C. children always go to parents‘ home D. hand-made cards are the most valuable gifts
B
On Saturday nights, A.J.Coston doesn‘t get a lot of sleep. Usually three or four times a night, a loud bell rings, a red light flashes, and he has to jump out of his bed. That‘s because he‘s a weekend volunteer firefighter（消防员）with Loudoun County Fire and Rescue Station 13 in Northern Virginia. During the week, he lives at home with his mom, dad and sister and does his main job which is going to high school.
―I have always wanted to get into firefighting since I was a little kid watching fire trucks go by,‖ he says. ―One day on the Internet I noticed that Loudoun County offered a junior firefighter program.‖ He was only 16, but he got it.
Fighting fires is dangerous work. Firefighters never stop practicing the skills they need to stay safe. Once Coston learned those skills, he was allowed to work inside burning buildings.
―Teamwork is most important,‖ he says. ―It‘s the whole team that puts the fire out.‖ Firefighters feel great about helping people. ―My most unbelievable call was probably the time four kids were struck by lightning,‖ says Coston. He will be off to college next fall, building on his dream job. ―I‘ll get my degree in emergency medical care. and then work in a fire and rescue company for a while. I want to be a flight doctor on a helicopter in the end, but I will never forget the days as a firefighter. These are my unforgettable experiences,‖ he says. 59. Coston can‘t sleep well on Saturday nights because ________. A. he has to work part-time at weekends B. he has some sleeping problems
C. he has to do his job as a volunteer firefighter D. he always worries that there may be a fire 60. What do we learn about Coston from the passage? A. He doesn‘t like studying at school.
B. He will go to college next year.
C. He dreams to be a great hero one day.
D. He is only sixteen years old.
61. All of the following are true EXPECT that _________.
A. Coston wanted to be a firefighter when he was a kid
B. Coston tried several times before he became a volunteer firefighter C. firefighters feel proud that they can help people D. firefighters have to practice skills all the time to stay safe
C
Chinese netizens who like to create and use cyber words (网络语言) such as ―geilivable‖ might find a new regulation very ―ungeilivable‖. The new regulation by the General
Administration of Press and Publication last week banned the use of Chinglish words created by netizens for publishing in the Chinese language.
―Geilivable‖, combining the pinyin geili (giving strength) with the English suffix (后缀) for adjectives, literally means ―giving power‖ or ―cool‖. Different suffixes and prefixes were then added to the word. ―Hengeilivable‖ means ―very cool‖, and ―ungeilivable‖ means ―dull, not cool at all‖.
Cyber language is popular among Chinese netizens, who create Chinglish words to reflect phenomenon in society. One example is ―antizen‖, which refers to college graduates who earn a meager salary and live in small rented apartments, like tiny and laborious ants. David Tool, a professor with the Beijing International Studies University, said it‘s very interesting to combine Chinese with English to create new words. ―English is no longer mysterious to the Chinese people. They can use the language in a flexible way according to their own experiences,‖ Tool said.
At the announcement of the regulation by the General Administration of Press and Publication, netizens expressed their concern.
―The administration is totally ?ungeilivable‘,‖ said a netizen named laoda1713. ―I know other netizens will shed tears with me... it is a good chance to enrich our language.‖
―Language is always developing,‖ said a columnist (专栏作家), Wang Pei. ―It needs to be updated to absorb foreign culture and folk wisdom.‖
But an unnamed official with the administration said that, in fact, many senior staff from news media who supported the regulation were worried that years later, the younger generation would forget how to use formal Chinese expressions. The official also pointed out that the regulation was only for formal publications in Chinese language, and it only banned Chinglish words in the publication.
62. The new regulation by the General Administration of Press and Publication may
be aimed at _________.
A. simplifying the Chinese language B. limiting the development of language
C. banning the use of Chinglish in the publication D. making the netizens more serious
63. The underlined word ―meager‖ in the third paragraph probably means________.
A. poor
B. flexible
C. high
D. plentiful
64. From this passage we can infer that__________.
A. the Chinese people like their own language only B. the English words are considered informal in China C. nobody in China will support the new regulation D. ―geilivable‖ is popular among Chinese netizens 65. Which may be the best title of this passage?
A. Cyber Words Face an Ungeilivable Regulation B. Cyber Words Make Language More Lively C. Different Views about Cyber Language
D. New Netizens in China
66. On which column of China Daily can you find this passage?
A. Entertainment
D
A bad Working Memory (大脑的工作记忆) – the brain‘s temporary storage box - may explain, new research suggests, why one child cannot read his or her history book and another gets lost in math. As many as 10 percent of school-age children may suffer from poor working memory. British researchers said in a report last week, yet the problem is rarely identified.
―You can think of working memory as a pure measure of your child‘s potential. Many psychologists consider working memory to be the new IQ (智商), because we find that working memory is one of the most important predictors (预示物) of learning ability,‖ said Dr. Tracey Alloway of Britain‘s Durham University.
