Teens don’t understand the big fuss(小題大做).As the first generation to grow up in a wired world,they hardly know a time when computers weren’t around,and they eagerly catch the chance to spend hours online,chatting with friends.So what?

But researchers nationwide are increasingly worried that teens are becoming isolated(孤寂),less skillful at person-to-person relationships,and perhaps numb(麻木) to the cheatings that are so much a part of the e-mail world.“And a teen’s sense of self and values may be changed in a world where personal connections can be limitless,”said Sherry Turkle.

Another researcher,Robert Kraut,said he’s worried about the “opportunity costs”(機(jī)會成本) of so much online time for youths.He found that teens who used computers,even just a few hours a week,showed increased signs of loneliness and social isolation.“Chatting online may be better than watching television,but it’s worse than hanging out(閑逛) with real friends,”he said.

Today’s teens,however,don’t see anything strange in the fact that the computer takes up a central place in their social lives.“School is busy and full of pressure.There’s almost no time to just hang out,”said Parker Rice,17.“Talking online is just catch-up time.”

Teens say they feel good about what they say online or taking the time to think about a reply.Some teens admit that asking someone for a date,or breaking up,can be easier in message form,though they don’t want to do so.But they insist there’s no harm.

The researchers argue that ______.

A.teens may develop a different sense of values

B.nothing is wrong with teens’ chatting online

C.teens can manage their social connections

D.spending hours online does much good to teens

Teens think that talking online can help them ______.

A.use computers properly

B.improve their school work

C.develop an interest in social skills

D.reduce their mental pressures

The text mainly deals with ______.

A.teens’ pleasant online experience

B.teens’ computer skills and school work

C.the effects of the computer world on teens

D.different opinions on teens’ chatting online

The purpose of the text is to ______.

A.describe computer research results

B.draw attention to teens’ computer habits

C.suggest ways to deal with problem teens

D.discuss problems teens have at school

語音知識(共5小題；每小題1分，滿分5分)

從每小題的A、B、C、D四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中，找出其畫線部分與所給單詞的畫線部分讀音相同的選項(xiàng)，并在答題卡上將該項(xiàng)涂黑。

1.success

A.officical                                                              B.excuse

C.correct                                                                D.exciting

2.society

A.achieve                                                               B.friend

C.science                                                                D.believe

3.theirs

A.thread                                                                 B.smooth

C.thirsty                                                                 D.health

4.raise

A.remain                                                                B.certain

C.mountain                                                             D.bargain

5.compare

A.company                                                             B.continue

C.common                                                              D.concert

When asked why he went there,he said he was sent there ___ for a space flight.

A.training                                                        B.being trained

C.to have trained                                              D.to be trained

—Can’t you read the sign, sir? No parking here!

—_____.

A. You’re welcome      B. Go ahead   C. Pardon me     D. Thanks, anyway

He was educated at the local high school,_______he went on to Beijing University.

A.after which                B.after that                   C.in which                    D.in that

完形填空(共20小題；每小題1.5分，滿分30分)

閱讀下面短文，掌握其大意，然后從36~55各題所給的四個(gè)選項(xiàng)(A、B、C和D)中，選出最佳選項(xiàng)，并在答題卡將該項(xiàng)涂黑。

Lang Lang is a world-class young pianist who grew up in Shenyang.He went to a piano school in Beijing when he was just eight.“You need   36   ,”his father said.“But if you don’t work hard,no fortune will come.”

What made him sad was   37    his piano teacher in Beijing didn’t like him.“You have no talent(天賦).You will never be a pianist.”   38    a nine-year-old boy,Lang Lang was badly   39   .He decided that he didn’t want to be a   40    any more.For the next two weeks he didn’t touch the piano._   41   ,his father didn’t push,but waited.

Luckily,the day came when his teacher asked him to    42      some holiday songs.He didn’t want to,but as he placed his fingers on the piano keys,he   43    that he could show others that he had talent   44   .That day he told his father   45    he had been waiting to hear—that he wanted to study with a new teacher.   46    that point on,everything turned around.

He started   47    competitions(比賽).In the 1994 International Young Pianists Competition,when it was   48    that Lang Lang had won,he was too   49    to hold back his tears.Soon   50    was clear that he couldn’t stay in China forever—he had to play on the world’s big   51   .In 1997 Lang Lang   52    again,this time to Philadelphia,U.S.There he spent two years practising,and by 1999 he had worked hard enough for fortune to take over.After his   53    performance at Chicago’s Ravinia Festival,gigs(特邀演出) in Lincoln Center and Carnegie Hall started   54    in.Lang Lang finally worked to reach the place where fortune spots(發(fā)現(xiàn)) him,and lets him   55   .

