The Zhoukoudian Beijing Man Site is one of the most important world heritage sites in China．Since the discovery, which changed China’s knowledge of its history, was made in the 1920s, Zhoukoudian has become an important place for archaeologists from all over the world．At the site in the south-west suburb of Beijing, there is, for example, the earliest evidence of the use of fire by humans．It has also been proved that people lived there continuously between 500,000 and 10,000 years ago．

       Today, however, Zhoukoudian is in serious danger．Parts of the cave have been badly affected by rain and exposure to the air．Some areas are almost completely covered in weeds, causing serious damage．Pollution from nearby cement factories has also contributed to the problem．

       The site is extremely expensive to maintain and it will cost between three and five million yuan to repair it．At the moment, visitors are not allowed to visit the caves．

       Zhoukoudian is on the World Cultural Heritage List, organized by UNESCO, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization．The list is constantly checked．Any site which is seriously damaged or which is not properly protected is an endangered heritage, and UNESCO is very quick to do something about situations like this．They have recommended that the site be closed and repaired．If nothing is done to repair it, it could be removed from the list．

       This is a very serious matter and the Chinese Academy of Sciences is trying to raise public awareness about it．They have suggested that the general public be encouraged to help with the problem．A professor at the Academy has proposed that a fund be established to raise money．

       Dr Zhu Ming of the Academy said, “ We have requested that the government get involved, but we also need assistance from ordinary people．They can help by contributing to the cost of repairing the caves．They are a precious part of our cultural heritage—it is of vital importance that we do something．If not, it will be a catastrophe．”

1．Why is Zhoukoudian of great importance in China?

     A．Because the site tells some information about how man lived in the old times．

     B．Because it has brought in lots of money as a place of interest．

     C．Because it is the only place in China on the World Cultural Heritage List．

     D．Because it changed our knowledge of China’s history of the 1920’s．

2．What is the second paragraph about?

     A．Zhoukoudian’s discovery               B．Zhoukoudian’s future   

       C．Zhoukoudian’s in danger               D．Zhoukoudian’s protection

3．The following has caused the damage of the site except________________．

     A．Weeds             B．Rain                 C．Fire                D．Cement factories

4．The passage suggests that to repair Zhoukoudian, Chinese Academy of Sciences is seeking help from_________．

     A．Archaeologists from all over the world

       B．Government and the public

     C．Experts from UNESCO

       D．Visitors

5．Which of the following can replace the underlined word “catastrophe”?

     A．case            B．worry          C．wonder        D．disaster

HANS Christian Andersen put Denmark on the map of the world literature with his stories The Emperor's New Clothes, The Little Mermaid （小美人鱼） and The Ugly Duckling．Now Copenhagen, the country's capital, has become the center of the world political map, with 190 world leaders attending the climate talks there, not to mention thousands of reporters．

Just how much do you know about the Scandinavian country?

       Denmark is famous for its design culture．At the heart of “Danish Design” is the idea that, as poet and designer Piet Hein puts it: “There is one art, not more, nor less, [and that is] to do all things with artlessness （朴实）”．

    Danish design places equal emphasis on practicality and quality．From Lego toys to furniture, Danish products are known for their clean lines, simplicity and functionality．“Remove material where it's not needed．Keep things simple and functional and make them carefully,” explained Hans J．Wegner, the first Danish designer to achieve worldwide fame: “The aim is not to create a work of art, but to produce a good chair．”

       “The Danes have done a better job than most in promoting arts in Europe, considering their country's size and population, in the fields of architecture, sculpture and design,” writes Helena Smith, reporter with British newspaper the Guardian．

       The simplicity of Danish design may extend to the quality of life there．Some even claim that the Danes have the highest quality of life of any nation in the world．

       Kate Vial, a 55-year-old American who has lived and worked in Denmark for more than 30 years, explaining why she chooses to live in Denmark rather than the US, told Germany's biggest news weekly Der Spiegel: “I just chose a simpler lifestyle, one where I could ride my bike all over and where I don't have to make a great living to survive．”

1．What’s the writer’s purpose of mentioning Denmark’s literature?

