Their family       very big with eight kids, so it is very funny to watch how his family        having dinner.

       A．are; are     B．is; is  C．is; are       D．are; is

In a sport team each player has a clear role，and there are few ______when members are uncertain of their roles.

   A. occasions          B. positions          C. chances      D. situations

短文写作（共1题；满分25分）

         你知道什么是“低碳生活（low-carbon life）”吗？简单地说，低碳生活就是：减少二氧化碳的排放，低能量、低消耗、低开支的生活。全球环境逐步恶化，所以你倡议你的同学们加入“低碳一族”。要点如下：

多用手洗衣服。

多走楼梯，少用电梯。

到超市购物自备购物袋。

步行或骑自行车上学。

注意：

词数100左右；

可适当增加细节以使行文连贯。

    Thackeray was born into a comfortably secure upper—middle—class family，and brought up to expect the leisured life of “gentleman However，partly though bad luck and bad financial(财政的)advice，partly through his own profligacy(荒废)in early youth—he was Cambridge and for some years afterwards a compulsive(上瘾的)gambler—he had been left with nothing to depend on but his brains and energy．He dreamed of writing a great novel；but he realized that while he dreamed and wasted time．writers whom he considered to be nobodies，such as Bulwer－Lytton，were writing best sellers，

Writing had not been his first choice of profession．To please his mother he spent some months，studying law，but his earliest wish was to be a painter．He studied art in London and Paris before deciding that his talent was too small for him to be anything but an amateur(业余的)painter，though he continued to draw professionally，and illustrated(给·…··画插图)most of his own novels  He then turned to journalism．In 1836，while he was still struggling to make his  way，he married “penniless girl of eighteen，strongly against his mother’s will

    With considerable courage．Thackeray began to make a living for his growing family from various contributions to any newspapers and magazines that would take his work often he did not know where the next five pounds was coming from Isabella Thackeray gave birth to three daughters，the second of whom died as a child，hut after the birth of the third，in 1840，she became incurably mad．and had to be cared fat away from her family for the rest of her long life—she outlived her husband by over thirty years．

    This tragedy deeply affected Thackeray It was，too，an extra financial load．and for some years he was forced to part with his daughters，who were brought up by his mother in France。while he struggled to make a living in London，still chiefly by Journalism．His chances as a novelist seemed poor: his short novel Barry Lyndan，published serially in Fraser’s Magazine in 1844．made so little impression oil the public that it was not published in book form until twelve years later．

68．Thackeray was born into a family      ．

    A that had bad luck              B，that he could not rely on

    C that was quite rich            D．that expected him to be a writer

69．What did his mother want him to study?

    A．Art              B，Law             C Writer        D．Journalism

70．After he got married，Thackeray made a living by          ．

    A writing best sellers                    B drawing and illustrating his own novels

    C· publishing a book which made him famous  D writing for newspapers and magazines

7I．Because of financial difficulty，Thackeray had to          

    A．publish his novel in book form 12 years later

    B．publish Barry Lyndon as a series in a magazine

    C，send his children to his mother

D make a living by writing novels    ．

书面表达（满分25分）

高考是全社会关注的大事, 学校和家庭表现尤为突出。家庭成员对考生从学习到生活给予无微不至的“关怀”, 结果却给考生带来负面影响。根据图画所描述的内容写一篇文章,并发表自己的观点（夹叙夹议）

注意：

词数：120左右；

文章的开头已写好，不计入总词数。

As the College Entrance Examination is drawing near, ________________________________

It _________ be really cold in November in Hefei though we usually have warm and sunny days.

         A. should                              B. will                                   C. must                                D. can

___ the poem for a second time, the meaning will become clear to you.

A. While reading   B. If reading     C. When read        D. When you read 

Watercolor is the oldest paints known. It dates back to the early cave men who discovered they could add lifelike qualities to drawings of animals and other figures on the walls of caves by mixing the natural colors found in the earth with water.