36.A.exercise                B.fortune                      C.knowledge                 D.wealth

37.A.whether                B.why                          C.when                        D.that

38.A.Like                     B.With                         C.To                                   D.As

39.A.hurt                            B.weakened                  C.ruined                       D.frightened

40.A.singer                   B.pianist                       C.conductor                  D.player

41.A.Hopefully             B.Patiently                   C.Wisely                      D.Painfully

42.A.play                            B.sing                          C.write                         D.study

43.A.seemed                 B.admitted                    C.noticed                      D.realized

44.A.in all                    B.above all                   C.after all                            D.at all

45.A.that                      B.what                         C.which                       D.when

46.A.From                   B.At                                   C.Since                        D.After

47.A.receiving                     B.accepting                   C.winning                    D.beating

48.A.told                      B.mentioned                 C.announced                 D.recognized

49.A.excited                 B.encouraged                C.shocked                     D.satisfied

50.A.this                      B.it                              C.that                           D.what

51.A.concerts                B.tours                         C.competitions              D.stages

52.A.started                  B.left                           C.moved                      D.performed

53.A.successful             B.cheerful                    C.respectful                  D.meaningful

54.A.pulling                 B.breaking                    C.falling                       D.pouring

55.A.brighten               B.shine                         C.admire                      D.develop

Photos that you might have found down the back of your sofa are now big business!

In 2005,the American artist Richard Prince’s photograph of a photograph,Untitled (Cowboy),was sold for $1 248 000.

Prince is certainly not the only contemporary artist to have worked with so-called “found photographs”—a loose term given to everything from discarded(丟棄的)prints discovered in a junk shop to old advertisements or amateur photographs from a stranger’s family album.The German artist Joachim Schmid,who believes “basically everything is worth looking at”,has gathered discarded photographs,postcards and newspaper images since 1982.In his on-going project,Archiv,he groups photographs of family life according to themes:people with dogs;teams;new cars;dinner with the family;and so on.

Like Schmid,the editors of several self-published art magazines also champion(捍衛(wèi))found photographs.One of them,called simply Found,was born one snowy night in Chicago,when Davy Rothbard returned to his car to find under his wiper(雨刷)an angry note intended for someone else:“Why’s your car HERE at HER place?”The note became the starting point for Rothbard’s addictive publication,which features found photographs sent in by readers,such as a poster discovered in your drawer.

The whole found-photograph phenomenon has raised some questions.Perhaps one of the most difficult is:can these images really be considered as art?And,if so,whose art?Yet found photographs produced by artists,such as Richard Prince,may raise endless possibilities.What was the cowboy in Prince’s Untitled doing?Was he riding his horse hurriedly to meet someone?Or how did Prince create this photograph?It’s anyone’s guess.In addition,as we imagine the back-story to the people in the found photographs artists,like Schmid,have collated(整理),we also turn toward our own photographic albums.Why is memory so important to us?Why do we all seek to freeze in time the faces of our children,our parents,our lovers,and ourselves?Will they mean anything to anyone after we’ve gone?

In the absence of established facts,the vast collections of found photographs give our minds an opportunity to wander freely.That,above all,is why they are so fascinating.

The first paragraph of the passage is used to_______.

A.remind readers of found photographs

B.advise readers to start a new kind of business

C.ask readers to find photographs behind sofas

D.show readers the value of found photographs

According to the passage,Joachim Schmid_______.

A.is fond of collecting family life photographs

B.found a complaining note under his car wiper

C.is working for several self-published art magazines

D.wondered at the artistic nature of found photographs

The underlined word “them”in Paragraph 4 refers to“_______”.

A.the readers

B.the editors

C.the found photographs

D.the self-published magazines

By asking a series of questions in Paragraph 5,the author mainly intends to indicate that_______.

A.memory of the past is very important to people

B.found photographs allow people to think freely

C.the back-story of found photographs is puzzling

D.the real value of found photographs is questionable

The author’s attitude toward found photographs can be described as_______.

A.critical                                                         B.doubtful

C.optimistic                                                     D.satisfied

The best title of the 3rd advertisement would be _______.

A.Training at Home                                          B.Learning at Home

C.Recording Work                                           D.Working at Home

According to the information above,if your child has hearing problems,you can turn to _______.

A.At-Home Profession Crop

B.Globe Insurance Company

C.Bradford Publications

D.American Inventors Corp

From the advertisements above,we can learn that _______.

A.Globe Insurance Company has a history of 51 years

B.as a medical transcriptionist,you may earn $25 000 a month

C.Bradford Publications offers a treatment to hearing impaired parents

D.you can visit www.aic.com when you invent a new model of hearing aid

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June 8

Dear Mr.Green,

I am very excited to learn that we are going to start a magazine together.__ _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Yours faithfully,

Li Hua

The teacher_____have thought Johnson was worth it or she wouldn’t have wasted time on him,I suppose.

A.should                                                         B.can

C.would                                                          D.must