---I went to work on foot yesterday, though it was raining cats and dogs.

---You __________ a bus. You were likely to get a cold.

     A. must have taken                 B. would take  

     C. could take                      D. should have taken

 It was on January, 12^th, 2010 __________ a terrible earthquake struck the capital of HaiDi.

  A. when           B. before            C. which             D. that

 He had __________ little education that he couldn’t teach __________ little children.

  A. such; so         B. so; such           C. such; such         D. so; so

 The open-air celebration has been put off __________ the bad weather.

  A. in case of        B. in spite of         C. instead of          D. because of

 While __________ for the bus, I happened to come across my childhood friend, Tom.

  A. waited          B. wait              C. waiting            D. to wait

 __________ win the most gold medals in the 2012 Olympic Games, the Chinese athletes are busy training.

  A. In order to       B. In order that        C. So as to           D. So that

It is universally acknowledged that people cannot succeed or achieve their targets without a strong will and persistence．No one can deny the fact that persistence is the key point in accomplishing one' s task．Strong will is a kind of good quality which successful people should own．

注意：

1．不得照抄英语提示语。

2．除诗歌外，文体不限。

3．内容必须结合生活中的一个事例。

4．文中不得透露个人姓名和学校名称。

5．词数为120左右。

阅读下列各小题，根据句后的汉语提示，用句末括号内的英语单词完成句子，并将答案写在答题卡上的相应题号后。

1、    Next time you come to the country for another trip, you’ll find________________to learn some customs here ahead of time.  (benefit)

   下一次你再来这个国家旅游就会发现提前了解一些这里的风俗习惯是大有裨益的。

72. Little________________how to get used to the job in the company as soon as possible, though he is still new to his duties.  (concern)

尽管他对自己的职责还不熟悉，但他很少担心如何尽快地习惯公司的工作。

73. He is the only one of the students _______________ from the whole school to take part in the competition which is to be held in Wuhan next month.  (pick) 

他是整个学校唯一一个被挑选出来参加下个月武汉举行竞赛的学生。

74. It seems that we have to accept the result and make a good preparation to have another try. __________________earlier, I could have done something to avoid this accident.  (inform)

 看来我们必须接受这个结果并做好再次尝试的准备了。要是我早点得知的话，就可以做些什么来避免这场事故了。

75. We are told from the director’s office that___________________we know the result of the final examination.  (long)

   我们从主任办公室获悉，过不了多久，我们就可以知道期终考试的结果。

76. I wonder_____________that caused the accident during the launch, which I have to write into my report. (what)

我想知道在发射过程中究竟是什么导致的这次事故。我必须把这写进报告里。

77. __________________the issue, he failed to obtain those specialists’ authorization, as you said just now.  (prepare)

正如你刚才说的，对那个话题没有作好充分的准备，他没有赢得那些专家们的认可。

78._______________________on the phone just now is whether he has decided to make every effort to run the hotel.  (sense)

  是否决定要倾尽全力去经营饭店，他刚才在电话里没说清楚。

79. What made my father very disappointed was that he found the cellphone______________two days before went wrong again.  (have)

  让我父亲很失望的是，他发现两天前请人修过的手机又坏了。

80. Many a high-standard house_______________________for the survivors of the earthquake--stricken area, which is really inspiring for the public. (report)

  有报道说，灾区已经为地震中的幸存者们兴建一大批高标新房。这消息真是大慰人心。

“In wilderness(荒野) is the preservation of the world.” This is a famous saying from a writer regarded as one of the fathers of environmentalism. The frequency with which it is borrowed mirrors a heated debate on environmental protection: whether to place wilderness at the heart of what is to be preserved.  

As John Sauven of Greenpeace UK points out, there is a strong appeal in images of the wild, the untouched; more than anything else, they speak of the nature that many people value most dearly. The urge to leave the subject of such images untouched is strong, and the danger exploitation(开发) brings to such landscapes(景观) is real. Some of these wildernesses also perform functions that humans need—the rainforests, for example, store carbon in vast quantities. To Mr. Sauven, these “ecosystem services” far outweigh the gains from exploitation.

