So I’m driving the lovely and patient older daughter to work. At 7 a. m., she pushes the seat

warmer button as her new Honda zooms across L. A., the City of Padded Shoulders.

"Oh, look, I’m low on gas," she says.

First, we pick up her boss, then we pick up her other boss. They are all headed to Staples Center for some awards show. My daughter does something in public relations, I’m not sure what. But when this show comes along, she gets very busy.

"In the past two nights I’ve gotten, like, seven hours sleep," she notes, the implication being that I sleep all the time, which is pretty much true.

In Los Feliz, a dashboard light confirms that we are, indeed, low on fuel. This does not perturb my daughter.

"Don’t worry, we’ll get there," she says.

My daughter says nothing about getting back home, which is my job. I’ve just agreed to drop her off, so she can avoid traffic later. My task is simple, though now full of uncertainty.

I don’t know how I ended up dropping my daughter and her bosses off at 7 a.m. on a Sunday. I just know that J.D. Salinger may now be dead, but I still feel like Holden Caulfield -- at the mercy of too many yammering adults.

Now, I’ve had mixed luck with adults.

Apparently, my daughter’s job in PR is to keep everyone happy while telling the truth as much as possible. I sent her to college to study that. Now she is an expert.

"After you drop us off, you can get gas," my daughter assures me.

I have been her chauffeur for 26 years. By the time she was 3, I’d snapped her into a car seat some 14,000 times. I took her to seventh-grade dances, ski trips, college.

Even after all that, we continue to have a civil relationship, sort of a queen-mum-and-her-

driver sort of dynamic. When I screw up, she just raises her pretty chin and snorts. It’s very British.

By the way, my daughter now has a nicer car than I do, which is a sign she is doing well. Or, as with so many young people, she is up to her hoop earrings in consumer debt.

1．Which of the following statements in NOT true about the author’s daughter?

         A．She is fashionable.     B．She always tells the truth.

         C．She is doing well in her work.    D．She lives a fast-paced life.

2．The author’s tone suggests that_________.

         A．he is feeling left behind when his daughter has grown up and begun adult life

         B．he is content with his grown daughter

         C．he does not like his daughter’s bosses

         D．he will not believe his daughter any more

3．It can be concluded from the passage that_________.

         A．the author won’t have any difficulty in getting gas

         B．the daughter cares for her father a lot

         C．the author has done a lot to help his daughter get where she is 

         D．the British people have pretty chin and snort often

4．By referring to J. D. Salinger and Holden Caulfield, the author is most probably_________.

         A．recalling his daughter’s childhood

         B．mentioning his family members who are now dead

         C．comparing his situation to a scene in a famous literary work

         D．telling a story about his daughter’s friends

5．What is the best title for this passage?

         A．A PR’s Busy Life

         B．Relationship Between Dad and Daughter

         C．A Loving Father

         D．Go Ahead and Fill Her up, Dad

    Great leaders are almost always great simplifiers, who cut through argument, debate and doubt to offer a solution everybody can understand and remember．Churchill warned the British to expect “blood, toil, tears and sweat”; Roosevelt told the Americans that “the only thing we have to fear is fear itself”; Lenin promised the war-weary Russians peace, land and bread．Straightforward but effective messages．

We have an image of what a leader ought to be．We even recognize the physical signs; leaders may not necessarily be tall, but they must have bigger-than-life, commanding features －- Lyndon Baines Johnson’s nose and ear lobes, Ike’s broad grin．A trade-mark also comes in handy; Lincoln’s stovepipe hat, Kennedy’s rocking chair．We expect our leaders to stand out a little, not to be like an ordinary man．Half of President Ford’s trouble lay on the fact that, if you closed your eyes for a moment, you couldn’t remember his face, figure of clothes．A leader should have an unforgettable identity, instantly and permanently fixed in people’s minds．

It also helps for a leader to be able to do something most of us can’t: FDR overcame polio; Mao swam the Yangtze River at the age of 72. We don’t want our leaders to be "just like us." We want them to be like us but better, special more so. Yet if they are too different, we reject them.

