We already have iris(虹膜) and fingerprint scanning but noses could be an even better method of identification, says a study from the University of Bath, UK.

The researchers scanned noses in 3D and characterized  them. They found 6 main nose types: Roman, Greek, Nubian, hawk, snub and turn-up. Since they are hard to hide, the study says, noses would work well for identification.

The researchers say noses have been overlooked in the growing field of biometrics, studies into ways of identifying distinguishing characters of people. "Noses are out standing facial features and yet their use as a biometric has been largely unexplored," said the University of Bath's Dr Adrian Evans. "Ears have been looked at in detail, eyes have been looked at in terms of iris recognition but the nose has been ignored."

The researchers used a system called PhotoFace, developed by researchers at the University of the West of England in Bristol, for the 3D scans.

Several measurements by which noses can be recognised were identified and the team developed recognition software based on these parameters(范围)

" This initial work is nowhere as good as iris identification but the nose has pros and cons," said Dr Evans.

There's no magic biometric that solves all your problems. Irises are a powerful biometric but can be difficult to get accurately and can be easily covered by eyelids or glasses. People can easily cover up their ears, with their hair for example.

"Of course you can have a broken nose or wear a false nose or have plastic surgery but to have nose surgery to change your identity is fairly obvious. Irises are very good for recognition but you can put in dilation drops which change the iris completely. Not all techniques are reliable," he said.

The research is based on a study of 40 noses and the data base has now been expanded to 160 for further tests to see if the software can pick out people from a larger group and distinguish between relatives.

Dr Evans hopes the method can be proven to be effective on this larger sample. "The technique certainly shows potential, perhaps to be used in combination with other identification methods," he said.

57. Where can you probably read this article?

In a newspaper about education.

In a newspaper about science

In a newspaper about software

In a newspaper about dress-up

58.  Which is true according to the passage?

Dr Adrian Evans works at the University of the West of England in Bristol,

The researchers used a system called Photoshop for the 3D scans.

The research is based on a study of 160 noses.

The research team developed their own recognition software.

59. The word overlooked in the third paragraph possibly means:

A. well-studied          B. carefully-scanned

C. wholly-recognized     D. carelessly-studied

60. We can infer from the last three paragraphs that_________.

The consequence of the method remains to be seen

Dr Evans is sure that the method can be used to pick out uncles and nephews.

More new soft wares will be developed to do the research.

This method can still be used if your nose is broken, 

After the 8.8 magnitude quake, ___ large number of the injured are in ____hospital in Chile.

A. the, /    B. a, the    C. the, the    D. a, /

二、课文填空（共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分）

根据课文内容补充缺失的词语，每个空填一个词。注意：请把答案写在答题纸上。

      Towards the end of the Qing Dynasty, the conditions in Beijing’s hutongs went down as the political situation c_______(91) a dark cloud on China’s economy. Many new hutongs were quickly built to h______(92) the increasing population but these were poorly made. The t______(93) point came when the People’s Republic of China was set up. Conditions improved a great deal and the government u_________(94) the preservation of many of the oldest hutongs.

Hutongs are still an important part of Beijing life and it is not surprising that tourists love the hutongs. They can walk up Sanmiao Street, which dates back 900 years, w________(95) down Rongxian – the longest hutong at 2 km or s__________(96) through Qianshi – the narrowest at only 40 cm wide! They can also stop under a stone arch and watch the hutong world go by while e__________(97) a plate of Beijing’s best “Peking Duck” or s__________(98) their thirst with a cold Tsingtao beer. The hutongs not only l_________(99) Beijing’s streets and communities after all, but also its past and present, showing that Beijing is truly an a__________ (100)yet modern city.

You should keep an eye ______ him, for I have lost faith ______ him.

A. in; on                                        B. on; in        

C. at; at                                             D. for; for

   All over the world people enjoy sports. Sports help to keep people healthy ,happy and help them to live longer.

   Sports change with the season.People play different games in winter and summer.

