Peter __ to Alice.They are going to ___ next month.

A. get married, is engaged   B. engaged, married  C.is engaged, get married  D. married, engaged

A conductor was invited to keep us_________in the singing at the School Art Festival.

A. in common       B. in advance     C. in time    D. in return

The airline has a booklet _____ will tell you most of the important information to Europe.

     A. in which            B. about which              C. /                        D. that

                                   (B)

Make sure you don’t miss Australia’s largest and most exciting kite-flying festival this year, which promises to be a great day out for the whole family. The skies will come alive with hundreds of kites of all shapes and sizes from local and international kite makers and fliers.

    It’s not just the experts who can fly their kites — come down and fly your own. If you don’t have a kite, you can buy one from one of the stalls in the park, or better still, make one at one of our kite-making workshops.

    Then there’s the multicultural entertainment program in the Pavilion Courtyard Amphitheatre of great music, dance and performance. The headline act this year is Rastawookie. Their music is a fusion (結(jié)合) of many different styles from South America, the Caribbean and western countries. There will also be free music and dance workshops, so why not try your hand at one of these? For the children there will be additional rides, face painting, jugglers (變戲法者), stilt walkers, and clowns. After all these activities, you probably can’t wait to eat. Choose from one of our fabulous multicultural food stalls offering food and drinks from all over the world or for something simpler — nothing could be better than a good old-fashioned sausage!

    There’s so much to do and so much to see, so if you’re up for a great day, then the only place to be on Sunday, September 9th is down at Bondi Beach for Sydney’s most exciting, fun and family-friendly festival.

60. According to the passage, which of the following statements is TRUE?

A. The kite-flying festival is the largest festival in the world.

B. The majority of visitors are people out of Australia.

C. The kite-flying festival only reflects（反映）the culture of Australia.

D. Not only professional kite makers and fliers attend this festival.

61. What is the most important part of the entertainment program during the festival this year?

A. Tricks for children.             B. Various styles of dance.

C. Rastawokie’s music.            D. Shows preformed by visitors.

62. During the festival, the author recommends all the following places to go EXCEPT _______.

A. music and dance workshops      B. parks for children

C. kite-making workshops          D. food stalls

63. According to the passage, the kite-flying festival is suitable for ______.

A. the whole family who want to spend a day out

B. lovers who want to have a quiet day of their own

C. the elderly who want to take a walk       

D. travelers who like adventure

E

       The question of what children learn, and how they should learn it, is continually being debated and redebated. Nobody dares any longer to defend the old system, the parrot-fashion (way of learning by repeating what others say) of learning lessons, the grammar-with-a-whip (鞭子) system, which was good enough for our grandparents. The theories of modern psychology have stepped in to argue that we must understand the needs of our children. Children are not just small adults; they are children who must be respected as such.

       Well, you may say, this is as it should be, and a good idea. But think further. What happens? “Education” becomes the responsibility not of teachers, but of psychologists. What happens then? Teachers worry too much about the psychological implications(暗示) of their lessons, and forget about the subjects themselves. If a child dislikes a lesson, the teacher feels that it is his fault, not the child's. So teachers worry whether history is “relevant'' to modem young children. And do they dare to recount stories about violent battles? Or will this make the children themselves violent? Can they tell their classes about children of different races, or will this encourage racial hatred7 Why teach children to write grammatical sentences? Oral expression is better. Sums? Arithmetic? No: real-life mathematical situations are more understandable.

       You see, you can go too far. Influenced by educational theorists, who have nothing better to do than write books about their ideas, teachers leave their teaching-training colleges filled with grand, psychological ideas about children and their needs. They make complicated preparations and try out their “modern methods” on the long-suffering children. Since one “modern method” rapidly replaces another, the poor kids will have well been fed up by the time they leave school. Frequently the modern methods are so complicated that they fail to be understood by the teachers, let alone the children; even more often, the relaxed discipline which is so necessary for the “informal” class prevents all but a handful of children from learning anything.

