（B）

The U．S．birthrate began to decline in the middle 1950’s, resulting in a smaller college age population starting in the middle 1970’s．Something else happened in the 1970’s: the price of oil increased greatly, driving up the price of almost everything and making Americans aware that their large automobiles used a lot of gasoline．At the same time, foreign car manufacturers had begun to produce small fuel efficient cars in large quantities for the export market．Suddenly, the large, gas guzzling American cars were no longer attractive to American buyers, who began buying foreign cars by the thousands．The American automobile industry went into a recession．Thousands of automotive workers were laid off, as were thousands of people in industries indirectly connected with the auto industry．

People who are laid off tend to keep what money they have for necessities, like food and housing．They do not have the extra money needed to send their children to college．Their children cannot pay their own college costs, because during a recession they cannot find jobs．High unemployment means that more state funds must be used for social service-----unemployment benefits, and to aid dependent children, for example-----than during more prosperous times．It also means, that the states have fewer funds than usual, because people are paying fewer taxes．Institutions of higher education depend on two major sources of income to keep them functioning: tuition from students and funds from the states．At the present time, there are fewer students than in the past and fewer state funds available for higher education．The colleges and universities are in trouble．

60．What is the main idea of this passage??

       A．The rising of oil price drove up the price of everything．

       B．There were many reasons why higher education was in trouble in the 1970’s．

       C．Birthrate began to decline in the USA in 1950’s．

       D．High unemployment caused a lot of social problems．

61．American cars were not popular in their domestic markets because they were____．

       A．small              B．gas consuming             

       C．fuel efficient          D．not attractive

62．The colleges and universities were in trouble because of the following reasons except that ____．

       A．they couldn’t get enough income to keep them running

       B．young people couldn’t afford the tuition fees

       C．keeping them running at the same level would cost much more

       D．social services need more state funds because of the recession

63．All of the following statements are true EXCEPT ____．

       A．young people couldn’t afford their own tuition in the 1970’s

       B．it’s difficult for graduates from colleges to find a job in the 1970’s

       C．fewer parents could afford to send their children to college because of the recession in 1970’s

       D．Birthrate dropped in the 1970’s because of the recession

E

Is early childhood education really necessary? Early childhood education primarily focuses on learning through playing to develop the child’s physical, sensory, communicational and social development．Early childhood education has become a concern of the government, who pushes poor children to be formally trained before they are old enough for Kindergarten．

There are good reasons for the government to push early childhood education．Studies have shown that orphaned children who did not receive good care and education become developmentally delayed causing failure in school, and even in life．Further studies show that poor children who take part in Head Start programs are more prepared for school, less likely to end up in   

Special Education classes, and are less likely to receive public help or go to jail．

There are also negative parts to putting a child in formal education programs too early．Time Magazine online explains that “the younger the child the less his chances of catching up with first-grade work．” I have personally witnessed many children of my generation who went to Head Start programs become frustrated and bored with school before they finished high school．Yet parents have been sure that the earlier the child starts school, the better off he or she is, so they push to start children earlier．

Actually while early formal education of poor children does show great gains in the early elementary years, studies also show that this head start is really a “false start”, as the gains are lost in middle and high school years．It seems that environment is a bigger factor on life’s success than early education．Head Start programs have not achieved its original goal in closing the achievement gap in poor and middle school children．Perhaps it is time to find other ways to close that gap．

71．The purpose of the government valuing the early childhood education is ________．

       A．to develop the children’s communication

       A．to give orphaned children good care and education

       C．to get the children prepared for the kindergarten

       D．to train the children formally and regularly

72．According to the studies, which of the following is True?

