We haven’t seen Mary for a long time．What do you suppose ________ to her?

       A．was happening       B．to happen                

       C．has happened            D．having happened

No one really knows exactly when the first people arrived in        we now know as California.

    A. that              B. which         C. what           D. where

London is the city ____ has got the chance to host the 2012 Olympic Games .

   A. which              B. what                C. it                    D. where

第三部分：阅读理解（共20小题，每小题2分，满分40分）

What if you arrived home to find a delicious hot meal waiting for you，prepared by your very own kitchen robot? It might sound like science fiction，but professors at the university of Tokyo have taken the first steps toward making that scenario a reality．The team recently introduced a humanoid kitchen robot that can pour tea and other drinks into cups and serve them to guests．When teatime is over，the robot can also wash the dishes and put them away．

In California，another interesting kitchen robot has been developed．Called the Ready-bot，it can pick up objects and either store them in cabinets or put them in the trash．It also carries a separate floor-cleaning robot that can operate by itself．Unlike the Japanese robot，Readybot is not humanoid．Instead，it looks more like a large box with arms and wheels．

Readybot was created by engineers and designers who established a club called the Readybot Challenge．They believe that in the future millions of robots will be needed in homes to perform ordinary household tasks．Readybot is just the first step in their plan to create a robot that can tackle jobs not only in kitchens but in other rooms of homes and in offices as well．

Clearly there are technological hurdles to overcome before robots can cook a complete dinner，and there are also many safety concerns．Not everyone（especially parents）would be comfortable with the idea of robots in their house，manipulating hot pans and sharp knives．The European Commission recently funded a project to study these concerns．

56．What does the writer imply about the Japanese robot?

A．It performs fewer functions than readybot can．

B．it looks more like a person than Readybot does．

C．It speaks more languages than Readybot does．

D．It costs 1ess to manufacture than Readybot does．

57．Where do the engineers and designers hope that Readybot will operate in the future?

A．On spacecraft                                          B．In automobiles

C．On playgrounds                                          D．At companies

58．What does the writer imply about parents?

A．They have shown tremendous interest in kitchen robots．

B．They don’t have strong opinions about kitchen robots．

C．They might think that kitchen robots could be dangerous．

D．They can’t wait to buy kitchen robots for their homes．

59．According to the writer，what has the European Commission done for the project?

A．It has built factories                                    B．It has printed manuals

C．It has hired workers                                    D．It has provided money

第三部分：阅读理解：（共20小题，每小题2分，满分34分）

Vocabulary learning is a continuing process. It continues all your life. When you are young, you learn something day in and day out. You should keep squeezing every moment of the day into a new and different learning situation. You continually ask questions and drive yourself to learn more. The more you learn, the more vocabulary you will know. No matter what your age is, you must continue to learn. Words are “Symbols” for ideas. These ideas make knowledge and knowledge is gained largely through words. The following are some suggestions which may help you increase your vocabulary.

??Read books from fields other than your major.

??Read books which interest you and concentrate while you read.

??The more you read, the more words you will come in contact with.

??Use new vocabulary in your everyday communication (writing, speaking).

??Become familiar with the vocabulary in your text books.

??Become familiar with the dictionary. Understand the pronunciation rules as well as the multiple（众多的）meanings of words.

??Try to learn 5 words a day. If you know these words, use them in your communications. Without using these new words, it is a waste of your time.

56、The main idea of the passage is       .

A、how to remember vocabulary     B、how to learn vocabulary

C、how to use vocabulary           D、how to teach vocabulary

57、The underlined word “squeezing” probably means “       ”.

A、压出     B、付出      C、浪费      D、挤出

58、Which of the following statement is NOT suggested in the passage as a way of vocabulary learning?

A、Use the new words you have learned when you write and speak.

B、Use your dictionary and be familiar with it.   

C、Concentrate only on the books on your major.

D、The more you read, the more words you will get.

59、From the passage we know       .

A、most of your knowledge is gained through words.

B、dictionary is the most important way of vocabulary learning.

C、if you learn a new word, just keep it in your mind.

D、you should spend most of your spare time on vocabulary learning.

       Few buildings on earth can compete with the legendary beauty of the Taj Mahal. Towering over the ancient Indian city of Agra, the Taj Mahal is the grandest monument (纪念碑) to love ever created.

