A survey of the opinions of experts ___ that three hours of outdoor exercise a week ___ good for one’s health.

A.show;are                                                      B.shows;is

C.show;is                                                               D.shows;are

_____ U2, the Irish rock band from Dublin perform a concert in Beijing, tell me in advance.

A. If           B. Shall            C. Should       D. Would

—Do you think that housing price will keep_______in the years to come?

—Sorry,I have no idea.

A.lifting up           B.going up            C.bringing up        D.growing up

What will people die of 100 years from now?If you think that is a simple question,you have not been paying attention to the revolution that is taking place in bio-technology(生物技術).With the help of new medicine,the human body will last a very long time.Death will come mainly from accidents,murder and war.Today’s leading killers,such as heart disease,cancer,and aging itself,will become distant memories.

In discussion of technological changes,the Internet gets most of the attention these days.But the change in medicine can be the real technological event of our times.How long can humans live?Human brains were known to decide the final death.Cells(細胞) are the basic units of all living things,and until recently,scientists were sure that the life of cells could not go much beyond 120 years because the basic materials of cells,such as those of brain cells,would not last forever.But the upper limits will be broken by new medicine.Sometime between 2050 and 2100,medicine will have advanced to the point at which every 10 years or so,people will be able to take medicine to repair their organs(器官).The medicine,made up of the basic building materials of life,will build new brain cells,heart cells,and so on—in much the same way our bodies make new skin cells to take the place of old ones.

It is exciting to imagine that the advance in technology may be changing the most basic condition of human existence,but many technical problems still must be cleared up on the way to this wonderful future.

According to the passage,human death is now mainly caused by _______.

A.diseases and aging                                         B.accidents and war

C.accidents and aging                                       D.heart disease and war

In the author’s opinion,today’s most important advance in technology lies in _______.

A.medicine                                                      B.the Internet

C.brain cells                                                    D.human organs

Humans may live longer in the future because _______.

A.heart disease will be far away from us

B.human brains can decide the final death

C.the basic materials of cells will last forever

D.human organs can be repaired by new medicine

We can learn from the passage that _______.

A.human life will not last more than 120 years in the future

B.humans have to take medicine to build new skin cells now

C.much needs to be done before humans can have a longer life

D.we have already solved the technical problems in building new cells

One of our biggest fears nowadays is that our kids might some day get lost in a “sea of technology”rather than experiencing the natural world.Fear-producing TV and computer games are leading to a serious disconnect between kids and the great outdoors,which will change the wild places of the world,its creatures and human health for the worse,unless adults get working on child’s play.

Each of us has a place in nature we go sometimes,even if it was torn down.We cannot be the last generation to have that place.At this rate,kids who miss the sense of wonder outdoors will not grow up to be protectors of natural landscapes.“If the decline in parks use continues across North America,who will defend parks against encroachment(蠶食)？”asks Richard Louv,author of Last Child in the Woods.

Without having a nature experience,kids can turn out just fine,but they are missing out a huge enrichment of their lives.That applies to everything from their physical health and mental health,to stress levels,creativity and cognitive(認知的)skills.Experts predict modern kids will have poorer health than their parents—and they say a lack of outside play is surely part of it:research suggests that kids do better academically in schools with a nature component and that play in nature fosters(培養(yǎng))leadership by the smartest,not by the toughest.Even a tiny outdoor experience can create wonder in a child.The three-year-old turning over his first rock realizes he is not alone in the world.A clump of trees on the roadside can be the whole universe in his eyes.We really need to value that more.

Kids are not to blame.They are over-protected and frightened.It is dangerous out there from time to time,but repetitive stress from computers is replacing breaking an arm as a childhood rite(儀式)of passage.

Everyone from developers,to schools and outdoors’ citizens,should help regain for our kids some of the freedom and joy of exploring,taking friendship in fields and woods that cement(增強)love,respect and need for the landscape.As parents,we should devote some of our energies to taking our kids into nature.This could yet be our greatest cause.

The main idea of Paragraph 2 is that_______.

A.kids are missing the sense of wonder outdoors

B.parks are in danger of being gradually encroached

C.Richard Louv is the author of Last Child in the Woods

D.children are expected to develop into protectors of nature

According to the passage,children without experiencing nature will ______.

