D

The term “multitasking” originally referred to a computer’s ability to carry out several tasks at one time. For many people, multitasking has become a way of life and even a key to success. In fact, some excellent mental aerobic exercises (大脑训练) involve engaging the brain in two or more challenging activities at a time. Although checking e-mail while talking on a phone and reading the newspaper may be second nature for some people, many times multitasking can make us less productive, rather than more. And studies show that too much multitasking can lead to increased stress, anxiety and memory loss.

 In order to multitask, the brain uses an area known as the prefrontal cortex (前额叶脑皮层). Brian scans of volunteers performing multiple tasks together show that as they shift from task to task, this front part of the brain actually takes a moment of rest between tasks. You may have experienced a prefrontal cortex “moment of rest” yourself if you’ve ever dialed (拨电话) a phone number and suddenly forgotten who you dialed when the line is answered. What probably occurred is that between the dialing and the answering, your mind shifted to anther thought or task, and then took that “moment” to come back. Research has also shown that for many volunteers, job efficiency (效率) declines while multitasking, as compared to when they perform only one task at a time.

Multitasking is easiest when at least one of the tasks is habitual, or requires little thought. Most people don’t find it difficult to eat and read the newspaper at the same time. However, when two or more attention-requiring tasks are attempted at one time, people sometimes make mistakes.

 We often don’t remember things as well when we’re trying to manage several details at the same time. Without mental focus, we may not pay enough attention to new information coming in, so it never makes it into our memory stores. That is one of the main reasons we forget people’s names---even sometimes right after they have introduced themselves. Multitasking can also affect our relationships. If someone checks their e-mail while on the phone with a friend, they may come off as absent-minded or disinterested. It can also cause that person to miss or overlook key information being passed on to them.

68. Why are some mental aerobic exercises designed to engage people in multitasking?

   A. To make them more productive.        B. To reduce their stress and anxiety.

C. To develop their communication skills.   D. To help them perform daily tasks more easily.    

69. According to Paragraph 2, why may a person suddenly forget who has called?

 A. He may leave his prefrontal cortex temporarily damaged.

 B. He is probably interrupted by another task.

 C. He is probably not very familiar with the person he has called.

 D. He may need a rest between dialing and speaking.

70. People tend to make mistake when ____.

 A. they perform several challenging tasks at a time.

 B. new messages are processed one after another

 C. their relationships with others are affected

 D. the tasks require little thought

71. What is the main idea of the passage?

A. Multitasking has become a way of life.  

B. Multitasking often leads to efficiency decline.

C. Multitasking exercises need to be improved.

D. Multitasking enables people to remember things better.

第五部分  书面表达（满分25分）

     接连发生的酒后驾驶、飙车肇事致死案，引发了社会高度关注，8月15日起，全国行动。重拳整治“酒驾”，各地出台政策，狠扎酒驾痛穴。请你根据以下内容，以Treasure Our Lives 为题在你个人博客上发文，奉劝司机朋友珍爱生命，切莫酒后驾车。

参考词汇：飙车 drag-race；醉驾 drunk driving；路人 pedestrian。

写作时注意格式，词数150左右。开头已给出，不计入总词数。

Treasure Our Lives

    With the number of cars increasing in cities,traffic accidents occur frequently,calling serious attention across the globe and becoming a major concern in our society today.

Sally,a shy girl ,never speakers in public        she is asked to,never!

  A.until              B.unless              C.even though    D.as though

第二节 写作

一家宾馆新开业，为吸引宾客，希望在互联网上进行宣传，请你用英语为其写一篇文字介绍。主要内容应包括：

地点：距双峰山入口处500米；

房间及价格：单人间（共20间），100元/天；

                双人间 （共15间），150元/天；

餐饮：餐厅（中、西餐），咖啡厅（茶、咖啡）；

游泳池：全天免费开放；

欢迎预订。

注意：

1．词数100左右，开头语已为你写好；

2．可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

               Welcome to Shuangfeng Mountain Hotel

Shuangfeng Mountain Hotel is now open for business.

_________________________________________________________________________________-____________________________________________________________________________

E

Years ago, when I started looking for my first job, wise advisers urged, "Barbara, be enthusiastic! Enthusiasm will take you further than any amount of experience." How right they were! Enthusiastic people can turn a boring drive into an adventure, extra work into opportunity and strangers into friends.

"Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm," wrote Ralph Waldo Emerson. It is the paste that helps you hang in there when the going gets tough. It is the inner voice that whispers, "I can do it!" when others shout, "No, you can't!" It took years and years for the early work of Barbara McClintock, a geneticist（遗传学家）who won the 1983 Nobel Prize in medicine, to be generally accepted. Yet she didn't let up on her experiments. Work was such a deep pleasure for her that she never thought of stopping.

