C

      We are so used to having a cup of tea before heading off to work, during work or after getting back from work. Tea breaks are more like a custom that takes place regularly several times a day. This tea break tradition has been happening during the past 200 years or so. Tea just happens to be a wonderful drink for most of us. The day simply feels incomplete without a hot cup of tea. However, is tea good for you?

     In 2006, the papers were flooded with the news of research showing that drinking 2-3 cups of tea a day is as beneficial as drinking water, with even some additional health benefits. Another report published in November 2009, stated that drinking up to eight cups of tea a day is good for you. The research conducted by nutrition expert Dr. Carrie Ruxton, debunked (揭示…的真相)the popular stories about caffeinated(含咖啡因的)drinks like tea, coffee and cocoa. According to Dr. Ruxton, the caffeine present in tea tends to lower the risk of heart attacks and strokes. She says that drinking 8 cups of tea a day gives the drinkers “the best levels of health-giving substances” present in tea and other caffeinated drinks.

     Contrary to popular belief that tea does not contain more caffeine than coffee, it actually contains almost half the amount. Caffeine is a natural thing found in many types of food and drink. It’s also something that can give you a much needed lift for a demanding and tiring afternoon ahead. Research shows that proper amounts of caffeine are safe for most people.

     So why not take full advantage of your tea breaks at work, or make time for afternoon tea while out shopping at the weekend? And remember that tea is not just a great drink, but it helps to keep you looking and feeling healthy.

59. What is mainly talked about in the first paragraph?

   A. The types of tea.  B. The tea custom      C. How to drink tea     D. When to drink tea.

60. Reports in the newspapers show that ______.

      A. drinking tea is a healthy habit                 B. new ways of drinking tea appear

      C. drinking tea is harmful to health             D. people don’t like to drink tea any more

61. Caffeine in tea ____.

      A. can make you energetic                        B. gives you a good rest

C. may cause heart attacks                        D. is more than that in coffee

62. What would be the best title for the passage?

      A. Tea and disease                                    B. Tea—a healthy drink 

C. Tea, coffee and cocoa                           D. Drink tea or coffee

第二節(jié) 任務型閱讀（共10小題；每小題1分，滿分10分）

請認真閱讀下列短文，并根據(jù)所讀內(nèi)容在文章后表格中的空格里填入最恰當?shù)膯卧~。

注意：每空格1個單詞。

When we think about education and language learning, we are most likely to think of books. Although there are lots of language learning methods, many people still prefer to learn only by using books. So what are the advantages of learning a language from a book?

Here are its advantages: firstly, you can take language books wherever you go conveniently and you can use them whenever you want. Secondly, they are easy to follow because the courses in them are usually planned for you in strict order starting from the most basic concepts to the more complex. Thirdly, if you are unsure of something, you can continue to work on it as quickly as you like. Lastly, books are likely to have a lot of vocabulary and a lot of topics so you will get great value out of a book with lots of materials in it.

Using books to study a language has disadvantages, too. All textbooks and dictionaries usually include some kind of pronunciation guide. These are helpful when there is no other way to learn, but this can't help you practice your pronunciation. With an audio method, you can compare your pronunciation to that of a native speaker. Besides, some words are spoken faster in one sentence or slower in another, so the pronunciation of a word may change according to the emotion or feeling you want to convey. Also, books can’t actually help you hear the language with its unique rhythms spoken by native speakers. With an audio language learning method, you will be able to hear and understand the language better.

Therefore, if you can supplemental（補充）your book with some other language tools, such as audio tapes, internet radio or resources such as music or television, you will have a much better chance of understanding the books' pronunciation guide and using it to get a good grasp of the spoken language.

       Li Hua ________ some Italian while travelling in Italy last spring.

       A. took up      B. brought up     C. made up        D. picked up

Dad is used to smoking and drinking. There’s no chance _____ I’m able to talk him into    .

    A. whether ; giving it up     B．of whether; giving them up

    C．that; getting rid of them             D．which; stopping it

第六部分  書面表達（滿分15分）

學生會計劃開展“獻愛心活動”，請你以學生會的名義，寫一份倡議書(proposal)，其主要內(nèi)容如下：

倡議原因：2010年4月14日，青海玉樹發(fā)生地震，2000多人喪生或失蹤，建筑物被毀壞、災區(qū)人民無家可歸、缺吃少穿、缺醫(yī)少藥

倡議內(nèi)容：各班捐款、捐物；款物上交學生會辦公室

注意：1．要寫成倡議書，應包含所有提示內(nèi)容。

2．詞數(shù)：100左右，開頭部分已給出，不計人總詞數(shù)。

3．參考詞匯：物品necessities

第三部分 閱讀理解 (共15小題；每小題2分，滿分30分)

請認真閱讀下列短文，從短文后各題所給的A、B、C、D四個選項中，選出最佳選項，并在答題卡上將該項涂黑。

A

Saving the Planet with Earth-Friendly Bamboo Products

Jackie Heinricher’s love affair with bamboo started in her backyard. “As a child, I remember playing among the golden bamboo my dad had planted, and when there was a slight wind, the bamboos sounded really musical.”