       A．Children with good early education may have a rich life．

       B．The orphaned children are usually unhappy in their life．

       C．Children without early education can do well at school．

       D．Head Start programs are helpful to the poor children．

73．“the younger the child the less his chances of catching up with first-grade work．” suggests that _________．

       A．the early childhood education is helpless to the child’s grade

       B．it is good for the young children to receive early education

       C．the early education can help the children follow the grade

       D．the younger the children are, the cleverer they will be

74 The author’s attitude toward the early childhood education is _________．

       A．puzzling        B．objective       C．indifferent     D．a(chǎn)pproving

75．The main idea of the last passage is that __________．

       A．the early childhood education is very necessary

       B．Head Start programs have helped the children a lot

       C．environment is the most important to life’s success

       D．better ways should be found to help the poor children

第二部分：英語(yǔ)知識(shí)運(yùn)用（共兩節(jié)，滿分45分）

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

從A、B、C、D四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中，選出可以填入空白處的最佳選項(xiàng)。

The A(H1N1) influenza (甲流)was spreading rapidly across the country but it remained under??______ control, _______official with the Ministry of Health said in Beijing on Sunday．

       A．不填；an       B．the; an    C．不填；不填  D．the; the

The seller would sell the shirt for ten yuan, but the customer ________ eight yuan．

       A．sold       B．offered          C．charged         D．a(chǎn)sked

The pencil________which you wrote just now______me.

       A．in; belonging to B. \; is belonging to     C. with; belongs to D. with; is belonged to

Our company forbids ______, that is to say, we are not allowed ______here.

A. to smoke; to smoke                   B. smoking; smoking

C. smoking; to smoke              D. to smoke; smoking

----- Would you mind helping me with my suitcase? I really can’t manage it by myself．

----- ________．

       A．My pleasure        B．No problem          C．Not at all            D．Never mind

第三部分：閱讀理解（共13小題；每小題2分，滿分26分）

請(qǐng)認(rèn)真閱讀下列短文，從短文后各題所給的A、B、C、D四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中，選出最佳選項(xiàng)，并在答題紙上將該項(xiàng)涂黑。

A

America is a mobile society. Friendships between Americans can be close and real, yet disappear soon if situations change. Neither side feels hurt by this. Both may exchange Christmas greetings for a year or two, perhaps a few letters for a while — then no more. If the same two people meet again by chance, even years later, they pick up the friendship. This can be quite difficult for us Chinese to understand, because friendships between us flower more slowly but then may become lifelong feelings, extending (延伸) sometimes deeply into both families.

Americans are ready to receive us foreigners at their homes, share their holidays, and their home life. They will enjoy welcoming us and be pleased if we accept their hospitality (好客) easily.

Another difficult point for us Chinese to understand Americans is that although they include us warmly in their personal everyday lives, they don’t show their politeness to us if it requires a great deal of time. This is usually the opposite of the practice in our country where we may be generous with our time. Sometimes, we, as hosts, will appear at airports even in the middle of the night to meet a friend. We may take days off to act as guides to our foreign friends. The Americans, however, express their welcome usually at homes, but truly can not manage the time to do a great deal with a visitor outside their daily routine. They will probably expect us to get ourselves from the airport to our own hotel by bus. And they expect that we will phone them from there. Once we arrive at their homes, the welcome will be full, warm and real. We will find ourselves treated hospitably.

For the Americans, it is often considered more friendly to invite a friend to their homes than to go to restaurants, except for purely business matters. So accept their hospitality at home!

56. The writer of this passage must be ______.

A. an American      B. a Chinese     C. a professor       D. a student

57. Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?

A. Friendships between Americans usually extend deeply into their families.

B. Friendships between Americans usually last for all their lives.

C. Americans always show their warmth even if they are very busy.

D. Americans will continue their friendships again even after a long break.

58. From the last two paragraphs we can learn that when we arrive in America to visit an American friend, we will probably be ______.

