“______match between these two teams was exciting," said Federer, "and we hope to see

_____second."

A. A; the                         B. The; /                       C. The; a                       D. A; a

临近假期，好多学校的教师会给学生们布置作业，以至孩子们没有时间来享受自己的假期。请观察下面的漫画，然后请简单描述图画内容及反映的问题，并谈谈你的认识与看法。（词数120左右）

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One day, a 10-year-old entered a coffee shop．After he

sat        a table, he asked a waitress．"How much is an                  76．__  _

ice cream sundae?" "50￠"r____the waitress．The little                    77．__  _

boy pulled his hand out of his pocket and c_____the coins                78．__  _

in it．“Well, how ___ a plain dish of ice cream? he asked．              79．__  _

By now more people were w____for a table and the waitress                     80．__  _

sas growing______（不耐烦）"35 ￠!" she answered unhappily．            81．__  _

"OK, I’ll have the plain ice cream," he asked．The boy f     the            82．__  _

ice cream paid the ____ （账单） and left．However, when the                  83．__  _

waitress wiped down the table, she found that beside the___（空白）         84．__  _

dish there were two nickels and five pennies．You see, he couldn't

have the sundae ____he had to have enough left to leave her a tip．       85．__  _

Internet access and power outlets available in most cafes in the．developed world might reduce your productivity．

A typical tale from store managers is of customers who buy a single cup of coffee or tea and occupy a four-seat table for eight or more hours．A store full of these people turns the shop into a silence broken only by the tapping of keyboard keys．In others, however, customers use the network briefly, and the turnover is high．

Cafe owners have talked about their discomfort for years．Some cafes founders started turning off Wi-Fi （无线网络） on the weekends．The experiment led to success, they said．People who otherwise avoided the cafe came in, and the place became crowded on Saturdays and Sundays．In the years since, hundreds of articles have appeared about similar cases in which a coffee shop turns off the signal, and sometimes blocks electrical outlets．

Nick Bilton, the New York Times" Bits blog editor, was banned from reading an electronic book a few days ago．The Actual Cafe in Oakland opened last year with lapton-free weekends．The owner, Sal Bednarz, wrote in an email, "I think it's fascinating that we've allowed technology to enter so much of our lives that it can feel like an affront （冒犯） when someone asks us to step away

from it for a short while．"

Dan Drozdenko, the owner of the Downbeat Cafe in Los Angeles, says, “People come here because we don't offer it．They know they can get their work done and concentrated．"

For tasks that don't require constant monitoring of live date—such as stock management or minding server operations—productivity seems to soar when the constant bright shiny ball of the Internet is nowhere to be seen．

People often leave the house or office to free themselves of conditions that reduce productivity, only to walk into a venue that lets them surf, and otherwise avoid focus．Could the offer of single-tasking and quiet thinking be a selling point when drinking coffee or tea? A moment's relief from the Blackbgerry buzz, the iphone alert, the Android annoyance? Only if one remembers to turn off one's 3G connection, too．

72．What's the disadvantage for a cafe owner if the customers use the Internet long?

       A．It makes the turnover slow and affects the business．

       B．It makes the cafe silent and is bad for its atmosphere．

       C．The owner is disturbed by the tapping of keyboard keys．

       D．It costs a lot to offer Internet access to customers．

73．What happened after Wi-Fi was turned off in the cafe on the weekends?

       A．It added much inconvenience to people

       B．Customers stayed in the cafe longer than before．

       C．The environment in the cafe was improved．

       D．There were more customers in the cafe．

74．What can be inferred from the words of Dan Drozdenko?

       A．If people don't get their work done, they shouldn't go to a coffee shop．

       B．If people go to a coffee shop, they would concentrate more on their work．

       C．If people do their work while surfing the Internet in a coffee shop, they can't concentrate．

       D．If people can't surf the Internet in a coffee shop, they would be unwilling to come,

75．The underlined word "soar" in Paragraph 6 is the closest in meaning to "__"．

       A．exist                                         B．maintain                

       C．rise                                           D．change．

I think that genetically modified foods should be banned．Here's why．

We have no idea of the real impact they have on our environment．While there's currently no hard proof that environmental damage is being done by genetically modified foods, there are a few worrying and suspect events that may actually be tied to these products．Most important is the sudden loss of huge numbers of bee hives．Bees are necessary to the pollination process for soybeans and many other food crops．It's entirely possible that "the law of unintended consequences" has caused the loss of these extremely important insects．

