China’s Shenzhou-9 capsule, _________ astronauts included its first female one, Liu Yang, attracted all the leading media across the world.

       A. which               B. where        C. of which           D. whose

 A wise athlete should be able to ______the skills he acquired in sports to another area of life after he retires from his sports career.

A. appeal                     B. convey             C. posses              D. apply

 Goodness! Teddy is late again! It’s _____ of him to keep us waiting!

A. normal                    B. typical              C. visual               D. particular

 When they arrived, I was about to leave, so I had only limited time to explain _______ to them my opinion on their plan.

       A. desperately        B. properly            C. roughly             D. eventually

       在许多地方，家长开车接送孩子上下学已成为一个普遍现象，有的人赞成，有的人反对。请你根据下表提示用英语写一篇短文，并发表自己的看法。

注意：

1. 词数：120左右；     2. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；

3. 给某人增加负担：lay a burden on sb.

4. 开头已给出，不计入总词数。

       In many places, it’s common for parents to drive their children to and from school, which causes a heated debate in society.

      …

(注意：考生请将第I卷客观题答案转涂到答题卡上，第II卷的短文填词和书面表达写在试卷第11页的主观题答卷上，考试结束时交答题卡和答卷。)

阅读下面短文，根据以下提示：1）汉语提示，2）首字母提示，3）语境提示，在每个空格内填入一个适当的英语单词，并将该词完整的写在右边相对应的横线上。所填单词要求意义准确，拼写正确。

       Dear Lucy,

       I was very happy to receive your letter. Thank you very

much for the English ________(字典) you bought for me. I                   86. _____________

received it this morning. ________ is no doubt that it is                          87. _____________

very ________(有用) to me. I really appreciate your advice that        88. _____________

I should spend more time p         my spoken English.                89. _____________

I’ve ________ up my mind to speak English both in and out                    90. _____________

of class. Next month I’ll take a trip to Australia, _________ is           91. _____________

organized by my school. I hope I can i         my spoken                   92. _____________

English there as m        as possible. By the way, I am sending     93. _____________

you a set of _________(邮票) with this letter, and I’ll send you               94. _____________

more ________ I get any. I do hope you will have a good holiday.     95. _____________

                                                                             Yours,

                                                                             Li Hua

It seems that great artists and scientists often suffer from mental(精神的) problems. Both Einstein and Dickens had mental illness. Now scientists have started to look at whether mental illness and genius(天才) are linked(联系).

Dr. Adele Juda studied 5,000 creative people in Germany. She found there were more people with mental illness in this group than in the general population. Poets had the highest rate(比例) of mental illness, followed by musicians, with lower numbers for painters and architects.

Other scientists did research which also showed a strong link between mental problems and creativity. But, it did nothing to explain it.

Dr. Ruth Richards of Harvard University made a breakthrough. Instead of studying creative people, she took a group of psychiatric(精神病的) patients and tested them for creativity. The patients got much higher scores than a normal group.

Also, the patients’ close relatives were much more creative than the patients and a normal group. This suggests that the key to the link between creativity and mental illness is in our genes(基因).

But this is a problem. According to Darwinism, harmful genes should be removed. Some scientists believe that evolution(进化) has created a balance, where the madness of a few people leads to the development of the whole human race.

Geniuses may be mad, bad or just difficult to understand, but their discoveries have improved the world we live in. It seems that a little creative madness is good for us all.