We are all born with wide-eyed, enthusiastic wonder and it is this childlike wonder that gives enthusiastic people such a youthful air, whatever their age. At 90, cellist Pablo Casals would start his day by playing Bach（巴赫）. As the music flowed through his fingers, his bent shoulders would straighten and joy would reappear in his eyes. As author and poet Samuel once wrote, "Years wrinkle（使生皱纹）the skin, but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul."

Enthusiastic people also love what they do, regardless of money, title or power. Patricia Mallrath, retired director of the Missouri Repertory Theater in Kansas City, was once asked where she got her enthusiasm. She replied, "My father, a lawyer, long ago told me, I never made a penny until I stopped working for money."

If we cannot do what we love as a full-time career, we can do it as a hobby. Elizabeth Layton of Wellsville, Kan, was 68 before she began to draw. This activity ended her depression（抑郁）that had troubled her for at least 30 years, and the quality of her work led one critic to say, "I am persuaded to call Layton a genius."

We can't afford to waste tears on "might-have-beens". We need to turn the tears into sweat as we go after "what-can-be." We need to live each moment whole-heartedly, with all our senses-finding pleasure in the sweet smell of a backyard garden, the simple picture of a six-year-old, and the beauty of a rainbow.

67. Which of the following can best explain the underlined sentence in Paragraph 2?

A. Enthusiasm can give you courage and strength in difficult times.

B. If you don't have enthusiasm, you can achieve nothing.

C. Enthusiastic people never consider money and fame.

D. Enthusiastic people can gain great fame and honor.

68. The author mentions cellist Pablo Casals in the third paragraph to show that ________.

A. music can arouse people's enthusiasm

B. enthusiasm can give people inspiration needed to succeed

C. enthusiasm can make people feel young

D. enthusiasm can keep people healthy

69. How many examples are given in the passage to show the importance of enthusiasm?

A. Two.                   B. Three.                  C. Four.                D. Five.

70. The author holds the view that ________.

A. enthusiastic people will never get old

B. enthusiasm can make you succeed and enjoy life

C. enthusiasm is more important than experience

D. enthusiasm can give people more success and fame

B

If you want to take the whole family on holiday, and keep everybody happy, then I have found just the place for you. I recently went with a group of friends to stay at the Greenwood Holiday Village, which is open from May until October.

Built in the centre of a forest, Greenwood is a great place to stay whatever the weather is like. Its main attraction for families is the indoor World of Water, where young and old can have fun in the different pools. Some of these, however, are for serious swimmers only.

For sporty people, the Country Club offers tennis, squash and badminton. If your children are too young to join in these sports, there are activity clubs. Greenwood is a good place for families as it is traffic-free-you explore on foot or by bike. Some people complained that this was inconvenient, but I was pleased to be out in the fresh air. For evening entertainment, there are shows and cinemas.

Accommodation is in a variety of apartments of different sizes. These have up to four bedrooms, a kitchen and a bathroom, as well as a dining area. Before going, I thought the apartments might not be big enough for all of us, but I was pleasantly surprised ― it was not too crowded at all.

I'll definitely go back to Greenwood next year. Why don't you give it a try? Visit their website for further information now!

65. From the text, the reader can find out ______.

      A. the best way to get to the holiday village

      B. the best time of year to visit the holiday village

      C. what activities are available at the holiday village

      D. how to reserve accommodation at the holiday village

66. What does the writer think about the holiday village?

      A. The apartments there are not big enough.

       B. It is not convenient because you cannot use your car.

      C. It can only be enjoyed in good weather.

      D. There is something there for all ages.

67. Which of the following statements about the apartments is TRUE?

      A. There is not much space between them. B. Each one has its own bathroom.

       C. They all have four bedrooms. D. Not all of them have dining areas.

68. Which postcard would somebody send from the holiday village?

第三部分：阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）

请认真阅读下列短文，从短文后所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 s5u.com

A

Your Genes, Your Future

How would you feel if someone gave you an envelope with a description of every one of your genes? Supposing this information could tell you what illnesses you were likely to get, or even what illness you might die of, would you open the envelope?

It's a difficult question to answer. But the fact is that scientists have already begun to discover how certain genes influence us. And in the next decade, they will learn a lot more.

