They believe that the spirit remains with the body for three days; ________ someon always stays with the dead person.                                      

A.so during this time   B. during which   C. during which time   D.so when                                                                                                      

B

Love, success, happiness, family and freedom----how important are these values to you? Here is one interview which explores the fundamental questions in life.

Question: Could you introduce yourself first?

Answer: My name is Misbah, 27 years old. I was born in a war-torn area. Right now I’m a web designer.

Q: What are your great memories?

A: My parents used to take us to hunt birds, climb trees, and play in the fields. For me it was like a holiday because we were going to have fun all day long. Those are my great memories.

Q: Does your childhood mean a lot to you?

A: Yes. As life was very hard, I used to work to help bring money in for the family. I spent my childhood working, with responsibilities beyond my age. However, it taught me to deal with problems all alone. I learnt to be independent.

Q: What changes would you like to make in your life?

A: If I could change something in my life, I’d change it so that my childhood could have taken place in another area. I would have loved to live with my family in freedom. Who cares whether we have much money, or whether we have a beautiful house? It doesn’t matter as long as I can live with my family and we are safe.

Q: How do your get along with your parents?

A: My parents supported me until I came of age. I want to give back what I’ve got. That’s our way. But I am working in another city. My only contact with my parents now is through the phone, but I hate using it. It filters(過濾) out your emotion and leaves your voice only. My deepest feelings should be passed through sight, hearing and touch.

60. In Misbah’s childhood,      .

A. he was free from worry

B. he liked living in the countryside

C. he was fond of getting close to nature

D. he often spent holidays with his family

61. What did Misbah desire most in his childhood?

A. A colorful life.                      B. A beautiful house.

C. Peace and freedom.                  D. Money for his family.

62. How would Misbah prefer to communicate with his parents?

A. By chatting on the Internet.            B. By calling them sometimes.

C. By paying weekly visits.              D. By writing them letters.

63. If there were only one question left, what would it most probably be?

A. What was your childhood dream?

B. What is your biggest achievement?

C. What is your parents’ view of you?

D. What was your hardest experience in the war?

D

Recently there was a major discovery in the scientific research—the mapping of all DNA in a human gene（基因）is complete.Couple of years ago,this seems an impossible task for scientist to accomplish.All this progress in science leads us to believe that the day,when the human being will be cloned,is not far away.Human cloning has always been a topic of argument，in terms of morality or religion.

Taking a look at why cloning might be beneficial,among many cases,it is arguable that parents who are known to be at risk of passing a genetic limitation to a child could make use of cloning.If the clonc was free of genetic limitations。Then the other clone would be as well.The latter could foe inserted in the woman and allowed to ripen to term.Moreover，cloning would enable women,who can’t get pregnant,to have children of their own.

Cloning humans would also mean that organs could be cloned,so it would be a source of perfect transfer organs.This,surely would be greatly beneficial to millions of unfortunate peoplearound the world that are expected to lose their lives due to failure of single(or more) organ

（s）.It is also arguable that a ban on cloning may be unlawful and would reb pepole of the right to reproduce and limit the freedom of scientists.

Arguments against cloning are also on a perfectly practical side.Primarily,I believe that cloning would step in the normal “cycle”of life.There would be a large number of same genes.,which reduce the chances of improvement，and,in turn,development-the fundamental reason how living things naturally adapt to the ever-changing environment. Life processes failing to do so might result in untimely disappearance.Futhermore,cloning would make the uniqueness that each one of us possesses disapparance.Thus,leading to creation of genetically engineered groups of people for specific purposes and,chances are,that those individuals would be regarded as “objects”rather than people in the society.

Scientists haven’t 100 percent. guaranteed that the first cloned will be normal.Thus this could result in introduction of additional limitations in the human “gene-pool”.

Regarding such arguable topics in “black or white” approach seems very innocent to me personally.We should rather try to look at all “shades:of it.I believe that cloning is only legal if its purpose is for cloning organs,not humans.Then we could regard this as for “saving life”instead of “creating life”.I believe cloning humans is morally and socially unacceptable.

67.Which of the following is true according to the passage？

   A.Genetic limitation will be beneficial for some women

   B.A large number of genes will prevent us from developing

   C.Prohibition of cloning might limit the freedom of scientists

   D.First cloned humans might be normal according to scientists

68.What’s the author’s oponion on cloning?

   A.Cloning should be entirely banned

   B. Cloning should be used in creating life

   C. Cloning will take away the right to reproduce

   D. Cloning is acceptable if it is used for cloning organs

69.Where can you read this article?

   A.In a story book

   B.In a magazine

   C.In a science fiction

   D.In a brochure

70.Which of the following shows the structure of the passage

第二節(jié) 短文寫作（共1題；滿分25分）

　　你校學生會準備辦一期英語墻報，主題為：保護環(huán)境從我做起。請你根據(jù)下圖所示寫一篇英語短文。

　　注意：1．詞數(shù)100個左右，開頭語已為你寫好；

　　　　　2．可適當增加細節(jié)，以使行文連貫。

What Can I Do for Our Environment？

　　Everyone can do something for our environment.

