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Marie Curie was a Polish physicist and chemist who lived between 1867---1934.

Together with her husband, Pierre, she discovered two new elements (radium and polonium) and studied the x-rays. She found that the harmful properties of x-rays were able to kill tumors(肿瘤). By the end of World WarⅠ, Marie Curie was probably the most famous woman in the world. She had made a conscious decision, however, not to patent（申请专利）methods of processing radium or its medical applications.

    Marie Curie was born on November 7, 1867, in Poland and died on July 4, 1934.

Her co-discovery with her husband Pierre Curie of the radioactive elements radium and polonium represents one of the best known stories in modern science for which they were recognized in 1901with the Nobel Prize in Physics. In 1911, Marie Curie was honored with a second Nobel Prize, this time in Chemistry, to honor her for successfully isolating pure radium and determining radium’s atomic weight.

As a child, Marie Curie amazed people with her great memory. She learned to read when she was only four years old. Her father was a professor of science and the instruments that he kept in a glass case fascinated Marie. She dreamed of becoming a scientist, but that would not be easy. Her family became very poor, and at the age of 18, Marie became a governess(家庭教师). In 1891, Marie attended the Sorbonne University in Paris where she met and married Pierre Curie, a well-known physicist.

Marie Curie contributed greatly to our understanding of radioactivity and the effects of x-rays. She received two Noble Prizes for her brilliant work, but died of leukemia, caused by her repeated exposure to radioactive material.

64. What does the author’s purpose of writing the passage?

   A. To give us a general introduction of Marie Curie.

   B. To show us how Madame Curie discovered radium.

   C. To tell us how Madame Curie received the Noble Prize.

   D. To let us know something about Madame Curie’s childhood.

65. In this passage the underlined word “isolating” probably means________.

   A. discovering      B. inventing      C. separating     D. comparing

66. Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage?

   A. Marie Curie could learn things by heart very easily as a child.

   B. Marie Curie had a great ambition when she was young.

   C. Marie Curie found it hard for her to receive high education.

   D. Marie Curie received two Noble Prizes in physics.

67. Which is the right order of happenings in this passage?

   a. married Pierre Curie            b. attended University 

c. discovered radium             d. determined radium’s atomic weight

e. won the Noble Prize in physics

A. b, c, a, d, e        B. b, a, c, d, e    C. b, a, c, e, d         D. b, c, a, e, d    

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11．书面表达

    2010年广州亚运会即将来临。为了迎接亚运，你们班级将举行一次“我与2012广州亚运”的主题班会。假如你是班长，请你就以下内容拟一个发言稿。

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[写作要求]

1．只能使用5个句子表达全部内容；

2．文中不能出现真实姓名和学校名称；

3. 注意：发言稿的开头和结尾已给出(不计入5个句子中)。

Hello, my dear fellow classmates. Today we’re having a class meeting here whose topic is “2012 Guangzhou Asian Games & Me”.                                                                            

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Thank you for your attention and next, I hope all of you will share your idea with one another about the coming great Games.

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 Over the past 5 years reciting English has helped me change it _____ way or another for the better  .

A  any  B  either  C   every  D  one

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III．阅读(共两节，满分40分)

第一节：阅读理解(共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分)

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。

Qian Xuesen is one of the pioneers of China's space science. As a world-famous expert on aerospace rockets and aerodynamics, he obtained great achievements in the areas of applied mechanics, engineering cybernetics and system engineering and made distinguished contributions to the foundation and development of Chinese aerospace undertaking(事业).

Graduated from Shanghai Jiaotong University in 1934, Qian Xuesen went to the United States to study in MIT, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, one year later. After receiving master's degree in MIT, he went to study in California Institute of Technology and received PhD degrees in both aerospace and mathematics.

In 1955, six years after the founding of People's Republic of China, Qian Xuesen returned to his motherland. His return brought China the hope of developing space science and its own missiles.

In 1956, Qian Xuesen put forward “Proposal on the Development of China's Aviation Industry for National Defense”. With the support from Zhou Enlai, the premier, and marshal Nie Rongzheng, Qian Xuesen began to prepare for the establishment of China's first missile and rocket research and development structure, the Fifth Research Institute of State Ministry of Defense. Henceforth（从此以后）, he has long been in charge of the chief technological research and development of China's missile, rocket and spacecraft.

