The education of _______young is always _______ hot and serious topic in modern society.

A. the; /               B. a; the                      C. /; the               D. the; a

 There is no doubt that your fluent English will give you a (an) _______ over other competitors for volunteers in Expo 2010 Shanghai.

A.    benefit    B.    profit      C.    advantage       D.    reward

By the river side, he saw two soldiers , __ was carrying a gun.

A. one of them   B. each of them   C both of whom   D. either of whom

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。

My wife, daughter, and I moved into our home nine years ago. We called the area in front of our house “rock graden” as it is full of rocks.

Last summer I found a tiny little plant which I could not immediately identify at the end of the rock garden. I knew I didn’t plant it and my wife claimed that she didn’t either. We decided to let it continue growing until we could figure out what it was.

Weeks passed and as I made my way back to the mystery plant, it appeared to be a sunflower. It was spindly with a tall skinny stalk and only one head on it. I decided to take care of it and weed around it. As I pulled rocks from the area to get to the weeds, I notived something unusual. The sunflower had not started where I saw the stalk begin. It actually had begun under a big rock and grown under and around it to reach the sun.

［写作内容］

1．以约30个词概括以上短文的内容要点；

2．请以“Stand Tall like the Sunflower”为题，围绕“向日葵”这个主题发表你的看法，该部分的字数大约为120词左右。该部分至少包含以下的内容要点：

（1）文中向日葵的故事给你什么启示？

（2）生活中我们如何才能做到向日葵那样？

（3）建设“国际生态学校”，您该做点什么？

［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. 标题自拟。

【评分标准】

概括准确、语言规范、内容合适，篇章连贯。

GENEVA(Reuters) -Pregnant women and other people at high risk should be vaccinated(注射疫苗) against the H1N1 swine flu virus as the cold weather begins to bite in the northern hemisphere(半球), the World Health Organization(WHO) said on Tuesday.

It voiced concern that some vulnerable(弱势的) people don’t have access to the pandemic(传染病) vaccine, which the WHO stressed had not caused any unusual side effects in hundreds of thousands of people to have received it worldwide so far.

“Certainly the fact that the vaccine isn’t being used by those who would have access to it and who would be in priority risk groups is of concern, yes,” WHO spokesman Gregory Hartl told a news briefing.

At least 5, 712 people have died from the swine flu virus, according to the United Nations agency. Health workers, pregnant women and people with conditions such as asthma are deemed at greatest risk and should be top priority for getting the shot.

“We have seen many, many examples of people in high risk groups such as pregnant women who have very severe disease or outcomes. These outcomes could be in all likelihood avoided if one were to get vaccinated,” Hartl said.

Unlike seasonal flu, which is most dangerous to the elderly, H1N1 is hitting younger adults and children especially hard.

The WHO recommends a single vaccine dose for protecting adults against H1N1. It has also urged governments to consider giving a single dose to as many children under age 10 as possible, but says more research is needed into child dosages.

In the United States, studies show that children under the age of 9 will need two doses of the vaccine to be fully protected, officials there said on Monday.

Parts of North America and Europe have already crossed the epidemic (流行病) threshold( 开始了), ahead of the normal influenza season which peaks in January-February for the northern hemisphere, WHO says.

51.According to the passage, what is WHO probably most concerned about now?

       A. Whether the vaccine has side effect or not.

       B. How many people are infected by the H1N1 swine flu virus.

       C. Whether pregnant women and those at high risk can get the vaccination.

       D. What is the difference between H1N1 and seasonal flu.

52.According to the passage, what group of people are more vulnerable to H1N1 swine flu virus?

       A. The elderly.                   B. A teenager with asthma. 

       C. An adult with heatstroke.               D. A newly-born baby.

53.In paragraph 4, “getting the shot” means ____________.

     A. being shot       B. being vaccinated      C. being cured      D. getting killed

54.What can we learn from this passage?

       A. Pregnant women will surely get severe disease if infected with H1N1.

B. Seasonal flu is more likely to hit younger adults and children.

C. one more dose of vaccine should be given to the children under 9.

D. About 6000 people have died from seasonal flu.

55.   Which of the following statements is TRUE?

A. Pregnant women need flu shot. 

B. Differences between H1N1 flu and seasonal flu.

C. The harm caused by H1N1 swine flu virus.

D. A breakthrough in H1N1 cure: vaccination.

The head of the shop came ___ to see ___.

A. up; what was the matter  B. up; what the matter was   C. along; what’s the matter

D.down; what the matter was

Your sentence needs a little ___.

A. being correct    B.correcting    C. to be correcting     D. to correct

Helen ____ her keys in the office so she had to wait until her husband ___ home.

A. has leftl comes   B. left; had come   C. had left; came   D. had left; would come

—What are we going to do on the weekend?

— ________ ．Whatever you want to do is fine with me．

A．You're right     B．It's up to you   C．All right D．Glad to hear that

　　Decision-thinking is not unlike. It often matters not only what you think, but also what others think you think and what you think they think you think. The mental process（过程） is similar. Naturally, this card game has often been of considerable interest to people who are, by any standards, good thinkers.

　　The great mathematician John von Neumann was one of the founders of game theory. In particular, he showed that all games fall into two classes; there are what he called games of 'perfect information', games like chess where the players can't hide anything or play tricks; they don't win by chance, but by means of logic and skills. Then there are games of 'imperfect information', like poker, in which it is impossible to know in advance that one course of action is better than another.

　　One mistaken idea about business is that it can be treated as a game of perfect information. Quite the reverse, business and life itself are games which we must normally play with very imperfect information. Business decisions are often made with many unknown and unknowable factors（因素）, as best poker players. But few business people find it comfortable to admit that they are taking a chance, and many still prefer to believe that they are playing chess, not poker.

49．The subject discussed in this text is _________.

　　A．the process of reaching decisions

　　B．the difference between poker and chess.

　　C．the secret of making good business plans

　　D．the value of information in winning games

50．An important factor in a game of imperfect information is ___________.

　　A．rules               B．luck        C．time               D．ideas

51．Which of the following can be used in place of "Quite the reverse"?

　　A．Quite right.                   B．True enough.

　　C．Most unlikely.                      D．Just the opposite.

52．In the writer's opinion, when making business decisions one should ___________ .

　　A．put perfect information before imperfect information

　　B．accept the existence of unknown factors

　　C．regard business as a game of chess

　　D．mix known and unknown factors