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 I don’t want to be a person that always cries , but today apparently________.

A. I am       B, I will         C. I have     D, I did

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第三部分：阅读理解（共20小题，每题2分，满分40分）

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。

Watching television more than two hours a day early in life can lead to attention problems later in adolescence, according to a study released on Tuesday.

      The roughly 40 percent increase in attention problems among heavy TV viewers was observed in both boys and girls. The link was established by a long-term study of the habits and behaviors of more than 1,000 children born in Dunedin, New Zealand, between April 1972 and March 1973.

      The children aged 5 to 11 watched an average of 2.05 hours of weekday television. From age 13 to 15, time spent in front of the tube rose to an average of 3.1 hours a day.

      "Those who watched more than two hours, and particularly those who watched more than three hours, of television per day during childhood had above-average symptoms（症状） of attention problems in adolescence," Carl Landhuis of the University of Otago in Dunedin wrote in his report, published in the journal Pediatrics.

      Young children who watched a lot of television were more likely to continue the habit as they got older, but even if they did not the damage was done, the report said.

      "This suggests that the effects of childhood viewing on attention may be long lasting," Landhuis wrote.

      Landhuis offered several possible explanations for the relations.

      One was that the rapid scene changes common to many TV programs may over stimulate（刺激）the developing brain of a young child, and could make reality seem boring by comparison. "Hence, children who watch a lot of television may become less patient of slower-paced and more mundane（世俗） tasks, such as school work," he wrote.

      It was also possible that TV viewing may take the place of other activities that promote concentration, such as reading, games, sports and play, he said.

      Previous studies have linked the forever habit of TV watching among children to obesity and so on, and another study in the same journal referred to the poor nutritional content of the overwhelming majority of food products advertised on the top-rated US. children's television shows.

      Up to 98 percent of the TV ads promoting food products that were directed at children aged 2 through 11 "were high in either fat, sugar, or sodium," wrote Lisa Powell of the University of Illinois in Chicago.

56. The recent survey shows that _________.

A. watching TV can cause all kinds of diseases for children

B. TV sets have played an important part in our daily lives

C. Watching TV over 2 hours a day early in life can cause attention problems later in adolescence

D. watching TV has side effects on children’s future

57. People used to think that _________.

A. watching TV more than 2 hours every day did good to children’s health

B. the habit of TV watching among children could easily lead to obesity and diabetes

C. the children weren’t patient with their homework because of watching TV too much

D. it was very important for children to watching TV early in life

58. The underlined word “Hence” means _________.

A. In that case    B. And yet    C. On the contrary    D. For this reason

59. In Landhuis’ opinion, _________.

A. attention problems caused by watching TV during childhood may be hard to get rid of

B. how to develop children’s attention problems is a lasting problem

C. the key of settling attention problems is not watching TV too much

D. there shouldn’t be many food products ads on children's television shows

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Beldon and Canfield are two seashore towns, not far apart．Both towns have many hotels, and in summer the hotels are full of holiday-makers and other tourists．

Last August there was a fire at the Seabreeze Hotel in Beldon．The next day, this news appeared on page two of the town’s newspaper．The Beldon Post:

FIRE AT SEABREEZE

Late last night firemen hurried to the Seabreeze Hotel and quickly put out a small fire in a bedroom．The hotel manager said that a cigarette started the fire．We say again to all our visitors： “Please don’t smoke cigarettes in bed.” This was Beldon’s first hotel fire for five years．

    The Canfield Times gave the news in these words on page one：

    ANOTHER BELDON HOTEL CATCHES FIRE

Last night Beldon firemen arrived just too late to save clothing, bedclothes and some furniture at the Seabreeze Hotel．An angry holiday-maker said, “An electric lamp probably started the fire．The bedroom lamps are very old at some of these hotels．When I put my bedside light on, I heard a funny noise from the lamp.” We are glad to tell our readers that this sort of adventure does not happen in Canfield．

What are the facts, then? It is never easy to find out the exact truth about an accident．There was a fire at the Seabreeze Hotel last August: that is one fact．Do we know anything else? Yes, we know that firemen went to the hotel．

    Now what do you think of the rest of the “news” ?

60．Which of the following best gives the main idea of this text?

A．Beldon and Canfield are both good places for tourists in summer．

B．A fire broke out night in Seabreeze Hotel last summer．

C．It was not easy to find out exact truth from newspapers．

D．Two newspapers gave reports on the same matter．

61．Which of the following are probably facts? 

a．The fire broke out in a bedroom at the hotel．

b．A cigarette started the fire．

c．An old lamp started the fire．

d．The fire broke out at night．

e．There has never been a fire in Canfield．

A．b and c     B．a and d     C．c and e     D．a and c

62．The Canfield Times used the headline like this in order to make its readers think _____________．

A．hotels in Beldon often catch fire

B．hotels in Beldon don’t often catch fire

C．this was the second fire at the Seabreeze Hotel

D．Beldon was a good place except that hotels there are not quite safe

63．The Canfield newspaper gave a report just the opposite to the Beldon Post by saying that _______．

A．the bedroom lamps were very old at the Seabreeze Hotel

B．the bedroom lights made funny noise when the fire took place

C．the firemen failed to save clothing, bedclothes and other things

D．such accidents never happened in Canfield for the past 5 years

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Section D

Directions: Read the passage carefully.  Then answer the questions or complete the statements in the fewest possible words.

