By taking this interesting quiz below you will find out if you indeed ________ magic powers.

A. practice             B. perform                   C. possess                     D. preserve

 To keep safe _______an earthquake, you should remain at a spot in your room where nothing may fall on you.

   A. in search of       B. in advance of       C. in terms of         D. in case of

_____, I could not memorize the text. 

A. However hard did I try       B. However hard I tried

C. However I tried hard         D. However I had tried hard

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，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中选出最佳选项。

A

Knowing how much her own children loved presents at Christmas, Ann Sutton always tried to seek help for one or two poor families．With a social worker mother, the Sutton children had inherited her commitment to service, and knew never to take their good fortune at Christmas for granted．This year, Kinzie, her seven-year-old daughter was thrilled that Santa Claus would make a special visit to a 22-year-old mother named Ashley who worked in a factory raising her 12-month-old son by herself．

The phone rang on Sunday．A representative from a local organization was calling to say that the aid Ann had requested for Ashley had fallen through．No Santa Claus, no presents, nothing．

Ann saw the cheer vanish from her children’s faces at the news．Without a word, Kinzie ran into her bedroom．She returned, her face set with determination．Opening up her piggy bank, she put all the coins onto the table: $3.30．Everything she had.

“Mom,” she told Ann, “I know it’s not much．But maybe this will buy a present for the baby.”

At a breakfast meeting the next day, Ann told her coworkers about her daughter’s story．To her surprise, staff members began to open their purses and empty their pockets to help Kinzie．By day’s end, the story of Kinzie’s gift had spread beyond Ann’s office．She received a call from an unknown donor．If a seven-year-old could give everything she had, he said, he should at least match her gift 100 to 1．He contributed $300．

On Christmas Eve, Ann drove through the pouring rain to the small trailer where the Ashleys lived．Then she began to unload the gifts from the car, handing them to Ashley one by one．

Ashley was very moved．Reflecting on a little girl’s generosity, Ashley says she’ll one day be able to do something similar for someone else in need．“Kinzie could have used that money for herself, but she gave it away,” Ashley says．“She’s the type of kid I’d like my son to grow up to be.”

56．According to the text, Ann Sutton ______________.

       A．is making lots of money      B．is ready to help others

       C．is only caring about herself     D．is a hard-working mother

57．Which of the following is NOT true according to the text?

       A．Ashley lived a hard life with her little son.

       B．The Sutton children took Anne as an example to follow．

       C．The coworkers of Ann helped Kinzie to realize her wish.

       D．Ann Sutton tried to ask for help for her own children.

58．What can we learn about Kinzie?

       A．She was afraid that Santa Claus would visit the Ashleys.

       B．She should get some presents from her mother at Christmas．

       C．She devoted all her coins to buying a present for the baby.

       D．She was cheerful when hearing the aid had fallen through.

59．Which of the following can be inferred from the text?

       A．It rained heavily on Christmas Eve.

       B．Ann handed gifts to Ashley one by one.

       C．Ashley hoped she would help someone else in need.

       D．A good deed can influence many people’s behavior.

60．What would be the best title for the text?

       A．A Young Girl’s Gift       B．A Mother’s Love

       C．A Story of Young Girl       D．An Unknown Donor

C

Cancer researchers urged people on Wednesday to take more vitamin D to lower risk of cancer, saying studies showed a clear link. “Our suggestion is for people to increase their intake (吸入，摄入), through diet or a vitamin supplement,” Dr. Cedric Garland said in a telephone interview.

Garland's research team reviewed 63 studies, including several large long-term ones, on the relationship between vitamin D and certain types of cancer worldwide between 1966 and 2004. “There's nothing that has this ability to prevent cancer,” he said, urging governments and public health officials to do more to fortify (增强) foods with vitamin D. Garland is part of a University of California at San Diego Moores Cancer Center team that published its findings this week online in the American Journal of Public Health. Vitamin D is found in milk, as well as in some fortified orange juice, yogurt and cheeses, usually at around 100 international units（IU）a serving. “People might want to consider a vitamin supplement to raise their intake to 1000 IUs per day” Garland said, adding that it was well within the safety guidelines established by the National Academy of Sciences.

The authors said that taking more vitamin D could be especially important for people living in northern areas, which receive less vitamin D from sunshine.

“African Americans, who don't produce as much of the vitamin because of their skin colour, could also benefit significantly from a higher intake,” the authors said.

66．According to the passage, people are advised to take more Vitamin D, because__.

A. it is nutritious                 B. it can‘t harm people’s health

C. it can lower cancer risk          D. it is not taken enough every day

67．Which of the following can not help people get more Vitamin D?

A. Have some sunshine            B. Have more meat

C. Have more fortified cheese       D. Have a vitamin supplement

68．Who can Garland probably be?

A. A health researcher             B. A doctor   

C. A scientist                    D. A public health official

69．Which of the following food can lower people‘s chance of getting cancer?

A. Milk                         B. Fortified orange juice

   C. Fortified yogurt                D. All of the above

70．People from which area should take more Vitamin D according to the passage?

A. Asian people                  B. African people 

C. American people               D. European people

第二节  写作（满分30分）

2010年上海世博会即将开幕，作为一名中学生志愿者，你感觉身边还存在许多不文明行为。请你写一篇120~150词左右的短文，简要描述图片内容并谈谈自己的感想。

短文必须包括以下要点：

1．召开世博会的意义；

2．列举身边不文明行为一至两例；

3．你的建议。

参考词汇：2010年上海世博会-Exp0 2010 Shanghai China

－I  can't get on well with some of my classmates． They just leave me in the cold．

    －______But what's the reason?

    A．Sorry to hear that                B．Forget it

    C．Don't mention it                  D．Never give up

A fire broke out in the building at about 7:30 on Tuesday morning, _____ in the death of a

young girl.

A. having resulted         B. resulted             C. being resulted           D. resulting   

. Is this the reason ______ at the meeting for his carelessness in his work?

  A. why he explained     B. he explained    C. what he explained    D. how he explained

World Expo 2010 Shanghai China, a grand-scale global event, has ______ the significant theme “Better City, Better Life.”

A. abandoned       B. adopted            C. advocated       D. adapted