   Games and sports often grow out of people’s work and everyday activities. The Arabs use horses or camels in much of their everyday life ；they use them in sports ，too.

   Some sports are so interesting that people everywhere go in for them. Football，for example ，has spread around the world . Swimming is popular in all countries near the sea or in those with many rivers.

Some sports or games go back to thousands of years，like running or jumping . Chinese boxing，for example ，has a very history . But basketball and volleyball are quite new .Neither one is a hundred years old yet . People are inventing new sports or games all the time.

People from different countries may not be able to understand each other，but after a game they often become good friends .Sports help to train a person’s character （性格）.One learns to fight hard but fight fair，to win without pride and to lose with grace（体面）.

50.  The writer didn’t tell us in the passage that        .

A. basketball was invented in America

B. sports change with the season

C. games and sports often grow out of people’s work and everyday activities

D. football is played all over the world.

51.  People all over the world enjoy sports because        .

A. sports are interesting

B. sports help to keep people healthy ，happy and help them to live longer

C. Sports help to train a person’s character

D. All of the above

52.  From this passage we can see that        .

A. sports and games are unimportant things that people do

B. sports and games should be treated only as amusement

C. Sports and games are useful to the old

D. none of the above is true

53.  Sports and games can help people from different countries        .

A. to be enemies                   B. to understand each other better

C. to be partners                   D. to dislike each other

第三部分 写作（共三节，满分55分）

第一节 单词拼写 （共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）

根据下列句子及所给汉语注释，在题号后面的横线上写出空缺处各单词的正确形式。（每空只填一词）

66． Students are asked to go into the cinema by the front      (入口) .          66.   

67.  I went to buy a       (鼠标)for my friend as a birthday gift.              67.   

68.  On the 60 th National Day, We were     (吸引)by the new look for Beijing.

68.    

69．Se rushed out of the classroom and ran to the teachers’office,     （呼吸）heavily.                69.   

70.  The book is said to have been     (翻译) into several foreign languages.   

     70.   

71.  To our surprise, he was wearing    (假) hair at the party. 71.   

72.  Seated    (舒服)in the armchair, he was reading a newspaper. 72.   

73.  Please     (改正)the mistakes in your homework.              73.   

74.  The students were doing    (实验) in the lab when suddenly the power went out.

74.   

75.  Mum was cooking in the     (厨房)when I came home. 75.   

The girl nodded with a smile as if she had      his mind.

A．read

B．found

C．watched

D．noticed

 Lucy was completely ______ after jogging in the hot sun all afternoon; she had little energy left. 

A. kicked out             B. worn out        C. handed out          D. put out

第三节 完型填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（Ａ、Ｂ、Ｃ、Ｄ）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A father sat at his desk poring over (细读) his monthly bills when his young son rushed in and  21   , “Dad, because this is your  22   and you’re 55 years old, I’m going to give you 55  23   , one for each year!” When the boy  24   carrying out his word, the father exclaimed (呼喊), “Oh, Andrew, don’t do it now; I’m too  25   !” The youngster immediately fell silent as tears  26   in his big blue eyes. Apologetically the father said, “You can finish  27   . ”

The boy said nothing  28   quietly walked away,   29   written over his face. That evening the father said, “Come and finish the kisses now, Andrew!” But the boy didn’t  30   .

  31   , a few days later after this  32   , the boy had an accident and was drowned. His heartbroken father wrote: “If only I could tell him how much I regret my  33   words, and could be assured that he knows how much my heart is  34   . ”

Love is a  35   street. Any loving act must be warmly  36   or it will be taken as rejection and can   37    a scar (疤痕). If we are  38   busy to give and receive love, we are too busy! Nothing is more important than responding with love to the cry for love from those who are near and  39   to us. Because there may be no   40  at all as in the case of the little boy. 

