完形填空(共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分)

  阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从1～15各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项。

      I'm going to share my most embarrassing experience in life with you. It turned out to be one of my life's most valuable   1   .

      This summer, I   2   a dance summer camp organized by the high school dance team. We went to learn new tricks, techniques and knowledge about the art of dance. I arrived at the camp, being very   3 of my ability to be a good dancer; of course I was   4   high marks and praise. My rich experience and long time in the dance team qualified me for the top class, which I felt was a right   5   .

      However, when the class began I   6   that I did not know as much as I thought I did. My over-confidence  7   me to fall flat on my face. It seemed as if every girl in the class could perform the challenging jumps, leaps and other   8   tricks except me. All of that "former experience" got me nowhere. Because of that I

became discouraged and wanted to   9   immediately. My frustration kept me from doing my best. As a result the final performance was nothing but embarrassing. On the stage I   10   forgot how to dance and most of the time I just stood there, looking   11   , while the other girls performed like professionals. How embarrassing it was!

      From this experience I   12   that people are sometimes not as good at something as they think they are; there is always someone out there that can do it   13   than you. I also learned that there is always room for   14   , and I should do my best whatever the situation is. I know if I do not try my best, I will   15   even before I begin.

1. A. lessons          B. jokes              C. lectures               D. expressions

2. A. attended         B. checked            C. supported             D. started

3. A. worthy          B. confident           C. fond                  D. aware

4. A. showing         B. expecting           C. receiving              D. wasting

5. A. suggestion       B. method             C. decision               D. style

6. A. hoped           B. pretended           C. realized               D. explained

7. A. caused          B.allowed             C. cheated                D. advised

8. A. strange          B. difficult            C. simple                 D. funny

9. A. quit             B. struggle            C.survive                 D. perform

10. A. completely      B. quickly             C. probably               D. hardly

11. A. happy          B. amazed             C. stupid                 D. surprised

12. A. remembered     B. lied                C. concluded              D. wondered

13. A. better           B. deeper             C. faster                  D. wider

14. A. improvement     B. experience          C.success                 D. creation

15. A. fall             B. fear                C. hesitate                D. fail

语法填空(共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分)

    阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用栝号中词语的正确形式填空．并将答案填写在标号为16-25的相应位置上。

     Rap music is very commonly heard on most music channels today. Trace the history of rap music,   16  you will find the huge influence that the traditional music of Africa and the Caribbean countries has had   17  rap music.

     If you listen to rap music, you will notice how the lyrics (歌词)   18   (speak) in the background of the songs. Rap is music   19   is made up of drum beats and sounds from electronic instruments. The music is generally pre-recorded.   20  is essential that the rapper keeps up with the beat of the music   21   (play) in the background.

     There is   22   constant beat in rap songs. The beat accounts for the popularity of rap music in clubs. The rhythm and beat of rap music is essential to its basic structure,   23   the strength of rap music lies in  its lyrics. Rap songs can often use the same pre-recorded background music, but the difference in the lyrics  of the songs makes   24   stand apart from each other. The lyrics of the songs make rap music   25   (true) unique.

     My youngest eagerly entered kindergarten,while my oldest excitedly startede college and I felt left behind. After being very happy as a stay-at-home mother of six children,I suddenly felt disappointed on a dead-end road and surrounded by a lack of direction,An inner anxiety troubled me that life was passing by.The road, requiting expensive education,appeared too long and difficult.

      Thanks to supportive friends and family, I eventually discovered the road sign pointing to the ideal program at an excellent college, which offered a lot of tuition grants( 学费资助 ). With  anxiety and fear, I went to the college at age forty. Driving to my first master's class, I was as eager and nervous as children for the first day of school.

      School required sacrifices: weekends for class, sleep for study, and life's extra money for tuition payments. Yet, as with all good things, the rewards greatly outweighed the cost. The narrow, rocky road developed will power and patience, while the smooth, open road built low confidence. Along the way, I met companions of all ages and interests: a 50-year-old woman who took part in photography classes at the college; a 62-year-old successful businessman who worked toward a nursing degree to serve in developing countries; an 80-year-old woman who enthusiastically started classes to use the Internet, so she could keep up with the world

     This past May, twelve years after starting the journey as a non-traditional student, I graduated with a  doctoral degree in literature one week before our youngest child graduated from college. All six children have been especially proud, lovingly calling me " Dr. Mom". Never could I have imagined the wild rush and great travel of this ride back to school. When you hear the small, still voice urging you to do something more or different, remember you can trust your heart.

