52.Which of the following is true of the Underground Railroad?

A.It was a system that helped slaves escape from the South to North.

B.It was a special train，on which slaves couldn’t be found easily.

C.It was a special place where slaves could hide themselves.

D.It was a group of people who would like to help the blacks.

解析：选A。推理判断题。塔布曼担任地下活动组织者，曾协助很多黑奴奔向自由，成了地下铁路的一个著名  “售票员”。Underground Railway是一个营救黑人的地下活动组织。

53.The sentence “Later，she told a friend，‘I felt like I was in heaven.’” can be placed at the back of Paragragh ________.

A.2   B.3

C.4   D.5

解析：选B。推理判断题。塔布曼成功地逃到宾夕法尼亚州，感觉是来到了天堂。

54.According to the text，we know that ________.

A.slavery was banned in all the states in America before the Civil War

B.Harriet Tubman raised money for better education for white children

C.the government gave her a funeral because she was Moses

D.Harriet Tubman still worked for black people after the Civil War

解析：选D。细节理解题。根据最后一段可知，内战后，塔布曼继续为黑人工作。

B

Lisa was running late.Lisa,25，had a lot to do at work，plus visitors on the way: her  parents  were  coming  in   for Thanksgiving from her hometown.But as she hurried down the subway stairs，she started to feel uncomfortably warm.By the time she got to the platform，Lisa felt weak and tired-maybe it hadn’t been a good idea to give blood the night before，she thought.She rested herself against a post close to the tracks.

Several yards away，Frank,43，and his girlfriend，Jennifer，found a spot close to where the front of the train would stop.They were deep in discussion about a house they were thinking of buying.

But when he heard the scream，followed by someone yelling，“Oh，my God，she fell in!” Frank didn’t hesitate.He jumped down to the tracks and ran some 40 feet toward the body lying on the rails.“No! Not you! ”his girlfriend screamed after him.

She was right to be alarmed.By the time Frank reached Lisa，he could feel the tracks shaking and see the light coming.The train was about 20 seconds from the station.

It was hard to lift her.She was just out.But he managed to raise her the four feet to the platform so that bystanders could hold her by the arms and drag her away from the edge.That was where Lisa briefly regained consciousness，felt herself being pulled along the ground，and saw someone else holding her purse.

Lisa thought she’d been robbed.A woman held her hand and a man gave his shirt to help stop the blood pouring from her head.And she tried to talk but she couldn’t，and that was when she realized how much pain she was in.

Police and fire officials soon arrived，and Frank told the story to an officer.Jennifer said her boyfriend was calm on their 40?minute train ride downtown-just as he had been seconds after the rescue，which made her think about her reaction at the time.“I saw the train coming and I was thinking he was going to die，”  she explained.

【解题导语】　文中讲述弗兰克在地铁营救一个晕倒的女人的感人故事。丽莎因捐血在火车站倍感疲劳，晕倒在铁路上。幸运的是好心的弗兰克跳下站台，冲上铁轨，冒着生命危险营救丽莎。

55.What was the most probable cause for Lisa’s weakness?

A.She had run a long way.

B.She felt hot in the subway.

C.She had done a lot of work.

D.She had donated blood the night before.

解析：选D。细节理解题。由第一段倒数第二句讲丽莎到站台后感到虚弱和疲劳，她认为前一个晚上献血也许不是一个好主意。该句暗示献血才是身体虚弱的根本原因。

56.Why did Jennifer try to stop her boyfriend?

A.Because they would miss their train.

B.Because he didn’t see the train coming.

C.Because she was sure Lisa was hard to lift.

D.Because she was afraid the train would kill him.

解析：选D。推理判断题。文章第四段第一句提到了信息She was right to be alarmed(她很害怕);最后一段最后一句暗示了詹尼弗真正担心的原因;她讲道：“我看见火车来了，我担心男朋友会被火车撞死。”

57.How did Frank save Lisa?

A.By lifting her to the platform.

B.By helping her rise to her feet.

C.By pulling her along the ground.