Fresco(壁画), one of the greatest of all art forms, is done with watercolor. It is created by mixing paints and water and applying these to wet plaster(灰泥). Of the thousands of people who stand under Michelangelo's heroic ceiling in the Sistine Chapel, very few know that they are looking at perhaps the greatest watercolor painting in the world.

The invention of oil painting by the Flemish masters in the fifteenth century made fresco painting go down-hill, and for the next several centuries watercolor was used mainly for doing sketches(素描) or as a tool for study. It was not until the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries that English painters put back watercolor as a serious art form. The English have a widely-known love for the outdoors and also small, private pictures. The softness of watercolor had a remarkably strong attraction for them.

The popularity of watercolor continued to grow until in the twentieth century. The United States passed England as the center for watercolor, producing such well-known watercolor artists as Thomas Eakins and Andrew Wyeth.

What is the passage mainly about?

A.The gradual weakness of fresco painting.

B.Oils having more power or influence over watercolor.

C.The rediscovery of watercolor in England.

D.The start and development of watercolor.

The first watercolor artists were ______.

A.early cave men                                      B.Italian fresco artists

C.Flemish masters                                     D.English artists of the 18th century

In 16th and 17th centuries the artists thought ______.

A.watercolor was more costly, but was better

B.oil painting lasted less long, but clearer and brighter

C.watercolor was not suitable for finished works

D.oil painting was difficult to use

According to the passage, watercolor painting was put back in England because ______.

A.it was easy to use outdoors                      B.it was a strong medium

B.it was extremely bright in color               D.it was well suited to popular tastes

What would the next paragraph most probably deal with?

A.The works of famous American watercolor artists.

B.The weakness of oils as popular paints.

C.Techniques of producing watercolor.

D.Modern American oil painters.

For an increasing number of students at American universities, Old is suddenly in．The reason is obvious: the graying of America means jobs．Coupled with the aging of the baby-boom(生育高峰)generation, a longer life span means that the nation's elderly population will expand greatly over the next 50 years．By 2050,25 percent of all Americans will be older than 65,up from 14 percent in 1995．The change sets questions for government and society, of course．But it also creates career opportunities in medicine and health professions, and in law and business as well．“In addition to the doctors, we're going to need more sociologists, biologists, urban planners and specialized lawyers,” says Professor Edward Schneider of the University of Southern California's (USC) School of Gerontology(老年学)．

Lawyers can specialize in“elder law”, which covers everything from trusts and estates to nursing-home abuse(虐待) and age discrimination(歧视)．Businessmen see huge opportunities in the elder market because the baby boomers,74 million strong, are likely to be the wealthiest group of retirees in human history．“Any students who combines an expert knowledge in gerontology with, say, an MBA or law degree will have a license to print money, ”one professor says．

Margarite Santos is a 21-year-old senior at USC．She began college as a biology major but found she was “really bored with bacteria．” So she took a class in gerontology and discovered that she liked it．She says,“I did volunteer work in retirement homes and it was very satisfying．”

“．．．Old is suddenly in”(Line 1, Para．1) most probably means “_______”．

       A．America has suddenly become a nation of old people

       B．gerontology has suddenly become popular

       C．more elderly professors are found on American campuses

       D．American colleges have been full of old students

Why can businessmen make money in the growing elder market?

       A．Retirees are more willing to spend money．        

       B．They can employ more gerontologists．

       C．The elderly have a great purchasing power(购买力)．

       D．There are more elderly people working than before．

Who can make big money m the new century according to the passage?

       A．Retirees who are willing to spend money．         

       B．The volunteer workers in retirement homes．

       C．College graduates with an MBA or law degree．

       D．Professionals(专业人员)with a good knowledge of gerontology．

It can be seen from the passage that the increase of America's elderly population_______．

       A．will provide good job opportunities in many areas

       B．will be just an unbearable burden on society

       C．may lead to nursing home abuse and age discrimination

       D．will create more students in universities

--- Did you go to London for vacation?

--- I _____ to go, but I got sick at the last minutes.