7．I'm a journalist for China Daily．I want to tell you （61）an unforgettable experience today．One day last year，I was about （62）to leave （leave） my office when suddenly I received a phone call．My sister （63）working （work） in People's Hospital told me that a boy was （64）terribly （terrible） burnt by boiling water and was dying．I hurried to the hospital and asked the people around （65）what had happened．The boy's neighbor told me that the boy had to live alone because both of his parents were working in another city and （66）none of his relatives was willing to take care of him．Only on festivals（67）didhis parents return home．In that case，the boy cooked （68）by himself every day．I looked at the poor boy（69）whoseskin was charred and swollen，feeling very sad．His doctor told me that his nerves （70）had been damaged/were damaged （damage） and he was unconscious now．I want to ask the boy's parents，"If your son had died，what would you use your money for？"

6．Culture Shock
Culture shock refers to the anxiety and feelings （of surprise，uncertainty，confusion，etc．） felt when people have to operate within a different and unknown cultural or social environment，such as a foreign country．
Generally speaking，we could say that there are four stages of culture shock．The first stage is called"the honeymoon"．In this stage，you are excited about living in a different place．（36）G
The next stage is"the hostility（敌意）stage"．In this stage，you begin to notice not everything is as good as you originally thought it was．（37）D Moreover，people don't treat you like a guest anymore．
Then you come to the third stage called"recovery"．In this stage，you start to feel more positive．（38）B The whole situation starts to become more favorable and you begin to learn to adapt yourself to it．
The last stage of culture shock is called"adjustment"．In this stage，you have reached a point where you actually feel good．（39）E The things that originally made you feel uncomfortable or strange are now things that you understand．Now you have adjusted to the new culture and you feel comfortable．
Not all individuals visiting another country will experience all these four stages．
（40）C It also occurs within cultures as individuals move from place to place or from one setting to another （e．g．，from high school to college）．

A．You feel that friends should help each other to deal with culture shock．
B．And you try to develop comprehension of everything you don't understand．
C．In addition，culture shock is not limited to the overseas visitor．
D．You become tired of many things about the new culture．
E．You have learned enough to understand the new culture．
F．You begin to understand you need to travel a lot．
G．And everything seems to be marvelous and everybody seems to be so nice to you．

5．Some people are pessimistic （悲观） when they think about the future．They say that，a hundred years from now，we will have used up most of the earth's resources．We will have polluted our sea badly，and be unable to eat fish from it．We will have made air so dirty that we will need to wear masks．The world's pollution will have doubled，and we will have used all the countryside for housing； there will be no farmland left．Other people believe that man adapts very easily．They have a different idea of the future．However，in their views，will people be living in a hundred years'time？
One architect believes that man will move off the land．He suggests that the city of the future will be a huge，pyramidshaped building，which will be floating on the surface of the sea．About 5，000families will be living there，and the building will contain shops and schools as well as homes．By living on the sea，we will give the farmers more land to grow crops．
As for oil，people will no longer need it：we will be heating our homes with power from the sun．And we will not be short of minerals，because there are plenty under our oceans．At the moment，we do not have the technology to get them out．But，in a hundred years'time，the optimists （乐观者） say，the new sea cities will be using these resources．
What will be in the shops in the year 3000？What will people be wearing？How will people be traveling？
Scientists who make predictions about the future suggest that，by the year 3000，shops will no longer exist．Computers will have replaced them； and people will order goods from home．
People will be wearing very light，thin clothes．By this time，scientists will have invented a fabric that keeps us cool in hot weather and warm in cold weather．
As for travel，the experts say that most people will be using public transport．Electric cars will be traveling through the streets day and night．Anybody will be able to stop one and use it．
An interesting picture!Unfortunately，we will not be there if these predictions come true．
28．Pessimists believe that in the futureB．
A．seas and oceans will be full of houses
B．we'll have used up most of the resources
C．we will have not enough fish to eat from the seas
D．we will have polluted the air not so badly that it will be possible for us to breathe
29．Scientists have made the predictions EXCEPTB．
A．electric cars will be going along the streets continuously
B．the resources under the oceans will never be used up
C．people will order goods from home
D．people won't suffer from cold any longer
30．What does the underlined word in the seventh paragraph refer to？C
A．a kind of tool
B．a kind of energy
C．a kind of cloth              
D．a kind of resource
31．We can learn from the article thatA．
A．we should be optimistic about the future
B．we should be pessimistic about the future
C．we shouldn't think too much about the future
D．we have no idea of what will happen in the future．