D.By dragging her away from the edge.

解析：选A。细节理解题。文章倒数第三段讲弗兰克设法将丽莎弄上了站台。

58.The passage is intended to ________.

A.warn us of the danger in the subway

B.show us how to save people in the subway

C.tell us about a subway rescue

D.report a traffic accident

解析：选C。文章大意题。推理判断作者的写作目的。从整篇文章来看，作者给大家讲述一个车站救援的惊险故事。

C

US chat show queen Oprah Winfrey surprised 300 members of her audience (观众)  by saying she would send them on a trip to Australia in December.Winfrey will also film an episode (集) of her show at the Sydney “Oprah” House.

The Australian government said it was spending AUS$(澳元) 3 million to help bring The Oprah Winfrey Show to the country.

Tourism Minister (旅游部部长) Martin Ferguson insisted it was money well spent as it would put Australia in the spotlight，with the popular TV show watched by 40 million Americans and screened in 145 countries.“Oprah is a famous name and she has the power to improve Australia’s image as an important tourist country，” he said in a statement.

Winfrey made the announcement on Monday.After telling the audience that she might take them on a trip to New York，Philadelphia or Los Angeles，she said  her  last  season  would  provide  something “bigger”.

“I started to think about where I would most want to go.Maybe I should take all of you with me to the other side of the world.We’re going to Australia!”she said.

Several episodes will be filmed during the trip，which had been planned for almost a year and will take in beaches，Sydney Harbour and so on.It marks the first time that the show will be filmed with its US audience outside North America.The Australian trip follows a similar act in 2004 when Winfrey gave a car to each member of her audience.

Winfrey is to start her own television channel (频道)，the Oprah Winfrey Network，in 2011，at the age of her 57.

【解题导语】　美国脱口秀女王奥普拉•温弗瑞受澳大利亚政府的邀请，携带她的观众前往澳大利亚做节目。澳大利亚花费巨资邀请奥普拉，温弗瑞，其目的在于借助名人的影响，来推动澳大利亚的旅游业。

59.What ’s the  Australian  government’s aim  in inviting Oprah Winfrey?

A.To spread Australia’s culture.

B.To develop Australia’s tourism.

C.To introduce The Oprah Winfrey Show to the country.

D.To improve the relations between the two countries

解析：选B。推理判断题。根据第三段to improve Australia’s image as an important tourist country可知，澳大利亚花费巨资邀请奥普拉•温弗瑞，其目的在于借助名人的影响，来推动澳大利亚的旅游业。

60.Which word can best describe Martin Ferguson’s attitude towards Oprah Winfrey’s Australian trip?

A.Worried.   B.Doubtful.

C.Proud.   D.Confident.

解析：选D。推理判断题。根据第三段Martin Ferguson的讲话，可以判断他对奥普拉•温弗瑞的澳大利亚之行是充满信心的。

61.Which of the following about Winfrey is TRUE?

A.She once brought her audience outside North America in 2004.

B.Her Australian trip and episodes have been planned for a month.

C.She will film her show at Sydney Harbour.

D.She was born in the year of 1964.

解析：选C。细节理解题。根据第一段及第六段可知，Winfrey将带着她的观众到澳大利亚做节目，故C为正确选项。

62.What might be the best title for the text?

A.Oprah Winfrey takes audience to Australia

B.Australians love to see The Oprah Winfrey Show

C.Americans want to know more about Australia

D.Oprah Winfrey will start her own channel

解析：选A。标题归纳题。通读全文可知，本文主要介绍的是美国脱口秀女王奥普拉•温弗瑞受澳大利亚政府的邀请，携带她的观众前往澳大利亚做节目一事，故选A项。

D

Do you know about a series of books that say they are “for dummies”? These American self?help books have been translated into more than thirty nine languages including Chinese，Arabic，Russian，French，German，Greek and Spanish.

