People like to look in the mirror often when they have a young and beautiful face. However, when one grows old, nobody wants to see their wrinkled old face in the mirror any more.

So, many old people seldom look at their faces in the mirror. This is completely wrong.

According to Wu Zhenyun, a professor from the Psychological Research Institute under the Chinese Academy of Sciences, a person’s willingness to look in the mirror can reflect his or her mentality. When people don’t care too much about their age, they will try to carry themselves with ease and natural poise (姿态). They don’t mind looking in the mirror to see their own faces. Some people even love to look in the mirror from time to time to see whether they keep a good appearance. In this way, mirror becomes their best friend that help them to look confident.

On the other hand, some people are afraid of being old. They don’t want to see the wrinkles on their face and their hair turning grey. So they don’t want to look in the mirror. This actually reflects a negative attitude they hold towards life. In the long term, they might suffer from psychological pressure or some sort of depression, which is actually not a wise act.

“ Everyone can make themselves look charming at every age stage. If one is confident, one will always look beautiful, it shows that they accept themselves.” professor Wu said.

Mirror cannot only give confidence to one. By looking in the mirror, one can even find the traces of some diseases from one’s own face.

1.Why does the mirror become the best friend for some people?

A. Because it brings much confidence to them.

B. Because it makes them more beautiful.

C. Because it tells whether they are clean or not.

D. Because it helps them find their own faults.

2.The fact that some people are afraid of looking in the mirror reflects that______.

A. they suffer from metal disease 

B. they treat life in a negative way

C. they are too ugly

D. they can’t bear the pressure of being old

3. The text tells us that______.

A. if you are willing to look in the mirror you are getting old

B. everyone can become attractive at any age

C. confidence can make a person look beautiful

D. old people will accept the reality when they are old

4. The writer wrote this passage to______.

A. advise people to look in the mirror constantly

B. reflect different attitude towards looking into a mirror

C. introduce a way of finding signs of disease from one’s face

D. analyze why people like and dislike to look in the mirror

第二节 读写任务 (共1小题,满分25分)

    阅读下面的短文，然后按照要求写一篇150词左右的英语短文。

Everyone has an experience they would rather forget. Some are embarrassing, some are moving, and some teach us a lesson. Here is a story of mine.

     Last Sunday I went fishing. After setting up my fishing rod（钓鱼竿） with bait（鱼饵）, I sat down on the bank of the lake. But two hours later, I didn’t catch any fish. I got very angry and began to pack up my stuff（收拾东西）, preparing to go back home.

     Just then, I saw an old man sitting near me. To my surprise, his basket was full of fish, so I went over to him, wanting to know why. “Excuse me, but how long have you sat here?” I asked. “About four hours,” he answered. “Four hours?” I couldn’t believe my ears. “Yes. It’s very important to be patient,” the old man said. “ Don’t consider fishing a tiring sport. Just enjoy it.”

Suddenly, I understand what he said. I must learn to be patient. Then I sat there and waited for fish patiently. I felt a fish touch the bait, but I didn’t move and waited for the right moment to reel it in（卷收钓鱼线）. At last, I caught it. This made me very happy. In the following six hours, I caught over 10 fish.

    On my way home, I thought what had happened on the bank. I gradually realized that the secret of success was patience.

[写作内容］

1) 以约30个词概括短文的要点；

2) 然后以约120个词写一篇记叙文，描写你认识到耐心的重要性的一次经历，并包括以下要点：

a) 叙述你认识到耐心的重要性的一次真实或虚构的经历；

b)你是如何认识到耐心的重要性的；

c) 耐心对你的生活、学习有什么影响。

［写作要求］

(1) 可以参照阅读材料的篇章结构，组织故事，但不得直接引用原文中的句子；

(2) 标题自定。

--- Our class team is going to play in the final match. I’m sure we will win.

    ---          !

       A．Congratulations       B．Cheer up   C．Good luck D．Go ahead

 第二节  读写任务（共1小题，满分25分）

阅读下面的短文，然后按照要求写一篇150词左右的英语短文。

       It is reported that two 66-year-old men graduated this summer from Sun Yat-sen University, a well-known university in Guangzhou.

Li Yiquan, a Chinese-Singaporean, earned a postgraduate(研究生) degree in software engineering, while Ang Toon Aun, a Chinese-Malaysian, earned a bachelor's degree with a major in Chinese as a foreign language.

Li, a retired engineer, now lives in Hong Kong. His daughter also received a postgraduate degree this year, but from a British university. So she participated in his graduation ceremony in Guangzhou. Li said he had a special feeling for Sun Yat-sen University because his parents and brother graduated from there.

