2．Businesses are witnessing a difficult time.which has in turn produced influence on consumers'desir——青夏教育精英家教网—

2．Businesses are witnessing a difficult time，which has in turn produced influence on consumers'desire to go green．However，shoppers are still laying stress on environmental concerns．
Two thirds of customers say that environmental considerations inform their purchases to the same degree as they did a year ago，while more than a quarter say that they are now even better aware of the environmental effect on what they buy．
This may help to influence how shops store goods on their shelves．And the companies should still make efforts to become more environmentally friendly．Two out of three people think it is important to buy from environmentally responsible companies，with about one in s even saying that they had even decided to take their custom elsewhere if they felt a company's environmental reputation was not good enough．
Harry Morrison，chief executive（主管）of the Carbon Trust，sympathizes："I understand this situation where survival is very important now．But from environmental considerations，the clock is ticking-we don't have much time．In addition，cutting carbon has an immediate effect as costs drop and a medium-term benefit for the brand．"
Larger companies have an extra motivation to look at reducing their carbon footprint，as new rules next year will require businesses to buy carbon allowances to make up for their emissions（排放）．Those that have taken early action will have a head start．More than two thirds of consumers are not clear about which companies are environmentally responsible．This suggests that firms that are able to relay clearly their message to the public will be in a pole position to attract shoppers．
The Carbon Trust believes that it can help by informing customers about the good work companies are doing．"When companies are granted（授予）the standard，they can use a logo（标识）in all their marketing which makes it clear that they are working towards cutting emissions，"Mr．Morrison said．

44．What's the main idea of the passage？D
A．Businesses are finding ways to send their message to the shoppers．
B．Companies will soon get information about cutting carbon emissions．
C．Firms are making efforts to encourage customers to keep goods at home．
D．Firms are urged to cut carbon emissions by shoppers'environmental awareness．
45．The underlined word"inform"in Paragraph 2 probably means"A"．
A．affect B．change C．disturb D．reject
46．According to Harry Morrison，businessesA．
A．will benefit from cutting carbon emissions
B．should buy carbon allowances for shoppers
C．are required to make up for their carbon emissions
D．have encouraged shoppers to take their custom elsewhere
47．We can learn from the passage that businesses willC．
A．have a strong desire to reduce costs
B．use the same logo in their marketing
C．gain advantages by taking early action
D．attract more shoppers by storing goods．

1．They baby is just one day old and has not yet left hospital．She is quiet but alert（警觉）．Twenty centimeters from her face researchers have placed a white card with two black spots on it．She stares at it carefully．A researcher removes the card and replaces it by another，this time with the spots differently spaced．As the cards change from one to the other，her gaze（凝视）starts to lose its focus-until a third，with three black spots，is presented．Her gaze returns：she looks at it for twice as long as she did at the previous card．Can she tell that the number two is different from three，just 24hours after coming into the world？
Or do newborns simply prefer more to fewer？The same experiment，but with three spots shown before two，shows the same return of interest when the number of spots changes．Perhaps it is just the newness？When slightly older babies were shown cards with pictures of objects （a comb，a key，an orange and so on），changing the number of objects had an effect separate from changing the objects themselves．Could it be the pattern that two things make，as opposed to three？No again．Babies paid more attention to squares moving randomly on a screen when their number changed from two to three，or three to two．The effect even crosses between senses．Babies who were repeatedly shown two spots became more excited when they then heard three drumbeats than when they heard just two； likewise（同样地）when the researchers started with drumbeats and moved to spots．

60．The experiment described in Paragraph 1is related to the baby'sB．
A．sense of hearingB．sense of sightC．sense of touchD．sense of smell
61．Babies are sensitive to the change inD．
A．the size of cardsB．the colour of pictures
C．the shape of patternsD．the number of objects
62．Why did the researchers test the babies with drumbeats？C．
A．To reduce the difficulty of the experiment．B．To see how babies recognize sounds．
C．To carry their experiment further．D．To keep the babies'interest．
63．Where does this text probably come from？D．
A．Science fiction．B．Children's literature．C．An advertisement．D．A science report．

