There are some very good things about open education．This way of teaching allows the students to grow as people, and to develop their own interests in many subjects．Open education allows students to be responsible for(负责)their own education, as they are responsible for what they do in life．Some students do badly in traditional classrooms．The open classroom may allow them to enjoy learning．Some students will be happier in an open education school．They will not have to worry about grades or rules．For students who worry about these things a lot, it is a good idea to be in an open classroom．

       But many students will not do well in an open classroom．For some students, there are too few rules．These students will do little in school．They will not make good use of open education．Because open education is so different from traditional education, these students may have a problem of getting used to making so many choices．For many students it is important to have some rules in the classroom．They worry about the rules even when there are no rules．Even a few rules will help this kind of students．The last point about open education is that some traditional teachers do not like it．Many teachers do not believe in open education．Teachers who want to have an open classroom may have many problems at their school．

You now know what open education is．Some of its good points and bad points have been explained．You may have your own opinion about open education．The writer thinks that open education is a good idea, but only in theory．In actual fact, it may not work very well in a real class or school．The writer believes that most students, but of course not all students want some structure(结构)in their classes．They want and need to have rules．In some cases, they must be made to study some subjects．Many students are pleased to find subjects they have to study interesting．They would not study those subjects if they did not have to．

71. According to the passage, which of the following is Not the reason why some students like open education?

       A. The open classroom may allow them to enjoy learning．

       B. Open education allows students to be responsible for their own future.

       C. Open education allows the students to develop their own interests.

       D. Open education has fewer rules.

72. From the passage we can learn that         .

  A. The writer believes that all students don’t want some structure in their classes

  B. The writer believes that all students want some structure in their classes

  C. Nearly all teachers like open education

  D. Only the students that worry about rules or grades a lot like to be in an open classroom

 73. Some students will do little in an open classroom because _______．

A. there are too few rules                         B. they hate activities

C. open education is similar to traditional education   D. they worry about the rules

74. Which is Not mentioned according to the passage given?

          A. some advantages about open education

          B. some disadvantages about open education

          C. some students’ feelings in an open education school

          D. the writer’s opinion about open university is the same as all the students’

 75. Which of the following can best summarize (总结) the passage?

       A. Many students like open education．

       B. Open education is better than traditional education．

       C. Open education is a really complicated (复杂) idea．

D. Open education is a good idea in practice．

John decided that he had to do something to _______ his anger .

       A． let off               B． give off      C． give out             D． send out

The company gave away 300 dictionaries to the students at the beginning of the term, and _____500 the next term.

A. more         B. another             C. other          D. further

—He is fluent in English because he once stayed in London。

       —Really ?How long ____ there ?

       A．did he live      B．has he lived     C．had he lived    D．does he live

III．完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分），满分30分）

　　阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36-55各题所给的四个选项（A，B，C和D）中，选出最佳选项。

　　One day, a poor boy who was trying to pay his way through school by selling goods from door to door found that he only had one dime left. He was hungry so he decided to     21     for a meal at the next house.

However, he lost his nerve      22     a lovely young woman opened the door. Instead of a meal he asked for a drink of water. She thought he looked     23     so she brought him a large glass of milk. He drank it      24     , and then asked, “How much do I owe you?”

“You don’t owe me anything,” she     25    . “Mother has taught me never to accept pay for a

_26   .” He said, “Then I thank you from the bottom of my heart.” As Howard Kelly left that house, he not only felt stronger     27    , but it also increased his faith in God and human race. He was about to give up and quit before this point.

Years later the young woman became critically ill. The local doctors were baffled. They finally sent her to the big city, where specialists can be called      28     to study her rare disease. Dr. Howard Kelly, now     29     , was called in for the consultation. When he heard the name of the town she came from, a strange light     30     his eyes. Immediately, he     31     and went down through the hospital hall into her room.

     32    in his doctor’s gown he went in to see her. He      33    her at once. He went back to the consultation room and      34     to do his best to save her life. From that day on, he gave    35__attention to her case.

After a long      36     the battle was won. Dr. Kelly    37    the business office to pass the final bill to him for approval. He looked at it and then wrote something on the side. The bill was sent to her room. She was afraid to open it because she was     38     that it would take the rest of her life to pay it off. Finally she looked, and the note on the side of the bill caught her     39   . She read these words…

“Paid in full with a glass of milk.”

(Signed) Dr. Howard Kelly

Tears of joy flooded her eyes as she     40     silently. “Thank you, God. Your love has spread through human hearts and hands.”