Lee Lane, a visiting fellow at the Hudson Institute, takes the opposing view. He acknowledges that wildernesses do provide useful services, such as water conservation. But that is not, he argues, a reason to avoid all human presence, or indeed commercial and industrial exploitation. There are ever more people on the Earth, and they reasonably and rightfully want to have better lives, rather than merely struggle for survival. While the ways of using resources have improved, there is still a growing need for raw materials, and some wildernesses contain them in abundance. If they can be tapped without reducing the services those wildernesses provide, the argument goes, there is no further reason not to do so. Being untouched is not, in itself, a characteristic worth valuing above all others.

I look forward to seeing these views taken further, and to their being challenged by the other participants. One challenge that suggests itself to me is that both cases need to take on the question of spiritual value a little more directly. And there is a practical question as to whether wildernesses can be exploited without harm.

This is a topic that calls for not only free expression of feelings, but also the guidance of reason. What position wilderness should enjoy in the preservation of the world obviously deserves much more serious thinking.

67. John Sauven holds that________________.

   A. many people value nature too much

   B. exploitation of wildernesses is harmful

   C. wildernesses provide humans with necessities

   D. the urge to develop the ecosystem services is strong

68. What is the main idea of Para. 3?

   A. The exploitation is necessary for the poor people.

   B. Wildernesses cannot guarantee better use of raw materials.

   C. Useful services of wildernesses are not the reason for no exploitation.

   D. All the characteristics concerning the exploitation should be treated equally.

69. What is the author’s attitude towards this debate?

   A. Objective.            B. Disapproving.      C. Sceptical.             D. Optimistic.

70. Which of the following shows the structure of the passage?

       A.       B.         C.        D.

CP: Central Point                  P: Point       Sp: Sub-point(次要点)           C: Conclusion

Global Positioning Systems are now a part of everyday driving in many countries. These satellite-based systems provide turn-by-turn directions to help people get to where they want to go. But, they can also cause a lot of problems, send you to the wrong place or leave you completely lost. Many times, the driver is to blame. Sometimes a GPS error is responsible. Most often, says Barry Brown, it is a combination of the two.

  We spoke to Mr. Brown by Skype. He told us about an incident involving a friend who had flown to an airport in the eastern United States. There he borrowed a GPS-equipped car to use during his stay. Barry Brown: “And they just plugged in an address and then set off to their destination. And, then it wasn’t until they were driving for thirty minutes that they realized they actually put in a destination back on the West Coast where they lived. They actually put their home address in. So again, the GPS is kind of 'garbage in garbage out'.”

   Mister Brown says this is a common human error. But, he says, what makes the problem worse has to do with some of the shortcomings, or failures, of GPS equipment. Barry Brown: “One problem with a lot of the GPS units is they have a very small screen and they just tell you the next turn. Because they just give you the next turn, sometimes that means that it is not really giving you the overview that you would need to know that it’s going to the wrong place.”

  Barry Brown formerly served as a professor with the University of California, San Diego. While there, he worked on a project with Eric Laurier from the University of Edinburgh. The two men studied the effects of GPS devices on driving by placing cameras in people’s cars. They wrote a paper based on their research. It is called “The Normal, Natural Troubles of Driving with GPS.” It lists several areas where GPS systems can cause confusion for drivers. These include maps that are outdated, incorrect or difficult to understand. They also include timing issues related to when GPS commands are given.

  Barry Brown says to make GPS systems better we need a better understanding of how drivers, passengers and GPS systems work together.

63. In Paragraph 2, Mr. Brown mentioned his friend in the conversation to _____________.

A.      build up his own reputation

B.      laugh at his stupid friend

C.      prove the GPS system is only garbage

D.     describe an example of human error

64. With which of the following statement would Barry Brown most likely agree?

A.      GPS units are to blame for the most GPS service failures.

B.      We should introduce higher standard for the driving license.

C.      Cameras are urgently needed to help improve GPS systems.

D.     Drivers, GPS systems and passengers should unite to improve GPS systems.

65. What is Mr. Brown’s attitude towards GPS?

A.      Unconcerned        B. Prejudiced      C. Objective       D. Critical

66. What would be the best title for the text?

A.      driving with GPS can be difficult

B.      driving confusions can be caused by small screen

C.      driving without GPS should be much more convenient

D.     GPS equipment in driving: to be deserted or improved?