A Chinese philosopher once remarked that a leader must have the grace of a good dancer, and there is a great deal of wisdom to this. A leader should know how to appear relaxed and confident. His walks should be firm and purposeful. He should be able, like Lincoln, Roosevelt, Truman, Lke and JFK, to give a good, hearty, belly laugh, instead of the sickly grin that passes for good humor in Nixon or Carter. Ronald Reagan’s training as an actor showed to good effect in the debate with Carter, when by his easy manner and apparent affability, he managed to convey the impression that in fact he was the president and Carter the challenger.

The every simple truth about leadership is that people can only be led where they want to go. The leader follows, though a step ahead. Americans wanted to climb out of the Depression and needed someone to tell them they could do it, and Roosevelt did. The British believed that they could still win the war after the defeats of 1940, and Churchill told them they were right.

A leader rides the waves, moves with the tides, understands the deepest yearning of his people. He cannot make a nation that wants peace at any price go to war, or stop a nation determined to fight from doing so. His purpose must match the national mood.

1．The underlined word “yearning” in the last paragraph probably means_________.

         A．love    B．trouble       C．desire         D．feeling

2．From the fourth paragraph we can learn that_________.

         A．leaders usually look special or different

         B．leaders don’t have to be tall

         C．most leaders look ordinary

         D．leaders should always have trademarks

3．According to the article, a leader_________.

         A．usually tries to simplify our messages

         B．tell us what we want to hear

         C．encourages us to think about things in a new way

         D．is usually confident and handsome

4．From the passage we can infer that          .

         A．it helps for a leader to be able to dance or act well

         B．great leaders are usually totally different from us

         C．Carter was humorous and made good speeches

         D．it is the people rather than the president that makes what a nation is

5．Which of the following can be the best title for the passage?

         A．Want to be a leader?

         B．What makes a leader?

         C．What does a leader look like?

         D．What must a leader do?

第二节  信息匹配（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）

阅读下面应用文及相关信息，并按照要求匹配信息。请在答卷上的相应位置作答。

首先阅读下面上海世博会期间举行的专题论坛会议信息：

A. Theme Forum1: ICT and Urban Development

The forum includes a plenary session, a Dialogue of Information Innovation and Urban Development and three sub-main forums and four in –depth sessions on key subjects:·ICT and Urban Management·ICT and Industries·ICT and Logistics·ICT and Urban Life·ICT and Education·The forum explores the cities’ future through the development of information and communication technologies, focusing on issues of urban management, urban life and urban integration in the global economic framework.

B. Theme Forum 2: Cultural Heritage and Urban Regeneration

Cultural heritage and urban regeneration are parallel goals in a city’s development roadmap. The Shanghai World Expo seeks to pursue both objectives and give expression to effective practical approaches. Cultural diversity, cultural integration, the preservation and extension of cultural heritage are key dimensions of the cultural aspects that are so vital to the city and its regeneration.

C. Theme Forum 3: Science & Technology Innovation and Urban Future

This Forum will cover topical questions such as: what is the role of science and technology innovation in urban security and sustainable development? How to improve the cities’ overall competitiveness through science and technology innovation? How will science and technology innovation lead us to a better quality of life in the future? Focusing on the different aspects of safety, development, competitiveness, and lifestyle, the different sessions will connect science and technology innovation with the Expo theme of “Better City, Better Life.”

D. Theme Forum 4: Towards a Low-Carbon City: Environmental Protection and Urban Responsibilities

This forum covers a wide range of issues involving urban environmental systems as well as the utilization, protection and governance of the environment. These issues are to be discussed by the government, enterprises from three different levels of responsibility, focusing on serious global and regional environmental problems involving climate change, water pollution, etc. the forum will deliver the message that a more harmonious environment- would make a better city; that a resource-saving and environment-friendly urban development pattern would make our native earth better.

E. Theme Forum 5: Economic Transformations and Urban-Rural Relations

Economic Transformations is a vital proposition in the world economic theory and practice today. More developing countries are confronted with double pressure from both the economic and the industrial structure conversion（转换）, in which the key question is how to realize the transformation from a traditional agricultural society to a modern industrial one. as a country with the largest population, especially the agricultural population, China’s experiences and lessons accumulated from the process of urban and rural development are of referential and research value to the vast developing countries.