4．When I was young，I had an old neighbor named Dr．Gibbs．He didn't look like any doctor I'd ever known．He never shouted at us for playing in his yard．I remembered him as a neighbor who was nicer than anyone else in the neighborhood．When Dr．Gibbs was happy，he was planting trees．And his life's goal was to make it a forest．
Dr．Gibbs had some interesting theories about planting．He talked about trees that weren't watered would grow deep roots in search of water．So he never watered his trees．He planted an oak （橡树） and，instead of watering it every morning，he beat it with the rolled-up newspaper．I asked him why he did that，and he said it was to get the tree's attention．
Dr．Gibbs died a couple of years．Every now and then，I walk by his house and look at the trees that he planted twenty-five years ago．They're very strong now．
I planted a couple of trees a few years later．I watered them regularly and took good care of them．Whenever a cold wind blows，they shake their leaves and branches．
The funny thing about those trees of Dr．Gibbs was that difficulty seemed to help them in ways comfort and ease never could．
21．What was Dr．Gibbs'life goal？B′
A．To save more lives．
B．To build a forest．
C．To make a lot of money．
D．To study plants．
22．One of Dr．Gibbs'theories about planting was thatC．
A．he often talked to the trees   
B．he kicked the trees heavily
C．he never watered the trees    
D．he buried the leaves around the roots
23．What does the writer mainly want to tell us？B
A．Trees are not as weak as we think．
B．Difficulty is necessary for growth
C．Planting trees is good for the environment．
D．We should listen to others'advice．

3．On the morning of May 18，2010，Enzo Piscopo's alarm clock went off，signaling the start of another workday．Moments later，unbearable pain shot through his back．
"I（11）Aso loud that I probably woke up the whole neighborhood，"he says．He became paralyzed from the waist down．Doctors said he'd likely never（12）Cagain．
    The experience has been a challenging，but equally（13）Djourney for Enzo，a Coca-Cola employee since 1996．He has gone through great pain，relearned everyday tasks and got used to life in a（14）D．
"These lessons have made me the happiest I've ever been，"Enzo says．Nearly every day，someone asks Enzo how he can be so（15）Aafter such a life-changing （16）C．It is a question，he admits； he's asked himself more than a few times．
    One particular（17）Achanged Enzo．A few weeks after his injury，he was talking to his wife in his hospital room．（18）Afocusing on what he had，he fixed his attention on what he thought he'd（19）B．
    His wife told him the things that mattered most to them were（20）Bintact （完好无损的），and that they would continue to follow their dreams and do everything they（21）Dto do，including traveling．
"That conversation（22）Ame that I have the most wonderful wife and four beautiful and healthy kids，"he says．
    Enzo，who returned to work three months after his injury，（23）Dthat happiness is a choice．"You can find millions of（24）Cto either be happy or unhappy．The choice is yours．Many people who seemingly have everything are （25）B，while some of the（26）Bpeople in the world are deeply happy．The（27）Cis focusing on the things that really matter．Today I made an effort to（28）Call the‘little things'that make me happy．I still want to（29）Dand grow as a person in all aspects of my life，（30）AI'm now enjoying the abundance （丰富） of things I already have much more．"

11．A．screamed	B．asked	C．talked	D．laughed
12．A．speak	B．read	C．walk	D．work
13．A．comfortable	B．dangerous	C．boring	D．rewarding
14．A．hospital	B．vehicle	C．house	D．wheelchair
15．A．optimistic	B．energetic	C．sweet	D．smart
16．A．chance	B．journey	C．injury	D．success
17．A．conversation	B．operation	C．colleague	D．friend
18．A．Instead of	B．In case of	C．As for	D．Except for
19．A．created	B．lost	C．got	D．explained
20．A．never	B．still	C．also	D．even
21．A．need	B．pretend	C．agree	D．love
22．A．reminded	B．warned	C．promised	D．advised
23．A．doubts	B．remembers	C．hopes	D．insists
24．A．results	B．truths	C．reasons	D．questions
25．A．excited	B．pitiful	C．careful	D．tired
26．A．wisest	B．poorest	C．prettiest	D．busiest
27．A．skill	B．gift	C．key	D．fact
28．A．change	B．show	C．enjoy	D．ignore
29．A．relax	B．refuse	C．forget	D．improve
30．A．but	B．or	C．though	D．Unless

2．I'm preparing the report for tomorrow's meeting．Would you please _____ the radio a little？（　　）

A．

turn on

B．

turn off

C．

turn up

D．

turn down

1．写作要求：对于"中学生是否应该带手机"，同学们各自持有不同的观点，请你根据下表内容的提示，用英语写一篇短文．陈述同学们的观点及理由，并谈谈你的观点及理由，发表在校园网的论坛上．不少于100个单词．

观点	理由
支持中学生带手机	1．方便学生与家长之间的联系． 2．便于学校通过手机短信发送通知．
反对中学生带手机	1．部分学生上课玩手机导致无法专心学习． 2．带手机到学校并不安全，容易被盗．
你的理由和观点．

