回答問(wèn)題（共3小題；每小題2分，滿分6分）
閱讀下面短文，根據(jù)第58至第60小題的具體要求，盡可能簡(jiǎn)要回答問(wèn)題，并將答案轉(zhuǎn)寫(xiě)到答題卡上。
Do you have a goal for life? What's it? Do you want to become a writer, singer or just become a rich person?
A recent survey shows that in modern society, most people pick up practical goals, such as “earning money to buy a house and a car”, “to improve one's life quality”, “finding a good job”.
Wang You worked in a small firm (商行) in Nanjing. The job was good and he didn't have to work for extra hours. However, he felt the work was not exciting at all and the life was boring. So he gave up his job and went to Beijing in February, 2007. When he arrived in Beijing, he set his new goal as finding a good job.
Nowadays more and more people want to live a better life. This fact shows that the society is making progress and people's life goals have become more practical. One researcher says, “Everybody has his/her own life goal, which will be surely different from people to people. If one is poor, one's life goal will be to earn more money; if one doesn't have a diploma, studying hard to get a diploma will become his life goal; and if one doesn't have love, his life goal will be to look for it. But if one has no life goal, he will idle away (虛度) his lifetime. {007}”
58. What will a poor man’s life goal be according to this passage? ( 回答詞數(shù)不超過(guò)4個(gè))
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59.  Why does the writer mention Wang You?     ( 回答詞數(shù)不超過(guò)12個(gè))
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60.  Give a short title for this article. （回答詞數(shù)不超過(guò)6個(gè)）
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摘錄信息（共5小題；每小題2分，滿分10分）
閱讀下面短文，根據(jù)所讀內(nèi)容在文后第53至第57小題的空格里填上適當(dāng)?shù)膯卧~或短語(yǔ)，并將答案轉(zhuǎn)寫(xiě)到答題卡上。
注意：每空不超過(guò)3個(gè)單詞。
Some beach creatures are wonderful -- like dolphins, but others are dangerous. Here are some examples of harmful beach creatures.
Puffer Fish
Puffer Fish, found in all Japanese seas, have very interesting features. They are very easy to catch but must not be eaten because their flesh and organs contain a poison. Anyone who does eat the flesh can become sick very quickly. They may even stop breathing.
The Blue Bottle
The Blue Bottle is found in most Caribbean waters. Blue Bottles float lightly on the surface of the water but their tentacles (觸須) can be as long as 10 metres. Blue Bottles are much less dangerous than some other jellyfish but they can give a swimmer a bad sting (刺) if the swimmer accidentally touches them.
Stingrays
There are many different kinds of stingrays in Mauritius waters. They usually swim and feed on the bottom of the sea. Accidents can happen if people stand on them or try to pick them up. Stingrays have a sting on their tail. These stings have poison on them. If someone is stung the wound can easily become infected.
Title :   53   

Wildlife	Where creatures live	56	What effects on men
Puffer Fish	55	● easy to catch ● unfit to eat	● become sick ● stop breathing
54	most Caribbean waters	●their tentacles being as long as 10 metres ● less dangerous	give a sting
Stingrays	Mauritius waters	having a poisonous sting on their tail	easily    57   by the sting

