Why play games? Because they are fun, and a 1ot more besides. Following the rules…planning your next move...acting as a team member…these are all “game” ideas that you will come across throughout your life.

Think about some off the games you played as a young child, such as rope-jumping and hide-and-seek. Such games are entertaining and fun. But perhaps more importantly, they translate life into exciting dramas that teach children some of the basic rules they will be expected to follow the rest of their lives, such as taking turns and cooperating (合作) .   

Many children’s games have a practical side Children around the world play games that prepare them for work they will do as grown-ups. For instance, some Saudi Arabian children play a game called bones. Which sharpens the hand-eye coordination(协调)needed in hunting.

Many sports encourage national or local pride. The most famous games of all, the Olympic Games, bring athletes from around the world together to take part in friendly competition. People who watch the event wave flags, knowing that a gold medal is a win for an entire country, not just the athlete who earned it. For countries experiencing natural disasters or war, an Olympic win can mean so much.

Sports are also an event that unites people. Soccer is the most popular sport in the world. People on all continents play it—some for fun and some for a living. Nicolette Iribarne, a Californian soccer player, has discovered a way to spread hope through soccer. He created a foundation to provide poor children with not only soccer balls but also a promising future.

Next time you play your favorite game or sport, think about why you enjoy it, what skills are needed, and whether these skills will help you in other aspects of your life.

1. Through playing hide-and-seek, children are expected to learn to ________.

A. be a team leader             B. obey the basic rules

C. act as a grown-up            D. predict possible danger

2. The underlined part in Paragraph 2 most probably means that games can________.

A. describe life in an exciting way

B. turn real-life experiences into a play

C. make learning life skills more interesting

D. change people’s views of sporting events

3. According to the passage, why is winning Olympic medals so encouraging?

A. It inspires people’s deep love for the country.

B. It proves the exceptional skills of the winners.

C. It helps the country out of natural disasters.

D. It earns the winners fame and fortune.

4. Iribarne’s goal of forming the foundation is to _______.

A. bring fun to poor kids

B. provide soccer balls for children

C. give poor kids a chance for a better life

D. appeal to soccer players to help poor kids

5.What can be inferred from the passage?

A.Gamed benefit people all their lives.

B.Sports can get all athletes together.

C.People are advised to play games for fun.

D.Sports increase a country’s competitiveness.

第II卷 (共45分)

第四部分  书面表达

第一节  阅读表达(共5小题;每小题3分,满分15分)

阅读下面短文并回答问题,然后将答案写到答题卡相应的位置上(请注意问题后的字数要求)。

[1]One out of many important things for the whole family to do is to have dinner together. Researchers began reporting the benefits of family dinner about a decade ago, focusing mainly on how it affects children. Studies show that those families who eat dinner at least 3 or 4 times a week together, benefit in many ways.

[2]Eating together helps families achieve open communication and build stronger and healthier relationships. Children have better grades at school and are better adjusted as teens and adults, and the entire family enjoys healthier nutrition. For many families, eating dinner together proves to be a good and effective way to reduce the risk of youth rates of addiction, and helps to raise healthier children. It is also a great time to share the events of the day, discuss news and ideas and just be together and enjoy each other's company.

[3]During dinner time parents have better opportunity to show that they are the prior to their children. Sitting at the same table and sharing meals is where and when parents can find out more about their children's school performance, daily activities and attitudes toward life. When parents have all this information they can better direct their kids toward positive things in life. They also have better chance to reduce the possibility that children will get involved with alcohol, tobacco, and illegal drugs.

[4]However, family researchers say that the benefits of family dinner by no means can be considered as automatic. Parents can sit down to dinner with their kids every day and achieve nothing. ____________________ if there is too much arguing going on, if there is no meaningful conversation or, what is even worse, if there is just plain silence during gathering.

76. What is the main idea of the text? (no more than 8 words)

________________________________________________________________

77. Which sentence in the text is closest in meaning to the following one?

By having dinner together family members can have free exchange of information and develop closer ties among them.

