—Hi, Tom. I'm going out for a walk along the river.

   —_____________!

A. That’s all right            B. Good exercise       C. How nice you are       D. Sounds great

. The research mainly deals with the difficulty the students have ______ their attention on their study all the time.

A. to focus            B. to be focused          C. focusing                D. focused

________ modern science and technology, people lead a more and more comfortable and rich life.

A. According to           B. In addition to    C. Thanks to              D. Instead of

 Mark promised me that he would tell Frank my message ______ he met him when he returned to school.

   A. now that                 B. the moment           C. in case                  D. even if

 —Fan Bingbing, an actress, once said," Why should I marry into _______ rich and

powerful family? I just want to be myself.

—She spoke out ____ truth and got my respect.

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

请仔细观察下面两幅图画，理解其含义，然后就“人与自然”这一话题写一篇英语短文。

注意:  

1. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；

2.词数：120左右。

第一节：短文填词（每空1分）

Organized by the Students’ Union, we watched the newly-released

sci-fiction movie –--2012 last ______ (星期三) evening. In the movie, the    76. __________

end of our world falls on Dec. 21, 2012. On the day,_________(地震)         77. __________

occur and volcanoes erupt，c_______ millions of deaths and leaving           78. __________

people desperate. Our planet is d______ in an instant. People across             79. __________

the world tried to s______ the catastrophe.                                       80. __________

Having watched the movie, I was lost in thought. ______ is high time        81. __________

that human beings should protect the ______ (环境) better. If we continue             82. __________

to care s______ little about our earth, we human beings will be punished         83. __________

for______ we do today. I suggest everybody lead a more eco-friendly life. Do  84. __________

remember everybody can _______ a difference.                                      85. __________

Is a mouse that can speak acceptable? How about a dog with human hands or feet? Scientists, the people with the know-how to make such things happen, are now thinking about whether such experiments are morally right or not.

    On Nov. 10, Britain’s Academy of Medical Sciences launched a study on the use of animals with human materials in scientific research. The work is expected to take at least a year, but its leaders hope it will lead to guidelines for scientists in Britain and around the world on how far they can go mixing human genes into animals in search of ways to fight human diseases.

“Do these constructs (构想) challenge our idea of what it is to be human?” asked Martin Bobrow, a professor of medical genetics at Cambridge University and chair of a 14-member group looking into the issue. “It is important that we consider these questions now so that appropriate boundaries are recognized.”     

Using human material in animals is not new. Scientists have already created monkeys that have a human form of the Huntingdon’s gene so they can study how the disease develops; and mice with livers (肝) made from human cells are being used to study the effects of new drugs.

However, scientists say the technology to put ever greater amounts of human genetic material into animals is spreading quickly around the world --- raising the possibility that some scientists in some places may want to go further than is morally acceptable.

     Last year in Britain there was a lively debate over new laws allowing the creation of human-animal embryos (胚胎) for experiments. On one side of the debate were religious groups, who claimed that such science interferes with nature. Opposing them were scientists who pointed out that such experiments were vital to research cures for diseases.

The experts will publish reports after the end of the study, in which they will give definitions (定义) for animal embryos with human genes or cells, look at safety and animal welfare issues, and consider the right legal framework to work within. 

72. What does the underlined word “they” in Paragraph 2 refer to?

   A. Scientists in Britain and around the world.           

B. Leaders of the research.

   C. Guidelines for scientists.                         

D. Scientific experiments.

73. Scientists do research of mixing human genes into animals in order to ____.

   A. test new drugs on animals

   B. to find ways to fight human diseases

   C. prove the research is morally acceptable

   D. create monkeys and mice with livers made from human cells

74. We can infer from the passage that ____.

   A. the experts will release reports after the study

   B. scientists have never doubted the use of animals with human materials

   C. the creation of human-animal embryos for experiments is legal in Britain

   D. religious groups hold that cures for diseases have to be done through experiments

75. What would be the best title of the passage?

A. Morally right or not?                                   B. A debate about new laws

C. Cures for diseases                      D. Animal embryos with human genes

About six years ago I was eating lunch in a restaurant in New York City when a woman and a young boy sat down at the next table, I couldn’t help overhearing parts of their conversation. At one point the woman asked, “So, how have you been?” And the boy — who could not have been more than seven or eight years old — replied. “Frankly, I’ve been feeling a little depressed lately.”

   This incident stuck in my mind because it confirmed (确认) my growing belief that children are changing. As far as I can remember, my friends and I didn’t find out we were “depressed”, that is, in low spirits, until we were in high school.