　　______________________________________________________________________

                                     E

A United Nations report says the number of people in the world is expected to reach 6500 million this July. By the middle of the century, the population could reach more than 9000 million. That would be an increase of 40﹪.

These numbers are fresh estimates for a report on world population change from 1950 to 2050. Hania Zlotnik is director of the U.N. Population Division. She says the world has added nearly 500 million people in the last six years.

But, in her words, "the good news is that new estimates show that it will take a little longer" to add the next 500 million. Mizz Zlotnik says this will probably happen by 2013.

The U.N. report says most population growth by 2050 will take place in less developed countries. Their population is expected to increase from 5000 million today to almost 8000 million. The population of more developed nations is expected to stay about the same, at just over 1000 million.

The report says nine countries will be responsible for about half the world population increase by 2050. These include Bangladesh, China, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia and India. The others are Nigeria, Pakistan, Uganda and the United States.

Twelve countries are expected to have populations at least three times the size now. These include Afghanistan, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Chad, Congo and the Democratic Republic of Congo, and East Timor. The others are Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Niger and Uganda.

The report says birth rates remain low in forty-four developed countries.

Today, worldwide, there is an average of two-point-six children per woman. This number is expected to fall to just over two children per woman in  2050. But U.N. population experts note that they cannot be sure which way birth rates will go in the future.

The U.N. report also notes that AIDS has increased death rates and slowed population growth in sixty countries. The area most affected by the disease is Southern Africa.

There, how long people live has fallen from an average of sixty-two years in 1995 to forty-eight now. Researchers believe life expectancy will fall to forty-three years by 2015, then begin a slow recovery.

67. Which of the following statements is true?

  A. The population growth will slow down in the next few years.

  B. Most population growth will take place in developed countries.

  C. There is an average of 2.6 children per woman in developed countries.

  D. The area most affected by AIDS is Uganda.

68. Which one is the best title of this passage?

  A. AIDS slowed population growth.

  B. Most population growth will take place in less developed countries.

  C. Population growth and death rate.

  D. UN world population report.

69．The author believes that the population growth results from_______

  A. The birth rate in developed countries is too high.

  B. The birth rate in developing countries is too high.

  C. AIDS hit only a few countries.

  D. A decrease in death rate.

70. Which of the following best describe the author’s attitude towards the rapid population growth?

  A. sympathetic     B. happy       C. optimistic     D. critical

C

Educating girls quite possibly brings in a higher rate of return than any other investment available in the developing world. Women education may be an unusual field for economists,  but increasing women's contribution to development is actually as much an economic as a social issue. And economics provides guideposts that point to an explanation for why so many girls are deprived（被剝奪） of an education.

Parents in low-income countries fail to invest in their daughters because they do not expect them to make an economic contribution to the family: girls grow up only to marry into somebody else's family and bear children. Girls are thus seen as less valuable than boys and are kept at home to do housework while their brothers are sent to school-the prophecy （預言） becomes self-fulfilling, trapping women in a bad circle of neglect.

An educated mother, on the other hand, has greater earning abilities outside the home and faces an entirely different set of choices. She is likely to have fewer but healthier children and can insist on the development of all her children, ensuring that her daughters are given a fair chance. The education of her daughters then makes it much more likely that the next generation of girls, as well as of boys, will be educated and healthy. The bad circle is thus transformed into a good one. Ks5u

Few will question that educating women has great social benefits. But it has enormous economic advantages as well. Most obviously, there is the direct effect of education on the wages of female workers. Wages rise by 10 to 20 percent for each additional year of schooling. Such big returns are impressive by the standard of other available investments, but they are just the beginning. Educating women also has a significant effect on health practices, including family planning. Ks5u

59. By saying "the prophecy becomes self-fulfilling..." in Paragraph 2, the author means that ________.

A. girls will turn out to be less valuable than boys

B. girls will be capable of realizing their own dreams

C. girls will eventually find their goals in life beyond reach

D. girls will be increasingly discontented with their life at home

60. The author believes that a bad circle can turn into a good circle when ________.

A. women care more about education

B. girls can gain equal access to education

C. a family has fewer but healthier children

D. parents can afford their daughters' education

61. What does the author say about women' s education?

A. It deserves greater attention than other social issues.

B. It is now given attention before anything else in many developing countries.

C. It will bring in greater returns than other known investments

D. It has aroused the interest of a growing number of economists.

62. The passage mainly discusses________.

A. unequal treatment of boys and girls in developing countries

B. the potential earning power of well-educated women

C. the major contributions of educated women to society

D. the economic and social benefits of educating women

第三節(jié)：完形填空（共20小題；每小題1.5分,滿分30分）

閱讀下面短文,從短文后所給各題的四個選項（A、B、C和D）中,選出可以填入空白處的最佳選項,并在答題卡上將該項涂黑。

I hired a plumber（水管工） to help me restore an old farmhouse, and he just finished a rough first day on the job: a  41  tire made him lose an hour of work, his electric drill quit and his ancient one ton truck refused to  42   .

