Imagine a classroom missing the one thing that’s long been considered a necessary part to reading and writing ------ paper. No notebooks, no textbooks, no test paper. Nor are there any pencils or pens, which always seem to run out of ink at the critical moment.

         A “paperless classroom” is what more and more schools are trying to achieve.

         Students don’t do any handwriting in this class. Instead, they use palm size, or specially-designed computers. The teacher downloads texts from Internet libraries and sends them to every student’s personal computer.

         Having computers also means that students can use the Web. They can look up information on any subject they’re studying from math to social science.

         High school teacher Judy Harrel in Florida, US, described how her class used the Web to learn about the war in Afghanistan (阿富汗) before.

         “We could touch every side of the country through different sites from the forest to refugee camps (難民營(yíng))”, she said. “Using a book that’s three or four years old is impossible.”

         And exams can go online too. At a high school in Tennessee, US, students take tests on their own computers. The teacher records the grades on the network for everyone to see and then copies them to his own electronic grade book.

         A paperless classroom is a big step towards reducing the waste of paper. High school teacher Stephanie Sorrell in Kentucky, US, said she used to give about 900 pieces of paper each week to each student.

         “Think about the money and trees we could save with the computer,” she said.

         But, with all this technology, there’s always the risk that the machines will break down. So, in case of a power failure or technical problems, paper textbooks are still widely available for these hi-tech students.

46. What does “run out of ink at the critical moment” in the first paragraph mean?

A. Pens may not write well at the critical moment.

B. Pens get lost easily, so you may not find them at the critical moment.

C. Pens may have little or no ink at the critical moment.

D. Pens use ink, while pencils don’t.

47. The high school teacher, Judy Harrell, used the example of her class to show that ______.

A. the Web could take them everywhere

B. the Web taught them a lot

C. the Web is a good tool for information

D. the Web, better than the textbooks, can give the latest and comprehensive (全面的) information

48. The paperless classrooms will benefit ______ most.

A. students                B. teachers                C. trees     D. computers 

第Ⅱ卷（非選擇題，共35分）

第四部分：寫(xiě)作（共兩節(jié)，滿分35分）

第一節(jié) 任務(wù)型讀寫(xiě)（共10小題；每小題1分，滿分10分）

請(qǐng)認(rèn)真閱讀下列短文，并根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容在文章后表格中的空格里填入最恰當(dāng)?shù)膯卧~。注意：每個(gè)空格只填一個(gè)單詞。

A student tries to figure out a major that suits her.

Bored by the Chinese courses he was majoring in, Zuo Cheng, 18, couldn’t imagine having to drag himself into class day after day, week after week, for four years. After rounds of examinations and interviews, he managed to transfer to the Department of International Accounting.

“It may seem like I’ve wasted a year and have to start college all over again, but now that I’ve settled on a field I’ll be able to concentrate,” Zuo said.

Zou is not alone.

“When we were in high school very few of us understood how maajor relates to career. Many students picked colleges before majors, only to discover their mistake a few weeks after arrival on the campus,” said Jiang Xin, 20, who was able to switch to electrical engineering and automation from physics. He said that physics graduates had few other options besides going into teaching. He added that a career in education just didn’t suit him.

“I should have better job prospects（前景）and the chance to earn more money once I graduate,” Jiang said.

A new survey, of 2,500 students nationwide starting in September this year, suggests that as much as 35 percent of the students are disappointed by their courses. The least happy are those majoring in bioengineering, traditional Chinese medicine and math, while students of architecture, economics and foreign languages are the happiest, owing to good career prospects.

However, Shao Yanfang, who works at the admissions office of University of International Business and Economics in Beijing, advised students to consider both short-and long-term goals.

“After graduation do you want to find yourself in a job very specifically related to your college major? Or, would you like to posses the knowledge and skills that will enable you to work in many areas? There are the questions students need to consider. Above all, your choice of major should be based on your own interests, abilities and personality.” Shao said.

I’m looking for a _______ tie to match my suit.

       A．mid-sized red silk           B．red mid-sized silk   

       C．red silk mid-sized           D．silk red mid-sized

--- Hi, Tracy, you look tired.

--- I’m tired. I ______ the living room all day.

A. painted         B. had painted       C. have been painting     D. have pained

第二節(jié)：完型填空（共20小題；每小題1. 5分，滿分30分）

Albert Einstein always liked to ask questions when he was a boy. When his teacher  36

him a question, he would think  37   another question to ask her. And often she would get red in the face and be angry  38    him  39   asking questions she couldn’t answer. The more Albert learned, the  40  he found to think about. The more he thought about, the more questions he wanted  41  .  

   He knew  42    the earth, the moon, the other stars, and the sun are just part of  43   we

call the universe. He also knew that the universe is made  44  all the stars we can see  45  our eyes, and the ones that are too far to be _ 46 . And he discovered that all these stars, our own bodies and  47  else are made up of atoms(原子).

