I have a close friend who has a good family tradition, that is, each year after Thanksgiving dinner, all of the people sit around in the living room and each person takes a few minutes and gives thanks for what really matters and what has added value to their life over the last year. This is something I valued and followed. I have thought about a lot in the last year, and I finally came up with two things.

The first one is the healthiness of my daughter. She’s as healthy as she can be, and her weight and height are in good condition and she has no illnesses or genetic diseases. I am so thankful for having this wonderful baby in my life, and thankful that she has the gift of good health.

Secondly, I am thankful for the discovery of the value of writing in my life. A year ago, my website. The simple Dollar was only a few weeks old and was far from popular, but on Thanksgiving Day Last year it had about three score readers who ordered it in advance. The process of writing was bringing me enjoyment, but I hadn’t yet realized that I could be successful in it and attract many readers. This past year showed me a lot and I am deeply thankful for it.

After thinking for a while, I began to realize that it was a very powerful and wonderful positive exercise. You spend time reflecting deeply on the positive things in your life, and you often realize that even when things are bad, you do have a lot to be thankful for because there is lots of good in your life, and it can shine a bright light even in a dark spot in your life.

72．What is the good family tradition of the author’s friend’s?

       A．Learning from the past and planning for the future.

       B．Taking about the things that are most worth appreciation.

       C．Learning from the strong points of other family members.

       D．Having Thanks giving dinner together with family members.

73．The author is thankful for all the following thins EXCEPT      .

       A．her success with writing  B．the enjoyment in writing

       C．the healthiness of her daughter       D．the founding of a magazine

74．How many people had ordered The simple Dollar by Thanksgiving Day last year?

       A．About 30. B．About 20. C．About 60. D．About 40.

75．What’s the purpose of this passage? It tells us that people should         .

       A．hold a positive attitude    B．reflect on their mistakes

       C．have low expectations of life   D．neglect their disadvantages

China’s economic development has made      rapid progress in the past years and young people have made      great contribution to this progress.

       A．/ ; a   B．the; / C．a; a   D．/ ; /

（C）

From good reading we can derive pleasure, companionship, experience, and instruction. A good book may absorb our attention so completely that for the time being we forget our surroundings and even our identity. Reading good books is one of the greatest pleasures in life. It increases our contentment when we are cheerful, and lessens our troubles when we are sad. Whatever may be our main purpose in reading, our contact with good books should never fail to give us enjoyment and satisfaction.

With a good book in our hands we need never be lonely. Whether the characters portrayed are taken from real life or are purely imaginary, they may become our companions and friends. In the pages of books we can walk with the wise and the good of all lands and all times. The people we meet in books may delight us either because they resemble human friends whom we hold dear or because they present unfamiliar types whom we are glad to welcome as new acquaintances. Our human friends sometimes may bore us, but the friends we make in books need never weary us with their company. By turning the page we can dismiss them without any fear of hurting their feelings. When human friends desert us, good books are always ready to give us friendship, sympathy, and encouragement. One of the most valuable gifts bestowed by books is experience. Few of us can travel far from home or have a wide range of experiences, but all of us can lead varied lives through the pages of books. Whether we wish to escape from the seemingly dull realities of everyday life or whether we long to visit some far-off place, a book will help us when nothing else can. To travel by book we need no bank account to pay our way; no airship or ocean liner or stream-lined train to transport us; no passport to enter the land of our heart's desire. Through books we may get the thrill of hazardous adventure without danger. We can climb lofty mountains, brave the perils of an Antarctic winter, or cross the scorching sands of the desert, all without hardship. In books we may visit the studios of Hollywood; we may mingle with the gay throngs of the Paris boulevards; we may join the picturesque peasants in an Alpine village or the kindly natives on a South Sea island. Indeed, through books the whole world is ours for the asking. The possibilities of our literary experiences are almost unlimited. The beauties of nature, the enjoyment of music, the treasures of art, the triumphs of architecture, the marvels of engineering, are all open to the wonder and enjoyment of those who read.

