第三部分 阅读理解(共15小题;每小题2分，满分30分)

请认真阅读下列短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A

At present, in many American cities especially, many teachers in the public schools say they are underpaid. They point to jobs such as secretary or truck driver, which often pay more to start than that of a teacher. In many other fields, such as law, medicine, computer science, a beginning worker may make more than a teacher who has taught for several years.

Teaching has never been a profession that attracted people interested in high salaries. It is by history a profession that has provided rewards in addition to money—the satisfaction of sharing knowledge, of influencing others, of guiding young people. But in the past several years, there are more difficulties in teaching, for many, than there are rewards.

Unruly(蛮横的)students, especially in big cities, large classes and a lack of support from the public in terms of money and understanding have led many public school teachers to leave the profession.

As a result, many of the best students, who would have chosen teaching as their life career in the past, are going into other fields.

Another reason for this change in teacher candidates is the changing status(地位)of women in the United States. Until the late 1960s and 1970s, one of the most popular choices for women was teaching. But as other professions, such as law and medicine opened up to women, women stopped pouring into teacher training programs. Thus, a major pool of excellent candidates for the teaching profession dwindled (减少;缩小).

Bit by bit government officials and others realized that the status of the teacher had suffered. They talked about change. But the change in a vast society like the United States is not easy. People’s attitudes have formed over many years, and sometimes change takes many years.

61. The underlined word “that” in Paragraph 1 refers to “_____________”.

A. money    B. job    C. secretary   D. truck driver

62. What is the present situation of the teaching?

A. Teachers work harder and get underpaid.

B. Teachers have no opportunities to work in other fields.

C. Teaching can attract best students to work as a teacher.

D. Teaching can provide rewards as well as high salaries.

63. Many public school teachers turn to other professions because _____________.

A. the government doesn’t financially support them

B. they have to work longer hours than a lawyer

C. their students refuse to listen to them

D. they are not fairly treated

B

Read the following reviews for movies that are showing at the moment. And then answer questions.

Happiness(Romance)★★★★

Happiness tells the story of two people(Lisa Turbot and Danny Roy)who work for different advertising companies. They talk on the phone all the time and don't like each other. But then they correspond by e-mail and fall in love. This movie will be very popular with teenagers and people who like romances. It also has beautiful music.

I Scream(Thriller)★★

In I Scream, Paul(Colin Jacks)is a young man who joins a thriller club. Each of the members tries to frighten the others. Paul is told to stay in an old house for the night. Everyone who has tried to stay in the house before has died. This movie is very frightening but also quite silly. It doesn't make sense for Paul to stay in the house when things start to go wrong. Only for people who like thrillers.

Paul's Heroes(Comedy)★★★

This is a very funny war movie set in World War Two. Six soldiers(including Sammy Turblow)have to get to Italy to take secret messages to the American army there. During the movie, they dress up as women and fight with Italian workers. You can guess the ending, but it's great fun getting there.

_____________(Drama)★★★★

This is a very good drama with Jack Ross, who plays a hard-working truck driver. His wife becomes ill and he has to find a doctor who can help her. In his travels he meets Dr. Lloyd(Phil Driver)who has found the cure for the illness, but Jack Ross has only twelve hours to get the medicine back to his wife on the other side of America. This is an excellent movie, which is very exciting.

64. Which of the four movies is the least popular with people?

A. The 1st one.      B. The 2nd one.        C. The 3rd one.      D. The 4th one.

65. The underlined word "correspond" can be replaced by _____________.

A. date        B. exchange         C. write        D. communicate

66. A thriller is most probably a film which tells something _____________.

A. frightening      B. instructive         C. humorous       D. interesting

67. Which of the following is the best title for the fourth film?

A. A Hard-working Truck Driver          B. Medicine

C. A Strange Illness                      D. Twelve Hours

C

Would you eat a ready meal from the fridge rather than cook by yourself? Have you been doing Internet shopping rather than going to the stores? What can't you be bothered to do?

A study into how lazy British people are has found more than half of the adults are so idle (懒散的) that they'd catch the lift rather than climb two flights of stairs.

Just over 2000 people were quizzed by independent researchers at Nuffield Health, Britain's largest health center. The results were extremely surprising.

About one in six people questioned said if their remote control was broken, they would continue watching the same channel rather than get up.

More than one third of those questioned said they would not run to catch a bus. Worryingly, of the 654 respondents with children, 64% said they were often too tired to play with them.

This led the report to conclude that it's no wonder that one in six children in the UK are classified as obese (very fat) before they start school.

Dr Sarah Dauncey, medical director of Nuffield Health, said, “People need to get fitter, not just for their own sake, but for the sake of their families, friends and evidently (明显地;显然) their pets too.”

“If we don't start to take control of this problem, a whole generation will become too unfit to perform even the most fundamental tasks.”

And Scotland's largest city, Glasgow, was shamed as the most idle city in the UK, with 75% questioned admitting they do not get enough exercise, followed closely by Birmingham and Southampton, both with 67%.

The results bring serious challenges for the National Health Service, where obesity-related illnesses such as heart disease  and cancer have been on a steady increase for the past 40 years and are costing billions of pounds every year.