   He thought there  48  be some rules to explain why everything in the universe, big and small, acts  49  it does. Why don’t the stars  50  around in the sky bump (撞擊)into each other? 51   makes atoms stick （粘�。﹖ogether to  52    different things?

   Albert Einstein always thought hard  53   he believed he had some answers to his questions. People often asked him questions because he  54  answer many of them. In fact, he   solved（解決） quite a few problems that scientists had been trying to  55  for many, many years.

36. A. asked    B. answered    C. introduced  D. rose

37. A. of B. about  C. over    D. with

38. A. at  B. to       C. with    D. about

39. A. as  B. for      C. with    D. of

40. A. many    B. less     C. much  D. more

41. A. ask       B. to ask  C. asking D. to be asked

42. A. what     B. when  C. whether      D. that

43. A. which   B. how    C. what   D. that

44. A. with     B. of       C. from   D. in

45. A. from    B. in       C. with    D. off

46. A. see       B. seeing C. saw     D. seen

47. A. something   B. everything  C. anything     D. nothing

48. A. can       B. may    C. must   D. need

49. A. about    B. for      C. what   D. as

50. A. moved  B. moving      C. move  D. to be moving

51. A. Who     B. What  C. Which       D. Whose

52. A. be B. have   C. form   D. do

53. A. when    B. until   C. after   D. as

54. A. could    B. can     C. must   D. may

55. A. work for      B. work   C. work with  D. work out

I don’t ever want to talk about being a woman scientist again. There was a time in my life when people asked constantly for stories about what it’s like to work in a field dominated (controlled) by men. I was never very good at telling those stories because truthfully I never found them interesting. What I do find interesting is the origin of the universe, the shape of space, time and the nature of black holes.

At 19, when I began studying astrophysics (天體物理學(xué)), it did not bother me in the least to be the only woman in the classroom. But while earning my Ph.D. at MIT and then as a post-doctor doing space research, the issue started to bother me. My every achievement—jobs, research papers, awards—was viewed through the lens of gender politics. So were my failures. Sometimes, when I was pushed into an argument on left brain versus right brain, or nature versus nurture (培育), I would instantly fight fiercely on my behalf and all womankind.

Then one day a few years ago, out of my mouth came a sentence that would eventually become my reply to any and all provocations (挑釁): I don’t talk about that anymore. It took me 10 years to get back the confidence I had at 19 and to realize that I didn’t want to deal with gender issues. Why should curing sexism be yet another terrible burden on every female scientist? After all, I don’t study sociology or political theory.

Today I research and teach at Barnard, a women’s college in New York City. Recently, someone asked me how many of the 45 students in my class were women. You cannot imagine my satisfaction at being able to answer, 45. I know some of my students worry how they will manage their scientific research and a desire for children. And I don’t take account of those concerns. Still, I don’t tell them “war” stories. Instead, I have given them this: the visual of their physics professor heavily pregnant (懷孕的) doing physics experiments. And in turn they have given me the image of 45 women driven by a love of science. And that’s a sight worth talking about.

59．From Paragraph 2, we can infer that people would attribute (把……歸因于) the author’s failures to ________.

　　A. the very fact that she is a woman

B. her involvement in gender politics

C. her over-confidence as a female astrophysicist

D. the burden she bears in a male-dominated society

60．What did the author constantly fight against while doing her Ph.D. and post-doctoral research?

A. Lack of confidence in succeeding in space science.

B. Unfair accusations (accusing sb.) from both inside and outside her circle.

C. People’s fixed attitude toward female scientists.

D. Widespread wrong understanding about nature and nurture.

61．Why does the author feel great satisfaction when talking about her class?

A. Female students no longer have to bother about gender issues.

B. Her students’ performance has brought back her confidence.

C. Her female students can do just as well as male students.

D. More female students are pursuing science than before.

62．What does the image that the author presents to her students suggest?

A. Women students needn’t have the concerns of her generation.

B. Women have more difficulties on their way to academic success.

C. Women can balance a career in science and having a family.

D. Women now have fewer problems pursuing a science career.

第三部分：閱讀理解（共20小題；每小題2分，滿分40分）

閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的四個(gè)選項(xiàng)（A、B、C和D）中，選出最佳選項(xiàng)，并在答題卡上將該項(xiàng)涂黑。

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan–-- Afghans burned tires and chanted “Death to America” after U.S troops fired Monday(April 12, 2010) on a civilian bus near Kandahar, killing four people and wounding more than a dozen. Afghanistan’s president accused NATO of breaking its commitment to safeguard civilian lives.

The attack angered Afghan officials and the public in Kandahar, the Taliban’s birthplace, and dealt a blow to U.S and NATO efforts to win popular support for a coming offensive to drive the insurgents(叛亂分子) from the biggest city in the south. NATO expressed regret for the loss of civilian lives and said it was investigating.

Nearly 200 Afghans blocked highway where the shooting occurred, burning tires, firing weapons and chanting “Death to America” and other slogans. They also called for the ouster (forcing somebody out of a pasition) of Afghan President Hamid Karzai, a Kandahar native who has been appealing for the people here to support the U.S-led campaign against the Taliban.