21. A. questioned          B. thought            C. announced           D. asked

22. A. vocation              B. birthday            C. workday             D. holiday

23. A. kisses                B. touches           C. shakes               D. presents

24. A. enjoyed              B. finished           C. imagined           D. started

25. A. busy                 B. nervous           C. shy                  D. tired

26. A. fell                B. flowed              C. gathered              D. moved

27. A. recently              B. later              C. immediately       D. quickly

28. A. and                  B. or                 C. yet                 D. but

29. A. excitement            B. disappointment      C. surprise       D. satisfaction

30. A. answer              B. reply             C. respond             D. move

31. A. Unfortunately        B. Luckily           C. Surprisingly         D. Hopefully

32. A. discussion      B. incident        C. argument          D. adventure

33. A. considerable           B. powerful            C. helpful            D. thoughtless

34. A. aching             B. beating            C. losing             D. willing

35. A. two-way             B. heart-shaped       C. man-made         D. one-way

36. A. wanted               B. believed              C. accompanied       D. accepted

37. A. stay                B. leave               C. remain            D. keep

38. A. so                  B. very               C. quite             D. too

39. A. rare                B. scarce            C. precious           D. bare

40. A. need                B. difficulty          C. chance             D. risk

         Habits are a funny thing. We reach for them mindlessly, setting our brains on auto-pilot and relaxing into the unconscious comfort of familiar routine.“Not choice, but habit rules the unreflecting creatures,”William Wordsworth said in the 19th century. In the ever-changing 21st century, even the word“habit”carries a negative meaning.

         So it seems contradictory to talk about habits in the same context as innovation (创新). But brain researchers have discovered that when we consciously develop new habits, we create parallel paths, and even entirely new brain cells, that can jump our trains of thought onto new, innovative tracks.

         Rather than dismissing ourselves as unchangeable creatures of habit, we can instead direct our own change by consciously developing new habits. In fact, the more new things we try, the more creative we become.

         But don’t bother trying to kill off old habits; once those ruts of procedure are worn into the brain, they’re there to stay. Instead, the new habits we deliberately press into ourselves create parallel pathways that can bypass those old roads.

         “The first thing needed for innovation is attraction to wonder,”says Dawna Markova, author of The Open Mind.“But we are taught instead to‘decide’, just as our president calls himself‘the Decider’．”She adds, however, that“to decide is to kill off all possibilities but one. A good innovational thinker is always exploring the many other possibilities.”

         “All of us work through problems in ways of which we’re unaware,”she says. Researchers in the late 1960s discovered that humans are born with the ability to approach challenges in four primary ways: analytically, procedurally, collaboratively (合作地) and innovatively. At the end of adolescence, however, the brain shuts down half of that ability, preserving only those ways of thought that have seemed most valuable during the first decade or so of life.

         The current emphasis on standardized testing highlights analysis and procedure, meaning that few of us use our innovative and collaborative ways of thought.“This breaks the major rule in the American belief system—that anyone can do anything,”explains M. J. Ryan, author of the 2006 book This Year I Will…and Ms. Markova’s business partner.“That’s a lie that we have preserved, and it fosters commonness. Knowing what you’re good at and doing even more of it creates excellence.”This is where developing new habits comes in.

67．Brain researchers have discovered that      .

         A．the forming of new habits can be guided

         B．the development of habits can be predicted

         C．the regulation of old habits can be transformed

         D．the track of new habits can be created unconsciously

68．The underlined word“ruts”in Paragraph 4 is closest in meaning to       .

         A．zones                            B．connections                 C．situations                     D．tracks

69．Which of the following statements most probably agrees with Dawna Markova’s view?

         A．Decision makes no sense in choices.

         B．Curiosity makes creative minds active.

         C．Creative ideas are born of a relaxing mind.

         D．Formation of innovation comes from fantastic ideas.

70．The purpose of the author writing this article is to persuade us       .

         A．to give up our traditional habits deliberately

         B．to create and develop new habits consciously

         C．to resist the application of standardized testing

         D．to believe that old habits conflict with new habits