19．假设你是李华，今年你将毕业．在毕业晚会上，你将作为高三毕业生代表作一次简短的英语告别演讲．你的发言必须包括以下内容：
1、对三年高中生活的怀念；
2、对老师的真情感谢；
3、对母校的祝福．

18．假定你是李华．你的英国朋友Karl暑期将来你所在的城市学习汉语，他来信向你征求课外运动的建议．请你根据以下要点写一封回信．
1．建议运动方式；
2．说明理由；
3．表达祝愿．
注意：1．词数100左右；
2．可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
3．开头结尾已给出，但不计入总词数．
Dear Karl，
I'm delighted to know you will come to China to study Chinese this summer．
．
Yours，
Lihua．

17．假如你是高三学生李华，本周是你们学校的文化艺术节（ Cultural and Art Festival）．周三你们有幸邀请了四川大学外籍教师Hudson教授给你们上了一节英语课．请你用英语为校报写一篇字数120左右的报道．
要求：
（1）简述Hudson教授的上课情况；
（2）学生的表现（参与）与评价；
（3）对学英语的启示．

16．The city of Vienna has always been popular for its famous physicians．Around the year 1482 one such well-known physician was Dr．Paul Urssenbeck．His fame came from his ability to predict with certainty whether a patient would recover his or her health or would die．He thus became known as the doctor of death．
In his earlier years，he followed the trade of a poor but honest weaver in the town of Deckendorf near Straudigen in Bavaria．It was a time of famine（饥荒），and he，his wife，and their eleven children were in great need．Then a twelfth child was born，and they could find no one to serve as its godparent．As a last chance，the poor weaver walked to a nearby village and asked an old friend to serve as godfather，but met only rejection．Disappointed and frustrated，the poor man made his way back to his family．While walking sorrowfully through the dense forest toward his home，he said，"If only I could die．"Suddenly a tall figure dressed in a dark cloak（斗篷） appeared before him，saying，"You called me．I am Death．What can I do for you？"As much as the man had previously wanted to die，he now wanted to live．"I am seeking a godfather for my youngest child．But I cannot find anyone who will serve as his godparent，"answered the weaver sadly．"I will accept this responsibility，"said Death．And thus it happened．
Following the baptism（洗礼），the mysterious godfather took the father aside and said，"Since I own neither gold nor silver to give to your child as a baptism present，I will make you into the most famous doctor of all times．Whenever you are called to a sick person，I-invisible to others-will seat myself either to the head or to the feet of the patient．If I am seated at the head，then this will show you that hope for recovery exists．If I am seated at the feet，then the patient will die．"Through this gift，the weaver was able to cure many illnesses，for he knew whether the patient who had sought his treatment would be helped by medications，or whether he would die．Soon the previously poor weaver became a wealthy and respected physician．However，his increased wealth made him ever-more greedy．
One day，a very wealthy man fell seriously ill，but when Dr．Urssenbeck was called in，and he saw that Death was already seated at the patient's feet．Upon hearing the diagnosis，the relatives could not be comforted，and they offered the physician a fortune if he could heal the man．Then Urssenbeck  resorted to trickery．He quickly had the patient's bed turned around，so that Death was now seated at his head．Thus the man was rescued from Death，and he regained his health．On the physician's way home，Death suddenly appeared before him．"You unfortunate one，why have you deceived me？In return for the life that you have given back to the rich man，you yourself must now die．"Death spoke with a threatening voice，and disappeared．
Dr．Urssenbeck suddenly found himself in a large room where thousands of candles were burning．Death said to him，"Each of these candles represents someone's life．This tiny stump that is about to go out is yours．"Terrified，Dr．Urssenbeck reached for a taller candle，wanting to take some wax（蜡） from it to fill his stump，but in  doing so he touched his own candle，and it went out，and he fell to the floor dead．That evening his body was found in a valley．He was buried in the graveyard of Saint Stephen's Cathedral．