“The Americans are constantly killing our civilians and the government is not demanding an explanation,” protester Mohammad Razaq said. “We demand justice from the Karzai government and the punishment of those soldiers responsible.”

Kandahar, a city of about a half million people, is nominally under government control, but the Taliban have stepped up infiltration(浸潤(rùn)), staging attacks and threatening local people.

“These foreigners have their enemies, but killing Afghans is not the answer,” said Abdul Hadi, who sells homemade herbal medicine in a public market. He said international forces should publish a schedule of their patrols(巡邏) so Afghans can keep out of the way.

“Better yet, I would like to see them leave Afghanistan,” he added.

Haji Zahir, who runs a transport firm, said it was time for U.S. and other foreign forces to withdraw from the country.

“They say they want to bring security. It is all lies, lies. They kill Afghans. That is not the way to bring security,” Zahir said.

56．According to the passage, we can safely conclude that__________

A．American soldiers are killing Talibans effectively

B．Anger rises as US troops kill 4 Afghans on a bus

C．NATO expressed great dissatisfaction with American troops

D．Afghan President Hamid Karzai required NATO to withdraw

57．The underlined word in Paragraph 5 nominally most probably means________.

A．completely unknown to the people in the world

B．partially well-known to the people across the globe

C．bearing the name of a famous person around the world

D．officially described as something, when this is not really true

58．As for NATO soldiers’ rude action, Abdul Hadi is__________.

A．a(chǎn)bsolutely angry and upset

B．a(chǎn) little pleased but impatient

C．very angry and dissatisfied

D．impatient but bearable

59．Which statement is true according to the passage?

A．NATO fails to win popular support for a coming offensive.

B．Kandahar is the most important city in Afghanistan.

C．NATO has really brought security to Afghanistan.

D．NATO troops will withdraw from Afghanistan in the near future.

Japanese students work very hard but many are unhappy, They feel heavy pressures from their parents to do well in school, Most students are always being told by their parents to study harder so that they can have a wonderful life, Though this may be good ideas for those very bright students, it can have very bad results for many students who are not quick enough at learning

Unfortunately, a number of students killed themselves, Others are after comfort in using druges, Some do bad things with trouble-makers and turn to crime, Many of them have tried very hard at school but have failed in the exams and have disappointed their parents, Such students feel that they are les important and leave school before they have finished their study.

It is surprising that though most Japanese parents are worried about their children , they do not help them in any way, Many parents feel that they are not able to help their children and that it is the teachers’work to help their children, To make matters worse, a lot of parents send their children to special schools called juku-cram schools, These schools are open during the evening and on weekeds , and their only purpose is to prepare students to apss exams; they do not try to educate students in  any real sense of the real world, It thus comes as a shock to realize that almost three quarters of the junior or hight school population attend these cram schools,

Ordinary Japanese schools usually have rules about everything from the students’ hair to their clothes and things in their school bags. Child psychologists now think that such strick rules often lead to a feeling of being unsafe and being unable to fit into society, They regard the rules as being harmful to the development of each student, They believe that no sense of moral values is developed and that students are given neither guidance nor training in becoming good citizens

67. A lot of Japaness students are unhappy at school because_____________

A they work very hard    B they find they can’t do well at school

C they feel unimportant   D they are under too much prssure

68. Because fo their failure at school, some students take drugs to__________

A kill themselves    B seek comfort

C disappoint their parents   D make trouble

69.What should be the best title of passage?

A Students’ Pressure    B Students’ Problems

C The Negative Impact(影響) of Japanese Education

D The Trouble in Japanese schools

70.In juku-cram schools students____________

A are taken good care of by the teachers   B. feel no pressure

C are trained to pass exams   D can learn a lot of useful things

71.In ordinary Japanese schools, _________

A there are strict rules    B, students feel safe

C students can do anything  D learning is not important

第二節(jié)：書(shū)面表達(dá)（滿分25分）

假設(shè)你是李華，你的美國(guó)老師Miss Morgan要求你們明天下午去聽(tīng)一個(gè)美國(guó)歷史的講座。你因故不能參加。請(qǐng)你根據(jù)以下要點(diǎn)，寫(xiě)一封短信向Miss Morgan請(qǐng)假。

內(nèi)容要點(diǎn)：

1. 表示歉意；

2. 理由：去機(jī)場(chǎng)接從法國(guó)回來(lái)的舅舅；

3. 詢問(wèn)：是否有錄音，以便補(bǔ)聽(tīng)講座。

注意：1. 詞數(shù)：100詞左右；

2. 可根據(jù)內(nèi)容要點(diǎn)適當(dāng)增加細(xì)節(jié)，以使行文連貫。

 Miss Morgan,

___________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________

Yours,

Li Hua

 As we know, _______ medical examination will help us find out health problems as early as possible.

A. normal       B. general       C. regular       D. common