．The judge made the final decision after listening to the opinions of each party_________.

       A．involved   B．to be involved  C．involving  D．having involved

We rushed to the football court, only to see a sign _____ into the ground reading PERIODIC MAINTENANCE (定期维修).

       A． knocked  B． knocking    C． to be knocked       D． being knocked

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Seventeen-year-old Rivertown teenager, John Janson, was honoured at the Lifesaver Awards last night for carrying out lifesaving first aid on his neighbour after a shocking knife  36 .

John was presented with his award at a ceremony(仪式) which recognized the  37  of ten people who have saved the life of  38  person.

John had been studying in his room when he heard  39 . When he and his father rushed outside, they  40  that Anne Slade, mother of three, had been stabbed  41  with a knife by her ex-boyfriend. The man ran from the  42  and left Ms Slade lying in her front garden  43 very heavily. Her hands had almost been cut from her body.

It was John’s quick  44  and knowledge of first aid that saved Ms Slade’s life. He immediately asked a number of  45  people for bandages, but when nobody could put their hands on any, his father got some tea towels(毛巾) and  46  from their house. John used these to dress the most severe  47  to ms Slade’s hands. He slowed the bleeding by applying pressure to the wounds until the  48  and ambulance arrived.

“I’m  49  of what I did but I was just doing what I had been  50 ,” John said.

John had taken part in the Young Lifesaver Scheme at his high school. When  51  John. Mr Alan Southerton, Director of the Young Lifesaver Scheme said, “There is no doubt that John’s quick thinking and the first aid  52  that he learnt at school saved Ms Slade’s life. This shows that a simple knowledge of first aid can make a real  53 .”

John and nine other Life Savers also attended a  54  reception yesterday hosted by the Prime Minister before  55  their awards last night.

36.A. show                 B. attack                    C. fight                      D. defend

37.A. bravery             B. courage                  C. achievements           D. progress

38.A. any other           B. another                   C. the other                 D. others

39.A. quarrelling                B. arguing                  C. shouting                 D. screaming

40.A. realized              B. believed                  C. thought                   D. discovered

41.A. repeatedly         B. rudely                    C. frequently               D. gradually

42.A. home                 B. place                      C. scene                      D. garden

43.A. shaking              B. struggling               C. bleeding                 D. crying

44.A. action                       B. operation                       C. experience              D. request

45.A. several               B. nearby                    C. familiar                  D. curious

46.A. water                 B. tape                        C. instrument              D. luggage

47.A. damages             B. pains                      C. injuries                   D. cuts

48.A. neighbours                B. children                   C. doctor                    D. police

49. A. proud               B. fond                     C. sure                        D. tired

50.A. expected            B. taught                     C. encouraged             D. educated

51.A. praising             B. referring to             C. talking with            D. congratulating

52.A. skills                 B. instructions             C. treatments                D. methods

53.A. discovery           B. contribution            C. difference               D. choice

54.A. recent                       B. public                     C. private                    D. special

55.A. giving                B. remembering           C. announcing             D. receiving

    Vincent Van Gogh was not always an artist. In fact, he wanted to be a church minister and was even sent to the Belgian mining community of Borinage in 1879. He discovered that the miners there endured terrible working conditions and poverty-level wages. Their families were skin-and-bone and struggled simply to survive. He felt concerned that the small pay he received from the church allowed him a reasonable lifestyle, which, in contrast, seemed to him unfair.

    One cold February evening, while he watched the miners trudging home, he spotted an old man staggering toward him across the fields, wrapped in a burlap(粗麻布) bag for warmth. Van Gogh laid his own clothing out on the bed, set aside enough for one change, and decided to give the rest away. He gave the old man a suit of clothes and he gave his overcoat to a pregnant woman whose husband had been killed in a cave-in.

    He lived on starvation food and spent his salary on food for the miners. When children in one family caught typhoid fever, though feverish himself, he packed up his bed and took it to them.

    A wealthy family in the community offered him free room and board, Van Gogh declined the offer, stating that it was the final temptation (诱惑) he must reject if he was to faithfully serve his community of poor miners. He believed that if he wanted them to trust him, he must become one of them. And if they were to learn of the love of God through him, he must love them enough to share with them.

    He was acutely aware of the big difference between words and actions. He knew that our lives always speak louder and clearer than our words. Maybe that is why Francis of Assisi often said to his monks, “Wherever you go, preach(讲道). Use words if necessary.”

    Others are “listening” carefully to your actions. What are you saying to them?

1. We can infer form the passage ____________.

A. our lives always speak louder and clearer than our words

B. the miners there worked under excellent working conditions

C. the ministers lived a much better and easier life than the miners at the time

D. Van Gogh himself offered to work in the Belgian mining community of Borinage in 1879.

2. What does the underlined word “trudging” in the second paragraph mean?

A. Moving very quickly               B. Moving with quick light steps

C. Walking slowly for pleasure.         D. Walking with slow heavy steps.

3. According to the passage, which of the following words can best describe Van Gogh?

A. Ambitious and aggressive.          B. Considerate and sympathetic

C. Greedy and selfish.                D. Determined and grateful

4. What does the last paragraph want to tell us?

A. Use words if necessary             B. Actions speak louder than words

C. Rome was not built in a day.         D. Where there is a will there is a way.

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第四部分：写作（共两节，满分35分）

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Educating girls quite possibly harvests a higher rate of return than any other investment available in the developing world. Women’s education may be all unusual field for economists(经济学家), but increasing women’s contribution to development is actually as much an economic as a social issue.  And economics, with its focus on incentives(鼓励),provides an explanation for why so many girls are deprived of(剥夺) an education.

Parents in low-income countries fail to invest in their daughters because they do not expect them to  make an economic contribution to the family: girls grow up only to marry into somebody else’s family and bear children. Girls are thus seen as less valuable than boys and are kept at home to do housework while their brothers are sent to school — the prophecy(预言) becomes self-fulfilling, trapping women in avicious circle(恶性循环) of neglect.

An educated mother, on the other hand, has greater earning abilities outside the home and faces an entirely different set of choices. She is likely to have fewer but healthier children and can insist on the development of all her children, ensuring that her daughters are given a fair chance. The education of her daughters then makes it much more likely that the next generation of girls, as well as of boys, will be educated and healthy. The vicious circle is thus transformed into a virtuous circle.

Few will argue that educating women has great social benefits. But it has enormous economic  advant-ages as well. Most obviously, there is the direct effect of education on the wages of female workers.  Wages rise by 10 to 20 percent for each additional year of schooling. Such big returns are impressive by the standard of other available investments, but they are just the beginning. Educating women also has a significant impact on health practices, including family planning.

Topic: The significance of female ______76_____ in developing countries

. The earthquake in Haiti and the suffering ____ leads to have great influence on the people there.

A. what   B. that  C. which   D. it

We should make full use of whatever happens to us．There is always____ to learn from every experience.

 A．nothing    B．anything  C．something    D．everything

-- Would you please pass me the book, Jack?

---_______. Here you are.

A. It’m my pleasure  B.That’s right        C. With pleasure D. Never mind

I was greatly ______ at how he worked out the ______ problem in a creative way.

   A. amazed; confused                                          B. amazing; confusing

   C. amazed; confusing                                  D. amazing; confused

Greatly ______, the students made up their minds to work at English even harder.

A. inspiring          B. inspired C. having inspired     D. to inspire