There's also no real way to prevent cross contamination （交叉污染） between modified crops and natural crops．When neighboring fields are planted with different varieties of computable（可共存的） plants, there is a  virtual guarantee of some cross pollination between the fields．

We have no idea of the real impact they have on human beings．There is already documented evidence that genetically modified foods may be the cause of higher allergy （过敏） rates in children, It's impossible to guess v/hat other effects they may eventually cause．

I suspect that most people have forgotten the serious health scare and complete failure that occurred in 1989 that caused death or health problems for hundreds of people．The product causing the problem was L-tryptophan, an amino acid; Commercially produced L-tryptophan is developed through a bacterial fermentation process．One maker of the supplement developed a genetically modified strain of bacteria which was capable of producing higher quantities of L-tryptophan．

Unfortunately, the process "broke" somewhere along the line with the genetically altered bacteria creating an altered form of the chemical which had devastating effects on people who consumed it．

Since there is no way to predict these kinds or changes, it's both foolish and dangerous to introduce genetically modified products into the food chain.

Finally, there's no need for genetically modified foods．Most companies that produce these products will send out statistics about higher output per acre or plants that are more tolerant to negative conditions．But the truth is that the claims, while at least partially true, are mostly rhetoric．

These companies are really just looking for a way to increase their bottom line profits．They may not actually intend to, damage the ecosystem or create new health problems for people．But in my opinion it's not nice to fool Mother Nature．She may offer up a variety of severe surprises in response．

68．What's the structure of the passage?

69．The sudden loss of bee hives may be due to ___       .

       A．environmental pollution from human beings

       B．genetically modified products

       C．cross-contamination between modified crops

       D．cross pollination between the fields

70．Which of the following words best describes genetically modified foods?

       A．Risky．           B．Deadly.         C．Harmful．                 D．Healthy．

71．Most companies advocate the genetically modified products in order to _     _．

       A．increase their output                    B．solve health problems

       C．earn more money                         D．protect the ecosystem  

Failure, they say, is the best teacher．We learn and gain more confidence through trial and error．At one time or another we will encounter failure．You don’t have to accept your failure if what you really want to achieve is success．

For every achievement, there have been one or more failures．But those who we call successful are those who refuse to accept failure and believe success is the other side of failure．The incandescent light （白炽灯） was invented after 1000 failure．Assuming he had stopped after he tried 100 times without the desired result, what would have been the result of such effort?

Any time you see products and new inventions, think in terms of failures that are not accepted．Moreover, everything in a microform today is a result of failure that is not accepted．Any time your effort is  not bring a desired result, you don’t have to call it a failure．Call it a chanllenge．What is the difference between the two? One is negative, and the other is positive; one motivates, and the other demotivates．

What you need is positive thinking and motivation to attain success．Failure is an end thing; challenging is an open thing．Failure means there is no way out, no altermative, but challenge is a question mark asking another way out of the situation, an alternative solution to the problem, the job at hand．Keep dreaming and moving; that is the solution to success．A wise man once said if you cannot fly, run．If you cannot run, walk．If you cannot walk, crawl; just keep on moving．

If you fall down, you have to get up and start moving．If not, other people will step on you to the way to their success．What you call failure and abandon is what someone will continue with just a little additional effort to reach success．

64．Failure is the best teacher because___________．

       A．what people have learned from failure is the best

       B．people will know what failure is like after failure

       C．people can learn a lot by trying various solutions

       D．numerous failure are sure to lead to success

65．The author gave the example of the incandescent light in Paragraph 2 in order to______．

       A．show that success is the other side of failure

       B．tell people their efforts will be paid off finally

       C．advise people not to waste their time

       D．prove that every achievement is based on invention

66．What is the advantage if you regard a failure as a challenge?

       A．you will feel proud even if you fail many times．

       B．You won’t fear failure and will be ready to accept it．

       C．Failure means pain while challenge sounds good．

       D．You will continue trying your best to succeed．

67．In which part could this passage be found if it is taken from a magazine?

       A． Economy.          B． Career.              C．Culture.             D．Wealth.