21．A．call           B．make         C．beg       D．prepare

22．A．while               B．when         C．though      D．unless

23．A．thirsty          B．lazy           C．tired      D．hungry

24．A．slowly          B．unexpectedly    C．steadily     D．hurriedly

25．A．announced       B．shook           C．replied      D．doubted

26．A．reward         B．kindness       C．hand      D．value

27．A．physically     B．mentally       C．normally   D．properly

28．A．up             B．for            C．on         D．in

29．A．rich           B．famous         C．observant  D．vivid

30．A．fixed         B．consulted      C．filled    D．concentrated

31．A．rose          B．raised           C．got        D．left

32．A．Worn               B．Having         C．putting     D．Dressed

33．A．recognized       B．knew         C．spared      D．regained

34．A．desired         B．declared        C．determinedD．declined

35．A．special          B．ordinary       C．normal     D．no

36．A．decision        B．preparation      C．struggle    D．debate

37．A．ordered        B．requested      C．confused   D．compressed

38．A．negative       B．uncertain      C．positive    D．obvious

39．A．presentation     B．preference     C．attention   D．arrangement

40．A．praised         B．pretended      C．pressed     D．prayed

Last Sunday I made a visit to some new neighbors down the block. No specific purpose in mind, just an opportunity to sit at the kitchen table, have some tea and chat. As I did so, it occurred to me how rare the Sunday visit has become.

When I was a kid in the New Jersey of the 1960s, Sunday visits were routine. Most stores were closed, almost nobody worked, and the highways, as a result, were not the desperate steeplechases（障碍赛跑） they have become today. My family normally traveled eight city blocks to the home of my grandmother—the same house my father was raised in, where adults would sit on the front porch and chat while we children played hide-and-seek.

The Sunday visit was something to desire strongly. It was the repetition to church, our reward for an hour of devotion, an opportunity to take advantage of the fact that Dad was not at work, we were not in school, and there were no chores that couldn’t wait until Monday. Sunday was, indeed, different from all the other days of the week, because everyone seemed to be on the same schedule, which means that there was one day when everyone seemed to have time for everybody else.

       Sunday as a day of rest is, or was, so deeply rooted in the culture that it’s surprising to consider that, in a short span of time, it has almost entirely lost this association. In my childhood, it was assumed that everyone would either be home or visiting someone else’s home on Sunday. But now the question is, “What do you plan to DO this Sunday?” The answer can range from going to the mall to participating in a road race to jetting to Montreal for lunch. If one were to respond, “I’m making a Sunday visit to family,” such an answer would feel sepia-toned, an echo from another era.

I suppose I should be grateful to live in Maine, a state of small towns, abundant land and tight relationships. Even though folks work as hard here as they do anywhere else, the state’s powerfully rural cast（特质）still harbors at least remnants of the ethic of yesterday’s America, where people had to depend on one another in the face of economic vagaries（反复无常的情况）and a challenging environment.

63．The writer’s general impression of the Sunday in the past was a day when _______.

A. everyone was paying a visit to some relative far away

B. everyone seemed to be free and could have some leisure

C. Dad was not at work while Mom was busy cleaning the house

D. nearly every adult would go to church and children were not at school

64．In the fourth paragraph, the writer compares the response “I’m making a Sunday visit to family” to an echo from another era because _______.

      A. people nowadays prefer staying at home on Sunday

      B. such answers are rarely heard in our modern society

      C. people in the city dislike being disturbed on Sunday

      D. visiting someone on Sunday might take a lot of time

65．From the last paragraph we may infer that _______.

A. people in Maine suffer more from economic depression and the changed environment

B. people in Maine has abandoned their tradition and lived an absolute new life

C. land in Maine is short, thus the relationship between people is tense

D. people in Maine always help each other when they are in need

66．Which word we may use to describe the writer’s attitude towards the Sunday today?

A. Unsatisfied.         B. Anxious.           C. Treasured.           D. Teased.                 

Warning： reading too much Cinderella to your daughter may damage her emotional health in later life. A paper to be developed at the international congress of cognitive psychotherapy in Gothenburg suggests a link between the attitudes of women abused by their parents and early exposure to the wrong sort of fairy tales. It says girls who identified with Cinderella, Rapunzel and Beauty in Beauty and the Beast were more likely to say in destructive relationships as adults.

The theory was developed by Susan Darker Smith, a psychotherapist at the University of Derby. She interviewed 67 female abuse survivors and found that 61 put up with severe abuse because they believed they could change their partners with patience, composition and love. The same view was taken by male survivors who had been abused as children. Hardly any of the women in a control group, who had not experienced abuse, thought they could change their partners in this way.