A. warmly welcomed at the airport      B. offered a ride to his home

C. treated hospitably at his home       D. treated to dinner in a restaurant

59. The underlined words  “generous with our time” in Paragraph 3 probably mean ______.

A. strict with time    B. serious with time   C. careful with time   D. willing to spend time

60. A suitable title for this passage would probably be “______”.

A. Friendships between Chinese      B. Friendships between Americans

C. Americans’ hospitality           D. Americans’ and Chinese’s views of friendships

C

Imagine a world in which there was suddenly no emotion--a world in which human beings could feel no love or happiness, no terror or hate. Try to imagine the consequences of such a transformation. People might not be able to stay alive: knowing neither joy nor pleasure, anxiety nor fear, they would be as likely to repeat acts that hurt them as acts that were beneficial. They could not learn: they could not benefit from experience because this emotionless world would lack rewards and punishments. Society would soon disappear: people would be as likely to harm one another as to provide help and support. Human relationships would not exist: in a world without friends or enemies, there could be no marriage, affection among companions, or bonds (關(guān)系) among members of groups. Society's economic underpinnings (支柱) would be destroyed: since earning $10 million would be no more pleasant than earning $10, there would be no incentive to work. In fact, there would be no incentives(刺激,動(dòng)力) of any kind, for as we will see, incentives imply a capacity to enjoy them.

In such a world, the chances that the human species would survive are next to zero, because emotions are the basic instrument of our survival and adaptation. Emotions structure the world for us in important ways. As individuals, we categorize objects on the basis of our emotions. True, we consider the length, shape, size, or texture, but an object's physical aspects are less important than what it has done or can do to us--hurt us, surprise us, anger us or make us joyful. We also use categorizations colored by emotions in our families, communities, and overall society. Out of our emotional experiences with objects and events comes a social feeling of agreement that certain things and actions are "good" and others are "bad”, and we apply these categories to every aspect of our social life--from what foods we eat and what clothes we wear to how we keep promises and which people our group will accept. In fact, society uses our emotional reactions and attitudes, such as loyalty morality, pride shame, guilt, fear and greed, in order to maintain itself. It gives high rewards to individuals who perform important tasks such as surgery, makes heroes out of individuals for unusual or dangerous achievements such as flying fighter planes in a war, and uses the legal penal (刑法的) system to make people afraid to engage in antisocial acts.

64. Which of the following is Right according to the first paragraph?

A. People would not be able to tell the texture of objects.

B. People would not know what was beneficial and what was harmful to them.

C. $10 million is equal to $10 in a world without emotions.

D. There would be full of lies, arguments and violence.

65. It can be inferred from the passage that the economic foundation of society is dependent on _______.

　　A. the ability to make money　　     B. the capacity to work

　　C. the stimulus to work　　              D. the categorizations of our emotional experiences

66. Why are the emotional aspects of an object more important than its physical aspects?

A. They help society use its members for profit.       

B. They encourage us to perform important tasks.

　　C. They help to perfect the legal and penal system.

D. They help us adapt our behavior to the world surrounding us.

67. What is the text mainly about?

A. People could only live in a world with emotions.

B. People would always do bad things in the emotionless world.

C. Emotions are very important in the world.    

D. Emotions structure the world for us in important ways.

第四部分 寫(xiě)作(共兩節(jié)，滿分35分)  

第一節(jié)  短文改錯(cuò)（共10小題；每小題1分，滿分10分）

以下有標(biāo)題號(hào)的每一行均有一個(gè)錯(cuò)誤,請(qǐng)找出并按下列情況改正：

該行多一個(gè)詞：把多余的詞用斜線（\）劃掉，在該行右邊橫線上寫(xiě)出該詞，并也用斜線劃掉。

該行缺一個(gè)詞：在缺詞處加一個(gè)漏字符號(hào)（^），在該行右邊橫線上寫(xiě)出該加的詞。

該行錯(cuò)一個(gè)詞：在錯(cuò)的詞下劃一橫線，在該行右邊橫線上寫(xiě)出改正后的詞。

注意：請(qǐng)?jiān)诖痤}卡上作答。

       Last weekend we went mountain-climbing. Even the

heavy rain in the morning could not prevent us go. Setting                 76. ______

off very early, we went along an extremely narrowly road, all              77. ______

in high spirits. On each side of the road was green fields                      78. ______

and some farm house. We could hear the sound of the                                79. ______

rain and our footsteps mixing with our laughter. At noon                      80. ______

we reached the top of the mountain. That surprised us                                81. ______

most there was the beauty of scenes. After having a short                      82. ______

rest there and sharing with the food we had brought, we                       83. ______

started going down. It had rained even harder. We were                        84. ______

wet to the skin, and we still sang and laughed happily.                         85. ______