Captain R．F．Scott, the famous Antarctic explorer, made two expeditions to the Antarctic.

His first expedition, in the ship Discovery, took place between 1901 and 1904 and was half funded by the government．On this trip, Scott and his party anchored Discovery in McMurdo Sound．Ross Island where they built a simple room．During the winter they conducted astronomical observations．In June the sun cannot be seen from within the Antarctic Circle and it is dark 24 hours day．In the spring, the weather improved and Scott, Dr Wilson and Ernest Shackleton set off．towards, the South Pole．They had some sledge （雪橇） dogs but didn't really know how to "use them, so they largely pulled the sledges themselves, Scott traveled slightly further, much further than anyone before but it was a terrible journey．

In 1910, he sailed on another scientific voyage to the Antarctic, this time in the Terra Nova, originally a whaler （捕鲸舰）．This second expedition had less government support and many schools made collections for the expedition．While Scott was sailing south on his second expedition, he heard the news that the Norwegian, Roald Amundsen （1872-1928）, was going to Antarctica and was likely to try to reach the South Pole first．Although Amundsen was an experienced Arctic explorer, Scott was determined to get there first．He headed to the south early in 191l, and set out towards the Pole on November I from Ross Island during the second summer there．However, on January 18, 1912 when they arrived, they found Amundsen and his four Norwegian companions had got there just over a month before them．Scott's men had been beaten．On the way back, they encountered disaster and all of them died．Near the end of the Antarctic winter of 1912, their, bodies were found, Their journals and papers were recovered．

Following the news of his death, Scott became a British hero, a status maintained for more than 50 years．In the closing decades of the twentieth century, however, in a more skeptical age, the legend was reassessed．From a previously unassailable position, Scott became a figure of controversy, with questions raised about his competence and character．

60．What's the passage mainly about?

       A．Scott's competitors on the scientific voyage to the Antarctic．

       B．Humans' expeditions to the Antarctic in the 1900s．

       C．Scott's two expeditions to the Antarctic,

       D．．Scott's achievements in discovering the world．

61．On the first expedition to the Antarctic, Scott and his party       __．

       A．did scientific research                    B．got support from many schools

       C．reached the South Pole                   D．learned how to use sledge dogs

62．What can we infer from the passage?

       A．Scott and his party encountered danger on the two expeditions to the Antarctic．

       B．The government didn't support Scott's second expedition to the Antarctic．

       C．Amundsen tried several times to reach the South Pole but he failed．

       D．Scott didn't make special preparations for his second expedition to the Antarctic．

63．The underlined word "unassailable" in the last paragraph, means"_      _"．

       A．unclear                                       B．unconfirmed    

       C．unfortunate                                     D．undoubted   

The State of Colorado has four of the best parks out of the 58 national parks in the United States. The parks have some of the best scenery of all the national parks．

Black Canyon （峡谷） of Gunnison National Park

This park offers the most breathtaking views from up in the mountains into the canyons below． While exploring the canyons, you will find that the walls drop nearly straight．down into the narrow valleys of the snake-like rivers below．Visitors are offered more than 100 camping sites, and a lot of bird species and many animals are native to the area．

Rocky Mountain National Park

It is the only national park in the north central region in the state of Colorado．Elevations in this park are anywhere from 8,000 feet to 14,259 feet at the top of Longs Peak．．While traveling throughout this park you will notice two very different climates because of the difference t-he upper peaks of the Rocky Mountains make. You can enjoy 359 miles of hiking trails, a lot of places for camping, horse-back riding and beautiful scenery.

Mesa Verde National Park

This is probably the most interesting national park, offering a fascinating trip back in time to 600 AD up to 1300 AD．This park was declared a protected national park in-1906 because of the cliff dwellings （住所） that were found throughout the area, which were once-home to American Indians．Many of these dwellings can be walked through, while you imagine what each room may have been used for so many years ago．

Great Sand Dunes （沙丘） National Park

The Great Sand dunes National Park lies in south central Colorado, about 127 miles from Pueblo．This park has the tallest sand dunes in all of North America and has trails for hiking．The natural sandy beaches around the small rivers and lakes are good for swimmers．

56．What's the most breathtaking thing in the Black Canyon of Gunnison National Park?

