Extreme shopping can lead to a more serious problem — addictive shopping. Addictive shoppers feel driven by the desire to shop and spend money. They experience great tension which drives them to shop and spend money and they feel a ―rush‖ during the time they are occupied with the shopping activity.
Extreme or addictive shopping may result from long-time unpleasant feelings, of which anxiety, pain and shame are common ones. When we feel bad inside, we often do something to make ourselves feel better. In this case, we often go shopping.
A few people shop to relieve their boredom or emptiness. For some people, the motivation is a desire for status, power, beauty or success. Some love to shop as it makes them feel valued in the eyes of the shop assistants. Others shop simply because it makes them forget, at least temporarily, tension, fear or unhappiness in their life.
Besides, shopping malls are designed to encourage continual shopping. For instance, there are some malls where you can’t see clocks displaying the time because they don’t want you to become too aware of the time you spend there. What’s more, food courts, coffee shops and restrooms are provided, so you don’t have to leave the mall because of your physical needs.
Therefore, once you become aware of how market forces work, you will certainly come to control your shopping behavior. For example, how much time you will spend and what areas you will visit can be decided before you enter the mall. Keep a written account of what items you will buy and how much money you will spend. Make a plan for what you are going to buy before you feel the urge to shop and then stick to it. That is vital for gaining self-control.
49. Which of the following people may not be problem shoppers? A. Those who cannot control the amount of credit they use. B. Those who just walk around the shopping malls. C. Those who are occupied in too much shopping. D. Those who feel sorry for their shopping.
50. According to the passage, what may not result in addictive shopping? A. The awareness of how market forces work. B. The desire for status, power, beauty or success.
C. Boredom, emptiness, tension, fear or unhappiness in people’s life. D. Long-time bad feelings of anxiety, pain and shame.
51. What does the author suggest to control our shopping behaviour? A. Never going to the shopping malls because there are many tricks. B. Applying for a credit card before we go shopping.
C. Making the shopping time as short as possible. D. Making a shopping list before we go shopping.
52. The author writes this passage to _______.
A. inform the shopping malls how to attract more shoppers B. provide solutions to the problem shopping
C. scold the problem shoppers D. tell a shopping story
D
Cellphone feels like a part of your body? A global survey has found that most people can’t live without their mobiles, never leave home without them and, if given a choice, would rather lose their wallet.
Calling mobile phones the ―remote control‖ for life, market research firm Synovate’s poll said cell phones are so ubiquitous that by last year more humans owned one than did not.
Three-quarters of the more than 8,000 respondents polled online in 11 countries said they take their phone with them everywhere, which Russians and Singaporeans the most attached.
More than a third also said they couldn’t live without their phone, topped by Taiwanese and again Singaporeans, while one in four would find it harder to replace the mobile than their purse.
Some two thirds of respondents go to bed with their phones nearby and can’t switch them off, even though they want to, because they’re afraid they’ll miss something.
Mobiles have changed the nature of relationships, with the survey finding a fifth of all respondents set up first dates via text and almost the same number use the same method to end a love affair.
Apart from the obvious calling and SMS-ing, the top three features people use regularly on their mobile phones globally are the alarm clock, the camera and the games.
As for email and Internet access, 17 percent of respondents said they checked their inboxes or surfed the Web on their phones, led by those in the United States and Britain.
One in 10 respondents log onto(注册) social networking websites such as Facebook and MySpace regularly via mobile, again led by Britain and the United States.
Not everyone is tech savvy(科技通), however,37 percent of
respondents said they don’t know how to use all the functions on their phone.
53. How many people of all respondents end a love affair via text?
A. About 4,800. B. About 3,600 C. About 2,400. D. About 1,600.
54. According to the survey, like surfing the Internet with a cellphone most.
A. Singaporeans B. Russians C. Americans D. Chinese
55. Which of the following functions of cellphones is the least used?
A. Calling. B. Playing games. C. Taking photos. D. Surfing the Internet.
56. Which would be the best title of the passage?
A. People can live better without the cellphone.
B. People would rather lose their wallet than their cellphone.
C. Different uses of the cellphone. D. New functions of the cellphone.
E
BEIJING——China will further open its financial sector in ―an active and safe‖ way, the country’s central bank vowed on Friday.
―China will gradually broaden the chance for the participation of foreign capital in the domestic financial market,‖ said the People’s Bank of China in a report. ―We will strengthen the connections between China’s financial market and international ones by attracting more foreign capital in Renminbi-denominated financial products,‖ the report said.
Meanwhile, channels will also be expanded to allow Chinese investment in foreign financial markets.
