—How did you ________ with that idea?

　    —I read a book. 　　

       A．come up　　 B．take off 　　   C．run over　　   D．make up

Finally they arrived at a place ________ sold cigarettes and other small articles.

    A．where       B．which        C．in which       D．what

Fifty years from now the world’s population will be declining, with no end in sight. Unless people’s values change greatly, several centuries from now there could be fewer people living in the entire world than live in the United States today. The big surprise of the past twenty years is that in not one country did fertility (生育能力) stop falling when it reached the replacement rate（出生率）—2.1 children per woman. In Italy, for example, the rate has fallen to 1.2. In Western Europe as a whole and in Japan it is down to 1.5. The evidence now indicates that within fifty years or so world population will peak at about eight billion before starting a fairly rapid decline.

Because in the past two centuries world population has increased from one billion to nearly six billion, many people still fear that it will keep “exploding” until there are too many people for the earth to support. But that is like fearing that your baby will grow to 1,000 pounds because its weight doubles three times in its first seven years. World population was growing by two percent a year in the 1960s; the rate is now down to one percent a year, and if the patterns of the past century don’t change completely, it will head into negative numbers. This view is coming to be widely accepted among population experts, even as the public continues to focus on the threat of uncontrolled population growth.

As long ago as September of 1974 Scientific American published a special issue on population that described what demographers (人口统计学家) had begun calling the “demographic transition” from traditional high rates of birth and death to the low ones of modern society. The experts believed that birth and death rates would be more or less equal in the future, as they had been in the past, keeping total population stable after a level of 10-12 billion people was reached during the transition.

56. Which of the following statement is NOT true according to the passage?

A. The world’s population in the future will be reducing endlessly.

B. When the earth population reaches 8 billion, it will see a rapid decrease.

C. In modern society the birth and death rates will be more or less equal in the future.

D. The public now pay little attention to the threat of uncontrolled population growth.

57. What’s reason for the sharp increase of world population in the past two centuries?

A. Because people fear that the world will explode.

B. Because the world’s replacement rate keeps falling.

C. Because people’s values has greatly changed.

D. The passage doesn't mention it.

58. The expression “demographic transition” (Paragraph 3) probably means _______.

A. high death rate to the low one

B. high birth rate to the low one

C. high rates of birth and death to the low ones

D. low rates of birth and death to the high ones

59. We can learn from the passage that _______.

A. in the near future there will be a rapid decline of the world population

B. the birth and death rates of modern society will be unequal in the future

C. there would be the same population living in the world than it in the US today

D. in Western Europe the replacement rate has declined to a negative number

回答问题（共3小题；每小题2分，满分6分）

阅读下面短文，根据第53至第55小题的具体要求，简要回答问题。

BEIJING, May 5(Xinhua) —The number of Chinese children infected with hand-foot-mouth disease (HFMD) continues to rise, with reported cases reaching 9,251 by Monday.

      The latest HFMD infections occurred in the southwestern Chongqing Municipality which reported 42 sporadic(零星的) cases since Thursday.

      "No fatal or critical cases have been reported in Chongqing so far," said Liu Kejia, vice director of Chongqing Health Bureau. "The disease prevention and control center has sampled some cases and no enterovirus 71 has been confirmed."

      Beijing has recorded at least 1,482 cases of the disease in all the 18 districts in the city until Monday, of which 818 were reported in kindergartens. The neighboring Hebei Province reported 206 cases on Monday.

      Altogether 25 children have died of the disease. Tests have confirmed 24 of the deaths were triggered by the virus known as enterovirus 71 or EV71.

      According to the Guidelines Regarding Prevention and Control of HFMD published on the Ministry of Health website, HFMD can be caused by a host of intestinal(肠的) viruses, but EV71 and the Coxsackievirus (Cox A 16) were the most common.

      Anhui Province, in east China, and Guangdong Province, south China were the worst hit areas. Twenty-two of the deaths occurred in Fuyang, a city in northwestern Anhui, and the rest in Guangdong.

      Outbreaks have also occurred in Jiangsu, Hunan, Hubei provinces, according to statistics released by local health departments.

      In Anhui alone, 622 new cases were reported on Saturday, including 362 in Fuyang, driving up the number of children with HFMD to 5,151 in Anhui.

      Guangdong registered 925 cases as of Sunday.

      Both EV71 and Cox A16 can cause HFMD, which usually starts with a slight fever followed by blisters and ulcers(溃疡) in the mouth and rashes(皮疹) on the hands and feet.

      Those sickened by EV71 often show serious symptoms. It can also lead to meningitis, encephalitis, pulmonary edema and paralysis in some children. There is no vaccine.

      The Health Ministry issued a circular(通告) late last month requiring better management and surveillance of the disease, as it expects more cases in the next few months.

      The ministry asked hospitals for daily reports on the disease, and for local health departments to report emergencies promptly and increase investment in research into the disease.

