第三部分：閱讀理解（共20小題；每小題2分，滿分40分）

閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的四個選項（A、B、C和D）中，選出最佳選項，并在答題

卡上將該項涂黑。

My wife passed away seven and a half years ago, and I went through a huge depression,the worst time in my life. I was a bit suicidal. I contiuned to work as a small-town doctor at my medical clinic in Kilauea,Hawaii. My kids had gone to live on the mainland,and I was alone.

On a family trip,we turned on the TV and saw the second plane crash into the World Trade Center. I said to my kids,”I’m going to Afghanistan.” International Medical Corps sent me to set up  20 clinics in provinces where people had no health care .When completed, the clinics were serving 27,000 patients a month. I had such a sense of accomplishment,a sense of purpose.My depression went completely away.

I go wherever disasters strike:Indonesia after the tsunami（海嘯）,Pakistan after the earthquake,Lebanon,Darfur,and Iraq.I was just in Kenya.After their presidential election,at least a thousand people were killed and hundreds of thousands had to leave their homes.We set up mobile clinics in an area with 19,000 refugees.It was supposed to hold 13,000-max. Measles,one of the biggest killers of kids in refugee camps,broke out,and it spread quickly.Water and sanitation were also problems.

When my wife passed away,I thought my life was done.But really,it was just getting started.At the end of her life,she fell into a coma(昏迷).I held her head in my hands and told her all the places we would visit, the exciting adventures we would have. I think about this moment many times during my”adventures”.

I did not know then how prophetic(有預(yù)見的) those words would be. She is still with me.

1. He did the author feel after he lost his wife?

2.By working abroad,the author ______.

3.Which of the following countries did the author go to in the recent past?

4.From the passage we can learn that      .

A.most of the Kenyan kids in refugee camps have recovered                       

B.the mobile clinics set up in Kenya were far from enough                     

C.Kenya was in chaos because of natural disasters                                                                  

D.the author is still in a disaster area now       

As the economic crisis goes worse, some reader are turning to bookstores for advice on how to manage their own finances. Below are the top-ten selling books in both categories for the week ended Oct.18 at Barnes & Noble Inc., the country’s largest book retailer (零售商). Here readers are buying books whose titles feature such words as “failed”, “crisis” and “danger”.

1. The total Money Makeover by Dave Ramsey. A primer on how to cut debt, save money and create a financial strategy.

2. Debt Cures ‘They’ Don’t Want You to Know About by Kevin Trudeau. A look into the dangers of credit card spending and how to reduce your expenses.

3. Women & Money: Owning the Power to Control Your Destiny by Suze Orman, Ms. Orman writes about how women can gain better control of their finances by better understanding their relationship with money.

4. The Money Book for the Young, Fabulous & Broke by Suze Orman. A book on what the young need to know now about money management.

5. The Smart Cookies’ Gude to Making More Dough by the Smart Cookies with Jennifer Barrett. The book’s advice: Take charge and get out of debt.

6. The Forgotten Man: A New History of the Great Depression by Amity Shlaes. A look at what happened during that other crisis.

7. The Partnership: The Making of Goldman Sachs by Charles D. Ellis. An inside look at the famed investment-banking firm.

8. “Bad Money: Reckless Finance, Failed Politics, and the Global Crisis of American Capitalism by Kevin Phillips. Mr. Phillips documents the unreaveling of the U.S. economy.

9. The New Paradigm for Financial Markets: The Credit Crisis of 2008 and What It Means by George Soros. An analysis of the issue behind the crisis and their implications.

10. The World is Cured: Hidden Dangers to the Global Economy by David M. Smick. An inside look at what went wrong with the banking system here and abroad.

1.What is the best title for the passage?

A.A Personal Financial List

B.The Country’s Largest Book Seller

C.Serious Economic Crisis

D.Ten Books to Read in the Financial Crisis

2.The reason why readers are buying books including “failed, crisis, danger” is that______.

A.they are discouraged with the serious financial crisis

B.they are to find advice to get through the financial crisis

C.they are concerned about failures in the world

D.they have no choice but to read such books

3.If you desire to get out of debt, you’d better read the book written by      .

