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21．It is not yet known how these huge stones were over a distance of 380 kilometers. A．removed B．transformed C．transmitted D．conveyed

22．According to experts, China needs to its one child family planning policy to fight against a

worsening gender（性别）imbalance and an aging population. A．arrange B．apply C．adjust D．adapt

23．In Copenhagen, the UN climate conference grew more tense and divisive as the developing countries

didn’t trust the promises made by the industrial countries to greenhouse gas emission（排放）. A．cut out B．cut down C．cut off D．cut up

24．After the finacial crisis, new measures taken by the government brought new development opportunities

and helped the industry back to rapid growth path. Now, Trade is again. A．sending up B．picking up C．setting up D．making up

25．Banks accumulated a great deal of knowledge about plants and agriculture. In growing strawberries he

went back to the abandoned of spreading straw under the fruit to reduce the necessary amount of watering. A．custom B．approach C．practice D．principle 26．Last November, drivers in North China had to wait for hours to get refueled（加油）because of a sudden gas

caused by cold weather. A．shortage B．shortcoming C．disadvantage D．absence

27．We do our best to be careful and prevent bad things from happening, but most of us will

find ourselves in a situation where we or someone else needs help. A．personally B．obviously C．particularly D．eventually

28．For fear unemployment, almost one million people sat China’s civil service examination in order to get

jobs. A．proper B．suitable C．generous D．secure

29． providing humanitarian aid, the UN is also supposed to enforce（实施）agreement. A．Apart from B．Rather than C．Far from D．Except for

30．The survivors of the crashed plane had no food or water and were the extreme cold weather. A．in the possession of B．in the charge of

C．at the mercy of D．at the risk of 第二节 完型填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从31—50各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上涂黑。 “It’s my own fault.” Carl Fenter pulled his jacket closer against the abnormal bite of cold morning wind. “The rest of the family is home, where it’s 31 .”

Just another on of his 32 ideas – a big tamale（玉米粉蒸肉）feast after tonight’s Christmas Eve service at church – and look where it landed him: waiting in a line 50 people deep. Who would have guessed that every tamale shop in the city would be sold out the day before Christmas? But they 33 , as Carl knew. He had been driving all over El Paso that morning.

34 to bring home the tamales, Carl tried one last shop, an old favorite out in Canutillo. When he arrived, a fresh batch（一炉）was 35 off the steamer in 45 minutes. 36 at the end of the snaking line of tamale seekers, he watched the woman in front of him 37 her jacket to cover her shivering youngster. It wasn’t long before she, too, 38 in the biting wind. After only a moment’s 39 , Carl took off his own jacket and offered it to the 40 mother. Together, they 41 when the line slowly moved forward at last, and smiling people exited the shop carrying steamy bags. 42 , Carl got inside the door and 43 closer to the counter, the woman now

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first in line. “ 44 !” Carl groaned（抱怨）with everyone else 45 behind him.

“ 46 ,” stressed the man at the counter, “we’ll have a final batch ready 47 , oh, about two hours.” Defeated, Carl backed away, but the young mother grabbed his arm. ‘You’re leaving?” “I 48 , ” Carl glanced at his watch. “I promised to put up luminarias（传统圣诞灯）at my church. ” “I’ll get your order of tamales and bring them to your house.” Carl’s brow furrowed（皱眉） “I couldn’t ask you to do that.” “But it’s 49 I can do. You lent me your coat.” Her smile overrode（推翻）his objections. “Just give me your address.” She and her little girl settled in for the long wait. And at 50 noon on Christmas Eve, they delivered four dozen fragrant tamales – along with Carl’s brown jacket – to his home.

31．A．harmonious B．warm C．happy D．pleasant 32．A．brilliant B．bad C．stupid D．common 33．A．were B．did C．could D．had 34．A．Decided B．Determined C．Wanted D．Expected 35．A．ready B．prepared C．soon D．due

36．A．Finding his way B．Taking his road C．Taking his place D．Finding his place 37．A．move B．reject C．abandon D．remove 38．A．waved B．froze C．shook D．shocked 39．A．assumption B．appreciation C．hesitation D．attention 40．A．grateful B．respectful C．hopeless D．shameful 41．A．cheered B．congratulated C．shouted D．screamed 42．A．Immediately B．Hopefully C．Lasdy D．Finally 43．A．shouldered his way B．forced his way

C．felt his way D．inched his way 44．A．No problem B．No way C．No doubt D．No wonder 45．A．lined up B．held up C．looked up D．waited up 46．A．So B．But C．Then D．Besides 47．A．before B．for C．in D．after 48．A．plan to B．intend to C．have to D．ought to 49．A．the least B．the most C．the last D．the best 50．A．just B．exactly C．accurately D．right 第三部分：阅读理解（共20小题，每题2分，满分40分）

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。

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In Yemen, you always see one type of vehicle on the road: the water truck. They travel mounatin roads and cross deserts to bring Yemanis a good more valuale than oil. It is one that only the rich can afford, with the supply regularly being cut off. Others must rely on scarce rain or charity to fight thirst.

Experts say Yemen is gong to be the first country in the world to run out of water. The capital, Sanaa, will run out of drinking water as early as 2025, says a report by the World Bank.

Hannan, an 18 – year – old from Lashej, said that only the rich could prepare for cuts in supply. “In a good week we’ll have a water supply all week but then the following week there will be water only for a day or two,” she said.

She and her husband, a factory worker, pay 3000 riyals (99yuan) for a week’s supply of water from a

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touring water truck when the taps run dry. With an income of only 20,000 riyals (660 yuan) a month, this means the family often spend half their money on water.

