第二节 摘录信息 （共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分）

阅读下面短文，根据所读内容在文后第53至第57小题的空格里填上适当的单词或短语，并将答案转写到答题卡上。

注意：每空不超过3个单词。

You’re listening to Radio Five. Regular listeners know that every Thursday I give a list of places in the city that are looking for volunteers. Perhaps you’d like to get a pencil and write down the ones that interest you.

Tiny Tot Preschool is looking for someone who will sing songs to the children on Tuesday mornings. The best person for the job would be someone who can play the piano or guitar.

Primary School 39 needs volunteers to tutor students in English after school on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. If you are good at English, that is a great chance.

The Parks Department needs volunteers to help clean up the parks before National Day. If you like to work outdoors and help the environment, this job is for you.

Lastly, the Community Center is looking for volunteers to work with older people on weekends. You can help read and write letters for seniors with bad eyesight. The Center also needs a few students to do fix-up work on houses. If you often help your grandfather repair his house, perhaps this is the perfect job for you.

If you are interested in any of the jobs, you can call us at 5488-2377. People need your help. Volunteer today!

Let’s be volunteers!

B

Singapore’s public transport system is one of the best in the world, so you should have no problem finding your way around like a local. There are three main forms of public transport that you would find in any other major city ---trains, buses and taxis

TRAINS 

Trains run from 6:00 am to midnight. Single trip tickets start at 80 cents. If you buy an EZ-Link cars for $15, you can ride the trains and buses as you like. 

If you need more information, just call Transit Link on 1800 767 4333. 

BUESE 

There are several bus services in Singapore and fares start at 80 cents. Be sure always ask the driver the cost of your ticket as he can not give change. 

If you need help, just call Transit Link on 1800 767 4333. 

TAXIS 

There are three main taxi companies –City Cab(6552 2222), Comfort(6552 1111) and Tibs (6552 8888). Booking can also be easily by calling the numbers listed above. 

TENTAL CARS 

Driving in Singapore is a pleasure and if you liked to travel at your own pace, renting a car is a good choice. Renting takes away the hassle of getting to places around Singapore. Just sit back and enjoy the city. It also means you’ll get to see a lot more that a trains or a bus won’t let you see. 

For car rental, call Avis on + 65 6737 1668. 

45  By an EZ-Link card, you can take_______.

     A  both buses and trains                           B  only trains

     C  both buses and taxis                            D  only rental cars 

46  When you take a bus there, always remember to________.

     A  take your own license with you            B  ask the driver how much your ticket is

     C  buy the bus map of Singapore              D  book your ticket ahead of time 

47  What does the word “hassle” mean in Chinese?

     A  麻烦              B  乐趣                      C  景点                      D  费用 

48  What do you know about traveling in Singapore from the passage?

     A  A local has no trouble finding his way around.

     B  It’s much cheaper to go around by bus than by train.

     C  You can see a lot more in Singapore only by renting a car.

     D  It’s very convenient for visitors to travel in Singapore.

第二节 完形填空 （共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分） 

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从第31至第40小题所给的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。

One day an old card caught my eye: Queen City Casket Company. Immediately my mind traveled back many years.

I was nine years old, walking down the cold, wet streets of Springfield, with a bag of   31       on my shoulder. Finally, I came to that Company, whose owner, Mr. Rader, had taken me there to   32   his workers whether they wanted any magazines.

Shaking off the rain, I entered Mr. Rader’s office. After a quick glance he led me over to the fire-place. Noticing the   33   in the top of my shoe, he said, “Come with me!” Then, he took me to a shoe store. Inside, a salesman   34   me with the finest pair of Oxfords I had ever seen. I felt about 10 feet tall when I got up in   35  . “We’d like a pair of   36   socks, too.” Mr. Rader said.

Back in his office, Mr. Rader took out a   37  , wrote something on it, and handed it to me. With tearful eyes, I read, “Do to others as you would have them do to you.” He said affectionately(深情地), “Jimmy, I want you to   38   I love you.”

I said good-bye, and for the first time I sensed that somehow things would be   39  . With people like Mr. Rader in the world, there was hope, kindness and love, and that would always make a   40  .

