2. Under the 　　　　of the expert team, we finished the work smoothly.

　　 A. confidence　　　 　　　　　　　　　 B. reception　　　　　

　　 C. comprehension　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. guidance

第一部分 英语知识运用

第一节 单项填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）

1. Alice told her mother on 　　　　phone that she was working for a charity that gives 　　　　aid to the poor in Africa.

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

第二节 书面表达（满分25分）

假如你叫王林，是一名高二学生。最近你在校报上看到一则招聘广告。请根据下列提示用英语给《学生邮报》的编辑写一封求职信。

1. 应聘语言版的编辑；

2. 应聘理由：为了提高自己的语言水平；想获得更多的机会；

3. 优势：参加过许多实践活动；有积极的工作态度。

注意：

1. 词数120左右；

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　 E

By far the most important factor is how much time you are immersed in the language. The more time you spend with the language, the faster you will learn. This means listening, reading, writing, speaking, and studying words and phrases. This does not mean sitting in class looking out of the window, nor listening to other students who do not speak well. This means spending time enjoyably connecting to the language you are learning.

Listen wherever you are on your MP3 player. Read what you are listening to. Listen to and read things that you like, things that you can mostly understand, or even partly understand. If you keep listening and reading, you will get used to the language. One hour of listening or reading is more effective than many hours of class time.

Build up your vocabulary; you’ll need lots. Start to notice words and how they come together as phrases. Learn these words and phrases through your listening and reading. Read online, use online dictionaries, and make your own vocabulary lists for review. Gradually you will be able to use them. Do not worry about how accurately you speak until you have accumulated (积累) plenty of words through listening and reading.

Choose content of interest that you want to listen to and read. Seek out the words and phrases that you need to understand. Do not wait for someone else to show you the language, nor to tell you what to do. Discover the language by yourself, like a child growing up. Talk when you feel like it. Write when you feel like it. A teacher cannot teach you to become fluent, but you can learn to become fluent if you want to.

Do not worry about what you cannot remember, or cannot yet understand, or cannot yet say. It does not matter. You are learning and improving. The language will gradually become clearer in your brain. So sit back and enjoy. Just make sure you spend enough time with the language. That is the greatest guarantee of success.

52. What should we do to learn a foreign language well?

　 　　　　　　　　　　　　 A. Listen to other students whether they speak well or not.

　 　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. Speak a language accurately from the very beginning.

　 　　　　　　　　　　　　 C. Discover a language by yourself, like a child growing up.

　 　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. Ask your parents or a teacher to tell you what to do.

53. Where should we listen to a language?

　 　　　　　　　　　　　　 A. In the classroom.　　 　　　　　　　 B. Wherever we are. 　

　　 C. On the Internet.　　 　　　　　　　 D. In the street.

54. The text is mainly intended for 　　.

　 　　　　　　　　　　　　 A. parents　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. teachers　　

　　 C. language learners　　　　　　　　　　 D. school leaders

55. What’s the best title of the passage?

　 　　　　　　　　　　　　 A. The importance of learning a foreign language

　 　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. How to learn a foreign language

　 　　　　　　　　　　　　 C. Why to learn a foreign language

　 　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. When to learn a foreign language

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 　　　 　　　　　　　　　　D

If your high school doesn’t have a newspaper, you can help start one online. If your high school already has a printed newspaper, adding an online version can help you reach new audiences and add new content. It’s also cheaper to show than a printed version. A digital newspaper can be a chance for high school students to gain experience with journalism and with working online.

Discuss with other student journalists to decide what kind of online newspaper you want. If your news site will only have an article or two a day, you may want to use a blog template (模板). If you plan to publish a more magazine-style weekly edition with more stories, you will probably want a more complicated front page to show what’s in each issue. Your website will also need to support any additional features such as slide shows (幻灯片放映) and polls.

After you have decided what you want your newspaper to look like, try to collect some money. Although it’s possible to launch a website for free, even $50 will help your newspaper buy a memorable website address. These expenses can be made back later through online advertising.

Create content for your newspaper. Along with written articles, an online newspaper is a great place for multimedia and interactive content such as photo slide shows, videos, polls, forums and calendars. Use a mix of content and a variety of voices to encourage more page views.

Market your newspaper. You can promote it through old-fashioned announcements such as flyers (宣传单) and word of mouth, but it might be better to advertise through e-mails or messages and posts on social networking sites such as Facebook, Myspace and Twitter.

