---Keep me informed ______ the latest news.  

--- Ok.

  A. by                B. at               C. for               D. of

People often make a mistake about my nationality.  I was born of Chinese parents , _____, I look ______ but I was born and grew up in America, so I am an American.

A. however; Chinese   B. therefore; Chinese    

C. so; the Chinese   D. therefore; a Chinese

第二部分：閱讀理解（共25小題；第一節(jié)每小題2分，第二節(jié)每小題1分；滿分45分）

第一節(jié)  閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的四個(gè)選項(xiàng)（A、B、C和D）中，選出最佳選項(xiàng)。

Sam,an unemployed piano tuner，said it was only the second thing he had ever won in his life．The first thing was an Afghan blanket at a church raffle(抽彩售貨) when be was 25 years old．But this was much bigger: it was $120,000! He had won the Big Cube，a state lottery(彩票)game．To win，a contestant must first guess which number a spinning cube will stop on. The cube has six numbers on it：1X,10X，50X，100X,500X．a(chǎn)nd l000X．If he is correct，the contestant must then guess which of two selected variahles(變量)is going to be greater. So, just guessing which mumber appears on the cube does not guarantee that you will win any money.

Sam correctly guessed 1000X, but he still had to choose between two variables. One variable was the number of cars that would run the stop sign at Hill Street and Lake Avenue in six hours. The other variable was the number of times that a teenage boy would change TV channels in a three-hour period. This was a tough decision.

Finally, Sam flipped a coin. It came up heads, so Sam picked the teenager. He picked right. The stop sign was run only 76 times, but the teen clicked 120 times. Sixty-year-old Sam jumped for joy, for he had just won 1,000 times 120, or $120,000. Sam dreamily left the lottery studio. Talking excitedly on his cell phone while crossing the street, he got hit by a little sports car.

Sam is slowly getting better. He was in the hospital for a month. His hospital bill was $110,000. And the insurance company for the little sports car’s owner sued (起訴)Sam for $9,000 worth of repairs. Also, Sam still has to pay federal taxes on his winnings. Sam doesn’t play the state lottery any more. He says it’s better to be unlucky.

1. What can be inferred about Sam from passage?

A. He always has had bad luck.                   B.He seldom goes to a raffle.

       C. He is a very careful person in life.          D. He used to be crazy about lottery tickets.

2. Which of the following played a vital role in Sam’s winning the big prize?

A.The cube.           B. The coin.           C. The blanket.      D. The stop sign.

3. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A. The lottery game was a complete lie.

B. Sam was quite familiar with the boy.

C. The owner of the car is now in hospital.

D. Sam will have none of the prize money lest.

4. What could be the best title for the passage?

A. Curiosity killed the cat

B. Joy puts heart into a man

C. Extreme joy ends in sorrow

D. A bird in hand is worth two in the bush

       When I was a child ,I often dreamed of the time when I could leave home and escape to the city. We lived on a farm and, in the winter especially, we were quite cut off from the outside world. As soon as I left school, I packed my bags and moved to the capital . However, I soon discovered that city life has its problems too.

       One big disadvantage is money----it costs so much to go out ,not to mention basics like food and housing. Another disadvantage is pollution. I suffer from asthma（哮喘）,and at times the air is so bad that I am afraid to go outside. Then there is the problem of traveling round. Although I have a car, I seldom use it because of the traffic jams. One choice is to go by bicycle, but that can be quite dangerous.

       Of course there are advantages. First, there is so much to do in the city, whatever your tastes in culture or entertainment. Besides,there are wonderful jobs and greater chances of moving to a more important job or position. Finally,if you like shopping, the variety of goods is very surprising----and, what is more ,shops are often only a short walk away.

       Is life better then, in the city? Perhaps it is, when you are in your teens or twenties, However,as you get older, and especially if you have small children, the peace of the countryside may seem preferable. I certainly hope to move back there soon.

