（D）

As you move around your home, take a good look at the things you have．It’s likely that your living room will have a television set and a video, and your kitchen will have a washing machine and a microwave oven．Your bedroom drawers will be filled with almost three times as many clothes as you need． You almost certainly own a car and possibly a home computer, holiday abroad at least once a year and eat out at least once a week．

    Now, perhaps, more than ever before, people are wondering what life is all about, and what it is for．Seeking material success is beginning to trouble large numbers of people around the world．They feel that the long-hour work culture to make more money to buy more things is eating up their lives, leaving them very little time or energy for family or pastimes．Many are turning to other ways of living and downshifting_is one of them．

    Six percent of workers in Britain took the decision to downshift last year．One couple who downshifted is Daniel and Liz．They used to work in central London．He was a newspaper reporter and she used to work for an international bank．They would go to work by train every day from their large house in the suburbs （郊區(qū)）, leaving their two children with a nanny（保姆）．Most evenings Daniel wouldn’t get home until eight or nine o’clock, and nearly twice a month he would have to fly to New York for meetings．They both earned a large amount of money but began to feel that life was passing them by．

    Nowadays, they run a farm in the mountains of Wales．“I always wanted to have a farm here,” says Daniel, “and we took almost a year to make the decision to downshift．It’s taken some getting used to, but it’s been worth it．We have to think twice now about spending money on car repairs and we no longer have any holidays．However, I think it’s made us stronger as a family, and the children are a lot happier．”

    Liz, however, is not quite sure．“I used to enjoy my job, even though it was hard work and long hours．I’m not really a country girl, but I suppose I’m gradually getting used to looking after the animals．One thing I do like, though, is being able to see more of my children．My advice for other people wanting to do the same is not to think about it too much or you might not do it at all．”

68．What do the first two paragraphs tell us?

       A．People seldom work long hours to make money．       

       B．People hardly buy more things than necessary．

       C．People are sure everything they own is in the right place．

       D．People realize more is involved in life than just making money．

69．Daniel agrees that the move to the farm __________．

       A．was easy to organize                B．has improved family life

       C．was extremely expensive           D．has been a total success

70．The underlined word "downshifting" in the second paragraph means ________．

       A．repairing your car by yourself

       B．spending money carefully

       C．moving out to the countryside to live a simpler and better life

       D．living in a big house in the suburbs and dining out once a week

第二節(jié) 書面表達(dá)（滿分25分）

假設(shè)你校舉行題為“網(wǎng)吧的危害（Harmful Influence of Cyber Centers）”的征文活動(dòng)。請(qǐng)根據(jù)下圖寫一篇英語短文，描述圖中的內(nèi)容，并就其反映的現(xiàn)象發(fā)表評(píng)論和提出方案。

要點(diǎn)提示：

1．一位父親在找兒子

2．街上滿是網(wǎng)吧  

3．兒子在網(wǎng)吧玩

4．描述網(wǎng)吧多的現(xiàn)狀

5．網(wǎng)吧的危害（評(píng)論）

6．解決方案

注意：

1．詞數(shù)：100左右；

2．可適當(dāng)增添細(xì)節(jié)，以使行文連貫；

3．文中不可使用真實(shí)姓名和學(xué)校名稱；

4．參考詞匯：網(wǎng)吧:cyber center。

Mary and Joan quarreled, but they          after a while．

       A．put up         B．brought up          C．made up            D．set up

--Was the test hard?

--The test was so hard that he ________ failed．

       A．a(chǎn)lmost   B．most      C．mostly   D．hardly

-----This returned Chinese scholar has become one of the top experts in this field.

-----Yes, I know him very well. He _____ in Africa with wild animals for eight years.

   A. is working      B. had worked      C. worked      D. has been working

 ---Did you visit the famous museum?

---No. We ________ it, but we spent too much time shopping.

