49. Why was the Babylonian time-mile divided into thirty parts?

A. To make a day into 360 parts.

B. To make a circle into 360 parts.

C. To measure exact distances.

D. To measure more exact time.

48. The Babylonian mile was first used to measure _________.

A. star movements　　 B. circles　　 C. distances　　　 D. time

47. The purpose of this passage is to explain _________.

A. how the Babylonians measured the time of star movements

B. why the circle is divided into 360 degrees

C. the Babylonia mile and the Babylonian time-mile

D. the Babylonians’ idea about the sky

46. It can be inferred from the text that ________.

A. Peterson’s honor was a surprise for the local people.

B. Peterson’s art classes attracted students back to school

C. Peterson aroused the local residents’ passion for music

D. Peterson will change her profession next year

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There are several explanations for why the circle is divided into 360 parts. Probably the best explanation is connected with the Babylonians(巴比伦人).

Many, many centuries ago, large distances were measured in the Babylonian mile. The Babylonian mile equaled about seven of our miles. Because of its length, the time needed to travel the Babylonian mile became a measure of time. One day was said to be twelve Babylonian time-miles.

About one thousand years before Christmas, the Babylonians began keeping records of star movements. They needed a way to record how much time passed between the movement they first saw a star and then observed it again. They used the Babylonian time-mile as their measure of time.

In order to have smaller units of time, the Babylonians divided their time-mile into thirty parts. The Babylonians believed that each trip around the sky was a circle. One complete trip around the sky, they reasoned, took one day.

You already know that one day was the same as twelve Babylonian time-miles. Since each time-mile was divided into thirty parts, the circle trip around the sky was 12×30,or 360 parts long. That is how there came to be 360 degrees in a circle.

45．In Peterson’s opinion, ____________．

A．art, music and PE classes are all important

B．more subjects should be offered to students

C．students should be motivated to attend art classes

D．arts education is more important than other subjects

44．Which of the following is an example of Peterson’s way of teaching music?

A．She wrote plays on themes of race, equality and social justice．

B．She made use of the contents of other classes in her teaching．

C．She organized classroom discussions of Broadway tunes．

D．She helped students compose songs by themselves．

43．What is the most important reason that Peterson won the award?

A．She concerned herself with current social problems．

B．She motivated students to learn music with her creativity．

C．She has taught music at the elementary school for 22 years．

D．She made great efforts to arouse students’ interest in literature．

42．When Peterson began her teaching career, ____________．

A．music was a focus of learning in most schools

B．the environment was favorable to music teaching

C．the school lacked teaching facilities for music

D．financial support for music programs was unavailable

第三节 书面表达(满分20分)

请以“Sports”为题，根据下面提供的内容写一篇120左右的短文。(开头部分已给出，不计入总词数)

随着时间的推移，体育运动在现代生活中的作用越来越重要了。

人们参加各种各样的体育运动，比如踢足球、打篮球、散步、游泳等等。人们也喜欢观看体育比赛。体育明星深受人们喜爱，尤其受年轻学生们的喜爱。

世界上几乎每天都有体育比赛，但最著名的是每四年所举行的奥运会。在2008北京奥运会上，菲尔浦斯(Phelps)、博尔特(Bolt)等运动员吸引了全世界人民的目光。

体育运动有助于我们的健康。现在，我们学生被鼓励每天锻炼一小时，这样我们学习的效率(efficiently)就更高了。

Sports

As time goes by, sports are playing a more and more important role in people’s modern life.

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