B

Florence Nightingale(南丁格尔) was born in a rich family. When she was young she took lessons in music and drawing, and read great books. She also traveled a great deal with her mother and father.

As a child she felt that visiting sick people was both a duty and a pleasure. She enjoyed helping them.

At last mind was made up. “I’m going to be a nurse,” she decided.

“Nursing isn’t the right work for a lady,” her father told her.

“Then I will make it so ”, she smiled. And she went to learn nursing in Germany and France. When she returned to England, Florence started a nursing home . During the Crimean War in 1854 she went with a group of thirty eight nurses to the front hospitals. What they saw there was terrible. Dirt and death were everywhere to be seen — and smelled. The officer there did not want any woman to tell him how to run a hospital, either. But the brave nurse went to work.

Florence used her own money and some from friends to buy clothes, beds, medicine and food for the men. Her only pay was in smiles from the lips of dying soldiers. But they were more than enough for this kind woman.

After she returned to England, she was honored for her services by Queen Victoria. But Florence said that her work had just begun. She raised money to build the Nightingale Home for Nurses in London. She also wrote a book on public health, which was printed in several countries.

Florence Nightingale died at the age of ninety, still trying to serve others through her work as a nurse. Indeed, it is because of her that we honor nurses today.

61. When she was a child, Florence ________ .

A. loved to travel very much           B. knew what her duty in life was

C. loved to help the sick people         D. want to learn music and drawing in the future

62. What made Florence make up her mind to become a nurse?

A. Her father’s support.

B. Her desire to help the sick.

C. Her education in Germany and France.

D. Her knowledge from reading great books.

63. During the Crimean War in 1854, Florence served in the front hospital where ____ .

A. she earned a little money              B. work was very difficult

C. few soldiers died because of her work    D. she didn’t have enough food or clothes

64. Why was Florence honored by Queen Victoria?

A. She built the Nightingale Home for Nurses.

B. She wrote a book on public health.

C. She worked as a nurse all her life.

D. She did a great deal of work during the Crimean War.

65. The passage can best be described as ____ .

A. the life story of a famous woman     B. a description of the nursing work

C. an example of successful education   D. the history of nursing in England

C

I am a good mother to three children. I have tried never to let my profession stand in the way of being a good parent.

I no longer consider myself the center of the universe. I show up. I listen. I try to laugh. I am a good friend to my husband. I have tried to make marriage vows(誓约)mean what they say. I am a good friend to my friends, and they to me. Without them, there would be nothing to say to you today.

So here’s what I wanted to tell you today: Get a life. A real life, not a desire of the next promotion(提升), the bigger paycheck, the larger house.

Get a life in which you are not alone. Find people you love, and who love you. And remember that love is not leisure(空闲), it is work. Pick up the phone. Send an e-mail. Write a letter. And realize that life is the best thing and that you have no business taking it for granted.

It is so easy to waste our lives, our days, our hours, our minutes. It is so easy to exist instead of to live. I learned to live many years ago. Something really, really bad happened to me, something that changed my life in ways that, if I had my choice, it would never have been changed at all. And what I learned from it is what, today, seems to be the hardest lesson of all.

I learned to love the journey, not the destination. I learned to look at all the good in the world and try to give some of it back because I believed in it, completely and totally. And I tried to do that, in part, by telling others what I had learned.

By telling them this: Read in the backyard with the sun on your face. Learn to be happy. And think of life as a deadly illness, because if you do, you will live it with joy and passion as it ought to be lived.

66. The best title of this passage probably is _______.

A. Love your friends                     B. Live a real life

C. Don’t waste time    D. Be a good mother and wife

67. How did the author form her view of life?

A. By working and social experience. B. Learning from her friends.

C. Through an unfortunate experience. D. Because of her children and husband.

68. The underlined sentence “It is so easy to exist instead of to live” in the fifth paragraph probably has the same meaning as ______.

A. it is so easy to keep alive but not to live a real life.

B. it is very hard to live a real life

C. it is so easy to make a living

D. it is more difficult to exist than to live a happy life.

69. What’s the author’s attitude towards work?

A. Try our best to serve others.

B. To earn enough money to make life better.

C. Try our best to get higher position and pay.

D. Don’t let it affect your real life.

70. It can be inferred from the passage that _______.

A. the author is a success in personal life.

B. the author didn’t try her best to work well.

C. the author spent all her time caring for her children.

D. the author doesn’t travel much

D

In recent years, there has been a steady attack on salt from the doctors: salt is bad for you—regardless of your health. Politicians also got aboard. “There is a direct relationship,” US Congressman Neal Smith said, “between the amount of sodium(钠) a person consumes and heart disease, circulatory(循环的) disorders, stroke and even early death.”

