Farming was once the chief way of life in nearly every country. People cannot live without food, and nearly all their food comes from crops and animals raised on farms. Not many people farm for a living any more, but farming remains the most important work in the world.

    Before the nineteenth century, the typical American family lived on a small farm. They raised pigs, cattle, sheep, chickens, and planted corn, fruits, garden vegetables, and wheat. Everyone worked long and hard, but the results were often poor. Families barely harvested enough food for themselves. This situation began to change during the last half of the 1800's and it changed remarkably(明显地) in the next century.

Scientific methods and labor-saving machinery have made farming increasingly productive. The development of improved plant varieties and fertilizers has helped double and even triple the production of some major crops. More scientific animal care and animal raising have helped increase the amount of meat and products that animals produce. At the same time, the use of tractors and other modern farm equipment has sharply reduced the need for farm labor.

As farming has become less important as a way of life in the United States, it has become more important as a source which offers materials to industry. Today's successful farmers are experts not just in agriculture but also in accounting, marketing, and finance. Farms that are not run in a similar way have great difficulty surviving.

1. We are told in the first paragraph about ____.

A. the history of farming                       B. the importance of farming  

C. the development of farming                  D. the changes of farming

2. Which of the following describes American farming before the 19th century?

A. Farmers didn’t work hard on their farms.  

B. Farmers used tractors to help them.

C. Farming was the main way of living for most people.

D. Farmers could supply materials to industry.

3. Crop production has increased greatly now thanks to all the following EXCEPT __.

   A. scientific methods                 B. labor- saving machinery    

C. farmers’ hard work                 D. chemical fertilizers

4. Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage?

   A. Traditional American farming.            B. The increase in the number of crops in the US.

   C. Modern farming methods.                D. American farmers’ hard work.

5. The passage mainly talks about_____.

   A. the advantages of American farming      B. the changes in American farming 

C. the situation of American farms          D. how rapidly farming has developed

There is nothing else but economy that occupies the minds of Americans at present times of economic crisis（危机）. The statistics on unemployment，housing costs and consumer confidence keep coming and coming，leaving people not just scared to spend money but also very stressed and emotionally exhausted. This stress has an effect on everything，starting with our sleep，mood，physical health，relationships and eating habits.

    “Time of economic stress leads to increase rates of depression(忧郁)，”says Dr. Christopher Palmer，director of continuing education at McLean Hospital in Belmont，Massachusetts. “It worsens illness in people who have been constantly depressed. But it also causes new cases of depression. Just the fear of losing one’s job can put people over the edge. ”

And，without any doubt，just depression alone can create a variety of bad health effects.

    ●Sleep

    33 percent of Americans reported that they have lost sleep due to the economic crisis. 26 percent say they are sleeping less than 6 hours per night，which is considered to be at least one hour less than the most favorable 7 to 8 hours recommended by sleep experts.

    ●Mental health，stress and heart attack

    80 percent of Americans reported that last year the economy is a huge source of stress; 49 percent said the situation makes them feel nervous or anxious; 48 percent reported that they feel very sad and have developed depression.

    Nearly twice the risk of heart attack or death was found in patients with the highest levels of depression or anxiety. Among those individuals，a 10 percent higher rise of heart attack or death was found in those whose anxiety rose over time.

    ●Relationships

    The chances of violent behavior are nearly 6 times higher for individuals who are left without a job. Workplace stress can lead to domestic violence.

1. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

   A. Now Americans don’t dare to spend money.

   B. Now all Americans have problems in sleeping.

   C. Economy is the most troubling problem for Americans now.

   D. Economic crisis has destroyed many American families.

2. How does the economic crisis affect most Americans according to the passage?

   A. They sleep fewer than six hours.                  B. They sleep less than the proper amount.

   C. Diseases caused by economy make them sleepless.   D. They lose sleep at night.

3. If a person is out of work，he might   __________.        .

   A. become more violent   B. get divorced    C. get rid of workplace stress   D. go mad

4. The best title of this passage is probably______________  .        .

A. The World Economic Crisis Is Getting Worse

B. Economic Crisis Affects Our Health

C. Economic Crisis Causes Trouble to Sleep

D. Ordinary People Suffer Greatly in Economic Crisis

5.What does the underlined word “favorable” mean?

