_______, and the problem will be straightened out.

      A. There being a little effort         B. Having a little effort  

C. If you have a bit more effort        D. A bit more effort

    In a family where the roles of men and women are not sharply separated and where many household tasks are shared to a greater or lesser extent, notions (观念) of male superiority are hard to maintain.

    The pattern of sharing in tasks and in decisions makes for equality, and this in turn leads to further sharing. In such a home, the growing boy and girl learn to accept that equality more easily than their parents did and to prepare more fully for participation in a world characterized by cooperation rather than by the “battle of the sexes”.

    If the process goes too far and man's role is regarded as less important and that has happened in some cases 一 we are as badly off as before, only in reverse.

    It is time to reassess (重新确定) the role of the man in the American family. We are getting a little tired of“Momism” 一 but we don't want to exchange it for a “neopopism”. What we need, rather, is the recognition that bringing up children involves a partnership of equals. There are signs that psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers, and specialists on the family are becoming more aware of the part men play and that they have decided that women should not receive all the credits 一 nor all the blame. We have almost given up saying that a woman's place is in the home. We are beginning, however, to analyze man's place in the home and to insist that he does have a place in it. Nor is that place irrelevant(不相关的 ) to the healthy development of the child.

   The family is a cooperative enterprise for which it is difficult to lay down rules, because each family needs to work out its own way for solving its own problems.

   Excessive authoritarianism (权力主义 ) has unhappy consequences, whether it wears skirts or trousers, and the ideal of equal rights and equal responsibilities is pertinent (有关系的 ) not only to a healthy democracy (民主 ) but also to a healthy family.

73. Sharing the tasks and decisions in the home leads to        

   A. A masculine (男子气的) women   B. inequality    C. effeminate men  D. further sharing

74. The danger in the sharing of the household tasks by the mother and father is that __

     A. the role of the father may become an inferior (次要的) one

     B. the role of the mother may become an inferior one

     C. the children will grow up believing that life is a battle of the sexes

     D. the father will be less capable in his profession

75. The author states that bringing up children        

     A. is primarily the mother' s job             B. belongs among the duties of the father

     C. belongs to the one who is free more often    D. involves partnership of equals

_______ my opinion, that job is       for a girl of ten.

A. In; too much      B. In; much too      C. By; too many      D. By; many too

   .It is reported that two schools,_______fell into ruins in the earthquake, are being rebuilt and will be open next term.

     A.they both   B.both of which    C.which both  D.both of them

第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36—55各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。

Our area was just a few miles from the largest wildfire in Colorado’s history. We were on “evacuation alert (疏散警报)”. If we got the  36  to evacuate, we would have to leave immediately.

We  37 suitcases with some clothes and set them by the door. We didn’t 38  these things were valuable, but time was. We moved the computers, with which I wrote for newspapers and made a  39 . We took family pictures off the  40  and packed them in boxes.

Then we took a hard look at all that  41 . There was a lamp that belonged to my great grandmother. It was a  42  to my family. And there was the piano my wife Bev  43  to play when she was a little girl. Not of great  44  in itself, but another family connection.

The thought of  45  something passed down from our families saddened me deeply, 46  I’d never been much attached to things. It’s about what they  47  －family and love. They each had a(n)  48  to tell, and some of them spoke in the  49  of our parents and grandparents.

The fire  50  reached our home. We were lucky. And though I felt grateful that all was 51 , I also realized just how fortunate I had been  52  . I saw just how rich my life had been. Someone  53  said, “There are people so poor that the only thing they have is money.” And now I  54 . I was indeed rich. I was rich in family, rich in memories, rich in everything that really  55 .

I wonder if there is any other kind of wealth worth seeking.