These women and men said they would leave a relationship rather than put up with abuse from a partner. Ms Darker Smith found the abused women were much more likely to identify with Cinderella and other submissive female characters in fairytales, who were later rescued by a stranger prince or hero.

Although most girls heard the stories, damage appeared to be done to those who adopted the characters as role models.“They believe if their love is strong enough they can change their parents’ behaviors,” she said.”Overexposure in children to stories that emphasize the transformational qualities of love may make women believe they can change their partners.” For example, they might never have understood the obvious flaw in the story of Rapunzel, who remained locked in a high tower until rescued by a knight on a white horse, who broke the door down. “The question,”said Ms Darker Smith, “is why she did not break the door down herself.”

55．The passage is especially intended for _________.

       A．parents with young daughters

       B．girls who like reading fairy stories

       C．girls who think they can change their partners

       D．parents with grown-up daughters

56．Cinderella, Rapunzel and Beauty in Beauty and the Beast are similar in that _________.

       A．they all married some princes B．they all changed their partners with love

       C．they were all abused by their partners    D．they all put up with abuse

57．Which of the following statements is true of the women in a control group?

       A．They don’t believe in fairy tales.

       B．They don’t believe in the transformational qualities of love.

       C．They have also experienced abuse.

       D．They survived abuse.

58．What does the underlined word“submissive”in the 3rd paragraph probably mean?

       A．kind-hearted    B．passive     C．gentle       D．easy-going

SECTION B (18%)   Directions: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A. B. C. and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.

   Michelle Obama celebrates her forty-fifth birthday Saturday, just 3 days before she becomes America’s First Lady. She has had many   36   in her life. She graduated with honors from Chicago public schools, Princeton University and Harvard University Law School. She  37    a top law firm in Chicago    38     she met her future husband. She was also outstanding in a public service organization and on the University of Chicago.

  Michelle Obama says her daughters are the source of her greatest pride. She says raising Malia, age ten, and Sasha, age seven will continue to be her most important job.  39   , the next First Lady has called her White House position, “Mom-in-chief.”

  Malia and Sasha will be taken good care of by another person at their new Washington home. Last week, the Obamas   40   that Marian Robinson would move into the White House with the Obamas and help take care of the girls.

  Malia and Sasha started their new school, Sidwell Friend School, on January 5, 2009. Chelsea Clinton also attended this private school   41   her father was president. Malia attends the middle school in Washington. Sasha is in elementary school in nearby Bethesda, Maryland.

 There is one future  42  of the Obama family we have not yet talked about. This one has four legs and fur. Maybe you  43   Barack Obama’s victory speech on election night, November 4. He said his daughters had “   44    the new puppy that’s coming with us to the White House.” This week , the Obamas said that they has narrowed their dogs   45   to two kinds. They are working with animals shelters to find  46   a Portuguese water dog or a Labradoodle.

47    breeds (品种) generally have less fur to fall off than some other kinds of dogs. They are better dogs for people who suffer from allergies (过敏), like Malia Obama.

36. A. experiences       B. adventure               C. successes                       D. methods

37. A. found out        B. worked out          C. set up                          D. worked for

38. A. where            B. that                    C. what                         D. until

39. A. Otherwise       B. On the country     C. In fact                 D. At last

40. A. announced       B. reminded            C. advertised                  D. presented

41. A. before            B. though                      C. unless                          D. when

42. A. plan                B. member                     C. guest                            D. visitor

43. A. forget            B. have                  C. remember                  D. appreciate

44. A. abandoned       B. bought                         C. found                         D. earned

45. A. search           B. interest                C. market                        D. adviser

46. A. neither          B. either                  C. whether                     D. not

47. A. All                B. Many                 C. Both                           D. Some

第三部分：阅读理解（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）

请认真阅读下列短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项， 并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

If you see a student napping (打瞌睡) in the library, don't roll your eyes. New research from the University of California, Berkeley, shows that an hour's nap can considerably improve and restore your brain power. Indeed, the findings suggest that a nap not only refreshes the mind, but can make you smarter.

"Sleep not only rights the wrong of extended wakefulness but it moves you beyond where you were before you took a nap." said Matthew Walker, an assistant professor of psychology at UC Berkeley and the lead investigator of UC Berkeley sleep studies.

The latest study suggests that the brain may need sleep to process short-term memories, creating "space" for new facts to be learned. In their experiment, 39 healthy adults were given a hard learning task in the morning~~with broadly similar results, before half of them were sent for their nap. When the tests were repeated, the nappers improved their scores by 10 percent on average after sleeping; the scores of those who didn't nap actually dropped by 10 percent.

