Contrary to the impression that grandmothers are delighted to help their grown daughters and care for their grandchildren, a study of multigenerational families shows that many older women hate the frequent demands that the younger generations make on their time and energy．

“Young women with children are under a lot of pressure these days, and they expect their mothers to help them pick up the pieces,” noted Dr．Bertram J．Cohler, a behavioral scientist at the University of Chicago．“This is often the strongest source of complaint on the part of Grandmother, who has finished with child caring and now has her own life to live．Grandmothers like to see their children and grandchildren, but on their own time．”

Dr．Cohler is director of a study, sponsored by the National Institute of Aging, of 150 workingclass families that live in a Midwestern suburb．He and Dr．Henry U．Gruebaum of Harvard Medical School, have already completed their study of four such families in New England．

Dr．Cohler tells of a middle-aged Boston woman who works as a cook all week and for her parish （教区） on Sundays．Every Saturday, her one day off, her daughter and family visit, expecting mother to make lunch, shop, and visit．“That's not how she wants to grow old,” said Dr．Cohler, who was told by the older woman, “My daughter would never speak to me if she knew how angry and unhappy I get．”

In all the four New England families studied, the older women disliked the numerous phone calls and visits from their grown daughters, who often turned to the mothers for advice, physical resources, love, and companionship as well as baby-sitting services．“American society keeps increasing the burdens for older people, particularly those in their 50s and 60s,” Dr．Cohler said in an interview here．“They're still working and they're taking care of their grown children and maybe also their aged parents．Sometimes life gets to be too much．”

67．Which of the following is closest in meaning to the expression “pick up the pieces” in the second paragraph?

       A．Save a bad situation．            B．Put children's toys in their proper places．

     C．Gather up pieces of clothing．      D．Keep the room in good order．

68．The middle-aged Boston woman ______．

     A．expects her mother to cook lunch for her

     B．enjoys the room in good order  

     C．visits an older woman every Saturday

     D．works six days a week

69．The passage is mainly about ______．

     A．young women's inability to look after their children

     B．Grandmothers' attitudes toward helping their grown daughters

     C．average American women's family life

     D．grandmother should give more help to their daughters

70．From Dr．Cohler's study we may reach the conclusion that ______．

     A．daughters should be independent of their old grandmothers

     B．grandmother should give more help to their daughters

     C．mothers and daughters should support each other

     D．daughters should be more considerate toward their mothers

第三节：  书面表达（满分30分）

假设你是学校英语演讲社团的成员。最近，你将参加一个名为“拯救汉语”的演讲活动。请根据下面的要点写一篇120词左右的英语演讲稿。

电脑的普及所带来的后果。

现在的年轻人和很多学生的表现。

你的建议。

  With the popularity of computers, ____________________________________

__________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________

He was asked to _______the facts just as he remembered them.

   A. set down        B. set out         C. set up        D. set about 

．Now natural disasters happen one after another, ______ warns man to treat nature kindly.

    A. it                      B. that                                 C. which                             D. as

Everything has been considerately prepared. It only ____ for the guests to come and enjoy the meal. 

A. leaves         B. seems          C. appears        D. remains

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16-35各题所给的四个选项中，选出最佳选项。并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

My 14-year-old son, John, and I spotted the coat at the same time. It was hanging at a (an) 36  clothing store. The coat had a black velvet collar, delightful tailoring, a Fifth Avenue label (标签) and a (an)  37  price of $ 28.

We looked at  38 , saying nothing,  39  John’s eyes shone. Dark, woolen topcoats were popular just then with  40 , but could  41  several hundred dollars now.

John  42  the coat. He turned from side to side, eyeing himself in the mirror with a serious, studied  43  that soon changed into a smile. The  44  was perfect. John wore the coat to school the next day and came home wearing a big smile. “How did the kids like your coat?” I asked. “They love it.” He said, carefully  45  it over the chair and smoothing it flat.