A.keep a high sense of wonder

B.be over-protected by their parents

C.be less healthy both physically and mentally

D.change wild places and creatures for the better

According to the author,children’s breaking an arm is_______.

A.the fault on the part of their parents

B.the natural experience in their growing up

C.the result of their own carelessness in play

D.the effect of their repetitive stress from computers

In writing this passage,the author mainly intends to_______.

A.blame children for getting lost in computer games

B.encourage children to protect parks from encroachment

C.show his concern about children’s lack of experience in nature

D.inspire children to keep the sense of wonder about things around

書面表達(滿分25分)

假設你是某中學學生會主席李華，你校與本地一所國際學校經常舉辦聯誼活動，你計劃在重陽節(jié)組織學生到養(yǎng)老院去慰問老人，擬邀請國際學校的學生參加。請根據以下內容要點給國際學校的學生會主席Tony寫一封信。

要點：向老人贈送禮物(鮮花、自制賀卡……)；

為老人提供服務(做清潔、陪老人聊天……)；

為老人表演節(jié)目(唱歌、跳舞……)。

注意：1.詞數為100左右；

2.信的開頭和結尾已為你寫好(不計入你所寫詞數)；

3.已給出的信的開頭和結尾不得抄入答題卡。

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(以下所給內容不得抄入答題卡)

Dear Tony,

Chongyang,the traditional Chinese festival for the elderly,is coming around.We are planning to visit the Nursing Home to celebrate the special day,and we would like to invite students from your school to join us.

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Looking forward to your early reply.

Yours,

Li Hua

Dogs wag(搖擺) their tails in different directions depending on whether they are excited and wanting to move forward or threatened and thinking of moving back,a study has found.

Researchers in Italy examined the tail wagging behaviour of 30 dogs,catching their responses to a range of stimuli(刺激物) with video cameras.To conduct the study they chose 15 male dogs and 15 female ones aged between one and six years.The dogs were all family pets whose owners had allowed them to take part in the experiment at Ban University.The dogs were placed in a large wooden box with an opening at the front to allow for them to view various stimuli.They were tested one at a time.

The researchers led by Professor Giorgio Vallortigara of the University of Trieste found that when the dogs were shown their owners—a positive experience—their tails wagged energetically to the right side.When they were shown an unfamiliar human they wagged to the right,but with somewhat less enthusiasm.The appearance of a cat again caused a right-hand side wag,although with less intensity again.The appearance of a large unfamiliar dog,similar to a German shepherd,changed the direction of tail wagging to the left.Reseachers supposed the dog was thinking of moving back.When the dogs were not shown any stimuli they tended to wag their tails to the left,suggesting they preferred company.While the changes in the tail wagging were not easily noticed without the aid of video,it was thought that the findings could help people judge the mood(心情) of dogs.Computer and video systems,for example,could be used by professional dog trainers to determine the mood of dogs that they were required to approach.

The video cameras were used to catch the dogs’ responses because _______.

A.it was easier to catch the dogs’ response changes in the tail wagging

B.the dogs were put in the wooden boxes and tested one at a time

C.they enabled the dogs’ owners to know about their dogs’ habit

D.the dogs wagged their tails in different directions when they were in different moods

The underlined word “intensity” in the passage means _______.

A.surprise                                                        B.worry

C.excitement                                                    D.interest

When there are no stimuli,a dog will _______.

A.wag to the left                                              B.wag to the right

C.not wag at all                                                D.wag to the left and then to the right

The underlined word “they” refers to _______.

A.the dogs                                                       B.the trainers

C.the systems                                                   D.the researchers

The purpose of doing the experiment is _______.

A.to train dogs for their owners

B.to help people judge the mood of dogs

C.to help dogs find company

D.to help people choose their pet dogs

—I saw Jane and her boyfriend in the park at eight yesterday evening.

—Impossible.She _______ TV with me in my home then.

A.watched                                                       B.had watched

C.would watch                                                 D.was watching

—Was Martin sorry for what he’d done?

—________.It was just like him!

A.Never mind                                                  B.All right

C.Not really                                                     D.Not surprisingly

It is not who is right but what is right ___ is of importance.

A.which                                                   B.it

C.that                                                       D.this