36．A．answer    B．call       C．chance          D．task

37．A．sold      B．bought    C．searched         D．packed

38．A．worry      B．care        C．think       D．doubt

39．A．mark      B．living      C．sign        D．plan

40．A．walls      B．ceilings  C．windows        D．albums

41．A．left         B．burnt      C．remained        D．unmoved

42．A．present    B．connection     C．symbol          D．treasure

43．A．learned          B．agreed   C．forgot     D．refused

44．A．quality    B．taste        C．value      D．sense

45．A．knocking out   B．picking out     C．giving away    D．leaving behind

46．A．but         B．unless     C．even though          D．or

47．A．contained      B．included   C．represented   D．gathered

48．A．idea      B．lie          C．right       D．story

49．A．sounds          B．voices   C．speeds   D．feelings

50．A．never     B．once       C．seldom          D．finally

51．A．returned        B．spared     C．stopped         D．found

52．A．in another way       B．in return         C．at last      D．at most

53．A．curiously        B．accidentally          C．wisely     D．coldly

54．A．promised       B．knew      C．announced     D．thanked

55．A．affects    B．desires    C．helps       D．counts

Giving Back

Fair Way

The Westborough High School golf team had taken the official photos with the state prize. The other teams, disappointed, were on the bus heading home. And then Westborough instructor Greg Rota noticed something wrong x>n one of the score cards. A 9 had been recorded as a 7. They were not the state prize winner; Wobum High had won. "No one would have known," said Wobum's instructor, Bob Doran. For Rota, it wasn't a difficult decision: "The prize wasn't ours to take."

Coin Stars

"College students are lazy, but they also want to help," says University of Pennsylvania graduate Dana Hork. So she made it easy, placing cups in rooms where students could leave their spare coins, and handing out cups to first-year students to keep in their rooms. Her " Change for Change" effort has collected $40,000 for charities 慈善机构) , which were decided upon by students.

Never Forgotten

A school in Massachusetts received a $ 9.5 million check from Jacques LeBermuth. But it took offi??cials several days of digging to discover his connection to the school. Records showed the LeBermuth came from Belgium and studied in the school in the 1920s. When his family fell on hard times, he was offered free room and board. LeBermuth became a trader, owned shares of AT&T and lived off the earnings until he died, at age 89.

46. What did Greg Rota probably do in the end?

A. Took photos of Doran.

B. Had a meeting with Doran.

C. Returned the prize to the organizer.

D. Apologized to Wobum High School.

47. Greg Rota's decision shows that he was _______.

A. honest            B. polite           C. careful              D. friendly

48. The underlined word "Change" in the second paragraph means _______.

A. Idea             B. Decision        C. Cups               D. Coins

49. What did the school officials do after receiving the check from Mr. LeBermuth?

A. They tried to find out why he gave them the money.

B. They went to Belgium to pay their respects to him.

C. They dug out the records that were buried underground.

D. They decided to offer their students free room and board.

50. Jacques LeBermuth gave the money to the school because _______.

A. the school asked for it                

B. he had no need for that much money

C. the school had helped him in the past   

D. he wanted to be remembered by the students

第二部分  阅读理解

（共25小题；第一节每小题2分，第二节每小题1分，满分45分）

第一节  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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

After lunch,I walked back home. I was just to cross the street when I heard the sound of a coin dropping. It wasn’t much but,as I turned, my eyes caught the heads of several other people turning too. A woman had dropped what appeared to be a dime.

The tinkling sound of a coin dropping on pavement is an attention-getter．It Can be nothing more than a penny．Whatever the coin is，no one ignores the sound of it．It got me thinking about sounds again．We are surrounded by so many sounds that attract the most attention．

People in New York City seldom turn to look when a fire engine，a police car or an ambulance comes screaming along the street．When I’m in New York，I’m a New Yorker．I don’t turn either．Like the natives，I hardly hear a siren(警报)there．

However，at home in my little town in Connecticut，it’s different．The distant sound of a police car, all emergency vehicle or a fire siren brings me to my feet if I’m seated and brings me to the window if I’m in bed．It’s the quietest sounds that have most effect on us．not the loudest．In the middle of the night, I can hear a dripping tap a hundred yards away thigh three closed doors．I’ve been hearing little creaking noises and sounds which my imaginnation turns into footsteps in the middle of the night for twenty-five years in our house．How come I never hear those sounds in the daytime?

