6. Today’s advertisements are mainly aimed at c____________ potential customers to buy more.

5. Although it was rush hour, he drove very quickly and m_______ to get to the theater on time.

4. The man who accidentally fell into the river shouted d_______ for help.

3. There was a large crowd gathering in front of the government, p______ against the rise in daily necessities.

2.　　　 The problem is that they aren't c__________ of their own discomfort, even though it's obvious.

第一节：Complete the following sentences according to the first letter. (10 points)

1.　　　 The computer is r______________ to as one of the greatest inventions in the last century.

E

Columbus College, 241 Queen Elizabeth Drive, Kowloon City

Memo

To:　　 All Stall

From:　 Jalie Mok, Secretary; Sports Development Committee

Date:　 May 20, 2010

A week ago, “Sports for Life” programme was sent to the parents, requiring them to select a sport they wanted their child to play. Since then, our staff have received lots of calls from parents asking for more information about it. Here is a memo(备忘录)for your reference when you answer the phones.

Sports 1；Basketball

We expect that this will be the most popular of the four sports. Therefore, students should be advised to sign up as soon as possible. Students will take a private bus to and from Kwun Tong Sports Park. To cover the cost of hiring a bus, each student will have to pay $10 each time. There will be four basketball courts available for our use with one teacher watching over each game.

Sports 2: Gym

We will be using St. Peter’s Memorial Park. There are two reasons for choosing this park. First, it is not very busy and crowded before 6:00pm. Second, it has lots of trees with plenty of shade. Students must bring along two bottles of water to prevent thirst. Three activities, shipping ,jogging , outdoor aerobics，all of which are free of charge, will be arranged. And there will be a teacher on duty for each of the activities.

Sprots3: Hiking

Hiking will take place at Kowloon Peak. The activity will start at 2：30 pm and finish 90 minutes later. Three teachers will accompany the students, and a hiking instructor will accompany each group of 15 hikers. Each instructor will cost $75/hr.

Sports 4；Swimming

The Kowloon City Aquatic Centre is a 10-minute walk from our school. Four teachers will go to the pool and conduct the going-on from the poolside. We will only be able to reserve the pool for one hour (i.e. 2:45pm to 3:45 pm). Only students skilful at swimming can take up this activity. The pool will have two life guards present. Girls must wear a swimming suit. The cost is $10 per visit.

57.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A.　　 Students selecting basketball had better register early.

B.　　　 Students participating in gym should arrive at 6:00 pm.

B.　　　 Hiking usually begins at 2:30 pm and lasts 2 hours.

D. Students having swimming suits can take up swimming.

58.It can be inferred from the passage that　　　

A.　　 students taking part in basketball will walk to the courts.

B.　　　 every student can gain admission to one of the four sports

C. hiking students can have a regular rest in the shade of trees

D. students taking up the four sports should bring bottles of water

59.It can be concluded that 　　　　　

A. each sport will take only on hour

B. students will be charged for the four sports

C. all the sports will take place at Kowloon Peak

C.　　　 teachers will accompany students on each sport

60.The purpose of the memo is to 　　　　

A .attract students’ interest in the programme

B. require the parents to select a sport for their child

C. help the staff explain the programme to the parents

C.　　　 remind teachers and lifeguards to be present on time

第二卷

D

Imagine，one day，getting out of bed in Beijing and being at your office in Shanghai in only a couple of hours，and then，after a full day of work，going back home to Beijing and having dinner there．

Sounds unusual，doesn't it? But it's not that unrealistic，with the development of China’s high-speed railway system．And that’s not a11．China has an even greater high-speed railway plan-to connect the country with Southeast Asia，and eventually Eastern Europe．China is negotiating to extend its own high-speed railway network to up to 17 countries in 1 0 to 15 years，eventually reaching London and Singapore．

China has proposed three such projects．The first would possibly connect Kunming with　 Singapore via Vietnam and Malaysia．Another could start in Urumqi and go through Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan，and possibly to Germany．The third would start in the northeast and go north through Russia and then into Western Europe．

If China’s plan for the high-speed railway goes forward，people could zip over from London to Beijing in under two days．The new system would still follow China’s high-speed railway standard．And the trains would be able to go 346 kilometers an hour，almost as fast as some airplanes．

　　 China’s bullet train(高速客车)，the one connecting Wuhan to Guangzhou，already has the World’s fastest average speed．It covers 1,069 kilometers in about three hours．Of course，there are some technical challenges to overcome．There are so many issues that need to be settled，such as safety，rail gauge(轨距)，maintenance of railway tracks．So，it’s important to pay attention to every detail．But the key issue is really money．China is already spending hundreds of billions of yuan on domestic railway expansion．

China prefers that the other countries pay in natural resources rather than with capital　 investment．Resources from those countries could stream into China to sustain development．

It’ll be a win-win project. For other countries，the railway network will definitely create more opportunities for business，tourism and so on，not to mention the better communication among those countries．

For China，such a project would not only connect it with the rest of Asia and bring some much-needed resources，but would also help develop China’s far west．We foresee that in the coming decades，millions of people will migrate to the western regions，where the land is empty and resources unused．With high-speed trains，people will set up factories and business centers in the west once and for a11．And they’ll trade with Central Asian and Eastern European countries．

53．China’s new high-speed railway plan will be a win-win project because　　　 ．

A．China will get much-needed resources and develop its western regions

B．China and the countries involved will benefit from the project in various ways

C．China will develop its railway system and communication with other countries

D． the foreign countries involved will develop their railway transportation，business and tourism

54．According to the passage，the greatest challenge to the new high-speed railway plan is　　　 ．

A．technical issues　　 B．safety of the system

C．financial problems　 D．maintenance of railway tracks

55．Which of the following words best describes the author’s attitude towards China’s high-speed　 railway plan?