回答問(wèn)題（共3小題；每小題2分，滿分6分）
閱讀下面短文，根據(jù)第58至第60小題的具體要求，盡可能簡(jiǎn)要回答問(wèn)題，并將答案轉(zhuǎn)寫(xiě)到答題卡上。
In China, more and more middle school students are getting shorter sleeping time than before. More students sleep less than nine hours every night, because they have much homework to do. Some homework is given by their teachers, and some by their parents. Also, some students don’t know how to save time. They are not careful enough while they do their homework, so it takes them a lot of time. Some students spend too much time watching TV or playing computer games. They stay up very late. Some students have to get up early every morning on weekdays to get to school on time by bus of by bike . It can be a long way from home to school. It will probably make them sleepy during school hours.
Schools and parents should cut down some of the homework so that our children can enjoy more than nine hours of sleep every night for their health. For children, they should make the most (best use) of their time. When they have enough time for sleeping they will find it much better for both their study and health.
58. What make most students sleep less than nine hours every night? (回答詞數(shù)不超過(guò)5個(gè))
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59. According to the article, who else gives children some homework to do except their teachers?
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60. What is the possible result if the students have enough time for sleeping? (回答詞數(shù)不超過(guò)14個(gè))
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第二部分：完形填空（共20小題；每小題1.5分，滿分30分）
A while ago my family and I went sledding. As I watched my children climbing up the slope, I started  36 .
Many people are  37  that most of today’s social problems are because of the “me ” generation; youngsters are just out for  38  and pay no attention to others or their needs. Indeed, a common belief is that today’s youngsters won’t do anything  39  there is something in it for them.
Yet, while sledding, I saw a  40  side to youngsters. I watched my two oldest children  41  my youngest by the hand to help her up the slippery slope each time they  42 . They would have been faster  43  her, but not once did they try to  44  her without helping.
Don’t get me wrong; these children  45  fight among themselves and, on occasion,  46  horribly. But I can take them  47  and know that they won’t ask for anything; I can talk to them about hurricane victims and know that they will  48  to donate some of their own money.
Perhaps, therefore, the “me” generation is to  49  for many social problems — not the youngsters who want everything, but the  50  in their lives who have taught them to selfishly think only of themselves. Most adults have been  51  at some time or another. In this case, they are really cold towards others.  52 , many pass it down to their children. Then the children learn to put themselves first!
Most young children want to help. We can  53  that feeling to continue into adulthood by teaching the  54  my children learned while sledding: Life is a slippery slope with  55  of bruises（受傷）, but we can all make it to the top if we remember to help those who need it.
36. A. planning                   B. crying                            C. teaching                  D. thinking  
37. A. proud                       B. content                    C. convinced                D. frightened
38. A. others                       B. everything               C. themselves               D. everybody
39. A. unless                       B. when                       C. if                            D. until
40. A. far                                   B. wrong                            C. dark                       D. different
41. A. take                          B. leave                       C. notice                      D. find
42. A. gave away                 B. went up                   C. looked out               D. put down
43. A. without                            B. for                          C. with                        D. beyond
44. A. drop by                    B. call on                            C. go for                      D. pass by
45. A. never                        B. sometimes                C. finally                    D. especially
46. A. speak                        B. respond                   C. behave                    D. want
47. A. fishing                      B. shopping                 C. studying                  D. playing
48. A. offer                         B. refuse                      C. compete                  D. allow
49. A. blame                       B. support                   C. praise                      D. judge
50. A. teachers                    B. parents                    C. adults                            D. children
51. A. inspired                    B. fortune                    C. retired                    D. disappointed
52. A. Surprisingly              B. Similarly                 C. Hopefully                D. Sadly
53. A. understand               B. share                       C. encourage               D. describe
54. A. advice                       B. technique                C. mistake                   D. lesson
55. A. wishes                       B. possibilities              C. means                            D. imaginations

第二節(jié)：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)。
A major source of teen stress is school exams, and test anxiety is not uncommon. When you recognize your teen is under stress, how can parents help your teen stay calm before an exam?
Be involved. Parents need to be involved in their teen’s work.  71 _ What they look for is your presence — to talk, to cry, or simply to sit with them quietly. Communicate openly with your teen. Encourage your teen to express her worries and fears, but don’t let them focus on those fears.
Help them get organized.  72   Together , you and your teen can work out a time—table in which she can study for what she knows will be on the test.
Provide a calm setting. Help your teen set up a quiet place to study and protect his privacy. Give them a nutritious diet. It is important for your teen to eat a healthy, balanced diet during exam times to focus and do her best.   73    If this happens, encourage your teen to eat light meals or sandwiches. A healthy diet, rather than junk food, is best for reducing stress.
  74   Persuade your teenager to get some sleep and /or do something active when she needs a real break from studying. Making time for relaxation, fun, and exercise are all important in reducing stress. Help your teen balance her time so that she will feel comfortable taking time out from studying to spend time with friends or rest.
Show a positive attitude.   75  Your panic, anxiety and blame contribute to your teen’s pressure. Make your teen feel accepted and valued for her efforts. Most importantly, reassure your teen that things will be all right , no matter what the results are.

A．A parent’s attitude will dictate their teen’s emotions.

B．Exam stress can make some teens lose their appetite.

