The time of year a baby is born can shape what profession they will embark on in later life, a new study has suggested．Being born in a certain month appears to indicate the possibility of what job a person will end up with, the study by the Office for National Statistics found．

Researchers have uncovered that the month in which babies are born could also affect everything from intelligence to length of life．A child born in December is more likely to become a dentist while someone whose birthday falls in January will tend to a debt collector, they found．

A February birth appears to increase the chances of being an artist while March babies appear to go on to become pilots．Meanwhile, April and May are said to have a fairly even spread of professions, births in the summer months mean a much lower chance of becoming a high-earning football player, doctor or dentist．The study was gained by researchers who analyzed the birth months of people in 19 separate occupations using information from the last census （人口普查）, the Daily Mail reported．Although these trends may be difficult to explain, relations between birth months and specific health problems have a scientific basis．

Spring babies are at greater risk of illnesses including schizophrenia, Alzheimer’s disease, asthma and autism．They may also be less clever than classmates born in other parts of the year．（http://www．ebigear．com/news-115-76605．html）

63．What does the underlined phrase “embark on” refer to?

       A．land on

       B．keep in touch with

       C．be engaged in

       D．break from

64．According to the researchers, a child born in March is likely to become_______．

       A．a debt collector

       B．a pilot

       C．a dentist

       D．an artist

65．We can learn from the text that______．

       A．the month babies are born could only affect his intelligence and length of life

       B．People born in the summer months are more likely to get highly paid

       C．Spring babies may have the bigger chance to get ill

       D．the choice of profession for April and May is very narrow

66．What can be included from the passage?

       A．There exist connections between birth date and occupations

       B．The fate has been already decided when people are born

       C．People born in Autumn would be more successful than those born in Spring

       D．The time of year one is born decides which specific health problems one has

Knowing the best way to study will help you to be a better student．By using your time properly, you can do your homework more quickly．Learning to study is not difficult．

The first thing to remember is that you must be willing to learn．It doesn’t mean that you must always like the subject．It does mean, however, that you must be wil1ing to do whatever is necessary to learn．Try to understand why it is important and how it will help you now and later to do and learn other things．Knowing mathematics facts will be useful in your whole life．Knowing how to spell makes any kind of writing easier．Sometimes the subject that you think is going to be uninteresting will be exciting when you begin to work at it and understand it more clearly．Learning things can be fun if you are willing to work with them．

Here’s some advice for you: have a certain time each day and a quiet place with good lighting for study, so that you can concentrate on your study without interruptions （中断）; have everything ready before you sit down to study, a dictionary, paper, a pen and books; be sure you understand what you should learn before you start; read carefully and pay special attention to the most important things; when memorizing, first find out the main parts and then recite the whole thing; check your homework after you finish it; never forget the importance of review and preview．

Don’t try to spend a lot of time researching learning methods．There are many students who know many good learning methods but don’t study well．They forget that the most useful learning method is to study hard．

60．The main purpose of the article is______．

       A．to prove that learning is not difficult

       B．to make the readers be interested in study

       C．to tell the importance of self teaching

       D．to tell the students how to study well

61．The first thing to remember in studying is that ______．

       A．you must like the subject

       B．you must follow the teacher

       C．you must enjoy learning

       D．you must study hard

62．Among the following statements, ______is true．

       A．The more learning methods we have, the better we will study．

       B．Finding the best learning method is the most important in learning．

       C．Knowing good methods, you can’t be good at study without working hard．

       D．Once we have mastered a good learning method, we can improve our study greatly．

About 1966 or so, a NASA（美国宇航局）team doing work for the Apollo moon mission（阿波罗登月计划）took the astronauts near Tuba City．There the land of the Navajo Reservation looks very much like the lunar surface．Among all the trucks and large vehicles were two large figures that were dressed in full lunar space suits．

Nearby, a Navajo shepherd （牧羊人） and his son were watching the strange creatures walk about, occasionally being watched over by other NASA workers．The two Navajo people were noticed and approached by the NASA people．Since the shepherd and his son did not know English, they asked the NASA people who the strange creatures were．The NASA people told them that they were just men that were getting ready to go to the moon．The shepherd became very excited and asked if he could send a message to the moon with the astronauts．

The NASA officials thought this was a great idea so they provided a tape recorder．After the man gave them his message, they asked his son to translate．His son would not．

Later, they tried a few more people on the Navajo Reservation to translate and every person they asked would chuckle （偷偷地笑） and then refuse to translate．Finally, with cash in hand someone translated the message, “Watch out for these guys, they have come to take your land!”