       The lovers in this story are the 17th century Indian emperor Shah Jehan and his wife Mumtaz Mahal. She took a leading role in advising him, which is something unusual for a woman to do for a husband who’s an emperor. Over the course of their nineteen-year marriage she gave birth to 14 children. But in 1631 while trying to deliver their fifteenth — she tragically died. He was heartbroken when she died. And after her death, he decided to build the world’s greatest monument ever built, for love.

      He ordered the royal architects to design the most beautiful building the world had known and decided to name it after his beloved, Mumtaz Mahal. He called on twenty thousand workers and sent many more people to all corners of his country in search of valuable metals and jewels. And after seventeen years of hard work, Shah Jehan’s monument was completed and his beloved empress was moved to her final resting place.

       Everything had gone according to plan, but Shah Jehan’s luck was about to change ... In 1658, just four years after the completion of the Taj Mahal, he was thrown out of power. Unfortunately, his son, Aran Azibe imprisoned him, his own father. And he spent the last seven years of his life in prison. And he was allowed to look at the Taj Mahal through a window. His life was in ruins, but when he died his last wish was promised. He was buried beside his beloved wife in the Taj Mahal.

68 . The Taj Mahal was built for ______.

A. Mumtaz        B. Shah      C. Mumtaz or Shah   D. Mumtaz and Shah

69.  The Taj Mahal was completed in ______.

A. 1658   B. 1662          C. 1654           D. 1665

70 . What was unusual for Mumtaz Mahal according to the passage?

A. She gave birth to 14 children for her husband.

B. She gave important advice to her husband.

C. She asked her son to imprison his father

D. She planned to build the world’s greatest monument.

71.  Which of the following is TRUE about Shah Jehan?

A. He was killed by his own son. 

B. He lost his power as a result of the Taj Mahal.

C. He put his own son into prison.

D. He hoped to be buried together with his wife.

第二节 读写任务(共1小题，满分25分)

       阅读下面的短文, 然后按照要求写一篇150词左右的英语短文。

       When I was a little girl ,my mother always told me what I should do and not .What I can remember is that when I was in the primary school, I didn’t want to go to school because I hated the math teacher who used to punish me for I didn’t finish my homework on time. Instead of forcing me to go to school, my mother just told me if I didn’t go to school my friends and my teachers would not like me anymore. What’s more, she told me I should not hate the math teacher on account of my fault and never hate anybody if I wanted to be likable. Since that time, I have known that being likable is very important.

       While I was growing up, I read a lot of books in order to be a likable person. There is a famous writer, Dale Carnegie. He wrote a book called How to Win Friends and Influence People, which taught me a lot .Being a likable person we should respect others and become genuinely interested in other people. In my opinion, the most significant one is that we should be honest and sincere. The second way is that we should be glad to give them a hand when it is needed. Finally, I suppose that being a good listener is quite important as well. We should participate in their suffering and encourage them in time.

In a word, only if we stand by the people even when they are in the darkest time and never desert them can we be a likable in the social life.

       [写作内容]

1) 以约30个词概括短文的要点；

2) 然后以约120个词就“做个受欢迎的人”的主题发表看法，并包括如下要点：

A ) 以自己或他人的经历为例谈谈怎样才能得到别人的认可。

B ) 你认为如何才能使自己受欢迎，为什么？

       [写作要求]

1) 可以使用实例或其它论述方法支持你的论点，也可以参照阅读材料的内容，但不得直接引用原文中的句子;

2) 标题自定

       [评分标准]

       概括准确、语言规范、内容合适，篇章连贯。

 [写作要求]

       1.    作文中可以使用亲身经历或虚构的故事．也可以参照阅读材料的内容，但不得直接引用原文中的句子。

       2.    作文中不能出现真实姓名和学校名称。

[评分标准]                   概括准确，语言规范，内容合适，语篇连贯。

第二节 信息匹配(共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分)

       阅读下列应用文及相关信息，并按照要求匹配信息。请在答题卡上将对应题号的相应选项字母涂黑。

       首先请阅读下列国外媒体上的插图及提示性文字：

以下是关于这些插图的简要评论。请把评论与相关插图及提示性文字匹配起来。

46. The debate has been raging for years over the safety of, and necessity for, childhood vaccinations, which has been so much so that it is termed “The Vaccine War”. The debate has only a few moments that might be inspiring to those who have been following this now familiar issue.