1. Why is it that we sometimes forget our surroundings and even our identity while reading?

A. No one has come to disturb you.

B. Everything is so quiet and calm around you.

C. The book you are reading is so interesting and attractive.

D. Your book is overdue; you are finishing it at a very fast speed.

2. How would you account for the fact that people like their acquaintances in books even more?

A. They resemble human friends exactly.     B. They are unfamiliar types we like.

C. They never desert us.                             D. They never hurt our feelings.

3. Which of the following is true?

A. Your wish to visit some far-off place can be realized through the pages of the books.

 B. To escape from the dull realities of everyday life you should take up reading.

   C. Books can always help you to live a colourful life.

   D. You may obtain valuable experience from reading good books.

4. The word “weary” means ______.

    A. “to attract someone’s attention”              B. “to distract someone’s attention”

    C. “to make someone very tired”                 D. “to make someone interested”

5. “... the whole world is ours for the asking” implies that ____________.

A. in books the world is more accessible to us

B. we can ask to go anywhere in the world

C. we can make a claim to everything in this world

D. we can make a round-the-world trip free of charge

III. 阅读 (共两节，满分40分)

第一节：阅读理解（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30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。

As goods and services improved, people were persuaded to spend their money on changing from old to new, and found the change worth the expense. When an airline equipped itself with jets, for example, its costs (and therefore air fare) would go up, but the new planes meant such an improvement that the higher cost was justified. A new car (or wireless, washing machine, electric kettle) made life so much more comfortable than the old one that the high cost of replacement was fully repaid. Manufacturers still cry their goods as persuasively as ever, but are the improvements really worth paying for? In many fields, things have now reached such a high standard of performance that further progress is very limited and very, very expensive. Airlines, for example, go to enormous expense in buying the latest prestige jets, in which vast research costs have been spent on relatively small improvements. If we abandon these vast costs we might lose the chance of cutting minutes away from flying times; but wouldn’t it be better to see airfares drop dramatically, as capital costs become relatively insignificant? Again, in the context of a 70 m. p. h. Limit, with lines of cars traveling so close as to control each other’s speeds, improvements in performance are actually irrelevant; improvements in handling are unnecessary, as most production cars grip（抓牢） the road perfectly, and comfort has now reached a very high level. Small improvements here are unlikely to be worth the thousands that anybody replacing an ordinary family car every two years may have spent on them. Let us instead have cars — or wireless, electric kettles, washing machines, television sets — which are made to last, and not to be replaced. Significant progress is obviously a good thing, but the insignificant progression from model-change to model-change is not.

1. The author is obviously challenging the social norm (社会规范) that ________________.

   A. it is important to improve goods and services

   B. development of technology makes our life more comfortable

   C. it is reasonable that prices are going up all the time

   D. slightly improved new products are worth buying

2. According to this passage, airfares may rise because ______________.

   A. the airplane has been improved

   B. people tend to travel by new airplanes

   C. the change is found to be reasonable

   D. the service on the airplane is better than before

3. According to the author, passengers would be happier if they ____________.

   A. could fly in the latest model of good planes

   B. could get tickets at much lower prices

   C. see the airlines make vital changes in their services

  D. could spend less time flying in the air

4. When manufactures have improved the performance of their products to a certain level, then it would be _______________.

   A. justified for them to cut the price

   B. unnecessary for them to make any new changes

   C. difficult and costly to further better them

   D. insignificant for them to cut down the research costs

5. In the case of cars, the author advises that we _____________.

   A. cancel the speed limit                       B. further improve their performance

   C. change models every two years          D. improve their durability (耐久性)

--- Don’t leave water        while you brush your teeth, honey.

    --- Ok, Mum.

       A．run   B．running    C．being run  D．to run

In the modern society there is a great deal of argument about competition. Some value it highly, believing that it is responsible for social progress and prosperity (繁荣). Others say that competition is bad, that it sets one person against another, that it leads to unfriendly relationship between people.

I have taught many children who held the belief that their self-worth relied on how well they performed at tennis and other skills. For them, playing well and winning are often life-and-death affairs. In their single-minded pursuit (追求) of success, the development of many other human qualities is really forgotten.