56．The appearance of the Navajo Reservation is very similar to that of ________．

       A．the Tuba City

       B．the moon

       C．the NASA research center

       D．the Apollo moon mission

57．When the older Navajo heard that the men in front of him were going to the moon, he ________．

       A．felt frightened and ran away quickly

       B．chatted excitedly with the NASA workers

       C．got on the modern trucks and large vehicles for fun

       D．tried to say something to the moon creatures

58．The son did not translate the words his father said because ________．

       A．he had trouble in understanding his father

       B．the words his father used were too difficult to be translated

       C．his father was sending a warning against the NASA people

       D．he believed that the NASA workers could understand their language

59．According to this passage, we can know that the shepherd was ________．

       A．patient and brave

       B．foolish and impolite

       C．humorous and intelligent

       D．knowledgeable and talkative

阅读下面材料，然后按要求写一篇150词左右的英语短文。

“The measure of a man’s real character is what he would do if he knew he would never be found out.”—Thomas Macaulay

One day, some thirty years ago, Mrs. O’Neill gave us a test to our class. When the papers were marked, she discovered 12 boys had made exactly the same mistakes throughout the test. There is nothing new about cheating in exams. Perhaps that was why Mrs. O’Neill didn’t even say a word about it. She only asked the twelve boys to remain after class. I was one of them.

Mrs. O’Neill asked no questions, and she didn’t scold us either. Instead, she wrote on the blackboard the above words by Thomas Macaulay. She then ordered us to copy these words into our exercise-books one hundred times.

It was the most important single lesson of my life. Thirty years later, the words still seem to me the best yardstick, because they give us a way to measure ourselves rather than others.

【写作内容】

1.以约30个词概括上述故事的内容要点。

2.然后以约120个词从“作者”，或者他的老师“Mrs. O’Neill”的行为中任选一个角度发表你的看法，内容包括：

（1）谈谈你对“作者”对待自己的错误或者他的老师“Mrs. O’Neill”对待学生犯错的处理方式发表你的看法，并说明理由；

（2）你读后的感受与启示。

【写作要求】

1、作文中可以使用实例来支持你的论点，也可以参照阅读材料的内容论述，但不得直接引用原文中的句子；

2、作文中不能出现真实姓名和学校名称。

【评分标准】

    概括准确，语言规范，内容合适，篇章连贯。

以下是你班就“高三学生是否需要吃补品来保持健康”进行讨论的基本内容。

参考词汇：tonic 补品

【写作内容】

根据以上基本内容写一篇报道，内容包括：

1、讨论的时间、地点及主题；      

2、讨论的基本情况。

【写作要求】

只能用5个句子表达全部内容

【评分标准】

句子结构准确，信息内容完整，篇章连贯。

阅读下列应用文及相关信息，并按要求匹配信息，在答题卡上将对应题号的相应选项字母涂黑。

首先,  请阅读下面招聘信息:

A. Sales Manager Requirement:

    Minimum of 2-year sales experience;

    University / College degree;

    Good command of English;

    Excellent communication skills;

    Responsible, patient, energetic, enthusiastic;

    Customer service, teaching experience is preferred;

    Basic office computer skills ( Excel, Word, E-mail).

B. Project Management Assistant Requirements:

    Good English and computer skills;

    Related working experience is a must;

    Patient, careful, supportive;

    Strong team spirit.

C. English Teacher Requirements:

    University degree or above in English major;

    Eager to learn and open-mind with creativity;

    With deep understanding and respect for different cultures.

D. Marketing Assistant Requirements:

    College degree or above with good English (speaking and writing) skills;

    With basic ideas of sales and marketing;

    Working experience is not necessary;

    Good communication and presentation skills;

E. Accountant Requirements:

    College degree or above in finance area;

    Good English and computer skills;

    Good sense of finance management;

    At least two years of experience as an accountant in an international organization is a must;

    Self-management, hard-working, independent and able to deal with pressure.

F. Nurse Requirements:

    College degree or above in medicine area;

    Good communication and nursing skills;

    Good sense of responsibility;

    At least two years of experience as a nurse in a big hospital;

    Patient, careful, polite, hard-working.

请阅读下列职位申请者的信息, 然后匹配申请者和合适的招聘信息。

46. Harry Evans graduated from the University of Oxford. At the university, he majored in English    Literature, and got a Bachelor's degree.

47. Jack Blunkett has been an accountant in an international company for four years after graduating from the Finance University, and he is good at English and computer.

48. Peter Hessler is a manager of an international company, and his duty is to sell the products of the company.                              

49. Thomas Wright got a master's degree. His spoken English is excellent, but he has no working   experience. He is good at writing and communication.

50. Alice Elizabeth has worked in a Building Material Company for ten years. And she is expert in management. She can communicate in English very well.

Today just as technology changed the face of industry, farms have undergone an “agricultural revolution”. On the farm of today, machines provide almost all the power.