A. could have visited                 B. must have visited

C. can't have visited             D. shouldn't have visited

第三部分：閱讀理解（共20小題，共40分）

第一節(jié)（共15題, 每小題2分，滿分30分）

閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的四個(gè)選項(xiàng)（A,B,C和D）中，選出最佳選項(xiàng)。                              

                                        A

What secret force drives us into the arms of one person, while pushing us away from another who might appear equally desirable to any fair observer? Of the many factors influencing our idea of the perfect mate, one of the most telling is our “l(fā)ovemap” ---- a group of messages formed in our brains that describes our likes and dislikes．It shows our preferences in hair and eye color, in voice, smell, body build．It also records the kind of personality that attracts us, whether it’s the warm and friendly type or the strong silent type．In short, we fall for and go after those people who most clearly fit our lovemap．And this lovemap is determined in childhood．By age eight, the pattern for our ideal mate has already begun to float around in our brains．

The mother has special influence on her sons: she not only gives them clues to what they will find attractive in a mate, but also influences how they feel about women in general．So if she is warm and nice, her sons are going to think that’s the way women are．They will likely grow up warm and responsive lovers and also be helpful around the house．

Just as mothers influence their son’s general feelings toward women, fathers influence their daughter’s general feelings about men．If a father lavishes praise on his daughter and shows that she is a worthwhile person, she’ll feel very good about herself in relation to men．But if the father is cold, critical or absent, the daughter will tend to feel she’s not very lovable or attractive．

While the mother determines in large part what qualities attract us in a mate, it’s the father ----- the first male in our lives ----- who influences how we relate to the opposite sex．Fathers have a great effect on their children’s personalities and chances or marriage happiness．

56．What is the proper title for this passage?

       A．Why we love who we love             B．What is a lovemap

       C．Different influence from parents         D．Ideal mate in the mind

57．A perfect mate is a person who ____．

       A．is fair to everyone                B．is the most desirable

       C．fits one’s lovemap                D．is perfect in everything

58．If the husband hardly does any housework, ____．

       A．his mother must be warm              B．his father must be critical

       C．his mother must be cold                D．his wife can’t be attractive

59．The passage leads to a belief that ____．

       A．parents’ personalities decides the children’s lovemap

       B．mothers have no influence on daughters’ marriage life

       C．fathers care more about children’s marriage happiness

       D．mothers influence children’s choices of perfect mates

C

If you are a male and you are reading this, congratulations: you are a survivor. According to statistics, you are more than twice as likely to die of skin cancer than a woman, and nine times more likely to die of AIDS. Assuming you make it to the end of your natural term, about 78 years for men in Australia, you will die on average five years before a woman.

There are many reasons for this, typically, men take more risks than women and are more likely to drink and smoke but perhaps more importantly, men don’t go to the doctor.

“Men aren’t seeing doctors as often as they should,” says Dr. Gullotta, “This is particularly so for the over-40s, when diseases tend to strike.”

Gullotta says a healthy man should visit the doctor every year or two. For those over 45, it should be at least once a year.

Two months ago, Gullotta saw a 50-year-old man who had delayed doing anything about his smoker’s cough for a year.

“When I finally saw him it had already spread and he has since died from lung cancer,” he says, “Earlier detection and treatment may not have cured him, but it would have prolonged his life.”

According to a recent survey, 95% of women aged between 15 and early 40s see a doctor once a year, compared to 70% of men in the same age group.

    “A lot of men think they are invincible(不可戰(zhàn)勝的),” Gullotta says. “They only come in when a friend drops dead on the golf course and they think, “Geez, if it could happen to him, __________.”

Then there is the ostrich approach, “some men are scared of what might be there and would rather not know,” says Dr. Ross Cartmill.

“Most men get their cars serviced more regularly than they service their bodies,” Cartmill says. He believes most diseases that commonly affect men could be addressed by preventive check-ups.

“Regular check-ups for men would inevitably place strain(緊張) on the public purse,” Cartmill says. “But prevention is cheaper in the long run than having to treat the diseases. Besides, the ultimate cost is far greater: it is called premature death.”

