5．Nelson Mandela，born（56）onJuly 18，1918，is the first black president of South Africa．He studied law（57）afterhe entered university．In 1944 he founded（58）theANC Youth League．Then in 1952 he set up a law office（59）to help（ help ） poor black people．Because of his（60）fighting（fight ） against the government and anti-black laws，he（61）was sentenced（ sentence ） to five years hard labor．Fighters from ANC began to blow up buildings in 1963（62）andhe was put in prison again for life imprison ment on Robben Island．Twenty-seven years later，he was freed at last by the white government．In 1993 he was made the（63）first（ one ） black president of South Africa．A lot of people in the world think Nelson Mandela is（64）really（ real ） a great person．（65）Whatdo you think of him？

4．My son David，who was 3.5 years old，taught me a beautiful lesson today．After we finished playing with the beads （珠子），David slowly picked up each bead，looking at it as if it were made of chocolate and then put it into the box they were stored in．With over a hundred beads to go，I was getting impatient．"Why could he not pick up 10 in one go and put them in？My morning was going to be ruined today!"
But then it hit me like a brick．I noticed that he did this with as much interest as he had while we wer e playing．The boy was enjoying the whole process．For him the fun was in the game itself as well as in the process of properly packing up and cleaning up．It was not just about his turn or the fun part．Every bit was as fun as the other．
I thought of myself as a kid when we would go out to play cricket （板球）．If I was not batting or bowling （击球或掷球），I was unhappy as I impatiently waited for my turn to do so．As a result，I was unhappy while waiting for my turn and only happy for the few moments I either batted or bowled．Only the process of doing something I combined with happiness made me cheerful．The rest of the time I was waiting for my run in the future or recalling great bowling from the past．
Looking at how peacefully my son was putting beads into the box taught me that the process is the goal．The joy of journey is not in getting there but in every step of it．
16．Why was the father getting upset？D
A．He wasn't interested in the game．
B．His son didn't do it as he was told to．
C．David put away the beads casually．
D．It'd take long to put away the beads．
17．What does the underlined sentence in Paragraph 2 mean？C
A．I was hit by David with a brick．
B．I felt very annoyed at what David did．
C．I suddenly understood David's behavior．
D．I was at a loss what to do with David．
18．We can learn from the text that the authorB．
A．felt satisfied with his teammates 
B．was eager to join in the game
C．happily watched his teammates play
D．thought it a pleasure to win a match．

3．写作内容：
假设你是红星中学高一（3）班的学生李华，请按照以下四幅图的先后顺序，用英语写一篇日记，记述你6月7日在公园捡到钱包并归还给失主的过程．
提示词   wallet 钱包       owner 失主
注意：1．可根据内容需要适当拓展，以使行文连贯；
2．词数100左右．

Saturday，June 7                                                                                Fine．

2．A month ago my oldest daughter，Rachel，asked me（61）howto make friends．She was 7 years old and a little shy．I told her the best way（62）to make（ make ） friends was to introduce（63）herselfwhen she met someone new．The question didn't come up again，and I didn't give it another（64）thought（ think）．
  Last weekend I （65）took（take）  my two daughters to the lake a couple of blocks from our house．There are two parks which （66）are located（locate） around the lake，and since it was a sunny day，we visited them both．There were lots of children around for my daughter to play（67）with   I was helping my youngest daughter，Sydney，down the slide （滑梯）（68）whensomething caught my attention．I got the warmest feeling as I heard Rachel tell all the kids，"My name is Rachel，and I'm 7，what's your name？"It worked （69）better（well） than I had ever imagined，and before long she knew every kid's name，and they were all playing tag--a kind of game!
   The little things in life can make a（70）difference（different）!

1．The Value of an Hour
A man came home from work late，tired and upset．Then he found his five-year-old son （41）A for him at the door．The little boy asked him how （42）D he made an hour．"That's none of your business．If you （43）Cknow，I make 50an hour．"the man said impatiently．Then the little boy，（44）B his head down，asked again（45）Ahe could borrow 25from his father．The man was a little angry because he （46）D his son was to buy a silly toy （47）Bsome other nonsense with that money，so he（48）C．The little boy quietly and sadly went to his（49）Band shut the door．
A moment later，the man started to feel（50）D for what he said just now．He knew for sure his （51）Areally didn't ask for money very often，so he went to the little boy's room to find out the（52）C．"Sorry，maybe I was too hard on you earlier，"（53）Bthe man．"Here's the 25you asked for．"The little boy sat straight up，（54）B so happy．Then，reaching under his pillow，he pulled out some crumpled-up （压皱的） （55）D．Seeing that the boy already had money，the man （56）Astarted to feel angry．
The little boy（57）Acounted out his money，and then looked up at his father with a happy look．"Daddy，I have 50now．Can I buy an （58）Dof your time？Please come home （59）C tomorrow．I'd like to have dinner with you．"the little boy said．With tears in his eyes，the man put his arms around his little boy，and （60）Bhim that he would surely do it．