82. According to Dr. Adele Juda, which of the following group has the lowest rate of mental illness?

  A. Painters.               B. Musicians.         C. Poets.               D. Bus drivers.

83. The underlined phrase “made a breakthrough” in the fourth paragraph means _________.

  A. discover or find something new and important

  B. make a way through using force

  C. (of the sun or moon) appear from behind (clouds)

  D. suddenly change (from a slower to a faster pace)

84. Which of the following statements is NOT true?

  A. Among the 5,000 creative people in Germany, more people suffer from mental diseases than the general population.

  B. There is a strong link between mental problems and creativity.

  C. Psychiatric patients make greater contributions than common people.

  D. The key to the link between creativity and mental illness is in our genes.

85. What is the writer’s attitude toward madness?

  A. Madness is harmful to the whole society.

  B. A little creative madness is good for us all.

  C. All the talented people are mad.

  D. Only the people with mental illness have more creativity.

Holidays

78.   What can you do if you like to go on holidays with pets?

A. Choose the holiday in Devon.            B. Go to the Snowdonia Centre.

C. Join the World Sea Trip of 2012.         D. Visit Acapulco and Hawaii.

79.   In what way is the Snowdonia Centre different from the other two holidays?

A. It provides chances of family gatherings.

B. It provides customers with good food.

C. It offers a sport lesson.

D. It offers comfortable rooms.

80. What is special about the World Sea Trip of 2012?

A. You can have free meals on deck every day.

B. You can sleep on a ship and tour many places.

C. You will have chances to watch and act in a play.

D. You have to do your own packing and unpacking.

81. At the Snowdonia Centre, the beginners’ costs of ￡57 do not include ________.

A. food              B. rooms          C. body exercises       D. walking shoes

       I always feel sorry for world leaders busy dealing with fights between nations. When my three children were young, most days it was hard to keep my house from becoming a battlefield.

       It got worse as they grew older. Three years ago, Zack, then 16, couldn’t make it through a day without making his sisters, Alex 11 and Taryn 9, angry.

       My husband and I tried to be understanding the boy at such an age. We reasoned, punished, and left heartfelt notes on his bed about how he was hurting our family. His answer was “I say it because it’s true.”

      I even tried telling the girls to fight back. Bad idea. Now I had three children at war. Whatever I said to them, they paid no attention. When there was no way out, I told everything to my sister in an e-mail. She replied, “Don’t e-mail me. E-mail him.”

       Our son was online every day, mailing and talking with his friends. Maybe he would actually hear me this way. I didn’t say anything different, but e-mail just took the tension(紧张) away. There’d be no shouting or door banging. Zack wouldn’t feel under attack.

      Zack didn’t reply for days. When he finally did, his entire message was four small words. I smiled when I read them, “You’re right. I’m sorry.”

       The children still fought, of course, but Zack changed. Best of all, I now have a better way to talk with not one but three of them. I like it that they don’t tune me out as much as they used to. They like not having to listen to me shouting to them. Or as Alex says, “You’re so much nicer online.”

       All I know is that the house is quiet. But we’re talking.

74. What was the trouble before the online talk in the family?

  A. The writer failed to understand her daughters.

  B. The children couldn’t get along peacefully.

  C. The family found it difficult to keep the house clean.

  D. The parents were not willing to talk with their children.

75. The writer once tried to deal with her son’s problem by ________.

  A. talking with him about her pain

  B. telling him about the truth of the family

  C. telling her daughters to keep away from him

  D. encouraging her daughters to fight against him.

76. The writer e-mailed her sister ________.

  A. to tell her about the family problem             B. hoping she’d e-mail the boy

  C. asking about child-raising                          D. to reduce the tension

77. The underlined phrase “tune me out” in the passage probably means “________”.

  A. quarrel with me                                        B. get angry with me

  C. pay no attention to me                               D. keep me out of their rooms            

       Mistakes are a part of life. To err(犯错) is human. Failure is also a part of life, not the end of life. Be happy facing life’s challenges. When you make the effort to be happy and to improve your life, you are actually rewarded along the way.

       Life is like a game and maybe you can award(奖励) points for every effort that has been a success fro you. Try it. Add ten points for every achievement. And when you have reached 50 points, just yell(喊出), “Hey, I’ve won!” and give yourself a reward. If you happen to have missed your points for whatever reason, tell yourself, “Well, I tried!” , which is better than not trying at all. Don’t let it be said you didn’t try.

       What is it that you want to make yourself happy? Actually happiness means different things to different people. For example, an athlete will be happy winning his first race. For a new mother happiness would be seeing her baby’s first steps. Happiness for a poor person would mean having a meal just for today. So happiness fro you is really something simple that you want for yourself.

       It really does not have to be big. As a matter of fact you should always have realistic expectations. Make the best out of every given situation. If you expect a certain result from a situation and it does not happen, don’t get despondent. This just means trying harder next time. We all have in us the power to succeed. Don’t let “give up” be a part of your vocabulary.

70. By saying “To err is human”, the author means that ________.

  A. human beings should try to avoid(避免) making mistakes

  B. no one is perfect(完美) and everyone makes mistakes

  C. mistakes and failures make up our life

  D. human beings make mistakes easily

71. What’s the main idea of Paragraph 2?

  A. Try to reach 50 points.

  B. Never stop trying in your life.

  C. Award yourself for your success.

  D. Don’t be afraid of missing your points.

72. The author proves his idea in Paragraph 3 through ________.

  A. examples                  B. numbers               C. experiments              D. stories

73. The underlined word “despondent” in the last paragraph means ________.

  A. frightened                 B. disappointed          C. surprised                  D. excited