A lot of grown-ups worry that spending too much time playing video games isn’t good for a kid’s health. Now some doctors have noticed that kids who bring their hand-held game players to the hospital seem less worried about being there. These patients also seem to experience less pain when they are concentrating on a superhero adventure or a car race. At the Johns Hopkins Children’s Center in Maryland, young patients are finding hospital visits easier to deal with, thanks to a test program called the Hospital-based On-line Pediatric Environment (HOPE). Patients in HOPE have a life-threatening condition where their kidneys(肾脏)no longer filter(过滤)wastes from their blood. To get their blood cleaned, these kids must be hooked up to dialysis(透析) machines at the hospital three times a week, for at least three hours each time. HOPE allows kids to play online sports, racing, and adventure games with each other. Eventually they will be able to connect with kids in other hospitals who are suffering from the same problem. "We want to use the power of the Internet to bring together kids who feel that they are separated by their illness, and let them know that they are not alone," said Arun Mathews, the doctor who heads the program. He loves video games himself and got the idea to connect kids all over the country. Many researchers elsewhere are testing video game programs that might help young patients. For example, nine-year-old Ben Duskin of San Francisco, who was struggling with cancer helped to design a video game where players get rid of cancer cells. That’s all great news, because doctors already know that reducing pain and worry helps patients heal faster.

What’s the main idea of the passage?

A. Playing video games too much is bad for kids’health.

B. Playing video games seems to be beneficial to young patients’ recovery.

C. Doctors find that reducing pain helps patients recover faster.

D. Doctors invent a game to help kids in hospitals.

How long will it take a patient to get his blood cleaned in a week?

A. About 3 hours.   B. About 6 hours.  C. About 9 hours. D. About 21 hours.

According to Arun Mathews, the main purpose of HOPE is to _________.

A. encourage kids to play online games

B. teach kids how to design video games

C. help kids who are suffering from illness connect with each other

 D. make parents worry less about their kids playing video games too much

Which of the following plays the most important role in the HOPE project?

A. Music.  B. The Internet. C. Novels.  D. Films.

What can we learn from the passage?

A. Nine-year-old Ben Duskin, who has a cancer, is very brave and clever.

B. Many parents want their children to play video games because it’s good for their health.

C. Doctors are not sure whether reducing pain and worry can help the patients recover faster.

D. HOPE allows kids to play online games only with the kids in the same hospital.

The Chinese are proud of the Shanghai Expo ____ successfully in Shanghai in May,2010.

   A. to be held             B. to hold       C. being held    D. holding

I just wonder _____ that makes him so excited.

  A. why it is    B. what it is     C. why is it        D.what is it

On 27th February 2008, something very unusual happened in the UK; there was a rather large earthquake. It was the biggest earthquake in 25 years in the UK. There have been very small tremors in the past but they pale into insignificance compared to this one.

It was felt in a large area across the country too, from as far north as Edinburgh in Scotland to as far south as Plymouth on the south coast of England.

The epicenter of the earthquake was in a small town in Lincolnshire, which is an area about two and a half to three hours north of London by car. A magnitude of 5.2 was registered on the Richter scale.

There were lots of reports in the news from people who felt the earth move. One man said, "We had loads of vibrating and wall shaking and stuff, noise coming off the roof. I came outside – the chimney's on the floor!"

A collapsed chimney was the cause of what was probably the worst injury from the earthquake; a man broke his pelvis when the chimney fell on him.

Another man who spoke to the BBC described the moment the earthquake occurred, "Everything was shaking. As soon as it happened we all went outside and saw everyone else down the street, coming out and just realized it was an earthquake."

The huge rumble, which was felt by a lot of people, surprisingly caused very little structural damage to property.

Most British people would be surprised to learn that there are 200-300 earthquakes in Britain every year, but most of them are so small, they go unnoticed. The magnitude of this earthquake is fairly small in comparison to some other natural disasters that have made international news, but for the people affected, it certainly came as quite a surprise.

