Children are losing the ability to play properly because they are being given too many toys and games, according to new research.

    The studies show that children, especially those under five, are often overwhelmed and actually play less than those with fewer toys. It may even harm their development. The studies show that giving children too many toys or toys of the wrong type can actually be doing them harm. They get overwhelmed and cannot concentrate on anything long enough to learn from it.

    The conclusions have been backed up by British research looking at children with relatively fewer toys, whose parents spend more time reading, singing or playing with them. It showed such children surpass(胜过) youngsters from richer backgrounds, even those who could use computers.

    Some parents notice the ill effect early. Orhan Ismail, a researcher saw a change for the worse in Cameron, his 10-month-old son, after he was given a lot of toys last Christmas.

    Ismail said, “ If there are too many toys in front of him, he will just keep flitting around them and then end up going off and finding something like a slipper to play with. Now we just get out one or two toys and hide the rest in a box.”

    Alexander and her husband also decided to limit the toys their 6 daughters play with. She believed many toys restrict children’s imaginations. She said, “ A Barbie can only work as a Barbie. But a cardboard box can become anything. The only limitations are in the child’s mind.”

    Experts hesitate to put a figure on the number of toys children should have, but many believe two dozen is enough for children of preschool age.

1. In the writer’s opinion, a Barbie _____.

   A. can attract more attention from children than a cardboard box

   B. can work more than a Barbie

   C. may become anything else such as a cardboard

   D. may keep children from further imaginations

2. Which of the following is TRUE about toys given to children?

   A. too many toys will help children develop wide interests.

   B. One or two toys at a time will help children concentrate.

   C. Only wrong types of toys do harm to children.

   D. The proper number of toys given to the children depends on their ages.

3. It may NOT be a good idea to ____.

   A. spend more time reading or playing with children

   B. choose right types of toys for children

   C. ask experts for the exact number of necessary toys

    D. put out one or two toys and hide the rest

AIDS’ Threat to Asia Grows

NEW DELHI----Just a few years ago, Mala was a typical middle-class Indian housewife. She cooked, cleaned and looked after her two small children.

Last year, her life took a tragic turn. Her husband died of AIDS; she was found out HIV-positive and her mother-in-law took her children away from her, saying they would get the disease. “When friends dropped for a visit, she would introduce me, saying, ‘She is my son’s widow. She has AIDS,’” said Mala. AIDS is now described as “explosive(炸药)” around the world. A study of a hospital in the port city of Durban in South Africa, where the world’s biggest and Africa’s second AIDS conference opened last Sunday, found that almost half the beds in medical wards (病房) were occupied by AIDS patients.

South Africa has one of the world’s fastest growing HIV infections, with 1,700 people infected daily, adding to the 4.3 million, or 10 percent of its population, living with HIV. Until now, Asia has been more successful in holding the AIDS virus than Africa, where the disease has killed about 12 million people.

AIDS is now threatening to surround many of Asia’s poverty-stricken countries. Countries in Asia, such as Cambodia, and Thailand, have HIV infection speeds over 1 percent. But the low speeds hide huge numbers of infected people, because of the population base.

In India, for example, 3.7 million are infected, more than in any other country except South Africa. In China, an estimated 860,000 people (the actual number may be a little larger), mainly drug users, live with HIV/AIDS. Gordon Alexander, a senior advisor for UN AIDS in India, estimates that the number hit by AIDS in Asia will climb about eight million over the next five years from about six million.

In many Asian countries, the battle against HIV is a social and cultural one against public discussion of sexual health put a nationwide media campaign into action to limit the speed of HIV through unsafe sex. Brenton Wong, an official for Singapore’s Action for AIDS, says the actual HIV incidence in the city state of 3.9 million people is at least eight times higher than official data. “Shame and deny is still very, very common so people are afraid to get tested and many times won’t even tell their families if they test positive,” said Wong.

1. We can conclude from the underlined sentence in the last paragraph that ______.

   A. The official data always tell lies and cheat people to hide the truth.       

   B. 3.9 million people in Singapore suffered from AIDS.    

   C. Singapore has a population of 3.9 million              

   D. The number of people infected with HIV is at least eight times larger than that of the AIDS patients in Singapore.

2. It is judged that there are ______ people hit by AIDS in Asia or so.

   A. 4.3 million       B. 6 million        C. 8 million       D. 3.7 million

3. According to the passage, the main reasons that AIDS spread in Asia is through_______. 

   A. blood             B. unsafe sex       C. love            D. drugs

4.Which of the following statements is not right?     

   A. The battle against Aids in many Asian countries is against their culture and

social customs. 

   B. Though the HIV infection in Asia develops with low speed, the infected number

is still quite large compared to other continents.       

   C. India has the second largest number of HIV infected people.  

   D. Aids might affect the poverty-stricken countries more severely.

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1．她反对战争、反对凶残地对待动物以及种族主义等等。

She _____ ______ ______ war, cruelty to animals, racism and so on.

2．这栋老宅被烧毁了。

The old house _____ ______ ______ _____ ______ .

3．虽然我不是现代艺术方面的专家，但是去看展览的主意对我很有吸引力。

Although I am not a scholar in contemporary art, the idea of going to the ____ _____ ____ me.