It wasn't easy for Li to return to school while in his 60s, he said. He failed math exams several times after beginning classes, even though he had a good foundation in math; he graduated from Hong Kong Baptist University majoring in physics 40 years ago and worked as an engineer before retiring.

Ang Toon Aun, 66, was tired of his business career, so he decided to study Chinese at the university and passed level 9, the highest level of the Chinese Test.

"There's nothing in the world that makes me happier than study," said Aun. Many old people in Malaysia were encouraged to keep studying after retirement, but few of them chose to study on campus for a degree as he did.

 [写作内容]

     你班英语老师给你推荐了这篇报道，读后你很受启发，想给学校板报的英语专栏写一篇英语文章，谈谈自己对上大学的看法。

1. 以约30个词概括两位老人上大学的理由；

2. 然后以约120个词就以“上大学”这个话题进行讨论，内容包括:

（1）你对这两位老人克服困难读完大学的感受；

（2）你对上大学深造的看法；

（3）你对中学毕业后的打算。

 [写作要求]

1. 在作文中可以使用自己亲身的经历或虚构的故事，也可以参照阅读材料的内容但不得直接引用原文中的句子；

2. 作文中不能出现真实姓名和学校名称。

 [评分标准]

概括准确，语言规范，内容合适，篇章连贯。

     One of the main challenges facing many coutries is how to maintain their identity in the face of globalization and the growing multi-language trend. “One of the main reasons for economic failure in many African countries is the fact that,with a few important exceptions,mother-tongue

education is not practiced in any of the independent African states." said Neville Alexander.Dutctor of the Project for the Study of Aitemative Education in South Africa at the  University of Cape Town.

     In response to the spread of English and  the increased  multi-language trends arising from Immigration . many countries have inuoduced language laws in the laws in the last decade .In some ,the use  of languages other than the national language is banned in public spaccs such as advertsing  posters.  One of the first such legal proviaions was the  1994  " Toubon law'  in France. but the idea hs been copied in many counuics since then. Such efrorts to govern language use are often

dismisscd as futile by language experts . who are well aware of the difficulty of controlling fashions in specch and know  from research  that language switching among bilinguals is a natural process.

       It is especiaLly difficult for native speakers of English to understand the desire to maintain the 'purity" of a language by law.  Since the time of Shakespeare . English has continually absorbed

foreign words into its own language. EngLish is one of the most mixed and rapidly changing languages in the world. But the  has not been a barrier to acquiring prestige and power. Another reason for the failure of many native English speakers to understand the role of state regulation is that it bas never been the Aryllo-Saxon way of doing things. English has never had a state-controlled

autharity for the language,  similar, for example . to the Academie Francaise in France.

     The need to prorect national languages is for most western Europeansa recent phenomenon- especially the need to ensure that English does not unnecessarily take over too many fields.

Public communication, educauon and new modcs of communication promoted by technology,may be key fields to defend.

46. Neville Alexander believes that___________.

      A. mother-tongue education is not practiced in all African countries

      B. lack of mother-tongue education can lead to economic failure

      C. globalization has led to  the rise of multi-language trends

      D. globalization has resulted in the econonuc failure of Africa

47 .  The underlined word " futile"   (in paragraph 2)  most probably means "___________"     

A. useless     B. pracucal     C. workable     D. unnecessary

48. Why do many English-speaking; cuuntries not support the language protection efforts described  in the passage?

     A. They think language protection laws are ineffective.

     B. They want their language to spread to other countries.

     C. They have a long history of taking words from other languages.

     D. It reduces a language's ability tO acquire intenatiunal importance.

49.what  can we infer from the last paragraph?

     A. English has taken over fields like public communication and education.

     B. Europeans have long realizcd the need to protect their national Languages.

     C. Most language experts believe it is important to promote a national language.

     D. Many aspects of national culture are threatened by the spread of English.

50.  The best title for the passage is___________.

     A. Fighting against the rule of English

     B. GlobaLization and multi-language trends

     C. Protecting local languages and identities

     D. to maintain the purity of language by law

—How does the Internet ____us?

       —By sharing information free of charge．

       A．educate  B．improve             C．limit          D．benefit

PART THREE READING COMPREHENSION

Directions: Read the following three passages. Each passage is followed by several questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage.

However important we may regard school life to be, there is always the fact that children spend more time at home than in the classroom. Therefore, the teacher should realize that parents have a great influence on their children. Parents can become strong allies (助手) of the school or they can get in the way of the school education.

Experts have realized the need to keep parents informed of the newer methods used in schools. Many headmasters have conducted workshops explaining such matters as the reading readiness, program writing and mathematics to parents.