F. Theme Forum 6: harmonious City and Livable Life

This forum will debate key issues such as: How to create city that can satisfy the different needs of people’s settled life and achieve the goal of “Better City, Better Life?” the forum will cove three major areas: urban space, urban society and urban environment. It will also present in-depth discussions on the relationship between a livable city and its communities, focusing on the following hot topics: the Harmonious City·Housing Policies and Harmonious Life·Social Policies and the Harmonious City.

下面是五位不同职责的人员，请根据他们的职责匹配合适他们参加的论坛会议。

56．Mr. A

    Studying key issues on promoting economic and social development with science and technology;

57．Mr. B

    Managing the cultural and artistic industry; directing the reform of the cultural system; drawing up the policies on cultural industry; participating in planning and implementing（贯彻）the construction of the civic cultural infrastructure.

58．Mr. C

    Drawing up plans for environmental protection; supervising pollution prevention and ecological protection in key areas and key rivers fixed by central, provincial or municipal government; supervising and managing pollution prevention of water, air, gas, noise, solid waste and poisonous chemicals in the city.

59．Mr. D

    Formulating policies for industrialized agricultural operations; providing guidance to adjust the industrialized agricultural structure; putting forward suggestions on deepening the rural economic restructuring across the city; providing guidance to set up the system of non-government services in agricultural development.

60．Mr. E

    Enforcing state laws, regulations, guidelines and policies related to communications and post telecommunications; assuming medium-and long-term plans of the local communications and telecommunications sectors, as well as their key annual technical renovation projects.

IV 写作（共两节，满分40分）

第一节  基础写作（共1小题，满分15分）

假设你是学校英语报的小记者，上周以“你支持低碳生活吗？”为题对学校300我学生进行了一次调查，以下是你在调查中收集的信息：

写作内容：

请你根据调查信息为英语报写一篇报道，包括如下内容：

1．受访学生对低碳生活方式的态度；

2．受访学生现在的做法和所持的理由；

3．呼吁大家过低碳生活。

写作要求：

1．只能用五个句子表达全部内容；

2．开头句已给出，不计入总词数；

3．文中不能出现真实姓名和学校名字。

评分标准

句子结构准确，信息内容完整，篇章结构连贯。

Last week a survey concerning low-carbon life was carried out among 300 students in our school.

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第二节  读写任务（共1小题，满分25分）

阅读下面的短文，然后按要求写一篇150词左右的英语短文。

Perhaps you do not know your school principal well. But you might be wise to take him or her seriously. Peking University will enroll students recommended by high school principals this year. Oh November 16, 2009 Peking University released a list of 39 high school principals in 10 provinces who have the chance to recommend students. If the students recommended pass a round of interviews by Peking University, they will have an extra 30 points added to their national college entrance exam scores if they apply to the university after the exam. Peking University said the reason behind the move was a desire to give students with comprehensive and special abilities a chance to stand out.

However, a survey conducted by leading Chinese web portal sina. Com showed 10,046 out of 14,227 people surveyed were against the new idea. Most said the recommendations were unfair on other students. Xue Yong, a Peking University alumni who is now an assistant professor at Suffolk University, told Qianjiang Evening News the experiment could be dangerous if it is abused. But Qu Jun, former deputy director of Shanghai municipal education commission, said the experiment represents much needed change to the existing university entrance system, which had been criticized for years.

写作内容

1．以约30个词概括这段短文的内容；

2．然后以约120个词就“北大校长推荐制”进行议论，内容包括：

   （1）你是否支持北大建立校长推荐制来选拔优秀学生？请简述理由；

   （2）你认为怎样的学生最值得中学校长推荐？

写作要求：

1．在作文中可以使用自己亲身的经历或虚构的故事，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。

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第二节语法填空（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）

阅读下面短文，根据上下文填入适当的词语，或使用括号中的词语的适当形式填空。

Marty has a muscle disease that sometimes makes him very weak and he can’t run or climb stairs as quickly as other people. The doctors don’t know___31___(exact)what is wrong with him.    32  (luck),Marty has learned to adapt to his disability. He used to dream 33__

one day being a famous football player and   34   (represent) his country in the World Cup.

He doesn’t look any different from    35   people. So sometimes kids laugh at him   36 

he gets out of breath. Life is much   37  (easy) at high school than it was at primary school.

Even when he is made fun of, he does not get   38   (annoy).Disabled   39  he is, Marty has become stronger and more independent. He suggests that we normal people should give the disabled   40  (encourage) rather than laugh at them.

