Public transportation is a great method of decreasing(减少)pollution and traffic within an urban setting. However, as with any public setting, it is important to take safety measures to avoid any unpleasant situations.

Tips for staying safe on the bus, train or subway:

Report any unusual activities.

Report any broken or missing equipment.

Report any strange noises or smells.

If you see an unattended(无人看管的)package, do not touch it, and immediately report it to the nearest employee.

Avoid touching your eyes, nose or mouth. This will decrease your chance of getting sick or spreading germs(细菌).

While on public transportation the most important safety measure to take is simply paying attention to your surroundings. By taking these steps you can have a better and more enjoyable experience while using the public bus, train or subway.

Safety measures and regulations(规章制度)

Sometimes stories of tragic public transportation are released(发布) through the media（媒体）. When this happens it is natural to question the safety of using public transportation. When the driving itself is out of your control, it is important to know what measures and regulations are put into place to keep you safe.

One of the greatest concerns for public transportation safety is the lack of safety belts. While accidents involving buses or trains is not common, when they do occur they are highly dangerous due to the lack of safety belts. Passengers are likely to be injured simply from being hit by another passenger.

Good drivers make safe passengers

With hundreds of thousands of public bus passengers every day, it is important that the drivers of these vehicles(车辆)are trained and experienced enough to manage the dangerous situations that can happen on the road. Bus and train drivers must meet the standards set by their state.

1. One advantage of public transportation is that __________________________.

A. it’s cheaper                                   B. it saves more time

C. it has more safety measures      D. it helps protect the environment

2. To keep safe on public transportation, you are advised to _____________.

A. repair any broken equipment if necessary

B. cover your nose with your hand to keep germs away

C. pay attention to any unusual activities and report them in time

D. take the package which nobody takes care of to the employee

3. We can know from the passage that ___________________________.

A. few reports are about public transportation accidents

B. passengers seldom get hurt in public transportation accidents

C. safety belts are useless for passengers on public transportation

D. it is important to know some safety measures for public transportation

4. What is important to make a good public transportation drivers?

A. Skills at handling traffic accidents

B. Higher standards and shorter working hours.

C. Polite service and clean working environment.

D. Proper training and rich driving experience.

Katharine Houghton Hepburn was born in Hartford in 1907. The Hepburns made sure to educate their children about important political and social subjects and sports. She rode horses, swam and played golf and tennis.

Katharine graduated from Bryn Mawr College in 1928. She soon started appearing in small roles in plays. After a few successful plays, Hollywood filmmakers became interested in her. She later signed with RKO Pictures. Her first movie came out in 1932.

The next year she acted in the film Morning Glory. This gave her the chance to let her acting skills shine. This movie earned Hepburn her first Academy Award for Best Actress.

During the 1930s, critics(评论家) either loved or hated Katharine Hepburn. But Hepburn wanted to face the movie industry in her own way. She did not want to be like other actresses. She did not wear make-up on her face. She would not let photographers take sexy pictures of her.

By the late 1930s, she had become unpopular with the public. But Hepburn was not raised to quit easily. She starred in The Philadelphia Story in 1940. For this movie, Hepburn received another Academy Award nomination(提名) for Best Actress. She had taken control of her career once again.

In 1967, she starred in her last movie with Spencer Tracy. For this movie, Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner, she won her second Academy Award. She won her third Academy Award the next year for A Lion in Winter. And, in her mid-seventies she won her last Academy Award for On Golden Pond.

Even into her eighties, she kept working. She also wrote several books. In 2003, Katharine Hepburn died.

As part of her last wishes, she helped create the Katharine Houghton Hepburn Center to help support the things that were important to her: film and theater, women’s right, and civic(国民的) responsibility.