31. A. newspapers                B. magazines                C. books                       D. tools

32. A. tell                                B. say                          C. answer                      D. ask

33. A. dirt                           B. water                       C. hole                      D. mud

34. A. bought                          B. fitted                      C. sold                        D. comforted

35. A. it                           B. them                      C. one                         D. this

36. A. new                          B. old                          C. big                       D. small

37. A. pen                           B. paper                             C. card                        D. notebook

38. A. admit                     B. know                             C. consider                  D. express

39. A. mistaken                   B. right                      C. all right                   D. possible

40. A. rule                          B. cake                        C. thing                        D. difference

15. Struck by the terrible earthquake, Wenchuan, a country in Sichuan province, was _____ from the outside.

A. cut up B. cut down    C. cut in  D. cut off

第三部分: 阅读理解 (共15小题; 每小题2分, 满分30分)

请认真阅读下列短文, 从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中, 选出最佳选项, 并在答题纸上将该项涂黑。

A

Maja Kazazic looked closely down into the aquarium(水族馆). For two years, she’d been watching the injured dolphin named Winter swim around the tank. From a distance, the dolphin seemed approachable enough. Still, as Kazazic prepared to jump into the water, a little panic gradually came into her excitement.

     The young woman eased herself into the pool. Despite her fear, she felt strong wearing her new leg. She was ready to make good on a promise from long ago.

In second grade in Mostar, Yugoslavia, Kazazic’s five-year-old cousin, Jasmina, died of leukemia(白血病). Kazazic swore that she would honor the little girl by swimming with a dolphin, an animal they both adored. “Jasmina never got the chance to do it,” says Kazazic, 32, “so I decided that someday I’d do it for her.”

    In 1993, during the Bosnian civil war, 16-year-old Kazazic was badly injured. Her left leg was cut off just below the knee and was brought to the United States for treatment. A few months later, Kazazic received her first artificial leg. Because her right leg was also damaged, walking was still very painful. Nonetheless, she managed to graduate from a local high school.

After receiving a BA in psychology, she moved to Florida’s Gulf Coast. She liked watching the dolphins play at the aquarium. A young dolphin, Winter, who had lost her tail in a crab trap, caught Kazazic’s eye: “She swam more like a shrimp(虾) than a dolphin.”

    After one doctor’s visit, trainers fit Winter with a high-tech tail. When it was done, Winter swam away fast. Kazazic was impressed. She approached the trainers, who put her in touch with the inventors. Within ten days, she had a new leg and she could walk without pain again.

Eight months later, Kazazic was ready to keep the promise she had made in honor of Jasmina. “After being in a war zone, this should be a piece of cake,” Kazazic said as she lowered herself into the tank. She held out a hand to Winter, who approached cautiously, and then moved away. After a few minutes, the dolphin let Kazazic move her hand gently over her back. The two started an hour-long swim around the pool. When Kazazic climbed out, her parents hugged her. She would have shouted with joy had she not been aware of dolphins’ sensitivity to noise. Instead she quietly said, “I felt I owed somebody something, and now I’ve paid my debt.” Out in the parking lot, she got into her car and shouted loudly and happily all the way.

56. Which is the correct order of the following events?

a. Kazazic was brought to the USA for treatment.

b. Kazazic’s five-year-old cousin, Jasmina, died of leukemia.

c. Kazazic swam with a dolphin named Winter.

d. Kazazic’s left leg was cut off below the knee.

e. Kazazic had a new leg and could walk without pain.

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

57. Which of the following sentences BEST indicates Kazazic is a woman who keeps her word?

A. Despite her fear, she felt strong wearing her new leg. (Paragraph 2)

B. … “so I decided that someday I’d do it for her.” (Paragraph 3)

C. “I felt I owed somebody something, and now I’ve paid my debt.” (Paragraph 7)

D. “After being in a war zone, this should be a piece of cake,”…(Paragraph 7)

58. Which of the following words can we use to describe Kazazic?

A. Ashamed, faithful and outgoing.                        B. Hard-working, shy and hesitant.

C. Unsatisfied, determined and grateful.          D. Determined, considerate and faithful. 

59. Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?

A. A new life of a disabled dolphin     

B. An earnest promise of a disabled woman

C. The true love between a woman and her cousin

D. A good relationship between a woman and a dolphin

第二节  信息匹配 （共5小题，每小题2分，满分10分）

若选E项填涂AB ：若选F项 填涂CD

请根据A至F各课程的介绍和个各人的情况说明，选出符合各人要求的最佳选项。

A. A Look at American Literature（文学）

   A Look at American Literature is a course（课程）, which gives us a brief outline of American

   Literature.