     A．To show the readers that Denmark is best known for its stories．

     B．To arouse readers’ interest in Denmark．

     C．To tell the readers that this passage is related to literature．

     D．To show why Denmark can attract so many political leaders．

2．What is Denmark famous for according to the passage?

     A．Design culture                                   B．Making chairs  

       C．Writing poems                                   D．Climate prediction

3．Which statement is true according to the passage?

     A．Danish design pays more attention to arts than its function．

     B．Danish products don’t need much material．

     C．Danish people like to keep simple life．

     D．Compared with other countries in Europe, Denmark does little in promoting arts．

4．In Piet Hein’s opinion, the characteristic of Danish culture is _____________．

     A．Creative         B．Complicated      C．Impractical          D．Simple

5．What is the best title for the passage?

     A．Danes conquer the world with simple designs．

     B．Denmark—a new political center．

     C．Life in Denmark．

     D．Designer’s idea of Denmark．

亚运会即将在广州举行。作为学校英语俱乐部的成员，你准备明天向到访的英国学生游学团介绍8月4日已在广州举行的亚运倒计时100天的庆祝活动（100-day Countdown Ceremony）。

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       100天庆祝活动的时间：2010年8月4日7：30

       庆祝活动地点：广州天河体育馆（Tianhe Sports Gymnasium）

       主题：Dreaming about This Moment

       意义： 展示广州已经准备好了

       活动安排：1．龙舟和武术表演

                 2．2000名合唱团成员（chorus）演唱

                 3．著名歌手演唱三首亚运会候选主题歌（theme song candidates）

       参加人员：1000多名志愿者，工人，医务人员，学生，老干部（retirees）等

      [写作要求]

       只能使用5个句子表达全部内容。（开头已给，不计入总句数）

       Ladies and Gentlemen, welcome to our school．I’d like to tell you something about Guangzhou Asian Games…．

阅读下面的短文，然后按照要求写一篇150词左右的英语短文。

       I was on my way to the Taiyetos Mountains．The sun was setting when my car broke down near a remote and poor village．Cursing my misfortune, I was wondering where I was going to spend the night when I realized that the villagers who had gathered around me were arguing as to who should have the honor of receiving me as a guest in their house．Finally, I accepted the offer of an old woman who lived alone in a little house．While she was getting me settled into a tiny but clean room, the head of the village was tying up his horse to my car to pull it to a small town some 20 kilometres away where there was a garage．

       I had noticed three hens running free in my hostess's courtyard and that night one of them ended up in a dish on my table．Some villagers brought me goat's cheese and honey．We drank together and talked merrily till far into the night．

       When the time came for me to say goodbye to my friends in the village, I wanted to reward the old woman for the trouble I had caused her．

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       学校举行了英语阅读读后感交流活动。阅读了上述故事后，你准备写一篇英语读后感的稿件以便明天发言。内容要求如下：

       1．以约30个词概括本文的要点；

       2．然后以约120个词谈谈你的感受，内容包括：

   （1） 表达帮助别人或在需要时得到别人帮助的感受；

   （2） 结合汶川地震、玉树地震等灾害发生时，你或你的朋友听到或看到的感人的事情，表达自己的观点。

   （3）呼吁在别人困难时伸出援手。

       [写作要求]

       1．在作文中可以使用自己亲身的经历，也可以参照阅读材料的内容但不得直接引用原文中的句子；

       2．作文中不能出现真实姓名和学校名称。

       [评分标准]

       概括准确，语言规范，内容合适，篇章连贯。

We were about to gather up things and return to our car when a man came up. He looked very strong indeed and asked us angrily if we knew that these  1  were his own. Father looked troubled and the man  2  a notice. It said that camping was  3  forbidden. Poor Father explained that he had not seen the notice and did not  4  that camping was not allowed. Though father  5  , the man did not seem  6  .

He asked Father his name and   7  . All the way home, we were so  8  that hardly anyone spoke a word. This   9  thing had spoiled a wonderful day in the camp.

For the rest of the week, we   10  what would happen. The following Sunday, we stayed at home  11  it was a fine day. About noon, a large and very expensive car stopped outside our house. We were surprised when we saw several people  12  to have a picnic in our small garden. Father got very angry and went to ask them what they thought they were doing. You can imagine how  13  he was when he saw the man whom we had met the week before! Both men burst out   14  . Then Father welcomed the strangers into our  15  . We became good friends.