26. How did the author feel after her youngest entered kindergarten?

  A. She was satisfied with her family life.        B. She was unhappy about losing her job.

  C. She was unwilling to live a common life.      D. She worried about her children's growth.

27. The author eventually managed to get the chance to study the college courses __________

    A. before she gave birth to her sixth child        B. at a common college near her house

    C. with free tuition beyond her expectation       D. with the help of her family and friends

28. What did the author think of the sacrifices she had made?

    A. It was unfair for her to suffer these as she was not young.

    B. They were worthwhile compared to what she got.

    C. They made her lose her confidence during the study.

    D. They did little help on her way to success.

29. The examples the author gives in Paragraph 3 fully prove that ____________

    A. it is never too late to learn                    B. she had many classmates

    C. women are more hard-working                D. learning is the only way for kids

30. We can learn from this passage that the author __

    A. graduated almost at the same time as her oldest child

    B. studied the courses in the college as a traditional student

    C. eventually became a doctor and worked in a hospital

    D. got her doctoral degree in literature when she was 52

     An average 30-year-old person who has eaten three meals a day since birth has eaten more than 30,000 meals to date. Even if you've only eaten half that much you have to admit this : you've let some of that breakfast, lunch or dinner go to waste. And it turns out we're all to blame for this shaming fact: 30% of all food produced in the world each year is wasted or lost. That's about 1.3 billion tons, according to a new report by the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization.

      That's the weight of more than 8.6 million full-grown blue whales, the largest creatures on earth. That's the weight of more than 2.3 million Airbus A380s, the largest planes in existence. That's as if each person in China, the world's most populous country with more than 1.3 billion people, had one ton mass of food they could just throw into the dustbin. It's almost unfathomable, isn't it?

     Setting aside that big number, we find the people with the most money are the ones who waste the most. Per capita( 人均 ), European and North American countries waste between 95 and 115 kilograms of food. Sub-Saharan African, South Asian and Southeast Asian countries waste much, much less -- between 6 and 11 kilograms per person.

     Here's another statistic: all the food that the world's richest countries waste is about equal to all the food that sub-Saharan Africa produces. The numbers: 222 million tons and 230 million tons, respectively( 分别地). Basically, the wasted food of the rich could feed much of the African continent. And these numbers come as we've just been reporting about rising food prices around the world in the past week.

     And my own personal tip: if I eat at a restaurant and can't finish it all, I ask for a doggie bag. I used to be a waiter years ago and will never forget the amounts of food I saw left on the table after the bill was paid. There's no reason to waste food. It's up to all of us to use our common sense to eat and shop just a bit more wisely.

31. According to the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization, how much food do people produce each year in the world?

    A. About 3.3 billion tons.                     B. About 3.9 billion tons.

    C. About 4.3 billion tons.                     D. About 5.6 billion tons.

32. What does the underlined word "unfathomable" in Paragraph 2 mean?

    A. Possible to imagine.                        B. Impossible to change.

    C. Impossible to understand.                    D. Possible to understand.

33. It can be learned that the food the rich waste can support________.

    A. half the people in Europe                    B. most people of America

    C. most people of Asia                         D. most people of Africa

34. The author gave his personal tip based on the fact that _________

    A. he was once very poor                        B. he was once a farmer

    C. he once worked in a restaurant                 D. the price of food is very high

35. What is the purpose of this article?

    A. To show the author's opinion of food.

    B. To let us live more wisely and not waste food.

    C. To show the amount of wasted food a year.

    D. To ask the richest countries to help African people.

      A study in Norway has found that students who stayed in school longer than others their same age scored higher on intelligence tests.

      In the middle of the nineteen fifties, the government began requiring students to attend school until the age of sixteen instead of fourteen. Communities had almost twenty years to make the change. So some students went to school for seven years while others went for at least nine years.

      This difference gave researchers the chance to see if the additional schooling had any effect on intellectual development.

