9． My kids really understand solar and earth-heat energy. says a second-grade teacher in Saugus.Cali——青夏教育精英家教网——

9．"My kids really understand solar and earth-heat energy，"says a second-grade teacher in Saugus，California．"Some of them are building solar collectors for their energy course．"These young scientists are part of City Building Educational Program （CBEP），a particular program for kindergarten through twelfth grade that uses the stages of city planning to teach basic reading，writing and math skills，and more．
The children don't just plan any city．They map and analyze the housing，energy，and transportation requirements of their own district and foretell its needs in 100years．With the aid of an architect who visits the classroom once a week，they invent new ways to meet these needs and build models of their creations．"Designing buildings of the future gives children a lot of freedom，"says the teacher who developed this program．"They are able to use their own rich imagination and inventions without fear of blame，because there are no wrong answers in a future context．In fact，as the class enters the final model-building stage of the program，an elected‘official'and‘planning group'make all the design decisions for the model city，and the teacher steps back and becomes an adviser．"
CBEP is a set of activities，games and imitations（模仿） that teach the basic steps necessary for problem-solving：observing，analyzing，working out possible answers，and judging them based on the children's own standards．

46．The Program is designedC．
A．to help young architects know more about designing
B．to train young scientists for city planning
C．to develop children's problem-solving abilities
D．to direct kids to build solar collectors
47．An architect pays a weekly visit to the classroomD．
A．to find out kinds'creative ideas
B．to discuss with the teacher
C．to give children lectures
D．to help kids with their program
48．Who is the designer of the program？A
A．A teacher． B．An architect C．An official． D．A scientist．
49．The children feel free in the program becauseB．
A．they can design future buildings themselves
B．they need not worry about making mistakes
C．they are given enough time to design models
D．they have new ideas and rich imagination．

8．第二节情景对话（共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分）
根据对话情景和内容，从对话后所给的选项中选出能填入每一空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑．选项中有两个为多余选项．
（Jerry is at a hotel in Xi'an．He is talking to a clerk．）
Clerk：What can I do for you，sir？
Jerry：（6）G
Clerk：At what time？
Jerry：（7）B
Clerk：We have a computer wake-up service．（8）EThat is to say，dial 2and then 0615for the time．
Jerry：I see．Then it is 20615．Thank you．（9）F
Clerk：Just dial your new wake-up time．The computer will record the new wake-up time．
Jerry：If I dial 20700，I will be waken up at 7：00a．m．Am I right？
Clerk：（10）A
Jerry：Thank you．Good night．
A．Yes，that's right．
B.6：15a．m，please．
C．I'd like a room for two days．
D．Please dial us for the service．
E．Please dial 2for the service first and then the time．
F．By the way，if I want to change my wake-up time，what shall I do？
G．I'm Jerry in room 528，and I want a wake-up call tomorrow morning．

7．-It is so dark tonight，Mum．
-Yes，this is just ______ we can enjoy brilliant stars in the sky．（　　）

6．The round-the-clock（24小时不断的） availability that cell phone have brought to people's lives may be taking a toll on family life，a new study suggests．The study，which followed more than 1，300 adults over 2 years，found that those who consistently used a mobile phone throughout die study period were more likely to report negative"spillover"between work and home life-and，in turn，less satisfaction with their family life．
Spillover essenrially（本质上） means that the line between work and home begins to become unclear．Work life may invade home life when a parent ia taking job-related calls at home，for instance-or family issue may start to take up work time．For example，a child may call mom at work，telling her"microwave exploded"，explained Noclle Chesley．an assistant professor of sociology at the Univcisity of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and the author of the study．The problem with cell phones seems to be that they are allowing forever more spillover between work and home．
This may be especially true for working women，the study found．Among men，consistent use of mobile phones seemed to allow more work issues to creep（潜入） into family time．But for women，the spillover tended to go in both directions being"connected"meant that work cut into home time，and family issues came into work life．
Cell phones seem to be opening more lines for stressful exchanges among family members．But there may be ways to control the spillover，according to Chesley．"Employers"，she said，"could look at their policies on contacting employees after hours to make sure their expectations are‘reasonable'"．"For their part，employees could decide that cell phones go off during family time，"Chesley said．
61．What does the underlined phrase"taking a toll on"probably mean in Paragraph 1？D
A．Explaining                           B．Protecting．
C．Extending．                          D．Damaging．
62．What is the purpose of offering the example"microwave exploded"in Paragraph 2？C
A．To show the microwave is of poor quality．
B．To indicate how dependent me child is．
C．To indicate family issues affect work hours．
D．To show work time creeps into family life．
63．As a result of negative"spillover"，people will feelA
A．less satisfied with their family life
B．less satisfied with their work
C．angry with their troublesome children
D．unwilling to get married at an early age
64．According to Chesley，what is the best solution to the problem caused by cell phones？B
A．Refuse to use cell phones．
B．Separate work hours from family time．
C．Ignore coming calls during family time．
D．Encourage women to stay at home．
65．We can learn from the passage thatA．
A．spillover makes the line between work and home unclear
B．cell phones seem to be convenient to families
C．cell phones affect men as much as women
D．we can do nothing to solve the problem．

