第三節(jié) 書(shū)面表達(dá) （滿(mǎn)分15分）

  2009年5月1日世博會(huì)志愿者招募儀式正式啟動(dòng)，志愿者是辦好世博會(huì)的一支重要的工作力量。另外，志愿者或做家教，教小孩子閱讀.算術(shù)，或打掃公園與街道，或到醫(yī)院和療養(yǎng)院幫忙。你愿意做志愿者嗎？請(qǐng)陳述理由寫(xiě)一篇100詞左右的短文。開(kāi)頭已經(jīng)寫(xiě)好。

  I would like to be a volunteer in my spare time. My reasons are as follows:

____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

 They have no idea at all ________.

A. where he has gone    B. where did he go  C. which place has he gone  D. where has he gone

第三部分:閱讀理解(共20小題,每題2分,共40分)

第一節(jié)：（共15小題,每題2分,共30分）

閱讀下面四篇短文，從四個(gè)選項(xiàng)（A、B、C、D）中，選出最佳選項(xiàng)，并在答題卡上將該項(xiàng)涂黑。

A

Recently, a professor of philosophy in the United States has written a book called Money and the Meaning of Life. He has discovered that how we deal with money in our day-to-day life has more meaning than we usually think. One of the exercises he asked his students to do is to keep record of every penny they spend for a week. From the way they spend their money, they can see what they really value in life.

   He says our relation with others often becomes clearly defined when money enters the picture. You might have wonderful friendship with somebody and you think that you are a very good friend. But you will know him only when you ask him to lend you some money. If he does, it brings something to the relationship that seems stronger than ever before. Or it can suddenly weaken the relationship if he doesn’t. This person may say that he has a certain feeling, but if it is not carried out in the money world, there is something less real about it.

   Since money is so important to us, we consider those who possess a lot of it to be very important. The author interviewed some millionaires in researching his book.

Question: What is the most surprising thing you have discovered abotrt being rich, because you are a self-made man?

   Answer: The most surprising thing is how people give me so much respect. I am nothing. I do not know much. All I am is rich.

   People just have an idea of making more and more money, but what is it for? How much do I need for any given purposes in my life? In his book, the professor uncovered an important need in modern society: to bring back the idea that money is an instrument rather than the end. Money plays an important role in the material world, but expecting money to bring happiness may be missing the meaning of life.

56. The author seems to believe that asking your friend to lend you some money_______.

   A. is a good way to test your friendship      B. will do harm to your friendship

   C. will strengthen your friendship            D. is a good way to break off your friendship

57. What can we learn about the millionaire from his answer in the interview?

   A. He does not feel that he is well educated.

   B. He does not think that he is a very important person.

   C. He doesn’t think that being rich is worth so much attention.

   D. He does not consider himself to be very successful

58. What does the American professor of philosophy want to explain in his book?

   A. Money is an end.         B. Money is a means.

   C. Money is everything.      D. Money is unimportant.

59. Which of the following might the author disagree with?

   A. Money is important in modern society.

   B. The meaning of life does not completely lie in money.

   C. Wealth will surely bring the owner happiness.

   D. Happiness is not necessarily the result of wealth.

D

Looking for a low-cost path to self-knowledge? A way to mine your subconsciousness for clues to your motivations, desires and fears? No need to have years of treatment or analysis. Just look to your dreams.“You can ignore your dreams, but you are really doing harm to yourself,” says Lauri Quinn Loewenberg. “If so, you’re letting red flags pass you by, letting great ideas pass you by.”

Some sleep researchers believe dreams are more directly related to our moods and emotions and can serve as tools to self-understanding. Dreams occur during the REM (rapid eye movement) cycles of sleep each night. For adults, that means about every 90 minutes. The first period of REM sleep may be short, 5 to 10 minutes, followed by longer periods, finally reaching an hour or more in the fourth or fifth period.When people are dreaming, brain scans show a lot of activities. The brain is online during dreams. The experiences you have during the day are connected during dream sleep. People we know or experiences we’ve had at different times in our lives may be different in the same dream.

AmyBeth Gilstrap has had the same recurring dream that annoyed her since Hurricane Katrina drove her and her daughter and friends out of New Orleans. Ms. Gilstrap says, “It is always a spy. My job is to get people to some place.” She’s certain the dream is related to her effort in the hurricane to help several families leave. Sometimes her cats also are part of that dream. That’s because she went back into New Orleans, before it was allowed, to rescue her cats.

