四、阅读理解(共10小题;每小题2分，满分20分)

阅读下列短文，从每小题所给的四个选项中选出最佳选项。

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Cell Phones Are the New Cigarettes

When you get in your car, you reach for it. When you’re at work, you take a break to have a moment alone with it. When you get into a lift, you play with it.

Cigarettes? Cup of coffee? No, it’s the third most addictive thing in modern life, the cell phone. And experts say it is becoming more difficult for many people to curb their desire to hug it more tightly than most of their personal relationships.

With its shiny surface, its smooth and satisfying touch, its air of complexity, the cell phone connects us to the world even as it disconnects us from people three feet away. In just the past  couple of years, the cell phone has challenged individuals, employers, phone makers and  counselors(顾问) in ways its inventors in the late 1940s never imagined.

The costs are becoming even more evident, and I don’t mean just the monthly bill. Dr. Chris Knippers, a counselor at the Betty Ford Center in Southern California, reports that the overuse of  cell phones has become a social problem not much different from other harmful addictions: a barrier to one-on-one personal contact, and an escape from reality.

Sounds extreme, but we’ve all witnessed the evidence: The person at a restaurant who talks on the phone through an entire meal, ignoring his kids around the table; the woman who talks on the phone in the car, ignoring her husband; the teen who texts messages all the way home from school, avoiding contact with kids all around him.

Is it just rude, or is it a kind of unhealthiness? And pardon me, but how is this improving the quality of life?

Jim Williams, an industrial sociologist based in Massachusetts, notes that cell-phone addiction is part of a set of symptoms in a widening gulf of personal separation. He points to a study by Duke University researchers that found one-quarter of Americans say they have no one to discuss their most important personal business with. Despite the growing use of phones, e-mail and instant messaging, in other words, Williams says studies show that we don’t have as many friends as our parents. “Just as more information has led to less wisdom, more acquaintances via the Internet and cell phones have produced fewer friends,” he says.

If the cell phone has truly had these effects, it’s because it has become very widespread. Consider that in 1987, there were only 1 million cell phones in use. Today, something like 300 million Americans carry them. They far outnumber wired phones in the United States.

51. Which of the following best explains the title of the passage?

A. Cell phone users smoke less than they used to.

B. More people use cell phones than smoke cigarettes.

C. Cell phones have become as addictive as cigarettes.

D. Using cell phone is just as cool as smoking cigarettes.

52. The underlined word “curb” in Paragraph  2 means __________.

A. control    B. ignore        C. develop           D. rescue

53. The example of a woman talking on the phone in the car supports the idea that           .

A. women use cell phones more often than men

B. talking on the phone while driving is dangerous

C. cell phones make one-on-one personal contact easy

D. cell phones do not necessarily bring people together

B

Each Indian tribe(部落) had a different language. Many Indians never learned any language except their own. Do you know how Indians from different trib es talked to each other? They had two ways to talk without sound. One way was by sign language;the other way by signals.

Sign language is a way of talking by using signs. Indians used sign language when they met strangers. In this way, they could find out whether the stranger was a friend or an enemy. In the Indian sign language, signs were made with the hands. One sign meant “man”. Another meant “horse”. To tell the time of day when something happened, an Indian pointed to the sky. He showed where the sun had been at the time.

Indians usually used signals when they wanted to send messages to someone far away. To make signals, an Indian might use a pony. He might use a blanket. Or he might use smoke, a mirror or fire arrows.

To signal that he had seen many animals, an Indian rode his pony in a large circle. Sometimes the Indian gave a signal like this and then went away to hide. This meant that there was danger.

The blanket signal was visible from far away. An Indian held the corners of a blanket in his hands. Then he began to swing the blanket from side to side in front of him. An Indian could send many different signals with his blanket.

He could also send many signals with a mirror. He usually used the mirror to warn someone of danger. Or he attempted to get the attention of a person far away. But he also used it to send messages in code. Of course, mirrors could be used only when the sun was shining. At night, Indians used fire arrows for signaling.

An Indian also sent signals with smoke. He made a small fir e. Then he put grass or green branches on it. He held a blanket over the fire for a minute. When he removed the blanket from the fire, there was a cloud of smoke. The number of clouds of smoke told his message in code.

Now you can see that Indians didn’t need to learn each other's language. They could talk to one another by using signals or sign language.

54. From the passage we can infer that _________.

A. Indian language was difficult to learn, so many Indians never learned it

B. among the Indian tribes there was no common spoken language

C. many Indians couldn’t communicate with each other

D. Indians talked with each other only in two ways---sign and signal language

55. Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?