The red phone box in Britain is a perfect example of the British traditional culture．However，with the fast development of mobile phones，it has lost its place in people's everyday life．In order to save their loved red phone boxes，people have thought up many ideas，for example，to turn them into toilets or art houses．
In a village in Somerset，a place in South West England，villagers have found a novel way to save their red phone box．They turned it into a mini library to cope with the shortage of libraries in their area．The idea was given by a local villager，Janet Fisher，who lives opposite the phone box．Villagers rallied together to set up the book box after their mobile library service was cancelled．Over 100books and a variety of movies and music CDs are available at this tiny library．The books are of different kinds，ranging from cooking books to the classics and children's books．
People can put the books that they have read inside the phone box，and take away the books that they'd like to read．The books are always changing．There is a regular check on the books to keep the phone box collection fresh．
Anyone is free to come to read books there．The phone box library is open every day around the clock and is lit at night．"It's very pleasing that the red phone box has been saved．More importantly，it can continue providing a service for us，"said one of the villagers．

65．The red phone box has been a symbol ofB．
A．the European architecture B．the British culture
C．the development of technology D．British people's daily life
66．The underlined word"novel"in paragraph 2meansD．
A．separate B．traditional C．ridiculous D．new
67．People in Somerset turned the red phone box into a mini library toB．
A．keep its original function
B．make up for the lack of library service
C．provide a place to exchange ideas
D．to enlarge the collection of the local library
68．Which of the following statements is true about the red phone box？C
A．The library is open to the public only at night．
B．The library was set up by a local villager living opposite a phone box．
C．People can borrow books and other audio-visual products there．
D．Regular check is made to keep the books in good order．

4．Today is National Bike-to-Work Day．And on New York City's jammed streets，people are cycling on hundreds of miles of new bike lanes．But New York's widespread efforts to make streets safer for bikes have also left some locals complaining about the loss of parking spots and lanes for cars．
When the weather is good，Aaron Naparstek likes to pedal（用踏板踩）his two young kids to school on a special Dutch-made bicycle．Naparstek supports the new lane．
Aaron：The bike lane on Prospect Park West is really introducing a lot of new people to the idea that it's possible to use a bike in New York City for transportation or to travel around．This is what 21^st century New York City looks like．
Prospect Park West is still a one-way road，but where it used to have three lanes of car traffic，now it has two，plus a protected bike lane．Supporters say that makes the road safer for everyone，including pedestrians，by slowing down cars and taking bikes off the sidewalk．But some longtime residents disagree．Lois Carswell is president of a group called Seniors for Safety．She says the two-way bike lane is dangerous to older residents who are used to one-way traffic．
Lois：We wanted a lane-the right kind of lane that would keep everybody safe，that would keep the bikers safe．But we want it to be done the right way．And it has not been done the right way．
Craig Palmer builds bars and restaurants in Manhattan．I was interviewing him for a different story when he brought up the bike lanes all on his own．
Craig：I think the biggest problem is that Bloomberg put all these bike lanes in．You took what used to be a full street and you're shrinking it．
Then there are the Hasidic Jews in Williamsburg，Brooklyn，who forced the city to remove a bike lane through their neighborhood．But polls show that the majority of New Yorkers support bike lanes by a margin of 56% to 39%．Bicycle advocate Caroline Samponaro of Transportation Alternatives calls that a mandate．
Caroline：If this was an election，we would have already had our victory．The public has spoken and they keep speaking．And I think，more importantly，the public is starting to vote with their pedals．