1. What was the writer always thinking about when he was a child?

       A. Staying on the farm  B. Moving to the countryside

       C. Leaving home for the city D. Running away from the school

2. Which of the following is true about the writer?

       A. He is very old now    B. He is in good health

       C. He prefers driving a car    D. He lives in the city now

3. In the passage ,the writer tries to ___________.

       A. express his opinions about way of life    

       B. describe his life in the countryside

       C. show an interest in the outside world

       D. persuade the reader to live in the city

4. How is the passage mainly developed?

       A. By inferring                         B. By comparing

       C. By listing examples                    D. By giving explanations  

Every baby born a decade from now will have its genetic code (基因編碼) mapped at birth, the head of the worlds’ leading genome sequencing (基因圖譜) company has predicted.

A complete DNA read – out for every newborn will be technically possible and affordable in less than five years, promising a revolution in healthcare, says Jay Flatley, the chief executive of Illumina. Only social and legal problems are likely to delay the age of “genome sequences,” or genetic profiles. By 2019 it will have become routine to map infants’ genes when they are born, Dr Flatly told The Times.

This will open a new approach to medicine, by which conditions such as high blood pressure and heart disease can be predicted and prevented and drugs used more safely and effectively.

A baby’s genome can be discovered at birth by a blood test. By examining a person’s genome, it is possible to identify raised risks of developing diseases such as cancers. Those at high risk can then he screened more regularly, or given drugs or dietary advice to lower their chances of becoming ill.

Personal genomes could also he used to ensure that patients get the medicine that is most likely to work for them and least likely to have side – effects.

The development, however, will raise legal concerns about privacy and access to individuals’ genetic records.

“Bad things can be done with the genome. It could predict something about someone – and you could possibly hand the information to their employer or their insurance company.” said Dr Flatley.

“People have to recognize that this horse is out of the barn, and that your genome probably can’t be protected, because everywhere you go you leave your genome behind. Complete genetic privacy, however, is unlikely to be possible”, he added.

As the benefits become clearer, however, he believes that most people will want their genomes read and interpreted. The risk is nothing compared with the gain.

1．In the first two paragraphs, the author mainly wants to tell us about______.

      A．the significant progress in medicine      

       B．the promise of a leading company

       C．the information of babies’ genes    

       D．the research of medical scientists

2．Which of the following is a problem caused by this approach?

       A．The delaying in discovering DNA.

       B．The risk of developing diseases at birth.

       C．The side – effects of medicine on patients.

       D．The letting out of personal genetic information.

3．What does the underlined sentence “… this horse is out of the barn” mean?

       A．Genetic mapping technique has been widely used.

       B．Genetic mapping technique is too horrible to control.

       C．People are eager to improve genetic mapping technique.

       D．people can’t stop genetic mapping technique advancing.

4．What’s Dr Flatley’s attitude towards the technology?

       A．Tolerant.     B．Conservative.         C．Positive.      D．Doubtful.

第四部分：書(shū)面表達(dá)（滿分25分）

假設(shè)你是李華，在得知四川大地震的消息之后，作為校學(xué)生會(huì)主席，你決定給災(zāi)區(qū)的中學(xué)生寫(xiě)一封慰問(wèn)信，主要內(nèi)容包括：

1、看到你們的表現(xiàn)，很感動(dòng)；

2、全校師生表示關(guān)心的同時(shí)，捐款12萬(wàn)元；

3、家園可以重建，希望你們充滿信心。

參考詞匯：捐款 donate  vt.

注意：1 可適當(dāng)發(fā)揮，但要意義連貫；

      2 字?jǐn)?shù)100詞左右，開(kāi)頭和結(jié)尾已給出，不計(jì)入總詞數(shù)。

 Dear friends:

   I’m awfully sorry to hear that _______________________________________________

Yours Sincerely

                                                        Li Hua

第二節(jié)：根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，從短文后的選項(xiàng)中選出能填入空白處的最佳選項(xiàng)。選項(xiàng)中有兩項(xiàng)為多余選項(xiàng)。

   Doctors say anger can be an extremely damaging emotion, unless you learn how to deal with it. They warn that anger can lead to heart disease, stomach problems, headaches, emotional problems and possibly cancer.

