C

   A light emitting diode （發(fā)光二極管）, or L．E．D．, is a device that shines when electricity passes through it．But it works differently than traditional kinds of light bulbs．Light emitting diodes use less energy and last much longer than bulbs with a filament （燈絲） inside．L．E．   D．’s are also cooler to the touch, and shine a lot brighter than they used to．  

Red L．E．D．’s have long been used as signal lights on electronic equipment．But now light emitting diodes also come in blue and other colors．Colored L．E．D．’s are used to show images on everything from wireless phones to huge video signs．And white L．E．D．’s are being used increasingly to replace traditional lighting systems．  

But all these require electricity．In poor countries, people often burn fuel to produce light．But the smoke can make people sick．So an electrical engineering professor from Canada started a project to produce L．E．       D．lighting systems for the developing world．These lights are powered by batteries that can be recharged with energy from the sun．The batteries can also be charged through other ways, such as wind power and water power．

   Professor David Irvine-Halliday tells the story of how he got the idea．In 1997, while climbing in the Annapurna mountains in Nepal, he saw a small school．All the children were outside．He looked through a window and saw that inside the school was dark．The school had a sign that read: "We have no teachers．If you want to stay and teach for a few days, we would be very pleased．" Professor Irvine-Halliday says that experience had a big effect on him．Back at the University of Calgary, he was on the Internet one day．He saw a company in Japan selling bright white L．E．  D．’s．So he built a light with some．This is how he began the Light Up the World Foundation．

48．Compared with traditional kinds of light bulbs, L．E．D．’S________．

     A．waste a lot of energy              B．need shorter time to make

     C．shine much brighter                  D．a(chǎn)re warmer to touch

49．According to the passage, we know that L．E．D．’s________．

     A．will replace all the lights            B．will be more and more popular

     C．will be only colored ones        D．will be only used in developing countries

50．According to the passage, we can infer that the purpose of the Light Up the World Foundation is to________．

     A．develop L．E．D．lighting system for the developing world             

       B．sell bright white L．E．D．’s

     C．collect money for developing countries                           

       D．earn money by selling L．E．D．’s

書面表達(dá)（滿分25分）

假定你是李華，最近你們班就“低碳”生活方式進(jìn)行了討論，你的美國朋友Jack來信向你詢問討論情況，請你用英語寫封回信，簡單介紹以下討論結(jié)果：

1. 節(jié)水節(jié)電；   2. 垃圾分類；   3. 少用紙巾，重拾手帕； 

4. 步行，騎自行車或乘坐公交車。

參考詞匯：低碳low carbon  紙巾tissue

注意：詞數(shù)150以內(nèi)；可適當(dāng)增加細(xì)節(jié)了，以使行文連貫；開頭已為你寫好，不計入總詞數(shù)。

Dear  Jack,

  Thank you for your letter asking about our discussion on low carbon lifestyle. Here is something about it.

All of the students were ______ by the ______ speech _______ by the leader.

A. inspired; inspired; given               B. inspired; inspiring; gives

C. inspiring; inspired; given               D. inspired; inspiring; given

My parents were not happy as they don’t approve ____ out at night.

  A. of Mary and me staying                                      B. of me and Mary staying

  C. to Mary’s and my staying                           D. when Mary and me stay

One of Britain’s bravest women told yesterday how she helped to catch suspected (可疑的) police killer David Bieber — and was thanked with flowers by the police. It was also said that she could be in line for a share of up to ￡30,000 reward money.

Vicki Brown, 30, played a very important role in ending the nationwide hunt. Vicki, who has worked at the Royal Hotel for four years, told of her terrible experience when she had to walk silently into Bieber’s bedroom and to watch him secretly. Then she waited alone for three hours while armed police prepared to storm the building.

She said: “I was very nervous. But when I opened the hotel door and saw 20 armed policemen lined up in the car park I was so glad they were there.”

The alarm had been raised because Vicki became suspicious (懷疑) of the guest who came at 3 pm the day before New Year’s Eve with little luggage and wearing sunglasses and a hat pulled down over his face. She said: “He didn't seem to want to talk too much and make any eye contact .” Vicki, the only employee on duty, called her bosses Margaret, 64, and husband Stan McKale, 65, who phoned the police at 11 pm.

Officers from Northumbria Police called Vicki at the hotel in Dunston, Gateshead, at about 11:30 pm to make sure that this was the wanted man. Then they kept in touch by phoning Vicki every 15 minutes.

“It was about ten past two in the morning when the phone went again and a policeman said ‘Would you go and make yourself known to the armed officers outside?’. My heart missed a beat.”

Vicki quietly showed eight armed officers through passages and staircases to the top floor room and handed over the key.

“I realized that my bedroom window overlooks that part of the hotel, so I went to watch. I could not see into the man’s room, but I could see the passage. The police kept shouting at the man to come out with his hands showing. Then suddenly he must have come out because they shouted for him to lie down while he was handcuffed (戴上手銬).”

The underlined phrase “be in line for” (paragraph 1) means________.

A. get    B. be paid           C. ask for          D. own

Vicki's heart missed a beat because ________.

A. the phone went again              B. she would be famous

C. the policemen had already arrived    D. she saw 20 policemen in the car park

David Bieber was most probably handcuffed in ________.

A. the passage B. the man's room

C. Vicki's bedroom       D. the top floor room

The whole event probably lasted about ________ hours from the moment Bieber came to the hotel to the arrival of some armed officers.