72．What does Aaron mean by saying"This is what 21^st century New York City looks like．"？C
A．There are hundreds of miles of new bike lanes in 21^st century New York City．
B．Drivers slow down their cars and bikes are taken off the sidewalk in New York．
C．Bikes are used as a means of transport in 21^st century New York City．
D．It's possible to make the streets safe for pedestrians in New York．
73．According to the passage，which of the following CANNOT support the opponents of these new bike lanes？C
A．Drivers lose parking spots and lanes for cars．
B．The two-way bike lane is dangerous to older residents．
C．We took what used to be a full street so the road is broader than before．
D．The removal of one bike lane through a neighbourhood in Brooklyn was not supported by the majority of New Yorkers．
74．"A mandate"in Paragraph 8was referred to a demand or command fromB．
A．the authority B．the public C．the supporters D．the government
75．What of the following might be the best title of the passage？C
A．Ride on National Bike-to-Work Day
B．A New Bike Lane Appears in New York
C．A Bike Lane Divides New Yorkers
D．Who Wins an Election．

3．His parents don't care _________he manages his pocket money，but one thing is for sure：the money spent must be worthwhile．（　　）

2．When teenagers begin looking for new survey sites，they go in the wrong direction．Because of this，95% of you will end/up joining some of the lowest paying places you could imagine．A simple fix （解决方法）for this is to change how you"look"for surveys．
The-web will never lack teenagers survey sites．New ones are appearing rapidly，which is also the problem．So many of them are flying onto the web and about all of them are paying very low amounts for their surveys．The problem is that most people can't find the better paying ones that open up because they still try to use a search engine to locate the best places．
All you get now are teenagers survey sites that might be flashy，but have very low payments．The quick fix is to use the power of large forums．It's your instant and total source of honest knowledge about surveys．That's right．I said"honest"，which is really hard to find when it comes to surveys．Big forums have tons of it，though，because they hate spam （垃圾由P 件）and take all of it out of their topics．
They also clear up the false or misleading information that people leave．
That，s the huge reason why they work so well．Besides this，the archive （档案） section of a large forum is full of topics about surveys．You can rank all of them up，which is exactly what you need to do．You will see which are the teenagers survey sites other boys and girls are．making the most cash with and where they are not．You get a very nice list of top dollar places this way．
Adam Woodham is an expert on Paid Surveys and runs the resource site Free Survey List，which features a top 5 list of the free teenagers survey sites he has made the most amount of money on，along with a review of each．
64．The writer believes that lowest paying survey sites are．C
A．economical B．educational C．useless D．personal
65．It's hard for teenagers to find better paying survey sites because．D
A．teenagers couldn't afford to use them
B．there afe few better paying survey sites
C．better paying survey sites are always out of work
D．teenagers often want to find them by the search engine
66．According to the passage，large forums can help teenagers．B
A．make proper surveys by themselves
B．find more information about surveys
C．speak openly and exchange ideas freely
D．know the importance of being honest in studying
67．The passage mainly tells us．C
A．the function of the forum
B．what the teenagers survey site is
C．how to find better teenagers survey sites
D．how to make teenagers survey sites more effective．

