The Browns stood staring at the happy _______ of children playing in the park.

  A. scene      B. landscape C. scenery  D. view

The massive 8.8 quake, the seventh strongest in recorded history, hit Chile（智利） and should have shortened the length of an Earth day by 1.26 milliseconds. More impressive is how much the quake shifted the Earth’s axis（地軸）.

The computer model used to determine the effects of the Chile earthquake effect also found that it should have moved the Earth’s figure axis by about 8 cm. The Earth’s figure axis is not the same as its north-south axis, which Earth turns around once every day at a speed of about 1,604 kph. The figure axis is the axis around which the Earth’s mass is balanced. It is offset（偏離）from the Earth’s north-south axis by about 10 meters.

Strong earthquakes can change Earth’s days and its axis. The 9.1 Sumatran earthquake in 2004, which set off a deadly tsunami（海嘯）, should have shortened Earth’s days by 0.0068 milliseconds and shifted its axis by about 7cm.

One Earth day is about 24 hours long. Over the course of a year, the length of a day normally changes gradually by one millisecond. It increases in the winter when Earth moves more slowly, and decreases in the summer.

The Chile earthquake was much smaller than the Sumatran quake, but its effects on the Earth are larger because of its location. The fault（斷層） responsible for the 2010 Chile quake also cuts through Earth at a larger angle(角度) than the Sumatran quake’s fault. This makes the Chile fault more effective in moving the Earth’s mass vertically and hence more effective in shifting the Earth’s figure axis.

The findings are based on early data available on the Chile earthquake. The Chile earthquake has killed more than 700 people and caused widespread damage in the South American country.

1. What’s the biggest problem caused by the Chile quake?

A. It is the seventh strongest in recorded history.

B. It should have shortened the length of an Earth day.

C. It shifted the Earth’s axis.

D. It made the day longer on Earth.

2. Comparing the Sumatran earthquake with the Chile earthquake, we know that ______.

A. the Sumatran earthquake had more effect on Earth

B. the location of the Chile earthquake is responsible for its larger effects on Earth

C. the Sumatran earthquake was less destructive

D. the Chile earthquake fault changed the Earth’s mass

3. What does the word “It” in the 4th paragraph refer to?

A. The length of a day.  B. The axis.

C. One millisecond.              D. The change of the day.

4. This article is most probably taken from        .

  A. A travel book                   B. A fiction

C. A science research report      D. A fashion journal

第二部分：詞匯知識運用（共兩節(jié)，滿分40分）

第一節(jié)  完成句子（共10小題；每小題1.5分，滿分15分）

71. As Liu Qian puts it , it’s not the magic that makes it work , ______________ (我們的工作方式)that makes it magic. ( way )

72. ____________,(盡管他的想法聽起來奇怪)it was accepted by all the people at the meeting. (as )

73. It’s  ____________ (你很愚蠢) be involoved in the trouble. (silly)

74. Mike  ____________ (肯定不在打掃)the classroom now. I saw him playing basketball on the playground a moment ago. ( clean )

75. Do remember ____________ (把家庭作業(yè)交上來)before you go to your P.E class. ( have )

76.  ____________ (他所需要的)is enough time and what I need are enough books.( what )

77. ____________  (困在)in the collapsed coal mine for more than 70 hours , the workers survived by eating newspapers. ( trap )

78. Your advice  ____________ (她等待)till next week is unreasonable, so she is wise not to take it. (wait )

79.   ____________ (如果你打開電視)and you will often see advertisements showing happy families. (turn )

80. Oh, ____________ (多有趣)to skate on real rice! ( fun )

More than 2 million US teenagers have suffered a serious bout（發(fā)作) of depression in the past year, according to a federal government survey released on Tuesday.

On average, 8.5 percent of adolescents aged 12 to 17 described having had a major depressive episode in the previous year, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration reported.

But there were "striking differences" by sex, with 12.7 percent of girls and 4.6 percent of boys affected.

Depression is the leading cause of suicide, which in turn is the third-leading cause of death for 15- to 24-year-olds in the United States.

"Combined 2004 to 2006 data show that rates of past year major depressive experience among youths aged 12 to 17 generally increased with increasing age," the researchers wrote.

Researchers at SAMHSA and RTI International in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, prepared the report using data from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health.

More than 67,700 youths aged 12 to 17 answered questions about mood and depression. They were also asked to rate how depression affected them using the Sheehan Disability Scale, which measures impact on family, friends, chores at home, work and school.

Researchers defined a major depressive episode as two weeks or longer of depressed mood or loss of interest or pleasure, and at least four other symptoms(癥狀) such as problems with sleep, energy, concentration or self-image.

Nearly half of the teenagers who had major depression said it severely damaged their ability to function in at least one of the areas on the disability scale.

"Fortunately, depression responds very well to early intervention and treatment," SAMHSA Administrator Terry Cline said in a statement.

