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、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

(A)

China news，Beijing，July．29—Housing price in China has always aroused heated discussions among property developers and ordinary Chinese．To many property developers and local government officials，housing price in China is still low compared with many developed countries．However, the average housing price in the United States is only 8,000 yuan per square meter，while in China，it is even higher than in the United States．This shows that there are some bubbles(泡沫)in Chinese real estate market, the International Finance News reported．

Although the average price of residential houses in the United States，after convened to Re Renminbi，is about 8,000 yuan per square meter，the houses in US are not sold in terms of building area，as most Chinese property developers do when they sell their houses．If US property developers sell their houses according to the building area，then the housing price will be even lower than 8,000 yuan per square meter．In most big Chinese cities，such as Beijing，Shanghai, and Shenzhen，houses are sold at a price even higher than those in the US．

The high housing sales price in large cities in China proves that Chinese real estate market does have some bubbles．Moreover，Chinese houses can not be compared with houses in US in terms of building quality，environment and supporting facilities．Furthermore，it should be noted that American people’s average income is several dozen times higher than that of Chinese people．

How Can the Chinese afford to buy a house which is even more expensive than that sold in US?

At the beginning of 2007，Chinese government issued a set of policies that aimed to benefit the public．Now in order to reduce the high housing prices．the government Call regulate the real estate market by raising tax on property industry and controlling the release of loans and lands to property developers．At the same time，the government should allow, people to build more houses through various fund-raising channels．such as funds collected from buyers or raised by working units．By applying these multiple means，it is expected that the high housing prices can be lowered．

56．What is the average housing price per source meter in China?

A．8,000 yuan．    B．10，000yuan．

C．7,000 yuan．    D．It’s not mentioned here．

57．Which of the following does NOT support the idea that the average housing price in China is even higher than in the United States．

A．Chinese houses can not be Compared with houses in US in terms of building quality，environment and supporting families．

B．American people’s average income is several dozen times higher than that of Chinese people．

C．The houses in US are not sold in terms of building area，as most Chinese property developers do when they sell their houses．

D．The population who need houses in China is larger than in the United States．

58．How many measures are mentioned in the last paragraph in order to reduce the high housing prices?

A．Four．    B．Three．    C．Two．D．One．

59．What is the main idea of this passage?

A．The housing price in China is so high that the government should do something useful to prevent it．

B．There are some bubbles in Chinese real estate market．

C．The average housing price in China is even higher than in the United States．

D．Chinese government issued a set of policies that aimed to benefit the public．

D

       Habits are a funny thing. We reach for them mindlessly, setting our brains on auto-pilot and relaxing into the unconscious comfort of familiar routine.“Not choice, but habit rules the unreflecting creatures,”William Wordsworth said in the 19th century. In the ever-changing 21st century, even the word“habit”carries a negative meaning.

       So it seems contradictory to talk about habits in the same context as innovation (创新). But brain researchers have discovered that when we consciously develop new habits, we create parallel paths, and even entirely new brain cells, that can jump our trains of thought onto new, innovative tracks.

       Rather than dismissing ourselves as unchangeable creatures of habit, we can instead direct our own change by consciously developing new habits. In fact, the more new things we try, the more creative we become.

       But don’t bother trying to kill off old habits; once those ruts of procedure are worn into the brain, they’re there to stay. Instead, the new habits we deliberately press into ourselves create parallel pathways that can bypass those old roads.

       “The first thing needed for innovation is attraction to wonder,”says Dawna Markova, author of The Open Mind.“But we are taught instead to‘decide’, just as our president calls himself‘the Decider’．”She adds, however, that“to decide is to kill off all possibilities but one. A good innovational thinker is always exploring the many other possibilities.”

       “All of us work through problems in ways of which we’re unaware,”she says. Researchers in the late 1960s discovered that humans are born with the ability to approach challenges in four primary ways: analytically, procedurally, collaboratively (合作地) and innovatively. At the end of adolescence, however, the brain shuts down half of that ability, preserving only those ways of thought that have seemed most valuable during the first decade or so of life.