      All young men in Norway must take a test of their cognitive ability at age  nineteen in preparation for required military service. This is commonly called an IQ,or intelligence quotient,test.

      The researchers compared the test results of one hundred and seven thousand young men to  their years of school, Taryn Ann Galloway is a researcher at the University of Oslo.

    "The young men who were basically forced to stay in school for two years longer actually did have higher IQs. So, based on that, we were able to say that increasing compulsory schooling did actually have an effect on their cognitive abilities as measured at nineteen years of age. " Taryn Ann Galloway says.

      The average IQ is one hundred. Most people score between eighty-five and one hundred fifteen.

      Ms. Galloway says students who attended school for nine years scored seven points higher than those who attended for seven years. Those who went for eight years scored about four points higher.

      Taryn Ann Galloway says, "So that's still quite large. "

      The findings appear in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

      Another recent study, in the journal Nature, found that IQ scores can rise or fall during the teenage years. In two thousand four, researchers from University College London tested thirty-three young people aged twelve to sixteen. They repeated the tests four years later. They found increases or decreases of as much as twenty points.

      Professor Cathy Price says the differences in performance could be the result of some teens being early or late developers. But she says it is equally possible that education played a part. She sees a lesson for educators : "We have to be careful not to write off poorer performers at an early stage when in fact their IQ may improve significantly given a few more years. "

36. According to the passage, in Norway __________

    A. teens stay at school longer than those in other countries

    B. students usually begin school at 7

    C. the public must carry out the requirement at once

    D. the government did a lot of things to improve students' IQ

37. Young men in Norway must take an IQ test at 19 _______

    A. to help researchers do a study on intellectual development

    B. to see whether their IQ scores rise or fall

    C. to prepare for the required military service

    D. to be allowed to graduate from the school

38. How did the researchers do their study?

    A. By comparison.                                B. By asking questions.

    C. By giving examples.                            D. By discussion.

39. From what Cathy Price says, we can know that ________

    A. it is important to start educating earlier

    B. we shouldn't jump to conclusions about teens' performance

    C. the IQ will be improved as one ages

    D. educators must try to improve teens' IQ

40. What is the best title of the passage?

    A. Education quality is determined by studying time

    B. The IQ is developing faster as one is getting older

    C. Beginning school late does harm to students

    D. More school may mean higher IQ

      You could fill the sky with all the ideas people have had for flying cars, or what Carl Dietrich calls"flying-driving vehicles". Carl Dietrich said, "Since the turn of the 20th century, there have been hundreds of published concepts for flying-driving vehicles. And some of them have actually been built and flown. But at this point the Transition is the closest to actually getting to the marketplace. "

      Carl Dietrich heads a company in Massachusetts called Terrafugia. He said, "Terrafugia is developing  the Transition street-legal airplane, which many people have characterized as the first practical flying car. "

      Carl Dietrich says the Transition Roadable Aircraft easily changes to a car. He said, " It takes about twenty seconds. It' s like puffing the top down on a convertible(敞篷车 ) ; only instead of folding up your roof, we're folding up our wings and we're transferring power from a propeller ( 螺旋桨 ) to the wheels for driving on the ground. "

      Development began in 2006, and the first road and flight tests took place in 2009. The Transition had to meet federal safety standards for cars and aircrafts. Last year the Federal Aviation Administration agreed to let it weigh more than other light sport aircrafts. But even fully loaded, says Mr. Dietrich, it just weighs about half as much as an average car.

      Carl Dietrich says the aircraft can climb to more than three thousand meters. It can carry two people at speeds over one hundred and sixty kilometers an hour in the air. And on the ground it can drive at highway speeds, around one hundred and thirteen kilometers an hour. The plane needs an airport for rake-offs and landings, which can be a problem if the buyer doesn't have a private airport. But it uses automotive gasoline.

      The company expects to complete the building process for its flying cars within the next few months. Then it will begin a year-long testing program. Terrafugia expects the Transition to reach the market by the end of 2012, at a price of around two hundred and fifty thousand dollars.

