C. Johnny holds the view that wiseGEEK enjoys great popularity. D. Catherine works for wiseGEEK mainly to travel in Europe.
C
When a tornado touched down in a small town nearby, many families were left completely destroyed. Afterward all the local newspapers carried many human-interest stories featuring some of the families who suffered the hardest.
One Sunday, a particular picture especially touched me. A young woman stood in front of an entirely shattered mobile home, a depressed expression twisting her features. A young boy, seven or eight years old, stood at her side, eyes downcast. Clutching (紧握) at her skirt was a tiny girl who stared into the camera, eyes wide with confusion and fear.
The article that went with the picture gave the clothing sizes of each family member. With growing interest, I noticed that their sizes closely matched ours. This would be a good opportunity to teach my children to help those less fortunate than themselves. I taped the picture of the young family to our refrigerator, explaining their difficulty to my seven-year-old twins, Brad and Brett, and to three- year-old Meghan.
“We have so much. And these poor people now have nothing,” I said. “We?ll share what we have with them.”
I brought three large boxes down from the room upstairs and placed them on the living room floor. Meghan watched seriously, as the boys and I filled one of the boxes with canned goods and foods.
While I sorted through our clothes, I encouraged the boys to go through their toys and donate some of their less favorite things. Meghan watched quietly as the boys piled up discarded toys and games.
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The boys placed the toys they had chosen to donate into one of the boxes while I filled the third box with clothes. Meghan walked up with Lucy, her worn, faded, much-loved rag doll hugged tightly to her chest. She paused in front of the box that held the toys, pressed her round little face into Lucy's flat, painted-on-face, gave her a final kiss, then laid her gently on top of the other toys. “Oh, Honey,” I said.“You don?t have to give Lucy. You love her so much.”
Meghan nodded seriously, eyes glistening with held-back tears. ?”Lucy makes me happy, Mommy. Maybe she?ll make that other little girl happy, too．”
Swallowing hard, I stared at Meghan for a long moment, wondering how I could teach the boys the lesson she had just taught me. For I suddenly realized that anyone can give their cast-offs away. True generosity is giving that which you value most.
Honest benevolence (善行) is a three-year-old offering a valuable, though shabby, doll to a little girl she doesn?t know with the hope that it will bring this child as much pleasure as it brought her. I, who had wanted to teach, had been taught.
The boys had watched, open-mouthed, as their baby sister placed her favorite doll in the box. Without a word, Brad rose and went to his room. He came back carrying one of his favorite action figures. He hesitated briefly, clutching the toy, then looked over at Meghan and placed it in the box next to Lucy.
A slow smile spread across Brett?s face. Then he jumped up, eyes twinkling as he ran to fetch some of his prized Matchbox cars.
Astonished, I realized that the boys had also recognized what little Meghan?s gesture meant.
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Swallowing back tears, I pulled all three of them into my arms.
Taking the cue from my little one, I removed my old jacket from the box of clothes. I replaced it with the new hunter green jacket that I had found on sale last week. I hoped the young woman in the picture would love it as much as I did.
It?s easy to give that which we don?t want any more, but harder to let go of things we cherish, isn?t it? However, the true spirit of giving is to give with your heart.. 50. Why does the author give a detailed description of a particular picture in the Sunday newspaper?
A. To create an atmosphere of fear and depression brought by the tornado. B. To appeal to unconcerned people to donate for the poor families.
C. To show the helplessness and hopelessness of the family mentioned in the paper. D. To stress what touched her and made her decide to help the hopeless family. 51. Why did Brad and Brett also donate their favorite things finally?
A. They were encouraged to donate some valuable things by the mother. B. Meghan?s decision inspired them to donate their favorite things.
C. They also wanted to show generosity by giving away their valuable things.
D. Meghan?s gesture reminded them to replace their favorite things with new ones.
D
I hate the word “multitasking”. To me it sounds like doing lots of things all at once, only doing them all very badly and feeling like an exhausted failure when it's over. It gives me the feel of “hurry and do everything now because everything else is waiting.” I see the evil taskmaster with arms crossed and foot tapping. Yet the ability to multitask is exalted in our rabid, hyper-paced consumer culture. Well, I am sick and tired of feeling like some sort of lazy idiot for being a lousy multitasker. Maybe other people get some kind of real joy from going in eight directions at once, but I don?t. So, I?m done with it. I quit.
Why must there be so much hurry? Is there really that much to miss? Rush, rush, rush—I?m running late, red light, brakes, coffee, spill, …Please! The reason there is so much pressure and stress on us and the reason we are running late has to do with the fact that we are cramming 37 hours of work, events, activities, etc into a 24-hour day. I even heard of a church that starts its Sunday morning services at 6:30 AM because its supercharged members don?t want it to get in the way of their very productive, all-important day, packed with supercharged activities.
