第三节 书面表达 （满分15分）

  2009年5月1日世博会志愿者招募仪式正式启动，志愿者是办好世博会的一支重要的工作力量。另外，志愿者或做家教，教小孩子阅读.算术，或打扫公园与街道，或到医院和疗养院帮忙。你愿意做志愿者吗？请陈述理由写一篇100词左右的短文。开头已经写好。

  I would like to be a volunteer in my spare time. My reasons are as follows:

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 They have no idea at all ________.

A. where he has gone    B. where did he go  C. which place has he gone  D. where has he gone

第三部分:阅读理解(共20小题,每题2分,共40分)

第一节：（共15小题,每题2分,共30分）

阅读下面四篇短文，从四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A

Recently, a professor of philosophy in the United States has written a book called Money and the Meaning of Life. He has discovered that how we deal with money in our day-to-day life has more meaning than we usually think. One of the exercises he asked his students to do is to keep record of every penny they spend for a week. From the way they spend their money, they can see what they really value in life.

   He says our relation with others often becomes clearly defined when money enters the picture. You might have wonderful friendship with somebody and you think that you are a very good friend. But you will know him only when you ask him to lend you some money. If he does, it brings something to the relationship that seems stronger than ever before. Or it can suddenly weaken the relationship if he doesn’t. This person may say that he has a certain feeling, but if it is not carried out in the money world, there is something less real about it.

   Since money is so important to us, we consider those who possess a lot of it to be very important. The author interviewed some millionaires in researching his book.

Question: What is the most surprising thing you have discovered abotrt being rich, because you are a self-made man?

   Answer: The most surprising thing is how people give me so much respect. I am nothing. I do not know much. All I am is rich.

   People just have an idea of making more and more money, but what is it for? How much do I need for any given purposes in my life? In his book, the professor uncovered an important need in modern society: to bring back the idea that money is an instrument rather than the end. Money plays an important role in the material world, but expecting money to bring happiness may be missing the meaning of life.

56. The author seems to believe that asking your friend to lend you some money_______.

   A. is a good way to test your friendship      B. will do harm to your friendship

   C. will strengthen your friendship            D. is a good way to break off your friendship

57. What can we learn about the millionaire from his answer in the interview?

   A. He does not feel that he is well educated.

   B. He does not think that he is a very important person.

   C. He doesn’t think that being rich is worth so much attention.

   D. He does not consider himself to be very successful

58. What does the American professor of philosophy want to explain in his book?

   A. Money is an end.         B. Money is a means.

   C. Money is everything.      D. Money is unimportant.

59. Which of the following might the author disagree with?

   A. Money is important in modern society.

   B. The meaning of life does not completely lie in money.

   C. Wealth will surely bring the owner happiness.

   D. Happiness is not necessarily the result of wealth.

D

Looking for a low-cost path to self-knowledge? A way to mine your subconsciousness for clues to your motivations, desires and fears? No need to have years of treatment or analysis. Just look to your dreams.“You can ignore your dreams, but you are really doing harm to yourself,” says Lauri Quinn Loewenberg. “If so, you’re letting red flags pass you by, letting great ideas pass you by.”

Some sleep researchers believe dreams are more directly related to our moods and emotions and can serve as tools to self-understanding. Dreams occur during the REM (rapid eye movement) cycles of sleep each night. For adults, that means about every 90 minutes. The first period of REM sleep may be short, 5 to 10 minutes, followed by longer periods, finally reaching an hour or more in the fourth or fifth period.When people are dreaming, brain scans show a lot of activities. The brain is online during dreams. The experiences you have during the day are connected during dream sleep. People we know or experiences we’ve had at different times in our lives may be different in the same dream.

AmyBeth Gilstrap has had the same recurring dream that annoyed her since Hurricane Katrina drove her and her daughter and friends out of New Orleans. Ms. Gilstrap says, “It is always a spy. My job is to get people to some place.” She’s certain the dream is related to her effort in the hurricane to help several families leave. Sometimes her cats also are part of that dream. That’s because she went back into New Orleans, before it was allowed, to rescue her cats.

Today, through brain scans scientists have known that the parts of the brain that control emotion and long-term memory are active during REM sleep.

68. The passage is mainly to tell readers ______.

A. dreams are mainly caused by hard work    

B. dreams can offer us a key to self-knowledge

 C. dreams are only activities of our brains     

D. how dreams help us solve our problems

69. According to the words from Lauri Quinn Loewenberg, ______.

 A. dreams can make you feel badly ill        

B. you often have red flags in your dreams

C. dreams will make your life colorful        

D. you may get great help from your dreams

70. According to the passage, the underlined word “it” in Paragraph 3 refers to ______.

A. Ms. Gilstrap’s dream                B. Ms. Gilstrap’s job  

  C. Hurricane Katrina                  D. New Orleans

71. According to the passage, when you are dreaming at night, ______.

A. your dream is connected with your work that day

B. the dream will generally last about 5 to 10 minutes

C. the longer dream should be in the later part of the sleep

D. your eyes will still move slowly during the time

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：

    Anna really wanted to do something significant for her school before she went to college. But she couldn't think of anything meaningful that would influence the lives of her schoolmates.

   One day, Anna saw a girl sitting by the school pond crying. Anna went up to her and said, "Are you okay? Is there anything I can do to help?" Anna found out that the girl was in her first year and was having trouble coping with her schoolwork. Then, Anna had an idea. She would start a tutoring group where seniors could help juniors who were struggling in their subjects.

       Before long, many seniors volunteered to join Anna's tutoring group. Soon, Anna also started other support groups like "I'm not Alone" which provided counseling for students whose parents had been divorced and "Crime Fighters" where students helped prevent theft. Anna was happy that she made a difference in her peers' lives. She was showered with flowers of appreciation from her friends at her graduation!

[写作内容]

    1．以约30个词概括上面短文的主要内容；

    2．以约120个词就“帮助他人”这一主题发表你的看法，并包括以下要点：

    (1) 你在日常生活和学习中经常帮助别人吗?请举例说明，

    (2) 帮助别人之后你有何感想?

    (3) 以你的亲身经历说明应该如何去帮助别人?

[写作要求]

    你可以使用实例或其他论述方法支持你的论点，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。   

The news ____ was spreading all over the city proved to be incorrect.

A. what         B. which          C. it          D. whether

第四部分 写作（共两节，满分40分）

: 基础写作（共1小题，满分15分）

假如你是李华，你的笔友李佳最近乔迁新居，他想买几幅西方绘画装饰居室，最近用英语写信询问是选择中世纪的画还是具有现代艺术风格的画。请你根据下面的文字提示用英语给他写一封回信。

建议选具有现代艺术风格的绘画。因为，中世纪的画，作者的主要目的是表现宗教的主题，画家们对真实的表现自然和人物不感兴趣。而现代绘画鼓励艺术家们以全新的方式看待周围的环境。一方面, 有些现代艺术画是抽象的. 作者集中展现物体的某些特征,而另一方面.有些绘画却是那么写照, 看上去就像是照片

参考词汇:  the Middle Ages, certain qualities of the object. themes, concentrate on

写作要求:

用5个句子表达全部内容。.(信的开头和结尾已经给出,不计入总句数)