More American people take their troubles with them on holiday, according to a new survey.    31         40 percent said that the main reason for going away is to escape   32          (press) from work, almost all said they worry more      33          they do at home. Only four in every one hundred said that they are happy and free of care.

The most common worry is burglary（入室盗窃）, with four out of ten worrying about their homes   34        (break) into while they are abroad. More than a quarter feel they will feel crazy   35     some other noisy and rough holiday-makers and twenty-two percent worry they may be attacked  36           their possessions will be  37            (miss).

 The survey also showed   38         the stay-at-home Americans are no more. Three out of every five want to have a holiday abroad, which was          39    increase from the figures only three years ago. The hotel holiday is still a winner, with about one third of all Americans   40          (prefer) to go on a self-catering（自助） holiday.

In ancient times, the most important examination was spoken, not written. In the schools of ancient Greece and Rome, testing usually consisted   31       saying poetry aloud or giving speeches.

       Generally, however, modern examinations are written. The written examination, where all students are tested on the same questions, was probably not known 32_________    the nineteenth century. Perhaps it came into   33        (exist) with the great increase in population and the development of modern industry.

       Two types of tests are   34         (common) used in modern schools. The first type is sometimes called an “objective” test. It   35   ___________  (intend) to deal with facts, not personal opinions. On objective tests, the student has just one task: he must recognize the correct answer and then he must copy its letter or number onto his examination paper. Sometimes there is   36        answer sheet on which the four letters or numbers are printed. Then the student only has to circle the one         37        go with the correct answer.

       For testing some kinds of learning, however , such a test is not very satisfactory. A lively student   38       guess the correct answer without really knowing the material.

       For a clearer picture of   39        the student knows, most teachers use another kind of examination in addition to objective tests. They use “essay” tests, and the tests require students to write long answers to broad, general questions. When some essay questions are used along with some objective questions,  40       , a fairly clear picture of the students’ knowledge and ability can usually be obtained.

      Thirty-two people watched Kitty Genovese   1          (kill) right below their windows. She was   2             neighbor. Yet   3           of the 32 helped her. Not one even called the police.

      John Barley and Bib Fatane went beyond the headlines to research into the     reasons  4        people didn’t act. They found that a person has to go through two steps  5       he can help. First he has to notice that it is      6       emergency(紧急情况). Is the smoke coming into the room  7      a leak in the air conditioning? Is it “steam pipes”? Or is it really smoke from a fire? It’s not always easy to tell if you are faced with a real emergency. Second, and   8      important, the person faced with an emergency must feel personally   9      (responsibility). He must feel that he must help,   10     the person won’t get the help he needs.

基础训练篇（16）

We must have water to live. __ 1________the water we use is clean and fresh, it will make us ill. The animals __ 2________ (live) in and around lakes and rivers must also have clean water. Our rivers and lakes supply most of our water. The clear, blue water found by the first American settlers has changed. Many of our water sources are now __ 3________. They are filled __ 4________ dirt and waste which cannot be cleaned out. In many places, water is not safe for us to use.

Lake Erie was __ 5________ a beautiful lake. Now it has been called “a dying lake”. Waste from nearby homes and factories has been dumped into __ 6________. Fish can no longer live in much of its polluted water. George Washington once called the Potomac “__ 7________ finest river in the world”. Now its water is no longer blue. Instead, it is soupy green. Suds(肥皂泡沫), from detergents（洗涤剂；洗衣粉） used to wash clothes, often cover the water of our rivers.

Water cannot __8___________(make) in a factory. Once water is polluted, it is __ 9________ to make it clean and safe again. We must learn to take care of the water __ 10_______ we now have.

Bedazzling (眼花缭乱) with their bright colors and eye-catching displays, fireworks light up our night skies during the holidays. However, these crowd-pleasers can have some damaging side effects.

Once a firework is set off, it only takes a couple of seconds before smoke, dust and harmful chemicals are let out into the atmosphere. The loud booming noises are caused by gunpowder. While the sounds may excite some people, they can be frightening to domestic and wild animals — as well as some humans.

The pretty colors you see are a result of more chemicals. Barium, added to make green, is known for its poisonous and radioactive qualities. Blue comes from copper compounds. Cadmium, lithium and lead — all found in fireworks — have been linked to diseases, such as allergies and skin rashes in both humans and animals. Acid rain has been linked to gases given off by fireworks, which sometimes go beyond the toxin(毒素) limits of the United States Clean Air Act.