1. The underlined word “ episode ”in paragraph 2 has the similar meaning as the given word_________

       A. feeling      B. expression  C. experience  D. experiment

2. The main reasons which lead to serious depressive symptoms include_________.

       A. low spirits , unhappiness , lack of sleep and poor concentration

       B. poor health , sex discrimination , less energy and loss of interest

       C. suicide , sandness , lack of confidence and depression

       D. no family or friends or jobs or interests at all

3. What can be implied , but is not stated directly ?

       A. There were more girl students suffering depression than boys

       B. There were over 2 million American teens suffering depression in the past two years

       C. The students surveyed were aged between `12 and 17

       D. depression is the third-leading cause of suicide

4. What will the following paragraph probably talk about according to the passage ?

       A. How to have a happy feeling   B. How to live a comfortable life

       C. How to recover from stress      D. How to prevent and treat depression

A team from Krakow, in Poland, used functional magnetic resonance imaging （機能性核共振成像）（FMRI）to assess brain activity when 40 volunteers were shown various images．Men showed activity in areas which dealt with what action they should take in order to avoid or face up to danger．But the study found more activity in the emotional centers of women's brains．The researchers, from another university, carried out scans on 21 men and 19 women．Brain activity was monitored while the volunteers were shown images of objects and images from ordinary life designed to remind different emotional states．

The images were displayed in two runs．For the first run, only negative pictures were shown．For the second run, only positive pictures were shown．

While viewing the negative images, women showed stronger and broader activity in the left thalamus（神經(jīng)床）．This is an area which passes sense information to the pain and pleasure centres of the brain．Men showed more activity in an area of the brain called the left insula（腦島）, which plays a key role in controlling natural functions, including breath, heart rate and digestion．Generally, activity in this area tells the body to either run away from danger, or meet it head on - the so-called "fight or flight response"．

While viewing positive images, women showed stronger activity in an area of the brain associated with memory．With men, the stronger activity was recorded in an area associated with visual processing．Dr Urbanik believes these differences suggest women may analyze positive stimuli（刺激）in a broader social context and associate positive images with a particular memory．

For instance, viewing a picture of a smiling child might remind memories of a woman's own child at this age．On the contrary, male responses tend to be less emotional．

1．The research shows that men response differently to__________compared with women．

       A．different images     B．ordinary life 

       C．different activities         D．medical scan

2．According to the passage, when faced with danger, ____________．

       A．women react more slowly than men       B．women usually try to avoid it 

       C．men usually have no reaction          D．men react to it more directly

3．What is discussed in the 4 th paragraph?          ．

       A．Men and women’s different memories   B．The different responses to the children

       C．Different reactions to positive stimuli    D．Negative results of the visual processing

3．The passage mainly develops______．

       A．by inferring                   B．by comparing  

       C．by listing examples        D．by giving explanations

Although it is not our normal   ___to give credit in our shop, this time I think we should consider the matter more closely．      

       A．habit       B．a(chǎn)ction       C．practice    D．intention

 On seeing the damage he had done to his kind neighbor’s house, the child felt______.

  A. ashamed     B. shy     C. sure    D. proud

第二節(jié)：完形填空（共20小題; 每小題1分，滿分20分）

       閱讀下面短文，掌握其大意，然后從21～40各題所給的四個選項（A、B、C和D）中，選出最佳選項，并在答題紙上將該選項標號涂黑。

I have a friend named Monty Roberts who possesses a horse ranch (大牧場). He was the son of a horse trainer who would go from ranch to ranch, training horses. As a result, the boy’s high school career was continually   21   . When he was a senior, he was   22    to write a paper about what he wanted to be and do when he   23   .

“That night he wrote a seven –page paper, describing his goal of someday    24    a horse ranch. He wrote about his dream in great detail. He put his    25    into the project and the next day he handed it in to his teacher. Two days later he    26    his paper back. On the front page was a large F with a    27    that read, “See me after class.” The boy went to see the teacher after class.

The teacher said, “This is a(n)    28    dream for a young boy like you. You have no money. Owning a horse ranch    29    a lot of money. There’s no way you could ever do it.” Then the teacher added, “    30    you will rewrite this paper with a more realistic goal, I will

    31    your grade.”

The boy went home and thought about it    32    and hard. He asked his father what he should do. His father said, “Look, son, you have to make up your own mind on this. However, I think it is very important    33    for you.” Finally, after sitting with it for a week, the boy turned in the    34   paper. He stated, “You can keep the F and I’ll keep my    35   .”

Sitting in the middle of his 200-acre horse ranch, he told me he    36    had that school paper. He added, “Two summers ago that same schoolteacher    37    30 kids to camp out on my ranch for a week.” When the teacher was leaving, he said, “Look, Monty, I can tell you this now. When I was your teacher, I was    38    of a dream stealer. During those years I stole a lot of kids’ dream. Fortunately you had    39    enough not give up yours.”

Don’t let anyone   40    your dreams. Follow your heart, no matter what.

21.   A. started       B. interrupted C. made  D. ended

22.   A. taught B. guided       C. asked  D. forced

23.   A. grew up     B. brought up C. took up      D. went up

24.   A. working     B. making      C. owing       D. owning

25.   A. action B. heart   C. explanation D. words

26.   A. received     B. accepted     C. returned     D. offered

27.   A. note    B. letter   C. saying D. information

28.   A. unusual      B. unique       C. unnatural    D. unrealistic

29.   A. raises  B. makes C. requires      D. saves

30.   A. Although    B. If       C. When  D. While

31.   A. reconsider  B. award C. recover      D. acknowledge

32.   A. soon   B. wide   C. long    D. enough

33.   A. composition      B. decision     C. lesson D. grade

34.   A. rewritten    B. vivid   C. same   D. printed

35.   A. dream B. word   C. promise      D. impression

36.   A. even   B. rather  C. ever    D. still

37.   A. fetched      B. brought      C. assess  D. recite

38.   A. something  B. anything     C. nothing      D. everything

39.   A. opportunity       B. occasion     C. courage      D. intelligence

40.   A. starve B. accuse C. submit       D. steal

 If I can help _______, I prefer living in Hangzhou because the weather here is better than _______ of Suzhou.

       A. one, it B. it, that C. that, one     D. it, it

. The old man, who _______ the World War II, is Peter’s grandfather.

A. went along        B. went out            C. went away            D. went through