Do you want to live another 100 years or more? Do you want to live never to die? Some experts say, it will be not a dream one day. Modern technology will make it come true. Man will live more years beyond what is now seen as the natural limit of the human life.

“ I think we are knocking at the door of immortality”, said Michael, a professor and author of two books on human life expectancy. “I think by 2075 we will see it and it’s no longer a dream. Human’s life expectancy may have not limit.”

At the meeting in San Francisco, Donald Louria, a professor at New Jersey Medical School said advances in using genes as well as other technology make it likely that humans will live in the future beyond what has been possible in the past. “There is a great push so that people can live from 120 to 180 years,” he said. “Some have suggested that there is no limit and that people could live to 300 or 500 years.”

However, many scientists are doubtful about it and say the human body is just not designed to last more than about 120 years. Even with healthier lifestyles and less disease, they say failure of the brain and other parts of the body will finally lead all humans to death.

Scientists also hold different opinions on what kind of life man might live.  “If you pass 120, you know; could you be healthy enough to have good quality of life? It’s a big question.” said Leonard Poon, director of the university center.  “At present people who could get to that point are not in good health at all.”

59. The underlined word in the second paragraph probably means _____.

A. dying slowly      B. living longer    C. living forever    D. dying quickly

60. Donald’s attitude is that______.

A. human beings may never die in the future  

B. it is not certain how long humans can live 

C. the human body can last about 120 years   

D. it is possible for man to live longer in the future 

61. What would be the best title for this text?

A. Living longer or not                 B. Science and long living   

C. No limit for human life              D. Healthy lifestyle and living

62. In the last sentence “get to that point” means ____.

A. get that idea                       B. get to 120 years old   

C. know how to live forever             D. have good quality of life 

第II卷(共一部分，滿分40分)

第四部分：寫作（共兩節(jié)，滿分40分）

第一節(jié)：完成句子（共10小題；每小題1.5分，滿分15分）

根據(jù)括號內(nèi)的漢語提示，用句末括號里的英語單詞的正確形式完成句子。

71.Quite beyond me is _______________________（怎樣解決）this problem.（solve）

72.His _______________（不承認(rèn)打破了）the precious vase made his father very angry. （admit）

73.If he stays here longer, he ____________________（就會適應(yīng)吃）such strange fruit by the next month. （accustomed）

74.Most citizens do not object _______________________（禁止吸煙）in public places.（forbid）

75._____________________（我們與生俱來的）is the tendency to love and to be loved.（born）

76.Not only ___________________（這項發(fā)明被重視）but the inventor was also spoken highly of at the conference.  （attach）

77.The great GM project , _______________________（他們?yōu)榇俗龀隽素暙I(xiàn)）, is assessed to lead to the rapid development of modern agriculture. （contribute）

78.Honey, look at your mistake in spelling this word, or you __________________________（就能得到）full marks in this exam. （get）

79.After claiming your baggage tomorrow, you can proceed to __________________________（我站的地方）, right next to the newspaper stand.（stand）

80.____________________________（堅持在一起）your friends through thick and thin that brings you lifelong friends. （stick）

    In 1993, researchers at the University of California at Irvine discovered the so – called “Mozart Effect” – that college students who listened to ten minutes of Mozart’s Sonata for Two Pianos in D major (D大調(diào)) before taking an IQ test scored nine points higher than when they had sat in silence or listened to relaxation tapes. Other studies also have indicated that people gain information better if they hear classical or baroque (a style of art) music while studying.

It is said that Albert Einstein was an average student until he began playing the violin. "Before that, he had a hard time expressing what he knew," says Hazel Cheilek, orchestra director at Fairfax County's Thomas Jefferson High School. “Einstein said he got some of his greatest inspirations while playing the violin. It liberated his brain so that he could imagine." In the early 1700s, England's King George I also felt he would make better decisions if he listened to good music. Reportedly, Handel responded by composing his Water Music suites to be played while the king floated the Thames on his royal boat. Even Plato in ancient Greece believed studying music created a sense of order and harmony necessary for intelligent thought.

The deepest effects take place in young children, while their brains are growing. This year, the same researchers at Irvine’s Center for Neurobiology of Leaming and Memory found that preschoolers who had received eight months of music lessons scored 80 percent higher on certain tasks than other youngsters who received no musical training.