48. You can use a blog template if 　　.

　 　　　　　　　　　　　　 A. you want to have an interaction with others

　　 B. you want to receive comments from readers

　 　　　　　　　　　　　　 C. you have just a few articles a day 　　　　　　　　

　　 D. you have many articles a day

49. What can we infer from the third paragraph?

　　 A. It’s possible to attract advertising to online newspapers.

　　 B. You can use a memorable website address for free.

　　 C. It takes only $50 to start an online newspaper.

　　 D. Advertising is free in online newspapers.

50. What’s the purpose of using a mix of content and a variety of voices?

　 　　　　　　　　　　　　 A. To get more useful advice. 　　　 B. To collect more money.

　 　　　　　　　　　　　　 C. To attract more authors.　　　　　　 D. To attract more viewers.

51. Why does the author suggest using Facebook, Myspace and Twitter?

　 　　　　　　　　　　　　 A. To make your newspapers more popular. 　　　　　　　　　

　　 B. To make more friends through them.

　 　　　　　　　　　　　　 C. To borrow some articles from them.

　 　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. To learn from them.

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 C

For people who don’t fear death and love large angry hairy animals, the Pamplona Bull Run is the perfect festival for them. The running of the bulls is part of the San Fermin Festival, which begins on 6th, July and lasts until 14th, July every year in Pamplona, Spain. People run through streets with angry bulls running after them. A bit of advice, if you happen to fall while doing the run, curl into a ball and hope for the best.

Every year on 21st, August in the El Salvadorian town of Nejapa, the festival Bolas de Fuego is held. Men on opposing teams throw burning clothes at each other. It is surely a dangerous act. However, it is a tradition that dates back as far as 1685 after a volcano erupted (爆发) in this town.

The Baby Jumping Festival takes place in June each year in Castrillo de Murcia, Spain. It is a truly crazy Spanish practice that dates all the way back to 1620. Grown men dressed as the devil jump over babies born in the last 12 months of the year. The main aim of the festival is to protect babies against illness and evil spirits.

Now this is one for all cheese lovers. On the Spring Bank Holiday in May, the British gather on the top of Coopers Hill and from the top they roll down a 4-kg round of Double Gloucester cheese and then run after it. The first person over the finish line without injuries wins the cheese. The cheese can reach a speed of 112 km/h. Injuries are common. Luckily, doctors are waiting just beyond the finish line.

The mud festival held every year at Boryeong in South Korea is a bit dirty as it sounds. However, for lovers of mud-wrestling, this is the festival that is not to be missed.

There are many other odd festivals around the world. I’d like to introduce you some more next time.

44. Grown men dressed as the devil jump over babies in order to 　　.

　 　　　　　　　　　　　　 A. celebrate the birth of new lives

　 　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. teach babies to become brave

　 　　　　　　　　　　　　 C. celebrate new babies’ first birthday

　 　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. protect babies against illness and evil spirits

45. What can we learn about the festival mentioned in Paragraph 4?

　 　　　　　　　　　　　　 A. Participants are very likely to get injured.

　 　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. It is a festival mainly held for doctors in Britain.

　 　　　　　　　　　　　　 C. Those who find the heaviest cheese win the game.

　 　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. A participant has to reach a speed of 112 km/h in order to win.

46. Which of the following pictures shows the festival that is held in South Korea?

　　　 A.　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B.　 　　　　　　　　　　　　 C.　 　　　 　　　　　D.　

47. The writer wrote this passage mainly to 　　.

　 　 A. tell us the history of several strange festivals

　 　 B. introduce several strange festivals around the world

　 　 C. show that people like doing strange things in their free time

　 　 D. tell us what festivals to avoid when we travel abroad

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B

Traveling can be a very fun and exciting way to vacation with your family, but it does not always turn out as expected. I have traveled a lot with my family over the years, but some experiences were worth forgetting altogether. I remember a particular traveling experience I had with my dad and stepmother, which sticks out in my mind for the wrong reasons.

My dad and stepmother had decided to drive to California for our family vacation. This was supposed to provide educational value, since we would be able to stop along the way and look at various sites in each state. Everything was going as planned until we decided to take a break and stop at the Grand Canyon (大峡谷). I had always wanted to see this exciting place and had decided to write a report on it for the eighth-grade English class. We got out of the car and were walking on one of the paths to get to a cliff (悬崖) so we could take a family photo when I slipped and fell. I fell on a piece of rock, and immediately felt the pain shot up my leg. My dad took me to the nearest hospital and after an eight-hour wait in the emergency room, found out that my two bones in my foot broken.