Over the next few weeks, the  46  came over John. Quiet, reasoned discussion was  47  argument. He became more thoughtful and eager to  48 . “Good dinner, Mum,” he would say every evening. One day when I suggested that he might start on homework before dinner, John said, “You are right, and I guess I will.”

When I  49  this to one of his teachers and remarked that I didn’t know  50  caused the changes, she said with laughter, “It must be his coat!” At the library, we  51  to meet a friend who had not seen our children for a long time. “ 52  this be John?” he asked, looking up to John’s new height, assessing the cut of his coat, and extending his hand, one gentleman to another.

John and I both knew we should never  53  a person’s clothes for the real person within them. But there is something to be said for  54  a standard of excellence for the world to see, for practicing standards of excellence in thought, speech and behavior, and for  55  what is on the inside with what is on the outside.

36. A. second-hand       B. expensive                C. big                          D. cheap

37. A. reasonable          B. unbelievable            C. special                     D. average

38. A. each other          B. one another              C. the other                  D. others

39. A. therefore            B. however                  C. but                          D. thus

40. A. adults                B. people                     C. parents                     D. teenagers

41. A. spend                 B. cost                         C. pay                         D. take

42. A. touched              B. buttoned                  C. held                        D. obtained

43. A. gesture               B. expression                C. attitude                   D. feeling

44. A. color                  B. price                        C. fit                            D. style

45. A. pressing              B. taking                      C. hanging                    D. folding

46. A. happiness            B. satisfaction               C. change                     D. generosity

47. A. because of          B. instead of                C. aware of                  D. full of

48. A. please                B. regret                       C. complain                 D. apologize

49. A. mentioned          B. wrote                      C. reported                   D. explained

50. A. when                 B. how 　　　　　　  C. what                       D. that

51. A. happened            B. came　　　　　     C. intended                   D. decided

52. A. Should               B. Would 　　　　　  C. Must                       D. Could

53. A. watch                B. judge 　　　　　    C. mistake                   D. consider

54. A. doing                 B. showing 　　　　   C. speaking                   D. wearing

55. A. comparing          B. connecting 　　　   C. combining               D. matching

This movie is very interesting. Besides giving people pleasure, the movie tells people that one does great things they think they can’t because of their own problems.

In the movie, Eliot, Sedgewick and George are three vegetable friends who work as waiters at Pirate (海盗) Times Dinner Theatre. They are not happy about their dirty and boring job, so they all day desire to have the day when they can give up their job and do something great like becoming stars in the pirate show. But with Elliot’s shyness, Sedgewick’s laziness and George’s lack of self-confidence, their dream may seem to be only a dream.

However, things will always change. Lucky things will also come to those good for nothing. One day a magic ball from the sky falls at their feet. It is a “Helpseeker (寻找助手)”, sent from another period and place to look for heroes. After watching the three friends carefully, it sets in motion (让……动起来) events that will send them back to the 17th century to go on a pirate adventure to rescue a royal family from a tyrant (暴君). They get rid of a lot of dangers and difficulties while rescuing the royal family. At last they defeat the tyrant and rescue the royal family. As a result, they become the most unlikely heroes you have ever seen. Through the experiences, the three friends find out that a hero doesn’t have to be strong, tall or smart and a vegetable can become a hero.

Which description about the three vegetable friends in the movie is wrong?

A. Elliot is shy.    B. Sedgewick is lazy.    C. George lacks self-confidence.  

 D. They are strong, tall and smart.

65. When working at Pirate Times Dinner Theatre, they think their job is ______.

A. exciting    B. interesting    C. dull    D. lovely

66.  According to the last paragraph, we know the three vegetable friends ______.

A. are sent back to the 19th century    B. go on a pirate adventure to rescue a tyrant

C. manage to overcome many dangers and difficulties while rescuing the royal family

D. are unlikely heroes

阅读下列材料，从所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出符合各53--56小题的最佳选项。

    The people below are all trying to choose which TV programme to watch.  After the description of these people, there is information about six TV programmes A-F. Decide which programme would be most suitable for the person mentioned in questions 58-61and then mark the correct letter (A-F) on your answer sheet. There is one extra paragraph about one programme which you do not need to use.