C．They will only make the situation worse.

D．Encourage your teen to relax.

E. The best thing is simply to listen.
F. Help your teen think about what she has to study and plan accordingly.
G. Your teen may also make negative comments about themselves.

     An oral history is a piece of writing based on an interview with a person who has lived through a significant period in history or experienced a historical event. His or her memories provide a personal view of the past.
The first goal of all oral histories is to record stories about a specific subject. That subject may be a historical event like the D-Day invasion. It may be a period of history like the Depression, or a social or cultural trend, such as child labor. The first step in an oral history project, therefore, is to select a subject that interests you and is of historical significance.
Before attempting to identify people to interview for your project, you must first gather background information about the subject. The Library of Congress, which houses thousands of oral histories, provides these tips for researching your subject.
Before entering the library or logging onto the internet, decide on key words to use in your search. Use detailed search words. For example, search for rock and roll of the ’60s instead of the more general term music.
Look through newspaper and magazine articles and Internet Web sites to identify documents that are related to your subject. Make copies of those that will help you plan your interview questions and discard all others.
Discuss what you’ve read about your subject surprised you? What aspect of your subject would you like to know more about? Asking questions like these will help you to focus your subject and to identify the voice or voices you need to interview.
Oral histories are as much about self as they are about subject. One goal of an oral history interview is to find out what happened. A second and equally important goal is to discover how people reacted to or were affected by what happened. The person you select to interview, therefore, should have had some experience with the subject – either as a participant or a witness.
Once you have identified one or more people to interview, begin preparing your questions. The best questions are open-ended, encouraging the speaker to respond with more than a mere “Yes” or “No.” For example, an interviewer might have asked Clarence Hughart this question about his D-Day experience: Were you scared? That question, however, would probably not have elicited the sort of dramatic storytelling that Hughart provided.
Make a list of ten possible interview questions. The first two or three should be fairly general, asking the interviewee to talk about his or her childhood, perhaps. These kinds of questions put people at ease. Save more sensitive questions until the interview has been underway for five, 10, or 15 minutes or more.
After the interview come the final steps: writing a summary of the interview and then shaping it into a finished piece of writing.

		Deciding what you want to learn more about.			Selecting either a participant or a   __(9) .		Making a list of possible interview questions.		(10)  with general questions and save more sensitive ones for later.

 

 

Section C （請(qǐng)將本大題答案寫(xiě)于答題紙上，答題卡76—80題空開(kāi)不涂點(diǎn)）
Directions: Read the following text and choose the most suitable heading from A-F for each paragraph. There is one extra heading which you do not need.

A．The factors leading to a good speaker

B．The importance of enunciation

C．Talk with strangers

D．Pronunciation, the other important assistant in conversation

E. A famous master of conversation
F. The great use of dictionary
76. _________________________
The ancient Greeks were very good at making conversations, and the greatest talker of them all was philosophers Socrates. His student Plato surpassed some of his supposed conversations, and we read them in The Dialogue of Plato. In many classrooms today, Socrates’ method of teaching is used.
77. _________________________
The best talkers appear to have had a great interest in and love for their follow creatures, a curiosity about the world in general, some powers of observation and tolerance for those of others, and quick thinking. And they talk for the fun of it, not to show off their knowledge.
78. _________________________
A good voice must have the help of good speech, whose two assistants are clear enunciation and correct pronunciation. Poor enunciation may suggest to your listeners that you lack consideration, and that you are not especially concerned about their opinion of you.
79. _________________________
Pronunciation is settled by common agreement of the community of group speaking the particular language or dialect. For standard pronunciations of words, a dictionary is your best friend.
80. _________________________
Think of meeting a stranger as a chance to have a good time to talk, to make a friend. Look with a smile directly into the other’s eyes when you are introduced, and shake hands with a firm, friendly clasp (緊握). This will give you confidence. Then try to have a smooth and pleasant conversation with him.