Today, through brain scans scientists have known that the parts of the brain that control emotion and long-term memory are active during REM sleep.

68. The passage is mainly to tell readers ______.

A. dreams are mainly caused by hard work    

B. dreams can offer us a key to self-knowledge

 C. dreams are only activities of our brains     

D. how dreams help us solve our problems

69. According to the words from Lauri Quinn Loewenberg, ______.

 A. dreams can make you feel badly ill        

B. you often have red flags in your dreams

C. dreams will make your life colorful        

D. you may get great help from your dreams

70. According to the passage, the underlined word “it” in Paragraph 3 refers to ______.

A. Ms. Gilstrap’s dream                B. Ms. Gilstrap’s job  

  C. Hurricane Katrina                  D. New Orleans

71. According to the passage, when you are dreaming at night, ______.

A. your dream is connected with your work that day

B. the dream will generally last about 5 to 10 minutes

C. the longer dream should be in the later part of the sleep

D. your eyes will still move slowly during the time

第二節(jié)  讀寫(xiě)任務(wù)（共1小題，滿(mǎn)分25分）

    閱讀下面的短文，然后按照要求寫(xiě)一篇150詞左右的英語(yǔ)短文：

    Anna really wanted to do something significant for her school before she went to college. But she couldn't think of anything meaningful that would influence the lives of her schoolmates.

   One day, Anna saw a girl sitting by the school pond crying. Anna went up to her and said, "Are you okay? Is there anything I can do to help?" Anna found out that the girl was in her first year and was having trouble coping with her schoolwork. Then, Anna had an idea. She would start a tutoring group where seniors could help juniors who were struggling in their subjects.

       Before long, many seniors volunteered to join Anna's tutoring group. Soon, Anna also started other support groups like "I'm not Alone" which provided counseling for students whose parents had been divorced and "Crime Fighters" where students helped prevent theft. Anna was happy that she made a difference in her peers' lives. She was showered with flowers of appreciation from her friends at her graduation!

[寫(xiě)作內(nèi)容]

    1．以約30個(gè)詞概括上面短文的主要內(nèi)容；

    2．以約120個(gè)詞就“幫助他人”這一主題發(fā)表你的看法，并包括以下要點(diǎn)：

    (1) 你在日常生活和學(xué)習(xí)中經(jīng)常幫助別人嗎?請(qǐng)舉例說(shuō)明，

    (2) 幫助別人之后你有何感想?

    (3) 以你的親身經(jīng)歷說(shuō)明應(yīng)該如何去幫助別人?

[寫(xiě)作要求]

    你可以使用實(shí)例或其他論述方法支持你的論點(diǎn)，也可以參照閱讀材料的內(nèi)容，但不得直接引用原文中的句子。   

The news ____ was spreading all over the city proved to be incorrect.

A. what         B. which          C. it          D. whether

第四部分 寫(xiě)作（共兩節(jié)，滿(mǎn)分40分）

: 基礎(chǔ)寫(xiě)作（共1小題，滿(mǎn)分15分）

假如你是李華，你的筆友李佳最近喬遷新居，他想買(mǎi)幾幅西方繪畫(huà)裝飾居室，最近用英語(yǔ)寫(xiě)信詢(xún)問(wèn)是選擇中世紀(jì)的畫(huà)還是具有現(xiàn)代藝術(shù)風(fēng)格的畫(huà)。請(qǐng)你根據(jù)下面的文字提示用英語(yǔ)給他寫(xiě)一封回信。

建議選具有現(xiàn)代藝術(shù)風(fēng)格的繪畫(huà)。因?yàn)�，中世紀(jì)的畫(huà)，作者的主要目的是表現(xiàn)宗教的主題，畫(huà)家們對(duì)真實(shí)的表現(xiàn)自然和人物不感興趣。而現(xiàn)代繪畫(huà)鼓勵(lì)藝術(shù)家們以全新的方式看待周?chē)�的環(huán)境。一方面, 有些現(xiàn)代藝術(shù)畫(huà)是抽象的. 作者集中展現(xiàn)物體的某些特征,而另一方面.有些繪畫(huà)卻是那么寫(xiě)照, 看上去就像是照片

參考詞匯:  the Middle Ages, certain qualities of the object. themes, concentrate on

寫(xiě)作要求:

用5個(gè)句子表達(dá)全部?jī)?nèi)容。.(信的開(kāi)頭和結(jié)尾已經(jīng)給出,不計(jì)入總句數(shù))