第二节 书面表达 （满分25）

 “绿色生活“提倡人类通过自身包括生活举止在内的所有实际行动，来保护生态环境，它的最终目的是要使人们的生活方式与自然规律相一致。”“绿色生活”包括的内容非常广泛，如节省能源；节约用水，少用一次性筷子等；保护环境；不乱扔垃圾，爱护花草树木等。试通过你自己的理解谈如何倡导“绿色生活”。

注意：词数：120左右。不要逐字逐句翻译。

参考词汇：  一次性的筷子 disposable chopsticks 

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                      Make a green living

     We all know that humans are damaging the evironment , but what can we do about it ?__________________________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________________

 A man does not know the difficulty of anything_________ he does it personally.

A. although       B. if            C. because        D. unless

 He is free now, so he ______ go with us, but he hasn’t decided yet.

A. shall                               B. must                 C. may                                D. will

 The fire was finally ______ after the building had ______ for two hours.

A. put off; caught fire           B. put away; been on fire

C. put out; been on fire            D. put out; caught fire

----Ten dollars, please!

----How terrible! I ______ to bring my wallet with me.

A. was forgetting           B. forget          C. had forgotten          D. forgot

Directions: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D.  Fill in each blank with word or phrases that best fits the context.(15points)

Have you ever felt that you were just studying to pass a test? Today many   36   and companies around the world use standardized tests such as TOEFL to   37   students’ abilities. Thousands of people every year take these kinds of tests in order to enter or graduate from a school, or get a better job.

In many educational systems throughout the world, students take regular multiple-choice (多项选择的) achievement tests. They have to  38  these tests in order to move to a higher level, or graduate from an educational institution. Many supporters of this type of traditional evaluation believe that students learn best, and  39  their knowledge, by memorizing facts, and  information.

Many  40  of this way of learning also believe that teaching students to pass a test means teaching them to do lots of exercises.

Educational reformers, however, believe that standardized tests are  41  and can only measure some of a student’s ability. They suggest that many students, though intelligent, are not  42  good at taking tests, or at memorization. This makes it harder for them to achieve passing grades, get into good schools, or get the right jobs. In addition factors such as how a person feels on the day of a test can also  43  his or her score. Using only a multiple-choice style of test to evaluate students’ abilities cannot always tell us  44  they have learned, or how they may do in the future.

To use standardized tests or not to --- the debate  45 . Meanwhile, many students’ futures are still decided based on their test results.

36. A. schools               B. factories            C. teachers             D. bosses

37. A. develop                     B. learn                 C. know                D. measure

38.A. understand           B. fail                   C. pass                  D. have

39.A. explain                B. increase             C. remember          D. recite

40.A. experts                B. parents              C. students             D. supporters

41.A. limited                B. excellent           C. terrible              D. perfect

42.A. never                  B. always                     C. sometimes         D. even

43.A. add                         B. lower                C. affect                D. keep

44.A. why                    B. that                   C. how                  D. what

45.A. begins                 B. ends                  C. continues           D. stops

Time is very important in our lives. It organizes our everyday moments. However, time never had any importance in my life until I received a watch from my father.

I received this gift on a cloudy day. I had to go to the airport at 9:00 a.m. to meet my uncle and take him to my father’s house. However, I was late because I was staying with my friends. Later on that day, around 11:00 a.m., I remembered my uncle, but I was very late for him. He had left the airport and taken a taxi to my father’s house.

I got to my father’s house at 2:00 p.m. and felt ashamed of myself at that moment. After I said “hello” to my angry father and tired uncle, my father asked me to sit next to him and gave me this watch. Then he said, “Essa, did you have fun with your friends today?”

“Yes, Dad, and I’m sorry about not meeting my uncle at the airport.”

“I hope today you learned something important, and this watch will be a reminder (提醒物) for you.” He told me to take this watch and use it as an organizer of my life.

I learned a very important lesson from my father: To respect time and never be late to do something. This watch is important to me, not because of its price, but because of the lesson that I learned from it.

1. The writer’s uncle came to visit them ______.

       A. by car B. by air  C. by boat      D. by taxi

2. Why did Essa’s father get angry when Essa got to his house?

       A. Essa often spent a lot of time with friends.

       B. Essa cared little about other people.

       C. Essa wasted too much time. {007}

       D. Essa forgot an important thing.

3. Why did the father give Essa a watch?

       A. To punish Essa.  B. To comfort Essa.

       C. To teach Essa.           D. To praise Essa.

4. What did Essa think of the watch?

       A. It was a priceless gift.       B. It was an useless gift.

       C. It was a common gift.       D. It was a strange gift.

第三部分：阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）

阅读下列短文，从每篇短文后所给的四个选项（A、B、C 和 D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Steve Wayne, 16, who worked this summer as a lifeguard and swim teacher in Idaho Falls, was thrilled to see an extra $ 20 in his paycheck when the federal minimum wage increased in July.

