D

So what’s the adjective (形容词) most commonly used by teenagers to describe how they feel about school?

“Bored”，according to a Gallup Poll report.In a recent online survey，Gallup asked 785 students aged 13 to 17 to look over a list of adjectives and choose the three that best describe “how you usually feel at school”.“Bored” was the clear winner，named by half the students，beating out “tired”，which was picked by 42 percent.Girls and boys were equally uninterested，and 16-and 17-year-olds were more often bored and tired and less often happy in school than the 13-to 15-year-olds.

Students who say they drink alcohol (酒) are even more bored than those who don’t.Sixty-three percent of student drinkers said they were bored in school and 50 percent were tired.Only 19 percent said they were happy in school，compared with 36 percent of the teetotalers.Tied for third on the list of adjectives were “happy” and “challenged”，each named by 31 percent of respondents.“Pressured” was ranked fifth，named by 28 percent of the students — so three of the five most commonly named terms reflect negative attitudes about school.

Gallup also asked the same age group，with 439 responding，about how their parents would punish them for a serious offense (过错)，like drinking alcohol or stealing，and for a less serious offense，like cursing (说脏话).In both cases，most teenagers reported that they would be grounded or have their privileges (优待) taken away.

Only 8 percent said their parents would “beat me” for drinking or stealing.And 3 percent said they “would never do those things”

One 16-year-old minor offender complained，“They shout at me.” One 14-year-old boy had to do “push-ups”.

68.According to the passage，which adjective was ranked second about how the students feel about school.

A.Bored. B.Pressured. C.Happy. D.Tired.

69.What does the underlined word “teetotalers” (Para . 3) mean?

A.Drinkers. B.Smokers. C.Nondrinkers. D.Nonsmokers.

70.We can learn from the survey that ______.

A.students take passive attitudes toward school

B.students take positive attitudes toward school

C.students feel happy while drinking alcohol

D.students are bored with study and teachers

71.The children would be punished for their offense in the following way EXCEPT THAT ________.

A.they would have themselves beaten

B.they would get their mouths washed out with soap

C.they would have their privileges taken away

D.they would have themselves stopped going out

E

“Life is speeding up. Everyone is getting unwell.”

This may sound like something someone would say today.But in fact，an unknown citizen who lived in Rome is AD 53 wrote it.

We all love new inventions.They are exciting，amazing and can change our lives.

But have all these developments really improved the quality of our lives?

Picture this : You’re rushing to finish your homework on the computer.Your mobile phone rings，a QQ message from your friend appears on the screen，and the noise from the television is getting louder and louder.Suddenly the computer goes blank and you lose all your work.Now you have to stay up all night to get it done.How calm and happy do you feel?

Inventions have speeded up our lives so much that they often leave us feeling stressed and tired.Why do you think people who live far away from noisy cities，who have no telephones，no cars，not even any electricity often seem to be happier?Perhaps because they lead simple lives.

One family in the UK went “back in time” to see what life was like without all the inventions we have today.The grandparents，with their daughter，and grandsons Benjamin，10 and Thomas，7，spent nine weeks in a 1940s house.They had no washing machine，microwave，computer or mobile phones.

The grandmother，Lyn，said，“It was hard physically.But not mentally.” She believed life was less materialistic.“The more things you have，the more difficult life becomes，” she said.The boys said they fought less.Probably，they said，because there was less to fight over，such as their computer.Also Lyn changed from being a “fashionable，beer-drinking granny，to one who cooked things”.

Here are some simple ways to beat the stress often caused by our inventions!

●Don’t be available all the time.Turn off your mobile phone at certain times of the day.Don’t check your emails every day.

●Make sure you spend some time talking to your family.Set aside one evening a week when you don’t turn on the television.Play cards and chat instead.

●Get a low-tech hobby.Every day，do something in the old-fashioned way，such as walking to have a face-to-face meeting instead of using the email or telephone.

●Don’t worry too much about life—laugh more!

72.The passage is mainly about ______.

A.Problems with technology

B.improvements of our life with technology

C.the important roles technology pays in out everyday life

D.major changes which will be likely to happen to technology

73.The writer uses the quote (引语) at the beginning of the story to ______.

A.share a truth about life

B.tell us what life was like long time ago

C.make us wonder what causes such a thing to happen

D.point out that you experience some big problems and they may be the same

74.Why did the family choose to spend some time in a 1940s house?

A.Because they loved to live simple lives.

B.Because they were curious about how people lived without modern inventions.

C.Because they were troubled by modern inventions.

D.Because living in a different time would be a lot of fun for them.

75.What do you think the underlined word “available” in the 1 st suggestion offered by the writer means?

A.Busy on time. B.Free.

C.Be able to. D.To be found by others.

第Ⅱ卷（共35分）

第四部分：书面表达（共两节，35分） 　　第一小题 情景作文（20分）

一个澳大利亚学生代表团要来你校参观，由你们班负责接待。请你写一篇发言稿，代表全体学生表示对来宾的热烈欢迎，并简单介绍你校的情况。学校的情况如下：

1.建校时间1953年;现有学生1300人，教职工190人，28个教室，语音实验室1个，计算机教室1个，图书馆一个。

2.学生学习科目：语文、数学、英语、物理、化学、政治、生物和体育。

注意：

1.词数不少于60。

2.参考词汇：代表 —on behalf of

3.发言稿的开头和结尾已为你写好。

Dear friends，

Now let me show you around the school.

第二小题 开放作文（15分）

根据下面的提示，写一篇短文。词数不少于50。

In your English class，the teacher shows the picture story and asks the class to discuss it.You classmates may have different comments.

Look at the picture story carefully and tell the class your comment on the picture story.Write what you would say on the next page.

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