D

As public playgrounds grow increasingly worn and shabby, the for-profit centers offer clean, safe, supervised activity as well as a variety of challenging exercises to develop youngsters’ physical fitness, usually for a fee of around $5 an hour. “Playgrounds are dirty, not supervised,” says Dick Guggenheimer, owner of the two-month-old Discovery Zone in Yonkers, N.Y., part of a Kansas City-based chain. “We’re indoors; we’re padded(铺上软垫); parents can feel their child is safe.”

Discovery Zone has sold 120 outlets in the past 14 months, boasting sandboxes full of brightly colored plastic balls, mazes(迷宫), obstacle courses, slides and mountains to climb. Now McDonalds is getting into the act. The burger giant is test-marketing a new playground, Leaps&Bounds, in Naperville, Ill. Phys Kids of Wichita has opened one center and has plans to expand.

American parents are rightly worried about their kids leisure life. There are 36 million children in the U.S. aged 2 to 11 who watch an average of 24 hours of TV a week and devote less and less energy to active recreation. Nationwide decrease in education budgets are making the problem worse, as gym classes and after-hours sports time get squeezed. Says Discovery Zone president Jack Gunion: “we have raised a couple of pure couch potatoes.”

In an attempt to attract more people , the new facilities cater to the concerns of two-earner families, staying open in the evenings, long after traditional public playground have grown dark and unusable. At Naperville’s Leaps&Bounds, families can play together for $4.95 per child, parents free. Fresh-faced assistants, dressed in colorful sport pants and shirts, guide youngsters to appropriate play areas for differing age group.

These new playground are not meant to be day-care facilities; parents are expected to stay and play with their kids rather than drop them off. But several also provide high-tech baby-sitting services. At some of the Discovery Zones, parents can register their children in special supervised programs, then leave them and slip away for a couple of hours to enjoy a movie or dinner.

The most fun of all, though, is getting to do what parents used to do in the days before two-career families and two-hour commutes: play with their kid. That, at least, is old-fashioned, even at per-hour rates.

68. What is this article mainly talking about?

A. Children can play in the public playground without parents’ care.

B. The fast development of Discovery Zone.

C. A new type of playground for kids.

D. The decay of outdoor playground.

69. According to the article, which of the following is true to the new playground?

A. The cost is high for a family.

B. It’s a place where kids can watch TV while eating potatoes.

C. It doesn’t allow parents to leave their kids.

D. It’s a place where parents can play together with their kids.

70. What does the writer mean by saying “old-fashioned”?

A. The so-called new playground is outdated.

B. the new playground offers a fashion which is popular in the past.

C. The new playground is also enjoyed by old people.

D. The new playground is actually enjoyed by parents

71. What is the writer’s attitude toward the new playground?

A. Agreeable.         B. Indifferent.        C. Objective.         D. Neutral.

Writing：about 150 words

       如今在上海的许多学校中，为提高学生各方面的素养而开设了多种选修课程；有的学校甚至还开出了“学说上海话选修课程”，就这个话题请你谈谈你的看法。

29．The patient who had suffered from H1N1 insisted on_____________from others immediately, holding the belief that the disease would infect others．

       A．being isolated   B．having isolated C．to be isolated    D．Isolating

7. Intelligence does not _________ mean success. You need diligence as well.

       A. honestly                   B. formally                   C. simply                            D. necessarily       

13. The British Isles are a group of islands that lie_____ the west coast of Europe, and the island just      Britain is called Ireland.

A. off; in the west of     B. on; on the west of  C. on; to the west of       D. off; west of

第三部分  阅读理解（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A

I travel a lot, and I find out different “styles”(风格) of directions every time I ask “How can I get to the post office?”

Foreign tourists are often confused(困惑) in Japan because most streets there don’t have names; in Japan, people use landmarks(地标) in their directions instead of street names. For example, the Japanese will say to travelers, “Go straight down to the corner. Turn left at the big hotel and go past a fruit market. The post office is across from the bus stop.”

In the countryside of the American Midwest, there are not usually many landmarks. There are no mountains, so the land is very flat; in many places there are no towns or buildings within miles. Instead of landmarks, people will tell you directions and distances. In Kansas or Iowa, for example, people will say, “Go north two miles. Turn east, and then go another mile.”

