81. Why are corn dolls used to celebrate Lughnasadh? (no more than 14 words)(2分)

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70.What is the passage mainly about?

A. Negotiation in family　　　　 B. Education in family

C. Harmony in family　　　　　 D. Teenage trouble in family

PART FOUR: WRITING

Section A (10分)

Directions: Read the following passage. Complete the diagram by using the information for the passage. Write NO MORE THAN 3 WORDS for each answer.

Museums have changed. They are no longer places that one “should” go to but to enjoy.

At a science museum in Canada, you can feel your hair stand on end as harmless electricity passes through your body. At the Children’s Museum in New York, you can play an African drum. There are no “Do Not Touch” sign in some other museums in the USA.

More and more museum directors have realized that people learn best when they can become part of what they are seeing. In many science museums, the visitors are encouraged to touch, listen, operate and experiment so as to discover scientific rules for themselves.

The purpose is not only to provide fun, but also help people feel at home in the world of science. If people don’t understand science, they will be afraid of it; and if they are afraid of science, they will not make the best use of it.

One cause of all these changes is the increase in wealth and spare time. Another cause is that the number of young people grow in the population. Many of them are college students or college graduates. They see things in a new and different way. They want art that they can take part in. The same is true of science and history.

The old museums have been changing and the government is encouraging the building of new, modern museums. In the States and Canada, there are more than 6000 museums, twice as many as there were 25 years ago.

Title: 71. __________________________

Section B (10分)

Directions: Read the following passage. Answer the questions according to the information given in the passage and required words limit. (81、82小题各2分，83、84小题各3分，满分10分)

There are many customs and traditions connected to yearly celebrations which are part of Britain’s folklore (民俗). Lughnasadh is a celebration at the beginning of August. A custom connected with it is to make corn dolls with corn from the last of the harvest. The doll is saved until the following spring when it is put back into the earth with new seeds. People believe that the doll contains the spirit of the corn and will bring a good harvest. Christmas too is full of ancient customs. The traditions of lighting a fire and decorating the home with an evergreen have their roots in times long before Christianity. The fire is to keep away evil spirits and fill the home with light and the evergreen is valued because it is a sign that life continued during those cold, dark days.

Not all the origins of ancient traditions are remembered, however. The roots of Morris dancing, for example, are not known. This is a dance in which men (and sometimes women ) dressed in white dance together. Some people think the dance may be from pre-Christmas times, and others say it was introduced into Britain in the late 15^th century and that it comes from Moorish dancing. In any case, it is interesting to see that Morris dancing is not a dying tradition. There are Morris dancing groups in places as far away as New Zealand and San Francisco!

Although these customs have been passed down to us from forgotten generations, they themselves have not been forgotten and continue to play a part in our modern lives. Every week groups of individuals regularly meet to sing, play instruments or practice ancient dances and this month people all over Britain shall be preparing their homes for the ancient celebration we now call Christmas, lighting fires and putting up Christian trees, just as their great-great–grandfathers once did.

69.According to the authour,teenage rebellion____.

A. may be a false belief　　　　　　 B. is common nowadays

C. existed only in the 1960s　　　　 D. resulted from changes in families

67.The study shows that teenagers don’t want to ___

A. share family responsibility　　　 B. cause trouble in their families

C. go boating with their family　　 D. make family decisions

pared with parents of 30 years ago, today’s parents___.

A. go to clubs more often with their children　

B. are much stricter with their children

C. care less about their children’s life　　　

　D. give their children more freedom

66.What is the popular images of teenagers today?

A. They worry about school

B. They dislike living with their parents

C. They have to be locked in to avoid troubles

D. They quarrel a lot with other family members

65. In the last sentence of the passage, "do so " refers to ______.　　　

A. "expose ourselves to stress"　 　　　　　　　　　　　

B. "find ways to deal with stress"　

C. "remove stress from our lives"

D. "established links between diseases and stress"

C

The Best of Friends

The evidence for harmony may not be obvious in some families. But it seems that four out of five young people now get on with their parents, which is the opposite of the popularly held image(印象)of unhappy teenagers locked in their room after endless family quarrels.

An important new study into teenage attitudes surprisingly shows that their family life is more harmonious than it has ever been in the past.” We were surprised by just how positive today’s young people seen to be about their families,” said one member of the research team.” They’re expected to be rebellious(叛逆的) and selfish but actually they have other things on their minds; they want a car and material goods, and they worry about whether school is serving them well. There’s more negotiation(商议) and discussion between parents and children, and children expect to take part in the family decision-making process. They don’t want to rock the boat.”

So it seems that this generation of parents is much more likely than parents of 30 years ago to treat their children as friends.” My parents are happy to discuss things with me and willing to listen to me,” says 17-years-old Daniel Lazall. ”I always tell them when I’m going out clubbing. As long as they know what I’m doing, they’re fine with it.” Susan Crome, who is now 21,agrees.”Looking back on the last 10 years, there was a lot of what you could call negotiation. For example, as long as I’d done all my homework, I could go out on a Saturday night. But I think my grandparents were a lot stricter with my parents than that.”

Maybe this positive view of family life should not be unexpected. It is possible that the idea of teenagers rebellion is not rooted in real facts. A researcher comments,” Our surprise that teenagers say they get along well with their parents comes because of a brief period in our social history when teenagers were regarded as different beings. But that idea of rebelling and breaking away from their parents really only happened during that one time in the 1960s when everyone rebelled. The normal situation throughout history has been a smooth change from helping out with the family business to taking it over.”

64. In Paragraph 3, "such a reaction" refers back to_______.　

A. "making a choice between 'flight' or 'fight'"　　　　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　

B. "reaction to stress both chemically and physically"　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　

C. "responding to crises quickly"

D. "losing heart at the signs difficulties"　

63. Which of the following statements is true?　

A. We can find some ways to avoid stress.　

B. Stress is always harmful to people.　

C. It is easy to change the habit of keeping oneself busy with work.　

D. Different people can withstand different amounts of stress.　

62. According to the writer, the most important character for a good manager is his ________.　　

A. not fearing stress　 　　　　　　 　　 　　　　　　　 B. knowing the art of relaxation　　　　　

C. high sense of responsibility　 　　　　　　　　 D. having control over performance　　

61. People are finding less and less time for relaxing themselves because_____.　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　

A. they do not know how to enjoy themselves　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　

B. they do not believe that relaxation is important for health　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　

C. they are travelling fast all the time　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　

D. they are becoming busier with their work