41

41．A．waiting	B．caring	C．preparing	D．standing
42．A．soon	B．many	C．often	D．much
43．A．may	B．can	C．must	D．would
44．A．as	B．with	C．by	D．like
45．A．whether	B．that	C．why	D．how
46．A．suggested	B．confirmed	C．regretted	D．thought
47．A．but	B．or	C．for	D．so
48．A．commented	B．agreed	C．refused	D．forgave
49．A．desk	B．room	C．bed	D．pillow
50．A．humorus	B．curious	C．angry	D．sorry
51．A．son	B．daughter	C．father	D．wife
52．A．opportunity	B．manner	C．reason	D．behavior
53．A．quarreled	B．apologized	C．lied	D．argued
54．A．remaining	B．looking	C．staying	D．tasting
55．A．cards	B．coins	C．papers	D．bills
56．A．again	B．once	C．still	D．yet
57．A．slowly	B．carelessly	C．helplessly	D．painfully
58．A．day	B．minute	C．second	D．hour
59．A．silently	B．lately	C．early	D．really
60．A．warned	B．promised	C．reminded	D．taught

5．阅读下面的短文，请根据短文后的要求答题（请注意问题后的字数要求）．
  In a study likely to make school staff amazed，U．S．researchers said that chewing gum may help academic performance in teenagers rocket to a higher level．
  Many US schools ban chewing gum because children often dispose of the sticky gum under chairs or tables．But a team found that students who chewed gum during math class had higher scores on a standardized math test after 14 weeks and better grades at the end of the term than students in the class who did not chew gum．
"For the first time we've been able to show in a real-life kind of situation that students did perform better when they were allowed to chew，"said Gil Leveille，a researcher．"Wrigley has gotten feedback （反馈）from many of its gum customers who say chewing gum helps them stay focused．"
   The researchers studied four math classes or 108 students aged 13 to 16 years old from a school．About half got free Wrigley's sugar-free gum to chew during class，homework and tests．They chewed at least one stick of gum 86 percent of the time they were in math class and 36 percent of the time they were doing homework．The other half went without．After 14 weeks，the gum chewers had a three percent increase in their math scores on the Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills achievement test．
   Another Wrigley-funded study found that college students in a lab who were given difficult computer tasks had lower levels of the stress when they were chewing gum compared to when they were not．Leveille said he thinks chewing gum helps reduce stress so students can do their best work．While he is aware that many schools have a dim view of students'chewing gum in class，he hopes the findings may change that a bit．"It's not a matter of chewing．It's a matter of gum disposal，"Leveille said，adding that that can be overcome by teaching proper disposal behaviors．
71．What does the underlined word"rocket"mean？（No more than 3 words）To achive quickly．
72．Why is chewing gum forbidden in many U．S．schools？（No more than 10 words）Because the students often throw the sticky gum under chairs or tables．
73．What feedback has Wrigley gotten about chewing gum according to the passage？（No more than 5 words）It helps stay focused．
74．What does Leveille think of the effects of gum-chewing？（No more than 15 words）Chewing gum helps reduce stress so students can do best of their work．
75．Do you agree that ban on chewing gum in class should be removed？Why or why not？（No more than 20 words）Yes，I do．because chewing gum help students focus on study and reduce stress．
No，I donot．because chewing gum may disturb the academic atmosphere of class and gum chewers may throw gum sticks here and there．．

4．If humans were truly at home under the light of the moon and stars，we would go in darkness happily，the midnight world as visible to us as it is to the vast number of nocturnal（夜间活动的）species on this planet．Instead，we are diurnal creatures，with eyes adapted to living in the sun's light．This is a basic evolutionary fact，even though most of us don't think of ourselves as diurnal beings．Yet it's the only way to explain what we've done to the night：We've engineered it to receive us by filling it with light．
   The benefits of this kind of engineering come with consequences-called light pollution---whose effects scientists are only now beginning to study．Light pollution is largely the result of bad lighting design，which allows artificial light to shine outward and upward into the sky．III-designed lighting washes out the darkness of night and completely changes the light levels-and light rhythms-to which many forms of life，including ourselves，have adapted．Wherever human light spills into the natural world，some aspect of life is affected．
   In most cities the sky looks as though it has been emptied of stars，leaving behind a vacant haze（霾） that mirrors our fear of the dark．We've grown so used to this orange haze that the original glory of an unlit night，-dark enough for the planet Venus to throw shadow on Earth，is wholly beyond our experience，beyond memory almost．
  We've lit up the night as if it were an unoccupied country，when nothing could be further form the truth．Among mammals alone，the number of nocturnal species is astonishing．Light is a powerful biological force，and on many species it acts as a magnet（磁铁）．The effect is so powerful that scientists speak of songbirds and seabirds being"captured"by searchlights on land or by the light from gas flares on marine oil platforms．Migrating at night，birds tend to collide with brightly lit tall buildings．
  Frogs living near brightly lit highways suffer nocturnal light levels that are as much as a million times brighter than normal，throwing nearly every aspect of their behavior out of joint，including their nighttime breeding choruses．Humans are no less trapped by light pollution than the frogs．Like most other creatures，we do need darkness．Darkness is as essential to our biological welfare，to our internal clockwork，as light itself．
   Living in a glare of our own making，we have cut ourselves off from our evolutionary and cultural heritage-the light of the stars and the rhythms of day and night．In a very real sense，light pollution causes us to lose sight of our true place in the universe，to forget the scale of our being，which is best measured against the dimensions of a deep night with the Milky Way-the edge of our galaxy-arching overhead．