47. There are certainly benefits of using a star in a film. It makes the film easier to market. Stars also help sell more tickets and drive DVD sales, which are a big part of studio revenue. However, a star does not guarantee success. The simple fact is that if you pay a star a great deal of money for a film that people don’t want to see, then it won’t work.

48. They are barely in their twenties and are already multimillionaires. At the age when many people are looking for their first job, the youngsters of The Sunday Times Rich List are buying country estates or jetting off to their overseas homes. Daniel Radcliffe, for example, who plays Harry Potter, has a fortune of ??42 million, at 20.

49. Millions of jobless Americans, who might be suffering in anxiety and lacking a sense of security, are showing up at emergency rooms of state-owned hospitals, contributing to a longer waiting time and a higher risk of cursory treatment by overworked doctors and nurses.

50. Alice Miller, a psychology expert, who died at 87 at home in Provence, France, on April 14,repositioned the family as a central place of abnormal psychological function with her theory that parental power and punishment lay at the root of nearly all human problems.

第二卷（满分50分）

Ⅰ：阅读理解：（共8小题，每题1分，总分8分）

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       Chocolate might lower your chances of having a heart problem. According to a new study, a new study, a small amount of chocolate every day could decrease the risk of having a heart attack, by nearly 40 percent, German researchers followed nearly 20,000 people over eight years, sending them several questionnaires about their diet and exercise habits. They found people who had an an average of six grams of chocolate a day—or about one square of a chocolate bar—had a 39 percent lower risk of a heart attack.

       Previous studies have suggested dark chocolate in small amounts could be good for you, but this is the first study to track its effects over such a long period. Experts think the flavonols（黄酮醇）contained in chocolate are responsible. Flavonols, also found in vegetables and red wine, help the muscles in blood vessels（血管）widen, which leads to a drop in blood pressure. “It’s a bit too early to come up with recommendations that people should eat more chocolate, but if people replace sugar or high-fat snacks with a little piece of dark chocolate, that might help,” said Brian Buijsse, a doctor at the German Institute of Human Nutrition in Nuthetal, Germany, the study’s lead author.

       The people tracked by Buijsse and colleagues had no history of heart problems, had similar habits for risk factors like smoking and exercise, and did not vary widely in their Body Mass Index（身体质量指数）.

Since the study only observed people and did not give them chocolate directly to test what its effects were, experts said more research was needed to determine the candy’s exact impact on the body. Doctors also warned that eating large amounts of chocolate could lead to weight gain. “This is not a prescription（指示）to eat more chocolate,” said Robert Eckel, a professor of medicine at the University of Colorado who is not linked to the study. “If we all had (a small amount of)chocolate every day for the rest of our lives, we would all gain a few pounds.” Eckel said it was amazing to find such a small amount of chocolate could have such a protective effect, but that more studies were needed to confirm its conclusions.

1．What is the main purpose of the article?

       A．To suggest people eat as much dark chocolate as possible.

       B．To warn people not to eat too much chocolate.

       C．To tell people how to avoid a heart attack.

       D．To report on a study about the benefits of chocolate.

2．Both Buijsse and Eckel believe that        .

       A．dark chocolate in enough amounts could be good for our health

       B．eating large amounts of chocolate could lead to weight gain

       C．we can cure our heart problems with dark chocolate

       D．we’d better not advise people to eat more chocolate at present

3．Which of the following statements about the study is FALSE?

       A．It’s the first time that the effects of dark chocolate has been examined.

       B．The researchers followed nearly 20,000 people for over eight years.

       C．The researchers didn’t give any diet instructions to the people followed by the study.

       D．The study found that eating about six grams of chocolate a day was beneficial.

4．We can infer from the text that         .

       A．eating a small amount of dark chocolate will lower your blood pressure

       B．scientists are now certain of the effects of dark chocolate

       C．eating a little chocolate over a long period will not lead to weight gain

       D．Flavonols can only be found in dark chocolate and red wine

The old king decided to retire and       the heavy load of responsibility to his three daughters.

       A．hear out    B．take over C．hand over D．speak out