第二节：书面表达(满分25 分)
假如你是李华，你的美国朋友想和家人来中国定居，请你帮他在City A和City B两座城市中做出选择。下面图表是对这两座城市在就业，安全，娱乐和气候等方面的对比。图表左边的数字说明人们对这两座城市的喜爱程度。请根据图表提供的信息，给Peter写一封信，提出你的建议并说明理由。
注意：
1．词数120词左右。
2．可适当增加细节，以使文章连贯。
3．信的开头和结尾已给出，但不计入总词数。
May 17, 2009
Dear Peter,
I’m so glad to learn that you and your family are coming to settle down in China.
Nevertheless, this is only my suggestion and it’s up to you to decide. Hope to hear from you again.
Yours,
Li Hua
第一节：短文填空(满分10分)
The Spring Festival is the most important festival in China．So usually a month
________ the festival, people begin to buy food, clothes and decorations for 76．_____
houses．About a week before the festival, housewives are busy ________(准备)77．_____
the dinner． will do a lot of washing and cleaning in the house. 78．_____
People who are far away on business are hurrying or r home for the 79．_____
family reunion．On New Year’s Eve, each family will get t eating, 80．_____
talking ________ watching TV for almost the whole night．The children are 81．_____
the ________(快乐的) of all because they can get lucky money and 82．_____
p from their parents or grandparents．On Lunar New Year’s Day, 83．_____
after getting up, people will eat dumplings．When they ________(遇见) their 84．_____
neighbors or friends, they’ll say “Happy New Year!” The celebrating
________(活动) will last about half a month. 85．_____
第二节：完形填空(共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分)
London-life for Cathy Hagner and her three children is set to permanent (不大可能改变的)．
Their 36 school day and her job as a lawyer’s assistant are busy enough． 37 Hagner also has to take the two boys to soccer or hockey or basketball while dropping off her 38 at piano lessons or Girl Scout Club．
39 , the exhausted (筋疲力尽的) family doesn’t get home until 7 PM．There is just time for a quick 40 before homework．
In today’s world, middle-class American and British parents treat their children 41 they were competitors 42 for some finishing line．
Parents take their children from activity to activity to make their future 43 ．It seems that raising a genius (英才) has become a more 44 goal than raising a happy and well-balanced child．
“ 45 across the country are reporting a growing number of children 46 from stomachaches and headaches 47 exhaustion and stress," says child expert William Doherty of the University of Minnesota．
Teachers are 48 exhausted kids in the classroom．It's a very serious problem．Many children attend 49 clubs by necessity．But competitive pressures also 50 an explosion of activities．They 51 sports, language, music and maths classes for children as 52 as four．
“There is a new parenting trend under way which says you have to tap all your child’s potential at a young age, 53 you will let them down,” says Terry Apter, a Cambridge-based child and adolescent psychiatrist (青少年精神病专家)．
“It isn’t entirely 54 ; there have always been pushy parents．But what was seen as strange behavior before is now well 55 .”
36．A．half B．part C．full D．whole
37．A．And B．So C．But D．For
38．A．daughter B．son C．girl D．kid
39．A．Often B．However C．Though D．Seldom
40．A．lunch B．supper C．breakfast D．tea
41．A．even if B．as if C．now that D．in case
42．A．hoping B．caring C．calling D．racing
43．A．equal B．smooth C．excited D．bright
44．A．Exact B．Excellent C．Difficult D．important
45．A．Doctors B．Lawyers C．Engineers D．Businessmen
46．A．dying B．preventing C．suffering D．learning
47．A．due to B．so as to C．according to D．referring to
48．A．dealing with B．playing with C．going on with D．getting on with
49．A．grown-up B．bodybuilding C．after-school D．night
50．A．grow B．reduce C．stop D．create
51．A．have B．enjoy C．teach D．include
52．A．old B．young C．many D．much
53．A．except that B．therefore C．otherwise D．unless
54．A．old B．new C．wrong D．fight
55．A．respected B．accepted C．refused D．managed
35．Today even ordinary people understand that the universe is something larger than ever _____ before．
A．think B．to think C．thought D．thinking
34．-May I have a glass of beer, please?
-Beer? There is _____ left．But there’s still some orange juice, I think．
A．nothing B．none C．no one D．a little