1．A．things                   B．grounds               C．trees                   D．camps

2．A．put on                   B．pointed to            C．took out              D．pointed out

3．A．firmly                   B．merely                 C．simply                 D．finally

4．A．remind                  B．refer                   C．remember            D．realize

5．A．argued                  B．agreed                 C．approved             D．apologized

6．A．happy                   B．satisfied               C．pleasant               D．delighted

7．A．address                 B．house                  C．family                 D．home

8．A．depressed              B．worried               C．unhappy              D．disappointed

9．A．uninteresting          B．unable                 C．unpleasant           D．unfortunate

10．A．expected             B．supposed             C．imagined             D．wondered

11．A．though                B．yet                      C．however              D．since

12．A．waiting                B．continuing           C．preparing             D．managing

13．A．surprised             B．funny                  C．acute                  D．considerate

14．A．crying                 B．shouting              C．screaming           D．laughing

15．A．address               B．garden                 C．house                  D．camp

阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中的语法的正确形式填空。

On December 19^th, 2006, an airbus took off on time from the capital airport of Saudi Arabia. After about an hour’s 1.    （fly）, something strange happened in the plane.

The passengers 2.     （enjoy） themselves when a small rat stole out from the bag of a young man ,which make the young woman nearby 3.      （alarm）with loud screaming. Then more and more rats came out of the bag. All the passengers became out of order, especially the women and the children. The steward（机长）managed to get in touch with 4.    control center on the ground. With the order from the ground, the plane 5.     （succeed）landed at the nearest airport.

As soon as the plane on the ground, all the passengers got off. Then seven specialists got on 6.    （catch）these small creatures. Many means had been tired but 7.    of them were good enough to catch the rats.

At last they tried to fill in the plane 8.      carbon-dioxide, 9.       poisoned all the eighty rats by the poisonous gas.

It 10    （report）that the young man wanted to carry these rats to another city and sell them as pets but no one had expected that theses small creatures succeeded in escaping from the bag

It’s hardly surprising that weather is a favorite topic for so many people around the world—it affects where we choose to love, what we wear, our moods, and perhaps even our national characteristics. Studies have shown the changeable weather can make it difficult to concentrate, cloudy skies slow sown reaction, and high humidity with hot, dry winds makes many people bad-tempered.

If you live in a place like Britain, where the weather seems to change daily if not hourly, you could be forgiven for thinking that the weather is random. In fact, the weather is controlled by systems which move around areas of the globe. In the UK the weather depends on depressions（低气压）, often called lows, and anticyclones（高气压）, also known as highs. These systems start in the Atlantic Ocean, and make their way across the British Isles from the west to the east. Highs bring sunny weather, while lows bring rain and wind. In modern times, human activities seem to be altering weather patterns. Gases produced by heavy industry change the temperature of the Earth’s surface, and affect cloud formation. Some researchers say that factories in Europe and North America may have been one of the causes of the droughts in Africa in the 1980s.

The human race has always tied to guess the weather, especially in areas of the world where there are frequent changes. Traditional rhymes point to early attempts to identify weather patterns, popular poems include:

Red sky at night, shepherds’ delight; red sky in the morning, shepherds’ warning.

Flies will swarm before a storm.

Rain before 7, clear by 11.

While folk wisdom can still provide a guide to help forecast weather, today’s methods of prediction increasingly rely on technology. Satellites, balloons, ships, aircrafts and weather centers with sensitive monitoring equipment, send data to computers. The date is them processed, and the weather is predicted. However, even this system cannot predict weather for longer than about a week.

1．When weather keeps changing,          .

       A．people become bad-tempered

       B．people’s reaction slows down

       C．people find it hard to focus on their work

       D．people become hungrier

2．What is mainly talked about in the second paragraph?

       A．Changes in weather.                             B．Weather in Britain.

       C．African droughts.                                D．Research on weather.

3．The weather in Britain is       .