53. How many deaths occurred in Guangdong Province according to the passage?

54. Which place was seriously infected as it is reported?

55. Why are children so easily infected?

China Daily Oct．11, 2008——The Ministry of Health has called for more awareness from the public on the mental health of the young, as part of efforts to mark World Mental Health Day which fell on Friday．

More than 15 percent of Chinese youths have been found with mental problems, and about 30 million young people under 17 are suffering from depression, the Shanghai-based Wenhui Daily reported．The World Health Organization estimates that before 2020, the rate of children with mental problems will increase to 50 percent, and mental problem will become a major factor behind deaths and illness in the young worldwide．

Deng Xiaohong, the spokesperson for the Beijing Municipal Health Bureau, said rapid social changes is one of the reasons behind the rising number of youngsters with psychological problems．If these mental diseases are not addressed on time, occurrence of crimes, drug-taking and other dangerous behaviors are expected to rise．Experts said mental diseases could be caused by many factors, such as the inability to handle interpersonal relations well, unstable emotions and pressures from an overload of studies．A number of experts have also said the one-child policy is another reason leading to poor mental health in the young．Children are said to be too “spoiled” and “selfish” in a one-child family．

It’s reported that schools in many cities are rolling out measures to help students maintain their mental well-being．Yin Jingmiao, a teacher of the Beijing NO．105 Middle School, told China Daily that the school invites psychologists to provide counseling to students three times a month．“Students can be arranged to have 40-minute counseling sessions,” Yin said．The school also gives lectures on mental health to senior grade students before they take the national college entrance exams to help ease any anxiety arising from the tests．

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

A．Efforts to Mark World Mental Health Day

B．Seriousness of Youngsters’ Mental Health Problems

C．How to Maintain Mental Well-being

D．Public Awareness on Youngsters’ Mental Diseases Expected

61．The writer intends to tell us in the second paragraph that _______．

A．mental health problems of the young are becoming a popular problem

B．only young people are suffering from mental health problems

C．mental problems will become as serious as deaths and illness

D．the rate of children with mental problems will increase to 50 percent

62．Which could be the consequence if the problem is left untreated?

A．Inability to handle interpersonal relations.

B．Unstable emotions.

C．Drug-taking and other dangerous behaviors.

D．Rapid social changes.

63．Why is Beijing NO. 105 Middle School mentioned in the passage?

A．To provide the students with counseling sessions.

B．To give an example showing how mental problems are dealt with.

C．To help ease the anxiety arising from college entrance exams.

D．To call on other schools to learn from No. 105 Middle School.

Sam、David、Elisa、Ezra和Terry想通过选修某一门课程解决各自的问题。阅读下面六门选修课程的介绍（A、B、C、D、E和F），选出可以解答各自疑问的最佳选项。选项中有一项是多余选项。

Sam: How can I develop the characters so as to make my story interesting?

David: When writing an essay, how can I make my points in a more organized manner?

Elisa: When I deliver a speech, how can I attract and hold the attention of the audience?

Ezra: How is our knowledge of the world formed in early childhood?

Terry: My English vocabulary is limited. How can I enlarge it more effectively?

— I’d like to fix an appointment with the director. Would nine tomorrow morning be all right?

— ________. He’s got rather a full day tomorrow.

A. I’m afraid not                                                                        B. Never mind                   

C. It doesn’t matter                                                          D. Don’t mention it

We all hoped the concert will be like a part _______everyone enjoys themselves.

A. on which             B.when                C.what         D.where 

32．Is this the restaurant ___________ ?

     A．which you work                     B．in which you work

     C．for which you work                  D．where you work in

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，从每小题所给的四个选项A、B、C、D中，选出最

佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A．

Each Indian tribe had a different language. Many Indians never learned any language except their own. Do you know how Indians from different tribes talked to each other? They had two ways to talk without sound． One way was by sign language; the other way by signals.

Sign language is a way of talking by using signs. Indians used sign language when they met strangers. In this way, they could find out whether the stranger was a friend or an enemy. In the Indian sign language, signs were made with the hands. One sign meant “man”. Another meant “horse”. To tell the time of day when something happened, an Indian pointed to the sky. He showed where the sun had been at the time.

Indians usually used signals when they wanted to send messages to someone far away. To make signals, an Indian might use a pony. He might use a blanket. Or he might use smoke, a mirror or fire arrows.

To signal that he had seen many animals, an Indian rode his pony in a large circle. Sometimes the Indian gave a signal like this and then went away to hide. This meant that there was danger.

The blanket signal was visible from far away. An Indian held the corners of a blanket in his hands. Then he began to swing the blanket from side to side in front of him. An Indian could send many different signals with his blanket.

He could also send many signals with a mirror. He usually used the mirror to warn someone of danger. Or he attempted to get the attention of a person far away. But he also used it to send messages in code. Of course, mirrors could be used only when the sun was shining. At night, Indians used fire arrows for signaling.

   An Indian also sent signals with smoke. He made a small fire of dry wood． Then he put grass or green branches on it. He held a blanket over the fire for a minute. When he removed the blanket from the fire, there was a cloud of smoke. The number of clouds of smoke told his message in code.

Now you can see that Indians didn’t need to learn each other’s language. They could talk to one another by using signals or sign language.

41． The whole text is mainly about _______.

       A． different tribes have different languages

       B． the Indians had many kinds of languages

       C． how Indians communicated between different tribes

       D． why the Indians used many languages

42． An Indian used a mirror to do all the followings EXCEPT _______.

       A． send messages in code 

       B． get the attention of someone in the distance

       C． warn someone of danger

       D． to tell a friend from an enemy

43． Sign language is _______.