Anthony Horowitz was miserable (痛苦的) as a child. He was, as he puts it, “not very bright” and couldn’t win the attention of his very wealthy parents, who preferred his “clever” older brother. At age 8, Horowitz was sent away to an abusive (虐待的) boarding school in his native England, even though he screamed and pleaded (懇求) with his parents year after year not to send him. “The thought was, ‘It’ll be good for him’,” Horowitz recalls (回憶).

      It was not. Horowitz did badly in his studies, had few friends and was bullied (欺負) for five years. “My teachers couldn’t have had a lower opinion of me,” he said. “I wasn’t even smart enough to rebel (反抗). The one thing I remember from the very earliest age was this desire to write. When I was 10 years old, I remember asking my parents to get me a typewriter for my birthday because I wanted to be a writer.”

      Now, at 55, Horowitz is one of the world’s most successful children’s book authors. His Alex Rider series has sold more than 5 million copies, and the eighth book featuring the young spy, Crocodile Tears, came out this month.

      The Alex Rider books tell the adventures of 14-year-old Alex Rider, an agent for the British intelligence agency MI6.

      Horowitz said he doesn’t try to write for kids; it just comes out that way. “I have a feeling it’s to do with purity and simplicity. I give as little information as is necessary to describe the room, the character in the room, and get on with the action,” he said.

      That style has also made Horowitz a successful writer of television shows for adults in Britain because, he says, writing books for kids is a lot like writing television for grown-ups: In both cases, it’s all about entertaining people with a good story.

      Now, Horowitz couldn’t be happier with his life. He sums up his success: “…you can be anything you want to be if you just believe in yourself. I do believe it completely.”

61. The text is mainly about _____.

   A. Horowitz’s popular book – Alex Rider        B. Horowitz’s miserable childhood

   C. Horowitz, a successful children’s writer         D. Horowitz’s special writing style

62 In his childhood, Anthony Horowitz _____.

   A. was more intelligent than his brother       

   B. was paid more attention by his parents

   C. couldn’t understand why he was sent to the boarding school

   D. led a miserable life because of poverty

63.In the boarding school, Horowitz’s teachers ______.

   A. showed great concern for him                 B. often abused and bullied him

   C. taught him how to write stories                D. thought little of his ability

64. Which of the following is true of Anthony Horowitz?

   A. He was the beloved child of his family.        

   B. He benefited a lot from boarding school.

   C. He emphasizes the plot rather than character in stories.

   D. Although he is successful, he isn’t very happy.

65. What advice does Horowitz have for readers?

   A. Confidence is the key to success.           B. Hardship teaches valuable lessons.

   C. Interest is the best teacher.                D. Diligence is the parent of success.

Section  B

Directions: Read the following passage. Answer the questions according to the information given in the passage and required words limit.

Junior Achievement is an international movement to educate young people about business and economics. It has helped many of them succeed in a world economy since it was founded.

The organization is the largest of its kind. JA Worldwide says it reaches over eight million students each year in more than one hundred countries. Programs begin in elementary school and continue through middle and high school. The education is based on the ideas of market-based economics and entrepreneurship.

Junior Achievement began in 1919 in Springfield, Massachusetts. Two business leaders, Horace Moses and Theodore Vail, joined with Senator Murray Crane of Massachusetts to start it.

For more than fifty years, Junior Achievement programs met after school. They began as a group of business clubs. The organization started with a number of children of ages ten to twelve.

But in nineteen seventy-five, Junior Achievement began to offer classes during school hours. Many more young people joined the organization once it began to teach business skills as part of the school day.

Volunteers from the community teach about businesses, such as how they are organized, and how products are made and sold. They also teach about the American and world economies and about industry and trade.

The Junior Achievement Company Program teaches young people how entrepreneurship works. They learn about business by operating their own companies.

The students develop a product and sell shares in their company. They use the money to buy the materials they need to make their product, which then they sell. Finally, they return the profits to the people who bought shares in the company.

Junior Achievement says two hundred eighty-seven thousand volunteers support its programs around the world. In the United States alone, there are more than twenty-two thousand places that hold Junior Achievement events.

Junior Achievement Incorporated and Junior Achievement International combined their operation in two thousand four. They formed Junior Achievement Worldwide. Its headquarters are in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

81. What is the passage mainly about?(within 15 words)

___________________________________________________________________________

82. How long a history does JA have? (within 8 words)

___________________________________________________________________________

83. What do volunteers of JA teach about? (within 10 words)

___________________________________________________________________________

84. What achievements has JA achieved? (within 15 words)

___________________________________________________________________________

Jason didn’t turn up yesterday, because he was out on business. We all felt sorry ___      him.

A. without  B. For     C. except     D. to

His suggestion_______to see the film Avatar interested every one of us.

       A．that we go              B．which we should go   C．that we would go        D．we should go

This morning Ms. Green entered our classroom, and _____ us something important about the coming exam, left.

A. having told                  B. told                      C. telling                   D. to tell

 It’s important to listen to your teacher carefully in class, so try not to let your mind _________.

   A. lose      B. stop    C. wander       D. disturb

------ How about going camping this weekend?

   ------ Good idea ! ____________.

A. I have notice                B. I couldn’t agree more

C. I don’t agree                D. I’m afraid I can’t go

第二節(jié)  寫作（滿分25分）

最近，你作為研究性學習課題組的成員就對高中英語新教材的看法在同學中間開展了一次調查，請根據如下調查結果，寫一份簡單的調查報告。

【注意】1. 句子結構準確，信息內容完整，篇章結構連貫;

2. 報告的開頭已給出，不計入總詞數;

         3. 詞數100個左右。

I recently surveyed my classmates about their views on the new English textbook.

 The success of holding the 2008 Olympic Games is ______ great pleasure and encouragement to _______ Chinese people.

A. the; the               B. a; a            C. a; the            D. /; a

---You ____ him more help, even though you were very busy.

---Well, now I regret not.

A. might have given     B. may give  

C. must have given      D. should give