B. Works（作品） of Some Famous American Writers

  Works of Some Famous American Writers show us the introductions to eleven famous writers

   and their works and also give us some comments on the works.

C. Detailed Reading of American Literature

  Detailed Reading of American Literature is a course which focuses on some important and  

   moving details in the works of American literature. It will analyse the detail.

D. Story and Plot

  It’s a course which analyses the setting of the main plots in some famous stories. The aim of this

   course is to help those who want to become writers in the future.

E. Characters and Life

   As you know, literature comes from our life, but it’s more than our life. This course will analyze

   the personalities of some important characters in the world literature, and combine the analysis

   with our life. It will help us gain wisdom from the characters.

F. Literature Comments

  The course is a study of how to write literature comments through some vivid examples.

请阅读以下学生的相关信息，然后匹配他/她和拟要选择的课：

Helen wants to become a famous writer in the future. She is eager to take a course which can help her realize her dream.

Peter was ill last term and missed a lot of lessons in American literature. He wants to take a course which can give him an outline of it.

Kate likes to read literature works and she has many opinions after reading, but she doesn’t know how to express her ideas properly.

Tommy has the basic knowledge of American literature. He wants to take a course which can help him read more famous works about American literature.

Jerry wants to write some articles to show the significance of researching literature today. He is looking for a course which can help him.

待选课程学生                         课程名称

66. Helen                     A.  A Look at American Literature

67. Peter                      B.  Works of Some Famous American Writers

68. Kate                      C.  Detailed Reading of American Literature

69. Tommy                    D.  Story and Plot

70. Jerry                      E.  Characters and Life

                             F.  Literature Comments

B

       In this age of cell phones, text messages and computer keyboards, one Scottish school has returned to basics．It's teaching youngsters the ignored art of writing with a fountain pen．There is no clicking of keyboards in most classrooms at the Mary Erskine and Stewart's Melville Junior School, although there is a full range of facilities （设施）for computer lessons and technology isn' t being ignored．The private school' s headmaster believes the old-fashioned pens have helped strengthen the academic （学术的） performance and self-esteem （自尊）of his 1,200 pupils．

       "The pens improve the quality of work because they force the children to take care, and better work improves self-esteem", headmaster Bryan Lewis said．" Proper handwriting is as relevant today as it ever has been．" Students as young as 7 have been instructed to give up their ball point pens and begin to deal with its more artful predecessor．By the time they reach grade five, at age 9, they are expected to write mainly with fountain pens．Lewis said the school's 7- and 8-year-olds use fountain pens for 80 percent to 90 percent of their work, returning to pencils for such subjects as math．"I don't see fountain pens as old-fashioned or out of date．Modern fountain pens are beautiful to use? it's not like in the old days of broken metal points and dirtying writing paper," Lewis said．"We have a particular writing style and we have developed it very carefully and found a way that allows left-and right-handed people to write without dirtying paper．"

       Some people in wealthy nations argue that handwriting is becoming less important because of the growing use of cell phone text messaging and typing on computers, but the school disagrees．"We talk of the paperless office and the paperless world, but this is not true," Lewis said．"You still need to have proper handwriting skills．"

60．The Scottish school in the passage _____．

       A．does not think highly of modern technology

       B．values fountain pens more than anything else

       C．pays special attention to the use of fountain pens

      D．takes an action which is considered to be stupid by a great many people

61．Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?

       A．Schools in Scotland all encourage using pens．

       B．Fountain pens today are much more expensive．

       C．Lewis thinks the idea of the paperless world impractical．

       D．The left-handed can't benefit from the new fountain pens．

62．The underlined word "predecessor" in Paragraph 2 refers to _____．

       A．the pencil      B．the fountain pen      C．the keyboard  D．the ball point pen

63．The headmaster Bryan Lewis holds the view that _____．

       A．children should be required to use pens when they are five

       B．using pens may slow down students' speed of writing

       C．pens have helped to build up students' self-respect

       D．handwriting skills are more important than typing skills

D

BEIJING  March l  （ Reuters）  - China hailed its best ever Winter Olympics on Mon- day, crediting technology, foreign coaches and even improved language skills for the winning five gold,  two silver and four bronze medals in 'Vancouver．

       Only eight years after skater Yang Yang （A） won the  country's first Winter gold at Salt Lake City, a sweep of the women' s short track speed skating and a first figure skating  title helped China to joint seventh place in the medals table．

