The long, lonely voyage of the Japanese ghost ship is over.

A US Coast Guard cutter poured cannon fire into an abandoned Japanese ghost ship that had been drifting since last year’s tsunami (海嘯), sinking the vessel into waters more than 305 meters deep in the Gulf of Alaska and removing the danger it posed to shipping and the coastline on Thursday.

The cutter’s guns tore holes in the 164-foot Ryou-Un Maru, and then it began to take on water and lean to one side. In about four hours, the ship disappeared into the sea, said Chief Petty Officer Kip Wadlow.

The ship had no lights or communications system, and its tank was able to carry more than 7,570 liters of diesel fuel. Officials, however, didn’t know exactly how much fuel was aboard.

“It’s less risky than it would be running into shore or running into other ships,” coast guard spokesman Paul Webb said.

The US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the Environmental Protection Agency studied the problem and decided it is safer to sink the ship than let the fuel evaporate and pollute the sea environment.

Ryou-Un Maru was probably among the first wave of the 1.5 million tons of garbage of refrigerators, washing machines, televisions, roofs and fishing nets heading toward North America since last March when a magnitude-9.0 earthquake struck Japan.

As the coast guard was ready to fire on the vessel, a Canadian fishing vessel, the 19-meter Bernice C, claimed the rights to save the ghost ship in international waters.

Plans to sink it were paused so the Canadian crew could have a chance to take the stricken ship. A Canadian official with knowledge of the situation told the Associated Press that the Bernice C was unable to drag it.

Then the Canadian boat left, and once it was about 10 kilometers from the Japanese vessel, the Coast Guard began to fire, first with 25 mm shells, then a few hours later with ammunition (彈藥)twice that size.

State officials have been working to test the danger of garbage including materials affected by a damaged nuclear power plant, to see if Alaska residents, seafood or wild animals could be affected.

1.The plan to fire on the Japanese ghost ship was paused because ____________.

A．the ghost ship was beyond the reach of the Coast Guard’s guns

B．state officials worried the ghost ship might give out radiation

C．the shells were not powerful enough to sink the ghost ship

D．a(chǎn) Canadian fishing boat wanted to save the ghost ship

2.What’s the right order of the events related to the ship of Ryou-Un Maru?

a. Its long, lonely voyage came to an end.

b. The US Coast Guard sank it into the sea.

c. The ship began to float across the Pacific Ocean.

d. A big tsunami was caused by great earthquakes.

e. Bernice C claimed rights to save the ghost ship.

A．d, c, e, b, a         B．a(chǎn), b, d, c, e         C．c, e, d, a, b         D．b, a, d, c, e

3.Which of the following could be the best title for the passage?

A．Japanese ghost ship arriving at US

B．Tsunami garbage heading to US

C．Japanese ghost ship polluting the Pacific

D．Cannon fire sinking Japanese ghost ship

Ⅵ、單詞拼寫(每題1分,滿分10分)。
76. She had difficulty ___(發(fā)表) a speech before a large audience.
77. Tony got praise from his teacher  today， for he usually               （表現(xiàn)） himself at school.
78.They are all a________ workers who will be awarded for their hard work.
79.Free medical treatment kept him alive t      another year.
80.So far,since our research has not produced any answer to this problem,we need to
use a different a      to it.
81.Only when Jim made a call to say they'd already arrived safely did I feel at      (放松).
82.The earthquake left thousands of people h____.
83.The jacket was r ____ from 100 dollars to 75 dollars.
84.We must not rely on imports but on ___（出口產(chǎn)品）.
85.V ____  goods are on show at Christmas in western countries.

對(duì)話填空（共10小題，每小題1分，滿分10分）

Jack-J; Laura-L

J: I’d like to mail this box to Hong Kong. How much will it be, please?

L: Do you want to send it first class or second class?

J: How much is first class and how (76)l       does it take?                                1.   

L: It’s a light box. First class would cost $ 8.20. I(77)g      it                                   2.   

will take about eight to ten days to arrive.

J: And second class?

L: Sending it second class would be (78) c       ,                                              3.   

 but it wouldn’t arrive (79)u      about a month from now. You’ll pay $ 4.90 only.4. 

J: Oh, I want it to arrive (80)e      than that. I’ll mail it first class.                            5.   

L: What’s in the box? I need to know in order to(81) c       the form.                6.   

J:A(82)s        of glasses.                                             7.   

