61. Why is the 2012 Olympics likely to be held in a European city?

A. It's impossible for two successive Olympics to be held on the same continent.

B. The 2008 Summer and Winter Olympics will be held in Beijing and Vancouver

       respectively.

C. Geographically speaking, it's time to hold the 2012 Games in a non-Asian and

   non-American country.

D. European cities turn out to be more suitable to host the 2012 Games.

62. The underlined sentence in Para. 6 means ______.

A. to keep five cities that can live up to our expectations.

B. to cut five cities that will fail.

C. to pick five cities that will make a good speech.

D. to pick five cities that will produce enough goods.

63. What has Paris got from previous bids for the Olympic Games?

A. What efforts it should make in the future.

B. A lot about the needs and expectations of the IOC.

C. How to host a successful Olympic Games.

D. Why it failed in the past.

64. How did Tony Blair feel about London being named a candidate city for the next Olympic Games?

A. Happy and surprised.                       B. Disappointed but hopeful.

C. Excited and impatient.                     D. Happy and unsurprised.

65. Which would be the best title of the passage?

A. The advantages of the five cities.           B. The next Olympic Games.

C. Five cities in race for 2012 Games.        D. The 2010 Winter Olympics.

We can make mistakes at any age. Some mistakes we make are about money. But most mistakes are about people. "Did Jerry really care when I broke up with Helen?" "When I got that great job, did Jim really feel good about it, as a friend? Or did he envy my luck? " And Paul, why didn't pick up that he was friendly just because I had a car?" When we look back, doubts like these can make us feel bad. But when we look back, it's too late.

Why do we go wrong about our friends―or our enemies? Sometimes what people say hides their real meaning. And if we don't really listen we miss the feeling behind the words. Suppose someone tells you, "You're a lucky dog, "and that's being friendly. But "lucky dog"? There's a bit of envy in those words . Maybe he doesn't see it himself. But bringing in the "dog" bit puts you down a little, what he may be saying is that he doesn't think you deserve your luck.

"Just think of all the things you have to be thankful for" is another noise that says one thing and means another. It could mean that the speaker is trying to get you to see your problem as part of your life as a whole. But is he? Wrapped up in this phrase is the thought that your problem isn't important. It's telling you to think of all the starving people in the world when you haven't got a date for Saturday night.

How can you tell the real meaning behind someone' s words? One way is to take a good look at the person talking. Do his words fit the way he looks? Does what he says agree with the tone of voice? His posture? The look in his eyes? Stop and think. The minute you spend thinking about the real meaning of what people say to you may save another mistake.

66. This passage is mainly about ______.

A. how to interpret what people say

B. what to do when you listen to others talking

C. why we go wrong with people and how to avoid these mistakes

D. why we go wrong with people sometimes

67. According to the author, the reason why we go wrong about our friends is that       .

A. we fail to listen carefully when they talk

B. people tend to be annoyed when we check what they say

C. people usually state one thing but mean another

D. we tend to doubt what our friends say

68. The underlined word "it" in the second paragraph refers to______.

A. being friendly                                     B. a bit of envy

C. lucky dog                                            D. your luck

69. When we listen to a person talking, the most important thing for us to do is     __.

       A. notice the way the person is talking

       B. take a good look at the person talking

       C. mind his tone, his posture and the look in his eyes

       D. examine the real meaning of what he says based on his manner, his tone and his posture

70. The author is most probably a ______.

       A. teacher               B. psychologist        C. philosopher         D. doctor

In spite of ill health and a physical incapacity（伤残）that threatened her career, Carson McCullers completed a novel in the summer of 1961 that made the best-seller list before its official publication; date by virtue of（由于）prepublication sales.

In an interview at her home, the noted novelist looked back on some of her problems of recent years and spoke without emotion of her latest book, Clock without Hands, her first in fifteen years, "For many years I had been thinking of the novel and finally wrote it this passed year. ""The tall, frail novelist, forty-three years old in 1961, suffered a series of strokes in her twenties that left her partially incapacitated, and she also admitted that a mental block kept her away from writing for many years after the strokes.

Mrs McCullers once wrote that "writing is a wandering, dreaming occupation. " But beyond the admission that she works" very hard" at her writing, she is shy about discussing her work. She is remote from literary fashions, and she has never learned to intellectualize her art, but she reads her critics and takes them seriously.

Clock Without Hands depicts （叙述） Mrs McCullers' native South and the slow passing of the old way of life through the lives of a dying pharmacist （药剂师）, a white judge and former congressman, his rebellious grandson, and two Negroes. Among her earlier noted works are Member of the Wedding, The Heart is a Lonely Hunter, and Ballad of Sad Cafe.

71. The novel made the best-seller list ______.

       A. one month after publication             B. immediately upon publication

       C. before publication                     D. before completion

72. Mrs McCullers' comments about Clock without Hands were______.

       A. enthusiastic                             B. defensive

       C. shy and self-conscious                     D. unemotional

73. Clock without Hands was the product of ______.

       A. many years of work B. one year of work C. many years of thought D. both B and C

74. Mrs McCullers did not write for many years because ______.

       A. strokes left her partially incapacitated      B. she had a mental block

       C. she had no ideas                                    D. both A and B

76. What is the best title for the passage? （Please answer within 10 words. ）

77. Which sentence in the passage can be replaced by the following one?

       They are not only fellow members of a team but also brothers.

78. Please fill in the blank in the last paragraph with proper words to complete the sentence.

   （ Please answer within 8 words. ）

79. Do you think teamwork is important in your senior 3 study? Why or why not? （ Please answer within 30 words. ）

80. Translate the underlined sentence in the fourth paragraph into Chinese.

第二节    书面表达（满分30分）

随着电脑普及率的提高，老师、家长和学生对字迹的重视程度降低了。据一项调查显示，有85.8％的中学生说自己的字迹不好看，而他们又不想改善字迹，其理由有很大差别。

请根据下图写一篇120―150词的英文短文，说明该现象并发表自己的看法。