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(gè)選項(xiàng)(A、B、C和D)中，選出最佳選項(xiàng)。

There is nothing else but economy that occupies the minds of Americans at present times of economic stress and recession. The negative statistics on unemployment, housing costs and consumer confidence keep coming and coming, leaving people not just scared to spend money, but also very stressed and emotionally exhausted. This stress has an impact on everything, starting with our sleep, mood, physical health, relationships, and eating habits.

"Times of economic stress lead to increased rates of depression," says Dr. Christopher Palmer, director of continuing education at McLean Hospital in Belmont, Massachusetts. "It worsens illness in people who have been constantly depressed. But it also causes new cases of depression. Just the fear of losing one's job can put people over the edge. "

And, without any doubt, just depression alone can create a variety of negative health effects.

1. SLEEP

33 per cent of Americans reported that they have lost sleep due to the economic crisis.

26 per cent say they are sleeping less than 6 hours per night, which is considered to be at least one hour less than the most favorable 7 to 8 hours recommended by sleep experts.

2. MENTAL HEALTH, STRESS AND HEART

80 per cent of Americans reported last year that the economy is a significant source of stress; 49 per cent said the situation makes them feel nervous or anxious; 48 per cent reported that they felt very sad and have developed depression.

Nearly twice the risk of heart attack or death was found in coronary-artery-disease patients with the highest levels of depression or anxiety. Among those individuals, a 10 per cent higher risk of heart attack or death was found in those whose anxiety rose over time.

3. RELATIONSHIPS

The chances of violent behavior are nearly 6 times higher for individuals who are left without a job.

Workplace stress can lead to domestic violence.

Money is the number one source of disagreement in the early years of marriage.

56. Which of the following is true according to the text?

A. Now Americans don't dare to spend money.

B. Now most Americans have problem in sleeping.

C. Economy is the most troubling problem for Americans.

D. Economic crisis has destroyed many American families.

57. How does the economic crisis affect Americans according to the passage?

A. They sleep fewer than six hours.                          

B. They sleep less than the proper amount.

C. Diseases caused by economy make them sleepless.

D. They lose sleep at night.

58. If a person is out of work, he might _________.

A. become more violent    B. get divorced          C. get rid of workplace stress   D. go mad

59. The best title of this passage probably is _________.

A. The World Economic Crisis Are Getting worse

B. Economic Crisis Affects Our Health

C. Economic Crisis Causes Trouble to Sleep

D. Ordinary People Suffer Greatly in Economic Crisis

第二節(jié)短文改錯(cuò)（每小題1.5分共15分）

When I walked into the classroom, the teacher was handing

in the tests. I was feeling very nervous. I had not studied      76. _____________

at all at the weekend as I had thought it would be easy test.         77. _____________

I went through the test for many times but I could only answer    78. _____________

three out from the twenty questions. I did not want to fail   79. _____________

the exam. Then, I put my book under my desk, opening it      80. _____________

and started looking for the answer. The teacher wasn’t        81. _____________

looking at me, but I copied something. Suddenly, I felt a hand       82. _____________

on my shoulder! The teacher caught me cheating. I don’t     83. _____________

know what to say. Luckily, the teacher did not push for 84. _____________

cheating but instead gave me a second chance.    85. _____________

 It was a difficult time, but in the end things ____ all right.

  A. turned up      B. turned on      C. turned out      D. turned in

           After blogging regularly for two months, people felt they had better social support and friendship networks than those who didn’t blog. Blogging can help you feel less isolated, more connected to a community and more satisfied with your friendships. Both online and face-to-face, a new Australian research has found

Researchers James Baker and Professor Susan Moore from Swinburne have written two papers investigating the psychological benefits of blogging-regularly updating personal web pages with information that invites others to comment.

The first, published in the latest issue of the journal CyberPsychology and Behaviour.  compares the mental health of people intending to blog with that of people not planning to blog. Moore says the researchers messaged 600 MySpace users personally and directed them to an online survey. A total of 134 completed the questionnaire. 84 intended to blog and 50 didn’t.