Many children with poor working memory are considered lazy or dull. Working memory allows people to hold in their minds and deal with a few items, such as telephone numbers, over a short period of time. Alloway compares working memory to a box. For adults, the basic box size is thought to be three to five items. It‘s important, therefore, to put in the right things. Irrelevant (不相关的) information will clutter (混乱) working memory.
The question many researchers are struggling with is how to help children with this problem, which appears to be closely related to a lack of attention.
―In children with learning difficulties, it becomes a huge issue, especially around middle school, when the demands on working memory really grow,‖ said Dr. Mel Levine, co-founder of All Kinds of Minds, a nonprofit organization in North Carolina that studies learning difficulties.
Memory training may help improve working memory. Alloway has a tool that allows teachers to assess (评定) the working-memory capacity of children as young as 4; it has been used in 35 schools across Britain.
Levine‘s organization trains teachers through a program called Schools Attuned, which is working with several thousand schools across the United States, Canada and Europe. While he is not sure working memory can be expanded, Levine said children can be taught ways to do better in school.
67. Which of the following is a characteristic of working memory? A. It has a limited capacity.
B. It is usually better in children than adults. C. It improves with use.
D. It can cause a lack of attention.
68. According to the new research, ___________.
A. the importance of working memory has been long recognized B. working memory is becoming recognized as a factor in intelligence C. laziness can weaken working memory
B. Business C. Travel D. Opinion
D. working memory helps people remember things forever
69. Which of the following may help improve a child‘s working memory? A. Expanding the brain‘ s storage box. B. Remembering more things.
C. Training the memory. D. Being reminded frequently.
70. According to the passage, Dr. Mel Levine has ___________. A. invented tools to help improve a child's working memory
B. founded an organization to train teachers to help students with this problem C. identified the problem clearly D. compared working memory to a box
第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）
根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有多余选项。
If you do not use your arms or your legs for some time, they become weak; when you start using them again, they slowly become strong again. Everybody knows this, and nobody would think of questioning this fact. 71 When someone says that he has a good memory, he really means that he keeps his memory in practice by exercising it regularly, either consciously or unconsciously. When someone else says that his memory is poor, he really means that he does not give it enough opportunity to become strong. 72 One of them exercises his arms and legs by playing tennis, while the other sits in a chair or a motor car all day.
If a friend complains that his arms are weak, we know that it is his own fault. But if he tells us that he has a poor memory, many of us think that his parents are to blame, or that he is just unlucky, and few of us realize that it is just as much his own fault as if it was his arms or legs that were weak. 73 But all of us can, if we have ordinary bodies and brains, improve our strength and our memory by the same means — practice.
Have you ever noticed that people who cannot read or write usually have better memories than those who can? 74 Of course, because those who cannot read or write have to remember things. They cannot write them down in a little notebook and they have to remember dates, time and prices, names, songs and stories, so their memory is the whole time being exercised.
75
A. What do you think of it?
B. Yet many people do not seem to know that the memory works in the same way. C. Not all of us can become extremely strong or extremely clever. D. So if you want a good memory, practice remembering. E. Someone else says that he is poor in health. F. Why is this?
G. The position is exactly the same as that of two people.
第二卷
第三部分 写作（共两节，满分35分）
第一节 短文改错（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同学写的以下作文。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。 增加: 在缺词处加一个漏字符号 (∧), 并在其下面写出该加的词。 删除: 把多余的词用斜线 ( \\ ) 划掉。
修改: 在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意: 1. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；2. 只允许修改10处，从第11处起不计分。
I have been planning to join in our college basketball team next year. Now I‘m spending as more time as I can with other people who likes to play. They are teaching themselves the most important rule and techniques of the game, but I am getting better all the time. We have a neighborhood team that play against other teams in the area. One of my neighbors is helping rest of us improved our skills. Tonight we are playing for one of the best teams in the city, and I think we can beat them if we won't make any mistakes. 第二节 书面表达 (满分25分)
假定你是李华，有一位英国朋友Smith托你在当地帮他找工作。你看到江城日报 (Jiangcheng Daily) 上登载了一则招聘启事，认为对他很合适。请你用英文写一封E—mail发给Smith，告知此事。招聘启事原文如下：
招聘外籍教师
北华大学将开办暑期少儿英语、成人英语学习班，欲招聘外籍教师一名。
要求： 1. 母语为英语。
2. 大学学历；教育专业者优先。 3. 有意者，带齐外教专业证明。 4. 咨询电话：0432—2121445，email：beihuauniversity@126.com
写作要求:
1．词数100左右。
2．需介绍全部所给内容，但不要逐条翻译；可适当增加细节，但注意行文连贯。 3. 开头和结尾已为你写好，不计入总词数。 4. 参考词汇：专业证明：expert certification
Dear Smith，
I know you want to find a job in my hometown, Jilin City. ____________________ __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________