提示词：mobile phone （手机），convenient（方便的）

10．Given that motivation is so central to our lives，what do we truly understand about how it operates and about its role in our lives？The assumption is that it's driven by a positive，external （外部的）reward．Do this，get that．But the story is much more complex．
One of the most striking aspects of motivation is that it often drives us to achievements that are difficult，challenging and even painflil．You may think that you would be happy to spend all your time sitting on a white-sand beach drinking and that as long as you get to fill your days this way，you would be happy forever．But while a few days of enjoyment might be fun from time to time，I can′t imagine that you would be satisfied by spending your days，weeks，months，years and even your life this way．
Research that examines the differences between meaning and happiness finds that the things which give us a sense of meaning don't necessarily make us happy．Moreover，people who report having meaningful lives are often more interested in doing things for others，while those who focus mostly on doing things for themselves report being only superficially happy，in other words，just externally and apparently delighted．The essential quality of"meaning"has to do with having a sense of being involved in something bigger than the self．
We all know people obtain a great sense of meaning even in the most unpleasant of circumstances．Many volunteers spend portions of their lives working in dangerous，war-tom areas，trying to keep disease and death from innocent civilians or teaching orphans to read．Their pain is real； their sense of doing something truly meaningfiil is substantial（丰富的）．They show how our deep-rooted desire to believe that our lives have purpose beyond our lifespan drives us to work extra hard，even to the point of our own personal suffering，in order to gain more meaning．
The point is that these seemingly unusual and irrational （不合理的）motivations get us to do things that are complex，difficult and unpleasant．But they go beyond helping people in need．They motivate us in every aspect of our lives-whether in our personal relationships，in our individual pursuits or in the workplace．

56．Whafs the main idea of the passage？（No more than 10 words）
57．Why is motivation so significant to our life？（No more than 15 words）
58．What is the meaning of the underlined word"superficially"in Paragraph 3？（No more than 1 word）
59．What can volunteers obtain working in dangerous，war-tom areas？（No more than 10 words）
60．Do you agree with the opinion that motivation is driven by a positive，external reward？Why or why not？（No more than 20 words）

9．You know the saying"You're as young as you feel．"Well，there may be some truth to that，according to researchers at Harvard and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology．
Ellen Langer，a Harvard psychologist who studies how the mind influences the body，and colleagues reviewed the scientific literature for evidence that a person's perception of their age might influence their health．They published their results in the journal Perspectives on Psychological Science．
In one study that Langer led，47 women had their hair done．The women who thought their new hairdos made them look younger did look younger to objective observers，who were shown before-and-after pictures．The women who thought they looked younger also showed a drop in blood pressure．Another study involving 4，421 men found that those who became bald （秃顶）at a relatively young age were more likely to get cancer and heart disease than men who did not．Similarly，another study involving 2，017 men found that those who lost their hair early were more likely to develop heart disease．^"We believe that the feelings associated with being older than one's real age account for some of these health outcomes，"the researchers wrote．
The researchers also described studies that found that women who had children later in life were more likely to be healthier and live longer than those who had children early，which they attributed to the fact that these mothers tend to spend more time with younger women．Similarly，people who marry younger partners tend to live longer than those who marry older partners，according to other studies．
Taken together，the research"supports the general mind-body hypothesis （假说）that when a younger mind is prepared，a younger body can accompany it．^"While the mechanism （机制）remains unclear，the researchers figured that suggestions associated with aging can"make one unconsciously or consciously aware of old age and set in motion a series of physiological processes that can have real effects on short-term and long-term health．"

46．The underlined word"perception^"in Paragraph 2 meansA．
A．view           
B．appearance              
C．influence               
D．creation
47．Which of the following statements is true according to Paragraph 3？C
A．Blood pressure is highly related to hairdos．
B．Getting cancer or heart disease is the cause of hair losing．
C．Feeling older than real age may be tied to health problems．
D．The women who love hairdos look younger than those who don't．
48．It can be inferred from Paragraph 4 thatD．
A．a younger mother is more likely to live longer
B．the younger one of a couple lives much longer
C．often  staying with younger people can benefit peopled health
D．people who want to live longer need to marry young
41．The passage mainly tells us thatD．
A．Getting bald too early is not good for health
B．Women had better give birth later in their life
C．Feeling younger to a couple is very important to their health
D．People's feeling of their age may have an effect on their own health
42．From which page of a newspaper may the passage be most likely taken？B
A．Entertainment．B．Health．C．Economy．D．Politics．

8．Talking to yourself may seem a little shameful．According to the well-known saying，talking to yourself is the first sign of madness．
（36）G．Talking to ourselves，whether out loud or silently in our heads，is a valuable tool for thought．Take a trip to any preschool and watch a small child playing with her toys．（37）D：offering herself directions and giving voice to her frustrations．Psychologists refer to this as private speech"language that is spoken out loud but directed at the self．We do a lot of it when we are young．（38）B．
As children，according to the Russian psychologist Lev Vygotsky，we use private speech to regulate our actions in the same way that we use public speech to control the behavior of others．As we grow older，we don't abandon this system．（39）F．Psychological experiments have shown that his so-called inner speech can improve our performance on tasks ranging from judging what other people are thinking to sorting images into categories．
We accept and approve of the private speech we use as children，but we never entirely put away the out-loud version．（40）AYou're bound to see an athlete or two encouraging themselves with a phrase or scolding themselves after a bad shot．

A．If you want proof，turn on the sports channel．
B．Perhaps this is one reason for our shyness about continuing with it as adults．
C．There were many difficult questions．
D．You are very likely to bear her talking to herself．
E．Having interesting things to think about also helps．
F．On the contrary，we recognize and accept a mentally．
G．But there's no need for embarrassment．