       A．random               B．moist                  C．depressing           D．satisfying

4．According to a traditional rhyme, if there is red sky at night, the next day will be      .

       A．windy                 B．rainy                   C．fine                     D．snowy

5．Which of the following statements in true?

       A．Anticyclones often bring rain and wind.

       B．Weather forecasting has been done for a long time.

       C．Weather could never be predicted.

       D．Modern methods of weather prediction are developed from folk wisdom.

What do consumers really want? That’s a question market researchers would love to answer. But since people don’t always say what they think, marketers would need direct access to consumers’ thoughts to get the truth.

And now, in a way, that is possible．At the “Mind of the Market” laboratory at Harvard Business School, researchers are looking inside shoppers’ skulls to develop more effective advertisements and marketing styles．Using imaging techniques that measure blood flow to various parts of the brain, the Harvard team hopes to predict how consumers will react to particular products and to discover the most effective ways to present information．Stephen Kosslyn, a professor of psychology at Harvard, and business school professor Gerald Zaltman, oversee the lab．“The goal is not to influence people’s preferences,” says Kosslyn, “just to speak to their actual desires."

The group’s findings, though still preliminary （初步的）, could change how firms develop and market new products．The Harvard group use position emission tomography （PET） scans to monitor the brain activity．These PET scans, along with other imaging techniques, enable researchers to see which parts of the brain are active during specific tasks（such as remembering a word）.Correlations （相互关系） have been found between blood flow to specific areas and future behavior．Because of this, Harvard researchers believe the scans can also predict future purchasing patterns．According to an unpublished paper the group produced, “It is possible to use these techniques to predict not only whether people will remember and have specific emotional reactions to certain materials, but also whether they tend to want those materials months later.”

The Harvard group is now moving into the next stage of experiments．They will explore how people remember advertisements as part of an effort to predict how they will react to a product after having seen an ad．The researchers believe that once key areas of the brain are identified, scans on about two dozen volunteers will be enough to draw conclusions about the reactions of specific sections of the population．Large corporations-including Coca Cola, Eastman Kodak, General Motors, and Hallmark-have already signed up to fund further investigations.

For their financial support, these firms gain access to the experiments but cannot control them．If Kosslyn and Zahman and their team really can read the mind of the market, then consumers may find it even harder to get those advertising jingles-out of their heads.

1．Which of the following statements can be the best title for this passage?

A．Reading the Mind of the Market.

B．Influencing the Customers’ Choice.

C．Influencing the Style of Advertising．

D．Experimenting with the Way to Foretell

2．Why do the Harvard researchers use scientific technology in the experiments?

A．Because they want to find a better way to persuade people into purchasing patterns in the future in the different market.

B．Because they don’t trust the findings already done by other researchers.

C．Because they want to see how particular products can influence consumers and find out the most effective ways to advertise.

D．Because they think the marketing strategies can actually be changed after the experiments.

3．The following statements are true except that    

       A．People sometimes hide their true feelings when questioned by the marketing surveyors.

       B．Stephen Kosslyn and Gerald Zaltman are in charge of the experiment and think ill of the study.

       C．Harvard researchers have found some relation between people’s brain and future behavior.

       D．Many large companies finance the Harvard group’s further investigations.

4．What does “to speak to” in the 2nd paragraph mean?

A．To communicate with.                         B．To say to.

C．To talk to.                                         D．To respond to.

5．The last sentence of the passage implies that ___________.

A．it is very likely that customers will buy unnecessary things just depending on the ads in the future.

B．in fact, the real purpose of Harvard group’s research is to attract more consumers into the market.

C．Coca Cola or the General Motors can exploit the findings of the experiments in their own marketing.

D．consumers may find it more difficult to get out of the advertising jungle and it may cause them headaches.

The HOPE IS A CAME—CHANGER PROJECT will deliver unbreakable soccer balls to kids who, all too often, see thing horrible, broken and not survive the simplest of circumstances. The project started taking form well before anyone knew where it would lead—which is to test the power of like-minded people working together to turn inspiration into action.