       The current emphasis on standardized testing highlights analysis and procedure, meaning that few of us use our innovative and collaborative ways of thought.“This breaks the major rule in the American belief system—that anyone can do anything,”explains M. J. Ryan, author of the 2006 book This Year I Will…and Ms. Markova’s business partner.“That’s a lie that we have preserved, and it fosters commonness. Knowing what you’re good at and doing even more of it creates excellence.”This is where developing new habits comes in.

67．Brain researchers have discovered that      .

       A．the forming of new habits can be guided

       B．the development of habits can be predicted

       C．the regulation of old habits can be transformed

       D．the track of new habits can be created unconsciously

68．The underlined word“ruts”in Paragraph 4 is closest in meaning to       .

       A．zones                     B．connections             C．situations                D．tracks

69．Which of the following statements most probably agrees with Dawna Markova’s view?

       A．Decision makes no sense in choices.

       B．Curiosity makes creative minds active.

       C．Creative ideas are born of a relaxing mind.

       D．Formation of innovation comes from fantastic ideas.

70．The purpose of the author writing this article is to persuade us       .

       A．to give up our traditional habits deliberately

       B．to create and develop new habits consciously

       C．to resist the application of standardized testing

       D．to believe that old habits conflict with new habits

第二节：书面表达（共1小题，满分25分）

最近几年越来越多的大学生加入打工的队伍，请你结合下表，就这一现象写一篇短文。

现象

1．根据最近调查，约25％的大学生打零工。

2．在暑假，这一数字将增至72％。

3．大学生常做的零活有：家教、服务员、售货员等。

原因

4．想赚钱支付一部分日益增长的学费。

5．想经济上独立，买一些自己想买的东西。

意义

(内容由考生自己拟定)

6．

7．

注意：1．词数：120左右。文章的开头已为你写好。

2．参考词汇：调查survey；家庭教师tutor；学费tuition；经济地economically；视野outlook

According to a recent survey，                                               

23.Mr Brown is____that all of the students respect her.

A.such good a teacher  B.such good teacher  C.a so good teacher  D.so good a teacher

27.The question _______ at present has something important to do with our nature.

       A. to be discussed                            B. to be discussing

       C. discussed                                       D. being discussed

7. There is no ___________ in trying to talk him into joining us. He enjoys being alone.

A. doubt                B. wonder                    C. hope                 D. Point

17. The film Mei Lanfang, _____ Li Ming plays the starring role, has again drawn the world’s attention to our traditional Chinese art.

   A. what               B. that              C. which                D. Where

第二节  语法填空（共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分）

       阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空，并将答案填写在答题卡标号为31-40的相应位置上。

Language learning begins with listening. Some linguists say children are greatly different    31    the amount of listening that they do before they start speaking, and later starters are often long listeners. Most    32    will “obey” spoken instructions some time before they can speak, though the word “obey” is hardly accurate as    33     description of the eager and delighted cooperation usually shown by the children. Before they can speak, many children will also ask questions by gestures and by making questioning noises.

Any attempt    34     (study) the development from the noises babies make to their first spoken words leads to    35     (consider) difficulties. It is agreed that they enjoy making noises, and that during the first few months one or two noises sort themselves as    36     (particular) expressive as delight, pain, friendliness, and so on.    37    since these can’t be said to show the baby’s intention to communicate, they can hardly be regarded as early forms of language. It is agreed, too, that from about three months they play with sounds for enjoyment, and that by six months they are able to add new words to    38     store. This self-imitation(模仿)    39    (contribute) to deliberate imitation of sounds or words spoken to them by other people. The problem then arises as to the point at    40     one can say that these imitations can be considered as speech.

25．____in the Kooris for years, I decided to learn their language.

       A．Having interested           B．Have been interest

       C．Having been interested    D．Being interested

28．He spent much of the evening with Robert Green,____he had hardly seen in the thirty years since they had worked together at CBS.

       A．what        B．that   C．who  D．Whom