第三部分：(I)阅读理解(共15小题;每小题2分，满分30分)阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项。

A

Family activities

School’s out and it’s time to get the family active.

Diving

This is a great way to make swimming even more fun. Highboard diving needs muscle control. Lessons begin at the poolside, where you will learn some basic skills before moving on to the boards . Try a saltwater pool, on warmer days, and enjoy the fresh air, high boards and water games.

Suitable for: 13+

Cost: The first lesson, which lasts one hour, is usually free if you decide to carry on. ￡10/￡20 an hour.

Contact: Find your local swimming pool at www. britishswimming.org; 015 096 18700

Sailing

Sailing is great for building confidence and provides a mental and physical challenge from the beginning. It can be done alone, and picking up the basics is easy.

Suitable for: 8+

Cost: Free

Contact: Royal Yachting Association; 084 534 50400; www.rya.org.uk

Surfing

Balance, coordination (协调) and patience are required to learn the art of surfing, but the excitement of jumping to your feet on the board for the first time and riding a wave into the shore is an excellent experience.

Suitable for: 8+

Cost: ￡30 an hour

Contact: www.nationalsurfingcentre.com, 016 378 50737Gymnastics

Gymnastics improves flexibility(灵活性), strength, and teaches self-discipline. Although Olympic-level gymnastics take years of practice to master (掌握), more simple moves are easy to learn in a day and can be practiced at home.

Suitable for: 4+

Cost: ￡6 an hour

Contact: British Gymnastics; 084 512 97129; www.british-gymnastics.org56. If you are a child of seven, you should choose        .

A. Diving         B. Sailing         C. Surfing        D. Gymnastics

57. If you have a 10-hour course in diving, you should pay at least       .

A. ￡100          B. ￡200         C. ￡90         D. ￡30

58. If you want to increase your confidence, you can call        .

A. 084 512 97129       B. 015 096 18700

C. 016 378 50737       D. 084 534 50400

59. According to the passage, we know that       .

A. it is very difficult to learn sailing

B. it is impossible to practice gymnastics at home

C. strength is needed to do highboard diving

D. surfing offers you the excitement of riding a wave

B

A recent study, published in last week's Journal of the American Medical Association, offers a picture of how dangerous it is to get a lift from a teenage driver. Indeed, a 16-year-old driver with three or more passengers is three times as likely to have a serious accident as a teenager driving alone.

The author also found that the death rates for teenage drivers increased dramatically after 10 pm, and especially after midnight. With passengers in the car, the driver was even more likely to die in a late-night accident.

Robert Foss, a scientist at the University of North Carolina Highway Safety Research Center, says the higher death rates for teenage drivers have less to do with “really stupid behavior” than with just a lack of driving experience. “The basic problem,” he says, “is that adults who are responsible for giving out licenses fail to recognize how complex and skilled a task driving is”.

Both he and the author of the study believe that the way to mitigate (缓解) the problem is to have states set up so-called graduated licensing systems, in which getting a license is a process with several stages. A graduated license requires that a teenager first prove himself able to drive in the presence of an adult, followed by a period of driving with night of passenger restrictions before graduating to full driving rights.

Graduated licensing systems have reduced teenage driver crashes, according to recent studies.

60. Which of the following situations is most dangerous according to the passage?

A. Adults giving a lift to teenagers on the highway after 10 pm.

B. A teenager driving after midnight with passengers in the car.

C. Adults driving with three or more teenage passengers late at night.

D. A teenager getting a lift from a stranger on the highway at midnight.

61. According to Robert Foss, the high death rate of teenage drivers is mainly due to _______.

A. their lack of driving experience           B. their frequent driving at night

C. their improper way of driving               D. their driving with passengers

62. According to Paragraph 3, which of the following statements is TRUE?

A. Teenagers should spend more time learning to drive.

B. Driving is a skill too complex for teenagers to learn.

C. Restrictions should be forced on teenagers demanding to take driving licenses.

D. The licensing department is partly responsible for teenager's driving accidents.

63. A suggested measure to be taken to reduce teenagers' driving accidents is that_________.

A. the licensing system should be improved

B. they should be forbidden to take on passengers

C. they should not be allowed to drive after 10 pm

D. driving in the presence of an adult should be made a rule.

C

Our town is in the eastern part of our country. Once a year, we elect a girl to show how beautiful and great our town is. All the girls are eager to get this position in an effort to become popular.