About 97% of the world’s water is salty and is found in our oceans and seas. But, as we can’t drink sea water, how can it be important?

Every part of our seas and oceans contains an amazing number of animals and fish that live at different ocean depths. Most of the different species of animals and fish depend on simple plants for their food. These simple plants called algae (海藻) drift near the surface of the ocean and use sunlight to turn carbon dioxide and water into food and oxygen. In fact, algae produce over half of the oxygen people breathe. How important sea water is!

Each plant or animal in our seas and oceans is an important link in a food chain. The algae are eaten in large amounts by microscopic animals, which are in turn consumed by larger animals. These food chains are delicately balanced.

The bad news about the food chains in the oceans is that they are under threat because of man. People once thought that the oceans were so big that it didn’t matter if we dumped rubbish into them or caught huge quantities of fish and whales for food. But we now know this is not true and fish stocks in the oceans have started to drop.

Thankfully, the world is taking steps to protect the future of our oceans by introducing international agreements to protect marine habitats. Most countries have introduced fishing restrictions to protect fish stocks in the oceans and new techniques are being pioneered to cope with pollution. Finally, the importance of protecting oceans is being made known to more people. This is just the beginning of a long process to protect the oceans for our future. We depend on the oceans for fish which are an important part of the human diet. How important sea water is! 

46. Which of the following is the proper order of the food chain?

A. small animals→algae→microscopic animals→large animals→man

B. algae→microscopic animals→large animals→larger animals→man

C. small animals→algae→large animals→microscopic animals→man

D. microscopic animals→algae→large animals →larger animals→man

47. People used to think that the rubbish thrown into the sea ________.

A. wouldn’t harm the fish in the sea   B. would change the balance of the food chain

C. would be broken down in the sea   D. wouldn’t do much harm to the sea

48. From the passage, we learn that _________. 

A. most fish and sea animals live at the surface of the seas

B. it is very difficult to break the balance of a food chain

C. excessive fishing has caused the decrease in fish stock

D. it won’t be long before the problems concerning oceans will be solved

49. Which of the following is NOT a way being used to protect oceans?

A. The use of international agreements.   

B. Forbidding fishing to protect fish stocks.

C. The use of new techniques.          

D. Raising people’s awareness of the need to protect oceans.

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

A. The importance of seawater.

B. Life in the oceans.

C. How to protect food chains.

D. How to deal with seawater pollution.

At 227 billion yuan ($33 billion) for 2008, Guangdong's cultural industries accounted for 6.4 percent of its GDP and experienced a growth rate of 13.8 percent.  But Lai admits that size does not equal weight. "Our businesses are mostly small, financing difficult and brands few."

One local brand that has made it big is Pleasant Goat and Big, Big Wolf, also translated as Happy Sheep and Gray Wolf, China's most popular cartoon series currently being aired. But Liu Manyi, general manager of Creative Power Entertaining Inc, the firm behind the hit show, is not laughing to the bank. Instead she is bitter: "Pirate discs were all over the streets before our first movie hit the screen. Their images appear on all kinds of products. All this has no proper licensing."

In case you don't know, China produces the largest amount of animated(动画的) programming in the world. But quantity is not quality. Behind every Pleasant Goat there are tens of thousands of flops. The best way for the government to promote the country's creative industries is to crack down on piracy (盗版). Hollywood often raises its voice about being victimized (受害) in China. Truth be told, Hollywood is probably the least affected since there is a quota system for China's importation of Hollywood films.

Many Chinese producers are taking baby steps and the domestic market is all they have. If their rights in the home market are not protected, they will never see the day their products find a foreign audience.

The sudden closure(关闭) of BT websites where copyrighted materials used to flow freely suggests a determination on the part of the government to take intellectual property rights seriously. This kind of websites is bad for us, so we should ban them.

Much of the news coming out of the 2009 International Cultural Industries Forum was encouraging. China's film industry is expected to get 6 billion yuan ($879 million) in box office receipts this year. A decade from now, this number may go up to 30 billion, according to some forecasts.

If the government takes serious action against online and offline pirates, China's creative industries may well have a bright future.

