. What a terrible experience! _____ , you are safe, that's the main thing.

   A. Somehow    B. Anyhow    C. Somewhat    D. Anywhere

 The most important _____ of his speech was that we should all work whole-heartedly for the people.

   A. element    B. spot    C. sense    D. point

.This book gives a brief _____ of the history of the castle and details of the art collection in the main hall.

   A. outline    B. reference    C. article    D. outlook

Mary was praised by the headmaster in public and on that _______ she was simply proud.

  A. position      B. circumstance    C. occasion     D. situation

第三部分：阅读理解 （共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C或D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Until quite recently, I knew only three things about my father: I knew his name, David S. Johnson, Jr. I knew he was an only child, and I’d been told he was killed on April 12, 1945, somewhere in Germany.

I used to come to visit my Granny. “Daddy David and his two friends were out in the fields, making sure the way was safe for the others to follow,” she told me. “All of a sudden there was an explosion. All three of them were killed.” Granny was looking down, stroking (抚摸)one thin hand with the other. Then there were no words but silence.

      I began my search and collection for information about my father as my 50th birthday and the 50th anniversary of his death drew near. I was told that the explosion had blown him to bits and I had great difficulty collecting anything I could find about him bit by bit. Bits of information about his began falling into my hands, my mind and my heart. Longing to know my father kept me connected to him. It was time to transform my longing into knowledge.

      Once upon a time he was alive, and my mother and father were deeply in love. They were married, and they had a child, my brother David. Then my father left for the war.

I was born in January 1945. On February 15 my father wrote me a letter of welcome. The letter is kept in my baby book, “Dear Susan, you have a very good family. Your dad is sort of a less able person. Your mother is the most wonderful person I’ve ever known. I’ve always marveled at my great good fortune to have her and been loved by her. If you follow her words and examples, you may expect to meet life in the best possible way, and your path will always be the right one. Your father, Dave.”

      Black on white paper, the words are from my father. From them I grow into a person of loyalty and love. How I long for stories that will bring him to life!

1. The writer got to know her father’s story of death from ______.

A. her father’s friends    B. someone in Germany

       C. her grandmother              D. a little child

2. The author met difficulty finding information about her father because ______.

A. it was too late for her to start the search

       B. the explosion left little about her father

       C. she only found pieces of hands and legs

       D. she didn’t have enough knowledge to do it

3. Which of the following statements is true?

       A. Her parents had only one child B. Her father died before her birth

       C. Her father was a disabled man  D. The writer never saw her father

4. We know from the last paragraph that the author ______.

A. still hates her father for having left  B. is curious about her father’s death

       C. shows much respect for her father    D. is sure that her father may survive

More than 2 million US teenagers have suffered a serious bout（发作) of depression in the past year, according to a federal government survey released on Tuesday.

On average, 8.5 percent of adolescents aged 12 to 17 described having had a major depressive episode in the previous year, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration reported.

But there were "striking differences" by sex, with 12.7 percent of girls and 4.6 percent of boys affected.

Depression is the leading cause of suicide, which in turn is the third-leading cause of death for 15- to 24-year-olds in the United States.

"Combined 2004 to 2006 data show that rates of past year major depressive experience among youths aged 12 to 17 generally increased with increasing age," the researchers wrote.

Researchers at SAMHSA and RTI International in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, prepared the report using data from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health.

More than 67,700 youths aged 12 to 17 answered questions about mood and depression. They were also asked to rate how depression affected them using the Sheehan Disability Scale, which measures impact on family, friends, chores at home, work and school.

Researchers defined a major depressive episode as two weeks or longer of depressed mood or loss of interest or pleasure, and at least four other symptoms(症状) such as problems with sleep, energy, concentration or self-image.

Nearly half of the teenagers who had major depression said it severely damaged their ability to function in at least one of the areas on the disability scale.

"Fortunately, depression responds very well to early intervention and treatment," SAMHSA Administrator Terry Cline said in a statement.

1. The underlined word “ episode ”in paragraph 2 has the similar meaning as the given word____________

       A. experiment B. feeling       C. expression  D. experience

2. The main reasons which lead to serious depressive symptoms include____________

       A. no family or friends or jobs or interests at all

       B. low spirits , unhappiness , lack of sleep and poor concentration

       C. poor health , sex discrimination , less energy and loss of interest

       D. suicide , sandness , lack of confidence and depression

3. What can be implied , but is not stated directly ?

       A. depression is the third-leading cause of suicide

       B. There were more girl students suffering depression than boys

       C. There were over 2 million American teens suffering depression in the past two years

       D. The students surveyed were aged between `12 and 17

4. What will the following paragraph probably talk about according to the passage ?

       A. How to recover from stress      B. How to prevent and treat depression

       C. How to live a comfortable life  D. How to have a happy feeling

The old idea that child prodigies (神童) “burn themselves” or “overtax their brains” in the early years, and therefore are prey to failure and (at worst) mental illness is just a myth. As a matter of fact, the outstanding thing that happens to bright children is that they are very likely to grow into bright adults.