Ⅳ閱讀理解（每小題2分，共40分）閱讀下面短文，從所給的四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中，選出最佳答案。
We shall not drown（淹死）if we remember these rules:
1, Never swim alone.
2, Never swim at a beach if there is no lifeguard（救生員）.
3, Never swim after a meal or when you feel hungry or tired.
4, Never depend on rings, floats（漂浮物）or other swimming aids（助游具）. You may lose them or they may let you sink（下沉）.
5, Don’t stay in the water too long , especially if it is cold.
6, Before you dive, be sure the water is deep enough and you will not hit anybody.
7, Never go out in a boat if you can not swim or if you are not wearing a life jacket.
If you get into difficulty, this is what you should do :
1, Keep calm（鎮(zhèn)定）. Save you strength and your breath.
2, Try to float on your back or tread（踩水）water. To tread water, move your feet as if you are climbing some stairs.
3, Raise your right arm for help.
Remember : a red flag means that it is dangerous for all swimmers to enter the water. A blue flag means that it is dangerous for children and weak swimmers to enter the water.
1. When you see a red flag, you know that ______ swim there.
A. no one should                     B. anyone may    
C. only strong swimming should         D. children should not
2. We can go swimming ________.
A. after a meal                      B. if we have a ring  
C. when the water is dirty             D. when we are not alone
3. We should dive only when _______.
A. the water is deep enough           B. the water is cold
C. the water is warm                 D. we are not alone
4. What the writer wants to say is that ______.
A. rings and floats are of no use           B. boats are not safe
C. we must be very careful in swimming    D. swimming is bad for your health

The Antarctic is actually a desert. It’s the only continent on the earth without a river or lake.
The Antarctic is all ice all year round. The warmest temperature ever recorded there is zero, at the South Pole. Explorers used to think that a place so cold would have a heavy snowfall. But less than ten inches of snow falls each year. That is less than half an inch of water. The times that much water falls in parts of the Sahara.
The little snow that falls never melts. It continues to pile up deeper and deeper year after year and century after century. When the snow gets to be about 80 feet deep it is turned to ice by the weight of the snow above it.
1. Antarctic is called a desert because it _______.
A. is sandy       B. is cold       C. has little water     D. is high
2. The snow there is very deep because it _______.
A. never stop falling          B. piles up year after year
C. never melts               D. falls often
3. The best title for the passage is ______.
A. Waterfall at the South Pole        B. The Antarctic ------An Ice Desert
C. Snowfall at the South Pole        D. The world’s Great Desert

The Mona Lisa, one of the world’s most famous paintings, has been recreated with 3,604 cups of coffee—and 564 pints of milk. The different colors were created by adding no, little or lots of milk to each cup of black coffee.
The recreated Mona Lisa measured 20 feet long and 13 feet wide. It took a team of eight people three hours to complete the work. It was created for The Rocks Aroma Festival in Sydney, Australia, and seen by 130,000 people who attended the one-day coffee-lovers event.
Elaine Kelly, one of the organizers from the Sydney Harbor Foreshore Authority, was delighted with the result. She said, “Each coffee cup was filled with varying amounts of milk to create the different shades(色度) of the painting. We wanted to create an element of surprise and a sense of fun in the way we communicated with the public.”
“Once we had the idea of creating an image(像) out of coffee cups we searched for something iconic（有代表性的）to reproduce(復(fù)制).And after some time we chose the most iconic painting in history. The Mona Lisa has been reproduced so many times in so many different mediums but, as far as we know, never out of coffee,” Kelly continued. “Besides, the idea is practical.”
“It was fantastic. It really looked like the famous painting—the Mona Lisa. It was wonderful,” said one visitor.
After much planning it was great to see it coming together so well and the 130,000 people who attended the event certainly enjoyed it and were deeply attracted by it,” said Kelly.
1.How were the different colors of the recreated Moma Lisa created?
A.By adding different amounts of black coffee to each cup of milk.
B.By adding different amounts of milk to each cup of black coffee.
C.By using paints of different colors
D.By using different kinds of coffee
2.How large is the recreated Mona Lisa?
A. 20 square feet               B. 260 square feet
C. 564 square feet              D. 3,604 square feet
3.The people who saw the recreated Mona Lisa are all_______ lovers.
A.Mona Lisa      B.milk     C.coffee     D.painting
4.The event organizers chose to recreate the Mona Lisa for the following reasons EXCEPT that _________ .
A. the Mona Lisa is a very iconic painting in history
B. the Mona Lisa has never been reproduced out of coffee
C. the idea can be actually carried out
D. it is very easy to do so