51. What does the underlined sentence in paragraph 1 mean?

A. Fast as the development of Guangdong's cultural industries is, they don’t have a big challenge in the world.

B. Guangdong's cultural industries can make a big profit although they are just the small companies.

C. Guangdong's cultural industries make a big contribution to its GDP because of their strong economic power.

D. The development of Guangdong's cultural industries cannot catch up with any other  

industries.

52. What does Liu Manyi think about Pleasant Goat and Big, Big Wolf?

A. It is a failure since it is a local brand.

B. It is a success but cannot get the expected profit.

C. Its profit from the images has been shared legally.

D. Pirate discs make it more popular among the children.

53. Hollywood films are mentioned to tell us that __________.

A. Hollywood films make our creative industries have less space to survive

B. it is piracy that makes it possible for Hollywood films to get less influenced

C. our creative industries need enough protection to have a bright future

D. foreign films have taken up more market in China than the local ones

54. Which of the following statements is TRUE?

A. Chinese creative industries are more advanced than foreign ones.

B. The domestic market is of little significance to the survival of Chinese creative  

industries.

C. BT websites stand in the way of the development of Chinese creative industries.

D. The growth of China's film industry is always slow and needs more support.

55. In which column of a newspaper will you probably read this passage?

A. Regional    B. Economic     C. Sports    D. Cartoon

第二节信息匹配（共5小题；每小题2分, 满分10分）

首先请阅读下列人物的基本信息:

56. Carol Morgan likes many kinds of music, but her  favo

urite is jazz. The only music she really doesn’t like is piano music, even if it’s jazz.

57. Mark Moloney doesn’t care very much about music, but he does like to have soft, gentle music playing in his flat sometimes. He isn’t keen on classical or jazz music, but he likes piano playing.

58. Andrea Bolton likes all kinds of music, but her favourite instrument is electric guitar – she’s a big fan of Eric Clapton, for example. She also quite likes jazz and folk music.

59. Dave Stone only likes instrumental music – he never buys anything vocal(嗓音). He likes rock and pop, but his preference is for classical music.

60. Sally prefers classical music to jazz and folk. As a teacher, she thinks choral art is the most operable art form for the education of emotion and beauty appreciation. So she likes to enjoy songs performed by a chorus.

下面是一些CD的简要内容。请把相关的内容与购买者匹配起来。

This week’s

NEW MUSIC RELEASES

A. The best of Keith Jarrett

The maestro of jazz piano continues to astound audiences around the world. This collection of his greatest work includes The Koln Concert, Part 1 and extracts from the Paris Concert as well. Excellent value and a must for all jazz lovers. ?12.99 ? ? ?

B. Richard Thompson 1980-2000

Thompson’s stunning electric guitar playing, and his folk-rock songs, are gathered together on a 2-CD collection that shows the best of his work over the last two decades.  ?18.99 ??

C. Richard Clayderman

French pianist known for his relaxing piano music, has this new collection out on CD. Ideal as a present for the person who likes relaxing background music.   ? 9.99 ?

D. The Monteverdi Vespers of 1610

This new recording of Monteverdi’s great choral work is excellent with great singing from the Milton Keynes Chorus. Classical music lovers will want to add this one to their collections.

? 24.99 for the 2-CD set ???

E. The Best of Paco Pena

The great classical guitarist shows all his brilliance in this new collection. Works by Vila-Lobos and Haydn, amongst others. Great value at only ? 9.99 ??

F. Wynton Marsalis

The great jazz trumpeter(吹号手) has put together some of his best-known numbers and a few new pieces on this magical set. Perhaps not as classy as his last offering, but all jazz aficionados will want this one anyway.  ? 13.99?

? fair    ? ? good     ? ? ? excellent

第二卷（共两部分，共40分）

第四部分：词汇（共两节，共15分）

第一节 单词拼写（共5小题，每空1分，共5分）

根据下列句子意思及所给的汉语，在句子中的横线上写出所缺单词的正确形式（每空只写一个词）

61．Our monitor _________(宣布)that there would be an English party this Friday.

62．When in trouble, I turned to my family for _______ (安慰).

63．Keeping a diary in English every day is __________ (有益的)to you.

64．Police have appealed for the ___________（证人）to come forward..

65．My uncle has____________(捐款)over 1.000,000 yuan to Sichun since May12,2008.