  71 Some people express anger openly in a calm reasonable way. Others burst with anger, and scream and yell. But other people keep their anger inside. They can not or will not express it. This is called repressing anger.

For years many doctors thought that repressing anger was more dangerous to a person’s health than expressing it. They said that when a person is angry, the brain releases the same hormones (荷爾蒙). They speed the heart rate, raise blood pressure, or sugar into the blood, etc. 72.

Some doctors say that both repressing and expressing anger can be dangerous. They believe that those who express anger violently may be more likely to develop heart disease, and they believe that those who keep anger inside may face a greater danger of high blood pressure.

 73 They say the first step is to admit that you are angry and to recognize the real cause of the anger, then decide if the cause is serious enough to get angry about. If it is, they say, “74Wait until your anger has cooled down and you are able to express yourself calmly and reasonably.”

  Doctors say that a good way to deal with anger is to find humor in the situation that has made you angry. 75

A. In general ,the person feels excited and ready to act.

B. They said that laughter is much healthier than anger.

C. Expressing anger violently is more harmful than repressing it.

D. Anger may cause you a cancer.

E. Do not express your anger while angry.

F. Anger is a normal emotion that we all feel from time to time.

G. Doctors say the solution is learning how to deal with anger.

_____ ,she is the sort of woman to spread sunshine to people through her smile.

A.Shy and cautious                  B.Sensitive and thoughtful

C.Honest and confident          D.Light-hearted and optimistic

______ to give up smoking, he threw away his ______ cigarettes.

A. Determined; remained                            B. Determining; remaining

C. Determined; remaining                                      D. Determining; remained

D

Electronic waste, or e-waste, refers to electronic products that are no longer usable. This can include TVs, cell phones and computers and other office electronics, electronic toys and videos machines. Today, the average turnover（更換）rate for a computer in the United States is every two years, according to the environmental group, Greenpeace.

The group's Dai Yun says e-waste is a global problem. "The electronic industry is one of the fastest growing industries in the world. The high speed of growth in this industry means more and more electronic products are being wasted and thrown away. If no one decides to retrieve the old products and process them properly, the electronic waste will sweep over the earth like the huge wave behind me and pollute the Earth seriously."

Greenpeace works out that 20 to 50 million tons of e-waste are produced globally each year. The components（部件）in many electronic products contain harmful chemicals that pollute ground water and the environment.

At present , the U.S. has no federal law for the disposal (處理) of e-waste although a few states have e-waste recycling programs in place, but there is no law. The U.S. exports much of its e-waste to third world countries, such as India and China, where workers took apart computers for valuable parts, hoping to sell them for money. But harmful wastes expert, Dr. Bakul Rao, says that's a dangerous practice. "From now on, the recyclers are not very educated. All they know is they can retrieve copper or gold out of it. So, the easiest way to do that is leach (過(guò)濾) it out in an acid or burn it off to retrieve it. So, that's where they don't know how to deal with it, neither do they have any health systems in place. So, their exposure is more."

1. Which of the following is most likely not to be a form of e-waste?

 A. A mobile phone B. A radio

C. An e-bike        D. A table

2. What does the underlined word "retrieve" (paragraph 2) probably mean?

 A. look into   B. take apart   C. get back   D. throw away

3. What of the following statements is true according to the passage？

A. The U.S. has strict national laws for dealing with e-waste.

B. Third world countries import e-waste to get valuable parts, which is a safe and easy way to

make money.

C. The way uneducated workers deal with old computers does great harm to the environment as well as to their own health.

D. More and more electronic waste is being wasted and thrown away mainly because of

people's bad habits.

4. What is the purpose of writing the passage?

A. To attract more people's attention to e-waste.

B. To call on people not to throw away e-waste anywhere.

C. To tell people what e-waste is and how to deal with it well.

D. To warn people to break away from the electronic industry.

5. The next paragraph probably concerns_______.

A. how to deal with e-waste properly

B. how to protect ourselves from harm by e-waste

C. How to slow down the development in the electronic industry

D. how to make full use of e-waste