A. One or two clouds of smoke sent different message.

B. In Indian sign language, “man’’ meant friend and “horse” meant enemy.

C. If an Indian rode his pony in a large circle, it meant there was danger.

D. Signals with smoke could be used to send messages at night.

56. What is the best title of this passage?

A. Indians’ way of life         B. Each Indian tribe had its own language

C. How to use signals and sign language     D. Talking without sound

C

When we think of leadership, we often think of strength and power. But what are these really, and how do they operate?

Leadership today is not about forcing others to do things. If this is even possible, it is short-term. If you order someone to do something against their will, they may do it because they feel they must, but the anger they feel will d o more harm in the long-term. They will also experience fear.

Fear causes the thinking brain to shut down, making the person unable to function at his or her best. If they associate you with this emotion of fear, they will become less functional around you, and you will have succeeded in not only shooting yourself in the foot, but possibly making a very good employee or partner unable to perform effectively. Fear has no place in leadership.

The way we influence people in a lasting way is by our own character, and our understanding and use of emotion .We can order someone to do something, which may be part of t he work day; or we can employ them at the emotional level, so they became fully devoted to the projects and provide some of their own motivation(积极性). Today’s work place is all about relationships.

Anyone works harder in a positive environment in which they are recognized and valued as a human being as well as a worker. Everyone produces just a bit more for someone they like. Leaders understand the way things work. They know money is not the single most motivating factor (因素) in the work life of most people.

The true strength of leadership is an inner strength that comes from the confidence of emotional intelligence---knowing your own emotions, and how to handle them, and those of others. Developing your emotional intelligence is the single best thing you can do if you want to develop your relationships with people around you, which is the key to the leadership skills.

57. An employee may have a feeling of fear in the work place when_________.

A. he cannot work at his best     B. he feels his brain shut down

C . he is forced to do things       D. he thinks of his work as too heavy

58. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A. People tend to connect leadership with fear

B. Working conditions affect people’s physical health

C. Good relationship is the key to business success

D. Smart people are more functional in the work place.

59. To positively influence employees a leader should first of all __________.

A. provide better suggestions         B. develop his own personality

C. give his employees a pay raise     D. hide his own emotion of fear

60. Good leadership is mainly seen in a leader’s ability to______ _____.

A. provide a variety of project for employees

B. help raise employee’s living standards

C. give employees scientific instructions

D. deal wisely with employees’ emotions

第II卷 非选择题(共5大题;满分60分)

五、单词拼写(共10小题;每小题1分，满分10分)

根据首字母和汉语意思完成单词，使句意完整。

1. This restaurant has become popular for its wide r        of foods that suit all tastes and   pockets.

2. That the exam will be very difficult has caused much a         among the students.

3. He felt very a        when his wife discovered the money he had hidden in the old case.

4.They united together and o        difficulties caused by the natural disaster.

5. Whatever you do wrong, your mother will f        you, which doesn’t mean you can do anything without limits.

6. To read the ________ (原作的) work is better than to see the film based on it.

7. Campus _________ (安全) has become a public concern after a series of violent attacks against school children。

8. Our company ________ (真诚地)welcomes the arrival of new and old customers.

9. Her manner seemed unpleasant at first, but she improved a lot on further _________ (了解).

10. Donations have been _________ (大量涌入) in since the appeal made for help over the radio.

六、动词填空(共10小题;每小题1分，满分10分)

用括号中所给动词的适当形式填空，每空不一定只填一个词。

1. As we all know, an extra test will be required for __________ (admit) to that university.

2. My brother lay on the bed, _________(absorb) in the book, Jane Eyre.

3. The factory keeps giving off smoke, _________ (make) the air dirty.

4. The old man, __________ (work) abroad for twenty years, is on the way back to his

motherland.

5. We should do something rather than ___________ (stay) here waiting for help.

6. The water and soil conservation project resulted in farmers __________ (replace) the crops on

the farmland for trees and grass.

7. An Italian physician has declared that he wants to be the first __________ (clone) a human

being.

8. While shopping, people sometimes can’t help _____________ (persuade) into buying something

they don’t really need.

9. Unless _________ (change), this law will make life difficult for farmers.

10. While in class, you should always keep your attention ________ (focus) on the teacher.

七、句型转换(共10小题、20空;每空0.5分，满分10分)

在改写后的句子中填入适当的词，使该句与原句意思相符或相近。每空一词。

1. Before you quit your job, you should think about how your family would feel about your

decision.