Needless to say, our vacation was no fun for me because I was in pain and had a plastic cast on my foot during the whole two-week trip. I ended up making an appointment the day we got home to see an orthopedist. That was definitely not what I consider fun or a great vacation, and it really put a dent in our sightseeing plans. Who knew that trying to take a family picture would ruin my family vacation? I make up my mind I’ll have to put safety first whenever I have a trip in future.

40. Why does the author always remember the particular traveling experience?　

　　 A. Because he wrote a good report on it.　

　　 B. Because a terrible accident during the trip taught him a lesson.

　　 C. Because the sites there provided special educational value for him.

　　 D. Because they drove to California for the first time.

41. The author slipped and fell when he was 　　.

　　 A. talking to his father 　　　　　　　 B. walking on a path to the cliff

　　 C. taking a photo of their family　 D. overlooking the Grand Canyon

42. From the text we can learn that 　　.　

　　 A. the bones of the author’s two legs were broken

　　 B. the author waited for 8 hours before the treatment

　　 C. the author was taken to the hospital near his home

　　 D. the author’s trip lasted about half a month

43. What does the underlined word “orthopedist” in Paragraph 3 probably mean?

　　 A. The man who helps comfort whoever is unhappy.

　　 B. The man who helps improve somebody’s studies.

　　 C. The man who helps prevent bone shapes being unnatural.

　　 D. The doctor who helps save one’s life by operation.

第二节 完形填空(共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分)

My son Advait is 4 years old. He taught me a beautiful 　16　 　today. He called out to me today saying, “Papa, sit down.” That usually means 　17　 　everything and sitting down to play with him. So I did that because he would not stop calling out till I 　18　 . He was playing with beads, threading (穿过) them one by one. As you know, it is a great exercise that helps 　19　 　manual (手工的) skills.

Finally, after he 　20　 　playing with the beads, it was time to put them in the box. He slowly 　21　 　each bead, looked at it as if it were made of chocolate and then put it into the box.

With over a hundred beads to go, I was getting 　22　 . “Why couldn’t he pick up ten in one go and put them in?” I wondered. Then I 　23　 　that he did this with as much involvement as while we were 　24　 　earlier. There was no 　25　 　in his playing and his putting the beads away. My morning would be 　26　 . And then it occurred to me that this boy was enjoying the whole 　27　 .

Looking at how 　28　 　my son was putting the beads into the box after he had finished his game 　29　 　me that the process is the goal. The joy is not in getting there but in every 　30　 　of the journey.

Isn’t this what living in the NOW is all about? Advait, my son, was showing me that it was about 　31　 　every moment with complete love and peace. The truest and happiest moments of my 　32　 　have been the ones when I fully took part in without 　33　 　the past or the future.

Thank you, my dear boy, for all lessons that you 　34　 . I am so 　35　 .

16. A. article　　　　　　 B. secret　　　　　　　 C. song　　　 　 D. lesson

17. A. leaving 　　　　　 B. accepting 　　　　 C. packing　　 D. carrying

18. A. set off　　　　　　 B. woke up　　　　　 C. gave in 　　　 D. broke out　

19. A. require　　　　　　 B. build 　　　　　　　 C. take　　　　 D. share

20. A. started　　　　　　 B. considered　　　　 C. finished 　　 D. imagined

21. A. threw away　 B. picked up　 　　 C. handed out　 　 D. brought up

22. A. tired　　　 　 B. impatient　　 C. calm　 　　　 D. excited

23. A. ordered　　　　　 B. informed　　　　　 C. asked　　　 D. noticed

24. A. playing　　 　 B. sleeping　　　 C. writing　　 　 D. talking

25. A. difference 　　　 B. need 　　　　　　　 C. pleasure 　　　　　 D. doubt

26. A. enjoyed　　　 B. arranged　　 　 C. admired　　 　　　 D. wasted

27. A. journey　 　　　　 B. day　　　　　　　　　 C. game　 　　　 D. process

28. A. nervously　　　　 B. popularly　　　　　 C. peacefully　 D. worriedly

29. A. helped　　　　　　 B. taught 　　　　　　 C. demanded　 D. pleased

30. A. person　　　　　　 B. trouble　　　　　　 C. case　　　 　 D. step

31. A. sparing 　　　　　 B. choosing　　　　　 C. enjoying 　　 D. counting

32. A. life 　　　　　　　　 B. college　　　　　　 C. office 　　　 D. holiday

33. A. depending on　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. learning about 　　　 C. thinking about　 D. getting on

34. A. learned　　　　　　 B. attended　　　　　 C. provided　　 D. drew

35. A. confused　　　　　 B. shocked　　　　　　 C. grateful 　　 D. satisfied