We have known for a long time that many of our physical characteristics are inherited. For example, our eye colour and certain diseases are decided by our genes. As long as you have a good diet, scientists can predict your height by looking at your parents' heights. And we now know that the need to wear glasses has a genetic cause. Our eating habits also appear to be decided by our genes!

With other characteristics, things are not so clear. Certainly, scientists have now shown that some traits are strongly influenced by our genes. Do you prefer getting up early or late? To a great extent, it's your genes that decide, Do you enjoy dangerous sports such as car racing? There is a gene that influences how much excitement we need.

But with most psychological characteristics, scientists are learning that both our genes and our environment affect us. This is true of things such as how violent we are, and how well we get on with other people. So, even though scientists may soon be able to describe our genes in detail, it does not mean they will be able to predict our future with any real success.

Nonetheless, the fact is that scientists will be able to "read" our genes in the near future. This will create new problems. To give a few examples, insurance companies may not want to insure people whose genes predict certain illnesses. Employers may not want to employ people who have a gene for violence. One thing is already clear -- with these new developments, life is going to become even more complicated!

56. Which characteristics is mostly likely to be inherited?

   A. Eye colour.      B. Interest.       C. Future.     D. Ability.

57. What kind of problem will these new developments create?

   A. You may die of a certain illness described in the envelope.

   B. There will be an increased number of violent people.

   C. People may take part in dangerous sports such as car racing.

   D. Insurance companies may refuse to insure people with a gene for certain disease.

58. Why won’t scientists be able to tell us a lot about our future?

   A. Because we’re affected not only by our genes but also by our environment.

   B. Because scientists will not able to read our genes in the near future.

   C. Because life in the future will be more complicated.

   D. Because scientists can’t describe our genes in detail.

A husband-and-wife team from California reached the Pacific Ocean after a 4,900- mile-cross

-country walk, becoming the first to backpack the American Discovery Trail in one continuous

walk. 

  Marcia and Ken powers, of Pleasanton, started the travel across 13 states, through 14 national parks and 16 national forests on Feb. 27 from Cape Henlopen in Delaware. Nearly eight months later, the excited couple walked through water into the Pacific Ocean at Point Reyes, a day ahead of time. 

“We are a little sad that a great adventure is over. It was a fantastic adventure. And now we go home and just do housework. It's really sad.” Marcia, who said she's in her 50s, and her 60-year-old husband traversed cities, desert, mountains and farmland before reaching the Pacifics alone with arms around each other' s backpacks.

They overcame deep snow in the East, a quicksand in Utah, close lightning strikes in the Mid- west and strong desert sandstorms in the West while averaging 22 miles a day and taking only four days off. But they enjoyed the French history of St. Louis' the beauty of the Colorado Rockies and the kindness of strangers they met along the way. They particularly remember two brothers ---- a

doctor and dentist-------who put them up in their homes, after terrible days, and a motorcyclist who gave them water after they failed to find any on Utah's lonely Wah Wah Desert.

  “Americans are truly warm-hearted and wonderful people.” Marcia Powers said. “We got to meet people that we would never meet in our daily living at home. We got to touch it with our feet and hands and smell all its scents and hear its wildlife. It' s an amazing country,” she added.

Which of the following about couple's walk is TRUE?

 A. The walk covered more than 13 states.

 B. The walk lasted about half a year.

 C. The walk didn't meet any desert.

 D. The walk might end before October 27.

The underlined word “traversed” in the third paragraph means “____________.”

 A. enjoy                       B. move across, through or over

 C. overcome                    D. look at

According to the text, we can infer that during the walk the couple __________.

 A. were treated warm-heartedly by the local people

 B. never stopped to have a rest

 C. were ever caught in a heavy rain and became ill

 D. felt the quicksand in Utah was very interesting

The couple went through many places except ____________.

 A. big rivers       B. desert      C. hills       D. fields

第三节 书面表达（满分25分）

假如你叫李华，是一位高中生。请你用英语给报社写一封信，反映如下情况并谈谈你的建议。

现在有很多学生使用手机。一是认为这是种时髦，而是认为便于跟家人和朋友联系。

一些学生把手机带进教室，在课堂上经常听见手机的铃声。破坏课堂纪律。

有的同学还在课堂上发短信和上网，浪费宝贵的时间。

建议：

教室是学习的地方，需要安静；学生不应该在教室中使用手机，应该集中注意力学习。学校应该作出规定，禁止学生在教室使用手机。

注意： 1. 信的开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。2. 词数110左右。

Dear Editor,

I’m a senior middle school student. Now many students use mobile phones.

Yours sincerely

Li Hua

Is       some American friends visited last week?

A. this school       B. this the school

C . this school one        D. this school where