I’m quite clear in my mind what the good sounds are and what the bad sounds are,I’ve turned against whistling，for instance：I used to think of it as the mark of a happy worker but lately I’ve been associating the whistler with a nervous person making unconscious noises．The tapping，tapping，tapping of my typewriter as the keys hit the paper is a lovely sound to me．I often like the sound of what I write better than the looks of it．

41．The sound of a coin dropping makes people          ．

  A．think of money    B．look at each other

  C．pay attention to it    D．stop crossing the street

42．The author dislikes whistling because          ．

  A．he has got tired of it    B．it reminds him of tense people

  C．he used to be happier D．he doesn’t like workers

43. What kind of sound does the author find pleasant?

  A．Tapping sound of his typewriter．    B．Clinking sound of keys．

  C．Tinkling sound of a coin dropping．D．Creaking sound of footsteps．

44．How does the author feel about sounds in general?

  A．They make him feel al home．      B．He thinks they should be ignored．

  C．He prefers silence to loud noises．D．He believes they ale part of our life．

       A new study by a Penn State College of Medicine research team found that honey is a better and safer treatment for children than cough medicines.   

       Ian Paul, the study’s lead researcher, was motivated to test honey because treating coughs in children has recently become a sticky subject. Coughing is the body’s way of clearing irritated (受刺激的) airways to help you breathe. But too much coughing can irritate your lungs and throat even more. It can also make it tough to get the sleep your body needs to heal. Hoping to ease the suffering of their children, parents often give them cough medicines.  

       But there have never been any good studies showing that they work. Cough and cold medicines may also cause serious side effects. Hundreds of kids die in the hospital each year after receiving too much cough medicine by mistake. Last October, the US Food and Drug Administration suggested that parents should not give cough medicines to children under 6.

       In order to search for a different solution, Paul designed a study that involved 105 kids who were sick with coughs and other cold conditions. At bedtime, the kids took buckwheat (荞麦) honey, honey-flavored (蜂蜜味的) DM (one of the most common ingredients in cough medicines), or no treatment. Parents and kids in the no-

-treatment group knew they weren’t getting anything, but the other two groups weren’t told which treatment they were getting.

       The surveys showed that kids who swallowed about 2 teaspoons of buckwheat honey before bedtime coughed less and slept better than kids in the other groups. “When parents want something for their kids to take,” Paul says, “honey seems like the best option”.

       But what gives honey its healing power? Substances called antioxidants (抗氧化剂) may be part of the answer. All honey contains antioxidants that protect our cells from damage. Studies show that antioxidant levels in the body rise after someone swallows honey.

68. Which of the following can be the best title for this passage?

A. No cough medicines to children    

B. Sweet solution to kids’ coughing

C. Best treatment for your cold    

D. Cough medicines don’t work  

69. We can learn from Paragraph 2 that coughing ______.

A. sometimes does good to people 

B. can cure lung and throat diseases

C. is more harmful to children  

D. helps improve children’s diet   

70. During Paul’s experiment, the kids who received treatment ______.

A. seemed much worse than before 

B. knew they weren’t getting anything 

C. coughed less and slept better

D. had no idea what they swallowed

第三部分：书面表达: （满分25分）

假如你的网友John即将外出旅行，请你根据以下提示，用英语给他写封电子邮件，向他介绍你对旅游的看法并提醒他旅行注意事项。

1. 旅游是一种非常好的活动。当你累了或有空的时候，到外地走走。欣赏美景，呼吸

新鲜空气，交朋友，放松身心，忘记疲劳，有益健康。

2. 旅行前的准备。了解天气，带好衣服、相机、常用药品等。

3. 旅行时注意饮食卫生和安全，防止小偷。

要求：1、行文连贯，不得逐句翻译；

         2、词数：120词左右

Dear John,

    I am glad to hear that you are going to travel. Now I’d like to share my view on traveling with you.

   __________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________

Yours,

Ren Jin

 ---Would you like to go to the concert with me, Mary?

--- I have got no interest in it; ____, I have lots of homework to do.

A. otherwise  B. besides  C. however  D. therefore