60. Before this earthquake _______.

   A. there was no signs of any shakings at all.

   B. people did not feel anything unusual.

   C. many people realized there would be a bigger one to come.

   D. some small quakes were only too small to be ignored.

61. From this passage we know ______ is in the south of Great Britain.

   A. Lincolnshire                       B. Edinburgh

   C. Plymouth                         D. Scotland

62. This earthquake  _____.

   A. hardly caused any damages to the people’s belongings..                

B. brought down many buildings in England.

   C. scared many people to death.

   D. made the world greatly surprised.

63. After reading this passage we can infer_______.

   A. people in England faced the earthquake bravely.

   B. this earthquake seemed to be felt all over Great Britain.

   C. this earthquake is the biggest one in history.

   D. the chimneys in Britain are the most poorly built parts of the houses.

第二节：完形填空 (共20小题,每小题1.5分，满分30分)

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36-55各题所给的四个选项中，选出最佳选项。并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

My 14-year-old son, John, and I spotted the coat at the same time. It was hanging at a (an) 36  clothing store. The coat had a black velvet collar, delightful tailoring, a Fifth Avenue label (标签) and a (an)  37  price of $ 28.

We looked at  38 , saying nothing,  39  John’s eyes shone. Dark, woolen topcoats were popular just then with  40 , but could  41  several hundred dollars now.

John  42  the coat. He turned from side to side, eyeing himself in the mirror with a serious, studied  43  that soon changed into a smile. The  44  was perfect. John wore the coat to school the next day and came home wearing a big smile. “How did the kids like your coat?” I asked. “They love it.” He said, carefully  45  it over the chair and smoothing it flat.

Over the next few weeks, the  46  came over John. Quiet, reasoned discussion was  47  argument. He became more thoughtful and eager to  48 . “Good dinner, Mum,” he would say every evening. One day when I suggested that he might start on homework before dinner, John said, “You are right, and I guess I will.”

When I  49  this to one of his teachers and remarked that I didn’t know  50  caused the changes, she said with laughter, “It must be his coat!” At the library, we  51  to meet a friend who had not seen our children for a long time. “ 52  this be John?” he asked, looking up to John’s new height, assessing the cut of his coat, and extending his hand, one gentleman to another.

John and I both knew we should never  53  a person’s clothes for the real person within them. But there is something to be said for  54  a standard of excellence for the world to see, for practicing standards of excellence in thought, speech and behavior, and for  55  what is on the inside with what is on the outside.

36. A. second-hand         B. expensive   C. big       D. cheap

37. A. reasonable   B. unbelievable       C. special         D. average

38. A. each other    B. one another        C. the other    D. others

39. A. therefore      B. however     C. but      D. thus

40. A. adults   B. people         C. parents        D. teenagers

41. A. spend   B. cost    C. pay      D. take

42. A. touched B. buttoned    C. held    D. obtained

43. A. gesture B. expression   C. attitude      D. feeling

44. A. color       B. price    C. fit          D. style

45. A. pressing         B. taking  C. hanging        D. folding

46. A. happiness      B. satisfaction C. change         D. generosity

47. A. because of    B. instead of           C. aware of     D. full of

48. A. please B. regret  C. complain     D. apologize

49. A. mentioned    B. wrote          C. reported      D. explained

50. A. when    B. how 　　　　　　   C. what   D. that

51. A. happened       B. came　　　　　       C. intended      D. decided

52. A. Should    B. Would 　　　　　    C. Must D. Could

53. A. watch   B. judge 　　　　　      C. mistake       D. consider

54. A. doing    B. showing 　　　　     C. speaking      D. wearing

55. A. comparing     B. connecting 　　　     C. combining D. matching

Habits are a funny thing. We reach for them mindlessly, setting our brains on auto-pilot and relaxing into the unconscious comfort of familiar routine. “Not choice, but habit rules the unreflecting creatures,” William Wordsworth said in the 19th century. In the ever-changing 21st century, even the word “habit” carries a negative meaning.