65..Why does the author congratulate his male readers at the beginning of the passage?

A. They are more likely to survive serious diseases today.

B. Their average life span has been considerably extended.

C. They have lived long enough to read this article.

D. They are sure to enjoy a longer and happier life.

66. What is the most important reason why men die five years earlier on average than women according to the author?

A. men drink and smoke much more than women

B. men don’t seek medical care as often as women

C. men aren’t as cautious as women in face of danger

D. men are more likely to suffer from fatal diseases

67. Which of the following best completes the sentence “Geez, if it could happen to him, _______”?

A. it could happen to me, too         B. I should avoid playing golf

C. I should consider myself lucky     D. it would be a big misfortune

68. What does Dr. Ross Cartmill mean by “the ostrich approach”?

A. a casual attitude towards one’s health conditions

B. a new therapy for certain psychological problems

C. refusal to get medical treatment for fear of the pain involved

D. unwillingness to find out about one’s disease because of fear

第四部分 任務(wù)型閱讀 (共10小題；每小題1分, 滿分10分)

    請(qǐng)認(rèn)真閱讀下列短文, 并根據(jù)所讀內(nèi)容在文章后表格的空格處里填人最恰當(dāng)?shù)膯卧~。注意：每個(gè)空格填1個(gè)單詞。

There’re seven oceans across most of the earth's surface. But they contain saltwater, unfit for human consumption. Only a tiny part of the world's water – about 2.5 percent – is drinkable. That still would be an enough supply if it were clean and available where needed. However, it's not.

Today some 1.2 billion people lack access to safe drinking water and 2.6 billion lack proper waste water treatment. As a result, polluted water supplies are blamed for the worldwide deaths of 1.8 million children, according to the United Nation's Human Development Report for 2006.That means 4,900 children under 5 years old died per day.

What's more, children worldwide miss 443 million days of school each year because of water-related illnesses. The UN also estimates that half of the world's hospital beds are occupied by patients suffering from water-borne diseases.

Beyond that, millions of people (almost always women) in different parts of the world spend hours per day carrying water up to several miles for their family's needs because no source is close at hand.

Since 1992, the UN has sponsored(倡議) World Water Day, observed on March 22, to raise awareness of the need to protect and improve access to clean water supplies. 

"When the well is dry, then we know the worth of water," said Benjamin Franklin, long before today's water challenges.

It's clear that competition for water "will intensify(加劇) in the decades ahead," said Kemal Dervis, administrator of the United Nations Development Program in its 2006 report. "Water is the fundamental resource, crossing borders through rivers, lakes – a fact that points to the potential for cross-border tensions in water-stressed regions."

Growing populations, are using up water resources, and climate change is expected to worsen the problem as it changes rainfall patterns. A new UN study shows that as temperatures have gone up, the world's glaciers(冰川) have been decreasing at fast rates and may disappear entirely within a few decades. China, India, and the West Coast of the United States are among populous places that rely on glaciers for their water supply. Glaciers feed some of the world's great rivers, which serve billions of people.

One of the UN's Millennium Development Goals, established in 2000, is to cut in half by the year 2015 the population unable to reach or afford safe drinking water. Achieving that goal is "critically important," says UN Secretary-General Ban Ki Moon. "When you look at the health and development challenges faced by the poorest of the world's population, the common sticking point often turns out to be water." Governments and private groups are working hard to solve the problem as well.

第二部分：知識(shí)運(yùn)用（共兩節(jié), 滿分35分）

第一節(jié) 單項(xiàng)填空（共15小題，每小題1分，滿分15分）

從A、B、C、D四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中選出可以填入空白處的最佳選項(xiàng),并在答題卡上將該項(xiàng)涂黑。

When armed with ______ awareness of what you truly value, you are in ______ excellent position to pick a career you will find rewarding.

A. an; an               B. the; an                     C. an; the                     D. the; the