It was not an easy choice this year, since there were eight girls to choose from. The elder judge finally decided that either Sara or May would get the position. Both girls were beautiful with extraordinary appearance. Besides, they had a good education and cared about how pollution had a bad effect on the earth. Most important, both girls got up early to eat eggs at their breakfast. Eggs were important to people of the east of our town because the economy here depended mainly on the production of eggs.

“Either girl will win,” my father said, “But someone will cry in the end.”

“Either will be fine,” I said, “They are both great girls.”

The final round was held at the east edge of our town. Sara lived nearby so she did not need to get up early to arrive. However, she was the first person there. “You know what they say about the early bird. ” she said with a smile.

However, May arrived fifteen minutes late to the competition. “It’s the taxi driver’s fault,” she said. “I told him to head east, but he was in one ear and thought I said Bread Cheese. You know, Bread Cheese is the name of our neighboring town.”

I thought May would certainly lose because she was late, but to my surprise, she turned out to be this year’s winner. The judges liked her answer to their last question, “If you could have anything in the world, what would it be?” Sara replied, “World peace.” May, on the other hand, said, “Better market to have our eggs sell well”.

64. What does the underlined sentence “You know what they say about the early bird.” mean?

A. she liked the early bird very much.

B. she was sure that she would succeed.

C. she lived nearby, so she should get there early.

D. she wanted to show off her good language knowledge.

65. Why was May chosen in the end?

A. Because she arrived late and gave enough explanation

B. Because she gave a different answer from Sara’s.

C. Because she looked more beautiful than Sara.

D. Because her answer was more practical than Sara’s.

66. According to the passage, which of the following maps is correct?

D

I’m a 20-year-old boy, and the following is my story.

A month after I graduated from high school in August, 2007, I was coming home from swim practice in the training centre of the city and was involved in a car accident. I was so seriously injured that I was in a coma for more than two months at Prince Georges Hospital.

I suffered a lot from the experience of dying eight times during my coma and I couldn’t open my mouth to talk or to communicate when I eventually came around. At that time, it seemed that walking was never going to happen again due to all the extreme injuries. Just like my body, my dreams were completely destroyed. But I was not going to let my injuries stop me from realizing my dreams.

After receiving a total of 15 operations and 36 blood transfusions, I had to make every great effort to learn to talk, eat, walk, shower, and live on my own again. When I was out of hospital, I still had to go to outpatient therapy in Waldorf, Maryland. After I spent a few months in a wheelchair, I took baby steps to walk on my own. It was a miracle that I was able to walk again, but I still wanted to prove that I could not only walk, but also run. When it came true, I wanted to get back into the pool again. After having a few lung tests, I was able to go in the pool a little bit each week. After a few months of swim training, I began my freshman year at St. Mary’s College of Maryland and then became a proud member of the swim team.

By telling my story, I want to make a positive influence on the world. I am just trying to live each day to the fullest and inspire other people never to give up their dreams no matter how bad a situation is to them. I remember when I was still in my hospital bed, I would have my mom and dad push me round in my wheelchair to the other rooms to see the other patients and chat with them and their family members. I wanted to let them know that everything was going to be okay. Somehow, things would work out for the best.

67. The underlined word “coma” in Paragraph 2 probably has the meaning of “_______”.

A. operation   B. unconsciousness(失去知觉)   C. treatment   D. emergency(紧急情况)

68. According to Paragraph 3, it can be inferred that the author _______.

A. was unable to talk or communicate        B. was in despair

C. faced physical and mental challenges      D. felt anxious about his state

69. What is the correct order of the following events?

a. went to outpatient therapy

b. received membership of the swim team

c. was pushed around to visit other patients

d. walked like a baby

e. learnt to live all by himself

A. d、a、c、b、e                       B. e、c、d、a、b

C. d、c、a、b、e                       D. e、c、a、d、b

70. The best title for the passage would be “_______”.

A. Attitude(态度) is everything                  B. Actions speak louder than words

C. Everything happens for a reason          D. A good beginning is half done

(II)任务型阅读: (共10小题;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。每空格一个单词。

Chinese, unlike many other languages, has a large family of dialects and written forms. Spoken Chinese is specially complex with more than five recognized dialect groups, even the written language with two recognized characters.

The written forms of Chinese include a traditional system of characters and a simplified one. The simplified version of characters came into use in 1949.

Traditional Chinese characters are still widely used throughout Asia and among Chinese people around the world, while the simplified characters are only found in the People’s Republic of China.

It is usually accepted that there are five major dialect groups within the Chinese language group. These are Mandarin, Wu, Min, Cantonese and Hakka.