(E)

  In many corners of the world, mass malnutrition is a deadly threat to people’s life.  It is plainly defined as a state of insufficiency of food for the population, where the majority of the people do not obtain enough food calories (卡路里) to meet the lowest needs for support of physical work and for maintenance of health.  Compared with wars or natural disasters like earthquake or flood, mass malnutrition is rather an unnoticeable health killer, which escapes enough public attention.

   In Latin America, as in other places, the frightening protein-shortage disease kwashiorkor has been said to take toll of thousands of children, greatly affecting the area’s child population and leaves many more children in terribly poor health.  The reason for the problem might lie in the traditional diets in the area which are not balanced in nutrition.  Here people keep their eating pattern year after year without the knowledge of what these eating habits are doing to themselves and to future generations.

   In these poor areas, in stead of thoroughly altering the local people’s long-term habits, the best way might be to find food substitutes which could meet nutritional needs.  Mixtures of vegetable proteins, like soybeans and peanuts could provide cheap and useful protein where meat, eggs and milk are not within economic reach of large groups in population.

    Efforts could also be made to increase the agricultural productivity in some areas, where mass production of vegetable protein crops could bring life-saving nutrition to local people.  Being used wrongly, large areas of land now are devoted to luxurious entertainment constructions, such as golf course or riding field, which are targeted at a small number of rich people.  But isn’t a large area of productive planting land more acceptable and down-to-earth a choice to these countries suffering from mass malnutrition right now?

(Note: Answer the questions or complete the statements in NO MORE THAN 10  WORDS）

81. What is mass malnutrition?

___________________________________________________________________________

82. What does the underlined word “take toll of” probably mean?

___________________________________________________________________________

83. People can most effectively solve the mass malnutrition problem in some developing areas by ___________________________________________________________________________

84. It would be wise to use large areas of planting land for____________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

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 Because of the sharp drop of birth rate, the number of students sitting the college entrance exams ______ all the time

       A. is declining              B. has declined      

       C. have been declined    D. were declining

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The symbolic one-hour switch-off first _____ in Sydney in 2007 has become an annual global event.

A. to hold                    B. being held                      C. to be held                D. held

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 _________ about wild plants that they decided to make a trip to Madagascar for further research.

 A. So curious the couple was             B. So curious were the couple

  C. So were curious the couple            D. So was the couple curious

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，然后从各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

   I believe in miracles(奇迹)because I've seen so many of them．One day，a patient was referred to me who was one hundred and two years old．“There’s a  36  in my upper jaw，”she said．“I told my own dentist it's nothing，but he   37  I come to see you”

Her eighty-year-old son accompanied her．He would  38 _to add something，but she stopped him．She wanted to tell everything herself．I found a large cancer that spread over much of the

 39 of her mouth．A careful examination later   40  that it was a particularly bad sort of cancer．

    During her next appointment，I explained to her the   41  of the problem She clasped my

hand in hers and said，“I know you’re worried about me，but I’m just  42 ．”  

    I thought otherwise．After considerable  43 _on my part，and kindness on her part because she wanted to  44_ me，she agreed to have me refer her to a cancer surgeon．She saw him，but as I expected， 45 _treatment．

  About six months later she returned to my office，still energetic and  46  ．

  “How are you?”I asked．

  “I’m just fine，honey，”she responded  47  high spirits．“When can I get stared on fixing

my dentures(假牙)?”

       Surprised to see her at all，I answered   48  ，“Let me take a look in your mouth and we’ll

see about it. ”

       I couldn’t believe my eyes．The cancer that had  49  nearly the entire roof of her mouth was gone—only one small area of redness  50 ．

       I had read of such things happening，but had  51 _seen them with my own eyes．That was my first miracle．Since then I've seen many others，because they keep getting  52 _to see．In fact，miracles are daily events for me now．And people are a miracle，  53  through them we have a chance to know ourselves and to  54  the miracles of one another．

       Since my first miracle，I've come to understand that the time and place for a miracle is __55 we choose to find it．

36．A．cut                                     B．pain                          C．wound                D．cancer

37．A．declared                           B．suspected               C．promised           D．insisted

38．A．refuse                               B．continue                  C．attempt             D．manage

39．A．roof                                    B．corner                      C．bottom               D．surface

40．A．confirmed                        B．convinced               C．considered        D．concluded

41．A．possibility                         B．importance            C．seriousness      D．resolution

42．A．old                                      B．sick                           C．fine                      D．glad

