B

You are invited to join PTPI (People to People International)’s President and CEO, Mary Jean Eisenhower, in America’s Capitol for the 2009 Global Youth Conference! In D. C., you will spend four exciting days exploring into this year’s theme, “Global Sustainability: It’s All Connected!” Come to the GYC to learn how you can work together with friends from around the world to create a better, brighter and greener future!

250 students will stay in the Hyatt Crystal City Hotel in Arlington, Virginia from November 11-15, 2009 for this eye-opening conference.We hope that you will join us in exploring PTPI’s mission through international understanding, education, leadership and humanitarianism!

Highlights of this event will include:

• A key-note address presented by PTPI’s President and CEO, Mary Jean Eisenhower!

• An interactive student group, featuring your peers from across the globe!

• Take an active part in sustaining Washington, D. C.through a service project benefiting the

Anacostia Watershed!

• A unique tour of Washington, D. C.--- we promise that you have never seen D. C.this way before!

• An opportunity to reunite with old friends and make new ones from around the World!

Application

Successful applicants aged 13-18 who will be enrolled in a middle school, high school or home school during the time of the conference will be accepted on a first-come, first-served basis.

We urge students to APPLY ON-LINE TODAY, as applications will likely exceed available space.Upon acceptance into the Global Youth Conference, you will receive a confirmation notice and other important information via e-mail.If you have any questions regarding the application process, please contact People to People International: youthconference@ptpi.org

60.Which of the following students is most likely to be able to attend the GYC?

A.A third grader in a primary school.

B.A 19-year-old student at college.

C.A student who receives a confirmation notice.

D.A student who sends the application on Nov.17.

61.Which of the following can best explain the underlined part “on a first-come, first-served basis”?

A.Your application will be dealt with as soon as it is received.

B.Although your application arrives late, it will be dealt with in time.

C.Your application will be dealt with in the order in which it arrives.

D.You’d better send your application early.

62.The following are the attractions of this event EXCEPT that __________.

A.there will be a very special tour of Washington,

B.they will stay in a famous hotel in Arlington D. C.

C.it’ll be a great chance to make new friends from across the world

D.Mary Jean Eisenhower will deliver a key-note address

C

California, once regarded as a leader in the United States for its public higher education system, ranks next to the last in the U.S.for its number of adults with at least a high school diploma, according to the report, titled “California at the Edge of a Cliff,” released by the California Faculty Association.

Meanwhile, the state’s investment(投资) in public higher education has dropped over the past three decades, and now ranks 22nd in the country.That’s despite having the country’s largest public higher education system, the report said.

“It's a collapse(衰退),” said Thomas Mortenson, author of the report, who is an independent analyst living in Iowa and a senior scholar at the Pell Institute for the Study of Opportunity in Higher Education in Washington, D. C. “Ranking 49th out of 50 states is an indication that shows the quality of the state’s educational has become much worse in recent decades.” Mortenson said in the report.As of 2007, California ranked 14th in the United States in terms of college educated members of the workforce over 25 years of age, a drop from eighth place in 1981, the report showed.

Mortenson said that California has never been the state of high status in education and economy while other states have made greater gains in building a college-educated workforce.

The California Faculty Association is using the report’s findings to criticize Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger’s proposed funding cuts for education.

Struggling with a 14.8-billion-dollar state budget deficit(赤字), Schwarzenegger has proposed a combination of sales tax increases, borrowing and major budget cuts, including cutting billions of dollars from the state’s education budget.

63.The passage is mainly about __________.

A.California’s worse situation in higher education

B.the dangerous situation in California

C.California’s research on education and economy

D.funding cuts for high education in California

64.From the passage we can infer that __________.

A.investment in higher education has dropped in all states

B.Thomas Mortenson works at California Faculty Association

C.governor in California agreed to spend more money on education

D.California had higher quality in higher education in the past

65.The reason why California has a lower rank in education is that________.

A.the number of adults has decreased recently

B.the result of report has been published late

C.the money to invest in education has been cut

D.the progress in other states has been made

66.According to the report’s findings, ________ is to blame for the drop in rank of education.