“We found potential bloggers were less satisfied with their friendships and they felt less socially integrated; they didn’t feet as much part of a community as the people who weren’t interested in blogging …”Moore says. “It was as if they were saying ‘I’m going to do this blogging and it’s going to help me’.”

And it seemed to do the trick, as the researchers’ second study shows. This study which is yet to be published, was conducted two months later. The researchers sent out questionnaires(調(diào)查問(wèn)卷)to the same group of MySpace users, this time 59 responded Bloggers reported a greater sense of belonging to a group of like-minded people and feeling more confident because they could rely on others for help. All respondents, whether or not they blogged, reported feeling less anxious, depressed and stressed after two months of online social networking.

“So going onto MySpace had lifted the mood of all participants in some way,” Moore says. “Maybe they’d just made more social connections.”

Moore acknowledges this is early research and hopes to follow a larger group of people for a longer period time to test some of the research findings.

66. What does the passage mainly tell us?

    A. The mental health of bloggers.

    B. Blogging improves one’s social life.

    C. What kind of people are likely to blog.

    D. Blogging has become more and more popular.

67. It can be inferred from the fourth paragraph that _________.

    A. those who were not interested in blogging didn’t have good mental health

    B. people were likely to become bloggers if they felt socially isolated

    C. potential bloggers were those who had mental health problems

    D. potential bloggers usually held a wrong view about blogging

68.The purpose of the second study is to find out _________.

A. what people do on MySpace

B. how many people became bloggers

C. how people felt after blogging for two months

D. how many people kept blogging after two months

69. The second study shows that________.

A. online social networking can do people good

B. only bloggers benefit from online social networking

C. not many potential bloggers became real bloggers

D. not all bloggers found the help they needed

70. The main purpose of people going onto MySpace is probably to _______.

A. exchange goods                   B. entertain themselves

C. seek help                            D. exchange views

Ⅳ 寫(xiě)作(共兩節(jié)，滿分40分)

第一節(jié)  基礎(chǔ)寫(xiě)作(共1小題，滿分15分)

【寫(xiě)作內(nèi)容】

你是2010廣州亞運(yùn)會(huì)官方網(wǎng)站英文版的小記者，,最近你采編一些關(guān)于修復(fù)廣州城隍廟的情況，請(qǐng)就此寫(xiě)一篇采訪報(bào)道。

           修復(fù)廣州城隍廟（the Restoration of the Guangzhou Chenghuang Temple）

【寫(xiě)作要求】   只能使用5個(gè)句子表達(dá)全部?jī)?nèi)容。

【評(píng)分標(biāo)準(zhǔn)】   句子結(jié)構(gòu)準(zhǔn)確，信息內(nèi)容完整，篇章結(jié)構(gòu)連貫

Follow your doctor’s advice,_____ your cough will get worse.

A.or      B. and    C. then   D. so

第一節(jié)  短文改錯(cuò)（共10小題；每小題1.5分，滿分15分）

It is bad manners in the classroom to look for what our              76.     

neighbor had written , or try to see what mark he has received        77.       

without being permitted . It is good manners for them to help         78.        

each other if we have the same desire and the teacher allows to it      79.        

In examinations and in certain kinds of written work it is dishonest    80.      

and foolishly to help or to ask help from others . When one student     81.        

does so ,  much larger values are destroying . One may not agree     82.        

to examination system, but at present it is basically the only        83.          

measure that the teacher and the rest of the world can depend to       84.           

decide if or not each of us meets the requirement .                  85.          

Into the dark apartment          , who was quite surprised when everyone shouted “Happy Birthday”.

 A．did David walk      B．David walked      C．David did walk     D．walked David

. It’s no ____that you can’t find anybody here. They are all away at a meeting at the moment.

   A. question     B. doubt              C. problem    D. wonder

. It is so wet there that the trees are extremely tall, some _____ over 90 metres.

   A. measure   B. measured   C. measures   D. measuring