逐渐”形成建筑物的框架。
44. B。it指代上文的message。
45. C。根据上下文应为全体“建筑工人”。
46. D。在此后的几个月里。
47. A。cheered Michael up意为“使迈克振作起来，战胜疾病”。
49. D。当盖到第三层时。
50. C。space表示两楼间的“空间”。
51. A。因一个是大人，一个是小孩，“面对面的”交谈更符合当时的语境。
52. B。根据下文“我本来是一个铁石心肠、没有多少同情心的人”可知小男孩Michael“改变了我的人生”。
53. D。此处意为“每天盼着见到这个男孩”。
54. A。由前句“Michael changed my life”可知。
55. C。根据下文，填be。小男孩也受影响，长大了要做一个建筑工人。
[阅读理解]
56. A。归纳判断题。由第一段后半部分可知，安全问题在别处“可能存在”，而非肯定存在，故排除B。
57. C。细节判断题。读第五段Together with Los Alamos, these two labs conduct the most part of...可知这个国家不止两个实验室从事核武器的研究。
58. B。猜测词义题。因接受调查，故停止了他们的工作。
59. D。推理判断题。一个实验室的电脑磁盘丢失，其他实验室跟着受牵连接受检查，由此可以推断出此事在美国人中间引起了恐慌。其他三个选项太武断，故排除。
60. B。细节判断题。文中并未提及Dakota Fanning是个孤儿，她只是在电影中扮演自杀母亲的女儿。其他三项都有所涉及。
61. A。细节理解题。根据第二段的Especially because it's cold here and I can't do anything可知她编织头巾等只是为了消磨时间。
62. D。句意理解题。因Dakota只是10岁的小女孩，她为Robert De Niro编织围巾只是出于羡慕敬仰，谈不上相恋。
63. C。归纳标题题。本文着重描述了Dakota休假时的活动，其他三项都是某一个方面的细节。
64. A。猜测指代题。本文主要是谈landslide，因此 event 是指代landslide的。
65. C。作者意图题。本文作者的意图是介绍一种用于滑坡抢险的产品。
66. B。细节理解及识图题。读第二段The robot，a large radio-controlled four-legged mechanical spider及识图可得出此答案。
67. D。细节判断题。从第二段The idea is to operate a machine far away that can drill without a human being on board一句以及第一段讲滑坡人工抢险的危险，可知这种产品的最大优点就是无人操作的安全性。
68. D。推理判断题。读了全文可以看出这是一篇动人的广告。似乎叫你不要去，但其实描写的情景却又诱使你不得不去。
69. C。细节理解题。读本文头两句可知Kauai是夏威夷群岛的岛屿之一。
70. B。作者意图推断题。通读全文可看出作者写这篇广告的真正意图是告诉我们Kauai是很值得一去的。
71. A。推理判断题。Kauai岛只有美丽的自然风光，没有豪华宾馆，没有购物商场，因此只有爱好大自然的人才去。
72. D。推理判断题。从第一段以及全文可知深入地壳比进入太空更富有挑战性。
73. C。细节理解题。由第二段的but bottomed out about 7.5 miles below the surface可知。
74. A。推理判断题。从最后一段可知Steveson的想法只是一个鼓舞人心但目前不可行的建议。
75. B。归纳标题题。全文主要讲的是怎样深入地球进行探索。

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