People in Los Angeles, California, have no idea of distance on the map; they measure distance in time, not miles. “How far away is the post office?” you ask. “Oh,” they answer, “it’s about five minutes from here.” You say, “Yes, but how many miles away is it?” They don’t know.

It’s true that a person doesn’t know the answer to your question sometimes. What happens in such a situation? A New Yorker might say, “Sorry, I have no idea.” But in Yucatan, Mexico, no one answers “I don’t know.” People in Yucatan believe that “I don’t know” is impolite. They usually give an answer, often a wrong one. A tourist can get very, very lost in Yucatan!

56. When a tourist asks the Japanese the way to a certain place, they usually ______.

   A. describe the place carefully               B. show him a map of the place

   C. tell him the names of the streets         D. refer to recognizable buildings and places

57. What is the place where people measure distance in time?

   A. New York.          B. Los Angeles.      C. Kansas.                    D. Iowa.

58. People in Yucatan may give a tourist a wrong answer ______.

   A. in order to save time                        B. Los Angeles.

   C. so as to be polite                              D. for fun

59. What can we infer from the text?

   A. It’s important for travelers to understand cultural differences.

   B. It’s useful for travelers to know how to ask the way properly.

   C. People have similar understandings of politeness.

   D. New Yorkers are generally friendly to visitors.

D　　

Japanese students work very hard but many are unhappy．They feel heavy pressures from their parents to do well in school．Most students are always being told by their parents to study harder so that they can have a wonderful life．Though this may be good ideas for those very bright students，it can have very bad results for many students who are not quick enough at learning．

Unfortunately，a number of students killed themselves．Others are after comfort in using drugs．Some do bad things with trouble-makers and turn to crime．Many of them have tried very hard at school but have failed in the exams and have disappointed their parents．Such students feel that they are less important and leave school before they have finished their study．

It is surprising that though most Japanese parents are worried about their children, they do not help them in any way．Many parents feel that they are not able to help their children and that it is the teachers' work to help their children．To make matters worse, a lot of parents send their children to special school called juku-cram schools．These schools are open during the evening and on weekends, and their only purpose is to prepare students to pass exams, they do not try to educate students in any real sense of the real world. It thus comes as a shock to realize that almost three quarters of the junior or high school population attend these cram schools．　 　　　

Ordinary Japanese schools usually have rules about everything from fhe students' hair to their clothes and things in their school bag．Child psychologists now think that such strict rules often lead to a feeling of being unsafe and being unable to fit into society．They regard the rules as being harmful to the development of each student．They believe that no sense of moral values is developed and that students are given neither guidance nor training in becoming good citizens．

67．A lot of Japanese students are unhappy at school because               　　

    A．they work very hard    B．they find they can't do well at school

    C．they feel unimportant   D．they are under too much pressure　 　　　

68．Because of their failure at school, some students take drugs to          

    A．kill themselves             B．seek comfort

    C．disappoint their parents      D．make trouble　 　　　

69．What should be the best title of the passage?

A．Students' Pressure   

B．Students' Problems　 　　　

    C．The Negative Impact(影响) of Japanese Education　 　　　

    D．The Trouble in Japanese Schools

70．In juku-cram schools students_______．

    A．are taken good care of by the teachers     B．feel no pressure

    C．are trained to pass exams               D．can learn a lot of useful things

71．In ordinary Japanese schools，________．

    A．there are strict rules      B．students feel safe　 　　　

C．students can do anything  D．learning is not important

V. 将下列各句翻译成英语：(共7题；满分15分；1-6每题2分，第7题3分)

1. 天气非常冷，他让炉火整夜烧着。(have使动用法)

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2. 还有一个重要的问题有待厂长亲自解决。(remain)

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3. 老俩口就是在他们初次见面的公园里向我们讲述了他们的爱情故事。(强调句型)

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4. 我不认识明天要在会上发言的那个教授。(非谓语动词作定语)

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5. 打零工使我们能够减轻经济负担。(make it possible)

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6. 他随时愿意接受所得到的一切帮助。(whatever)

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7. 你猜母亲会给你带什么生日礼物来？

36. How can you know whether you will succeed ______ you never try?

A. in case          B. when                      C. unless            D. even if

16. He had already learned the news. I ______ the trouble to phone him about it.

A. needn't have taken                         B. could have taken             

C. should have taken                           D. mustn't have taken