After years of hearing drivers complain about scratches (劃痕) on their cars, Japan’s Nissan Motor Company has officially announced the next big thing--a paint that not only resists scratches and scrapes, but actually repairs itself within a few days.

The new material, developed by Nippon Paint Company, contains an elastic rubbery-like resin (彈性樹脂) that is able to heal minor (較小的) marks caused by car wash equipment, parking lot encounters, road debris (石頭碎片) or even on-purpose destruction.

The automaker admits its results vary depending on the temperature and the depth of the damage, but adds this is the only paint like it in the world, and tests prove it works.

Minor scratches, the most common type, are said to slowly fade over about a week. And once they’re gone, there is no trace (痕跡) that they were ever there.

The special paint is said to last for at least three years after it is first applied, but there is no word yet on whether more can be added after that period.

Nissan claims car washes are the worst offenders for this type of damage, accounting for at least 80 percent of all incidents.

But the complete auto-healing won’t come without scratching your wallet. The vehicle maker notes the special paint adds about $ 100 US to the price of a car.

It plans to use its new chemical mixture only on its X-Trail SUVs in Japan for now, as it looks for a more widespread presentation. And while plans to offer the feature overseas haven’t been made yet, if it’s a hit there, you can be almost sure market forces will drive it to these shores, as well.

68. From the article, we can find that    .

A. the paint has already been used on cars by now

B. it beats other products of its kind in its lengthy effect

C. car damage is mainly caused by scratches and scrapes

D. marketing this paint in Europe is not under way

69. The paint used on cars can    .

A. last 3 years before it is re-applied again

B. fade only in a few days

C. help to protect cars from minor paint damage

D. reduce car scrape incidents to 20 percent           

70. What does the underlined part refer to?

A. Certain models of Nissan.               

B. Name for one kind of paint.

C. Somewhere in Japan.                    

D. A word standing for a car-dealer store.

71. What can be inferred from the article?

A. The paint was developed by Nissan Motor Company.

B. The paint might work better in summer than in winter.

C. The mark on the car could disappear as soon as the paint is applied.

D. The paint is very popular in Japan.                                 

第三節(jié)：書面表達（滿分25分）

假如有個名叫Mike的外國留學(xué)生上周六來永康游玩，并在你家住了兩天。請根據(jù)下面表格中的內(nèi)容提示, 介紹你們這兩天一起游玩的經(jīng)歷和感受。

注意：1.用第一人稱介紹,開頭已為你寫好。

2.詞數(shù)： 120詞左右。

Last Saturday , a foreign student named Mike came to visit Yongkang and lived in my home for 2 days.

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 The boy ________ on the ground ________ to me that he ________ the book on the table.

A. lied; lied; laid    B. who lay; lied; laid     C. lying; lay; laid   D. lying; laid; lay

 In terestingly enough, the two brothers have much in______________.

   A. ordinary     B. common     C. gereral     D. partilular

. I’ll never forget the day ______ I was born.

A. in which                B. that                 C. on that            D. when

 On my way to the market, I happily _____one of my old friends whom I hadn’t seen for many years.

A. came across                  B. came to           C. came between        D. came after

—James didn’t turn up last night, did he?  

—No. He_________.we had changed our plan.

       A. shouldn’t have come               B. needn’t have come

       C. didn’t need to come             D. needn’t come

第三部分 閱讀理解（共20小題；每小題2分，滿分40分）

English is fast becoming the language of science around the world, but what is its future among everyday speakers? One expert points out that the percentage(比率) of native English speakers is declining(降低) globally while the languages of other rapidly growing regions are being spoken by increasing numbers of people. But English will continue to remain widespread and important.

     However, British language scholar David Graddol says English will probably drop in dominance(主導(dǎo)) by the middle of this century to rank, after Chinese, about equally with Arabic, Hindi, and Urdu. “The number of people speaking English as a first language continues to rise, but it isn’t rising nearly as fast as the numbers of many other languages around the world, simply because the main population group has been largely in the less developed countries where languages other than English have been spoken,” he says.

     In a recent article in the journal Science, Mr. Graddol noted that three languages that are not near the top of the list of the most widely spoken now might be there soon. These are Bengali, Tamil, and Malay, spoken in south and Southeast Asia.