       A．The animals．       B．The walls．    C．The rivers．     D．The camping sites,

57．In the Rocky Mountain National Park, tourists may NOT be able to _      _．

       A．go sightseeing      B．boat             C．ride a horse         D．camp

58．If you are interested in history, you are advised to visit __．

       A．the Rocky Mountain National Park．

       B．the Black Canyon of Gunnison National Park

       C．the Great Sand Dunes National Park

       D．the Mesa Verde National Park

59．What's the author's purpose in writing this passage?

       A．Persuading people to visit Colorado while in America．

       B．Showing people which park is the best of the four in Colorado

       C．Introducing the best four parks in Colorado to people．

       D．Telling people some traveling information in Colorado．

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上涂黑。

“Anything else, sweetie?" my dad asked as he put some bills in my hand after treating me to breakfast and filling my car with gas．"No．Thanks!" I was （36） by his fatherly acts, despite the fact that I just turned 40．Yet I realize that in my father's eyes, I will always be his （37） girl．Dad takes deep pleasure in knowing his children are well provided for and loves to give whenever he sees a need．

（38） this was not always the case．Divorced from my mother when I was 11, my dad couldn't be （39） his kids as often as he expected．Money was also tight; even weekend visits were （40）． Nevertheless, my dad stayed in constant communication with us and ensured he was involved in our lives．Though he couldn't always be there （41）, I knew he was only a phone call away．I could

always （42） that．

Even now, almost 30 years later, I （43） that he'll be there for me and I treasure this．I have a wonderful husband, but that hasn't （44） how Dad see me, I'm still his child and he loves to see that my （45） are met． '

I remember a time when I was （46） in a hardware store with Dad, I （47） my plans to decorate one wall in my house．That's all it took for Dad to take （48）．By the time I got to the checkout （付款台） line, the （49） I picked out were placed beside his purchases．

Then there was the time I （50） the mistake of taking him with me to the store for just a few items．By the time we were （51）my shopping cart was full of groceries from every aisle, in the store! My sister and I （52）that if you don't want Dad to buy it for you, avoid even mentioning you want （53）．

My father really cares about me and is constantly （54） the best for me．He gives us stability and peace that no other （55） can provide．I'm so grateful for having a good dad．

36．A．affected　　　 　 B．moved　　　 　　 C．encouraged　 　　 D．persuaded

37．A．little　　　　 　 B．naughty　 　　　　 C．bright　　　 　 D．diligent

38．A．And　　　　 　 B．So　　　　 　　 C．Or　　　 　　　　 D．But

39．A．upon　　　　 　 B．across　　　　 C．around　　　　 　　　　　 D．against

40．A．relaxing　　　 B．rare　　　　 　　 C．disappointing　 D．brief

41．A．in person　　 B．in front　　　 C．in advance　　　　　 D．in time

42．A．take to　　　　 B．focus on　　　 C．turn to　　　　 D．count on

43．A．recognize　 　　　 B．predict　　　 C．know　　　　 D．dream

44．A．interfered　 　　 B．changed　　　 C．remained　　 　 D．stopped

45．A．needs 　　　　　　　 B．friends　　　　 C．situations　　 D．kids

46．A．playing　 　　　　　 B．wandering　　 　 C．resting　　　　 D．shopping

47．A．disordered　　 B．forgot　　　　 C．mentioned　　 　 D．considered

48．A．time　　　　　 B．action　　　　 C．pleasure　　 　 D．pride

49．A．supplies　　 　　 B．tools　　　 　　　 C．pictures　　　 D．lists

50．A．missed　　　 　 B．corrected　　 C．ignored　　 　　　 D．made

51．A．served　　　　 B．helped　　　　 C．finished　　　 　 D．satisfied

52．A．think　　 　　　 B．joke　　　　　 C．understand　　 D．learn

53．A．something　　 B．anything　　　 C．everything　　 D．nothing

54．A．buying　　　　 B．using　　　　 C．designing　　 D．seeking

55．A．citizenship　　 B．kindness　　 　 C．relationship　 　 D．business

—It shouldn't be so difficult to solve the problem if we all come to help．

—That's right_　　 _．

　　　 A．Many hands make light work

　　　 B．Something is better than nothing．

　　　 C．The more the better

　　　 D．The sooner begun, the sooner done