My secret of staying young is quite simple：devote your attention to the part of you that’s young and growing—your brain. Keep your mind awake and you will stay young all over. These are exciting times. Take an interest in the world around you，and make a point of learning one new thing every day.

   No matter how old you are ，it’s not too late to make your life more interesting. I know a housewife without knowledge in the past who made herself into an excellent industrial designer. I know an old electrical engineer who has become a highly paid artist.

   Get over the idea the you are too old to go back to school. I know a man who entered a medical college at 70. He got his degree with honors and became a famous doctor. Another man went to a law school at 71 and now is an active lawyer.

   No matter how old people are，staying young is easy for those who live in the future. You can do it if you are active enough to try. Keep your mind active and awake：that’s the only youth elixir.

54. Which of the following best express the main idea of this passage？

Staying young is the only youth elixir.

Learning at least one new thing every day.

Never too late to go back to school.

The secret of staying young.

55.  If you wish to stay young，above all ，you should        .

A. keep your mind awake and active      B. make your life more interesting

C. keep your mind from being harmed     D. keep in tough with other people

56. The implied meaning of the passage is that        .

A. anyone can learn to do something no matter how old they may be.

B. the electrical engineer learned to be an artist to become famous.

C. the man who entered the medical collage at 70 came out at the top of the list.

D. every one can be successful if you try to learn no matter how old he may be

57. The word “elixir”in the last sentence probably means something that can keep people        .

    A. healthy             B. wealthy             C. young               D. happy

Ⅳ 写作(共两节，满分40分)

第一节  基础写作(共1小题，满分15分)

【写作内容】  

加拿大中学生John在互联网上登出启事(notice)想结识一位中国网友,以便学习和了解中国的语言、文化和风俗。假设你是张华，请在看到这则启事后，用英文发一封电子邮件，主要内容包括：

你是怎样得知John的愿望；你愿意成为她的网友；你打算如何帮助她学习中文；你愿意向她介绍中国的一些风俗习惯；你盼望她把她的QQ号码告诉你并且尽早互相成为好友。

【写作要求】

1. 电子邮件必须包括以上五个方面的内容，按照发邮件的格式书写，可以适当增减细节，使内容连贯，将5个句子组织成连贯的短文。

2. 必须使用5个句子介绍全部所给内容。

3. 文中不能出现真实姓名和学校名称。

　4. 电子邮件的开头和结尾已给出；

【评分标准】  句子结构准确，信息内容完整，篇章结构连贯。

Dear John,

                                                      Yours,

                                                      Zhang Hua

The book ＿＿, it’s a best-seller.

A. sell well   B. is sold well   C. has sold well   D. sells well

第三节　书面表达（满分25分）

假期将至，据一份网上调查，显示出了教师、学生、家长对于补课的不同观点。请你根据下列提示写一篇英语短文。

要求：1.字数：120词左右；2.必须谈出自己的看法。

参考词汇：extra lessons n.补课      relax  v.放松

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You’d better not phone me between two and six o’clock this afternoon; I ___

   a speech then.

A. will give                  B. will have been giving     

C. will be giving              D. will have given

The headmaster thought _______ necessary to invite Professor Brown to give us a lecture.   

   A. that       B. it       C. this       D. him

第二节（共8小题；每小题1分，满分8分）

阅读下面短文。根据短文内容，在表格中第63至第70小题的空格里填上适当的单词，使信息完整。每空填一个词。

Green is an important color in nature. It is the color of grass, the leaves on trees and most growing plants. Sometimes, the word green means young, fresh and growing. Sometimes, it describes something that is not yet ripe or finished. For example, a greenhorn is someone who has no expereince, who is new to a situation.  In the 15th century, a greenhorn was a young cow or ox whose horns had not yet developed.  A century or so later, a greenhorn was a soldier who had not yet had any experience in battle. By the 18th century, a greenhorn had the meaning it has today.

Someone who has the ability to grow plants well is said to have a green thumb. The expression comes from the early 1990s. A person with a green thumb seems to have a magic touch that makes plants grow quickly and well. You might say that the woman next door has a green thumb if her garden continues to grow long after your plants have died.

The Green Revolution is the name given some years ago to the development of new kinds of rice and other grains. The new plants produced much larger crops.  The Green Revolution was the result of hard work by agricultural scientists who had green thumbs.

Green is also the color used to describe the powerful emotion, envy. The green-eyed monster is not a terrible creature from outer space.  It is an expression used about four hundred years ago by British writer William Shakespeare in his play “Othello.” It describes the unpleasant feeling a person has when someone else has something he wants.  A young man may suffer from the green-eyed monster if his girlfriend begins going out with someone else. Or, that green-eyed monster may affect your friend if you get a pay rise and she does not.

第三节  书面表达（满分30分）

假设你是红星中学高二一班的学生李华，近日你班同学参加了世界自然基金会WWF组办的“我为哥本哈根减斤碳”活动，大家开始在日常生活中减少能源、纸张等的消耗。请根据以下要点，给某英文杂志写一篇以“Low–Carbon Living”为题的英文稿件，介绍你们参加此次活动第一天的具体做法和感受。

内容要点：1．步行或骑车上学 2．放学后关灯、关电脑 3．纸张两面用 4．使用环保购物袋

注    意：1．信的开头已为你写好；2．词数100左右。

词汇：环保购物袋 environmentally friendly bags

Low–Carbon Living

Recently, my classmates and I participated in the activity of Low–Carbon Living organized by

the WWF. On the first day,                                                     

______ all my homework unfinished, I am not allowed to go online to play games.

A. As             B. For                C. Without         D. With

．—Well, Kate, I’m sorry, but I have to leave.

       ---_____. I hope to hear from you soon.

       A．Keep in touch         B．Have s good time

       C．Walk slowly           D．So am I.