A report by the Chinese Academy of Social Science said _______among new graduates grew to over 12 percent last year at 1.5 million because of the global economic crisis.

A．disagreement 　B．enlargement   C．unemployment  D．encouragement

In view of lacking preparations for the competition and not wanting to lose face,

Johnson eventually decided to _____.

   A. drop in      B. drop off      C. drop back      D. drop out

       At present, in many American cities especially, many teachers in the public schools say they are underpaid. They point to jobs such as secretary or truck driver, which often pay more to start than that of a teacher. In many other fields, such as law, medicine, computer science, a beginning worker may make more than a teacher who has taught for several years.

       Teaching has never been a profession that attracted people interested in high salaries. It is by history a profession that has provided rewards in addition to money—the satisfaction of sharing knowledge, of influencing others, of guiding young people. But in the past several years, there are more difficulties in teaching, for many, than there are rewards.

    Unruly students, especially in big cities, large classes and a lack of support from the public in terms of money and understanding have led many public school teachers to leave the profession.

       As a result, many of the best students, who would have chosen teaching as their life career in the past, are going into other fields.

       Another reason for this change in teacher candidates is the changing status of women in the United States. Until the late 1960s and 1970s, one of the most popular choices for women was teaching. But as other professions, such as law and medicine opened up to women, women stopped pouring into teacher training programs. Thus, a major pool of excellent candidates for the teaching profession dwindled.

       Bit by bit government officials and others realized that the status of the teacher had suffered. They talked about change. But the change in a vast society like the United States is not easy. People’s attitudes have formed over many years, and sometimes change takes many years.

60．The underlined word “that” in Paragraph 1 refers to “____________”.

       A．money      B．job       C．secretary D．truck driver

61．What is the present situation of the teaching?

       A．Teachers work harder and get underpaid.

       B．Teachers have no opportunities to work in other fields.

       C．Teaching can attract best students to work as a teacher.

       D．Teaching can provide rewards as well as high salaries.

62．Many public school teachers turn to other professions because____________.

       A．the government doesn’t financially support them

       B．they have to work longer hours than a lawyer

       C．their students refuse to listen to them

       D．they are not fairly treated

63．The author believes that change in teachers’ status in the United States____________

       A．is not great                             B．is impossible

       C．influences people’s attitude            D．needs time

Section D

Directions: Read the passage carefully. Then answer the questions or complete the statements in the fewest possible words.

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, neither 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 among members of groups. Society’s economic functions would be destroyed: since earning $10 million would be no more pleasant than earning $10, there would be no motivation to work. In fact, there would be no motivation of any kind. For as we will see, motivation implies a capacity to enjoy certain activties.

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 exploits 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 when performing important tasks.

81. According to the passage, the concept of right or wrong comes from ____________.

___________________________________________________________________________________

82. Emotions are significant for man’s survival because ____________.

___________________________________________________________________________________

83. What would an emotionless world lack?

___________________________________________________________________________________

84. What is the result of the absence of emotion?

___________________________________________________________________________________

The wet weather will continue tomorrow when a cold front _____ to arrive.

A. expects                           B. is expecting                     C. is expected               D. will be expected

 _____ the police thought he was the most likely one, they could not arrest him since they had no exact proof about it. 

       A. Although          B. As long as                C. If only                    D. As soon as 

Why not get some work experience first__________go straight on to university?

A.other than        B.rather than       C.more than        D.less than

Pushing children too hard is a really big social problem that seems to be getting worse．Now we have 6-month-olds in music classes and swimming classes．Parents fear that if other children are attending these classes，they will be holding their own children back if they do not enroll，too．

    The other extreme，simply taking a laissez-faire approach and letting children do—or refuse to do—whatever they want，is not the answer either，of course．

    Dr Taylor emphasizes that parents need to push their children based on what is best for the children，not what is best for themselves．If children understand that an activity is in their best interests，then they will accept it, he finds．

    Dr Taylor and other family experts remain pessimistic about the possibilities for widespread social change．“The force of our popular culture，driven by money and superficial（表面上的） values，cannot be resisted，” he says．But change can take place at a“micro-level,” in families and schools．

    When changes do occur，the rewards can benefit everyone in the family．One mother supporting this new approach toward parenting mentions the advantages her family experienced after her children cut back on activities．“The biggest thing is that since we have done this，we are rested,” she says．“Not only are our kids rested，because they're not in a ton of stuff, but my husband and I are rested，because we're not driving them everywhere．We weren’t living in the moment when we were always busy．We were living by the schedule．The return on our investment of spending time together has been enormous．”

60. One of the reasons why parents push children so hard is that they______.

   A. believe in early development in children

   B. are too busy to take care of their children

   C. don't want their children to lag behindw(w w.ks&5 u.c*o m

   D. want to repeat what their parents did to them

61. The phrase“a laissez-faire approach”(in Line 1，Paragraph 2)most probably refers to________.

   A. denying them what they need

   B. controlling children in a flexible way

   C. developing a keen interest in children

   D. letting children do whatever they want

62. The best way to encourage children to work hard is_________

   A. to make them believe it’s in their best interests

   B. to consider the matter from parents' standpointw(w w.ks&5 u.c*o m

   C. to emphasize the importance of hard work from time to time

   D. to make it interesting and enjoyable to them

63.What the author doesn’t approve of in the essay is _______.

   A. achieving a balance between pushing the children too hard and leaving them alone

   B. going from one extreme of pushing children too hard to the other of leaving them alone

   C. involving children in activity that will probably contribute to their development

   D. enrolling them in music and swimming classes at the very early age

第II卷（ 共35分）

V.單詞拼寫（共10小題；每小題1分，滿分10分)

71. Nobody is allowed to enter the house without ____________(許可).

72. Lucy sat at her desk,             (圍繞) by books and papers. 

73. The little girl s             when she saw a mouse running by her feet.

74. L____________ your speed within 60 kilometres per hour, or you’ll be fined.

75. Nobody knows if life used to e              on the Mars.

76. He was              （輕微地 ）injured in yesterday’s accident.

77. He a____________ to the host for coming late.

78. His question really p             me. I had to ask the teacher for help.

79. In order to keep his money safe, he opened an              (賬戶) with the bank.

80. Forming good habits will ____________(有益于) you a lot.

第三節(jié)： 書面表達(滿分15分)

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