Four years ago Bobby was in Rwanda offering help to the people there and taking photos of a child soldier named Moise with his “soccer ball”，which was a pile of rubbish tied together with a string. This “ball” was the only thing Moise could call his own --- no family, no home, no place to go. Forced to fight in the Congo and having killed three people at the unbearably young age of seven, the boy’s spirit was broken. And Bobby knew, as he took one photo after the next, that he’d never forget him. In fact, he returned the following year to tell Moise he had stayed deep within his heart ---but he was gone.

I recently helped Bobby launch his new book The Power of the Invisible Sun which features a photo of Moise, his ball, and kids from war-torn areas around the world. All of his earnings go towards the HOPE IS A GAME-CHANGER PROJECT for the kids he visited over the past decade. They caught the emotional landscape from heartbreak to joy, but share the undeniable longing for recovery and hope.

Bobby and I share the unchangeable belief that delivering hope is really a game-changer, especially to a child. We believe that each indestructible ball will come to represent a lasting symbol of hope. A light no matter how small---The Power of the Invisible Sun.

This holiday season, I ask you to think about whether you are doing enough to help someone else in the world. Or as Bobby likes to put it, consider “taking a concrete baby step”, which added together, can create transformational change. It’s my great hope that the HOPE IS A GAME-

CHANGER PROJECT will change the lives of children the world over --- one book, one ball at a time.

1．In the first sentence of the passage, the writer implies that        .

A．kids live an unsafe life in parts of the world

B．the balls sent to kids should be of good quality

C．young kids can not overcome the difficulties

D．kids intend to break their toys into pieces

2．The purpose of The HOPE IS A GAME-CHANGER PROJECT is to        .

A．send ball gifts to kids in poor countries

B．collect money to help kids in need

C．comfort kids in war-torn areas

D．offer kids help to change their lives

3．How may Bobby feel about Mosie?

A．He was very proud of Mosie’s bravery.

B．He felt sorry for Mosie’s ruined childhood.

C．He thought money could solve Mosie’s problem.

D．He felt happy to tell him what was in his heart.

4．Which of the following about Bobby’s new book is TRUE?

A．It earned a lot of money to help kids like Mosie.

B．The photos inside reflected the kids’ hopeless life.

C．Its title shows the author’s belief to change the world.

D．It changed the life of the kids recorded in the book.

5．The underlined part in the last paragraph probably means        .

A．starting the first step as a baby does

B．taking an active action from now on

C．making great changes step by step

D．doing some small but good deeds

阅读下面短文，将标有A~F的段落或句子插入文章中题号为1~5的恰当位置，使全篇文章意义完整，结构连贯。

注意：有一个选项是多余的。

Deep into the night, the bus pulled into a Howard Johnson’s restaurant and everybody got off the bus except Tom.   1  perhaps he was a sea captain; maybe he had run away from wife;   2  . When they went to bus, one of the girls sat beside him and introduced herself. After a long time, slowly and painfully, be began to tell his story. He had been in prison in New York for the last four years, and he was going home.

“Well, when I was in prison I wrote to my wife. I said, Martha, I understand if you can’t stay married to me. I said I was going to be away a long time, and that if she couldn’t stand it, if the kids kept asking questions, if it hurt her too much, well, she could just forget me. Get a new young man—she’s wonderful woman—and forget all about me.   3  Not for the three and a half years.”

“Last week, when I was sure freedom was coming through, I wrote to her. I told her that if she had a new young man, I would understand.  4  We used to live in this town, Brunswick ,and there’s great big oak tree just as you come in to the town. I told her if she would take me back, she should put a yellow handkerchief on the tree, and if she didn’t want me, forgot me, no handkerchief and I’d keep going on through.”

  5  When they were 20 miles from Brunswick, the young man took over window seats on the right side, waiting for the approach of the great oak tree. Tom stopped looking, tightening his face into the ex-con’s mask. Then it was 10 miles, and then five, and the bus became very quiet.

Then suddenly all of the young people were up out of their seats, screaming and shouting and crying, doing small dances, except Tom.

A．You know, I love my wife deeply.

B．But if she didn’t, if the would take me back, she should let me know.

C．The young people began to wonder about him, trying to imagine his life;

D．Soon all the others were in it.

E．I told her she didn’t have to write to me, and she didn’t.

F．he could be an old soldier going home.