5.(　 ) -- Have you ever been to Shanghai ,Mary? (2010安徽)

　　　 -- Yes. I _______ there for three clays with my parents last' month.

　　　 A. have gone　　　　 B. have been　　　　　 C. went　　　　　 D. was

4.(　 )My e-mail ______to you last night.　Have you received it____?(2010巴中市)

A. sent; yet　　　　　　 B. is sent; already　　　 C. was sent; yet

3.(　 ) Another two months will be needed before the new bridge______.(2010江苏无锡市)

　　　 A. completes　　 B. is completed　 C. has completed　　 D. will be completed

2.(　 ) The girl sitting next to me on the plane was very nervous, for she _____ before.

(2010江苏无锡市)

　　　 A. didn’t fly　　 B. hasn’t flown　 C. hadn’t flown　　 D. wasn’t flying

1. Don’t make so much noise. The students ______ an English class. (2010三亚)

　　　 A. are having　　　 B. have　　 C. had　　 D. were having

84. Why will people with musical training find it easier to learn Chinese, according to the researchers? (No more than 15 words.)

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SECTION C

Directions: Write an English composition according to the instructions given below.

Write a composition of about 120 words according to the information below:

83. What does the underlined “work the other way round” mean in the last paragraph? (No more than 12 words.)

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82. How did the non-Chinese with no musical background react to the audiotape? (No more than 6 words.)

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SECTION B

Directions: Read the following passage. Answer the questions according to the information given in the passage and the required words limit. Write your answers on your answer sheet.

Anyone who has tried to learn Chinese can prove how hard it is to master the pitch (音调) required to speak and understand it. And anyone who has tried to learn to play the violin or other instruments can report similar challenges.

Now researchers have found that people with musical training have an easier time learning Chinese.

Writing in the online edition of Nature Neuroscience, researchers from Northwestern University say that both skills use parts of the brain that help people notice changes in pitch.

One of the study’s authors, Nina Kraus, said the findings suggested that studying music “actually tunes our sensory (感官的) system.” This means that schools that want children to do well in languages should hesitate before cutting music programs, Dr. Kraus said. She said music training might also help children with language problems.

Chinese speakers have been shown to have a more complex programming of pitch patterns in their brains than English speakers do. This is most probably because in Chinese and other Asian languages, pitch plays a central role. A single word can have several meanings depending on how it is pronounced.

For this study, the researchers looked at 20 non-Chinese speaking volunteers, half with no musical background and half who had studied an instrument for at least six years.

As they were shown a movie, the volunteers also heard an audiotape of the Chinese word “mi” in three of its meanings: squint (眯), bewilder (迷) and rice. The researchers recorded activity in their brain stems (脑干) to see how well they were processing the sounds.

Those with a music background showed much more brain activity in response to the Chinese sounds.

The lead author of the study, Patrick C. M. Wong, said it might work the other way round. It appears that native speakers of tonal (音调的) languages may do better at learning instruments, Dr. Wong said.

81. Why is the arrangement of pitch patterns in Chinese speakers’ brains more complex? (No more than 8 words.)

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What they do with a computer: ◆Girls prefer to use computers for _ 76　 .

◆Boys prefer to use computers for 　77　 　and understanding

information.

How they feel about a computer: ◆Girls are afraid of breaking it.

　　　　　　　　　　　　　 ◆Boys are 　78　 　such worry.

Their 　79　 　to computer games: ◆Girls think they are boring because the characters are irrelevant

to their lives.

◆Boys don’t have such feelings.