75. Under the old system, children were _______.

    A. made to learn passively.                            B. spoiled by their parents.

    C. treated equally as adults.                      D. were forced to become parrots.

76. Modern psychologists hold the view that _______.

    A. children are better off without learning lessons.

    B. children must be understood and respected.

    C. children are small adults and they know what they need.

    D. education of children is the responsibility of psychologists.

77. What happens when teachers give lessons with the theories of modern psychology?

    A. They find that more and more children like their lessons.

    B. They don't pay enough attention to students' actual lessons.

    C. They must make full preparations and try out modern methods.

    D. They find that the relaxed discipline is so necessary for children.

78. What is the author's attitude toward the theories of modern psychology?

A. Uninterested.     B. Acceptable.           C. Satisfied.            D. Critical.

Mr. Black doesn’t understand _______ made his wife so upset this morning.

A. what was it             B. why it was that     C. how that was          D. what it was that

E

       Parents and kids today dress alike, listen to the same music, and are friends．Is this a good thing? Sometimes, when Mr．Ballmer and his 16-year-old daughter, Elizabeth, listen to rock music together and talk about interests both enjoy, such as pop culture, he remembers his more distant relationship with his parents when he was a teenager．

       “I would never have said to my mom, ‘Hey, the new Weezer album is really great．How do you like it?’” says Ballmer．“There was just a complete gap in taste．”

       Music was not the only gulf （分歧）．From clothing and hairstyles to activities and expectations, earlier generations of parents and children often appeared to move in separate orbits．

       Today, the generation gap has not disappeared, but it is getting narrow in many families．Conversations on subjects such as sex and drugs would not have taken place a generation ago．Now they are comfortable and common．And parent-child activities, from shopping to sports, involve a feeling of trust and friendship that can continue into adulthood．

       No wonder greeting cards today carry the message, “To my mother, my best friend．”

       But family experts warn that the new equality can also result in less respect for parents．

       “There’s still a lot of strictness and authority on the part of parents out there, but there is a change happening,” says Kerrie, a psychology professor at Lebanon Valley College．“In the middle of that change, there is a lot of confusion among parents．”

       Family researchers offer a variety of reasons for these evolving（演化的） roles and attitudes．They see the 1960s as a turning point．Great cultural changes led to more open communication and a more democratic process that encourages everyone to have a say．

       “My parents were on the ‘before’ side of that change, but today’s parents, the 40-year-olds, were on the ‘a(chǎn)fter’ side,” explains Mr．Ballmer．“It’s not something easily accomplished by parents these days, because life is more difficult to understand or deal with, but sharing interests does make it more fun to be a parent now．”

72．Which of the following shows that the generation gap is disappearing?

       A．Parents help their children develop interests in more activities．

       B．Parents put more trust in their children’s abilities．

       C．Parents and children talk more about sex and drugs．

       D．Parents share more interests with their children．

73．The change in today’s parent-child relationship is ______．

       A．more confusion among parents

       B．new equality between parents and children

       C．less respect for parents from children

       D．more strictness and authority on the part of parents

74．By saying “today’s parents, the 40-year-olds, were on the ‘a(chǎn)fter’ side,” the author means that today’s parents ______．

       A．follow the trend （趨勢(shì)）of the change

       B．can set a limit to the change

       C．fail to take the change seriously

       D．have little difficult adjusting （調(diào)整）to the change

75．The purpose of the passage is to ______．

       A．describe the difficulties today’s parents have met with

       B．discuss the development of the parent-child relationship

       C．suggest the ways to handle the parent-child relationship

       D．compare today’s parent-child relationship with that in the past

第二部分 詞匯知識(shí)運(yùn)用（共兩節(jié)，滿分40分）

第一節(jié)：?jiǎn)雾?xiàng)選擇（共15小題；每小題1分，滿分15分）

21．Since the job is so _____, why not try a new one and make yourself more _____?

       A．bored; pleasing     B．boring; pleased      C．boring; pleasing     D．bored; pleased

 Not far from the school there was a garden, ___owner seated in it playing chess with his little grandson every afternoon.

              A. its                    B. whose                            C. which               D. that

 Those experienced doctors in our country _______the meeting in order to find out the real_______  of bird flu(禽流感).

   A. attended; cause         B. joined; reason     C. joined; cause   D. attended; reason