Before you quit your job, _______ how your family would feel about your decision into _____.

2. If your parents don’t permit you to go on a trip alone, you’d better not.

You’d better not go on a trip alone _________ your parents’ __________.

3. The world’s population has grown six times that of 1800.

The world’s population has grown six times ________ it ________ in 1800.

4. Thank you so much! This is the best present you could find for me.

Thank you so much! You _________ find a _________ present for me.

5. I don’t know what to do next, so I turned to my teacher for help.

_________  _________ what to do next, I turned to my teacher for help.

6. You shouldn’t blame the accident on her, as it’s not her fault.

She is not the one ________  ________ for the accident, as it’s not her fault.

7. Enjoying English songs benefits our pronunciation.

Enjoying English songs _________  __________ to our pronunciation.

8. Nobody has the right to abuse others no matter what his background is.

Nobody has the right to abuse others, __________  __________  his background.

9. I f you don’t know what you want, you might get something you don’t want in the end.

If you don’t know what you want, you might _________  _________ getting what you don’t

want.

10. With money used up, it’s hard for us to push ahead with the plan.

With money ________  ________, it’s hard for us to push ahead with the plan.

八、任务型阅读(共10小题;每小题1分，满分10分)

请认真阅读下列短文，并根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填入最恰当的单词。

注意：每空格只能填一个单词。

Friendship—Seven Tips on How to Make Friends

Friendship is a very important human relationship and everyone needs good friends. Friendship offers companionship, improves an individual self-worth and promotes good health. However making new friends comes easy for some people but for many of us the process is difficult and requires courage. Below are some helpful tips on how to make and keep friends.

Associate with others. The first step to making friends is associating with other people. Health clubs, places of worship and charities are some places where you can meet new people and build friendship. But attending these places is not enough. You will need to make yourself known by becoming an active member.

Be cheerful. A smile on the face is a sure way to attract new friends. No one wants to keep company with someone who constantly looks upset.

Start a conversation. Starting a conversation is the second most important step in making new friends. Do not wait to be spoken to;you can always start the conversation. Being able to make small talk is a very useful skill in relating with other people regardless of the environment or circumstance.

Stay in touch. For a friendship to grow you need to stay in touch. There are several ways of staying in touch with your friends and these include SMS, phone calls and online social networking sites.

Do things together. Choosing friends with common interest is important in establishing friendship as these interests would always bring you and your friend together and hanging out will always be a pleasant experience. The less you have in common with your friend the more likely the friendship will not grow.

Let it grow. It is a good thing to stay in touch but try not to choke your new friend with calls, messages or visits as this would likely wear him or her out and eventually they may not want to be your friend anymore. The best friendships are the ones that grow naturally.

Enjoy your friendship. The best way to enjoy your new friends is to allow them to be themselves. Try not to be critical (挑剔的) of them and try not to change them from who they are to what you want them to be.

Theme Friendship, which has a positive (1) __________on people’s life, is a very important human relationship.

(2) _______

on making and keeping friends Be (3)__________with people by going to public places. Take an active part in activities to create (4) __________for others to know you.

Wear a smile all the time to make others willing to get(5)_______ to you.

Try to have a conversation with others (6)__________ the environment is.

Contact your friends in some ways, (7)__________ SMS, phone calls and online social networking.

Choose friends whose interests are (8) _________to yours, which will bring you pleasant experiences when you do things together.

(9)__________ calling or visiting friends too frequently and leave friendships grow naturally.

Remember not to find fault with or (10)__________your friends, and make them as what they are.

九、书面表达(满分20分)

最近，“到底该不该为老年人让座”的问题在网络上被热烈讨论。很多人认为“让座只是美德，不是义务”。高二•九班的同学也对此进行了一场讨论。请你写一篇评论稿投给校刊，描述一下讨论的情况，并表达自己的观点。不用逐句翻译，可以适当发挥。字数150字左右，开头已经给出。

支持让座 1. 让座是中华民族传统美德。

2. 我们都会老，都需要帮助，要换位思考。

3. 让座也是文明行为，帮助别人也让自己快乐。

反面的意见 1. 老年人不应该在年轻人上下班时去坐公交车。

2. 年轻人每天工作累，压力大，也会生病。

3. 有些老年人认为年轻人让座是理所当然，让人不愉快。

【提示】：让座：give one’s seat to…;     传统美德：traditional virtue;

文明的 civilized;      认为…理所当然  take…for granted

Recently, whether the young should give their seats to the old on buses is being discussed on the internet. We classmates had a class meeting to discuss the topic.