3．假如你是某中学学生李华，给某英语报纸Lyric Lessons（边唱边学）栏目写一封e-mail，为你的同学、朋友、老师、或父母点一首英文歌（根据所提供的两首歌曲任选一首）．内容包括：1．为谁点歌；2．选择歌曲；3．陈述理由．
要求：1．字数100字左右；2．不得照抄歌词．
Dear Editor，
Dear Editor：
I'm Li Hua，I want to choose the English song called‘You raise me up'for my mother as her birthday gift．
When I was in trouble，only my mother accompany me without hesitation．I still remember when I failed in the exam．I'm so upset that I can't do homework with tears．I waiting and feeling fear in the corner，my mother come and encouraged me with warm．words．She told me to strengthen myself and raised me up from the deep sea．I fear to imagine if my mother didn't help me in need，how helpless will I feel．
So，I'd like to play the song called"You raise me up"for my mother．
Yours Sincerely
Li Hua．

2．假如你是王华，是星光中学的学生会主席．最近你校李平同学的母亲被查出肺癌，治疗需要大笔费用．但他家较贫困，也面临辍学．现请你写一封倡议书，号召全体同学伸出援助之手，帮助李平同学的家庭渡过难关．
注意：1．词数：100左右； 
 2．倡议书的开头为你拟好，不计入总词数．
Dear fellow students．
As we all know，Li Ping is very excellent student in our school．He studies very hard and has been highly thought of by his teachers．Unfortunately，recently his mother has been diagnosed with lung cancer．As far as I'm concerned，it will cost too much to recover herself from such a serious disease．What's worse，his family isn't a rich one．If too much money has been spent on cure，there's no doubt that Li Ping will be forced to drop out of school．
As chairman of the Students'Union of Xingguang Middle School，I'll spare no efforts to give Li Ping a hand and donate some money to him．Here I also call on all of us to do the same to him．I just hope that our limited effort will make a difference to his family in need．
Yours，
Wang Hua．

1．一周前你去香港度假时在一家商店买了一件上衣，现有质量问题．请结合下面提示向该店外籍经理写一封英文信．
所购衣物：绿色上衣，价格268港元．
问题：洗涤时褪色．
要求：退款或换衣．
注意：1．词数不少于50．
2．可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯．
3．开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数．
参考词汇：褪色fade in color

Dear Sir，
While I was on holiday in Hong Kong about a week ago，
I bought a green shirt for 268 HK dollars in your shop，butthere seems to be something wrong with it．When it is washed，it fades incolor．Now I can't possibly wear it．It's not my fault，so I'd like you tosolve the problem for me．I insist you change it for another one for me or giveme a refund．I will appreciate it so much if my demand is met．
I'mlooking forward to your early reply．
Yours sincerely，
Li Hua．

20．You are given many opportunities in life to choose to be a victim or creator．When you choose to be a victim，the world is a cold and difficult place．"They"did things to you which caused all of your pain and suffering．"They"are wrong and bad，and life is terrible as long as"they"are around．Or you may blame yourself for all your problems，thus internalizing（内化）your victimization．The truth is，your life is likely to stay that way as long as you feel a need to blame yourself or others．
Those who choose to be creators look at life quite differently．They know there are individuals who might like to control their lives，but they don't let this get in the way．They know they have their weaknesses，yet they don't blame themselves when they fail．Whatever happens，they have choice in the matter．They believe their dance with each sacred（神圣的）moment of life is a gift and that storms are a natural part of life which can bring the rain needed for emotional and spiritual growth．
Victims and creators live in the same physical world and deal with many of the same physical realities，yet their experience of life is worlds apart．Victims relish （沉溺）in anger，guilt，and other emotions that cause others---and even themselves---to feel like victims，too．Creators consciously choose love，inspiration，and other qualities which inspire not only themselves，but all around them．Both victims and creators always have choice to determine the direction of their lives．
In reality，all of us play the victim or the creator at various points in our lives．One person，on losing a job or a special relationship，may feel as if it is the end of the world and sink into terrible suffering for months，years，or even a lifetime．Another with the same experience may choose to first experience the grief，then accept the loss and soon move on to be a powerful creative force in his life．
In every moment and every circumstance，you can choose to have fuller，richer life by setting a clear intention to transform the victim within，and by inviting into your life the powerful creator that you are．