One of the most important benefits will be the farm computer. A few forward-looking farmers are already using computers to help them run their farms more efficiently. The computers help them keep more accurate records so they can make better decisions on what crops to plant, how much livestock to buy, when to sell their products, and how much profit they can expect. Many computer companies have been developing special computer programs just for farmers. Programs are being written for hog(猪) producers, grain farmers, potato farmers, and dairy farmers. In the future, farmers will be able to purchase computer programs made to their needs. Because of the growing importance of computers on the farm, students at agricultural colleges are required to take computer classes in addition to their normal agricultural courses. There can be no doubt that farmers will rely on computers even more in the future. While the old-time farm depended on horse power, and modern farms depend on machine power, farms of the future will depend on computer power.

Another technological advance which is still in the experimental stage is the robot, a real “mechanized hired hand” that will be able to move and, in some ways, think like a human being. Agricultural engineers believe that computer-aided robots will make startling（令人吃惊的） changes in farming before the end of the century. Unlike farmers of the present, farmers of the future will find that many day-to-day tasks will be done for them. Scientists are now developing robots that will be able to shear(修剪) sheep, drive tractors, and harvest fruit. Even complex jobs will be done by robots. For example, in order to milk their cows, farmers must first drive them into the special barn（畜棚）, then connect them to the milking machines, watch the machines, and disconnect them when they are finished. In the future, this will all be done by robots. In addition, when the milking is completed, the robots will automatically check to make sure that the milk is pure. The complete mobilization of the farm is far in the future, but engineers expect that some robots will be used before long.

41. Which sentence carries the main idea of the whole passage?

A. The first sentence of the first paragraph.

B. The first sentence of the second paragraph.

C. The first sentence of the third paragraph.

D. The last sentence of the second paragraph.

42. According to the passage, computers can not help farmers decide _______.

A. how much money they can earn from their products

B. whether to plant a certain kind of crop

C. what livestock to raise

D. when to sell their products

43. Which of the following statements is true?

A. Farmers in the future will depend totally on computers.

B. Farmers mainly use machines on their farms at present.

C. Both computers and robots have been in use on today’s farms.

D. Students at agricultural colleges must take computer classes because they can do nothing without the help of computers on today’s farms.

44. According to the engineers, _______will be done by robots in the near future.

A. all farm work                               B. milking cows

C. most of the farm work                              D. some farm work

45. What is the best title for the whole passage?

A. Computer, Farmers’ Best Friend                   B. The Agricultural Revolution     　

C. Farmers in the Future                            D. Computers and Robots

The Beijing government has set out to recruit thousands of university graduates to work as junior officials in rural areas to both improve rural administration and ease the city's employment problems.

The government plans to recruit 3,000 university graduates this year, 1,000 more than last year, to work as assistants to village heads or Party secretaries in suburban areas.

People interested in jobs in Beijing's rural villages and townships can submit applications to the Beijing Municipal Personnel Bureau or online at www. bjbys.com from February 1 through March 15.

"We hope university graduates will seize this opportunity to use their knowledge in rural villages and to start their careers," Sun Zhenyu, deputy director of Beijing Personnel Bureau, told Xinhua News Agency.

The government has promised successful candidates a monthly salary of 2,000 yuan( $ 250) in the first year, 2,500 yuan ($ 320) the second year and 3,000 yuan ($ 385) the third year, provided their performance is up to the required standards, Sun said.

Wang Lina, who graduated from Beijing Union University last year, was one of the first graduates to find work in the city's countryside. After majoring in industrial and commercial administration,

Wang served as the assistant to the village head of Ertiaojie Village in suburban Beijing’s Pinggu

District. For one project, Wang contacted people at the Beijing Academy of Agricultural Sciences and arranged for the local farmers to receive training in strawberry planting. Her efforts paid off. The village had a plentiful harvest of organic strawberries earlier this year.

Nationwide, about 150,000 university graduates found employment in rural areas last year, according to figures provided by the Ministry of Education.

The ministry predicts that 4. 95 million students will graduate from universities across the country this year, 820,000 more than last year. About 1.4 million of them are unlikely to find jobs when they graduate.

In Beijing, a record 200,000 people are expected to graduate from university this year. Less than half of them are expected to be offered jobs, according to the personnel bureau.