       "Cold Standard" read the banner headline on the front  page China Daily, while the People' s Daily led its sports page with "Vancouver historical breakthrough " ．

       "We have made an important breakthrough at these Games" Xiao Tian, deputy chef de mission of China' s largest ever Winter Games delegation, told the Xinhua news agency．

       " Actually the five - gold finish was within my expectation before we set off for the Games,but I couldn't say that at that time because I would not want to put any pressure on the ath- letes．Now I can speak out．"

       Xiao was quick to retun to the earlier subject of conversation to pessirrustic（悲观）  type,  however, when discussing the future, emphasizing the huge task the Winter Sports adnunistra-   tion faced to close the gap on their Summer counterparts, who topped the table at the 2008 Bei- jing Olympics．

       "Despite the good results at these Games, we still have a long way to go in the develop-ment of China's winter sports," he said．

       "It' s impossible for us to reach the same -level as we have done in Summer sports,  but we will try to minimize the gap as much as we can．"

       Xiao said that progress would come not through a vast expansion of the Winter sports pro- gramme but by using the best coaches, wherever they came from, and technology．

71．China regarded the Vancouver Winter Olympics as a breakthrough because___________

       A．China gained-seventh place in the medals table

       B． many people were crazy about the Vancouver．Games

       C．'Yang Yang （A） won the country's first Winter gold

       D．People's Daily thought it a historical breakthrough

72．Which contribution to China's success is not mentioned in the passage?

       A．Technology． B．Foreign coaches．C．Language skills． D．Hardworking．

73．The reason why Xiao Tian didn't speak out the five - gold finish before setting off for the Games is that___________

       A．he wanted to give us a big surprise at Vancouver

       B．he didn't want to put any stress on the athletes

       C．he didn't have an optimistic attitude to the athletes

       D． he  thought the five - gold finish was a huge task

74．Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

       A．The headline of China Daily is "Vancouver historical breakthrough"

       B．The results in Winter Olympic8 are as good as those in Summer Olympics:

       C．We will try to narrow the gap between the Winter and Summer Sports．

       D．It's easy for us to reach the same level as we have done in Summer sports．

75．What' s the main idea of this passage?

       A．China hails Winter Games 'breakthrough  at Vancouver．

       B．A first figure skating title helped China succeed．

       C．Cluna swept the women's short track speed skating．

       D．Using the best coaches is important for China Winter Games．

六、书面表达（本题有1小题，共15分）

今年国家将对“文明城市”进行再评审，我市希望继续保持“文明城市”称号。请你根据下列图表所给提示写一篇倡议书。

要求：1.语句通顺，书写规范，文章中不得出现真实的姓名和校名。

2.必须包含所有提示要点，并在倡议书中写出两点以上自己的观点。

3.词数在100左右，文章开头和结尾已给出，不计入总数。

Dear friends,

This year, the government of our country will make comments on the civilized cities again.____________________________________________________________________________________________   

Thank you for four support.

Organic food has no nutritional or health benefits over ordinary food，according to a major study．

Researchers from the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine said consumers were paying higher prices for organic food because of its imagined health benefits，creating a global organic market worth an estimated $48 billion in 2007．

A systematic review of 162 scientific papers published in the scientific literature over the last 50 years，however，found there was no significant difference．

“A small number of differences in nutrient content were found to exist between organically and conventionally(通常)produced foodstuffs，but these have nothing to do with public health，” said Alan Dangour ，one of the report's authors．

“Our review indicates that there is currently no evidence to support the selection of organically over conventionally produced foods on the basis of nutritional superiority ．”

The results of research，which was commissioned by the British government’s Food Standards Agency，were published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition．

Sales of organic food have fallen in some markets，including Britain，as a slowdown in economic growth has led consumers to cut back on purchases．

The Soil Association said that growth in sales of organic products in Britain slowed to just 1.7percent，well below the average annual growth rate of 26 percent over the last decade．

64. Why does organic food cost more than conventionally produced food?

A. Because people think they are much healthier.

B. Because they are more delicious.

C. Because people prefer organic food.

D. Because they sell better.

65. According to the study，organic food is       than conventionally produced food.

A. much healthier              B. better    

C. no healthier                D. less healthier

66. Sales of organic food have fallen because of      .        .

A. high price            B. economic decline    

C. bad service           D. poor quality

67. Where can you find this passage in a k*s#5^unewspaper?

A. Economy            B. Science．    

C. Food & Nutrition      D. Fashion