A.David M. Smick B.Suze Orman       C.Kevin Phillips     D.the Smart Cookies

4.From the text we know that ______.

A.Charles D. Ellis is famous as an investment-banking manager

B.George Soros has given the detailed root of present economic crisis

C.Amity Shlaes is only interested in the past economic crisis

D.Dave Ramsey is the current Minister of the USA.

書面表達(dá)（滿分25分）

假設(shè)你是新華中學(xué)的學(xué)生李明，班里從外地轉(zhuǎn)來一名同學(xué)張華，他一時無法融入新的班集體，感到很苦惱請根據(jù)下列要點給他寫一封信：

1．幫他分析原因

2. 給他提出建議(至少兩條)

3. 陳述你幫助他的具體打算

注意：1、詞數(shù)：100左右；

2、信的開頭和結(jié)尾已給出；

3、請在答題卡上作答

Dear Zhang Hua,

____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Yours   sincerely,

Li Ming

How can you expect him to make any progress ____ you never give him a chance to have a try?

       A. when             B. unless           C. even though          D. until             

26. ________ have the radio repaired，he’d like to buy a new one.

        A. More than           B. Rather than     C. Instead of            D. Other than    

 Last night, the host________us with some old tales.

A . amused  B. served   C.entertained    D.treated

 His hard work_______when he got the result .

A. paid for         B. paid back         C. paid off          D. paid up

. --- Have you heard that the pop star was charged with taking illegal drugs?

   --- It’s difficult for a fun like me to accept that. _________.

A. He has to kill the fatted calf.                        B. He has feet of clay.

C. He must be the apple of his parents’ eye.         D. He must be the salt of the earth.

第三部分：閱讀理解（共15小題，每題2分，滿分30分）

閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的四個選項（A、B、C和D）中，選出最佳選項。

    Australian scientists are trying to give kangaroo-style stomachs to cattle and sheep in a bid to cut the emission of greenhouse gases blamed for global warming.

Thanks to special bacteria in their stomachs, kangaroo farts contain no methane（甲烷）and scientists want to transfer that bacteria to cattle and sheep who emit large quantities of the harmful gas.

   While the usual image of greenhouse gas pollution is a billowing smokestack pushing out carbon dioxide, livestock passing wind contribute a surprisingly high percentage of total emissions in some countries.

   "Fourteen percent of emissions from all sources in Australia is from enteric methane from cattle and sheep," said Athol Klieve, a senior research scientist with the Queensland state government.

   "And if you look at another country such as New Zealand, which has got a much higher agricultural base, they're actually up around 50 percent," he said.

   Researchers say the bacteria also makes the digestive process much more efficient and could potentially save millions of dollars in feed costs for farmers.

   But it will take researchers at least three years to isolate the bacteria, before they can even start to develop a way of transferring it to cattle and sheep.

   Another group of scientists, meanwhile, has suggested Australians should farm fewer cattle and sheep and just eat more kangaroos.

   The idea is controversial（爭議）, but about 20 percent of health conscious Australians are believed to eat the national symbol already.

   "It's low in fat, it's got high protein levels and it's very clean in the sense that basically it's the ultimate free range animal（散養(yǎng)動物）," said Peter Ampt of the University of New South Wales's institute of environmental studies.

1. According to the passage, global warming is now mainly caused by _____ .

A. methane                     B. carbon dioxide 

C. livestock passing wind          D. not mention in this passage

2. What does the underlined phrase “the idea”（paragraph 9）refer to?

   A. Australians should give kangaroo-style stomachs to cattle and sheep.

B. The bacteria could make the digestive process much more efficient.

C. Australians should farm fewer cattle and sheep and just eat more kangaroos.

   D. The bacteria could potentially save millions of dollars in feed costs for farmers.

3.  How will Australian scientists solve the problem of global warming?

A. Eating more kangaroos.  

B. Killing more cattle and sheep.

   C. Letting cattle and sheep pass less wind.

D. Transferring the special bacteria in kangaroos’ stomachs to cattle and sheep.

The young girl sitting next to me on the plane was very nervous.She ______before.

A. hasn't fiown   B. didn’t fly     C. hadn’t flown      D. wasn’t flying