Due to research and development led by Qian Xuesen, China successfully exploded its first atom bomb in 1964. Later, China launched its first man-made satellite, Dong Fang Hong I, to the earth orbit on April 24, 1970, becoming the fifth country in the world to independently launch satellite following the former Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, the USA, France and Japan. The satellite floated around the earth, blaring（高声播放） the song Dong Fang Hong, which has the same name as the satellite.

As a forerunner leading the development of China's aerospace science and technology, Qian Xuesen also provided chances for young scientists. Wang Yongzhi, former chief designer of China's manned-space project, has benefited a lot from Qian Xuesen. “He suggested that rocket of the second generation should be developed by our second generation scientists. This suggestion gave us chances to be general designers.” Recalling the experience working with Qian Xuesen, Sun Jiadong, general designer of China's lunar orbiter project, is very grateful. “He put great expectation on us and trusted us a lot. Whenever we made mistakes, he seldom blamed us, but helped us to find out the reason so we could avoid it in the future.”

Honored as Father of China's Missile and King of Rockets, Qian Xuesen never stopped his work on scientific research after he retired. He said he had no time to review the past, but looked forward to the future.

41. When did Qian xuesen begin to study in Massachusetts Institute of Technology?________

   A. In 1955.      B. In 1935.         C. In 1936.        D. In 1934.

42. Which of the following is about the five countries that launched man-made satellite independently before 1970?                           

   A. The former Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, the UK, France, China and Japan.

   B. The former Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, the USA, Japan, Canada and China.

   C. America, France, Japan, China and Australia.

   D. The former Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, America, France, Japan and China.

43. What does the underlined word “forerunner”(Paragraph 6) probably mean?                    

    A. A leader.     B. A pioneer.    C. A competitor.      D. A successful scientist.

44. According to the passage, which of the following about Qian Xuesen is NOT true?               

   A. In 1956, he made good preparations for the Fifth Research Institute of State Ministry of Defense.

   B. He made outstanding contributions to the establishment and development of Chinese aerospace undertaking.

   C. He returned to China, bringing China the hope of developing space science and its own missiles.

   D. He devoted all his life to China’s space science.

45. It can be inferred from Paragraph 6 that ______.

   A. Qian Xuesen is very concerned about the development of young scientists.

   B. The help of Qian Xuesen is beneficial to young scientists.

   C. Qian Xuesen gives many opportunities to general designers.

   D. When the chief designers do something wrong, Qian Xuesen helps them find out the cause.

 She wanted to know _________.

       A. whether I knew her and where did she work 

       B. if I knew her and the factory she worked there

C. whether I knew her and factory she worked

D. if I knew her and the factory where she worked

In 1989 an international law was passed to stop people _____ waste into the sea.

    A. to put               B. putting          C. not to put          D. not putting

The soldiers did what they did to rescue the survivors _______the danger of aftershock.

A. in place of          B. in terms of      C. regardless of      D. because of

It ________ that their plan was practical and successful.

    A. turned out        B. gave out           C. brought out        D. sorted out

The sun shone in through the dining room window，lighting up the hardwood floor. We had been talking there for nearly two hours．The phone of the“Nightline”rang yet again and Morrie asked his helper．Connie，to get it .She had been taking down the callers’names in Morrie’s small black appointment book .It was clear 1 was not the only one interested in visiting my old professor—the“Nightline”appearance had made him something of a big figure—but I was impressed with．perhaps even a bit envious of，all the friends that Morrie seemed to have

       “You know．Mitch，now that I'm dying，I've become much more interesting to people．I’m on the last great journey here——and people want me to tell them what to pack．”

    The phone rang again．

    “Morrie，can you talk?”Connie asked .

    “I’m visiting with my old friend now，”he announced．“Let them call back．”

    I cannot tell you why he received me so warmly．I was hardly the promising student who had left him sixteen years earlier．Had it not been for“Nightline，”Morrie might have died without ever seeing me again．

       What happened to me?