A. 6              B. 8              C. 11           D. 14

Many New Zealand cities lie ____ a bay and ____ a natural, deep harbor.

A. on; enjoy      B. on; cover       C. off; include              D. off; have

He felt _______ to remind the public to protect the environment.

   A. his duty    B. that is his duty    C. it his duty        D. it is his duty

Carl lost his job. He had so little money that he spent his days at home. He watched his neighbor’s room, where an old professor lived. He found the rooms were full of old furniture and vases. Carl thought, “Why haven’t I got an old and valuable vase? I can sell it for a lot of money.”

   Carl had an old gun. It had been his great grandfather’s favorite thing a long time before. Carl didn’t want to use the gun but he thought, “Anything could happen.” He wanted to hide the gun under his coat but it was too long so he cut the end off with a saw(鋸子).

   Next morning he watched the professor leave home at 10 o’clock. Carl broke the window and entered the house. He didn’t know much about arts. He couldn’t choose. He reached his hands towards a big vase when he heard a noise. The front door opened and someone entered the house. It was the professor. He had forgotten to take an important document. Carl became so afraid that  he pulled out the gun, “I haven’t stolen anything. I just want to go away or I will shoot.” cried Carl. “With that gun? ”asked the professor and he began to laugh. He wasn’t afraid of Carl at all.

   He said, “You can’t shoot with that old gun. Its place should be in a museum.”

   “Is this really an old gun? ” asked Carl. “How much is it worth?”

   “It was worth about 27,000 dollars,” said the professor, “But now you can get 20 dollars for it．”

  “Why?” asked Carl.

  The professor said, “Because its end is missing.”

36. Carl wanted to steal because he was interested in beautiful vases.

37. He cut the end of the gun off in order to hide it easily.

38. The professor came back because he saw Carl enter his house.

39. The professor was not afraid of Carl because he thought Carl dared not shoot.

40. The gun is worth 20 dollars now because Carl cut off its end.

The other day at a supermarket, I saw a naughty boy of about six crying loudly, falling to the floor and refusing to move. All the while the troubled mother was trying to persuade him to behave well but failed．A little smack on his bottom would have done the job，I thought．

Teenagers also cause discipline(紀(jì)律)problems．As a teacher I had a 16-year-old student who had fallen in love with a waiter at a fast-food restaurant．In fact，she had left home to stay with him．So we decided to put her in the school hostel．She refused．When she heard her mother begging her to stay in the hostel she turned round and said：“Why don't you stay in the hostel if you like it so much?”

My palms were itching to slap her for being so rude but the poor mother continued to cajole her，hoping that gentle persuasion would work wonders．It did not．The last I heard，she had run away from home again．

The list goes on and on．Could it be that today's parents are softer and believe that they must not rod(棍棒懲罰)their children for fear of the bad result? Or do they actually believe that the children will get rid of the bad habits and behave well naturally as they grow older? I beg to disagree．I believe it is the parents' duty to discipline the children even at a young age．

My children who are now adults will prove the fact that I used the rod when I thought it necessary．Later when they went abroad，they related to their British university friends on how they were disciplined．Their friends abroad were filled with horror and told my daughter that I could be charged with child abuse(虐待)．However，my daughter showed great respect for me when she told them that she would not be where she was today if not for my strict discipline．

68．The underlined word“cajole”probably means       ．

       A．persuade       B．scold    C．forgive    D．punish

69．The author would probably          .

       A．beat the children every day     B．treat the children in a softer way

       C．leave the children as they are  D．punish the children when necessary

70．We can learn from the passage that        .

       A．the naughty boy’s mother hit him

       B．the teacher’s daughter is living with the teacher

       C．the author’s daughter was thankful for the author’s strict discipline

       D．the author was charged with child abuse by her daughter’s friends abroad

71．Which of the following could be the best title for this passage?

       A．Spoil Kids       B．Value Discipline      C．Respect Parent  D．Protect Kids

第二節(jié)：讀寫任務(wù)（共1小題，滿分25分）

閱讀下面的短文，然后按照要求寫一篇150左右的英語短文。 

By sense of responsibility, we mean the realization of one’s task, duty or obligation. As a teacher, one should he responsible to his students. As a student, one should recognize his or her duty.

Duty calls for the students to study hard. It is no easy task. I have to pick up my courage, face the difficulties and accept the challenge. I must be responsible for everything I do.

Now my heart is heavy with the burden of sense of responsibility. The pressure lends to my care and worry, but I should be thankful for it. This sense of responsibility spurs me to go on. I must make steady progress in study. My ability and attitude toward life and study concerns not only the school, but also my own future. To have a good position in society, to repay my parents and teachers for their kindness, I must study hard. Relying on my own efforts, I want to be my best self.

[寫作內(nèi)容]

(1) 以約30個詞概括短文的要點(diǎn)；

(2) 然后以約120個詞就“責(zé)任心”的主題發(fā)表看法，并包括如下要點(diǎn)：

① 責(zé)任心的重要性是什么？

② 你認(rèn)為該如何做一個有責(zé)任心的中學(xué)生？

[寫作要求]

(1) 可以使用實(shí)例或其它論述方法支持你的論點(diǎn)，也可以參照閱讀材料的內(nèi)容，但不得直接引用原文中的句子；

(2) 標(biāo)題自定。

[評分標(biāo)準(zhǔn)]

       概括準(zhǔn)確，語言規(guī)范，內(nèi)容合適，篇章連貫。