1．The State of Marriage Today
Is there something seriously wrong with marriage today？During the past 50years，the rate of divorce in the United States has exploded：almost 50%of marriages end in divorce now，and the evidence suggests it is going to get worse，if this trend continues．It will lead to the breakup of the family，according to a spokesperson for the National Family Association．Some futurists predict that in 100years，the average American will marry at least four times and extramarital affairs（婚外恋） will be even more common than they are now．
But what are the reasons for this，and is the picture really so depressing？The answer to the first question is really quite simple：marriage is no longer the necessity it once was．The practice of marriage has been based for years partly on economic need．Women used to be economically dependent on their husbands as they usually didn't have jobs outside the home．But with the rising number of women in well-paying jobs，this is no longer the case，so they don't feel that they need to stay in a failing marriage．
In answer to the second question，the prospects may not be as pessimistic as they seem．While the rate of divorce has risen，the rate of couples marrying has never actually fallen very much，so marriage is still quite popular．In addition to this，many couples now cohabit（同居） and don't bother to marry．These couples are effectively married，but they do not appear in either the marriage or divorce statistics．In fact，more than 50%of first marriages survive．The statistics are unreliable because there is a higher number of divorces in second and third marriages than in first marriages．
So is marriage really an outdated practice？The fact that most people still get married indicates that it isn't．And it is also true that married couples have a healthier life than single people：they suffer less from stress and its consequences，such as heart problems，and married men generally consider themselves more satisfied than their single counterparts．Perhaps the key is to find out what makes a successful marriage and apply it to all of our relationships!

65．What does"this is no longer the case"in paragraph two mean？C
A．It is not necessary to get married any more．
B．Women do not need a husband any longer．
C．Women are not economically dependent any more．
D．Many wives do well-paying jobs outside home now．
66．Why may the prospects of marriage not be as depressing as it appears？A
A．Many people still like to get married．
B．The rate of divorce has actually decreased．
C．many couples would rather cohabit than marry
D．The statistics of divorce is not quite true．
67．How do people usually feel in their marriage life？C
A．They are much safer． B．They feel no longer single．
C．They are more satisfied． D．They suffer a lot less．
68．Which of the following about marriage is NOT mentioned in the passage？B
A．There will be more relationships outside marriage．
B．Many people try to get married again after divorce．
C．Marriage has long been partly an economic need．
D．It is a fact that most people choose to get married．

20．Americans wear black for mourning while Chinese wear white．Westerners think of dragons as monsters．Chinese honor them as symbols of God．Chinese civilization has often shown such polarities（对立）with the West，as though each stands at extreme ends of a global string．Now in the University if California，Berkeley，a psychologist，has discovered deeper polarities between Chinese and American cultures-polarities that go to the heart of how we reason and discover truth．
His findings go gar toward explaining why American cultures seem to be aggressive and Chinese cultures so passive，when compared to each other．More importantly，the research opens the way for the peoples of the East and the West to learn from each other in basic ways．The Chinese could learn much from Western methods for determining scientific truth，said Kaiping Peng，a former Beijing Scholar，who is now a UC Berkley assistant professor of psychology．And Americans could profit enormously from he Chinese tolerance for accepting contradictions in social and personal life，he said．
"Americans have a terrible need to find out who is right in an argument，"said Peng．"The problem is that at the interpersonal level you really don't need to find the truth，or maybe there isn't any．"Chinese people，said Peng，are far more content to think that both sides have advantages and disadvantages，because they have a whole awareness that life is full of contradictions．They do far less blaming of the individual than do Americans，he added．
In studies of interpersonal argument，for example，when subjects were asked to deal with contradictory information resulting from conflict between a mother and a daughter or a student and a school，Peng found that Americans were"non-compromising，blaming one side-usually the mother-for the causes of the problems，demanding changes from one side to attain a solution and offering no compromise"in dealing with the conflict．Compared to this angry，blaming American method，the Chinese were paragons（模范）of compromise，finding fault on both sides and looking for solutions that moved both sides to the middle．

67．In Paragraph 1，the author sets examples in order toB．
A．expose the contradiction between Chinese and Americans
B．show the differences between Chinese culture and American culture
C．find the reason for the differences
D．generalize the main idea of the passage
68．Compared with Americans，Chinese areD．
A．likely to find the truth in life
B．unwilling to admit their own failure
C．unwilling to have a general idea of things
D．likely to know advantages and disadvantages of things
69．The studies showC．
A．an American treats his or her mother badly
B．different ideas of treating the aged
C．different personality of Chinese and Americans
D．different conflicts of Americans and Chinese
70．The main idea of the passage isA．
A．polarities between American and Chinese cultures
B．extreme ends of the string
C．different attitudes towards the aged
D．different manners in social occasions．

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