Mobile phones should be banned from cars altogether, according to Dr Hole, senior lecturer in psychology, Dr Hole has emphasized the worrying combination of mobile phones and cars in his new book, The Psychology of Driving.

Mobile phones, fatigue（疲劳）, eyesight, drugs and age are among the issues considered by Dr Hole as he examines the factors that influence on driving. The book explores the role of each of these elements in increasing the chances of an accident and was inspired by the author’s conversations with road safety experts across the country.

He says: “The government should have banned mobile phones in cars altogether. It has sent out the wrong message by forbidding hand-held phones because this gives the impression that hands-free phones are safe. The problem with mobile phones is not vehicular（车辆的）control and only having one hand on the wheel, but rather it is taking away attention from what is happening outside the car.” 

Myths（荒诞的说法）about older people making worse drivers and claims（说法）about an improved reaction time among younger people are explored in the book. Questions about how drivers decide what to attend to while driving, the role of a driver’s expectations in determining what they see and how they respond to the road are among the areas covered in the book. Satellite navigation systems and new design aimed at transforming cars into a mobile office, are among the modern developments which he says now compete for driver’s attention behind the wheel.

Dr Hole says: “We need to be very careful about how we go about handling modern technology in cars, because we are opening a Pandora’s Box. When anyone is driving there is a lot of information outside the car and if there is too much going on inside, then there is a danger of overloading the driver.”

1. Dr Hole’s strong belief that mobile phones should be banned from cars lies in___________. 

  A. the inconvenience of having only one hand on the wheel caused by mobile phones

  B. the correct message of getting rid of hand-held phones sent out by the government

  C. the increase of chances of accidents

  D. the advice given by some road safety experts

2. Which of the following is not included in his book?

  A. Hand-free phones are safer than hand-held phones.

  B. What drivers have to attend to while driving.

  C. Whether older age and slower reaction is related.

  D. Bad eyesight is one of the factors of causing an accident.

3. Which of the following is true?

  A. Older people are better at preventing accidents.

  B. younger drivers’ reaction time is relatively shorter.

  C. It is a myth that some old people can still drive.

  D. A driver’s expectations are not covered in the book.

4. What can we know from the underlined sentence?

  A. What is going on outside is of equal importance to what inside.

  B. Modern developments call for drivers’ attention behind the wheel.

  C. Satellite navigation systems require more cars as mobile offices.

  D. Modern technology is responsible for the distraction（分心）of one’s attention while driving.

第二节  根据对话内容，从对话后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，并将答案写在本题下面的横线上。选项中有两项多余选项。

—Did you watch TV last night?

—（61）            

—The football game between Miami Dolphins and Chicago Bears was really wonderful, wasn’t it?

—（62）          I wanted to, but my wife preferred to watch the old film.

—What a pity! It was quite exciting. （63）             

—How did it finish?

—It finished in a draw.（64）           

—It was quite good, but I missed the beginning of it because I had to eat first.

—（65）              

—No. After half an hour she stopped watching and started to read a book. 

A.Both teams played very well.

B.I would like to watch a basketball match.

C.Did you wife enjoy it?

D.Yes, I did

E.How funny it was!

F.What was the film like?

G.Oh, I didn’t watch the football match.

                           第II卷（非选择题，共50分）

第三部分：写作（共两节， 满分50分）

第一节．短文改错（共10小题，每小题1.5分，满发15分）

此题要求改正所给短文中的错误。对标有题号的每一行作出判断：如无错误在该行右边横线上画一个勾（√）；如有错误（每一行只有一个错误），则按下列情况改正：此行多一个词：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉，在该行右边横线上写出该词，并也用斜线划掉。此行缺一个词：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（^），在该行右边横线上写出该加的词。此行错一个词：在错的词下划一横线，在该行右边横线上写出改正后的词。注意：原行没有错的不要改。

Recently we had a heated discussion on whether people                             66. ___________

should keep pets at home in cities. Some students think it                                67. ___________

a good idea to keep pets, so lots of old people who live                                 68. ___________

alone at home can get some comforts from pets. Besides,                               69. ___________

get along well with animals will make our life interesting.                                 70. ___________

On the other hand, the other students against the idea.                                  71. ___________

In our opinion, if too many people keep pets at home, it                                    72. ___________

will do harm to environment. What’s worse, pets may                                       73. ___________

make too much noise and even attack to people.                                                 74. ___________

I like animals, so I don’t think it’s not bad to keep pets                                  75. ___________

at home. But we must take some measures to prevent them

Polluting our environment.

第二节 书面表达（满分35分）

假如你是李华，女，17岁。请根据所给中、英文提示，用英文邮件形式向学生会写申请。

注意：1.词数：100左右。2.邮件开关和结尾已为你写好。3.可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。4.参考词汇：tutor vi. & n.家教 

Dear Student union,

I am Li Hua, a girl of 17. I have just read the ad on the school bulletin and

______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________                                            

I’m looking forward to your early reply and please email me at lihua@ yahoo.com.cn. 

                                                                 Yours sincerely,

                                                                     Li Hua

When you finish doing the exercises, you may______your answers with your teachers’.

I know you don’t like______ music very much. But what do you think of______ music in the film we saw yesterday?

With this spring’s sports meet on 26th,April______, we find the track on the play ground newly______ with white paint and students of each class more united than ever.

.Hearing that a 7.1-magnitude earthquake hit the Yushu county, Qinghai province on April 15,the students’ union______us to donate money for the quake-hit area.

It was a time______many sad things happened to her and she had to______them.

Don’t be discouraged. ______things seriously and you will make great progress.