“When you’re getting paid minimum wage, anything helps,” Wayne said.

Wayne is one of several hundred thousand American teenagers who earn the minimum wage. The last of three recent increases took the minimum from $5.15 an hour in 2007 to $7.25.

US Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis says the minimum-wage increase will pump an extra $ 5.5 billion into the economy over the next year, which is helpful at a time when the economy is hurting.

“You’re giving people who spend money a raise,” said Kai Filion of the Economic Policy Institute. “Those people will go out and spend that money, and it will circulate through the economy.”

But other economists say raising the wage actually hurts the very people it’s designed to help. A higher hourly minimum, they say, could force businesses to cut workers’ hours, or even lay people off.

“What matters for people earning minimum wage is how much money they take home in total,” explained Rajeev of Georgia State University’s Economic Forecasting Center. “Their hourly rate may go up, but their number of hours may come down, so it’s not an overall increase.”

Business owners also say that raising the minimum wage exerts (施加) upward pressure on other wages. “If the minimum wage is $ 7 and I have to pay $ 8 or $ 9 to hire a dishwasher, then the cooks are going to say they want more,” said Cleveland restaurant owner Rick. “How much can I charge for that hamburger?”

Another argument is that it makes it more expensive for businesses to hire new workers. For many businesses already struggling to make ends meet in these tough times, it will be simply too expensive to keep them or to hire new people.

1. Steve Wayne was excited that ______.

A. his hard work had paid off

B. he had received a big wage increase

C. he has more money due to an increase in minimum wage

D. the wages of American teenage workers have been increased

2. According to the text, the US federal government has increased minimum wage with the aim of ______.

A. decreasing unemployment                      B. promoting economic recovery

C. increasing American teenagers’ wage       D. narrowing the gap between the rich and the poor

3. What matters most to people in need of help is ______.

A. a higher hourly minimum            B. more working hours

C. a minimum-wage increase             D. an increase in total income

4. Some are against the increase in minimum wage because they say ______.

A. only very few workers will be helped

B. they have to cut down working hours

C. many business owners can’t afford to employ new workers

D. minimum wage workers will expect more pay rises in the future

第二部分   完形填空（共20小题，每小题1.5分， 满分30分）

Our airplane was just beside the airport building. It did not look too strong to me, but I decided not to think about such things. We saw the baggage going out ___31___ it on trolleys and being ___32___ from under the aircraft. Next, three men and three girls, all in uniform, went over to the plane and ___33___ it. Over the loudspeakers we were ___34___ the plane was ready to leave and were asked to walk ___35___ to it. Everybody moved quickly in order to ___36___ the seats they wanted. I was ___37___ to get a seat near the tail, but the plane looked ___38___ inside than it had from outside. I fastened my seat belt ___39___ we took off and tried to ___40___ my nervousness. w.w.w.k.s.5.u.c.o.m

After an hour’s flying I ___41___ black clouds ahead through my window. An electric sign flashed ___42___: “Fasten your seat belts, please,” one of the hostesses made a ___43___ request over the loudspeakers. She told us we were about to fly into a storm but ___44___ cheerfully there was nothing to worry ___45___. Suddenly, the plane ___46___ all over, dropped about twenty feet and seemed to hang on one ___47___. Then it rose twenty feet and there was a great flash of lightning. The three girls did their best to ___48___ pills for airsickness and ___49___ the passengers. Soon the sky became light again. The pilot had ___50___ to get above the storm.

31. A. at                        B. over                         C. to                            D. above

32. A. held                    B. contained                    C. carried                        D. loaded

33. A. arrived                   B. entered                        C. climbed                D. flew

34. A. asked                     B. noticed                        C. announced            D. told

35. A. out                      B. inside                       C. in                            D. by

36. A. fetch                      B. hold                         C. keep                 D. get

37. A. impossible                 B. possible                       C. unable               D. unsuitable

38. A. prettier                   B. stronger                      C. smaller                 D. heavier

39. A. before                    B. after                        C. until                 D. when

40. A. smooth                  B. forget                      C. correct                        D. drive

41. A. noticed                   B. looked                            C. watched               D. realized

42. A. on                       B. up                           C. out                   D. in

43. A. general                    B. similar                            C. common               D. sharp

44. A. smiled                    B. spoke                       C. added                   D. acted

45. A. at                        B. about                       C. on                    D. with

46. A. moved                    B. struck                      C. shook                   D. shocked

47. A. edge                       B. line                          C. side                  D. wing

48. A. give out                         B. give off                       C. give up                D. give back

49. A. save                       B. cool                         C. persuade               D. comfort

50. A. succeeded                 B. flown                       C. attempted             D. managed

      My most famous relative of all, ____ who really left his mark on America, was Rob Sussel, my great-grandfather.

A. the one             B. one                   C. he                 D. someone