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This kind of crazy, overly concentrated life, makes me want to just flee society for a while and live as a hippy. The kind of hippy that has time to sit on old couches in a small apartment and talk with friends. The kind of hippy that gets infrequent haircuts and ponders poetry and thinks about art. The kind of hippy who eats raw corn, right off the cob, picked from a nearby farm. I am thinking about a slow life where sleeping in is normal and soaking in the meaning of life is valued. I want to smell the roses. Good grief, smell the roses? Does anyone even know where the roses are? Caught up in this crazy life, even the thought of roses is like an echo of a legend I hardly remember from once upon a time. Smell the roses? I wouldn?t even know where to start sniffing. And that is the problem, isn?t it? Can we get so busy that the stuff of life gets misplaced, misused, or forgotten? Do you sometimes feel like you are in such a hurry that you can?t get anything done? Well, there is a reason for that. There are some things that you actually cannot do while in a hurry. Below is my list of things I cannot do while I am in a hurry. Feel free to make your own. When I am in a hurry, I cannot listen very well. Yes, my ears work fine, but my mind is not very engaged and heart even less so. How does one hear a child say,\are on the run? Another thing I cannot do while in a hurry is be wise. Wisdom dose not drive me when I am in a hurry. Instead, I am driven by the next thing, no matter what it is. I cannot relax while in a hurry. Relaxing and being in a hurry are exact opposites, in my opinion. To some people, sleep gets in the way of life. I'm different. Life gets in the way of naps, and that is a problem. Finally, I cannot parent while in a hurry. At least I cannot do it well. What I am finding with children is that they are fast when they should be slow and slow when they should be fast. Or maybe I'm the one who has it messed up. Either way, I'm out of sync with my children when I hurry too much. Parenting works best for me at the speed of nurture, which is not very fast. Slowing down and doing only important things can really breathe some life into an ever-suffering existence. Most of the urgent things that \our hurry are the enemy. Stop multitasking and start living.
55. The author?s attitude towards multitasking is _______.
A. negative B. positive C. indifferent D. not mentioned 56. The things the author couldn?t do well in a hurry are the following EXCEPT ___________.
A. going to the church B. taking care of the children C. relaxing D. Listening well to others 57. What can we infer will be the most important thing in the author?s eyes?
A. Going to work on time. B. Running the red light. C. Keeping the company of the children. D. Pleasing the boss.
58. According to the passage, what is the main reason why there is so much hurry in our life?
A. That we are not smart enough to deal with our work.
B. That we require ourselves to finish too much work in a limited time. C. That we often sleep or take a nap during our work. D. That we try our best to get promoted or get a pay rise. 59. This passage is likely to be taken from ________.
A. an official report B. a tourist guide C. a popular magazine D. a doctor?s journal
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60. What can be the best title for the passage?
A. Slow down and live B. Stop multitasking C. Don?t be in a hurry any longer D. Why on the run?
第二节：下面文章中有5位同学（第61—65题）想要搜寻心仪的大学。请从以下选项（A、B、C、D、E和F）中选出符合各位同学要求的大学，并在答题纸上将相应选项的标号涂黑。选项中有一项是多余选项。
It is rather challenging to make a choice on universities for school under educates, as they have to take into account the factors like majors, tuition, location and the climate,etc. Read about the following universities and choose one for each of the five students below, with one extra option left.
61. Annie is a top student of senior 3. She loves art and is gifted in art. She wants to learn art in a forging country which has pleasant weather.
62. Betty has just entered a university, but she wants to quit school and go abroad to learn fashion design because she is crazy about fashion and wants to become a great designer. She has to choose a college with low fee because her family is not rich.
63. Eva is an English major student in a university. She loves fashion and wants to learn fashion design in a fashion center that is filled with fashion elements.
64. Alex is college student majoring in computer science. He found animation design would be profitable industry, so he decided to learn animation design in a country where the climate is mild, not cold in winter and not hot in summer.
65. Philip is an English major college student. British art fascinates him very much so he decided to feel the rich art atmosphere and learn art in Britain.
A．University of Auckland Programmes Fee Length of schooling Theology, Science, Art, Business, Education, Music… ￥60，000-80，000 a year 3 year Admission criterion（标准） 1 year preparation for students of senior 3 or graduates with an average mark of 80; regular college course for students who finish the first year in universities. Location（位置）and climate Auckland, the biggest city in New Zealand; comfortable climate; warm summers and mild and wet winters B. Istituto Maranon Programmes Fashion Business, Fashion Buying, Brand of Management and Fashion Promotion, Interior Design, Product Design and Graphic Design… ￥90,000-120,000 a year 3 years No language proficiency test required; able to speak English or Italian; at least 12 years schooling Milan, a global fashion centre in Italy; summers are extremely hot and humid; winters are chilly ·9·
Fee Length of schooling Admission criterion Location and climate C. Amusement Media College, Japan Programmes Fee Length of schooling Admission criterion Location and climate Animation（卡通）, caricature, digital game design ￥90,000-120,000 a year 2 years 12 years schooling or above Tokyo, Japan which is a country with the most advanced animation techniques, four distinct seasons; mild spring and fall, hot summer, and winter with a few snowfalls Arts, Engineering, Medicine and Health Sciences, Science, Social Sciences, Law, Education ￥80,000-160,000a year 3 years Finish senior high school with good performance or undergraduates in college Nottingham, located in Britain, wet springs, hot summers, warm autumns and icy winters Art, Engineering, Medicine and Health Sciences, Science, Business, Spanish, Fashion design ￥10,000-30,000 a year 3 years Finish senior high school and obtain a letter of admission of a university Lyon in France; the climate is mild and sunny Art, Animation Design, Furniture Design, Decoration and Design ￥100,000-120,000 a year 2 years Between 18 and 25, single; more than 1 year learning experience in art college Reims in France; temperature ranging from 5°C in December to 26°C in August D. The University of Nottingham Programmes Fee Length of schooling Admission Location and climate E. University of Lyon Programmes Fee Length of schooling Admission criterion Location and climate Programmes Fee Length of schooling Admission criterion Location and climate F. Ecole Superieure d Art et de Design 非选择题部分(共40分)
第三部分：写作（共二节，满分40分）
第一节：短文改错（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
假如英语课上老师要求同学们交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的一篇作文。文中共有10处语言错误，要求你在错误的地方增加、删除或修改某个单词。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），在其下面写上该加的词。 删除：把多余的词用斜线（\\）划掉。
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