66．According to the passage，human beingB
A．prefer to live in the darkness
B．are used to living in the day light
C．were curious about the midnight world
D．had to stay at home with the light of the moon
67．What does"it"（Paragraph 1）most probably refer toA
A．The night
B．The moon
C．The sky
D．The planet
68．The writer mentions birds and frogs toB
A．provide examples of animal protection
A．show how light pollution affects animals
B．compare the living habits of both species
C．explain why the number of certain species has declined
69．It is implied in the last paragraph thatD
A．light pollution does harm to the eyesight of animals
B．light pollution has destroyed some of the world heritages
C．human beings cannot go to the outer space
D．human beings should reflect on their position in the universe
70．What might be the best title for the passage？C
A．The Magic light．
B．The Orange Haze．
C．The Disappearing Night．
D．The Rhythms of Nature．

3．The China Daily newspaper group is looking for English-language senior business editors，senior copy editors，copy editors and graphic designers to strengthen its international team．We offer a competitive salary package，accommodation with furniture paid for 90 percent，medical reimbursement （报销），a seven-day paid leave，eleven-day public holidays and a return ticket to the country of residence．
Senior Business Editor
You must：
（1）Assist the business editor in setting goals and working on achieving them：
（2）Be an excellent team person who can generate ideas and think creatively and be able to rewrite totally if needed；
（3）Ideally have been working or have worked in a position of responsibility and understand what leadership intends：
（4）Have had at least five years′editing experience working on editing the Business Desk and be familiar with industry software．
Senior Copy Editor
You must：
（1）Work on shifts in the Business Desk and usually have the last word before the page is sent to print；
（2）Edit or rewrite copy and give smart headlines and captions；
（3）Have had at least two years'editing experience working on editing desks and be familiar with industry software．
Copy Editor
You must：
（1）Be good at editing or rewriting copy and writing smart headlines and captions；
（2）Be able to work on shifts for different pages，and usually have the last word before the page is sent to print；
（3）Have two years of editing experience working on copy desks，and be familiar with industry software．
Graphic Designer
You must：
（1）Have excellent skills in information graphics；
（2）Be good at illustrations and freehand drawings；
（3）Be experienced in newspaper or magazine layouts；
（4）Have a good sense of typography （活版印刷术）；
（5）Have good new judgment；
（6）Be fluent in English．
For enquiries or to apply，write to job@chinadaily．com．cn．

51．What is the purpose of this passage？D
A．To describe the positions of the China Daily newspaper group．
B．To tell you how to become part of this group．
C．To describe the working conditions of the China Daily newspaper group．
D．To advertise for employing some good employees．
52．What is NOT required about Graphic Designer？B
A．Be expert in Photoshop．
A．Writing smart headlines and captions．
B．Have excellent skills in information graphics．
C．Having a good sense of typography．
53．How many positions need editing experience？D
A．Two                  
B．One               
C．Four
D．Three                 
54．Which can be the best title of the passage？A
A．China Daily：New Employees Wanted
B．China Daily：Newspaper
C．China Daily：An International Team
D．China Daily：The Best Working Condition
55．Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage？A
A．The employees have the right to enjoy seven-day public holidays．
B．The workers there can enjoy a seven-day leave without pay．
C．Free accommodations are available to the workers．
D．The senior business editor's only job is to help the business editor to set goals．