51．What does the word"they"in Paragraph 1probably refer to？A．
A．People and things around you．
B．Opportunities and problems．
C．Creators and their choices．
D．Victims and their sufferings．
52．According to Paragraph 2，creatorsC．
A．seem willing to experience failures in life
B．possess the ability to predict future life
C．handle ups and downs of life wisely
D．have potential to create something new
53．What can we learn from Paragraph 3？B．
A．Creators and victims face quite different things in life．
B．Creators and victims are masters of their lives．
C．Victims can influence more people than creators．
D．Compared with victims，creators are more emotional．
54．The examples mentioned in Paragraph 4show thatA．
A．strong attachment to sufferings in life pulls people into victims．
B．people need family support to deal with challengers in life．
C．it takes creators quite a long time to get rid of their pains．
D．one's experiences determine his attitude toward life．
55．What is the author's purpose in writing this passage？D．
A．To define victims and creators．
B．To evaluate victims against creators．
C．To explain the relationship between victims and creators．
D．To suggest the transformation from victims to creators．

19．The practice of students endlessly copying letters and sentences from a blackboard is a thing of the past．With the coming of new technologies like computers and smartphone，writing by hand has become something of nostalgic （怀旧的）skill．However，while today's educators are using more and more technology in their teaching，many believe basic handwriting skills are still necessary for students to be successful---both in school and in life．
Virginia Berninger，professor of educational psychology at the University of Washington，says it's important to continue teaching handwriting and help children acquire the skill of writing by hand．
Berninger and her colleagues conducted a study that looked at the ability of students to complete various writing tasks---both on a computer and by hand．The study，published in 2009，found that when writing with a pen and paper，participants wrote longer essays and more complete sentences and had a faster word production rate．
In a more recent study，Berninger looked at what role spelling plays in a student's writing skills and found that how well children spell is tied to know well they can write．"Spelling makes some of the thinking parts of the brain active which helps us access our vocabulary，word meaning and concepts．It is allowing our written language to connect with ideas．"Berninger said．
Spelling helps students translate ideas into words in their mind first and then to transcribe（转换）"those words in the mind written symbols on paper or keyboard and screen，"the study said．Seeing the words in the"mind's eye"helps children not only to turn their ideas into words，says Berninger，but also to spot（发现） spelling mistakes when they write the words down and to correct then over time．
"In our computer age，some people believe that we don't have to teach spelling because we have spell checks，"she said．"But until a child has a functional spelling ability of about a fifth grade level，they won't have the knowledge to choose the correct spelling among the options given by the computer．"

46．What makes writing by hand a thing of the past？B．
A．The absence of blackboard in classroom．
B．The use of new technologies in teaching．
C．The lack of practice in handwriting．
D．The popular use of smartphones．
47．Berninger's study published in 2009A．
A．focused on the difference between writing by hand and on a computer．
B．indicated that students prefer to write with a pen and paper．
C．found that good essays are made up of long sentences．
D．discussed the importance of writing speed．
48．Which of the following best shows the role of spelling？B．
A．Spelling improves one's memory of words．
B．Spelling ability is closely related to writing ability．
C．Spelling benefits the translation from words into ideas．
D．Spelling slows down finding exact words to express ideas．
49．What does"mind's eye"in paragraph 5mean？D．
A．Window．
B．Soul
C．Picture．
D．Imagination．
50．What conclusion could be drawn from the passage？C．
A．Computers can help people with their choice of words．
B．Spell checks can take the place of spelling teaching．
C．Handwriting still has a place in today's classrooms．
D．Functional spelling ability develops fast in the fifth grade．

18．Barditch High School decided to an All-School Reunion．Over 450 people came to the event．There were tours of the old school building and a picnic at Confederate Park．Several former teachers were on hands to tell stories about the old days．Ms．Mabel Yates，the English teacher for fifty years，was wheeled to the Park．
Some eyes rolled and there were a few low groans（嘟囔声）when Ms．Yates was about to speak．Many started looking at their watches and coming up with excuses to be anywhere instead of preparing to listen to a lecture from and old woman who had few kind words for her students and made them work harder than all the other teachers combined．
Then Ms．Yates started to speak：
"I can't tell you how pleased I am to be here．I haven't seen many of you since your graduation，but I have followed your careers and enjoyed your victories as well as crying for your tragedies．I have a large collection of newspaper photographs of my students．Although I haven't appeared in person，I have attended your college graduations，weddings and even the birth your children，in my imagination．"
Ms．Yates paused and started crying a bit．Then she continued：
"It was my belief that if I pushed you as hard as I could，some of you would succeed to please me and others would succeed to annoy me．Regardless of our motives，I can see that you have all been successful in you chosen path．"
"There is no greater comfort for an educator than to see the end result of his or her years of work．You have all been a great source of pleasure and pride for me and I want you to know I love you all from the bottom of my heart．"
There was a silence over the crowd for a few seconds and then someone started clapping．Tee clapping turned into cheering，then into a deafening roar（呼喊）．Lawyers，truck drivers，bankers and models were rubbing their eyes or crying openly with no shame all because of the words from a long forgotten English teacher from their hometown．