The results support previous data from the same research team that staying up all night―a common practice at college during midterms and finals―decreases the ability to memorize new facts by nearly 40 percent, due to a shutdown of brain regions for lack of sleep, said Walker.

"Sleep is needed to clear the brain's short-term memory storage and make room for new information." said Walker. "It's as though the e-mail inbox in your brain is full and, until you sleep and clear out those e-mails, you're not going to receive any more mail."

However, Professor Derk Jan Dijk, the director of the Surrey Sleep Research Centre, said that there was no clear evidence that daytime napping offered a distinct advantage over sleeping soundly just once over 24 hours.

"The sleep-wake cycle is not as fixed as we might think―we have the capability to sleep in different ways, "said Professor Derk Jan Djjk.

"The size of these effects is much more difficult to judge―if I have to learn something, for example, it's easier to do this when I'm feeling awake and ready than when I'm sleepy." he added.

56.According to UC Berkeley's new findings, the benefit of a nap is that   .

A.it helps to fix a napper's sleep-wake cycle

B.it makes hard learning tasks not difficult any more

C.it allows the brain to make room for new learning

D.it gives nappers chances to clear out their memory storage

57.Matthew Walker's study shows that___________.

A.learning ability in the morning is usually higher than that in the afternoon

B.extra working hours before an exam can make up for the lack of daily efforts

C.the size of the effects of napping depends on when it is taken

D.staying up late before an exam does not necessarily improve students' exam performance

58.The two research teams mentioned in the text may both agree that_____________      .

A.people's sleep-wake cycle decides the length of midday nap

B.sufficient sleep betters people's learning performance

C.scientific experiments are undependable as the results are often hard to judge

D.the differences in their findings result from different methods applied

59.What can we learn from this passage?

A.Rolling your eyes can stop you from napping.

B.Some people might move themselves when sleeping.

C.College students tend to study late into night before important exams.

D.Sleeping once over 24 hours is much better than daytime napping.

　　Both warm-blooded and cold-blooded desert animals have ways to escape the desert heat. Warm- blooded desert animals, such as rats and mice, rest during the day, often staying in cool underground burrows. At night they search for food. Animals that are out during the day, such as cold-blooded lizards and snakes, are active only for short periods. As their body temperature rises, these reptiles（爬行动物） move into the shade in order to cool down. In the early evening, when the sun grows weaker, the reptiles become more active and begin their search for food again.

　　Getting enough water to survive is a major problem for all desert animals. Some desert animals, like desert birds, manage to find water holes. Other desert animals, such as the kangaroo rat and the related jerboa, get water only from the food that they eat. Because these animals eat mainly dry seeds, they must survive on a tiny amount of water.

　　Most deserts have only a small number of frogs and toads because these animals must be near water to survive. Yet even these creatures have adapted(适应) to desert conditions. When small amounts of water collect in temporary streams, the desert-living frogs and toads become active. After a rainfall, they lay their eggs. The eggs grow into tadpoles in a few days and into adults in just four weeks. When the puddles(水坑) dry up, the adult frogs or toads dig into the ground. Their metabolism(新陈代谢) slows, and they stay beneath the ground until the next rain, which may be as good as a year away. Until then, their bodily activities continue at a reduced rate.

　　The camel — often called the ship of the desert — is one of the most successful desert animals. Camels can go for long periods without water, but eventually they must drink. When water becomes available to them after a long drought, they may drink 95 liters of water or more. When water is not available, what helps camels survive the desert heat is the fat stored in their humps(驼峰). A camel’s hump contains about 12 kilograms of fat. Fat is rich in hydrogen. As the fat is digested, hydrogen from the fat combines with oxygen in the air that the camel breathes. The result is H2O, or water. Each kilogram of fat that a camel digests produces about a liter of water.

16．Desert animals are usually more active at night because _____.

       A．it is cooler at night          B．it is easier to find water

       C．they like the dark            D．they are less likely to be attacked at night

17．Which of the following desert animals can get water only from the food?

       A．The camel.       B．The kangaroo.        C．The frog.       D．The rat.

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

       A．All the desert animals rest during the day.

       B．All the desert animals don’t rest during the day.

       C．Cold-blooded desert animals are out most of the day.

       D．None of the cold-blooded desert animals go out during the day.

19．The underlined word “burrows” in the first paragraph can be replaced by _____.

       A．holes    B．caves          C．rooms               D．openings