4． 他虽然做过各种努力，但还是失败了。

_____ _____ _____ all his _____ , he failed.

5． 她很害怕蛇。看到蛇时她往往会发出尖叫。

She is afraid of snakes. When she sees one, she always _____ _____ a _______ .

6．我不仅见过那个伟大的雕塑家本人，我还亲眼目睹他如何雕刻大理石像。

I have not only seen the great sculptor _____ _____ _____ , but also watched him carve a marble figure.

7．近年来这一地区冬天的气温趋于上升，其中大气污染是导致这一结果的一个主要原因。

In recent years, the winter temperature in this region _____ ____ ____ ____ , and

one of the main reasons which have____ ___this consequence is the air pollution.

8．如果艾米莉没有逗那只猫，它就不会打翻那个漂亮的花瓶了。

If Emily had not ____ the cat, the beautiful vase would not have been ___ ____ .

根据上下文及所给单词的首字母或汉语提示，写出所缺单词的正确形式。（满分10分，每空1分）

Smoking is a very bad habit. First of all, Cigarettes       

are expensive. Smokers have to        a lot of money           1.           

buying them. That is a          (浪费) of money.               2.           

Smoking is bad for smokers’ h         . It may be             3.           

responsible for many d       . Even worse, it is harmful       4.           

to people        them. It is said that smoking is one          5.           

of the ways to     (引起) cancer. Second, there can be         6.           

fires       can result in a great loss of life                 7.           

and property because of a smoker’s        (粗心).             8.           

        , we are teenagers and have no income. We have         9.           

no right to do that. It will be even worse if we f      into   10.           

bad habits.

完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）

     I was in the kitchen making lunch when I saw my six-year-old son, Billy, walking toward the woods. I could only see his back. He  56   to be walking with a great effort, trying to be as  57  as possible.

    A few minutes after he disappeared into the   58  , he came running toward the house again. I went back to making sandwiches,   59   that whatever task he had been doing was completed. Moments later,  60  , he was once again walking slowly toward the woods.

      61  curiosity, I walked out and followed him on his journey. He was  62   both hands in front of him as he walked, being  63   not to spill the water he held in them. I secretly walked   64   behind him as he went into the woods and I saw the most amazing  65  .

    Several large deer loomed in front of him. Billy walked right up to them. I almost  66   at him to get away. A huge male deer with elaborate（精美的）antlers was   67   close. But they didn’t even move as Billy   68  . And I saw a small deer lying on the ground, obviously suffering from   69  and extreme heat, lift its head  70   to drink the water cupped in my beautiful boy’s hands.

    It was on this day that I learned the true lesson of  71  . You know, we hadn’t had any rain for three months and our crops were   72 . As the tears that rolled down my face began to hit the ground, they were suddenly   73   by other drops. I looked up at the sky. It was  74   God was moved to weep. The rain came that day and saved our farm, just like the  75  of one little boy who saved another.

1.A. happened         B. seemed          C. managed           D. intended

2. A. quickly         B. secret          C. smoothly          D. still

3. A. distance        B. yard            C. woods             D. park

4.A. wondering        B. thinking        C. studying          D. doubting

5. A. eventually      B. actually        C. however           D. therefore

6. A. Within          B. Out of          C. Beyond            D. In spite of

7.A. holding          B. waving          C. surrounding       D. cupping

8.A. careful          B. worried         C. eager             D. prepared

9. A. away            B. close           C. out               D. off

10. A. scene          B. story           C. view              D. game 

11.A. fought          B. signed          C. screamed          D. waited

12. A. hardly         B. dangerously     C. easily            D. nearly

13. A. ran away       B. turned out      C. knelt down        D. settled down

14.A. hunger          B. disease         C. thirst            D. injury

15. A. in turn        B. in silence      C. with appreciation D. with difficulty 

16. A. suffering      B. supporting      C. sharing           D. depending

17. A. dying          B. reducing        C. harvesting        D. growing

18. A. hidden         B. covered         C. joined            D. caught

19. A. when           B. as if           C. because           D. that

20.A. wish  B. dream    C. action   D. expectation

书面表达 (满分20分)

研究表明，笑对身体有利。请根据以下要点，用英语写一篇以Laughing is good for health为题的短文。笑的好处：1. 忘却烦恼和忧愁, 减轻痛苦 2. 保持良好的心情, 对生活保持积极的态度； 3.易交友；4. 活得更长久和更有活力。

注意：可根据要点适当发挥，或增加其他观点，使文章自然流畅。

词数：120左右。

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Laughing is good for health

Many studies show that laughing is good for our health.

The practice of hanging clothes across the sreet is a common______in many parts of the city.

   A. sign             B. view              C. look          D. sight

Once fighting_____ between the two villages and many people were killed.

   A.broke out                              B. was broken out  

   C. had broken out                        D. had been broken out

________ is the best student in our class?

   A. Whom do you think                     B. Who do you think

   C. Do you think who                      D. Who you think

Hello! I ________ you _______ in London. How long have you been here?

   A. don’t know, were                     B. hadn’t known ,are   

   C. haven’t known ,are                   D. didn’t know, were