So it seems contradictory to talk about habits in the same context as innovation (创新). But brain researchers have discovered that when we consciously developnew habits, we create parallel paths, and even entirely new brain cells, that can jump our trains of thought onto new, innovative tracks.

         Rather than dismissing ourselves as unchangeable creatures of habit, we can instead direct our own change by consciously developing new habits. In fact, the more new things we try, the more creative we become.

         But don’t bother trying to kill off old habits; once those ruts of procedure are worn into the brain, they’re there to stay. Instead, the new habits we deliberately press into ourselves create parallel pathways that can bypass those old roads.

         “The first thing needed for innovation is attraction to wonder,” says Dawna Markova, author of The Open Mind. “But we are taught instead to ‘decide’, just as our president calls himself ‘the Decider’．” She adds, however, that “to decide is to kill off all possibilities but one. A good innovational thinker is always exploring the many other possibilities.”

         “All of us work through problems in ways of which we’re unaware,” she says. Researchers in the late 1960s discovered that humans are born with the ability to approach challenges in four primary ways: analytically, procedurally, collaboratively (合作地) and innovatively. At the end of adolescence, however, the brain shuts down half of that ability, preserving only those ways of thought that have seemed most valuable during the first decade or so of life.

         The current emphasis on standardized testing highlights analysis and procedure, meaning that few of us use our innovative and collaborative ways of thought. “This breaks the major rule in the American belief system — that anyone can do anything,” explains M. J. Ryan, author of the 2006 book This Year I Will…and Ms. Markova’s business partner. “That’s a lie that we have preserved, and it fosters (促进，培养) commonness. Knowing what you’re good at and doing even more of it creates excellence.” This is where developing new habits comes in.

64．Brain researchers have discovered that      .

         A．the forming of new habits can be guided

         B．the development of habits can be predicted

         C．the regulation of old habits can be transformed

         D．the track of new habits can be created unconsciously

65．The underlined word “ruts” in Paragraph 4 is closest in meaning to       .

         A．zones                   B．connections       C．situations         D．tracks

66．Which of the following statements most probably agrees with Dawna Markova’s view?

         A．Decision makes no sense in choices.

         B．Curiosity makes creative minds active.

         C．Creative ideas are born of a relaxing mind.

         D．Formation of innovation comes from fantastic ideas.

67．The purpose of the author writing this article is to persuade us       .

         A．to give up our traditional habits deliberately

         B．to create and develop new habits consciously

         C．to resist the application of standardized testing

         D．to believe that old habits conflict with new habits

下面短文中有10处语言错误，请在有错误的地方增加、删除或修改某个单词。

增加：在缺词处加—个漏字符号(/\)，并在其下面写出该加的词。

删除：把多余的词用斜线(\)划掉。

修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。

 注意：1．每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；

       2．只允许修改10处，多者(从第11处起)不记分。

As students, we had classes from early morning till late afternoon. Therefore, take

a ten-minute break between class is definitely important, even is necessary. Otherwise we

may feel both physically and mentally tired. During the ten-minute break we do something

to get rid of tiredness. That we need is to have a real rest, instead getting more tired. So don’t

do anything that will make yourself too exciting. Your ten-minute break is always pleasing.

I usually do some simple exercises. Sometime I have free chat with my classmates or just

take a walk during the break. When the new class begins, I feel fresh again.                  

—Did you buy a dress yesterday?

  —No, _____ I liked the color, I didn’t like its style.

A. as                     B. while                  C. if                     D. since 

---- You mean I can read any book in your study?

   ---- Yes, ______ interests you.

  A. whatever        B. whoever           C. whichever        D. wherever

He speaks English well indeed, but of course not ______ a native speaker.

   A. as fluent as                     B. more fluent than  

C. so fluently as                   D. much fluently than