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Prince William and the Duchess of Cambridge's new son will be named George Alexander Louis, the royal family says. A statement from William and Catherine's settlement Kensington Palace said the baby, third in line to the throne(王位), would be known as His Royal Highness Prince George of Cambridge.
On Wednesday the royal couple took their son to Catherine's parents' house in Berkshire, following a half-hour visit by the Queen. All three names had been among the favourites listed by British bookmakers and the announcement was relatively quick by royal standards. It took a month for the name of Prince Charles, the heir to the throne, to be announced, and a week for William, his eldest son.
George has been the name of six British kings. The last, George VI, was the father of Queen Elizabeth II and reigned from 1936 to 1952. Alexandra, the female form of Alexander, is one of the Queen's middle names and was also the name of the Queen mate of King Edward VII at the start of the last century. Louis is one of William's middle names and was the given name of Prince Charles's tutor and great-uncle Louis Mountbatten, who was murdered by the IRA in 1979.
The choice of name, relatively short by royal standards, does not necessarily mean the baby will eventually become King George VII. The Queen's father was named Albert, but chose to be crowned as George VI.
"It's interesting that they chose to go with just three names," historian Suzannah Lipscomb told Sky News. "It's almost as if the royal family is coming down with ordinary people, who tend to have fewer middle names than monarchs(君主).It is a name that none can find any problems with. George itself can't be shortened in any obvious offensive way. They've probably gone for something that is safe."
1.Which of the following statements can best sum up the passage ?
A. New royal baby named George Alexander Louis
B. The royal couple gave birth to their eldest son.
C. The choice of name was interesting and complicated .
D. The new baby, third in line to the throne .
2.From the passage we can know the father of the new royal baby is ____.
A. Catherine B. George. C. Charles D. William
3.Which of the following is True based on the whole passage ?
A.. Prince Charles was the third heir to the British throne.
B. George Alexander Louis was the third heir to the British throne.
C. The announcement of the new loyal baby’s name is slow by royal standards.
D. All three names , George Alexander Louis, were unpopular with British bookmakers.
4.The underlined word “reign” in paragraph 4 probably refers to ______
A. resign B. boom C. govern D. retire
5.From what Suzannah Lipscomb told Sky News , we can infer in Britain _____
A. the name of an ordinary person is simple but meaningful .
B. George itself can't be simplified in any obvious offensive way.
C. a monarch or a prince has usually more names in the middle than the ordinary people.
D. a person with more middle names must be a monarch or a prince .
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VII. 写作（Writing）（共2小题，计２5分）
A) Read the following passage, and then use your own words to give a brief summary of it in about 90 words.（10分）（答案写在答题纸上）
All thanks to the mobile phone
 | Dave Mill owes his life to his mobile phone. He was trying to make history by walking to the North Pole alone, without any help or support. But after 50 days of extremely bad weather, during which the temperature dropped as low as minus 30°C, Dave was forced to abandon his attempt. He had completed 185 miles of the 375-mile journey and had suffered several mishaps（不幸事故）. He had broken his sunglasses, been followed by polar bears and fallen into freezing water twice. Then, after making the decision to give up, he had some more bad luck and found himself stranded （处于困境的） on a floating piece of ice that was slowly melting. |
The weather was too bad for any rescue attempt to be made. Dave waited for three days, hoping that conditions would improve. But the rescue planes could not land because dense fog prevented them from seeing the surface of the ice. It was a race against time.
Then he remembered his mobile phone. He marked out a runway on the ice and took a photograph with his digital camera. Then he used his phone to e-mail it to the waiting air rescue team. Using the photograph to guide him, the pilot was able to land in spite of the weather, and Dave was lifted off the ice to safety. 查看习题详情和答案>>
第二卷（非选择题，满分35分）
第四部分：写作（共两节；满分35分）
第一节 对话填空（本节共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
请认真阅读下面对话，并根据各题所给首字母的提示，在答题卡上标有题号的横线上，写出一个英语单词的完整、正确的形式，使对话通顺。
Jack(J)：Where have you been, Laura?
Laura(L): Oh, I’ve just been to a s 76 made 76. ________
by a famous p 77 from Beijing University 77. ________
J: What is it about?
L: He mentioned something c 78 the concept 78. ________
of “harmonious society” in his speech.
J: Oh, that’s something people keep t 79 about 79. ________
nowadays! Then what did he say about it?
L: He said that we should not only get a 80 well with 80._________
other people, but also live in harmony with n 81 . 81._________
J: I’m in complete a 82 with him. While developing 82._________
the economy, we are interfering(妨碍) with the ecology.
L: Yes. It’s high time we c 83 doing something 83._________
to improve the environment p 84 by human beings. 84._________
J: Hopefully, our government is taking m 85 to 85._________
deal with the consequences.
假定你是李华，你的美国笔友Peter给你发来E-mail寻求帮助。请根据E-mail内容、写作要点和写作要求回信。
Dear Li Hua,
My mom and dad have a rule for their kids: You get all A’s in your exams or you’re out．I’m only 18, I do my homework and try my best, but I feel the pressure from them and I worry about what it’s doing to me．I wonder what it is like in your family．What should I do?
Yours
Peter
写作要点：
告诉Peter你的情况（不能出现真实姓名、学校、家庭地址等信息）；
给Peter提出解决问题的具体建议。
写作要求：
短文须写在答题卡指定区域；
词数100以上（不含写好的部分）；
内容充实，结构完整，语意连贯；
书写清晰、工整。
Dear Peter,
I’m surprised this kind of thing should happen in your country…
Yours
Li Hua
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第四部分：写作（共两节；满分35分）
第一节 对话填空（本节共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
请认真阅读下面对话，并根据各题所给首字母的提示，在答题卡上标有题号的横线上，写出一个英语单词的完整、正确的形式，使对话通顺。
Jack(J)：Where have you been, Laura?
Laura(L): Oh, I’ve just been to a s 76 made 76. ________
by a famous p 77 from Beijing University 77. ________
J: What is it about?
L: He mentioned something c 78 the concept 78. ________
of “harmonious society” in his speech.
J: Oh, that’s something people keep t 79 about 79. ________
nowadays! Then what did he say about it?
L: He said that we should not only get a 80 well with 80._________
other people, but also live in harmony with n 81 . 81._________
J: I’m in complete a 82 with him. While developing 82._________
the economy, we are interfering(妨碍) with the ecology.
L: Yes. It’s high time we c 83 doing something 83._________
to improve the environment p 84 by human beings. 84._________
J: Hopefully, our government is taking m 85 to 85._________
deal with the consequences.
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