Are there any other forms I need to fill out because it’s going to a foreign country?

L: Yes , one more. You have to write clearly what is in the box and the (83) v       8.

J: Here it is.

L: You forgot to put a return address on this box. It’s not a post office rule,

but we usually (84)a    people that all mail have a proper return address.                  9.

J: OK. I’ll do it right now. I’ll also buy ten 60-cent stamps.

L: Let’s see. The box and the stamps. Your (85)t       bill comes to $ 14.20.        10.  

J: Thank you.

Dickson Despommier, a public health professor at Columbia University in New York City developed an idea with his students nine years ago. They imagined people in cities growing crops inside a tall building. Tomatoes could grow on one floor of the skyscraper(摩天大樓), potatoes on the next, small animals and fish on the floor above.

This vertical(垂直的) farm, or "farmscraper", could have space for restaurants and other places that serve food, like schools or hospitals. They could serve foods that are truly locally grown.

But why would anyone want to build a farm indoors in a city? Dickson Despommier believes it will become necessary. The world needs to find places to produce enough food to feed the growing population. Space, he says, is an all-important issue.

The professor also points to the problems of traditional farms. They use a lot of freshwater. Their fertilizer and animal waste can pollute water resources. And their growing seasons can be limited.

But inside the vertical farm, crops could grow all year. And there would be no wind to blow away soil. Farmers would not have to worry about too much or too little rain, or about hot summers, freezing winters or insects. And without insects there would be no need for chemicals to kill them.

Farm machines that .use fossil fuels, like tractors, would not be needed either. And water could be recycled for drinking. "The vertical farm reuses everything, so there is no waste," says Professor Despommier.

Even buildings could be saved. Old buildings could become new farms and provide jobs.

The professor has been actively proposing the idea to cities as far away as Dubai and Canada. But so far it exists only in plans and drawings, and a model at the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago.

Critics say building a farmscraper would cost too much, especially considering the price of land in many cities. Dickson Despommier estimates the cost at about twenty to thirty million dollars.

But he says the building would not have to be very tall. And his graduate students have found many empty lots and unused buildings in New York City that could provide space.

1.According to the passage the purpose of proposing the idea of a farm scraper is to      .

A．find places to produce enough food

B．serve food that are truly locally grown

C．prevent polluting the limited land

D．save fresh water

2.Which is one of the advantages of a farm scraper?

A．It costs less

B．It saves labor power.

C．It consumes too much energy

D．It is more environmentally friendly.

3.Those against the idea of farm scrapers argue that

A．it uses too much land in cities

B．it costs too much to build one

C．it causes people to lose their jobs

D．it exists only in unrealistic plans

4.Which of the following is true according to the passage?

A．A vertical farm has been built in Chicago.

B．Old buildings could be changed into new farms.

C．Traditional farms use less water but pollute more water

D．There are some vertical farms being put into use in Canada.

短文改錯(cuò)（共10小題；每小題1.5分，滿分15分）
此題要求改正所給短文中的錯(cuò)誤。對(duì)標(biāo)有題號(hào)的每一行做出判斷。如無(wú)錯(cuò)誤，在該行右邊的橫線上劃一個(gè)勾(V)；如果有錯(cuò)誤（每行只有一個(gè)錯(cuò)誤)，則按下列情況改正：
此行多一個(gè)詞：把多余的詞用斜線(／)劃掉，在該行右邊的橫線上寫出該詞，并也用斜線劃掉。
此行缺一個(gè)詞：在缺詞處加一個(gè)漏字符號(hào)(∧)，在該行右邊的橫線上寫出該加的詞。
此行錯(cuò)一個(gè)詞：在錯(cuò)的詞下劃一橫線，該行右邊的橫線上寫出改正后的詞。
注意：原行沒(méi)有錯(cuò)的不要改。
Dear Mr. Donforth,
I’m writing to ask you come to our class for a visit. I’ve    76. __________
heard that you have been to Greece. In our Greece unit, we       77. __________
have been learning about it’s rich culture and long history.  78. __________
Since you have visited Greece several times, so I would like to  79. __________
know whether you have seen the old buildings here. We have     80. _________
learned a lot from the text book, but I believe you personal       81. __________
experience will be a lot better. Your knowledges of Greece can 82. __________
help the whole class. Could you share your experiences for       83. __________
us? It will be surely exciting and rewarding. I hoped that you    84. __________
think about my request and visit us as soon as possibly.               85. __________