阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
C
In any family with more than one child, chidren seem to naturally compete for their parents’ love and attention. Parents say they love every child equally. But is that true?
Susan, founder of a consulting firm in Chicago, interviewed 216 women and found that even though none of her questions asked directly about a parent favoring one child over another, about two-thirds of the women said there was a favored child. And they also remembered their experience when they were young. One of the women said, “My mother always liked my brother better, and he got to go to summer camp in 1968 and I didn’t.”
Plumez, who interviewed parents with both biological children and adoptive children for an adoption book in 2008, found that what matters most is whether your temperaments(性情) are pleasing. “In some cases, parents would say they felt closer to their adopted children,” she says, “Some parents like the children with characters similar to theirs. Two people who are shy and withdrawn might get along well, unless the shy parent doesn’t like that aspect of themselves and they try to push the naturally withdrawn child to be more extroverted.”
It could be a result of gender, birth order or how easy or difficult a child’s temperament may be, but a parent’s different treatment has far-reaching effects. Students have found that less-favored children may suffer emotionally, with decreased self-esteem and behavioral problems in childhood. Favoritism is a reason for the next generation not to like each other.
Experts say it is not realistic to say everyone should be treated equally, because no two people are the same and they relate differently to others.
“It does not mean that parent loves or likes one child more. It has to do with which one of them is independent,” says psychologist Laurie Kramer of the University of Illinois.
【小题1】The study carried out by Susan shows that ______.

C
LONDON: What could possibly be wrong with planting trees? The benefits are obvious; they  firm the soil, soak up (摄取) extra water and take carbon dioxide (二氧化碳) our of the atmosphere.
However, it now turns out that planting trees could add to global warming.
Tree roots do a great job of keeping soil firmly on the ground and out of the wind’s power. The problem is that some of those dust clouds play an important part in soaking up carbon dioxide.
Huge dust storms blow out over the oceans from dry parts of North Africa and central Asia. Tons of dust are lifted and left as a thin film over the ocean surface. The dust fuels oceanic life.
Dust from China is carried east and left in the Pacific Ocean. If a tree-planting programme there is successful and the dust supply reduced, the net result may be that less carbon dioxide gets locked away in the ocean.
Andy Ridgwell, an environmental scientist from the University of East Anglia, has spent the past few years studying dust and says his work “shows clearly that the complexity of the system and the importance of not tinkering(粗劣地修补) with it without understanding the results. For this reason the need is to focus(集中) on cutting carbon dioxide giving off rather than monkeying (瞎弄) about with the land surface.”
An American scientist, Robert Jackson, has shown that when native grassland areas are invaded(侵入) by trees, carbon is lost from the soil. “We are studying why the soil carbon disappears, but one theory is that trees do a lot more of their growing above ground compared to grasses, so less carbon goes directly into the soil from trees, ” says Jackson.
In wet areas of the world, the gain from trees absorbing carbon dioxide above ground seems to be outweighed(超过) by the loss of carbon from the soil below ground. Countries that plan to combat global warming by planting trees may have to think again.
Solutions to environmental problems are often more complex than they first appear, and understanding the Earth’s climate is a very great challenge.
63．People usually hold the opinion that       .
A．huge dust storms can destroy carbon dioxide
B．huge dust storms can destroy the oceans on the earth
C．huge dust storms can’t do anything beneficial for man
D．planting trees is the only way to control huge dust storms
64．Andy Ridgwell, the environmental scientist, believes that       .
A．dust plays a more important part than trees
B．trees should’t have been planted in dry places
C．carbon dioxide is harmful to everything on the earth
D．environmental problems are more complex than expected
65．Robert Jackson’s experiment proves that         .
A．grassland areas should be covered by forests
B．trees hold more carbon than grasses
C．carbon can turn grass into dust
D．less carbon can make trees grow faster
66．The underlined word “combat” in the last paragraph means      .
A．learn about      B．fight against     C．live with   D．give up

单词拼写（根据所给首字母或中文写出合适的单词，每题1分，满分10分）

Keeping calm is the most important thing you should remember in time of e_______.

Tom d________ the gold medal in the speech competition as he had made so many efforts that hardly could anybody imagine.

Medical teams were ________（准备）to leave Sichuan Province to treat the survivors(幸存者)from the earthquake.

He said that he p________ to stay at home rather than go with us.

It’s going to be some time before I ______(恢复)my strength.

Most parts of African countries have s________ from drought(干旱) in recent years.

When I began to sing, he laughed and made me e____________.

City people want to be outdoors on the weekend and do something ______(挑战性的)

He ______(赞成) the idea, and two years later I am in charge of the radio club as the oldest student member.

Since teenagers have difficulty ________(平衡)these needs, they often question who they are and how they fit in society.

第二卷（非选择题   共33分）

V.单词拼写( 共8小题；每小题1分，满分8分 )

62.John often plays j________ on his roommates, which makes them angry.

63.It’s quite o________ that he isn’t telling the truth because his face becomes red.

64.His supporters g_______ in the main square to listen to his speech.

65. An old lady was killed in the hotel ,so nobody there was allowed to leave without p_________.

66.We must let everyone be aware that to p________ wildlife is very important.

67.Zhao Benshan’s h__________ words made every audience present laugh. 

68.After I saw the film, I knew that the scientist had spent many years e_________ a new planet for people to live in.

69.With the blue s________ given, the driver started the car.

单词拼写（根据所给首字母或中文写出合适的单词，每题1分，满分10分）
【小题1】 Keeping calm is the most important thing you should remember in time of e_______.
【小题2】 Tom d________ the gold medal in the speech competition as he had made so many efforts that hardly could anybody imagine.
【小题3】Medical teams were ________（准备）to leave Sichuan Province to treat the survivors(幸存者)from the earthquake.
【小题4】 He said that he p________ to stay at home rather than go with us.
【小题5】It’s going to be some time before I ______(恢复)my strength.
【小题6】Most parts of African countries have s________ from drought(干旱) in recent years.
【小题7】When I began to sing, he laughed and made me e____________.
【小题8】City people want to be outdoors on the weekend and do something ______(挑战性的)
【小题9】 He ______(赞成) the idea, and two years later I am in charge of the radio club as the oldest student member.
【小题10】Since teenagers have difficulty ________(平衡)these needs, they often question who they are and how they fit in society.