    Music students continue to beat their non – arts peers (同齡人) on the SAT, according to the 1999 “Profiles of SAT and Achievement Test Takers” from The College Board. Students with coursework in music appreciation scored 42 points higher on the math section of the test than students with no coursework or experience in the arts.

All of this to say "you are the judge" but listening to Mozart certainly won't hurt you. My point always is that making music is preferable to passive listening and that listening to live music is always preferable to listening to recorded music. Mozart WILL NOT raise your IQ, but it might help you organize your thoughts better before taking a standardized test.

63．When people mention Albert Einstein, King George I and Plato, they believe that the effect of music is_______.

      A．positive    B．negative    C．suspicious D．sensitive

64．So far researchers at the University of California at Irvine have done studies about_______.

       A．college students who listen to rock music every day

       B．people who hear classical music while studying

       C．preschoolers with music lessons

       D．music students in SAT

65．Which of the following is an opinion rather than a fact?

       A．Handel composed Water Music to be played while the kind floated the Thames on his boat.

       B．Mozart might help you organize your thought better before taking a standardized test.

       C．Preschoolers with music training scored higher on object – assembly tasks.

       D．Music students continue to beat their non – arts peers on the SAT.

66．What is the author’s opinion about music?

       A．He thinks that listening to music is better than making music.

       B．He has a doubt whether listening to Mozart will hurt the listeners.

       C．He is sure that listening to the music of Mozart will raise people’s IQ.

       D．He thinks that live concert is better worth listening to than recorded music.

 Play is the basic business of childhood, and in recent years research has shown the great importance of play in the development of a human being. From earliest infancy (嬰兒), every child needs opportunity and right materials for play, and the main tools of play are toys. The main function of toys is to suggest, encourage and play. To succeed in this, they must be good toys, which children will play with often, and will come back again and again. Therefore, it is important to choose suitable toys for different stages of a child’s development.

In recent years research on infant development has shown that the standard a child is likely to reach, within the range of his inherited abilities, is largely determined in the first three years of his life. So a baby’s ability to benefit from the right play materials should not be underestimated. A baby who is encouraged, talked to and shown things and played with, has the best chance of growing up successfully.

In the next stage, from three to five years old, curiosity knows no bounds. Every type of suitable toys should be made available to the child, for trying out, experimenting and learning, for discovering his own particular ability: Bricks and jigsaws and construction toys; painting, scribbling and making things; sand and water play; toys for imaginative and pretending play—the first social games for learning to play and get on with others.

But at the third stage of play development—from five to seven or eight years old— the child is at school. But for a few more years play is still the best way of learning, at home or at school. It is easier to see which type of toys the child most enjoys.

Until the age of seven or eight, play and work mean much the same to a child. But once reading has been mastered, then books become the main source of learning. Toys are still interesting and valuable, which lead up to new hobbies, but their significance has changed — to a child of nine or ten years old, toys and games mean, as to adults, relaxation and fun.

49. According to the first passage we know that as a child grows up, ______.

   A. he should be allowed to choose his own toys

   B. he should be given the same toys

   C. he should be given fewer and fewer toys

   D. he should be given different toys

50. According to the passage, the abilities a child has inherited from his parents ______.

   A. determine his character

   B. will not change after the age of three

   C. partly determined the standard he is likely to reach

   D. to a large extent determine the choice of toys

51. We learn from the passage that a child has boundless curiosity ______.

   A. when he is two                    B. when he is around four

   C. when he is six                     D. when he is eight

52. The passage is mainly about _______.

A. the role of play in a child’s development

B. the importance of schooling

C. the importance of pre-school education

D. the choice of toys for youngster

There is a small group of English words which even some native speakers and writers find _____.

   A. puzzled        B. to be puzzled       C. to puzzle         D. puzzling

  Her father _______ in the USA for another year, so that she could work toward her master’s degree.

  A. agreed her to stay   B. hoped her to stay  C. approved of her staying   D. let her staying

The next train               at platform 2 will be the 9:19 to Edinburgh．

       A．to arrive            B．having arrived        C．a(chǎn)rriving         D．to be arriving

– The drunk driver wishes he _________ so many injuries in the accident.

– But he _________.