A.Arnold Schwarzenegger B.Thomas Mortenson

C.the Pell Institute D.California Faculty Association

D

Scott Langteau has this message for kids: Spend less time playing video games.

It’s a message that many a mom and dad have tried to impress upon many a youngster (and some not-so-youngsters) who spend perhaps a bit too much time with game controllers in hand.

But the 40-year-old Langteau isn’t a parent.He’s a veteran(老手) of the video game industry --- one who played producer on three “Medal of Honor” games and co-founded his own game development company.

Langteau has just published a children’s book called “Sofa Boy”, which tells the story of a kid who spends too much time sitting on the couch with controller held in hand and the rather terrible consequences that follow.

It’s a fairy tale picked straight from Langteau’s own experiences as a kid with a fondness for video games and his own bouts with a bit of game addiction.But first, Langteau would like to make one thing clear: “I’m not saying that you shouldn’t play video games.I think video games are great.I think they do great things for kids.” Instead, Langteau says his book is all about a little something called “moderation(克制).”

“It’s about being well rounded,” he says.“Just like with anything else, we all need to make sure that there’s a variety in what we do.”

Video gamers can be rather bad-tempered when it comes to accepting criticism about their favorite entertainment.And understandably so.After all, most people who go around talking about the dangers of playing video games tend to be outsiders --- people who don’t play video games and certainly don’t understand that they can be a valuable and healthy form of entertainment.

But Langteau and “Soft Boy” seem to be in a unique position to deliver a message of gaming moderation that the young game masses might actually listen to.After all, this is a man who understands what it means to be a kid with a passion for games.His early experience has taught him a lesson.

67.Which of the following is true of the book “Sofa Boy”?

A.The boy in the book is not an addict on games.

B.The book describes a veteran on games.

C.The boy in the book wins a medal for games.

D.The book tells of the writer’s own story.

68.We learn from the passage that __________.

A.Langteau advises the young not to play games

B.playing video games is of no benefit to kids

C.playing video games ruins the future of kids

D.Langteau advises the young play games within limits

69.By saying “It’s about being well rounded”, Langteau thinks __________.

A.games should be viewed from all sides

B.games do great things for kids

C.gamers are usually fat and round

D.gamers are to blame for their behaviors

70.What topic will be discussed in the following paragraph?

A.His idea to create “Sofa Boy”.

B.His enthusiasm for games when he was a small boy.

C.His great achievement in games as a kid.

D.His hard times to set up his game company.

E

“The world’s oceans are slowly getting more acidic.” say scientists.The researchers from California report that the change is taking place in response to higher levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.

The lowering of the waters’ pH value is not great at the moment but could cause a serious threat to current ocean life if it continues, they warn.Ken Caldeira and Michael Wickett, from the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, report their concerns in the journal Nature.Increasing use of oil fuels means more carbon dioxide is going into the air, and most of it will eventually be absorbed by seawater.Once in the water, it reacts to form carbonic acid.Scientists believe that the oceans have already become slightly more acidic over the last century.

These researchers have tried to predict what will happen in the future by combining what we know about the history of the oceans with computer models of climate change.“This level of acidity will get much more extreme in the future if we continue releasing CO2 into the atmosphere,” said Dr Caldeira.“And we predict the amount of future acidity will exceed(超过) anything we have seen over the last several hundred million years, let alone perhaps after rare disastrous events such as asteroid(小行星) impacts.

However, it is not absolutely clear what that means for ocean life.Most organisms live near the surface, where the greatest pH change would be expected to occur, but deep-ocean life forms may be more sensitive to pH changes.Coral reefs(珊瑚礁) and other organisms whose shells contain calcium carbonate(碳酸钙) may be particularly affected if the water’s acidity levels keep going up, the team predict.They could find it much more difficult to build these structures in water with a lower pH.