43．A．permission                       B．support                   C．approval            D．effort

44．A．persuade                          B．please                      C．encourage         D．astonish

45．A．declined                            B．provided                  C．received             D．required

46．A．healthy                             B．elegant                    C．optimistic          D．humorous

47．A．to                                       B．in                               C．with                    D．by

48．A．worriedly                          B．confusedly    C．patiently            D．confidently

49．A．covered                            B．reached                   C．filled                    D．grown

50．A．cured                                 B．faded                       C．expanded                    D．remained

51．A．ever                                   B．also                          C．never                  D．already

52．A．easier                                B．rarer                        C．happier              D．closer

53．A．or                                       B．so                              C．yet                       D．for

54．A．read                                   B．make                        C．keep                    D．see

55．A．whatever                         B．wherever                C．whoever            D．whichever

A Municipal Report(Adapted from a story by O．Henry)(Ⅱ)

Azalea Adair herself opened the door when I knocked．She was about 50 years old．Her white hair was pulled back from her small，tired face．She wore a pale yellow dress．It was old，but very clean．

Azalea Adair led me into her living room．A damaged table，three chairs and an old red sofa were in the center of the floor．

Azalea Adair and I sat down at the table and began to talk．I told her about the magazine's offer an she told me about herself．She was from an old southern family．Her father had been a judge．

Azalea Adair told me she had never traveled or even attended school．Her parents taught her at home with private teachers．We finished our meeting．I promised to return with the agreement the next day, and rose to leave．

At that moment，someone knocked at the back door．Azalea Adair whispered a soft apology and went to answer the caller．She came back a minute later with bright eyes and pink cheeks．She looked ten year younger．“You must have a cup of tea before you go，”she said．She shook a little bell on the table，and small black girl about twelve years old ran into the room．

Azalea Adair opened a tiny old purse and took out a dollar bill．It had been fixed with a piece of blue paper and the upper right hand comer was missing．It was the dollar I had given to Uncle Caesar．“Go to Mr．Baker's store，Impy ,”she said，“and get me 25 cents' worth of tea and ten cents' worth of sugar cakes． And please hurry．”

The child ran out of the room．We heard the back door close．Then the girl screamed．Her cry mixed with a man's angry voice．Azalea Adair stood up．Her face showed no emotion as she left the room．I heard the man's rough voice and her gentle one．Then a door slammed and she came back into the room．“I am sorry，but I won't be able to offer you any tea after all，” she said． “It seems that Mr．Baker has no more tea．Perhaps he will find some for our visit tomorrow．”

We said good-bye．I went back to my hotel．

Just before dinner, Major Wentworth Caswell found me．It was impossible to avoid him．He insisted on buying me a drink and pulled two one-dollar bills from his pocket．Again I saw a torn dollar fixed with blue paper, with a corner missing．It was the one I gave Uncle Caesar．How strange，I thought． I wondered how Caswell got it．

63．We can judge from her behavior that Miss Adair was        ．

A．polite and elegant      B．confident and determined

C．poor and miserable    D．capable and hardworking

64．Adair seemed          after coming back from the back door．

A．as calm as before    B．sadder    C．excited    D．surprised

65．The angry man with a rough voice outside might be           ．

A．Uncle Caesar    B．Mr．Baker    C．Caswell  D．A stranger

66．When the narrator saw Caswell again at his hotel，he was surprised         ．

A．that Caswell should find him

B．that Caswell insisted on buying him a drink

C．that Caswell pulled two one-dollar bills from his pocket

D．to find Caswell had the torn dollar bill with a comer missing

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第Ⅱ卷（共35 分）

第四部分：写作（共两节，满分35 分）

第一节　阅读下面对话，掌握其大意，并根据所给首字母的提示，在标有题号的右边横线上写出一个英语单词的完整、正确的形式，使对话通顺。

A：Hello．

B：Hello．Ann，this is Jenny．I’m calling to see if you could give me

some （76）a_________．I’m going to Shanghai next month．and                     76．_____    

It’s the first time I went abroad．I know you went to Shanghai last

year，so maybe you could help me．

A：I’d be happy to．You know，it’s very important to make

（77）p_________before you go abroad．Read about the country and cities           77．____   

you are going to and find out about hotels，（78）t _________                     78．_____    

and places to visit．Buy a good map so that you can

find your way around when you get there．

B：Thanks．What about money and things like （79）p_________and visas？         79．____  

A：Good question．It’s not always safe to bring cash，so I

suggest that you use travelers’（80）c_________．You may need a                           80．____   

small （81）a_________of cash when you travel but don’t bring too much           81．____

Most important，never （82）e_________money with someone you                  82．____   

meet on the street．It’s illegal and （83）d_________．As for visas，you            83．____   

need one for some countries．Find out if you need one then （84）a_________for it． 84．____   

B：Thank you，that’s very （85）h_________．                                       85．____   

A：You’re welcome．Enjoy your trip and send me a post card．