Do you know about a series of books that say they are “for dummies”? These American self-help books have been translated into more than thirty-nine languages including Chinese，Arabic，Russian，French，German，Greek and Spanish．

“Dummy”is a word for a stupid person．The dummies books are not really for stupid people．

They are designed to show people how to do something they may never have tried before，like painting a house or learning a language．The books all say in a funny way that they are for dummies，such as  World  History  for Dummies，Rabbits for Dummies，Chinese Cooking for Dummies，and Wedding Planning for Dummies．The first such book，DOS for Dummies，was published in 1991．It helped people learn how to use the DOS operating system for computes．Since then，more than one hundred fifty million dummies books have been sold．

The dummies．com website explains the idea behind the books．It says that they show that people can be taught to do anything．First they can make fun of ideas that are difficult to understand．Then they show how the information can be interesting and easy．The publishers（出版商）say that the books do not provide more information than necessary．They give readers just enough information to do what they want．They say that the dummies books give the best and easiest way to do something．And the books use simple and easy language．

There are more than one thousand different dummies books．A report in New York Times says that the top-selling dummies books are those that explain technology and personal finance（财经）．

The publishers say that the best-selling dummies books are those providing information many people need—like information about diseases，education and cooking．People interested in opera，car repair and wine can also find dummies books to help them．And there are even more dummies books to come．The publishers say that they publish about two hundred new dummies books every year．

71．Which of the following can be the best title of the passage?

A．Self-Help Books                   B．The Easiest，the Best

C．Books for Dummies                D．New Ideas Behind the Books

72．According to the dummies．com website，with the help of dummies books people can_____．

A．simplify some personal things        B．do anything they want

C．become expert in any field           D．learn any foreign language

73．The dummies books have been popular because__________．

A．they provide just what is needed and are easy to understand

B．they provide much information on the related subject

C．people can learn to do anything with just one copy

D．people can save lots of money through self-teaching

74．According to New York Time，we know the books selling best are the ones on________．

A．cooking and world history           B．opera and car repairing

C．diseases and education              D．technology and personal finance

75．What can we learn from the passage?

A．The first dummies book was on Chinese cooking．

B．The dummies books will continue to be popular．

C．Fifty million different dummies books have been published．

D．The simple language was intended for child readers．

— Marsdon’s department store is having a sale this week. Shall we go and have a look?

—          . And I want to pick up a cheap video camera.

A．You are right               B．I hope so

C．Let me see                                  D．I’d love to

If you cheat in the exam, you could hardly ________ it.

A. throw away         B. get away    C. get away from    D. get away with

The medicine works more effectively _______ you drink some hot water after taking it.

A. as               B. until                 C. although            D. if

Part B: Vocabulary 9%

A. claim         B. second         C. opposite         D. count         E. best     

F. negative       G. failures         H. defined          I. mark          J. reliable  

       We might be surprised at the progress made in every field of study, but the methods of testing a person’s knowledge and ability remain as primitive as ever they were. It is really extraordinary that after all years, educationists have still failed to devise something more 41 than examinations. For all the 42 that examinations test what you know, it is common knowledge that they more often do the exact 43. They may be a good means of testing memory, or the knack of working rapidly under extreme pressure, but they can tell you nothing about a person’s true ability.

       As anxiety-makers, examinations are 44 to none. That is because so much depends on them. They are the 45 of success or failure in our society. Your whole future may be decided in one fateful day. It doesn’t matter that you weren’t feeling very well, or that your mother died. Little things like that don’t 46: the exam goes on. No one can bring out the 47 in him when he is in terror, or after a sleepless night, yet this is precisely what the examination system expects him to do. The moment a child begins school, he enters a world of fierce competition where success and failure are clearly 48 and measured. Can we wonder at the increasing number of “dropouts”: young people who are written off as 49 before they have started a career? Can we be surprised at the suicide rate among students?

D

Here's a scene：a village where the sun always shines，crops always grow and your friends drop by to sweep your yard to the sound of guitar music．Animals do what they are told，there is no disease，and lendin’ folks a helpin’hand makes you richer and wiser．Welcome to FarmVille—

Current population 69m and rising fast．

 “It reminds me of my childhood，”says one player, Lia Curran，37，a nurse from London．“Right now I'm growing wheat and flowers. I've got a small garden, and I'm raising some chickens and some cows. I like having the animals. It's relaxing.” Curran's animals, however, is nothing more than a collection of cartoons. FarmVille is an online computer game built into the social networking site Facebook and is described by its players as “addictive”. Launched last June by Zynga Game Network, FarmVille now has many players—more than the population of the UK. The players are largely women over the age of 35.

FarmVille unites the worlds of social networking and gaming．Players are given a ground with six fields，“cash”，a few seeds and a plough and have to build up wealth，skills and neighbors to create bigger，better，richer farms．Inviting your online friends to play means you earn more and get flee gifts；you rise rapidly through the first levels but，once hooked，have to work harder and harder with no final level or goal in sight．

“Games like this draw people into a fantasy world that's separate from real life where there are no issues，and where things are simple and controllable，” Brian Dudley says．In November，he opened the UK's first computer games addiction clinic，treating online gamers who stayed at the keyboard for up to eight hours a day—“the tip of the iceberg”，he says．Two weeks ago，a group of US players launched a class action against Zynga and Facebook．“Most，if not all，of the online advertisements presented through Zynga are scams(骗局)，”the lawsuit states．“The advertisements are highly misleading and often result in users ordering goods or services that they do not want or need．”

According to Nick O'neill from the social media site All Facebook，Zynga is making $500，000(￡304，000)a day，from its Facebook games，in turn spending some $50m(￡30m)a year on Facebook ads．

If all that weren't enough，FarmVille doesn't even function like a proper farm：in FarmVille，wheat grows in two days—in real life，it takes months．But play continues nevertheless．

68．If you want to create a better and richer farm，you should do the following EXCEPT that   ____．

A．you have to work harder and harder

B．you should pay real—world money to advance in the game

C．you should invite your online friends and neighbors to play

D．you should develop your skills and befriend FarmVille neighbors

69．Which of the following statements is TRUE?

A．Most young girls are fascinated by the farming game．

B．Money Zynga has made is mostly spent on advertising campaign．

C．There is potential threat to the players and some players are misled by the advertisements．

D．The UK's first computer games addiction clinic was opened to help treat online players．

70．The purpose of the class action against Zynga and Facebook was to_____．

A．show that Zynga has an extremely tight relationship with Facebook

B．try to stop Zynga and Facebook from putting advertisements

C．attract more people to FarmVille game to plant crops

D．appeal to the public to order more goods or services

第二节：书面表达25分。

全球气候变暖已经成了一个全世界关注的问题，因为它已经严重威胁到了人类的生存。请你根据下面表格，写一篇英语短文，阐述使地球变暖的原因以及影响，并提出合理的解决措施。

注意： 1.词数120字左右。     2.可适当发挥，增加细节以使行文连贯。

参考词汇：extensive 大面积的；       deforestation  采伐森林

23. SHANZHAI, a phrase that entered Chinese Internet-speak in 2008, has ______ into everyday commerce.

   A. turned over     B. gone over         C. looked over     D. split over

26. The professor was asked to write an article for the newspaper, ___________about the left-behind children in the countryside.

   A. any          B. one          C. that           D. It

I’m very amazed that they knew nothing about ______ he was a thief.

A. that      B. which                               C. what                                D. the fact that