The bank said it would ease restrictions on enterprises and individuals possessing and using foreign currencies and increase the number of qualified foreign institutional investors and the value of their investment quotas(份额). ―We will make use of the financial market to
achieve balanced international payments,‖ said the bank.
Last year, the State Administration of Foreign Exchange (SAFE) raised the annual quota for individuals buying foreign currency from US $ 20,000 to US $ 50,000.
―China will work hard for a more efficient and vigorous financial market that can better serve international needs,‖ the bank said.
The country will adjust its financial market rules so they are accepted around the world, encourage reforms and promote more flexible, diversified ways of trading, according to the bank.
China fully opened its financial market to foreign capital on December 11 last year, ending a five-year transitional (过渡的) period after entering WTO. 57. The passage is
A. a piece of news B. an advertisement C. a poster D. an explanation
58. China is working hard to A. reduce the interest rate of foreign currencies B. increase the interest rate of foreign currencies
C. bring in more foreign investment by promising to further open its financial sector
D. adjust its financial markets to resist the invasion of foreign investment
59. To further open financial sector, China has taken many measures EXCEPT
A. Giving more chances to the participation of foreign capital
B. Strengthening the connections between China and other countries by the leaders’ paying visits to each other’s countries
C. Broadening the quotas of enterprises and individuals possessing and using foreign currencies
D. Opening its domestic financial market step by step 60. We can draw a conclusion that
A. China’s financial market will be conquered by foreign one
B. China will create a more active and various way of trading and its market will become stronger
C. China will end the transitional period of opening financial sector in five years
D. China will be blind to the foreign investment
第二节 情景对话（共5小题，每小题1分，满分5分） 根据对话情景和内容，从对话后所给的选项中选出能填入每一空白处的最佳选项，选项中有两个为多余选项。 —How often do you use he Internet?
— 61 But I usually use it o check my email. I don’t often surf the Internet. You use the Internet a lot, don’t you? — 62
—So, you’re working online eight hours a day. It can be awful when the connection is poor.
— 63 Sometimes I also help others in the office if they’re having trouble online. —How useful do you think the Internet is as a source of information? —I think it’s useful. 64 The information online may be false. You don’t see what you buy online until you actually get it. — 65
—We usually find the website of shops, then visit the shop and buy when we’ve seen the products. A. But there are two big problems. B. Yes. I usually surf the Internet to look through the news. C. Why do you want to buy something online? D. Yes. I use it to find products at the lowest price for my company. E. Yes. I like the job though. F. How do you solve the problems when shopping online? G. I use it almost everyday. 第二卷 第三部分 写作（共三节，满分55分）
第一节 单词拼写（共10小题，每小题1分，满分10）根据下列各句句意和空白之后的汉语提示词，在答题卡指定区域的横线上写出对应单词的正确形式，每空只写一词。
66. He gives us an （描述）of what happened. 66 67. He is leading an (独立的) life. He lives on his own. 67.
68. There office is on the （第九）floor. 68.
69. Our English teacher asked us students to practise （说）70.She joined the Go West Project (组织) by the Communisa.70 71.Your suggestion sounds very (吸引). 71.
72.In my opinion, we should develop our economy (科学地). 72 73.He has a poor memory and is always (忘记) things . 73.
74.While I was telling him the story he listen (专心地). 74.
75.We are proud of our great (成就) that we have made in the past 56 years. 75
第二节 短文改错（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分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做出判断：如无错误，在该行右
边横线上画一个勾（√）；如有错误（每行只有一个错误），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加的词。
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。
A few days ago, Miss Wang was going home by bike. While he was 76.
riding in the street, she saw the man with a knife in his hand and his 77.
face covering with a piece of cloth running towards her. The man 78. took her handbag out of the basket of her bike and ran away before 79. she could do anything. There was no one she could turn for help at 80. that time, for it was very late at night. Lucky, she had her mobile 81. phone at hand. Immediately when she took it out and phoned the 82. police. She told them what the man was like and in which directions 83. he had run. The police came very quickly and catch the robber. Miss 84. Wang got her handbag back and felt very grateful for the police had 85. done for her.
第三节：书面表达（满分30分）
假如你是李明，你的班里来了一位英国交换生Paul。他在和你的交谈中表示在中国学习压力很大。请你给他写封信，给他提一些建议。主要包括以下内容：
1．请求老师和同学的帮助
2．不要总想着考试成绩，要多想自己的进步 3．多做运动 4. ……
注意：1. 词数：120字左右；
2. 可适当加入细节，以使行文连贯； 3. 信的开头已为你写好（不计入总词数）。 Dear Paul,
I quite sympathize with you and understand the great trouble you are suffering from. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________