To find this out, 1, 500 gifted persons were followed up to thirty or fifty year with these results:

On adult intelligence tests, they scored as high as they did as children. They were, as a group, in good health, physically and mentally. Eighty-four percent of their group were married and seemed content with their life.?

　　About 70 percent had graduated from colleges, though only 30 percent had graduated with honors. A few had even flunked out(退学), but nearly half of these had returned to graduate.?

　　Of the men, 80 percent were in one of the professions or in business, managers or semi-professional jobs. The women who had remained single had offices, business, or professional occupations.?

　　The group had published 90 books and 1, 500 articles in scientific, scholarly, and literary magazines and had collected more than 100 patents.?

In a material way they didn’t do badly, either. Average income was considerably higher among the gifted people, especially the men, than for the country as a whole, despite their comparative youth when last surveyed.

In fact, far from being strange, maladjusted (难以适应) people locked in an ivory tower, most of the gifted were turning their early promises into practical reality.?

1. The main idea of the passage is _____.

　　A. how many gifted children turned successful when they grew up?

　　B. that bright children were unlikely to be physically and mentally healthy

　　C. that gifted children were most likely to become bright grown-ups?

　　D. that when the bright children grew up, they would become ordinary?

2. From the passage, we can conclude that _____.?

　　A. most of the gifted children became white collars when they grew up ?

　　B. half of the gifted followed up graduated from colleges?

　　C. each of the talented published at least one article?

D. bright men got higher income than bright women?

4. Which of the following is mentioned in the passage ?

       A. The gifted could not be fit for their social positions

       B. Most of the bright and successful women kept single

       C. The gifted men got full marks in intelligence tests

       D. Most of the gifted appeared satisfied with their life .

4. The explanation of the underlined phrase “turning their early promises into practical reality” is _____.

　　A. earning their living and keeping promises

　　B. doing practical jobs and facing reality?

　　C. doing what they have promised

D. realizing what they were expected?

第二部分：阅读理解（第一节20小题；第二节共5小题；每小题2分，满分50分）

第一节：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。

A

Fat and shy, Ben Saunders was the last kid in his class picked for any sports team．“Football,tennis,cricket—anything with a round ball,I was useless,”he says now with a laugh．But back then be was the one always made fun of in school gym classes in Devonshire, England．

It was a mountain bike he received for his 15th birthday that changed him．At first he went biking alone in a nearby forest．Then he began to ride the bike along with a runner friend．Gradually,Saunders set his mind on building up his body, increasing his speed and strength．At the age of 18,he ran his first marathon．

The following year, he met John Ridgway and was hired as an instructor at Ridgway’s School of Adventure in Scotland, where he learned about Ridgway’s cold-water exploits．Greatly interested, Saunders read all he could about North Pole explorers, and adventures, then decided that this would be his future．

In 2001, after becoming a skillful skier, Saunders started his first long-distance expedition（探险） towards the North Pole．It took unbelievable energy．He suffered frostbite（冻疮）, ran into a polar bear and pushed his body to the limit, pulling his supply-loaded sled（雪橇） up and over rocky ice．

Saunders has since become the youngest person to ski alone to the North Pole, and he’s skied more of the North Pole by himself than any other British man．His old playmates would not believe the change．

Next October, Saunders,27, heads south from the coast of Antarctica to the South Pole and back, a 2900-kilometre journey that has never been completed on skis．

1．What change happened toSaunders after he was 15 years old?

A．He became good at most sports． B．He began to build up his body．

C．He joined a sports team．       D．He made friends with a runner．

2．The underlined word “exploits”（Paragraph 3） is closest in meaning to ______．

A．journeys   B．researches      C．adventures       D．operations

3．Which of the following is the correct order of the events that happened to Saunders?

       a．He ran his first marathon．     b．He skied along in the North Pole．

       c．He rode his bike in a forest．  d．He planned an adventure to the South Pole．

A．acdb        B．cdab          C．acbd          D．cabd

4．What does the story mainly tell us about Saunders?

A．He is a success in sports．         B．He is the best British skier．

C．He is Ridgway’s favorite student． D．He is a good instructor at school．

．However, in recent years, ___Three Gorges have come to be appreciated more for their natural beauty as ___ wonder of Nature．        

       A．the; a     B．/;  the          C．the; /           D． /; a

 Huge quantities of fresh water______there since the serious drought in the southern parts of China

   A. have sent    B. have been sent   C. has been sent   D. has sent