— There is a story here in the paper about a 110-year-old man.

— My goodness! I can’t imagine________that old.

A. to be　　　　　 B. to have been　　　　 C. being　　　　　　　 D. having been

    John thinks it won’t be long __________ he is ready for his new job.

A. when                    B. after                      C. before                  D. since

— I’m going to Paris next week.

— What a ________! So am I.

A. pity　　　　　　　　　　　 B. coincidence　　　　 C. accident　　　　　　　 D. chance

    Exploring ________ space is exciting, yet dangerous. There is _______need for both robots and humans for space exploration.

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

假如你是某中学学生。在一位名叫AngryBird的学生家长的微博上，你看到以下内容。请根据该微博的内容、写作要点和要求，回复家长。

I’m a father who has a fifteen-year-old daughter. I’m very strict with her. If she is not among the top 5 students in her class, she will be punished (惩罚) in one way or another. She has been doing well in school, but one of my friends keeps telling me that I put too much pressure (压力) on her.

写作要点：

1．表明自己的看法；  2．陈述自己的理由（可举例说明）；  3．提出至少两条建议。

要求：

1． 短文词数不少于90字。

2． 内容充实，结构完整，语意连贯。

3． 书写须清晰、工整。

Hi, AngryBird,

    What puzzles you is actually a puzzle for many parents in China. _________________________

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根据首字母及中文释义填写单词

81． L_______(幸运地)，he was born in a family where he got along well with his parents.

82． The two buses went in o________(相反的) directions—one went south and the other went north.

83． The most distinguishing f_________(特征) of the food in Chongqing is the spiciness (辛辣).

84． The tornado was so v________(猛烈的) that thousands of trees were picked up.

85． Young as he is, his s_________(力气，力量) is great.

86． Experts always s________(强调) the importance of innovation (创新) when it comes to the sustainable development of a nation.

87． S_________(伤心地) she sat there, recalling those happy days they spent together.

88． P_________(以前的) working experience helped him a lot in dealing with such problems.

89． Due to the scandal dug up by the tabloid newspapers, he had to r_______(辞职) from the company.

90． Gases from cars are constantly given out to the air, polluting the e_________(环境).

Throughout the history of the arts, the nature of creativity has remained constant to artists. No matter what objects they choose, artists are to produce new forces and forms that cause change to find poetry where no one has ever seen or experienced it before.

Landscape (风景) is another unchanging element of art. It can be found from ancient times through the 17th-century Dutch painters to the 19th-century romanticists and impressionists. In the 1970s Alfred Leslie, one of the new American realists, continued this practice. Leslie sought out the same place where Thomas Cole, a romanticist, had produced paintings of the same scene a century and a half before. Unlike Cole who insists on a feeling of loneliness and the idea of finding peace in nature, Leslie paints what he actually sees. In his paintings, there is no particular change in emotion (情感), and he includes ordinary things like the highway in the background. He also takes advantage of the latest developments of color photography (彩色摄影) to help both the eye and the memory when he improves his painting back in his workroom.

Besides, all art begs the age-old question: What is real? Each generation of artists has shown their understanding of reality in one form or another. The impressionists saw reality in brief emotional effects, the realists in everyday subjects and in forest scenes, and the Cro-Magnon cave people in their naturalistic drawings of the animals in the ancient forests. To sum up, understanding reality is a necessary struggle for artists of all periods.

Over thousands of years the function of the arts has remained relatively constant. Past or present, Eastern or Western, the arts are a basic part of our immediate experience. Many and different are the faces of art, and together they express the basic need and hope of human beings.

77． The underlined word “poetry” most probably means __________.

A. an object for artistic creation             B. a collection of poems

C. an unusual quality                             D. a natural scene

78． What is the author’s opinion of artistic reality?

A. It will not be found in future works of art.

B. It does not have a long-lasting standard.

C. It is expressed in a fixed artistic form.

D. It is lacking in modern works of art.

79． What does the author suggest about the arts in the last paragraph?

A. They express people's curiosity about the past.

B. They make people interested in everyday experience.

C. They are considered important for variety in form.

D. They are regarded as a mirror of the human situation.

80． Which of the following is the main topic of the passage?

A. History of the arts.                             B. Basic questions of the arts.

C. New developments in the arts.           D. Use of modern technology in the arts.

Climbers at the top of Mount Everest, the world’s highest peak, will now be able to make video calls and surf the Internet on their mobile phones, a Nepalese (尼泊尔的) telecom group claims.

Ncell, a branch company of Swedish phone giant TeliaSonera, said on Thursday it had set up a high-speed third-generation (3G) phone base station at an altitude of 5,200 metres in the Everest region.

“Today we made the world’s highest video call from Mount Everest base camp successfully. The coverage (覆盖范围) of the network will reach up to the peak of Mount Everest,” Ncell Nepal chief Pasi Koistinen told reporters in Kathmandu.

The installation (安装) will also help tens of thousands of tourists and hikers who visit the world’s highest mountain every year.

Climbers who reached its 8,848-metre peak previously depended on expensive satellite phones and a voice-only network set up by China Mobile in 2007 on the Chinese side of the mountain.

“This is a great milestone for mobile communications as the 3G high speed Internet will bring faster, more affordable telecommunication services from the world’s tallest mountain,” said Lars Nyberg, chief executive of TeliaSonera, which owns 80 percent of Ncell.

The 3G services will be fast enough to make video calls and use the Internet, said the company, which also claimed the world’s lowest 3G base at 1,400 metres below sea level in a mine in Europe.

