C

Many people go to school for an education. They learn languages, history, geography, physics, chemistry and mathematics. Others go to school to learn a skill so that they can make a living. School education is very important and useful. Yet no one can learn everything from school. A teacher，no matter how much he knows can not teach his students everything they want to know. The teacher’s job is to show his students how to learn. He teaches them how to read and how to think. So much more is to be learned outside school by the students themselves.

It is always more important to study by oneself than to memorize some facts or a formula(公式). It is actually quite easy to learn a certain fact in history or a formula in maths. But it is very difficult to use a formula in working out a maths problem. Great scientists, such as Einstein，Newton and Galileo didn’t get everything from school. But they were all so successful. They invented so many things for mankind. The reason for their success is that they worked hard all their lives, wasting not a single moment. They would ask many questions as they read and they did thousands of experiments. Above all, they knew how to use their brains.

64. The subject which is not spoken of in the article is _____

A. maths        B. history       C. physiology       D. physics

65. The teacher’s job is to teach ___________.

A. everything the students want to know

B. the students everything that they know

C. the students some facts of formulas

D. the students how to learn

66. Who does the article say didn’t waste a single moment?

A. Great people                   B. Persons who work as teachers

C. The great scientist-Newton      D. Great scientists

D

If English means endless new words, difficult grammar and sometimes strange pronunciation, you are wrong. Haven’t you noticed that you have become smarter since you started to learn a language?

According to a new study by a British university, learning a second language can lead to an increase in your brain power. Researchers found that learning other languages changes grey matter(大脑灰质). This is the area of the brain which processes information. It is similar to the way that exercise builds muscles(肌肉).

The study also found the younger people learn a second language，the greater the effect is.

A team led by Dr Andrea Mechelli, from University College London, took a group of Britons who only spoke English. They were compared with a group of “early bilinguals” who had learnt a second language before the age of five, as well as a number of later learners.

Scans showed that grey matter density(密度)in the brain was greater in bilinguals than in people without a second language. But the longer a person waited before mastering a new language, the smaller the difference.

“Our findings suggest that the structure of the brain is changed by the experience of learning a second language,” it means that the change itself increases the ability to learn.

Professor Dylan Vaughan Jones of the University of Wales, has researched the link between bilingualism and maths skills. “Having two languages gives you two windows on the world and makes the brain more flexible(灵活的)”, he said. “You are actually going beyond language and have a better understanding of different ideas.”

The findings were matched in a study of native Italian speakers who had learned English as a second language between the ages of 2 and 34. Reading, writing, and comprehension were all tested. The results showed that the younger they started to learn, the better. “Studying a language means you get an entrance to another world,” explained the scientists.

67. The main subject talked about in this passage is ______.

A. science on learning a second language

B. man’s ability of learning a second language

C. language learning can help brain power

D. language learning and maths study

68. The underlined word “bilingual” probably means ______.

A. a researcher on language learning

B. a second language learner

C. a person who can speak two languages

D. an active language learner

69. We may know from the scientific findings that ______.

A. the earlier you start to learn a second language the higher the grey matter density is

B. there is no difference between a later second language learner and one who doesn’t know a second language

C. the experience of learning a second language has bad effect on people’s brain

D. the ability of learning a second language is changing all the time

70. In the last two paragraphs, the author wants to tell us that ______.

A. learning a second language is the same as studying maths

B. early learning of a second language helps you a great deal in studying other subjects

C. Italian is the best choice for you as a second language

D. you’d better choose the ages between 2 and 34 to learn a second language

第三部分：根据提示填入恰当单词的正确形式。(满分10分)

71. We a__________ a lecture about Pompeii last week.

72. His speech __________(占)only three minutes yesterday.

73. The tall man was __________(到处都不) to be seen.

74. Mr. White is an __________(有经验的)teacher.

75. They came to the c__________ that the theory was wrong.

76. On 24 August AD 79, the volcano e__________.

77. Don’t judge a person by his a__________.

78. Not all ads play t__________ on us though.

79. The opening __________(典礼) will be performed next week.

80. The next day US President Franklin Roosevelt d__________ war against Japan.

第四部分: 翻译下列句子。(满分10分)

81. 年轻人易被说服购买新的产品

Young people are ________ ________ ________ ________ new products.

82. 如果在我们打断别人或不同意某人意见时说“抱歉”也会使我们显得有礼貌。

__________ “sorry” if we __________ or __________ __________ someone also helps us to be polite.

83. 英语是由这些人带到不列颠的语法与词汇组成的。

The English language is __________ __________ __________ the grammar and vocabulary these people brought __________ Britain.

84. 在这个阶段，语音也经历了巨大变化。

Pronunciation also __________ __________ ___________ __________during this period.

85. 有时为了表达想法，两个或更多的汉字结合在一起就构成了一些新的汉字。

Sometimes _________ __________ ideas, some characters were made by __________ two or more characters __________.

第五部分: 书面表达(满分15分)

假如你是一名中学生，叫李晓华，请根据下表内容用英语写信给某报社Just ask栏目的主持人Ralph，请求他帮助解决一个长期困扰你的问题。

你的情况 1. 学习成绩好。

2. 爱母亲。

3. 有点害怕母亲。

你母亲的情况 1. 老师，工作勤奋。

2. 很少有时间和你说话。

3.对你很严，易发脾气。

你的问题 1. 很少与母亲交流。

2. 希望互相了解。

3. 不知如何沟通。

注意：1. 词数100左右。

2. 可适当增减细节，使内容连贯。

3. 开头已给，不计入总词数。

4. 参考词汇：发脾气lose one’s temper。

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