Imagine you’re at a party full of strangers. You’re nervous. Who are these people? How do you start a conversation? Fortunately, you’ve got a thing that sends out energy at tiny chips in everyone’s name tag. The chips send back name, job, hobbies, and the time available for meeting-whatever. Making new friends becomes simple.

         This hasn’t quite happened in real life. But the world is already experiencing a revolution using RFID technology.

         An RFID tag with a tiny chip can be fixed in a product, under your pet’s skin, even under your own skin. Passive RFID tags have no energy source-batteries because they do not need it. The energy comes from the reader, a scanning device, that sends out energy (for example, radio waves) that starts up the tag immediately.

         Such a tag carries information specific to that object, and the data can be updated. Already, RFID technology is used for recognizing each car or truck on the road and it might appear in your passport. Doctors can put a tiny chip under the skin that will help locate and obtain a patient’s medical records. At a nightclub in Paris or in New York the same chip gets you into the VIP (very important person) section and pays for the bill with the wave of an arm.

         Take a step back:10 or 12 years ago, you would have heard about the coming age of computing. One example always seemed to surface: Your refrigerator would know when you needed to buy more milk. The concept was that computer chips could be put   everywhere and send information in a smart network that would make ordinary life simpler.

         RFID tags are a small part of this phenomenon. “The world is going to be a loosely coupled set of individual small devices, connected wirelessly,” predicts Dr.J.Reich. Human right supporters are nervous about the possibilities of such technology. It goes too far tracking school kids through RFID tags, they say. We imagine a world in which a beer company could find out not only when you bought a beer but also when you drank it. And how many beers. Accompanied by how many biscuits.

         When Marconi invented radio, he thought it would be used for ship-to-shore communication, not for pop music. Who knows how RFID and related technologies will be used in the future. Here’s a wild guess: Not for buying milk.

1. The article is intended to         .

         A. warn people of the possible risks in adopting RFID technology

         B. explain the benefits brought about by RFID technology

         C. convince people of the uses of RFID technology

         D. predict the applications of RFID technology

2. We know from the passage that with the help of RFID tags, people________.

         A. will have no trouble getting data about others

         B. will have more energy for conversation

         C. will have more time to make friends

         D. won’t feel shy at parties any longer

3. Passive RFID tags chiefly consist of _______.

         A. scanning devices                                               B. radio waves

         C. batteries                                                                       D. chips

4. Why are some people worried about RFID technology?

         A. Because children will be tracked by strangers.

         B. Because market competition will become more fierce.

         C. Because their private lives will be greatly affected.

         D. Because customers will be forced to buy more products.

5. The last paragraph implies that RFID technology________.

         A. will not be used for such matters as buying milk

         B. will be widely used, including for buying milk

         C. will be limited to communication uses

         D. will probably be used for pop music

PART FOUR WRITING SECTION A

Directions: Read the following passage. Fill in the numbered blanks by using the information from the passage. Write NO MORE THAN 3 WORDS for each blank. The Chilean earthquake, measuring 8.8 – magnitude, which struck early Saturday morning, released 500 times the energy of the 7.0 – magnitude quake that hit Haiti last month, a geophysicist told CBS’ “The Early Show. ” Tsunami warnings were issued for much of the Pacific, including Hawaii, following the quake that struck near the Chilean coast.

“When the earthquake occurred, it moved the land and then it moved the water causing the tsunami,” said U.S. Geological Survey geophysicist Jessica Sigala. “And the coastal areas of Chile have already noticed the wave heights up to about 7 feet.”

Sigala said Hawaiians can expect to see the waves from this tsunami around 11:20 a.m. local time (about 4:20 p.m. ET). “So we have to wait and see how big the waves will be.”

“It's not so much the height [of the wave] but it's the width, it's how long the duration, and then it's also the speed at which it's traveling,” said co-anchor Kelly Cobiella “Correct me if I'm wrong, but these waves are traveling at the speed of a jetliner, about 500 miles per hour?”

“That's correct. It's a big block of water coming onto the land,” Sigala said. 

Chile has already experienced several aftershocks following the quake.

“Aftershocks are definitely a concern,” said Sigala. "We always see aftershocks with a large quake and a shallow quake, which this one was. And as of right now, we've located about maybe 15 aftershocks and those are of the larger kind. I'm sure they felt much more than that.”

“A shallow earthquake just means that it happened pretty close to the surface,” said Sigala. “And because of that the energy is really close to the surface, where all the buildings and people are.”

    50 deaths caused by aftershocks have been reported, according to the national emergency agency, adding the estimate casualties to 960.

Title: Concerns after          71             

I. Tsunami:

●      72       : much of the Pacific, including Hawaii

●Cause: the earthquake moved     73       

●Wave Heights: about      74      

●      75  ____  : about 500 mph

II.      76   _    :

●Reason: the Chilean Earthquake was a      77__   and a    78     earthquake, which always have them after the major one

●Number: at least     79     

●Loss:_____ 80______

SECTION B

Directions: Read the following passage. Answer the questions according to the information given in the passage and required words limit. Write your answers on your answer sheet

From bankers to factory staff, employees in the west face the bleak prospect of losing their jobs as a global recession starts to bite. For colleagues in the East the pain is more likely to come through a pay cut.

Human resource experts say cultural differences explain why Asian firms try harder to keep jobs in difficult times, which will stop unemployment and may help keep Asian economies afloat at a time of slowing exports.

The East Asian attitude may also make it easier for firms to recover quickly from the economic downturn since they will not need to rehire or train new staff, leaving some experts predicting Western shift to Eastern flexibility.

“In the Confucian attitude, the right thing to do is to share the burden. There is the sense of collective responsibility whereas in the west, it’s more about the individual survival,” said Michael Benotlel, associate professor of organizational behavior at Singapore Management University.

Steven Pang, Asian Regional director for Aquent, a headhunting firm, said in many East Asian companies there was an responsibility “ to take care of the members of the family and go through the pain together” even if that meant causing losses.

Us firms from General Motors to Goldman Sachs plan to lay off workers by the thousands. But at the Asian units of Western multinationals, jobs cuts will probably less severe.

Japan’s jobless rate was 4 percent in September, up from 3.8 percent in January, while Hong Kong’s was flat at 3.4 percent. But US unemployment is expected to have jumped to 6.3 percent last month from below 5 percent in January.

Experts say that while there are noticeable differences in labor practices in East and West, the gap will narrow as more firms become more multinational and competition forces firms to adopt the best practices of rivals from abroad.

81. According to the passage, what does “to share the burden” mean?

(no more than 6 words)

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82. Why would firms in the west lay off workers when facing a bleak prospect?

( no more than 5 words)

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83. Why is it easier for the East Asian firms to recover quickly from the economic downturn? (no more than 12 words)

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84. What’s the passage talking about? (no more than 15 words)

   ____________________________________________________________________

SECTION C

Directions: Write an English composition according to the picture below.

Attention：

1、 Finish the composition with no less than 120 words

2、 Any real information related to the examinee and the school is not allowed to be mentioned in the composition

Vocabulary for reference: 跳房子：play hopscotch

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I’m sure you ______ to us just now, because we already know the truth.

Children are always ______, and usually think differently from adults.

Steel and iron can be used ______ bridges as well as machines.

Let Harry play with your toys ______, Clare. You must learn to share.

When I was young, my father taught me that the earth ______ around the sun.

He mentioned in the letter that he ______ join us once he ______ our invitation.