Frightening, if true! But many doctors and medical researchers are now beginning to feel the salt scare has gone too far. “All these remarks and cry about salt is unnecessary,” Dr. Dustan insists. “For most of us it probably does not make much difference how much salt we eat.” Dustan’s most recent short-term study of 150 people showed that those with normal blood pressure experienced no change at all when placed on an extremely low-salt diet, or later when salt was reintroduced. Of the hypertensive(高血压的) patients, however, half of those on the low-salt diet did experience a drop in blood pressure, which returned to previous level when salt was reintroduced.

“An adequate to somewhat excessive(过度的) salt intake has probably saved many more lives than it has cost in the general population,” said Dr. John H Laragh. “So an opinion that the whole population should avoid salt makes no sense.”

Medical experts agree that everyone should practice reasonable “moderation”(节制) in salt consumption. For the average person, a moderate amount might run from four to ten grams a day, or roughly 1/2 to 1/3 teaspoons. One to two grams of salt would come from the natural sodium in food. The rest would be added in processing, preparation or at the table.

“Na is not your enemy,” says Comek’s Dr. Laragh. “Salt is the No.1 natural component of all human tissue, and the idea that you do not need it is wrong. Unless your doctor has proven that you have a salt-related health problem, there is no reason to give it up.”

71.Why is salt attacked by doctors and politicians?

A. It’s unnecessary.

B. It does no good to human health..

C. It is hated by most people.

D. It will always lead to heart disease and circulatory disorders.

72.From Dr. Dustan’s study in Paragraph 2 we can infer that _____.

A.a low-salt diet may be good to some patients

B.the amount of salt intake has nothing to do with one’s blood pressure

C.the reduction of salt intake can completely cure a hypertensive patient

D.an extremely low-salt diet makes no difference to anyone

73.In the 3rd paragraph, Dr. Laragh implied that _____.

A.people should not be afraid of taking much excessive salt

B.doctors should not advise people to avoid salt

C.an adequate to somewhat excessive salt intake is suggested to ill people

D.excessive salt intake has killed some patients in the general population

74.What is the experts’ advice for average people on salt consumption?

A.They should increase salt intake through sodium pills.

B.They should avoid salt as often as possible.

C.They should consume 1/2 to 1/3 teaspoons of salt a day.

D.They needn’t care about how much salt they consume.

75.What is the main idea of the passage?

A.The salt scare is not reasonable.            B.The cause of hypertension is disclosed.

C.The moderate use of salt is recommended.    D.Salt consumption is to be avoided.

第Ⅱ卷(共35分)

第一节：根据句意及首字母或汉语提示，写出各句中所缺单词的正确形式。(每空一词，共10分)

76. Easter is a celebration of spring and it is also a r___________ holiday.

77. Water is              (基本的)to the development of life.

78.Teachers always tell us to c_______________ theory with practice.

79. Yao Ming is a very strong and________________(精力充沛的) basketball player.

80. Reading comprehension is my s                while multiple choice is my weakness.

81. Children are always                   (好奇的)about everything.

82. Taking exercise is of great b               to our health.

83. The store has more _____________( 顾客 ) than it can take care of.

84. How life began on earth is one of the biggest p          scientists find hard to solve.

85. Do you know when India gained______________ (独立) from Britain?

第二节：根据句中所给汉语，完成下列句子。(每空一词，每空0.5分，共10分)

86. 很显然那个男孩被电脑游戏迷住了。

that the boy is crazy about the computer game.

87. 在我们办公室不允许吸烟。

We don’t ___________ ___________in the office.

88. 你怎样为你那天晚上的行为做出解释。

How could you ___________ ___________ your behavior on that night?

89. 他很快就安定下来专心工作了，因为他很擅长(有、、、天赋)与人合作。

He quickly__________ __________to work because he has _______ ________ ________

working with other people.

90. 只有用这种办法，你才能通晓英语。

in this way                            a good knowledge of English.

91. 她正在家里做饭，突然停电了。

She                      at home          the electricity was cut       .

第三节  书面表达(满分15分)

某英文报就家长是否允许孩子课后看电视的问题展开讨论。有赞同的，也有反对的。现在，假设你是一位高中生刘强，请你向该报投一篇英语稿。谈谈你的看法。

下面的提示可以作为写作时的参考，也可自由发挥：

正方 反方

丰富我们的知识 浪费很多时间

提高我们的英语 养成一些坏习惯

扩大我们的视野  变成近视

放松我们自己 未能通过考试

…… ……

注意：①对看电视的利弊做个分析并给出自己的观点  ②词数：100左右  ③信的开头已写好，只需接着写  ④词汇提示：丰富enrich vt.，扩大enlarge vt.，近视short-sighted adj. 放松 relax vt.

Dear Editor,

I am a senior student. We have had a heated discussion about whether students ought to be allowed to watch TV after school.

Yours sincerely,

Liu Qiang