In recent years some people have suggested storing carbon dioxide from power station in the deep ocean as a way of dealing with global warming.But Dr Caldeira said that such a strategy should now be re-considered.“Previously, most experts had looked at ocean absorption of carbon dioxide as a good thing --- because in releasing CO2 into the atmosphere we warm the planet, and when CO2 is absorbed by the ocean, it reduces the amount of greenhouse warming.”

71.The ocean is becoming more acidic due to __________.

A.the higher level of CO2 in the air B.the warming atmosphere

C.the increasing use of oil fuels D. the lower water pH value

72.According to Dr Caldeira, __________.

A.more oil fuels will be used in the near future

B.ocean absorption of carbon dioxide is a good thing

C.the future situation of the amount of acidity is extremely serious

D.scientists may predict climate changes with computer models

73.If the water’s acidity level keeps rising, __________.

A.the waters’ pH value will become higher and higher

B.some disastrous events will occur more often than before

C.organisms living near the surface are more sensitive to pH changes

D.ocean life whose structures contain calcium carbonate may be affected

74.Most experts once believed storing carbon dioxide in the ocean would reduce __________.

A.the CO2 absorbed by the ocean B.the amount of greenhouse warming

C.the acidity of the ocean D.the gradual release of CO2

75.The purpose of this passage is to __________.

A.show people the findings of a research team

B.introduce Dr Caldeira and his team’s research

C.warn people of the higher level of CO2

D.inform people of how acid the ocean is now

V.短文填词 (共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分)

阅读下面短文，根据以下提示：1)汉语提示，2)首字母提示，3)语境提示，在每个空格内填人一个适当的英语单词，并将该词完整地写在右边相对应的横线上。所填单词要求意义准确，拼写正确。

Dear editor,

I’m a student of Senior Three in a middle school in Fujian Province.

In order to make the best of learning ________ (材料), the Students’

76._________

Union of our school is ________ (安排) an activity.We students of Senior

77._________

Three are called on to give ________ our used books, newspapers or magazines

78._________

to the students in the lower ________ (年级) after graduation.The idea,

79._________

________ is intended to promote friendship and encourage economy, is

80._________

highly praised and s by the teachers and students alike.The

81._________

activity will be h on the first floor of the school library and it will

82._________

last about ten days, from June 10 to 20.As a student, I am strongly ________

83._________

the activity because it is very meaningful and h .I hope that this

84._________

kind of activity will continue every year in the ________.

85.________

Yours sincerely

VI.书面表达(满分25分)

作为一名中学生, 和老师建立良好的师生关系是必要的。 请你围绕这个话题，根据以下要点，写一篇英语短文,谈谈自己的看法.

1.建立良好的师生关系的必要性。

2.你认为良好的师生关系应该是怎样的?

3.如何才能建立这种关系?

注意: 词数120左右,开头已为你写好,不计入总词数.

As a middle school student, it is necessary to build a good relationship with our teachers.___

参考答案

I.听力30% 1-5 BBCBC 6-10CCBBA 11-15CBAAC 16-20BABBA

II.单选15% 21-25AABCD 26-30DCBDA 31-35AACBD

III.完型30% 36-40ABCBD 41-45BCAAC 46-50CBACA 51-55DDBDB

IV.阅读40% 56-59ADBD 60-62CCB 63-66 ADCA 67-70DDAB 71-75ACDBC

IX.短文填词10%

76.materials 77.arranging 78.away 79.grades 80.which 81.supported 82.held

83.for 84.helpful 85.future

IV.书面表达25%

One possible version:

As a middle school student, it is necessary to build a good relationship with our teachers, for it is the teachers who show love and concern for us students in study and life and they are good listeners.We students can always seek support and advice from them, from which we can benefit and learn a lot.

In this case, an ideal relationship between teachers and students is very important.In my opinion, this relationship should be one filled with love, care, understanding, and respect, so they can exchange ideas freely.To build a relationship of this kind, teachers should become friends of students while students ought to trust their teachers and give voice to their feeling frankly.Only by joint efforts can we enjoy a warm relationship between teachers and students.

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