     David Crystal, the author of the Cambridge Encyclopedia of the English Language, says about 1.5 billion of the world’s six billion people speak it as a second tongue compared to the 400 million native speakers. But another expert on the English language says Mr. Graddol underestimates (低估) the future of its dominance. “Nobody quite knows what’s going to happen because no language has been in this position before. But all the evidence (證據(jù)) suggests that the English language snowball is rolling down a hill and is getting faster,” he said.

56. In David Graddol’s opinion, English will _______.

     A. remain widespread and important

     B. be more important than any other language

     C. lose its dominant position

     D. die away in the near future

57. The underlined sentence in the last paragraph implies that ______.

     A. snowballs will roll down faster than language balls

     B. the English language snowball is rolling down faster than any time in the past

     C. English language will soon drop in dominance

     D. more and more language users will choose English

58. How many experts does the passage mention who express their ideas about the future of English?

     A. 2.             B. 3.          C. 4.            D. 5.

59. What should be the best title for the passage?

     A. English Remaining the Dominant Position

     B. The Future of English? Who Knows?

     C. Opinions from Different Experts

     D. The English Language Snowball Rolling Down

Do your kids like plastic toys? Well, I guess it’s time for them to play with wooden toys.

I have always liked kids’ wooden toys since I was five. I always ran along on the back of a hobby horse pretending to be a cowboy from the West when I was a little boy. Now I’m a dad and I still like buying these timeless natural wooden toys. They will never be out of style. My daughter has a child’s rocking horse, and my two sons have wooden trains and cars. The great thing about this type of toys is that they will last generations if they are treated kindly. Even if they break, most of the time they can be repaired using spare parts bought from wooden-toy makers, and if the part is not too complicated(復(fù)雜的), you yourself can make the part from a piece of wood.

What if they do break and can’t be repaired? Well, at least they can be dealt with without having any bad effects on the environment. They can be turned into wood chippings and used for pathways in the country or play areas for kids. Even if the wooden toy is buried as rubbish, which is very rare these days, it will not harm the soil or the environment.

I like all types of wooden toys. There is such a wide variety of wooden toys today and the choice is getting bigger day by day. As an alternative(替代品) to plastic toys, wooden toys can’t be beaten. I’m sure in the near future wood will no doubt become the number one material for making toys, as plastic becomes more and more expensive because of rising oil prices and the environmental issues concerning plastic. Plastic toys might harm kids’ health, too.

67. According to the author, wooden toys which can’t be repaired will _______.

   A. be taken back by the makers            B. need a lot of money to deal with

   C. not harm the environment              D. be collected by collectors

68. From the last paragraph, we can learn that _______.

   A. plastic will be used up sooner or later

   B. plastic toys will not be allowed to be sold very soon

   C. wooden toys will become more popular in the future

   D. wooden toys will become more and more expensive

69. Which of the following is NOT the reason why plastic toys will be less popular in the future?

   A. That plastic has bad effects on the environment.

   B. That plastic toys might harm the health of children.

   C. That plastic toys offer children few choices.

   D. That oil prices are getting higher than before.

70. We can infer that this passage is written to _______.

   A. tell us the disadvantages of plastic toys   

   B. advise parents to buy wooden toys instead of plastic ones

   C. tell us how much the author and his children like wooden toys

   D. advise toy makers to make wooden toys rather than plastic ones

第二節(jié) 書面表達 (滿分25分)

     元宵節(jié)你要帶你的美國朋友Tom去街上看活動,并給他介紹該節(jié)日的一些相關(guān)知識。你可以根據(jù)以下要點作介紹:

     元宵節(jié)是中國的傳統(tǒng)節(jié)日,每年正月十五人們都要舉辦許多活動,比如吃湯圓、賞花燈、猜燈謎、踩高蹺、舞獅子等。注意:

1. 生詞:

元宵節(jié) the Lantern Festival 猜燈謎guess riddles；   踩高蹺walk on stilts；  舞獅子do lion dancing；賞花燈 enjoy the bright and colorful lanterns

2. 可適當(dāng)發(fā)揮；詞數(shù):100左右。

The Lantern Festival is a traditional festival in China. _________________________

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