____53. Although Rob lead a quiet life in a small village, that doesn’t stop him from wanting to find out about the latest scientific development.

____54. Bella enjoys eating out but can’t afford to spend very much at the moment as she is saving for a holiday. She has never learnt how to cook, so now might be quite a good time to find out！

____55. Dan is interested in taking wildlife photographs and enjoys the kind of programme  which gives him a chance to see a professional photographer at work.

____56. Gina is a music teacher. Although she prefers classical music, she likes to follow the kind of music that interests the teenagers she teaches.               

 TODAYS  TELEVISION  PROGRAMME  PREVIEW

A. TV1 7:20 p.m. Find out more about Australia’s animal life. This film was made last year by one of

Australia’s best-known cameramen,  Dougie Bond. He spent over 200 hours filming the birds,

animals and fish that inhabit this beautiful continent and for the first time brings some of these

unusual animals to our TV screens.

B. TV3 9:00p.m. The popular science programme is back with the latest in technology and medicine.

 This week, cars that run on sunlight and the story of one baby’s fight to live.

C. TV3  8:45p.m. If you’ve always wanted to cook, now’s your chance to learn. In the studio are two

chefs who will take you through some simple recipes step by step. This is a repeat of the popular

series shown last year, and available from good bookshops.

D. TV3 7:40p.m. The latest new music. Pete Hogg looks at the best of the current rap, raga and new

jack swing plus new video releases. This is the programme that tells you all about what’s happening

on the music scene and brings you interviews with tomorrow’s young artists.

When my family moved to America from a small village in Guangdong, China, we brought not only our luggage, but also our village rules, customs and culture. One of the rules is that young people should always respect elders. Unluckily, this rule led to my very first embarrassment in the United States.

I had a part-time job as a waiter in a Chinese restaurant. One time, when I was serving food to a middle-aged couple, the wife asked me how the food could be served so quickly. I told her that I had made sure they got their food quickly because I always respect the elderly. As soon as I said that, her face showed great displeasure. My manager, who happened to hear what I said, took me aside and gave me a long lecture about how sensitive(敏感) Americans are and how they dislike the description “old”. I then walked back to the table and apologized to the wife. After the couple heard my reason, they understood that the problem was caused by cultural differences, so they laughed and were no longer angry.

In my village in China, people are proud of being old. Not so many people live to be seventy or eighty, and people who reach such an age have the most knowledge and experience. Young people always respect older people because they know they can learn from their rich experience.

However, in the United States, people think “growing old” is a problem since “old” shows that a person is going to retire or that the body is not working well. Here many people try to keep themselves away from growing old by doing exercises or jogging, and women put on makeup, hoping to look young. When I told the couple in the restaurant that I respect the elderly, they got angry because this caused them to feel they had failed to stay young. I had told them something they didn’t want to hear.

After that, I changed the way I had been with older people. It is not that I don’t respect them any more; I still respect them, but now I don’t show my feelings through words.

Jack brought the couple their food very fast because        .

A．the manager asked him to do so

B．he respected the elderly

C．the couple wanted him to do so

D．he wanted more pay

When Jack called the couple “elderly”, they became        .

A．nervous                                                     B．satisfied

C．unhappy                                                    D．excited

In Jack’s hometown,        .

A．people dislike being called “old”

B．people are proud of being old

C．many people reach the age of seventy or eighty

D．the elderly are the first to get food in restaurants

After this experience, Jack        .

A．lost his job in the restaurant   

B．made friends with the couple

C．no longer respected the elderly

D．changed his way with older people

Which of the following is TRUE?

A．The more Jack explained, the angrier the couple got.

B．Jack wanted to show his feelings through words after his experience.

C．The manager went back to the table and apologized to the couple.

D．From this experience, Jack learned more about American culture.

 It suddenly_____ to me that I could use a computer to do the job.

A. erupted     B. caused     C. occurred     D. happened