   A. proper    B. perfect    C. useful     D. fashionable

第三节  写作(满分30分)

目前，大部分中国家庭只有一个孩子，他们是家庭的希望，所以父母对他们寄予厚望，要求也很高。请简要叙述下面这幅图片的内容，并谈谈你的看法。                                                         

[写作要求]

1．短文的标题已给出。

2．短文必须包括以上这幅图片中的全部内容，可以适当增

减细节，使内容连贯。

3．100词左右。

The Eager Hope of the Parents

______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

The discovery of new evidence led to________

A．the thief having caught        B．catch the thief

C．the thief being caught          D．the thief to be caught

_____ the lab, we were taken to see the library.

   A. After having shown    B. Having shown    C. Having been shown   D. To be shown

 David was responsible and hardworking, _____ he was promoted from a clerk to a manager.

   A. which           B. as                C. for what         D. for which

 No sooner ________ at the airport than she was surrounded by the reporters.

A. had the star arrived                B. the star had arrived

C. has the star arrived               D. the star has arrived

第二节  完型填空第一篇（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36—55各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A person may have an idea about himself that will prevent him from doing good work.

He may have the belief that he is not capable of it.A child may think he is   36   because he doesn’t understand how to make the   37   of his mental faculties（才能）.Older people may be mistaken that they are incapable of learning things new because of their   38  .

A person who believe that he is incapable will not make a real   39   because he feels that it would be useless.He won’t go at a job with confidence necessary for   40   ,and he won’t work his  hardest way,even though he may think he is dong so.He is  41  likely to fail,and the failure will  42   his belief in his competence(才能).

Alfred Alder,a famous doctor,had   43   like this.When he was a small boy,he had a poor   44   in maths.His teacher told his parents he had no ability in maths in order that they would not   45   too much of him.In this way,they two   46   the idea.He accepted   47   mistaken thinking of his ability,felt that it was useless to   48   and was very poor at maths,  49   as they expected.

One day he worked at a problem which   50   of the other students had been able to solve.

Alder   51   in solving the problem.This gave him confidence.He now   52   with interest,determination and purpose,and he soon became especially good at   53   .He not only proved that he could learn maths well,but luckily he learned  54  in his life from his own experience that if a person goes at a job with determination and purpose,he may  55  himself as well as others by his ability.

36.A. clever            B.shy                 C.useless             D.stupid

37.A.biggest           B.most                C.highest             D.deepest

38.A.ability            B.age                 C.brain              D.knowledge

39.A.decision          B.success              C.effort              D.trouble

40.A.work             B.study               C.improvement        D.success

41.A.truly             B.really               C.however            D.therefore

42.A.lead to            B.strengthen            C.increase            D.add to

43.A.an experience      B.an example           C.a thought           D.a story

44.A.state             B.mind               C.start               D.ending

45.A.blame            B.expect              C.get                D.win

46.A.developed        B.organized            C.discovered         D.found

47.A.his              B.her                 C.its                D.their

48.A.manage         Bsucceed              C.try                D.act

49.A.only             B.almost               C.just               D.then

50.A.none            B.no                  C.no one            D.nobody

51.A.gave            B.succeeded            C.failed             D.believed

52.A.lived            B.worked              C.played             D.graduated

53.A.lessons          B.medicine             C.subjects           D.maths

54.A.early            B.deeply               C.late               D.simply

55.A.encourage       B.love                 C.astonish           D.disappoint

I've tried to explain compound interest to my eight - year - old daughter. When I have finished it, she summarizes back to me, "So, you are saying if I put $ 100 in the bank, when I turn sixteen the bank will give me $ 200?" She has already grasped more of the concept than I understood at her age, but she couldn't clearly understand that until she sees them in action.

One day I gave her a Ziploc bag with a handful of pennies and told her over the course of a week I wanted her to give me a penny a day. I would deposit the penny in " The Bank of Dad" and compound interest would begin to accumulate the day she deposited the penny. At the end of the week we would check her bank balance.