     Undoubtedly a change in children has increased steadily in recent years. Children don’t seem childlike anymore. Children speak more like adults, dress more like adults and behave more like adults than they used to.

     Whether this is good or bad is difficult to say, but it certainly is different. Childhood as it once was no longer exists. Why?

      Human development is depended not only on born biological states, but also on patterns of gaining social knowledge. Movement from one social role to another usually involves learning the secrets of the new social positions. Children have always been taught adult secrets, but slowly and in stages; traditionally, we tell sixth graders things we keep hidden from fifth graders.

    In the last 30 years, however, a secret-revelation (揭示) machine has been equipped in 98 percent of American homes. It is called television. Television passes information to all viewers alike, whether they are children or adults. Unable to resist the temptation (诱惑) , many children turn their attention from printed texts to the less challenging, more attractive moving pictures.

     Communication through print, as a matter of fact, allows for a great deal of control over the social information which children will gain. Children must read simple books before they can read complex materials.

67. According to the author, feeling depressed is ________.

       A. a sure sign of a mental problem in a child

       B. a mental state present in all humans, including children

       C.something that cannot be avoided in children’s mental development

       D. something hardly to be expected in a young child

68. Traditionally, a child is supposed to learn about the adult world _________.

       A.through connection with society      B. gradually and under guidance

       C. naturally without being taught         D. through watching television

69. According to the author, that today’s children seem adultlike results from ______.

       A. the widespread influence of television

       B. the poor arrangement of teaching content

       C. the fast pace of human scientific development

       D. the rising standard of living

70. What does the author think of communication through print for children?

       A. It enables children to gain more social information.

       B. It develops children’s interest in reading and writing.

       C. It helps children to read and write well.

       D. It can control what children are to learn.

71. What does the author think of the change in today’s children?

       A. He feels their adultlike behavior is so funny.

       B. He thinks the change worthy of note.

C. He considers it a rapid development 

D. He seems to be upset about it.

A 17-year-old boy, caught sending text messages in class, was recently sent to the vice principal's office at Millwood High School in Halifax, Nova Scotia. The vice principal, Steve Gallagher, told the boy he needed to focus on the teacher, not his cellphone. The boy listened politely and nodded, and that's when Mr. Gallagher noticed the student's fingers moving on his lap. He was texting while being scolded for texting. “It was a subconscious act,” says Mr. Gallagher, who took the phone away. “Young people today are connected socially from the moment they open their eyes in the morning until they close their eyes at night. It's compulsive.”

A study this year by psychology students at Covenant College in Lookout Mountain, Ga., found that the more time young people spend on Facebook, the more likely they are to have lower grades and weaker study habits. Heavy Facebook users show signs of being more sociable, but they are also more likely to be anxious, hostile or depressed. (Doctors, meanwhile, are now blaming addictions to 'night texting' for disturbing the sleep patterns of teens.)

Almost a quarter of today's teens check Facebook more than 10 times a day, according to a 2009 survey by Common Sense Media, a nonprofit group that monitors media's impact on families. Will these young people get rid of this habit once they enter the work force, or will employers come to see texting and 'social-network checking' as accepted parts of the workday?

Think back. When today's older workers were in their 20s, they might have taken a break on the job to call friends and make after-work plans. In those earlier eras, companies discouraged non-business-related calls, and someone who made personal calls all day risked being fired. It was impossible to imagine the constant back-and-forth texting that defines interactions among young people today.

Educators are also being asked by parents, students and educational strategists to reconsider their rules. “In past generations, students got in trouble for passing notes in class. Now students are adept at texting with their phones still in their pockets,” says 40-year-old Mr. Gallagher, the vice principal, “and they're able to communicate with someone one floor down and three rows over. Students are just fundamentally different today. They will take suspensions rather than give up their phones.”

63. The underlined word “a subconscious act” refers to an act __________.

      A. on purpose         B. without realization         C. in secret               D. with care

64. Young people addicted to the use of Facebook _________.

      A. are good at dealing with the social relationships and concentrate on their study

      B. have high spirits and positive attitudes towards their life and work

      C. have been influenced mentally in the aspects of behaviors and habits

      D. are always in bad mood and have poor performance in every respect

65. Mr. Gallagher reminds us that the students in the past and those today _________.

      A. like to break rules and have the same means of sending messages

      B. are always the big problem for the educators and their parents

      C. like sending text messages but those today do it in a more secret and skillful way

      D. cannot live without a cellphone

66. What’s the best title of the passage?

      A. Teenagers and Cellphones                           B. Teenagers’ Texting Addiction

      C. Employers and Teenagers                           D. Teenagers’ Education