41．What activity was organized for the school reunion？C．
A．Sightseeing in the park．
B．A picnic on the school playground．
C．Telling stories about past events．
D．Graduates'reports in the old building．
42．What can be inferred from Paragraph 2？B．
A．Some graduates were too busy to listen to Ms．Yates'speech．
B．Many graduates disliked Ms．Yates'ways of teaching．
C．Some people got tired from the reunion activities．
D．Most people had little interest in the reunion．
43．We can learn from Ms．Yates'speech that sheA．
A．kept track of her students'progress
B．gave her students advice on their careers
C．attended her students'college graduations
D．went to her students'wedding ceremonies．
44．What was Ms．Yates'belief in teaching teenagers？C．
A．Teachers'knowledge is the key to students'achievements．
B．Pressure on students from teachers should be reduced．
C．Hard-pushed students are more likely to succeed．
D．Students'respect is the best reward for teachers．
45．Which of the following can best describe Ms．Yates？D．
A．Reliable and devoted．
B．Tough and generous．
C．Proud but patient．
D．Strict but caring．

17．In a recent announcement，Harvard and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology（MIT）said that they have joined forces to offer free online courses in an effort to attract millions of online learners worldwide．
    Beginning this fall，a number of courses developed by teachers at both universities will be offered online through a new 60 million program，known as edX．"Anyone with an Internet connection anywhere in the world can use our online courses，"Harvard President Drew Faust said during a meeting to announce the plan．
    MIT has offered a program called OpenCourseWare for ten years that makes materials from more than 2，000 classes free online．It has been used by more than 100 million people．In December，the school announced it also would begin offering a special certificate，known as MITx，for people who complete certain online courses．Harvard has long offered courses to a wider population through a similar program．
    The MITx will serve as the foundation for the new learning platform．
    MIT President Susan Hockfield said more than 120，000 people signed up for the first MITx course．She said Harvard and MIT hope other universities will join them in offering courses on the open-source edX platform．
"Fasten your seatbelts，"Hockfield said．
Other universities，including Stanford，Yale and Carnegie-Mellon，have been experimenting with teaching to a global population online．
The Harvard-MIT program will be monitored by a not-for-profit（非盈利的）organization based in Cambridge，to be owned equally by the two universities．Both MIT and Harvard have provided 30 million to start the program．They also plan to use the edX platform to research how students learn and which teaching methods and tools are most successful．

53．According to this text，edX isC．
A．a part of the free MIT OpenCourseWare
B．a free computer program by MIT and Harvard
C．a Harvard-MIT platform of free online courses
D．a free program online for universities worldwide
54．What is said about online education in the text？A
A．Universities have been trying online courses．
B．About 2，000 online courses have been offered．
C．Over 100 million people have finished courses online．
D．Stanford and Yale together have courses similar to edX．
55．The underlined part in the text probably means"B"．
A．Get ready for the difficulties
B．Get ready for this educational change
C．Get prepared to complete the online courses
D．Get prepared to make materials for the edX courses
56．What can be said about MITx according to the text？C
A．It is first offered as part of the edX learning program．
B．It is another free MIT-Harvard online learning program．
C．It is a standard to recognize online learners'achievement．
D．It is a new kind of free online course of Harvard and MIT．

16．根据短文内容，从下框的A～F选项中选出能概括每一段主题的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑．选项中有一项为多余项．

A．Be well-organised． B．Close with a Q & A． C．Don't be contradictory． D．Bring it to a specific end E．Speak slowly and pause． F．Drop unnecessary words