Each day my daughter handed over one penny at the breakfast table and I deposited it in her bank. I gave her a "receipt" for her deposit and explained that she needed to keep up with the receipts to see how much money she had added to her account. In an effort to make this a little more realistic, I deposited a penny from my own piggy bank every other day to give her an additional four pennies at the end of the week.

On Sunday evening we gathered receipts and confirmed she had deposited seven pennies in "The Bank of Dad. " Then I opened the old film container and counted out its contents—all eleven pennies. "Hey, there are four extra pennies in there!" I explained that her original seven pennies had grown to eleven pennies because every couple days the bank paid her a penny for letting them use her money—that's interest. She paused and asked, "Dad, what would happen if you deposited like a hundred million pennies in the bank?

1．We can learn from Paragraph 1 that ____.

A．the writer' s daughter understood compound interest better than him

B．the writer wanted her daughter to understand compound interest

C．the writer' s daughter understood compound interest very well

D．the writer' s daughter grasped the exact meaning of compound interest

2．Which of the following is TRUE according to Paragraph 2?

A．The writer' s daughter got a handful of pennies from her father.

B．The writer got compound pennies from "The Bank of Dad".

C．The writer placed one penny in "The Bank of Dad" each day.

D．Compound interest would begin to increase at the end of the week.

3．Each day the writer’s daughter ____.

A．got a penny from her father         B．received interest from her father

C．deposited a penny in her piggy bank     D．handed over one penny to her father

4．What can we infer from the passage?

A．"The Bank of Dad" paid the girl a penny each day as interest.

B．The father used a good way to show his daughter about interest.

C．There were eleven pennies in the old film container in total.

D．The writer's daughter was very puzzled with compound interest.

5．Which of the following would be the best title for the text?

A．How to Deposit Pennies in "The Bank of Dad"．

B．Welcome to Deposit Money in the Bank.

C．How to Teach Compound Interest to Kids.

D．A Good Relationship between Father and Kid.

第II卷（共45分）

注意事项：

       1．用0.5毫米的黑色签字笔书在答题纸上。

       2．答卷前，将答题纸密封线内的项目填写清楚。

第四部分 书面表达（共两节, 满分45分）

第一节 阅读表达 （共5小题；每小题3分，满分15分）

       阅读下面的短文，并根据文章后的要求答题。（请注意问题后的词数要求）

       [1]Hi, I write this letter to you, my parents, to let you know what I’m thinking．

       [2]Running a business, raising three children, then raising all three into self-sufficient college graduates is difficult to do．While loving each child individually and fairly, strict house rules have also developed…going out late is difficult to accomplish．I would like to suggest setting a later curfew （宵禁）, maybe midnight, or even one o’clock in the morning．

       [3]While working up to twenty hours a week, my social life has been on the decline since school started．Naturally, you understand how important my friends are to me．Looking back to the summer, there have been many nights that I have wanted to go out, but if it was past nine o’clock, I would not be allowed to．You tell me to go to the party until my curfew, but if the rule continues, I will see my friends for an hour．Seeing my friends for an hour is better than nothing, but not enough to communicate with others．

       [4]Gaining confidence and trust from you both are things I look forward to, and hopefully I am at an age where I can live up to your expectations．I acknowledge that you are watching over me, and don’t want your little girl to be hurt, and I appreciate that fully．But I can ____________ now that I am older．

       [5]For the time and effort it has taken you to raise me, I sincerely thank you, but letting freedom into my teenage years will be beneficial to all of us．Please feel free to talk to me whenever you have made a decision．I’ll always be around．

76．What is the writer’s purpose in writing the letter? （within 10 words）

77．Fill in the blank in Paragraph 4 with proper words．（within 6 words）

78．Which sentence in the text is the closest in meaning to the following one?

       I will always be available and ready for a talk．

79．Do you think strict house rules are necessary for teenagers? And why? （within 30 words）

80．Translate the underlined sentence in Paragraph 3 into Chinese．