56. The reason why Deng quit her job was that　　　.

A. it was too demanding a job for her to do well

B. she was fed up with it

C. she was not content with the salary offered

D. she found it hard to deal with the two at the same time

57. Which of the following does Deng usually do according to the passage?

A. Find parents to adopt children.

B. Perform operations for the disabled children.

C. Seek financial help for the children from the government.

D. Help to find the parents who abandoned the children.

58. What Deng said in the last but one paragraph mainly suggests　　　.

A. the charity funds’ requirements are too high

B. timely medication can prevent sick children from dying

C. they sometimes have difficulty in finding people willing to donate

D. when it comes to donation, people should be generous

C

PALM COAST-Agatha Lee described her reaction as “disbelief” when School Board Chairwoman Sue Dickinson called her name last Thursday night at Flagler Auditorium.

Lee, a second-grade teacher at Belle Terre Elementary S chool, was named Flagler County’s Teacher of the Year today. “I was in such a great group of excellent teachers and I was just shocked. ”Lee said in an interview after the announcement.

Every Flagler school names a Teacher of the Year once a year and those nominees(候选人)are considered for the district’s award. That winner, along with winners from the state’s other districts, is then considered for the Florida Teacher of the Year Award, which is announced in July.

To be qualified for the teaching award, teachers must encourage continuous learning, show skillfulness in their subject area, use creative teaching strategies(策略), show leadership and create a caring and respectful environment.

Jill Stirling, a kindergarten teacher, Flagler’s 2010 Teacher of the Year, said she also met winners from throughout the state to share teaching strategies and the best practices. “I often think of those little people that have made me the teacher I am and the person that I am, ” Stirling said.

Lee, the following new winner, who is now in her thirteenth year of teaching, came to Flagler County in 2004 after working in Pasco and St. Johns counties. She worked at the former Indian Trails K-8 school and came to Belle Terre Elementary School when it opened in fall 2005.

Lee, who comes from a family of teachers, said she has always enjoyed being with children.

“I love watching their faces when they have that ‘aha’ moment, ”she said.

59. How did Agatha Lee feel when she was crowned Flagler County’s Teacher of the Year?

A. Excited. 　　　　　　　　　   B. Astonished.

C. Satisfied.          D. Proud.

60. What did you know about Agatha Lee from the passage?

A. Her parents are probably also teachers.

B. She worked in four counties altogether.

C. She has taught in Flagler County since 2005.

D. She once shared teaching strategies with Jill Stirling.

61. To be a Flagler Teacher of the Year, one is required to　　　.

A. perform life-long learning

B. show ability of leadership

C. be careful and respectful

D. share teaching strategies

62. Which of the following is correct in order of time according to the passage?

①Lee came to Flagler County.

②Lee taught in Indian Trails K-8 school.

③Lee was named Flagler County’s 2011 Teacher of the Year.

④Lee worked in Pasco and St. Johns counties.

⑤Lee was named as Teacher of the Year by Belle Terre Elementary School.

A. ①④②③⑤        B. ④②①⑤③

C. ④①②⑤③        D. ①②⑤③④

D

Farming is moving indoors, where the sun never shines, where rainfall is irrelevant(不相干的)and where the climate is always right. The perfect crop field could be inside a windowless building with controlled light, temperature, wetness, air quality and nutrition. It could be in a New York high-rise or a sprawling complex in the Saudi desert. It may be an answer to the world’s food problems.

The world is already having trouble feeding itself. Half the people on Earth live in cities, and nearly half of those—about 3 billion—are hungry or ill-fed. Food prices, currently increasing, are buffeted by dryness, floods and the cost of energy required to plant, harvest and transport. And prices will only get more unstable. Climate change makes long-term crop planning uncertain. Farmers in many parts of the world are already using water available to the last drop. And the  world is getting more crowded: by mid-century, the global population will grow from 6. 8 billion to 9 billion.

To feed so many people may require expanding farmland at the expense of forests and wilderness, or finding ways to completely increase crop output.

Gertjan Meeuws has taken the concept of a greenhouse a step further, growing vegetables and house plants in enclosed(封闭的)and regulated environments. In their rese arch station, water flows into the pans when needed, and the temperature is kept constant. Lights go on and off, creating similar day and night, but according to the rhythm of the plant.

A building of 100 square meters and layers(层)of plants could provide a daily diet of 200 grams of fresh fruit and vegetables to the entire population of Den Bosch, about 140, 000 people. Their idea is not to grow foods that require much space, like corn or potatoes.