Mandarin is the official language on the Chinese mainland and Chinese Taiwan. It  is also one of the four official languages of Singapore.

Wu is spoken around the lower Yangtze River and its tributaies(支流). Shanghai is a well-known dialect of Wu.

Min is commonly spoken by people in Taiwan, Fujian and Hainan. Cantonese is mainly spoken in the province of Guangdong. Cantonese is also spoken in many parts of the Chinese Diaspra(移居地), particularly HongKong and overseas Chinese settlements in the United States, Europe and Southeast Asia. Hakka is the least well-known dialect group inside China compared to the above four. Most of the Hakka dialect group is scattered(散居) throughout southeastern China in Guangxi Province. Historically, the Hakka people were northerners who moved south over several hundred years. Their name Hakka means “guest” indicaing their immigrant(移民) status in the southern areas to which they moved.

Title Chinese Language

Theme Chinese differs from many other languages in that it has many written forms

and dialects.

Two (1)______ forms Traditional characters Still in wide(2)_______ throughout Asia and among

Chinese all over the world.

(3)_______ characters ●Use d after the People’s Republic of China

was (4)_______.

●Commonly used on the mainland.

Five Major Chinese (5)_______ Groups Mandarin The official language of the PRC, known as Putonghua in

mainland China.

Wu ●Spoken around the (6)_______Yangtze River and its tributaries.

●One famous dialect is Shanghaiese.

(7)_______ Commonly spoken by people in Taiwan, Fujian and Hainan.

Cantonese ●(8)_______ spoken in Guangdong and HongKong.

●The language of Guangzhou is also known as Canton..

Hakka ●Compared to the four above, it is the (9)_______well-known.

●Spoken in(10)_______ and it means “guest”.

第二卷(共25分)

第四部分：写作(共三节，满分25分)

第一节：单词拼写：根据句意和中文提示或首字母写出单词的正确形式，每空一词。(共10题，每题0.5分，满分5分)。

1.It’s hard to imagine how this quiet volcano             (摧毁)the whole city!

2.Many people were b_____________ alive under lava, ash and rocks when the volcano erupted.

3. As the shots rang out, the crowd ran screaming in all______________ (方向).

4.The government did whatever they could to prevent the disease from __________ (传播) to other countries.

5 .I think you should pay attention to your ________________(发音).

6. We were reading in the classroom when the door closed with a bang. We were f___________ with fear.

7. He always likes to ask some c______________ questions. We all often feel puzzled.

8. He was wearing dark glasses to p______________ his eyes from the sun.

9. Since the law of wildlife protection came into effect, the number of the milu deer has grown ________________(逐渐地) year by year.

He grew up in a w_______________ family, so he knows nothing about the life of the poor.

第二节.选词组填空：根据句子语境从方框中选择合适的短语并用其正确形式填空。(共10题，每题0.5分，满分5分)。

reach out, depend on, contribute to, be likely to , pick up, rest on，

take over, make sense. turn out ,be linked to,

1. Polly found herself staring up at a man with his hands ________________ her arm

2. Many factors __________________ the development of this new type of English.

3. He _______________ for the gun but he was not quick enough to get it.

4. The island will _________________ the mainland by the new bridge.

5.Mary _______________ a lot of Spanish by playing with native boys and girls.

6.To the delight(高兴) of the students, their English evening _______________ a great success.

7.When she fell ill her daughter ___________________the business from her.

8. If he continues to steal, he ___________________end up in prison.

9.Whether we will go camping tomorrow. _________________ the weather

10. I doubted your choice at first, but your explanation _____________________

第三节：书面表达(满分15分)

`假如你是李明。你收到了笔友Tom的来信，在信中谈到他最近的烦恼：他与母亲吵架，因为母亲不允许他看电视。他认为他的父母不理解他，他不能做自己喜欢做的事情。 针对Tom 的烦恼，请你给予回信，谈谈你的看法并为他提供建议。

看电视是放松的有效方法，它能增长知识。

但如果看的太多会浪费时间，影响学习并伤害眼睛。

周末可以适当看些电视，平时看些新闻节目。

理解父母是期望孩子学习好，找机会和父母好好沟通。

注意：1.词数150左右。

回信必须针对上述内容。可适当增添合乎情理的 过渡性语言，并适当发挥。

Dear Tom,

I am very glad to hear from you. I am sorry to know ______________________

__________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________

I sincerely hope you will be happy as before and hear from you soon.

Yours

Li Ming