第三部分：閱讀理解（共15小題，每題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、D中，選出最佳答案。

The competition for Hollywood's highest honors has begun with the announcement Tuesday in Los Angeles of this year's nominations（提名）for the 82nd Academy Awards. 

As expected, James Cameron's Avatar received a Best Picture nomination. And Cameron's former wife, Kathryn Bigelow, was nominated for The Hurt Locker, a war film set in Iraq.  Bigelow would be the first female director to win Best Picture.

    Hollywood author Tom O'Neil says the race between the former couple adds more drama to the competition.  "We have a classic David-versus-Goliath battle here for Best Picture at the Oscars. The most successful movie ever made, Avatar, up against a movie that lost money, The Hurt Locker - directed by the former Mrs. Goliath, Kathryn Bigelow. This race has all kinds of dimensions（程度） to it," he said.

    For the first time since 1943, 10 films are competing for the Best Picture award.

    Entertainment reporter Sam Rubin says that means greater interest in the Academy Awards ceremony March 7th.  "The Oscars are a television show," he explained. "So the idea is to increase ratings and interest in the television show."

   District Nine represents another departure -- a tale of science fiction -- like the box office hit Avatar.

    "No science-fiction movie has ever won Best Picture. Only two have been nominated in the past: Star Wars and E.T. Two are nominated for Best Picture now," O'Neil said.

    Best Picture nominee Precious is a drama about the struggles of an inner-city teen, and its director, Lee Daniels, is also nominated in the Best Director category. He is first African-American director to get a Best Picture nomination. 

    The other Best Picture nominees are An Education, The Blind Side, Inglourious Basterds, A Serious Man, and Up in the Air.

    Over the past 20 years, the film with the most nominations has won best picture 15 times --making Avatar and The Hurt Locker the favorites. 

1. According to the passage, the director of the film __________might be the first female director to win Best Picture.

 A. Avatar       B. The Hurt Locker     C. Star Wars     D. The Blind Side

2.How many films have been nominated for the Best Picture Award of the 82nd Oscars?

A. 2           B. 6                C. 8             D.10

3. Which of the following can be the best title of the passage?

A. The nominations for the 2009 Oscar Best Picture Films

B. The competition for Hollywood's highest honors has begun

C. The race between a couple                 D. Best Picture Award for the Oscars

4. Which of the following is TRUE about Avatar?

A. It is the most successful movie ever made.

B. It’s the only science-fiction movie that has ever won Best Picture.

C. It was directed by James Cameron                    D. It’s a war film.

① Associate Product Manager －New Grad －Beijing

Responsibilities include working with engineers to define products, understanding user needs, researching markets and competitors, and strategizing (制定戰(zhàn)略計(jì)劃) future product directions. As you gain more experience, there’s an opportunity for promotion within the organization. 

Requirements:

    ☆ Bachelor’s degree and more than one year of job experience. 

☆ Strong organizational and analytical skills. 

② Director of Education —Sylvan Learning Centers —Long Beach, California

Job description: As a successful director of education, your primary responsibility will be to champion the Sylvan developed curriculum, ensure the quality of the education standards and teachings staff as well as grow the business in your center. We require：

☆ Bachelor’s degree and at least 2 years of teaching experience. 

☆ Managerial experience. 

③ Area Export Manager —Beijing Import & Export Corporation —Beijing

Highly dynamic company is looking for bright, experienced salesperson who will be  responsible for the export of frozen seafood and other commodities between China and the USA, Australia, and Canada. 

Qualifications:

—Excellent level of English, spoken and written. 

—Excellent communication and organizational skills. 

—Experienced salesperson with proven results in fast-moving consumer goods essential, preferable in frozen seafood market. 

④ Subeditor —Media Contacts —London

Working in the fascinating world of law and enforcement(執(zhí)法), you will be making sure that you are meeting the exceptionally high standards of copy for this company.  As part of a team of six, you will be meeting tight deadlines on a daily basis and ensuring regular flow of articles onto the website.  Must have a keen eye for detail and confidence in working with challenging copy.  Proven track record in subediting, and a practical knowledge of publishing law are required. 

⑤

Job description: Medilife requires able, reliable trainers who can demonstrate the qualities of flexibility and loyalty and join their young, fun-living team. Successful applicants will receive excellent hourly rates. Suitable training provided to the right applicant. 

⑥

1. Which of the following are specially required to most of the positions in the ads?

A. Experience and responsibilities                 B. Experience and special skills. 

C. Special skills and English.                      D. Responsibilities and bachelor’s degree.

2. The positions are offered in __________ different countries. 

A. three              B. four                      C. five               D. six

3. Which position is possible for a fresh university graduate to apply for?

A. Web designer                                         B. Associate product manager

C. Export manager                                       D. Casual trainer

4. From ad④ we can infer that a subeditor’s work is to ____________. 

A. write articles for website                         B. copy data from the Internet

C. enforce publishing laws                           D. examine other people’s writing

第Ⅱ卷

    注意：將答案寫在答題紙上。寫在本試卷上無(wú)效。  

第四部分  寫作(共兩節(jié)，滿分35分)

第一節(jié)短文改錯(cuò)(共10小題, 每小題1分，滿分10分)