However, others take an opposite attitude. In a culture which values only the winner and pays no attention to the ordinary players, they strongly blame competition. Among the most vocal are youngsters who have suffered under competitive pressures from their parents or society. Teaching these young people, I often notice that they have a desire to fail. They seem to choose failure by not trying to win or achieve success. By not trying, they always have an excuse: “I may have lost, but it doesn’t matter because I really didn’t try.” They don’t believe that if they had really tried and lost, such a loss would prove their worth. Clearly, this belief is the same as that of the true competitors who try to prove themselves. Both are based on the mistaken belief that one’s self-respect relies on how well one performs in comparison(比较) with others. Both are afraid of not being valued. Only as this basic and often troublesome fear begins to dissolve (缓解) can we discover a new meaning in competition.

What does this passage mainly talk about?

A. Competition helps set up self-respect.

B. Failures are necessary experiences in competition.

C. Competition is harmful to personal quality development.

D. Opinions about competition are different among people.

Why do some people value competition according to the passage?

A. It builds up a sense of duty.       B. It pushes society forward.

C. It improves personal abilities.     D. It encourages individual effects.

The underlined phrase “the most vocal” in Paragraph 3 refers to_______.

A. those who try their best to win    

B. those who value competition most highly

C. those who are against competition most strongly

D. those who rely on others most for success

What is the similar belief of the true competitors and those with a “desire to fail”?

A. One’s success is based on how hard he has tried.

B. One’s success in competition needs great efforts.

C. One’s achievement is determined by his particular skills.

D. One’s worth lies in his performance compared with others’.

Which point of view may the author agree to?

A. Every effort should be paid back.        

B. Competition should be encouraged.

C. Winning should be a life-and-death matter.

D. Fear of failure should be removed in competition.

D

       Festival Activities Program

       TIME AND PLACE

       October 24 ~ 30

       Oct．24 ~ 30: 9:00 a．m ~ 4:00p．m

       Oct．25 ~ 29: 12:00 p．m ~ 9:00p．m

       at Kerry Center Hotel

       Classroom area

   （1）English Taster Lesson    （2）Food health-keeping method presentation

       Computer area

   （3）E-photography and Techno-Music    （4）Education Software Demonstration

       Internet Training area

       SINA and Capital On-line will provide Internet Training for the public．The focus（焦点） will  be on browsing the Internet; how to find useful information on the web; and how to design an elementary web page．

       Foyer Activity area

   （5）The students from Beijing TV University for the aged will provide a calligraphy （handwriting） demonstration．

   （6）Children activities

69．A 70-year-old teacher wants to see how to use writing brush well, he should go to        ．

       A．Classroom area       

       B．Computer area

     C．Internet Training area     

       D．Foyer Activity area

70．The programs will last for         ．

     A．a week     B．a month             C．five days D．two days

71．The word “browsing” in the passage probably means         ．

     A．seeing everywhere        

       B．going here and there

     C．staring everywhere         

       D．reading here and there in books, etc．

第二部分 书面表达（满分25分）

全球金融危机使得中国的求职市场愈加激烈，就业形势愈加严峻。假如你是某大学2010年应届毕业生，针对目前大学生面临就业的严峻形势，你班同学展开了讨论，请你根据以上提示及下面表格中的内容，介绍本次讨论情况并谈谈自己的看法。

_________to the strong sunlight for long every day led to her bad skin.

A. Exposed              B. Exposing         C. Being exposed                    D. Be exposed

第四部分：书面表达（满分25分）

假设你是李华，在得知四川大地震的消息之后，作为校学生会主席，你决定给灾区的中学生写一封慰问信，主要内容包括：

1、看到你们的表现，很感动；

2、全校师生表示关心的同时，捐款12万元；

3、家园可以重建，希望你们充满信心。

参考词汇：捐款 donate  vt.

注意：1 可适当发挥，但要意义连贯；

      2 字数100词左右，开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。

 Dear friends:

   I’m awfully sorry to hear that _______________________________________________

Yours Sincerely

                                                        Li Hua