Moreover, the classroom teacher, with the permission of the supervisors(管理者), can also play an important part in giving more knowledge to reporting pupils progress, teachers can help parents a lot in educating their children and parents can give much help to teachers.

Suppose that a father has been drilling Junior arithmetic lessons night after night. In a friendly talk between the teacher and the father, the teacher can help the parent to make Junior interested in it. He might be persuaded to let Junior join in discussing the family budget, buying the food, using a ruler or measuring cup at home, setting the clock, calculating the distance of a trip and engaging in scores of other activities that have a mathematical basis.

If the father follows the advice, it is reasonable to say that he will soon realize that his son is making satisfactory progress in mathematics, and at the same time, enjoying the work.

Too often, however, teachers’ talks with parents are devoted to small accounts of children’s misdemeanors(不良行为). They talk about the laziness and poor work habits of the children.

What is needed is a more creative way in which the teacher, as an adviser, plants ideas in parents’ minds to make sure that the child spends the many hours out of the classroom learning something useful.

In this way the school and the home join forces in educating children.

56. The main idea of the passage is that ____.

      A. home training is more important than school training

      B. parents should help their children to do their homework

      C. there’re many ways in which the mathematics program can be carried out at home

      D. teachers can and should help parents to use better ways to teach their children

57. From this passage we can know that the writer ____.

       A. is satisfied with the relationship between school and home

       B. feels that parent-teacher talks can be made much more constructive

       C. believes that schools can’t teach pupils well

       D. calls on parents to teach their children mathematics at home

58. What way that the writer doesn’t talk about can improve the present situation?

       A. Classes for parents.                       B. New type of report card.

    C. Parent-teacher talk.                        D. Dinner or party.

59. The writer implies that ____.

       A. interesting activities can improve one’s achievement

       B. too many children are lazy and have poor work habits

       C. teachers should often make home visits to parents

       D. headmasters do more than teachers in this area

60. We can infer from the passage that the writer does not favor ____.

       A. father’s helping his son with his study    

    B. written reports to the parents from the teachers

       C. talking about children’s shortcomings

    D. having the parents help their children with their lessons

PART  FOUR: WRITING

Section A

Directions: Read the following passage and complete the abstract by using the information for the passage. Write NO MORE THAN 3 WORDS for each answer.

Unlike in our country, violence against women is very fierce in some western and African countries. The basic cause of it lies in discrimination, which refutes women equality with men in all spheres of life. Violence is both underlies in discrimination and serves to strengthen discrimination.

Violence against women is a display of historically unequal status of women compared to men, which have resulted into domination and discrimination against women by men and to the prevention of the full development of women. Violence against women is one of the important social mechanisms by which women are constrained into a subordinate position in comparison with men.

As violence against women is spread worldwide, many women are targets because of their ethnicity, class, sexual orientation or disability status.

Many women think that the psychological consequences of abuse are even more dangerous than its physical effects. The experience of abuse often shakes women's self-esteem (自尊) and puts them at great risk of a number of mental health problems, such as:

Depression is becoming broadly recognized as a main health problem in the world. Women who are abused by their partners suffer more depression, anxiety, and phobias than women who have not been abused, according to studies in Australia, Nicaragua, Pakistan, and the US.

Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a strong anxiety disorder that can happen when people go through or witness a traumatic event in which they feel disappointed and helpless or fear death or injury. The symptoms of PTSD contain mentally reliving the traumatic event by means of flashbacks; avoiding anything that would remind one of the events; experiencing discomfort in sleeping and concentrating; and being easily alarmed or frightened.

The severe violence is also likely to lead to suicide. Some women kill themselves or try to do so. Researches from some countries, including Sweden, and the US, have displayed that domestic violence is closely connected with suicide. Battered women who have PTSD symptoms prove to be most likely to try suicide.

Abused women are more likely than other women to misuse alcohol and drugs.

When a person's everyday life functioning or life alternatives continue to be influenced, a post-traumatic stress disorder may be the problem, requiring professional treatment.

71.__________

Ⅰ．72. __________

●Historically unequal status

 73. __________ from men

 Subordinate position

Ⅱ．74. __________

●Women’s self-esteem shake and 75. __________

 76. __________

 Post-traumatic stress disorder: 77. __________, helplessness, fear of 78. __________

 79. __________

 Alcohol and drug use

Ⅲ．80. __________

 Professional treatment

 People always hate betting on football.  ______ to our joy, however, our legal authority took action at length.

A．Ever       B．Little  C．Much    D．Even

—Guess what! I have got A for my term paper.

    —Great! You  _______  read widely and put a lot of work into it.

    A. must          B. should            C. must have     D. should have