Once all those chemicals come back down to the ground, they can cause problems too. Debris (碎片) from the fireworks falls to the ground, where animals can burn their paws or noses on piping hot pieces. Humans also are at risk of stepping on or picking up something sharp or hot. Meanwhile, debris that finds its way into waterways can damage animal habitats and water supply sources.                               

Instead of setting off fireworks, try to come up with some new ways for fun. Here are some ideas to get you started:

?? Sky lanterns — a tradition that originated long ago in the most-populated Asian country.

??  Party crackers — a favorite in the United Kingdom — give you noise and surprises without the mess of fireworks. You can make your own or buy eco-friendly crackers.

?? Want noise excitement with less volume? Consider a fireworks sound recording beforehand or break out the party horns (号角) and blow up a storm! 

46. The advantages of fireworks can be seen below EXCEPT that _____.

   A. the special sounds of fireworks excite people

   B. debris from fireworks can even find its way into water

   C. the pretty and bright colors add to the beauty of night skies

   D. fireworks are enjoyed as one of the crowd-pleasers

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

A. Copper compounds are needed to make green in fireworks.

   B. Chemicals in fireworks are both poisonous and dangerous.

   C. Too much gases from fireworks can result in acid rain.

   D. Chemicals in fireworks are harmful in the air and on the ground.

48. All the underlined words are probably _____________.

   A. mineral materials                             B. tiny solids

   C. chemical elements                                   D. broken pieces

49. What is implied from the passage?

   A. Gunpowder in fireworks makes loud booming noises.

   B. It must be Indians who first started to hang sky lanterns.

   C. Fireworks does less harm in the air than on the ground.

   D. Fireworks can even break the balance of nature.

50. What can be concluded as the writer’s attitude towards fireworks?

   A. It is not allowed to set off fireworks except during the holidays.

   B. Fireworks should be banned and replaced by some other means.

   C. Night is the best time to set off fireworks and see the pretty colors.

   D. You cannot set off fireworks unless you come up with new ways.

第二节 读写任务 (共1小题, 满分25分)

阅读下面的短文, 然后按要求写一篇150词左右的英语短文.

Students should concentrate on their lessons and not be distracted by housework chores, farm labour, and other daily manual work. The reason is obvious. Students are trained to be future builders of this country with knowledge and skills. They are not trained to be manual workers. Knowledge and skills are what they need. It never matters if they always leave their rooms in a mess. Their parents never fail to clean up and pick up after them. Nor does it matter if the school kids can never carry a bag of flour or something like that. Leave it to those less educated. Nor does it matter if the kids never wash their clothes. Leave it to the laundry. In a word, it does not matter if the kids can not and will not do any chores and manual work. As long as they set their minds to their lessons, everything else will take care of themselves.

[写作内容]

1.    概括短文的内容要点, 该部分的词数大约为30;

2.    就 “学生该不该做杂务,体力活” 这个主题发表你的看法, 至少包括以下内容要点, 该部分的词数大约为120

平时你是否干家务活、体力活;

你如何看待自己的做法;

你的父母对此又如何做法、看法;

你对父母的做法持什么看法? 为什么?

[写作要求]     你可以使用实例或其它论述方法支持你的论点, 也可以参照材料的内容, 但不要抄袭阅读材料中的句子.

[评分标准]            概括准确，语言规范，内容合适，篇章连贯。

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In America, drivers’ education is part of the regular high school curriculum. Every student in his or her second year of high school is required to take a class in driver’s education. However, unlike other courses, it is not given during the regular school year. Instead it is a summer course.?

    The course is divided up into two parts: class time for learning laws and regulations and driving time to practise driving. Class time is not unlike any other class. The students have a text from which they study the basic laws they must know to pass the written driving test that is given to anyone wanting to get a driver’s license.?

    Driving time is a chance for the students to get behind the wheel (steering wheel) and practice starting steering, backing up, parking, switching lanes, turning corners, and all the other maneuvers (操作) required to drive a car. Each student is required to drive a total of six hours. The students are divided up into groups of four. The students and the instructor go out driving for two hour blocks of time. Thus, each student gets half an hour driving time per outing. The instructor and “driver” sit in the front seats and the other three students sit in the back.?

    Drivers Ed cars are unlike other cars in which they have two sets of brakes, one on the driver’s side and one on the other side where the instructor sits. Thus, if the student driver should run into difficulties the instructor can take over. The car also has another special feature. On the top of the car is a sign that reads: STUDENT DRIVER. That lets nearby drivers know that they should use extra caution(小心) the student driver is a beginning driver, not very experienced and prone to driving slowly.?