55．Why did Death make the weaver a famous doctor？B
A．Because he wanted to play a trick on him．
B．Because he didn't have any baptism gift for his child．
C．Because he wanted to give him something as a reward．
D．Because he wanted to show his sympathy to the weaver．
56．What does the underlined phrase"resort to"mean in paragraph 4？D
A．to ask someone for help
B．to visit a place of interest
C．to consult information in the dictionary
D．to make use of something bad to achieve something
57．Choose the right time order of the following events in the story．C
a．Dr．Urssenbeck became more and more greedy for wealth．
b．Dr．Urssenbeck died and was buried．
c．Death made the weaver the most famous doctor in Vienna．
d．The poor weaver wanted to find a godfather for his 12^th child．
e．Dr．Urssenbeck resorted to trickery to heal the patient．
A．dceab              B．cdaeb
C．dcaeb               D．cadeb
58．Which of the following is NOT true？D
A．The weaver had a dozen children altogether．
B．A new-born baby had to receive baptism after he/she was born．
C．The weaver's old friend refused to be the godfather of his child．
D．If Death seated himself at the head，the patient could never be saved．
59．Which of the following CANNOT be used to describe Dr．Urssenbeck？A
A．Grateful            B．Greedy
C．Dishonest            D．Unfaithful
60．What's the best title of this passage？A
A．Dr．Urssenbeck，the Physician of Death
B．The Death Game
C．A Famous Physician in Vienna
D．A Poor Weaver．

15．If you put all the books you own on the street outside your house，you might expect them to disappear immediately．But one man，Hernando Guanlao in Manila，tried it and found that his collections grew．
He's a lovely man in his early 60s，with one ever-lasting love-books．They're his pride and joy，because，whether he likes it or not，they seem to be taking over his house．Guanlao has set up a"library"outside his home in central Manila．Readers can take as many books as they want，for as long as they want．As Guanlao says，"The only rule is that there are no rules．"
You might consider it would end very quickly．But in fact，in the 12years he's been running his library．He's found that his collection has grown rather than become smaller，as more and more people help the activity．"It seems to me that the books are speaking to me，"he says with a smile，"The books are telling me they want to be read．"
Guanlao started his library in 2000，shortly after the death of his parents．He was looking for something to honor their memory，and that was when he hit upon the idea of promoting the reading habit passed on to him from his parents．So he put the books outside the door of his house to see if anyone wanted to borrow them．They did，and they brought the books back with others to add to the collection．The library was born．The library is not advertised，but somehow，every day，a steady stream of people find their way there．
To help the poorest communities in Manila，Guanlao doesn't wait for them to find him on his"book bike"．He wants to set up a"book boat"，traveling around the islands of Sulu and Basilan．As we sat outside Hernando Guanlao's house in the midday sun，watching people look through his collection，he thought it was worth spending all his time．

41．The first paragraph shows that GuanlaoD．
A．was a successful man
B．worked very hard
C．loved books very much
D．put all his books in the open air
42．According to the passage，readers in Guanlao's libraryC．
A．can't keep books very long
B．need to have a library card
C．can be free to read there
D．must help increase the collection
43．What was beyond people's expectation after the library was set up？C
A．The library took over his house．
B．The library was Guanlao's life center．
C．The library lasted a long time．
D．The library needed help from more people．
44．What caused Guanlao to have the idea of setting up a library？B
A．His good reading habit．
B．The death of his parents．
C．The joy of reading books．
D．Nothing to do in his daily life．
45．What is the last paragraph mainly talking about？D
A．Guanlao's traveling around．
B．Guanlao's daily activities．
C．Guanlao's poor communities．
D．Guanlao's efforts for his library．

14．-Oh dear!Look at the mountains of trash in the street and the terrible haze these days!
-Everyone's effort counts．I ______ fireworks on New Year's Eve!（　　）

	A．	needn't have played		B．	mustn't have played
	C．	shouldn't have played		D．	couldn't have played

13．Just as Martin Luther King，Jr．said，peace is not merely a distant goal that we seek，but a means ________ we arrive at that goal．（　　）

12．"中国式"过马路是网友对部分中国人集体闯红灯现象的一种调侃，这种现象已经引起人们的普遍关注，同样也引起了中学生对自己日常文明行为的反思．就此，校英语社团举办了一次"交通文明，从我做起"为主题的征文活动，请你以"On the Way to School"为题，写一篇英语短文．内容主要包括：
1．遵守交通法规；
2．注意举止文明；
3．个人建议．
注意：1．词数100字左右；
2．可以适当增加细节，以使行文流畅；
3．短文题目已经拟好，不计入总词数．

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