Here sunlight is not only unnecessary but can be harmful. Plants need only specific wavelengths of light to grow. Their growth rate is three times faster than under greenhouse conditions. They use about 90 percent less water than outdoors agriculture. And city farming means producing food near the consumer, and there’s no need to transport it long distances.

63. What does Paragraph 2 mainly tell us?

A. The climate is worse and worse.

B. The city people live a hard lif e.

C. The world has difficulty feeding its people.

D. The world’s population is increasing fast.

64. The underlined word “buffeted” in Paragraph 2 means“　　　”.

A. badly affected        B. prevented

C. demanded         D. well achieved

65. It can be inferred from the text that Gertjan Meeuws’s farming　　　.

A. helps save sea water a lot

B. suits different conditions

C. is similar to greenhouse agriculture

D. suits the production of corn

66. What is the text mainly about?

A. Development of indoor farming.

B. Great Revolution in farming.

C. Advantages of indoor farming.

D. Sunless, rainless indoor farming.

E

Do American children still learn handwriting in school? In the age of the keyboard, some people seem to think handwriting lessons are on the way out. 90% of teachers say they are required to  teach handwriting. But studies have yet to answer the question of how well they are teaching it. One study published this year found that about three out of every four teachers say they are not prepared to teach handwriting. Some teachers are teaching handwriting by providing instruction for ten to fifteen minutes a day, and then other teachers who basically teach it for sixty to seventy minutes a day—which really for handwriting is pretty much death.

Many adults remember learning that way—by copying letters over and over again. Today’s thinking is that short periods of practice are better. Many experts also think handwriting should not be taught by itself. Instead, they say it should be used as a way to get students to express ideas. After all, that is why we write.

Handwriting involves two skills. One is legibility, which means forming the letters so they can be read. The other is fluency—writing without having to think about it. Fluency continues to develop up until high school.

But not everyone masters these skills. Teachers commonly report that about one fourth of their kids have poor handwriting. Some people might think handwriting is not important any more because of computers and voice recognition programs.

But Steve Graham at Vanderbilt says word processing is rarely done in elementary school, especially in the early years. American children traditionally first learn to print, and then to write in cursive(连笔, 草书), which connects the letters. But guess what we learned from a spokeswoman for the College Board, which administers the SAT college admission test—more than 75% of students  choose to print their essays on the test rather than write in cursive.

67. We can infer from the first paragraph that　　　.

A. teachers spend little time in teaching handwriting

B. most teachers attach importance to teaching handwriting

C. handwriting teaching is not commonly required

D. most teachers are at a loss on how to teach handwriting

68. Which of the following about traditional handwriting in the USA is NOT true?

A. The students are taught by practicing a long period.

B. Printing is taught first in preference to writing in cursive.

C. Handwriting is taught for its own sake.

D. Two skills get involved in handwriting.

69. Some American people consider handwriting not important any more because 　　　.

A. all the American children learn to print first

B. about 1/4 of the students choose to print their essays on the test

C. it is unnecessary to use handwriting in the age of keyboard

D. computers and voice recognition programs are widely used

70. What could be the best title for the passage?

A. Handwriting: Fascinating in Keyboard Age

B. Right or Wrong: the Death of Handwriting

C. Two Skills Involved in Handwriting

D. Handwriting Lessons on the Way out

第四部分　书面表达(共两节, 满分50分)

第一节　完成句子(共10小题; 每小题2分, 满分20分)

阅读下列各小题, 根据汉语提示, 用句末括号内的英语单词完成句子。

71. They set off long _______________. (break)

离天亮还很早的时候, 他们就出发了。

72. ___________________, it is never too late to learn. (as)

正如那句老话所言, 活到老, 学到老。

73. There are several factors ______________________________ my suggestion. (contribute)

有几个因素促成了我的建议。

74. The audience_______________, and they warmly applauded for a long time. (affect)

听众被深深地打动了, 他们长时间鼓掌。

75. ____________________ you can give me some advice on how to solve these problems. (appreciate)

如果您能给我一 些关于如何解决这些问题的建议我将不胜感激。

76. ___________________________________ the flowers, so she did not notice what was happening. (employ)

她忙着给花浇水, 没有注意到那时发生的一切。

77. London was a new world to me and I _______________ find out more about it for myself. (die)

伦敦对我来说是个新世界, 我渴望更多地了解这个城市。

78. _______________ affects the number of wild animals greatly. (hunt)

过度捕杀对野生动物的数量影响很大。

79. Nowadays, there are still many poor students, ___________________________. (afford)

现在, 仍然还有很多贫穷的学生, 他们上不起学。

80. Scientists have many theories about___________________________. (come)

科学家们有很多关于宇宙如何形成的理论。