---In the past ten years, there have been many changes in family life.
--- Are these changes ______?
A. better or worse B. for the good or for the bad
C. for best or for worse D. for the better or for the worse
第二节：完形填空（共20小题; 每小题1分，满分20分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从21～40各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该选项标号涂黑。
Not too long ago, an incident that happened at Walt Disney touched me greatly. A guest 21 out of our Polynesian Village resort（度假胜地）at Walt Disney was asked how she 22 her visit. She told the front-desk clerk she had had a (n) 23 vacation, but was heartbroken about 24 several rolls of Kodak color film she had not yet 25 . At that moment she was particularly 26 over the loss of the pictures she had shot at our Polynesian Luau, 27 this was a memory she especially treasured.
Now, please understand that we have no written service rules 28 lost photos in the park. 29 , the clerk at the front desk 30 Disney’s idea of caring for our 31 . She asked the woman to leave her a couple rolls of 32 film, promising she would take care of the rest of our show at Polynesian Luau.
Two weeks later the guest received a 33 at her home. In it were photos of all the actors of our show, 34 signed by each performer. There were also 35 of the public procession（游行队伍）and fireworks in the park, taken by the front-desk clerk in her own 36 after work. I happened to know this 37 because this guest wrote us a letter. She said that 38 in her life had she received such good service from any business.
Excellent 39 does not come from policy (政策性的)handbooks. It comes from people who 40 —and from a culture that encourages and models that attitude.
21．A．working B．checking C．trying D．staying
22．A．expected B．realized C．paid D．enjoyed
23．A．disappointing B．wonderful C．uncomfortable D．important
24．A．taking B．dropping C．losing D．breaking
25．A．developed B．taken C．washed D．loaded
26．A．silly B．nervous C．calm D．sad
27．A．when B．where C．as D．which
28．A．covering B．finding C．making D．keeping
29．A．Excitedly B．Fortunately C．Therefore D．Quietly
30．A．understood B．reminded C．trusted D．discovered
31．A．workers B．guests C．managers D．clerks
32．A．printed B．shot C．unused D．recorded
33．A．film B．card C．camera D．packet
34．A．frequently B．personally C．alone D．actually
35．A．rules B．pictures C．handbooks D．performances
36．A．case B．work C．time D．position
37．A．story B．place C．photo D．show
38．A．only B．almost C．never D．nearly
39．A．advice B．experience C．quality D．service
40．A．care B．serve C．like D．know
—It seems that Westerners seldom give their friends financial help．
—Maybe．For them friendship is mostly matter of providing emotional support and spending time together．
A．／；the B．the；a C．／；a D．a; the
Only when you ______ what you have learned to practice ______ say you have made it.
A. stick; can you B. apply; can you C. use; you can D. appeal; can you
___ in experience, she didn’t manage to pass the interview.
A. Lack B. Lack of C. For lack of D. Lacking
______ on more clothes, you would not have caught the bad cold.
If you put B. Had you put C. were you to put D. should you put
It will be many years _____ he turns ______engineer.
A. that; an B. when; a C. until; \ D. before; \
Ⅳ 写作（共两节，满分为40分）
第一节 基础写作（共1小题，满分15分）
假如您是刘风，您的英国朋友Bob即将到您所在的国际学校学习。应他的要求，请您写一封e-mail，介绍您校体育馆的基本情况。
［写作内容］
1．历 史：40年的历史，2006年重建；
2．位 置：教学大楼的左边，大操场的西边，面朝学校大门；
3．结 构：占地面积750平方米，共三层。一楼有游泳池；二楼有排球、篮球、羽毛球、乒乓球场；三楼有报告厅；
4．特 点：设备现代，环境优美；
5．开放时间：早上6：30到晚上10：00；周末照常。
［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：信的开头和结尾已给出。
Dear Bob,
I was so glad to hear that you are coming to study in our school.
SincerelyYours,
Liu Feng
IV. Reading(30)
A
Mathematical ability and musical ability may not seem on the surface to be connected, but people who have researched the subject -- and studied the brain—say that they are. Three quarters of the bright but speech-delayed children in the group I studied had a close relative who was an engineer, mathematician or scientist, and four fifths had a close relative who played a musical instrument. The children themselves usually took readily to math and other analytical subjects and to music.
Black, white and Asian children in this group show the same patterns. However, it is clear that blacks have been greatly overrepresented in the development of American popular music and greatly underrepresented in such fields as mathematics, science and engineering.
If the abilities required in analytical fields and in music are so closely related, how can there be this great discrepancy? One reason is that the development of mathematical and other such abilities requires years of formal schooling, while certain musical talents can be developed with little or no formal training, as has happened with a number of well-known black musicians.