A. hadn’t caused; had 　                       B. didn’t cause; did

C. hadn’t caused; did 　                           D. hasn’t caused; has

第二部分  閱讀理解（共25小題。第一節(jié)每小題2分，第二節(jié)每小題1分；滿分45分）

第一節(jié)   閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的四個選項（A、B、C和D）中，選出最佳選項，并在答題卡上將該項涂黑。

Our listener question this week comes from Abdullahi Farah, who wants to know about the life and work of Doctor Benjamin Carson.

Doctor Carson is an internationally recognized doctor at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland. He has been the director of Pediatric Neurosurgery at the hospital for twenty-five years. At the age of thirty-three, he became one of the youngest doctors in the United States to hold that position. And he was the first African-American to have that position at Johns Hopkins Hospital.

Ben Carson is known for his work as a brain surgeon for children. For example, in nineteen eighty-seven, he led a team of seventy doctors and nurses in an operation to separate two babies joined at the head. Earlier attempts by other surgeons on other babies had failed. Doctor Carson successfully performed the operation. Both babies were able to survive independently.

Doctor Carson has written four books. His first book, "Gifted Hands," tells the story of his life. Benjamin Carson was born in nineteen fifty-one in Detroit, Michigan.

As a boy, Ben was not a good student. In fact, he was the worst in his class. When his mother learned of his failing grades she asked her sons to read two library books every week. She limited the amount of time they watched television. And she told them to respect every person.

Ben Carson soon became the top student in his class. He went on to study at Yale University, one of the best universities in the country, and later to medical school at the University of Michigan.

Doctor Carson has received many awards and honors. Last year he received the nation's highest civilian honor. Former President George W. Bush presented Benjamin Carson with the Presidential Medal of Freedom at a ceremony at the White House.

41. The passage is probably taken from _____.

A. a radio              B. a magazine        C. TV            D. a paper

42. What does the word “surgeons” in paragraph 3 mean?

A. nurses        B. doctors              C. hospitals     D. points

43. Benjamin Carson’s change in study was largely because of ______

A. his hard work           B. his teacher       C. his mother            D. his father

44. What’s the aim to write the passage?

A. To call on us to learn from Benjamin Carson.

B. To praise Benjamin Carson for his achievements.

C. To show us how Benjamin Carson succeeded

D. To introduce Benjamin Carson’s life and work

When I was a child, I was shocked at the idea that my sisters could be my best friends. Now, I wouldn’t have it any other way. At the time, the idea of my tow sisters being my closest friends seemed strange to me. we fought all the time over toys, food, attention, what to watch on television-you name it, we quarreled about it at some point. How could my sisters be my best friends? They weren’t the same age as I. we all had our own friends in school.

My mother never let the three of us forget that sisters are lifelong friends. Her wish like most parents’ was to give us something that she never had. Growing up as an only child, she longed for siblings. When she gave birth to three daughters, the fulfillment of her dream had only just begun. She had given each of us a gift and she wanted to make sure we did not take that gift for granted. She would frequently tell us how lucky we were. But there were others, more subtle ways that she encouraged us to grow closer. She never showed favoritism to one daughter over the other-skating, shopping, swimming-so we developed common interests. And when we were teenagers, Mom always punished us equally, giving us yet another bonding（結(jié)合的）experience.

We didn’t always get along beautifully and fought just like any other siblings. But somewhere in between Mom’s lectures, the family vacations and the shared memories, we realized that our mother was right. Today I share things with my sisters that I do with no one else. My sister Cindy and I ran the New York City Marathon together, side by side, even holding hands when we crossed the finish lien. When my sister Karen got married, I was her maid of honor. Cindy and I traveled through Europe together and even shared an apartment for two years. The three of us trust each other with our greatest secrets.

It was twenty-three years ago that my mother first asked me who my two best friends were. Today she doesn’t have to. She already knows.

72. As a child, the author was shocked at her mother's idea because________

A. her sisters seemed strange to her

B. her sisters didn't like to be her friends

C. none of the girls had their own friends

D. she and her sisters shares little in common

73. The underline word "siblings" in the second paragraph means________

    A. sisters     B. parents    C. daughters   D. friends

74. How did the author's mother encourage her three daughters to grow closer?

    A. She punished her daughter differently.

    B. She showed equal love to her daughters.

    C. She encouraged her daughters to do sports.

    D. She often took her daughters to many places.

75.The best title of the passage could be _________.

A. The Greatest Gift          B. Mother's Love

C. Growing Experiences      D. Unforgettable Memories