Despite the installation in Mount Everest, telecom services cover less than one-third of the 28 million people of Nepal, one of the poorest countries in the world.

TeliaSonera said it planned to invest $ 100 million in the next year to ensure that mobile coverage increases to more than 90 per cent of the Himalayan nation’s population.

The 3G network on Mount Everest puts TeliaSonera ahead of state-controlled Nepal Telecom, Indian-owned United Telecom and China Mobile.

Around 3,000 people have climbed to the Everest summit since Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay became the first people to conquer the peak in 1953.

73． Who are most likely to benefit from the 3G services at Mount Everest?

A. The telecom firm.                                B. The local residents.

C. Travelers to Nepal.                                                              D. Mount Everest explorers.

74． According to Lars Nyberg, the 3G services they provide __________.

A. are fast and convenient                      B. are a little expensive

C. can make voice-only calls                  D. offer free emailing

75． What do we know about TeliaSonera?

A. It owns 80 per cent of Ncell.                B. It belongs to Nepal Telecom.

C. It is in the charge of Pasi Koistinen.   D. It provides services for Pasi Koistinen.

76． What is the best title of the text?

A. Telecommunication in Nepal

B. 3G services reach Mt. Everest summit

C. TeliaSonera takes lead in communication

D. Good news for hikers and climbers

Dear all,

Please read Professor Hume’s email about his next lecture on Rosa Parks.

Susan Miller

Secretary

Dear Susan,

Please forward this message to students of my history class.

Beside the life story of Rosa Parks in the textbook, the students are also required to read the passage below and some related stories that can be borrowed from the school library.

Ted Hume

The early experiences of Rosa Parks (1913-2005), long known as the “mother of the civil rights movement,” were not different from those of many African-Americans at that time. The black woman, however, turned the course of American history in December 1955 when she refused to give up her seat on a bus to a white man. “By sitting down,” remarked John Lewis, “she was standing up for all Americans.”

Among the numerous awards Parks received in her life were the Presidential Medal of Freedom (1996) and the Congressional Gold Medal (1999).

Parks died on Oct. 24, 2005. At St. Paul A. M. E. Church in Montgomery, a large crowd including Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice celebrated her life. Rice said she and others, who grew up when the political activities of Parks held public attention, might not have realized her impact (影响) on their lives, “but I can honestly say that without Mrs. Parks, I probably would not be standing here as Secretary of State.”

After her casket (灵柩) was placed at the Capitol (国会大厦), U. S. President Bush, members of Congress and ordinary Americans paid their respects. In American history Parks is the first woman to lie in state at the Capitol, a very high regard usually reserved for Presidents of the United States.

69． What is the main purpose of Susan’s email?

A. To prepare for Professor Hume’s class.

B. To introduce to the students Rosa Parks.

C. To help the students organize a lecture.

D. To answer Professor Hume’s last email.

70． What does the underlined word “forward” mean?

A. Explain.                B. Send.                 C. Take.                    D. Read.

71． The political influence of Rosa Parks lies in the fact that she _________.

A. helped Condoleezza Rice achieve political success

B. joined the civil rights movement at a young age

C. made racial equality a common value in American society

D. set a good example in her early life for other black Americans

72． How was Rosa Parks treated after her death?

A. She was named “mother of the civil rights movement.”

B. She was received by President Bush at the Capitol.

C. She was given the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

D. She was honored to lie in state at the Capitol.

Eleanor Roosevelt was born in New York City on October 11, 1884. When her mother died in 1892, the children went to live with Grandmother Hall; her father died only two years later. Attending a good school in England gave her, at 15, her first chance to develop self-confidence among other girls. In her circle of friends was a distant cousin, handsome young Franklin Delano Roosevelt. They became engaged in 1903 and were married in 1905. Within 11 years Eleanor bore six children; one son died early.

In Albany, where Franklin served in the state Senate from 1910 to 1913, Eleanor started her long career as political helpmate. When he was stricken with polio (小儿麻痹症) in 1921, she took care of him devotedly. From his successful campaign for governor in 1928 to the day of his death, she dedicated her life to his purposes.

When Mrs. Roosevelt came to the White House, she understood social conditions well and she transformed the role of First Lady accordingly. She broke the tradition to hold conferences, and expressed her opinions. This made her a target for political enemies but her sincerity of purpose made her personally popular to many. As she had written: “…if truth and loyalty are stamped upon her face, all will be attracted to her…”

After the President Roosevelt’s death in 1945, she returned to a cottage at his Hyde Park estate; she told reporters, “The story is over.” Within a year, however, she began her service as American spokeswoman in the United Nations. She continued a positive career until her strength began to wane in 1962. She died in New York City that November, and was buried at Hyde Park beside her husband.

65． Which of the following is the correct order to describe Eleanor Roosevelt’s early life?

a. She went to live with her grandmother.

b. She led a happy life in a good school.

c. She was very sad when her father died.

d. She got married and gave birth to six children.

e. She fell in love with Franklin Delano Roosevelt.

A. e, a, b, d, c          B. a, c, b, e, d         C. b, d, c, a, e           D. c, a, d, e, b

66． Some people hated Eleanor probably because _________.

A. she didn’t follow the traditions            B. she always had better opinions

C. she held too many meetings              D. she became the First Lady

67． The underlined sentence in Para. 3 suggests that _________.

A. all the women was usually common

B. everything draws much of her attention

C. truth and loyalty make her very attractive

D. a simple woman can become great easily

68． According to the passage, we can infer that Eleanor did well in the field of _________.

A. history                  B. science               C. economics            D. politics