    假定英語(yǔ)課上老師要求同桌之間修改作文，請(qǐng)你修改你同桌寫的以下作文。文中共有10處語(yǔ)言錯(cuò)誤，每句中最多有兩處。錯(cuò)誤涉及一個(gè)單詞的增加，刪除或修改。

    增加：在缺詞處加一個(gè)漏字符號(hào)(^)，并在其下面寫出該加的詞。

    刪除：把多余的詞用斜線(＼)劃掉。

    修改：在錯(cuò)的詞下畫一橫線，并在該詞下面寫出修改后的詞。

    注意：1．每處錯(cuò)誤及其修改均僅限一詞；

          2．只允許修改10處，多者(從第11處起)不計(jì)分。

  Early this morning we were waiting eager at the school gate for two American guests．They were from an university in New York．All of them were going to give us a lecture．At half past seven，Mr．Jackson，along by his assistant，arrived．As long as their car stopped，we all went up and said hello to them．Then followed our headmaster，they came to the lecture room in there they gave us a lecture on “American Culture”and another one on“American Senior High School”．

They spoke slowly，clearly and loudly，so they could understand most of the lectures．The lectures had interested us a lot．Before that we had a free talk with them and many questions．

．Most farmers live at_____________mercy of nature where few water storage equipment is in________use．

A．／；／    B．the；the    C．a(chǎn)；／ D．the；／

 All his attention _____ on the computer game, he even didn’t notice his mother enter the room. 

A. has been fixed  B. was fixing  C. was fixed    D. fixed

       We should not let our grandparents who are too old and weak ________ alone.

       A. live    B. living. C. to live D. lived

_____relieved the people most was that it wasn’t long _____the victims in the earthquake were saved by the soldiers.

       A. What…that                                                               B. What…before                        

C. What…since                                                       D. That… before

Reading Comprehension

Section B

Directions：Read the following passages. Each passage is followed by several questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage you have just read.

　　Are organically grown foods the best food choices？The advantages claimed for such foods over conventionally (傳統(tǒng)地) grown and marketed food products are now being debated. Supporters of organic foods—a term whose meaning varies greatly—frequently announce that such products are safer and more nutritious than others.

　　The growing interest of consumers in the safety and nutritional quality of the typical North American diet is a welcome development. However, much of this interest has been sparked by sweeping claims that the food supply is unsafe or inadequate in meeting nutritional needs.  Although most of these claims are not supported by scientific evidence, the flood of written material advancing such claims makes it difficult for the general public to separate fact from fiction. As a result, claims that eating a diet consisting entirely of organically grown foods prevents or cures disease or provides other benefits to health have become widely publicized.

　　Almost daily the public is besieged by claims for “no-aging” diets, new vitamins and other wonder foods. There are numerous unproved reports that natural vitamins are superior to synthetic ones, that fertilized eggs are nutritionally superior to unfertilized eggs, that untreated grains are better than fumigated grains and the like.

　　One thing that most organically grown food products seem to have in common is that they cost more than conventionally grown foods. But in many cases consumers are misled if they believe organic foods can maintain health and provide better nutritional quality than conventionally grown foods. So there is real cause for concern if consumers，particularly those with limited incomes, distrust the regular food supply and buy only expensive organic foods instead.

1.The “welcome development” mentioned in paragraph 2 is an increase in ______.

　　A. attention to food safety and nutrition among north Americans

　　B. the nutritional quality of the typical North American diet

　　C. the amount of healthy food grown in North America

　　D. the number of consumers in North America

2. The author implies that there is cause for concern if consumers buy organic foods instead of conventionally grown foods because ______.

　　A. organic foods can be more expensive but are often not better than conventionally grown foods

　　B. many organic foods are actually less nutritious than similar conventionally grown foods

　　C. conventionally grown foods are more readily available than organic foods

　　D. too many farmers will stop using conventional methods to grow food crops

3.What is the author’s attitude toward the claims made by advocates of health foods？

　　A. Enthusiastic.  B. Favorable.  C. Neutral.  D. Distrustful.

第二節(jié)  根據(jù)對(duì)話內(nèi)容，從對(duì)話后的選項(xiàng)中選出能填入空白處的最佳選項(xiàng)，并在答題卡上將該項(xiàng)涂黑。選項(xiàng)中有兩項(xiàng)多余選項(xiàng)。（共5小題；每小題2分，滿分10分）

A: Why do you look so sad?

B: Because I have a lot of trouble with my English. I can hardly pass the exam every time.   1 _    

A: Don’t worry.    2 _

B: No, I only read English before the exam.

A: Ah, that’s the problem. If you want to study it well, you must read it every day.

B: Every day?

A:   3   

B: OK. I’ll take your advice.    4   

A: All right. I’d like to. But in fact I still have some trouble with English, too.    5   

A. Will you help me with it?     

B. Let’s help each other.

C. I’ll try my best to learn it well.

D. Yes. Your English teacher must be happy to hear that.

E. I really don’t know what to do.

F. Sure, or you can never make it. 

G. Do you read English every day?

Can’t we just live in today, _______ the worries of tomorrow or the regrets of the past?

A. free from          B. aware of                C. sure of         D. tired from