68. How many people questioned don't play with their children?

A. 1280.    B. More than 333.  C. 654.    D. About 420.

69. The study leads us to believe that _____________.

A. the pets in the UK will be in trouble if their owners keep their way of life

B. Glasgow people feel ashamed because they don't get enough exercise

C. British people are the laziest around the world

D. five sixths of the British children are healthy

70. How does the author convince the readers?

A. By presenting the results of a study.   B. By providing answers to questions.

C. By interviewing some experts.    D. By telling a story.

71. What is the passage mainly about?

A. A study of British people's laziness.   B. A study of British people's lifestyles.

C. The health service in the UK.    D. The obesity problem in the UK.

D

James Blunt is one of the most popular singers in the UK. His first album, Back to Bedlam, and his number one hit, You’re Beautiful, brought him fame in 2005. His music is a mix of pop, rock and folk.

Blunt comes to China for the first time this month, he will hold two concerts, one in Beijing and one in Shanghai on April 18 and 19 respectively.

Blunt, 34, took an unusual path to stardom. His father was a soldier and so was his grandfather.

“The only music he heard growing up was Happy Birthday and Silent Night. His father considered all music, even classical, to be unnecessary noise,” reads Blunt’s official website.

Even though Blunt did not want to join the military, he eventually followed his father’s wishes, and served as a soldier in Kosovo on peacekeeping duty.

“Like any parents, mine wanted me to have a secure job with a regular wage and career prospects,” Blunt said. “And the one job my father knew of, that he’d had experience of himself, was the army, so he could help me in that direction.”

Blunt eventually became a Captain. One of his final duties in the army before retirement was carrying the coffin (棺材) at the funeral of the Queen Mother of England in 2002.

But Blunt couldn’t escape his love for music. So, after leaving the British Army he moved to Los Angeles and worked on his first album. While in LA, Blunt lived with the actress Carrie Fisher, who played the lead female role in the Star Wars movie. He recorded his song, Goodbye My Lover, in his bathroom, where he kept a piano.

Blunt took his new album back to England where it was not very successful. But he kept performing and eventually his song, You’re Beautiful, became a number one hit.

Now Blunt has won numerous awards, sold millions of records and dated super models.

But his greatest accomplishment might be that his father now enjoys music!

72. All of the following belong to Blunt EXCEPT _____________.

A. Back to Bedlam                   B. Silent Night

C. Goodbye My Lover                 D. You’re Beautiful

73. Which of the following proves “Blunt took an unusual path to stardom”?

A. Blunt was 34 when he became famous.

B. Blunt recorded his most famous song in a bathroom.

C. Blunt’s father wanted him to have a secure job.

D. Blunt began to pursue a career in music after military service.

74. We can infer from the passage that _____________.

A. Blunt is living in Los Angeles at present

B. Blunt rose to fame two years after he left the army

C. Blunt became successful immediately he recorded his first song

D. Blunt has changed his father’s attitude towards music

75. What is the passage mainly about?

A. Blunt’s visit to China.                B. Blunt’s military life.

C. How Blunt became famous.            D. How Blunt’s father fell in love with music.

第II卷(选做题，40分)

友情提醒：

本部分试卷分为A、B两类，同学们可以选做A、B两类中任何一类，但选择要统一，不可两类混做，多做或混做均不得分。

A类题

第四部分 单词拼写(共20小题, 每小题1分，满分20分)

76. The castle was once owned by the king, but now it lies in r__________.

77. To my great d__________, my son has passed all his exams.

78. The next day, US President Franklin Roosevelt d________ war against Japan.

79. The United Kingdom c__________ of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

80. I got i__________in the quarrel between Tom and Jack.

81. Government promises to _______(创造)more jobs for laid-off workers.

82. Humans ________(不同于) from other mammals in their ability to speak.

83. She is so ____________(特别的;挑剔的)about food that no cook can please her.

84. We should keep the __________(平衡) of nature.

85. We all hope that there’s no war and the people all over the world can live p___________ (和平地) side by side.

86. Apparently s__________ to criticism, the bull forgot all about the matador and charged at the drunk.

87. When the bull got close to him, he c__________ stepped aside to let it pass.

88. It is not only of immense size, but is extremely a__________ as well.

89. Following in his father’s f__________ many years later, Sir Malcolm’s son, Donald, also set up a world record.

90. Children who play t__________ from school are unimaginative.

91. The next car the boy stopped did not take him into the centre of Paris as he hoped it would, but to Perpignan on the French-Spanish __________(边界).

92. Dressed in dark glasses and old clothes, they had taken special __________(预防措施) so that no one should recognize them.

93. “Oh, is it?” said the sheriff with a __________(冷笑).

94. She __________(跺，踩) out the letters “SOS” in the snow.

95. It was not long before a helicopter arrived on the scene to rescue the __________(幸存者) of the plane crash.

第五部分 书面表达(满分20分)

在最近的一次主题为中学生课余时间上网的英语班会上，同学们对上网的利弊争论不休，意见不能统一。作为班长，请你根据下列信息，作总结性发言。

大多数同学 少数同学

1. 时间是自己的，提倡多上网 1. 上网可以，但必须限时

2. 网络使我们的交流方便，可获得国内外新知识及最新信息 2. 多数人上网是玩游戏、聊天而不是真正学习或查阅资料

3. 网络同时也丰富了学生的业余生活 3. 个别同学甚至沉迷网络游戏而逃学

要求： 1. 覆盖以上内容，可作适当发挥;

2. 发言的开头和结尾已给出(不计入总词数);

3. 词数：120左右。

Attention, please! I’m going to give you a summary of today’s discussion about whether we should go on line in our spare time.

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Thank you!