“Dummy” is a word for a stupid person.The dummies books are not really for stupid people.They are designed to show people how to do something they may never have tried before，like painting a house or learning a language.The books all say in a funny way that they are for dummies，such as World History for Dummies，Rabbits for Dummies，Chinese Cooking for Dummies，and Wedding Planning for Dummies.The first such book，DOS for Dummies，was published in 1991.It helped people learn how to use the DOS operating system for computers.Since then，more than one hundred fifty million dummies books have been sold.

The dummies.com website explains the idea behind the books.It says that they show people can be taught to do anything.First they can make fun of ideas that are difficult to understand.Then they show how the information can be interesting and easy.The publishers say that the books do not provide more information than necessary.They give readers just enough information to do what they want.They say that the dummies books give the best and easiest way to do something.And the books use simple and easy language.

There are more than one thousand different dummies books.A report in New York Times says that the top-selling dummies books are those that explain technology and personal finance.

The publishers say that the best-selling dummies books are those providing information many people need-like information about diseases，education and cooking.People interested in opera，car repair and wine can also find dummies books to help them.And there are even more dummies books to come.The publishers say that they publish about two hundred new dummies books every year.

【解题导语】　本文是说明文，介绍了在美国深受欢迎的简单易学的“傻瓜”系列图书。

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

A.Books for Dummies

B.The Easiest，the Best

C.Self-Help Books

D.New Ideas behind the Books

解析：选A。主旨大意题。本文是关于“傻瓜”系列图书的介绍，所以选A。

64.The dummies books have been popular because ________.

A.they provide just what is needed and are easy to understand

B.they provide abundant information on the concerning subject

C.people can learn to do anything with just one copy

D.people can save lots of money through self-teaching

解析：选A。细节推断题。根据第三段可知，这类图书语言简洁易懂，趣味性强，易于读者学习使用，所以一直深受欢迎。

65.According to New York Times，we know that books on ________ sell best.

A.technology and personal finance

B.opera and car repairing

C.diseases and education

D.cooking and world history

解析：选A。细节理解题。根据第四段可知技术类和个人理财方面的书畅销。

66.What can we learn from the passage?

A.The first dummies book was on Chinese cooking.

B.The dummies books will continue to be popular.

C.Fifty million different dummies books have been published.

D.The simple language was intended for child readers.

解析：选B。推理判断题。根据最后一段可知这类图书销量大，目前每年约出版200种，所以以后会继续受欢迎。

E

A trip to the library can change your life.That is the idea of the Get It Loud in Libraries project，which challenges the habit of speaking in a low voice.The sweet tones of singer Diana Vickers rang out recently，surrounded by books as well as fans，at Lancaster Library.Plan B，Adele，Florence and the Machine，Speech Debelle，and the Thrills have also performed for the project.

This five­year project aims to increase access(进入) to libraries while developing youth talent and has attracted more than 8,500 visitors,5,000 of whom are first­time library users.

“I think it’s wonderful，”Vickers says.“I’ve been playing in front of big crowds and I’m excited about close environments where you can be close to your fans.”

As a child growing up in nearby Blackburn，she says that her school library was a “second home”to her.When she was young she loved Peter Rabbit and Mr.Men books，and later her favorites included Little Women and The Lovely Bones.

Attracted by the stage，the young who would once never have been to a library have been returning to borrow books and CDs.The project’s founder，Stewart Parsons，has worked in libraries for 25 years.He feels that the concerts have made libraries something that the young want to be part of.A mother，Lauren Zawadzki，sent him a text message after a concert：“Your work is great!!!Both Izaak and Dom have been reading in the library for the last half hour...You should be proud.They would never have suggested that before the concerts.”

Parsons hopes that the activity is changing the way people view libraries.“My big worry is that libraries trail(拖拉)behind slightly;they shouldn’t.This is about bringing libraries up to date.The beautiful thing is that people are reconnecting with the library in a way they haven’t done before.”

【解题导语】　本文是一篇新闻，报道了一些图书馆为了吸引读者，在图书馆举办音乐活动，颠覆了人们认为图书馆应该安静的认识。

67.The Get It Loud in Libraries project aims to ________.

