第三部分：阅读理解（共20小题，每题2分，满分40分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。
The National Outline for Medium and Long Term Education Reform and Development (2010 - 20) was released over the weekend. Here are some of the highlights:
Four – percent effort
The government says spending on education will be 4 percent of GDP by 2012. globally, average spending on education is about 4.5% of GDP. China spend 3,33% in 2008. according to Hu Angang, of Tsinghua University’s Center for China Studies, even if China reaches that goal, it will only rank about 100 th out of 188 countries.
Administrative rank
Administrative rankings for school leaders are to be phased out to tackle the bureaucracy (官僚机构) problem that limits educational development, according to Cheng Fangping, of the national Institute for Educational Research. Areas like teaching programs, scientific research, and technological development will be more independent.
Vocational Education
The system will be free of charge. According to Wu Yan, of Beijing Institute of Educational Sciences, this will be key to developing China’s production capacity and will improve poor people’s lives dramatically.
Entering college
Universities could eventually have the freedom to choose some of their own high school applicants. Normally, students are accepted based on the uniform national exam scores. Also, students who agree to go to a remote area could be admitted to university under special circumstances. The most likely change could come on the college entrance English test, which might be modeled on the IELTS or TOEFL. Students will be able to take it several times and pick their best score.
56．Which of the following is true in the future according to the passage?
A．Applicants could take the IELTS or TOEFL instead of the college entrance English test.
B．Colleges will be given the right to choose all of their own applicants.
C．Vocational education will be party free to make people’s lives better.
D．Applicants could sit for the college entrance English test more than once.
57．Which of the following words is closest in meaning to “uniform” in the last paragraph?
A．formal      B．official     C．same D．united
58．We can learn from the passage even though our country spends 4% of GDP on education in 2012, ________.
A．there will still be 188 countries ahead of China in this aspect
B．China will certainly overtake the global average spending on education
C．there might be nearly 100 countries ahead of China in this aspect
D．China will be the 100 th country to spend over the global average on education
59．From the third paragraph, we can infer that________.
A．school leaders will have more freedom to manage the school
B．schools will have more limits from the government
C．School administrative rankings are to be strengthened to solve the bureaucracy problem
D．schools and research centers will be fully independent from the government

Obama Still Smokes in Secret
US President Barack Obama has just made life more difficult for cigarette makers. He has just signed a law that will set tough new rules for the tobacco industry. The new law gives the US Food and Drug Administration the power to strictly limit the making and marketing of tobacco products.
At a White House signing ceremony Monday, Obama said that he was among the nearly 90% of smokers who took up the habit before their 18 th birthday.
Obama, who has publicly struggled to give up smoking, said he still hadn’t completely kicked the habit. Every now and then he still smokes in secret.
“As a former smoker I struggle with it all the time. Do I still smoke sometimes? Yes. Am I a daily smoker, a constant smoker? No.” Obama said at a news conference.
“I don' t do it in front of my lads.I don ?t do it in front of my family.I would say that I am 95% cured, but there are times when I mess up, " he said.
"Once you go down this path, it' s something you continually struggle with, which is exactly why the law is so important.The new law is not about me, it' s about the next generation of kids coming up.What we don ' t want is kids going down that path," he said.
Nearly 20% of Americans smoke and tobacco use kills about 440,000 people a year in the United States due to cancer, heart disease, and other serious diseases.

1. 1.

   The new law makes life difficult for             .

   1. A.
      Obama
   2. B.
      tobacco industry
   3. C.
      White House
   4. D.
      US Food and Drug Administration
2. 2.

   What do we know about Obama?

   1. A.
      He no longer smokes.
   2. B.
      He still smokes as usual.
   3. C.
      He began to smoke at eighteen.
   4. D.
      He is trying hard to give up smoking.
3. 3.

   According to the passage, Obama is most concerned about           .

   1. A.
      children
   2. B.
      officials
   3. C.
      his family
   4. D.
      Businessmen

小刚是上海的一名高中生，他想在2010的上海世博会上当一名志愿者，最近他参加了一些培训，在培训中他了解到：要当好志愿者，除了要学好外语外，还要了解不同国家的身势语，只有这样才能更好地帮助外国朋友，当好东道主. 小刚觉得很有趣，他想把他所了解的知识写信告诉他在外地的笔友――小明。现在请你以小刚的名义写这封信，信要包括下面的要点：

不同文化有不同的身势语。

法国人热情，见到熟人互相握手，亲吻彼此的脸。

中东国家特别是穆斯林国家的男人间说话是站得较近，但对妇女只是点头，   

从不与妇女有身体接触。

一般来说，全世界的见面都握手，但日本人更喜欢鞠躬。

身势语的意义。

注意：

注意书信的格式

2. 不要逐字逐句的翻译要点，可根据需要适当增加。

3. 词数100-120单词 (文章开头和结尾已给, 不计入词数)

Dear Xiao Ming

    Glad to write to you! Last time I told you that I wanted to be a volunteer in the 2010 Shanghai Expo. These days I am attending some training courses and learn that in order to be a good volunteer, we should learn about body language as well as foreign languages. I find it interesting. I’d like to share it with you.

So much for these, I must stop now. Looking forward to your letter.

                                                      Yours,

                                                       Xiao Gang

假定英语课上英语老师要求同桌之间互相修改作文，请你修改你同桌的以下作文。
文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在该词下面写出该加的词。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：1、每处错误及修改均仅限一词。
2、只允许修改10处，多者（从11处起）不计分。
Dear Diana,
Thank you for the lovely day we have with you．It was so kind for you to let us bring Anne’s friend, Gina．Unfortunate, the only problem was the journey home．There had been a terrible accident on the highway and , for a result, there was a long line of traffic for at least six mile．In the end, we drove to a service station and waited there unless the road was clear．In the car parking here Gina nearly got knocked over as car drove out far too quickly from behind a lorry．They finally dropped Gina off at her parents’ and made our own way to home．
Much love
Fiona