1. What do we learn about Katharine Hepburn from the passage?

A. As a little girl, she showed a gift for acting.

B. She was well educated when she was young.

C. She stopped working in her mid-seventies.

D. Her small roles in plays were not good for her movie career.

2. The following movies all won Katharine Hepburn an Academy Award for Best Actress EXCEPT_______.

A. Morning Glory                B. A Lion in Winter

C. The Philadelphia Story     D. Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner

3. Which of the following words can best describe Katharine Hepburn?

A. Humorous but mean.        B. Independent and successful.

C. Beautiful but unpopular.   D. Strict and inexperienced.

4. The passage is developed by______.

A. space order         B. comparison         C. time order        D. listening examples

Vicki Larrieux, a 22-year-old student from Portsmouth, says she is unable to keep a healthy diet because she is frightened of vegetables. She survives on a diet of meat, potatoes, cereals（谷类食品）and apples but refuses even a single slice of carrot on her plate. She suffers from sweating and panics at the slightest sight of a carrot or a pea.

“I have always had a fear of vegetables. Even as a child I used to freak out if some carrots or a few peas were on my plate.” She said. “But as it continued into adult life, I started to think it might not just be a dislike for vegetables but an actual phobia（恐惧症）. Every time I see vegetables, not just on my plate, but anywhere, I would get feelings of panic and my heart would beat faster.”

Miss Larrieux’s condition makes trips to the supermarket or eating out at a restaurant with her boyfriend a major problem. It is an unpleasant experience for her to go to the supermarket. Luckily, her boyfriend is very understanding and does his best to comfort her.

A spokesman for phobia charity Anxiety UK says that around 13 percent of British people suffer a phobia of some form, there are treatment available（有效的）including medication and self-help groups for all manner of phobias.

1. Larrieux eats the following as a daily diet EXCEPT______.

A. meat        B. potatoes        C. peas       D. cereals

2. The underlined part “freak out” in Paragraph 2 means “_________”.

A. feel scared       B. get interested

C. feel relaxed      D. get sad

3. According to the passage, Larrieux’s fear for vegetables _____.

A. was found out recently            B. is a kind of phobia

C. makes her famous                   D. makes her hard to get along with

4. What do we know from the passage?

A. Only a few people around the world suffer from phobias

B. Larrieux is not confident about her future

C. Larrieux’s boyfriend doesn’t like meat

D. Phobia can be treated.

第四部分：写作（共两节，满分35分）

第一节：短文改错（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）

答题要求：此题要求改正所给短文中的错误。对标有题号的每一行作出判断：如无错误，在该行右边横线上画一个勾(√)；如有错误(每行只有一个错误)，则按下列情况改正：

此行多一个词：把多余的词用斜线(＼)划掉，在该行右边横线上写出该词，并也用斜线划掉。

此行缺一个词：在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧)，在该行右边横线上写出该加的词。

此行错一个词：在错的词下划一横线，在该行右边横线上写出改正后的词。

注意：原行没有错的不要改。

To everyone in the world, money was a sensitive (敏感) topic.     76. ______________

No one can live with money in modern society. People           77. ______________

have different opinions on them. Some people think one should    78. ______________

live to make money, and others, make money to live.                   79. ______________

In my opinion, the latter (后一种) view may be much reasonable.         80. ______________

We should not be the slaves of money. Although money                81. ______________

means a lot of in our life, it does not mean everything. We              82. ______________

cannot exchange (交换) it friendship or love. Money indeed can    83. ______________

make a person enjoy his life for a while but all his life.                 84. ______________

In a word, money is something but not anything.                      85. ______________

第二节：书面表达

你的初中同学王彬想转到你所在的省级重点中学学习，他担心食堂的饮食问题，所以写信询问你（李华）。请根据提示将你校食堂的情况回信告知。

学校注重饮食；

食物质量高，品种多样；

价格合理，食堂目的不在盈利；

环境宜人，大厅配有桌椅。

注意：根据要点适当发挥，开头已给出。词数：120左右。

Dear Wang Bin,

I’m very glad to hear you are considering coming to study in our school…

______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

 — Why not go and have dinner in a restaurant?

— _______. It’s too expensive.

      A. Why not              B. I agree         C. I’m afraid not         D. I’m sure

Although _____ to stop, he kept on working.

      A. was told               B. telling             C. having told             D. told

. The weather in Beijing in winter is colder than_______ in Fuzhou.

A. one          B. it            C. that           D. what

. His sister left home in 1998, and_______since.

A. had not been heard of         B. had not heard of

C. has not been heard of         D. has not heard of

 He _______ us that everything would go according to plan, but it turned out a failure.

A. suggested        B. demanded        C. ordered        D. guaranteed