    After the student has passed the driver’s education course and reached the appropriate age to drive (this age differs in every state but in most cases the person must be 16 years old), they can go to a designated state office to take their driver’s test, which is made up of an eye examination, a written test, and a road test. The person must pass all three tests in order to be given a driver’s license. If the person did well in his or her driver’s education class, he or she will pass the test with flying colors and get a driver’s license.?

1. In America, the driver’s course mentioned above___________.

 A. is considered as part of the advanced education?

 B. is given to anyone wanting to get a driver’s license?

C. is carried on at the same time as other courses?

D. is offered to all the students of Grade 2 in high schools

2. To prevent accidents, a drivers Ed car______________.?

A. has a sign inside it                                 B. has two sets of brakes?

C. is big enough to hold five persons           D. can’t run very fast

3. We can infer that the students are required to ______ in their whole driving practice.

A. go out driving for twelve times                     B. spend at least six hours driving?

C. drive for two hour blocks of time           D. get half an hour driving

4. Which of the following does not agree with the requirements for the students wanting to get their driver’s license? ?

A. They must be 16 years of age

B. They should go to have their driver’s test

C. They must have their eyes examined

D. They ought to do well in their driver’s course

5 In the last sentence, “with flying colors” means______________.?

 A. happily                                                  B. successfully            

 C. colorfully                                                 D. quickly

Ⅳ 写作(共两节，满分40分)

第一节 基础写作 (共1小题，满分15分)

你校将在假期组织部分学生赴英国学习。作为该项目的负责人，你需负责将两位赴英学生的情况介绍给英方家庭。

［写作内容］       请根据以下表格内容，写信给英方家庭介绍这两位学生的情况。信的开头和结尾已给出。

Dear Mr. & Mrs. Smith,

Thank you for your offer to host two of our students. Their names are Li Hua and Chen Wei. Here is a little bit about them.

Once again thank you for your generosity.

Sincerely yours,

Secretary of the project

［写作要求］

    只能使用5个句子表达全部内容。

［评分标准］

    句子结构准确，信息内容完整，篇章结构连贯。

I entered high school having read hundreds of books. But I was not a good reader. Merely bookish, I lacked a point of view when I read. Rather, I read in order to get a point of view. I searched books for good expressions and sayings, pieces of information, ideas, themes-anything to enrich my thought and make me feel educated. When one of my teachers suggested to his sleepy tenth-grade English class that a person could not have a "complicated idea" until he had read at least two thousand books, I heard the words without recognizing either its irony (嘲讽) or its very complicated truth. I merely determined to make a list of all the books I had ever

read. Strict with myself, I included only once a title I might have read several times. (How, after all, could one read a book more than once?) And I included only those books over a hundred pages in length. (Could anything shorter be a book?)

     There was yet another high school list I made. One day I came across a newspaper article about an English professor at a nearby state college. The article had a list of the "hundred most important books of Western Civilization." "More than anything else in my life," the professor told the reporter with finality, "these books have made me all that I am." That was the kind of words I couldn't ignore. I kept the list for the several months it took me to read all of the titles. Most books, of course, I hardly understood. While reading Plato's The Republic, for example, I needed to keep looking at the introduction of the book to remind myself what the text was about. However, with the special patience and superstition (迷信) of a schoolboy, I looked at every word of the text. And by the time I reached the last word, pleased, I persuaded myself that I had read The Republic and seriously crossed Plato off my list.

1. On hearing the teacher's suggestion of reading, the writer thought______.

    A. one must read as many books as possible.

    B. a student should not have a complicated idea.

    C. it was impossible for one to read two thousand books.

    D. students ought to make a list of the books they had read

2. While at high school, the writer_________.

    A. had plans for reading                B. learned to educate himself

    C. only read books over 100 pages         D. read only one book several times

3. The underlined phrase "with finality" in the second paragraph probably means_________.

    A. firmly         B. clearly        C. proudly        D. pleasantly

4. The writer's purpose in mentioning "The Republic" is to________.

    A. explain why it was included in the list[

    B. describe why he seriously crossed it off the list

    C. show that he read the books blindly though they were hard to understand

    D. prove that he understood most of it because he had looked at every word

5. The writer provides two book lists to________.

    A. show how he developed his point of view

    B. tell his reading experience at high school

    C. introduce the two persons' reading methods

    D. explain that he read many books at high school     

________ you e to Beijing, don’t forget to call me first.

A. Next time   B. The next times   C. For the next time   D. At the next time