36. The underlined word "recruit "in the first paragraph probably means _________. 

A. employ         B. force         C. encourage        D. train

37. We can see from the passage that ___________________.  

A. once you are hired as a junior official, you can get an endlessly rising salary

B. the government guarantee a relatively high salary for the successful candidates

C. working as junior officials is easy but very meaningful

D. the competition for the job as junior officials is very fierce

38. From the story of Wang Lina we can learn that _________.  

A. the sooner you go to the countryside, the sooner you will be successful.

B. local farmers can get big harvests if they learn more knowledge.

C. university graduates can also realize their value in rural areas.

D. Wang had great difficulty in helping villagers planting organic strawberries.

39. The last two paragraphs aim to tell us that ________.  

A. more and more graduates will work as junior officials.

B. the universities should not have so many students.

C. there are more and more graduates in recent years.

D. it is not easy for graduates to find jobs nowadays.

40. Which of the following can be the best title for this passage?

A. Go to the Countryside.                   B. Job Hunting for University Graduates.

C. What Is the Best Career?               D. A good Job Choice for University Graduates.

It is quite reasonable to blame traffic jams, the cost of gas and the great speed of modern life, but manners on the road are becoming horrible. Everybody knows that the nicest men would become fierce tigers behind the wheel. It is all right to have a tiger in a cage, but to have one in the driver's seat is another matter.

Road politeness is not only good manners, but good sense. It takes the most cool－headed drivers great patience to give up the desire to beat back when forced to face rude driving. On the other hand, a little politeness goes a long way towards reducing the possibility of quarrelling and fighting. A friendly nod or a wave of thanks in answer to an act of politeness helps to create an atmosphere of good will and becomes so necessary in modern traffic conditions. But such behaviors of politeness are by no means enough. Many drivers nowadays don't even seem able to recognize politeness when they see it.

However, misplaced politeness can also be dangerous. Typical examples are the driver who waves a child crossing the street at a wrong place into the path of oncoming cars that may not be able to stop in time. The same goes for encouraging old ladies to cross the road wherever and whenever they want to.

An experienced driver, whose manners are faultless, told me it would help if drivers learnt to correctly join in traffic stream without causing total blockages that give rise to unpleasant feelings. Unfortunately, modern drivers can't even learn to drive, let alone master the roadmanship. Years ago, experts warned us that the fast increase of the car ownership would demand more give-and-take from all road users. It is high time for all of us to take this message to heart.

31. The passage mainly talks about________.

A. traffic jams     B. road politeness    C. good manners      D. modern drivers

32. Troubles on the road are often caused by________.

A. the behavior of the drivers               B. traffic jams

C. great speed                           D. terrible road conditions

33. According to the writer, a good driver should________.

A. be able to recognize politeness when he sees it

B. beat back when forced to face rude driving

C. encourage old ladies to cross the roads whenever they want to

D. join in traffic stream quickly however other people feel

34. The following statements are right EXCEPT that________.

A. some modern drivers are not good at driving

B. road politeness is good sense as well as good manners

C. a friendly driver should nod or wave thanks in answer to an act of politeness

D. it is also right to have a tiger in the driver's seat

35. It is not always right for drivers to________.

A. master roadmanship

B. recognize politeness when they see it

C. give a friendly nod in answer to an act of politeness

D. encourage old ladies to cross the road whenever and wherever they want

In early autumn I applied for admission to college. I wanted to go nowhere but to Cornell University, but my mother fought strongly against it. When she saw me studying a photograph of my father on the sports ground of Cornell, she tore it up.

"You can't say it's not a great university, just because Papa went there."

  "That's not it at all. And it is a top university." She was still holding the pieces in her hand. "But we can't afford to send you to college."

"I wouldn't dream of asking you for money. Do you want me to get a job to help support you and Papa? Things aren't that bad, are they?"

"No," she said. "I don't expect you to help support us."

Father borrowed money from his rich cousins to start a small jewellery shop. His chief customers were his old college friends. To get new customers, my mother had to help. She picked up a long-forgotten membership in the local league of women, so that she could get to know more people. Whether those people would turn into customers was another question. I knew that my parents had to wait for quite a long time before their small investment (投资) could show returns. What's more, they had not wanted enough to be rich and successful; otherwise they could not possibly have managed their lives so badly.

I was torn between the desire to help them and change their lives, and the determination not to

repeat their mistakes. I had a strong belief in my power to get what I wanted. After months of hard study I won a full college scholarship (奖学金). My father could hardly contain his pride in me, and

my mother eventually gave in before my success.

26. The author was not allowed to go to Cornell University mainly because ________.

A. his father graduated from the university

B. his mother did not think it a great university

C. his parents needed him to help support the family

D. his parents did not have enough money for him

27. The father started his small shop with the money from ________.

A. a local league                                B. his university

C. his relatives                                         D. his college friends

28. Why did the mother renew her membership in the league?

A. To help with her husband's business                 B. To raise money for her son

C. To meet her long-forgotten friends                   D. To better manage her life

29. According to the text, what was the author determined to do in that autumn?

A. To get a well-paid job for himself               B. To improve relations with his mother

C. To go to his dream university                        D. To carry on with his father's business

30. According to the passage, which of the following words is NOT proper to describe the author?

A. Determined.      B. Aggressive.      C. Cooperative.      D. Diligent.