2．You have heard of Google，MySpace，Facebook and some geniuses who made billions from brilliant computer ideas．Now meet a girl genius-a New Jersey teenager who turned her high school inspiration into the fastest growing and the third largest online social network in America，behind MySpace and Facebook．
  She's only 18，but Catherine Cook has become a millionaire by updating one of the symbols of the American educational experience-the high school yearbook．
  Not long after Catherine arrived at her new high school at 15，she was flipping through an old yearbook with Dave，her 16-year-old brother，when they found the name of a girl they both knew．Yet the yearbook picture looked nothing like her．In that moment an idea occurred to Catherine．
^"The pictures always smell horrible and the books never really tell you anything about the person．So we thought：why not put it online？Why not have a profile page that can list your TV interests，the music you like，your additional activities？"she said．
  However，neither Catherine nor her brother knew anything about building a website，but family help was at hand．Catherine and Dave have an older brother，Geoff，who had already made an Internet fortune of his own while studying at Harvard University．
  Geoff immediately saw the promise in his younger sister and brother's idea and helped them build the teen networking site myYearbook．com．The website allows friends to stay in touch，share videos and music，provides games and acts as a matchmaker．
   By April 2005 the family was ready to test its new toy．Catherine and Dave turned up at school wearing T-shirts with slogans that read：^"Are you the prettiest girl in school？How about the most foolish？Find out at myYearbookxom．"
  As teenagers around the country poured into the site，they were followed by a group of investors and advertisers．
   With 10 million users，most under 18，the site is now earning more than $10 million a year in advertising sales．
   Catherine is starting her second year as a student at Georgetown University in Washington DC，but she still works more than 25 hours per week-outside of school hours．

56．What does this passage mainly talk about？（no more than 10 words）A New Jersey teenager updated the high school yearbook．
57．What is the meaning of the underlined part in paragraph 3？（no more than 10 words）suddenly catherine came up with an idea．
58．Who helped  Catherine build the teen networking site my Yearbook．com？（One word）Geoff
59．Besides individual information，what others functions does Catherine's teen networking site myYearbook．com．provide？（no more than 20 words）The website allows friends to stay in touch，share video and music，provides games and and acts as a matchmaker．
60．What do you think makes Catherine Cook succeed？（no more than 10 words）Her creativity，hard work as well as her family's help．．

1．In the past，falling oil prices have given a boost to the world economy，but recent forecasts for global growth have been toned down（不容乐观），even as oil prices sink lower and lower．Docs that mean the link between lower oil prices and growth has weakened？
  Some experts say there are still good reasons to believe cheap oil should heat up the world economy．Consumers have more money in their pockets when they're paying less at the pump．They spend that money on other things，which stimulates the economy．
  The biggest gains go to countries that import most of their oil like China，Japan，and India，But doesn't the extra money in the pockets of those countries'consumers mean an equal loss in oil producing countries，cancelling out the gains？Not necessarily，says economic researcher Sara Johnson．^"Many oil producers built up huge reserve funds when prices were high，so when prices fall they will draw on their reserves to support government spending，and subsidies（补贴） for their consumers．"
   But not al!oil producers have big reserves．In Venezuela，collapsing oil prices have sent its economy into free-fall．
  Economist Carl Weinberg believes the negative effects of plunging oil prices are overwhelming（压跨）the positive effects of cheaper oil．The implication（牵连）is a sharp decline in global trade，which has plunged（暴跌）partly because oil-producing nations can't afford to import as much as they used to．
   Sara Johnson acknowledges that the global economic benefit from a fall in oil prices today is likely lower than it was in the past．One reason is that more countries are big oil producers now，so the nations suffering from the price drop account for a larger share of the global economy．
  Consumers，in America at least，are acting cautiously with the savings they're getting at the gas pump，as the memory of the recent great recession（经济衰退）is still fresh in their mind．And a number of oil-producing countries are trimming their gasoline subsidies and raising taxes，so the net savings for global consumers is not as big as the oil price plunge might suggest．

51．What does the author mainly discuss in the passage？D
A．The reasons behind the plunge of oil prices．
B．Possible ways to stimulate the global economy．
C．The effect of falling oil prices on consumer spending．
D．The impact of cheap oil on global economic growth．
52．Why do some experts believe cheap oil will stimulate the global economy？B
A．Manufacturers can produce consumer goods at a much lower cost．
B．Consumers will spend their saving from cheap oil on other commodities．
C．Lower oil prices have always given a big boost to the global economy．
D．Oil prices may rise or fall but economic laws are not subject to change．
53．What happens in many oil-exporting countries when oil prices go down？A
A．They use their money reserves to back up consumption．
B．They suspend import of necessities from overseas．
C．They reduce production drastically to boost oi1 prices．
D．They try to stop their economy from going into free-fall．
54．How does Carl Weinberg view the current oil price plunge？C
A．It is one that has seen no parallel in economic history．
B．It still has a chance to give rise to a boom in the global economy．
C．Its negative effects more than cancel out its positive effects．
D．Its effects on the global economy go against existing economic laws．
55．Why haven't falling oil prices stimulated the global economy as they did before？C
A．People are not spending all the money they save on gas．
B．The global economy is likely to undergo another recession．
C．Oil importers account for a larger portion of the global economy．
D．People the world over are afraid of a further plunge in oil prices．