A．Critical．　　 B．Reserved．　　 C．Doubtful　　 D. Positive．

56．Which of the following might be the best title for the passage?

A．New Railway Standards　　

B．Big Railway Dreams

C．High-speed Bullet Trains

D．International Railway Network

C

F . Scott Fitzgerald, born on September 24,1896, an American novelist, was once a student of St. Paul Academy, the Newman School and attended Princeton. University for a short while. In 1917 he joined the army and was posted in Alabama, where he met his future wife Zelda Sayre. Then he had to make some money to impress her. His life with her was full of great happiness, as he wrote in his diary : “ My own happiness in the past often approached such joy that I could share it even with the person dearest to me but had to walk it away in quiet streets and take down parts of it in my diary.” This side of paradise, his first novel, was published in 1920. encouraged by its success, Fitzgerald began to devote more time to his writing. Then he continued with the novel the Beautiful and Damned (1922), a collection of short stories Thales of the Jazz Age (1922), and a play The Vegetable (1923). But his greatest success was The Great Gatsby, published in 1925,which quick brought him praise from the literary world. Yet it failed to give him the needed financial security. Then, in 1926, he published another collection lf short stories All the Sad Young Men.However, Fitzgerald’s problems with his wife Zelda affected his writing. During the 1920s he tried to reorder his life, but failed. By 1930, his wife had her first breakdown and went to a Swiss clinic. During this period he completed novels Tender Is the Night in 1934 and The love of the last Tycoon in 1940. while his wife was in hospital in the United States, he got totally addicted to alcohol. Sheila Graham, his dear friend, helped him fight his alcoholism.

49. How many novels written by Fitzgerald are mentioned in the passage?

A. 5　 　　　　　B. 6　　　　　　 C. 7　 　　　　　　 D. 8

50. Which of the following is the correct order to describe Fitzgerald’s life according to the passage?

a.　　　 He became addicted to drinking.

b.　　　 He studied at St. Paul Academy.

c.　　　 He published his first novel This Side of Paradise.

d.　　　 d. The Great Gatsby won high praise.

e.　　　 　He failed to reorder his life.

f.　　　　 He joined the army and met Zelda.

A. f-c-e-a-b-d　　　 B. b-e-a-f-c-d　　　　 C. f-d-e-c-b-a　　　 D. b-f-c-d-e-a

51. We can infer from the passage that Fitzgerald 　　　　　　.

A.　　 had made some money when he met Zelda in Alabama.

B. was well educated and well off before he served in the army　

C. would have completed more works if his wife hadn’t broken down

D. helped his friend get rid of drinking while his wife was in hospital

52. The passage is probably followed by a concluding paragraph about　　　　　 .

A. Zelda’s personal life

B. Zelda’s illness and treatment

C. Fitzgerald’s friendship with Graham

D. Fitzgerald’s contributions to the literary world

B

For many parents , raising a teenager is like fighting a long war ,but years go by without any clear winner . Like a border conflict between neighboring countries ,the parent-teen war is about boundaries: Where is the line between what I control and what you do?

Both sides want peace ,but neither feels it has any power to stop the conflict . In part ,this is because neither is willing to admit .any responsibility for starting it . From the parents’ point of view, the only cause of their fight is their adolescents’ complete unreasonableness. And of course .the teens see it in exactly the same way , except oppositely . Both feel trapped.

In this article. I’ll describe three no-win situations that commonly arise between teens and parents and then suggest some ways out of the trap. The first no-win situation is quarrels over　　　　 unimportant things. Examples include the color of the teen’s hair, the cleanliness of the bedroom ,the preferred style of clothing , the child’s failure to eat a good breakfast before school ,or his tendency to sleep until noon on the weekends .Second ,blaming , the goal of a blaming battle is to make the other admit that his bad attitude is the reason why everything goes wrong . Third , needing to be right ,It doesn’t matter what the topic is –politics. The laws of physics ,or the proper way to break an egg –the point of these arguments is to prove that you are right and the other person is wrong, for both wish to be considered an authority --- someone who actually knows something --- and therefore to command respect. Unfortunately , as long as long as parents and teens continue to assume that they know more than the other ,they’ll continue to fight these battles forever and never make any real progress.

45. Why does the author compare the parent-teen war to a border conflict?

A. both can continue for generations .

B. Both are about where to draw the line

C. Neither has any clear winner

D. Neither can be put to an end

46. What does the underlined part in Paragraph 2 mean?

A. The teens blame their parents for starting the conflict.

B. The teens agree with their parents on the cause of the conflict

C. The teens accuse their parents of misleading them

D. The teens tend to have a full understanding of their parents

47.Parents and teens want to be right because they want to ________.

A. give orders to the other

B. know more than the other

C. gain respect from the other

D .get the other to behave properly

48. What will the author most probably discuss in the paragraph that follows?

A. causes for the parent –teen conflicts

B. Examples of the parent –teen war.

C. Solutions for the parent –teen problems

D. Future of the parent-teen relationship