A.collect money for libraries to buy books

B.attract more people to read in libraries

C.provide a performing place for music lovers

D.develop youth talent for singing

解析：选B。细节理解题。根据第一段的A trip to the library can change your life.That is the idea of the Get It Loud in Libraries project，...和第二段的This five­year project aims to increase access(进入) to libraries while developing youth talent可知其目的是让更多的人来图书馆读书。

68.According to the passage，Vickers’s attitude towards Libraries project is that of ________.

A.praise　　　　　　　　　 B.unconcern

C.doubt   D.worry

解析：选A。推理判断题。由第三段Vicker的话可推断出，她认为Libraries project非常好，持支持态度。故A正确。

69.What can we know about Diana Vickers from the passage?

A.She once worked at a library.

B.She doesn’t like being close to her fans.

C.She liked reading in her childhood.

D.She complains about the noisy environment.

解析：选C。推理判断题。结合第四段的As a child...she says that her school library was a “second home” to her.When she was young she loved...可知Vickers小的时候喜欢读书。

70.According to the passage，Zawadzki ________.

A.advised libraries to keep quiet

B.praised Parsons for helping her reading

C.found her children’s talent for singing

D.praised the Get It Loud in Libraries project

解析：选D。细节理解题。根据Zawadzki发的短信Both Izaak and Dom have been ... that before the concerts可知，她的两个儿子现在喜欢到图书馆看书了，而在图书馆举办音乐会前，儿子从未要求去过，因此推断她很赞赏这个项目。

第四部分　书面表达(共两节，满分40分)

第一节　完成句子(共10小题;每小题1.5分，满分15分)

阅读下列各小题，根据括号内的汉语提示，用句末括号内的英语单词完成句子。

71.He stated that his lateness ________________(因车辆过多) on the motorway.(due)

答案：was due to the very heavy traffic

72.She lost everything she owned as a direct ________________(这次时间的后果).(consequence)

答案：consequence of the event

73.It tends to rain here a lot in summer ____________(而非) be dry.(rather)

答案：rather than

74.Little Jim is unwilling to come here even if there is ________________(各种活动) for children.(range)

答案：a full range of activities

75.The population of the country is growing ________________(以稳定的速率) per year.(steady)

答案：at a steady rate

76.As I couldn’t ____________(忍受) the noise，I quit my job.(put)

答案：put up with

77.The rain ________________(对比赛将没什么影响)，so long as you try your best.(difference)

答案：won’ t make a difference to the game

78.It will take a lot of energy to get them ________________(支持这项政策).(advocate)

答案：to advocate the policy

79.________________(代表我的同事以及我自己) I thank you.(behalf)

答案：On behalf of my colleagues and myself

80.We discussed everything —____________(去哪里，做什么等等).(so)

答案：where to go，what to do and so on

第二节　短文写作(共1题;满分25分)

目前，许多学校对学生采取封闭管理，学生对此看法不一。请根据下表所提供的信息，写一篇短文，谈谈你自己的看法。

有的同学认为 有的同学认为

1.学校限制我们的自由;

2.学生和社会接触少;

3.学生的兴趣和爱好不能得到充分的发展。 1.学校是学习知识的地方;

2.学生应该安心在学校里学习;

3.学生缺乏自觉性，离开了老师，可能会做一些影响学习的事情。

你的看法：……

注意：1.短文须包含提示中的要点，但不得逐句翻译;

2.词数：100左右。

________________________________________________________________________

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One possible version：

Nowadays a lot of schools keep their students in school all day long.Students have different opinions about it.

Some of the students think they enjoy less freedom and have little chance to get in touch with society.They are not able to fully develop their interests and hobbies.Therefore，they have less interest in their studies.

Others think a school is the best place to get knowledge，so they should put their heart into their lessons.Some students lack the ability to control themselves.Once out of school，they may lose control of themselves and do something that will affect their studies.

From my point of view，it is necessary to keep students at school.But at the same time schools should organize various activities so that students can enjoy their school life.

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