It is precisely in those kinds of music where one can acquire great skill without formal training that blacks have excelled popular music rather than classical music, piano rather than violin, blues rather than opera. This is readily understandable, given that most blacks, for most of American history, have not had either the money or the leisure for long years of formal study in music.
Blacks have not merely held their own in American popular music. They have played a large role in the development of jazz, both traditional and modern. A long string of names comes to mind—W.C. Handy, Louis Armstrong, Charlie Parker…and so on.
None of this presupposes(假设，意味着) any special innate（先天的）ability of blacks in music. On the contrary, it is perfectly consistent with blacks having no more such inborn ability than anyone else, but being limited to being able to express such ability in narrower channels than others who have had the money, the time and the formal education to spread out over a wider range of music, as well as into mathematics, science and engineering.
36. what is the main idea of the first paragraph?
A. Mathematical ability and musical ability are connected.
B. Mathematical ability has more to do with the brain than musical ability.
C. More people are good at music than math.
D. More research should be done into the relationship between mathematical ability and math ability.
37. The word “discrepancy” (Para. 3) most probably means ____.
A. difference B. excellence C. inborn ability D. inability
(38. What can be inferred about opera?
A. It requires formal training.
B. It is often enjoyed by those with strong analytical ability.
C. It is disliked by blacks.
D. It is more difficult to learn than classical music.
39. Which of the following statements is true according to the last paragraph?
A. Blacks have special innate ability in music.
B. Unlike others, blacks do not have innate ability in music.
C. Jazz is one of the narrow channels through which blacks express their ability in music.
D. Those who have money and time choose mathematics over music.
40. which of the following questions does the passage mainly concern?
A. Are musical ability and mathematical ability connected?
B. Why have blacks been greatly over represented in the development of American popular misic?
C. What kinds of music require formal training?
D. What are the contributions made by black musicians?
When the six very best students from different cities in Guangdong Province all together chose universities in Hong Kong; when the very best students of Beijing picked up HK University while giving up the nearby Beijing or Qinghua University; when the highest enrollment(录取) rate of Hong Kong Science and Industry University reached 48:1, it’s the high time to ask where the real education heaven for students in China is.
Years ago, the answer certainly would be “Beijing or Qinghua University”. But now no one could give the exact reaction without hesitation. The only sure thing is that HK universities have gradually showed an unusual attraction to a great many mainland students.
It’s no doubt to call this HK craze (狂热), which is even out of the expectation of those HK universities themselves. www..com
How can HK universities shake the steady foundations of Beijing and Qinghua and attract so many mainland students?
First, Hong Kong universities offer large-amount scholarship, especially for the top students who can receive the sum scholarship as much as 400,000 HK dollars. Since higher education has become a kind of heavy burden of many families, it’s easy to understand why the reaction to the generous offering of HK universities is great.
Second, most HK universities receive professors and students from all over the world and carry out bilingual (双语) education. This kind of excellent language atmosphere is another attraction for mainland students.
Furthermore, university students in Hong Kong have a better chance to study abroad as exchange students.
Can mainland top universities like Beijing or Qinghua University be calm as before when facing the unexpected competition from HK? Will they take relevant measures to win back the top students who once help them set the worldwide reputation? Time will explain it.
The fierce competition brought by HK universities can be a good thing for an entire improvement of education in China. After the awakening and action-taking of mainland universities, they can perform better together with HK universities.
At least, it reminded the mainland universities the tuition fees (学费) are among students’ top concern when they are choosing universities. It’s time to move.
What is the passage mainly talking about?
A. Some thoughts brought by the enrollment of HK universities.
B. Higher education in Hong Kong.
C. The competition between HK University and Beijing University.
D. The fall of mainland universities.
Top students from mainland apply for HK universities because________.
A. many students now would love to study abroad to get a better experience
B. they concern only about the tuition fees when choosing universities
C. HK Universities offer higher scholarship, better environment and more opportunities for their further study
D. Beijing University has lost its worldwide reputation
What is the author’s attitude toward the competition brought by HK universities?
A. The government should take relevant measures to stop this unfair competition.
B. Mainland universities had better lower their tuition fees and win back the top students.
C. Universities both in mainland and in HK would get an entire improvement during the competition.
D. It may probably cause a complete loss to both sides in the end.
From the passage we can see HK universities________.
A. didn’t mean to enroll top students from mainland
B. didn’t expect their enrollment of mainland students would be so popular
C. have strict enrollment rules and only 1out of 48 students can get the chance to study there
D. are proud of their teaching staff and facilities