   43   I drove him home, he sat in stony silence.    44   arriving, he invited me in to meet his   45  . As we walked toward the front door, he paused briefly at a small   46  , touching the tips of the branches with both   47  .

When   48  the door he passed through an amazing transformation. His brown face was in all smiles and he hugged his two small children and gave his   49  a kiss.  50  he walked me to the car. We passed the tree and my   51  got the better of me. I asked him about what I had   52  him do earlier.

"Oh, that's my   53  tree," he replied. "I know I can't help having troubles on the job, but one thing's   54  :those troubles don't   55  the house with my wife and the children. So I just hang them up on the tree    56   when I come home and ask God to    57  them. Then in the morning I   58 

them up again." "And the   59  thing is," he smiled, "when I come out in the morning to pick them up, there aren't   60  as many as I remember hanging up the night before."

41. A. smooth B. broken      C. failed  D. flat

42. A. begin    B. start    C. set      D. launch

43. A. While   B. During       C. As soon as  D. Though

44. A. In B. For     C. On      D. At

45. A. friends  B. parents       C. family D. home

46. A. room    B. tree     C. flower D. wood

47. A. arms     B. hands  C. fingers       D. feet

48. A. opening       B. closing       C. knocking    D. covering

49. A. wife     B. daughter     C. son     D. baby

50. A. Meanwhile   B. Afterwards C. Previously  D. Consequently

51. A. satisfaction   B. responsibility     C. occupation  D. curiosity

52. A. heard    B. made  C. seen    D. let

53. A. comfort       B. pain    C. suffering    D. trouble

54. A. at length      B. for sure      C. at risk       D. straight away

55. A. belong in     B. hold back   C. fit in   D. bring to

56. A. one day       B. every morning   C. one night    D. every night

57. A. take note of  B. take care of       C. look for     D. focus on

58. A. pick     B. take    C. bring  D. choose

59. A. flexible B. funny  C. casual D. humorous

60. A. almost  B. roughly      C. nearly D. approximately

—I'm happy that we’ve finally cleared up some problems. 

—Then, let’s ________, shall we? 

— All right. See you later. Ks5u.com

A. go Dutch      B. get it straight         C. call it a day  D. get a bite

Academy Awards  The Academy Awards are the most prominent film award in the United States. The Awards are granted by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Academy Awards are nicknamed “Oscars” , which is also the nickname of the statuette. The name is said to have been born in 1931 when Margaret Herrick saw the statuette on a table and said. “It looks just like my uncle Oscar!”

Berlin Film Festival  One of the “A” festivals in Europe. The Berlin International Film Festival, also called the “Berlinale”, is held annually in February and started in 1951 after an initiative of the American, who occupied part of the city after World War II. The jury always placed special emphasis on representing films from all over the world, from the former Eastern Bloc Countries (東方陣營) as well as from Western countries.The awards are called Golden and Silver Bears ( as the bear is the symbol of Berlin).

Venice Film Festival   The Venice Film Festival takes place every year in late August/early September on the Lido in the historic Palazzo del Cinema, in Venice, Italy since 1932; its main award is the “Leond'Oro” (Golden Lion).  Recently, a new award has been added, the San Marco Award for the best film

  Cannes Film Festival  The Cannes Film Festival is. a famous international film festival. It has been held annually in Cannes, in the south of France, since 1946 with a few exceptions. Given massive media exposure, the Festival is attended by many movie stars and is a popular venue for movie producers to launch their new films and attempt to sell their works to the distributors who come from all over the globe.

The most famous award given out at Carmes is the “Palme d'Or” (Golden Palm) for the best film; this is sometimes shared by multiple films in one year.

Which award can be shared by multiple films in one year?

A. Golden Lion.                   B. Golden Palm.

C. Academy Awards.               D. San Marco Award.

Which of the following statements about “Oscars” is NOT true?

A. It s the nickname of Academy Awards.

B. It's also the nickname of the statuette.

C. It got its name because Margaret said the statuette looked like her uncle.

D. It s an award in France.

Which award has the shortest history?

A. Golden Lion.                 B. Golden Palm.

C. Academy Awards.             D. San Marco Award.

Which of the following best states the main idea of the passage?

A. An introduction to famous film festivals and film awards.

B. An advertisement for films and TV programs.

C. An introduction to the nicknames of famous film awards.

D. A guide of bow to attend famous film festivals.

第二卷（共45分）

五、寫作部分

第一節(jié) 單詞拼寫（共10小題；每小題1分，滿分10分）

1. It’s believed that Albert Einstein was a man of high    (智力).     1

2. Use your head and you can find many   (解決辦法) to the problem. 2

3. Jerry is an outgoing girl. She is always easily     (說服).             3

4. “ I’m afraid I will never manage it.” she said     (無望地).          4

5. Competition from the job market is   (激烈) than before.            5

6.These patients were     (觀察)over a period of several months.     6

7. The bed is really big. It    (占據(jù)) almost half of the room.        7

8. Speaking through an   (口譯), the Premier expressed himself well.  8

9. I heard the couple    (爭論) for quite a while about money matters.  9

10. As for me, I can’t say that I have any particular    (偏好).          10