A fisheries biologist, Heinricher, 47, planned to work in the salmon industry in Seattle, where she lived with her husband, Guy Thornburgh, but she found it too competitive. Then her garden gave her the idea for a business: She’d planted 20 bamboo forests on their seven-acre farm. 

Heinricher started Boo-Shoot Gardens in 1998. She realized early on what is just now beginning to be known to the rest of the world. It can be used to make fishing poles, skateboards, buildings, furniture, floors, and even clothing. An added bonus: Bamboo absorbs four times as much carbon dioxide as a group of hardwood trees and releases 35 percent more oxygen.

First she had to find a way to mass-produce the plants—a tough task, since bamboo flowers create seed only once every 50 to 100 years. And dividing a bamboo plant frequently kills it.

Heinricher appealed to Randy Burr, a tissue culture expert, to help her. “People kept telling us we’d never figure it out,” says Heinricher. “Others had worked on it for 27 years! I believed in what we were doing, though, so I just kept going.”

She was right to feel a sense of urgency. Bamboo forests are being rapidly used up, and a United Nations report showed that even though bamboo is highly renewable, as many as half of the world’s species are threatened with dying out. Heinricher knew that bamboo could make a significant impact on carbon emissions (排放) and world economies, but only if huge numbers could be produced. And that’s just what she and Burr figured out after nine years of experiments—a way to grow millions of plants. By placing cuttings in test tubes with salts, vitamins, plant hormones, and seaweed gel, they got the plants to grow and then raised them in soil in greenhouses.

Not long after it, Burr’s lab hit financial difficulties. Heinricher had no experience running a tissue culture operation, but she wasn’t prepared to quit. So she bought the lab.

Today Heinricher heads up a profitable multimillion-dollar company, working on species from all over the world and selling them to wholesalers. “If you want to farm bamboo, it’s hard to do without the young plants, and that’s what we have,” she says proudly.

56. What was the main problem with planting bamboo widely?

A. They didn’t have enough young bamboo.

B. They were short of money and experience.

C. They didn’t have a big enough farm to do it.

D. They were not understood by other people.

57. What does Heinricher think of bamboo?

A. Renewable and acceptable                             B. Productive and flexible.

C. Useful and earth-friendly.                                  D. Strong and profitable.

58. The underlined word “renewable” in Paragraph 6 probably means “________”.

A. able to be replaced naturally                B. able to be raised difficultly

C. able to be shaped easily                    D. able to be recycled conveniently

59. What do you learn from the passage?

A. Heinricher’s love for bamboo led to her experiments in the lab.

B. Heinricher’s determination helped her to succeed in her work.

C. Heinricher struggled to prevent bamboo from disappearing.

D. Heinricher finally succeeded in realizing her childhood dream.

完成對話 （共5小題，每小題1分，共5分）

根據(jù)對話內(nèi)容。從對話后的選項中選出能填入空白處的最佳選項。并在答題卡上將該項涂黑。選項中有兩項為多余選項。

A: ___61___?

B: I'm writing a letter.

A: But you don't often write . ___62___?

B: I'm writing to my aunt.

A: ___63___?

B: Just to thank her for giving me the birthday present.

A: But___64___.

B: No , she hasn't sent me anything this year. I'm writing to thank her for last year's present.

A : Do you think she will understand you?

B : Of course ,my letter will help her remember___65___

A : So you ' re expecting another present from her.

A . What do you want to tell her

B . that my birthday is coming soon

C . How are you

D .What are you doing

E .she hasn't sent you a present this year

F .She is not only my aunt but my friend as well

G . Who are you writing to

The question under discussion here is ______ of the "white pollution".

     A. that       B. which     C. one          D. it

 I made a suggestion ________ he ________ to Australia for further education.

   A. that; goes              B. that; go             C. which; will go          D. what; will go

27. The famous star _____ in the gym several hours every day to keep fit.

   A. takes up     B. turns out     C. gives away     D. works out