       The eighties happened .The nineties happened．Death and sickness and getting fat and going bald happened．I traded lots of dreams for a bigger paycheck，and I never even realized I was doing it .Yet here was Morrie talking with the wonder of our college years，as if I'd simply been on a long vacation

       “Have you found someone to share your heart with?” he asked .

         “Are you at peace with yourself?”

       “Are you trying to be as human as you can be?”

       I felt ashamed，wanting to show I had been trying hard to work out such questions．What

happened to me? I once promised myself I would never work for money，that I would join the

Peace Corps，and that 1 would w*w^w.k&s#5@u.c~o*mlive in beautiful，inspirational places．

    Instead, I had been in Detroit for ten years，at the same workplace，using the same bank，visiting the same barber .I was thirty-seven，more mature than in college，tied to computers and modems and cell phones．I was no longer young，nor did I walk around in gray sweatshirts with unlit cigarettes in my mouth．I did not have long discussions over egg salad sandwiches about the meaning of life．

       My days were full，yet I remained，much of the time，unsatisfied .

       What happened to me?

56．When did the author graduate from Morrie’s college?

       A．In the eighties．                              B．In the nineties．

       C．When he was sixteen                          D．When he was twenty-one．

57．What do we know about the“Nightline”?

A．Morrie started it by himself            B．It helped Morrie earn a fame．

C．The author helped Morrie start it．            D．It was only operated at night．

58．What can we infer from the passage?

         A．Both the author and Morrie liked travelling.

         B．Morrie liked helping people pack things for their journeys.

         C．The author envied Morrie’s friends the help they got from him.

         D．The author earned a lot of money at the cost of his dreams.

59．What’s the author’s feeling when he writes this passage?

         A．Regretful.      B．Enthusiastic.       C．Sympathetic.       D．Humorous.

  The unquestioned role of a student is to learn as much as possible through whatever means it takes to acquire knowledge. Teachers and professors are human beings and are therefore not perfect. No one knows the correct answer to every question even when you limit the questions to a certain field of study. Having certain skepticism (质疑) about what they are being taught can help students to make the teachers even better by correcting mistakes and misinformation.

Students certainly have a huge role in their own abilities to learn. Teachers should act more as guides along the way rather than try to force each student to learn. The best teachers in the world cannot teach an unmotivated student. If the teacher, for whatever reason, cannot motivate the student, then the student must somehow find a way to motivate himself or herself.

One method of doing this is by becoming an active rather than a passive student. The more the student involves himself or herself in the act of studying, the better he or she can learn. One of the best ways to become more active is simply to ask the teacher or professor questions. Students who passively sit in a classroom and take everything that the teacher says for granted are not fully using their mental capacities(能力) to learn.

Better education comes from teachers who are able to get their students to think about a subject rather than merely absorb a certain amount of information. Having a healthy skepticism can improve a student’s ability to both think and absorb knowledge in a learning situation.

Teachers are human beings and no one is one hundred percent right all of the time, even in a classroom situation. Perhaps a teacher would simply unconsciously say the wrong word or pass on some misinformation that the teacher truly believed was correct. A student’s question could prevent an entire classroom from becoming confused or misinformed.

There is of course a fine balance between a student having a healthy skepticism, and just

being a downright(令人不快的) skeptic. But with the proper attitude toward learning and a little skepticism, both the students and teachers can improve upon the learning process and maximize learning efficiency.

64. Which of the following is the author’s main argument?

         A. Passive learning results from passive teaching in class.

         B. A student’s ability plays a huge role in the learning process.

         C. A healthy skepticism fully depends on students’ motivation and ability.

         D. A healthy skepticism and proper attitude contribute to effective learning.

65. Being passive learners, the students ________.

         A. use little of their mental ability while studying

         B. seldom involve themselves completely in learning

         C. can hardly tell the right from the wrong in class

         D. simply ask their teachers questions without thinking

66. According to the passage, a good teacher should ________.

         A. help the unmotivated students patiently

         B. instruct students in the learning process

         C. make no mistakes in the teaching process

         D. answer all the questions raised by students