_________________________________________________________________

78. Fill in the blank in Paragraph 4 with proper words. (no more than 8 words)

_________________________________________________________________

79. What information can parents probably get about their children at family dinner? (no more than 12 words)

_________________________________________________________________

80. Translate the underlined sentence in Paragraph 3 into Chinese.

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Camping goes back to trendy in the UK.With students and parents tightening their belts in the face of tne global economic crisis,the overseas holiday tourism around the world is suffering a lot.For many young Brits,during uncertain times,cheap,traditional and homemade altenatives are the choice.

A lot of these people are developing a particular taste for camping holidays.The Camping and Caravanning.Club is reporting a 40 percent increase in booking this year,as well as an increase in new membership applications.

Campsites in the UK generally fall into two categories:holiday parks and wild camping.

The holiday parks are usually large,and accept earavans(旅居车)and tents and have many facilities,from swimming pools to laundry services to bars and shops.For example,young people can find much fun in the Wild Boar Inn campsite in Cheshire.northwest England.There’s live music every Saturday,with 60s,70s and 80s-inspired acts for an evening of laughs.These places are good fbr young Britons to get social.And it’s cheap,only around 5 pounds for entry and people can use all the facilities.

For others,the beauty of camping is in enjoying nature and tranquility(宁静),so a wilder camping experience is also attractive. These people choose anywhere remote,with no light or noise po11ution.The campers often choose relatively small campsites.For example,the Highlands of Scotland.and Danmoor in southern England.

  61   become popular again in the UK

Facts ◆a  62  in booking the Camping and Caravanning Club

◆more new membership applications this year

  63   ◆global economic crisis→parents and students can’t afford the  64

◆ 65  →camping is a cheap, traditional and homemade alternative

Kinds/Categories   66  Features Examples

 holiday parks park ◆large

◆accepiting caravans and tents

◆ 67

◆interesting, cheap the wild boar Inn campsite

  68  wilderness ◆small

◆enjoying nature and tranquility

◆remote, no  69  pollution ◆the Highlands of Scotland

◆ 70  in southern England

第二部分  阅读理解  (满分35分)

第一节 语篇阅读 (每小题2分)

阅读理解下面的短文,然后根据短文内容,指出能完成所给句子或回答所提问题的最佳答案。

Astronomy (天文学) is the oldest science known to man. Thousands of years ago man looked at the stars and wondered about heavens (天堂). But the six planets that he could see with his eyes alone limited man.

The Greeks studied astronomy over 2,000 years ago. They could see the size, color, and brightness of a star. They could see its place in the sky. They watched the stars move as the seasons changed. But the Greeks had no tools to help themselves study the heavens.

Each new tool added to the field of astronomy helped man reach out into space. Until there were telescopes (望远镜), man did not know much about the moon. He did not know that the planet called Saturn (土星) had rings around it. His sight was so limited that he could not see all the planets. In the early 1700s, people thought there were only six planets. Pluto (冥王星), the last of the nine planets to be discovered was seen until 1930.

Before the spectroscopes (分光镜), man didn’t know what kind of gas was in the sun or other stars, without radio telescopes (射电望远镜), we did not know that radio noise came from far in space.

Today, astronomy is a growing science. We have learned more in the past fifty years than in the whole history of astronomy.

1Thousands of years ago, man watched ____ with his eyes.

       A. the moon   B. the stars     C. the universe       D. all the planets

2 When the Greeks watched the stars, they could ____ .

       A. know what the stars were made of     B. not see their places in the sky

       C. help themselves study the heavens      D. watch the stars move as the seasons changed

3Until there were ____ , man knew very little about the moon.

       A. telescopes   B. spectroscopes     C. radio telescopes      D. spaceships

3People didn’t know about Pluto until ____ .

       A. the 1700s   B. 2,000 years ago      C. 1930   D. thousands of years ago

5____ people began to do research on astronomy.

       A. 50 years ago      B. 90 years ago      C. In the early 1700s    D. Over 2,000 years ago

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