Speaking to a group can be difficult，but listening to a bad speech is truly a tiresome task-especially when the speaker is confusing．Don't want to confuse your audience？Follow these suggestions：
61．E
When it comes to understanding new information，the human brain needs a little time．First，we hear the words； then，we compare the new information to what we already know．If the two are different，we need to pause and think．But a breathless speaker never stops to let us think about what he or she is saying and risks confusing us．Slow it
62．C
Sometimes we all start a sentence one way and then switch directions，which is very difficult to follow．When you the audience confuse your listeners with opposing information，you leave the audience wondering what part of the information is right and what part they should remember．Instead of relying and keeping correcting yourself，work to get the facts clear and straight．
63．A
Jumping from point to point as it comes to your mind puts the onus （责任）on your listeners to make up for your lack of organisation．And it's confusing for them to listen，reorganise，and figure out what you're saying all at once．But going smoothly from one point to the next helps them understand information more easily．You can arrange things from beginning to end，small to large，top to bottom or by some other order．Just be sure to organise．
64．F
Repeated use of um，ah，like，you know and some other useless noises can drive an audience crazy．It makes the speaker sound uncertain and unprepared，and it can leave listeners so annoyed that they can't pay attention．Recently I attended a speech that was marked by so many ums that audience members were rolling their eyes．Was anybody grasping the intended message？Um，probably not．
65．D
Many speakers finish up their speeches with question-and-answer （Q & A） sessions，but some let the Q & A go on without a clear end．The audience is often left confused about whether the meeting is over and when they can get up and leave．Do your listeners a favour by setting a time limit on questions，and close your speech with a specific signal-even if it's something simple like，"If you have any more questions，you know where to reach me．"
Or even more to the point，conclude your speech with"Thanks for your time．"

15．[1]Ashley Power's mother bought a computer for her when she was eight．When she was thirteen，she was surfing the Internet regularly，but she couldn't find anywhere for teenagers to meet and talk．And one day she thought，"If I had my own website，I'd make it a really interesting site for teenagers．"
[2]So，when Ashley was sixteen，she launched her own website，called Goosehead．She had no idea how big a success it would be，but three years later，the site was the most successful teen site in the USA!It was getting 100，000hits every day，and Ashley had about 30employees．
[3]After a few years，the website closed down．Then Ashley，who lives in Los Angeles，was asked to write a book called The Goosehead Guide to Life．The book is about how to design a website and start a business．It begins with a section called"All About Ashley，"where Ashley tells readers what it is like to be the boss of a company when you are only sixteen．"I was so happy．But it was crazy in a lot of ways．I got very stressed．I mean，I was only sixteen-I didn't even have a car!If you were sixteen and you had your own company，you'd be stressed，too！"
[4]In an interview Ashley gave advice to teenagers who wanted to start their own business，"Just be strong and have your dreams and work hard at them．And don't listen when_____，because I heard‘no'a lot．Just keep going until you hear‘yes'!"

76．For what purpose did Ashley create GooseHead？（no more than 10words）To create a place for teenagers to meet and talk．．
77．What is the main idea of Paragraph 2？（no more than 6words）Power's website became a success．．
78．According to paragraph 3，what did Ashley do after GooseHead closed down？（no more than 10words）She wrote a book．．
79．How did Ashley feel as a young boss of a company？（no more than 5words）Happy，crazy and stressed．．
80．Fill in the blank in Paragraph 4with proper words．people tell you that you can't do it．．

14．Astronauts on shorter shuttle missions（使命）often work very long days．Tasks are scheduled so tightly that break times are often used to finish the day's work．This type of schedute is far too demanding for long missions on the Internaitional Space Sttation（ISS）．ISS crewmembers usually live in space for at least a quarter of a year．They work five days on and two days off to mimic the normal way they do things on Earth as much as possible．Weekends give the crew valuable．Weekends give the crew valuable time to rest and do a few hours of housework．They can communicate with family and friends by email，isternet phone and throhgh
Private video conferenes．
While astronauts cannot go to a baseball game or a movie in orbit，there are many familiar activetics that they can stil enjoy．Before a mission．The family and friends of each ISS crewmember put together a collection of family photos，messages，videos and reading material for
The astromauts to look at when they will be floating 370kilometers above the Earth．During ther missiom，the crew also receives care packages with CDs，books，magazines，photos and letters．And as from early 2010，the internet became available on the ISS，giving astronaouts the chance to do some"web surfing （冲浪）"in their personal time．Besides relaxing with these more commom entertainments，astromauts can simply enjoy the experience of living in spaec．
Many astronauts say that one of the most relaxing things to do in space is to look out the window and stare at the universe and the Earth's vast land mass and oceans．

60．What does the word"minic"in Paragraph 1probably mean？B
A．Find       
B．Copy        
C．Change        
D．Lose
61．Which of the following best describes the families of the astromauts on the ISS？A
A．The are caring and thoughtful
B．The are impatient and annoyed
C．The are impatient and ammoyed．
D．The are excited and curious．
62．In the final paragraph，the author shows that astronautsD．
A．get more pleasure in space than on the Earth
B．find living in space a bit boring and tiring
C．regard space life as common
D．love to see the Earth from space
63．The passage mainly discusses how astronautsD．
A．work for longer missions in space
B．connect with people on the Earth
C．observe the Earth from space
D．spend their free time in space．