41. According to Carl Dietrich, Terrafugia is trying to ________

 A. develop cars to increase their running speeds  B. publish concepts for flying-driving vehicles

 C. produce practical flying cars               D. prove that cars can fly

42. Paragraph 3 shows that the Transition Roadable Aircraft __________

    A. looks smaller than a normal car

    B. doesn't have a roof like a normal car

    C. will be very difficult to operate at first

    D. can be used both in the sky and on the ground

43. What might be a problem that the Transition Roadable Aircraft will face?

    A. It can only carry the driver.

    B. There will not be proper gasoline for it.

    C. It will weigh too much to fly in the sky.

    D. There will not be enough places for its take-offs and landings.

44. The last paragraph shows that

    A. flying cars will not be in wide use

    B. flying cars will be put into use quite soon

    C. the future market of the flying cars is not bright

    D. flying cars will still be a dream for a long time

45. What's the main idea of this passage?

    A. Flying cars will replace airplanes.             B. Flying cars move closer to reality.

    C. Flying cars are ready for the market.           D. Flying cars have been built before.

信息匹配(共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分)

    阅读下列应用文及相关信息，并按照要求匹配信息。

    首先请阅读下列杂志的简单介绍： 

the secrets about happy relationships, dating  and nutrition.

D.

E.

46. Daniel is a sports fan who likes all kinds of sports, especially football and baseball. Every week he reads articles about the latest sports news. He regards himself as a serious sports fan because he enjoys profes-sional sports competitions and likes reading magazines with quality photographs and in-depth articles.

47. Alex is a student majoring in Geographic Information Science in a famous university. He loves his major, so he quite enjoys reading magazines related to it, especially those with various pictures, illustrated maps and stories of natural history, culture, science and various regions of the world.

48. After getting married to Gavin, Daisy found she wanted to do a lot of things, such as cooking for the family, decorating their new home and caring for the garden and making it more beautiful. However, she has no idea about any of these things, so she wants to turn to magazines in the hope of getting some practical ideas.

49. Emma dreams of becoming a famous actress in the future. In her spare time, she loves to read magazines that can provide her with information about the entertainment world and, most importantly, keep her informed about the hottest shows, trends and celebrities. Besides this, she also likes magazines with program listings, movie reviews and puzzles.

50. Carol pays a lot of attention to her health and fitness. She likes reading magazines with news and information on health issues. She prefers magazines that provide practical strategies for disease prevention, nutrition and maintaining an exercise program to keep fit.

基础写作(共1小题，满分15分)

上周，你们班就”自习课是否可以自由讨论问题”展开了激烈的讨论，讨论结果如下表所示：

观点

60％认为不能讨论问题

30％认为可以讨论问题

其他人没有明确的态度

理由

利用自习课自己可以好好地

整理一下所学的知识，这需要

一个安静的环境

讨论可以帮助解决一些他们

自己不能解决的问题

生词：自习课：self-study class

    【写作内容】

    1．讨论的主题；

    2．讨论的结果；

    3．你的观点。

    【写作要求】

    只能用5个句子表达全部内容。

    【评分标准】

    句子结构准确，信息内容完整，篇章连贯。

读写任务(共1小题，满分25分)

    阅读下面短文，然后按要求写一篇150词左右的英语短文。

     Driving home with my six-year-old son, I quietly sang along. Traffic was light. I pulled to a stop at the crossroads and looked both ways. The roads were clear. I slowly started to make a right turn when suddenly a car rounded a curve at high speed and came straight at me. I braked my car hard in the process. The speeding car just went fast past my car by inches.

      Before I knew it, dirty words were flying from my lips. I then looked over to my son who was staring at me innocently.

     Later that evening I was reading when I heard certain unpleasant words coming from my son. I realized the power of those words from my lips at that moment of anger.

     That mistake  however, did teach me how strong words can be .It helped me to stop swearing in my own life and to start using encouraging and inspiring words instead.

    【写作内容】

    1．以约30个词概括上文的主要内容。

    2．以约120个词以”The Power of Words”为题发表自己的观点，内容包括：

    (1)父母的言语对孩子的影响；

    (2)日常生活中我们应该如何注意自己的言行；

    (3)说明理由。

    【写作要求】

    1．作文中可以使用亲身经历或虚构的故事，也可以参照阅读材料的内容，但不得直接引用原文中的句子。

  2．作文中不能出现真实姓名和学校名称。

  【评分标准】

  概括准确，语言规范，内容合适，语篇连贯。