“There are a lot of people who can’t afford it and they have to rely on their neighbors to help,” she said. The average person in Yemen surivives on one –fifth of what the World Health Organization considers to be enough water.

In Taiz, in the south, tap water is available only once every 45days. In the mountainous Malhan district in the north, women and children climb a 1,500 – m mountain to cllet water from a spring, often in the small hours to avoid long queues.

Yemen is located in South – west Asia, bordering the Arabian and the Red seas. Yemeni people have lived on scarce water supplies for thousands of years but that problem has been made serious by conflict in the area, the fast – growing population and the use of water to grow a drug called qat. With one of the world’s highest rates of population growth – 3.46 percent, Yemen is the poorest Arab country.

The government is considering desalinating (淡化) seawater, but this would be expensive and it may now be too late. The only other solution is to cut down on farming, but that means importing even more food. 51．The passage aims to . A．analyze the reasons why Yemen lacks water

B．suggest some solutions to the water issue in Yemen C．present how serious the water problem is in Yemen

D．encourage the world to help Yemenis who are suffering from water shortage

52．When Hannan said that only the rich could prepare for cuts in supply, she meant that . A．rich people drank more water than the poor

B．rich people could buy water from the water trucks if there was a water supply cut C．she had a rich neighbor who often helped her during water supply cut D．the rich were not affected by water supply cut

53．Which of the following may be a reason why Yemen is short of water? A．The country has had no rain for a long time.

B．The population of Yemen is growing fast.

C．The government has failed to reduce farming.

D．People can’t afford the water from government water trucks. 54．The best title for the passage is . A．Never take water for granted

B．The water truck – the commonest sight in Yemen C．The first country to run out of water in the world D．No water for Yemen B

Have you ever been to an Irish wedding? I have just returned from one．It is a quarter to five in the morning：the sun has already climbed about the horizon；the birds are busy celebrating the new day and have eagerly been in search of food．But some of the guests have not yet left．They are still prolonging the night：dancing，singing，gossiping，putting off the unfortunate necessity of undertaking a day’s work in the fields after a sleepless night．

Throughout most of her life，Bridget Mary，the bride，has been living in the small whitewashed thatched（茅草屋顶）cottage I have just left．Twelve children have been brought up there but only two are still living at home．The eldest son，heir（继承人）to the small farm, is helping his father with the farm work（they employ no farm laborers）：the youngest daughter is still at school．Two years ago，Bridget Mary went to England to take up domestic work in a hospital and it was while she was living there that she met her future husband，

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Terry．He himself is an Irishman who used to live in Dublin and now has a well-paid job in a light engineering works in England．They got engaged and started saving．Now they are thinking of buying a small house near Terry’s factor．

The wedding ceremony was performed in the church in the nearest town at half past eight yesterday morning．Another couple were being married at the same time．Nobody worried about the cost of the celebrations：four luxurious cars brought bride，bridegroom，family and friends home，and forty people were crowded into the tiled kitchen and the tiny living—room，hung with framed school certificates and religious pictures．A big meal was given；the wedding cake was cut and toasts were drunk in whisky or sherry（葡萄酒）。And while the remains of the feast were being cleared away and the rooms swept，the four cars set out again，taking the married couple and relations for a drive round the country—side． 55．What makes it clear that this is a country wedding? A．People get up so early． B．Birds are busy searching for food． C．The bride is one of a large family． D．The people’s occupations． 56．From the passage, we know that . A．nobody worried about the cost of the wedding because the two couples who got married at the same

time would share the cost B．the family is too poor to employ any farm workers C．the author thought much of the country wedding D．the author left the moment the wedding ceremony was completed

57．The young couple will not live on the farm after their marriage because ． A．Terry gets used to living in Dublin B．they are both employed elsewhere C．it’s the bride’s brother who will inherit（继承）the farm D．they have a house in England

58．Why were the guests taken for a ride round the countryside? A．To give them an opportunity of seeing the surroundings． B．To enable the neighbors to see the married people． C．To get them out of the way． D．As a way of passing the time． C

Bringing up children is hard work, and you are often to blame for any bad behavior of your children. If so, Judith Rich Hams has good news for you. Parents, she argues, have no important long-term effects on the development of the personality of their children. Far more important are their playground friends and neighborhood companions. Ms Harris takes to bits the assumption which has dominated（支配）developmental psychology for almost half a century.

Ms Harris’s attack on the developmentalists “nurture” argument looks likely to reinforce（加强）doubts that the profession was already having. If parents matter, why is it that two adopted children, reared in the same home, are no more similar in personality than two adopted children reared in separate homes? Or that a pair of identical twins, reared in the same home, are no more alike than a pair of identical twins reared in different homes?

Difficult as it is to track the precise effects of parental upbringing, it may be harder to measure the exact influence of the peer（同龄人）group in childhood and adolescence. Ms Harris points to how children from immigrant homes soon learn not to speak at school in the way their parents speak. But acquiring a language is surely a skill, rather than a characteristic of the sort developmental psychologists hunt for. Certainly it is different from growing up tensely or relaxedly, or from learning to be honest or hard-working or generous.

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Easy though it may be to prove that parents have little impact on those qualities, it will be hard to prove that peers have vastly more.

Moreover, mum and dad surely cannot be ditched completely. Young adults may, as Ms Harris argues, be keen to appear like their contemporaries. But even in those early years, parents have the power to open doors: they may initially choose the peers with whom their young associate, and pick that influential neighborhood. Moreover, most people suspect that they come to resemble their parents more in middle age, and people’s child-rearing habits may be formed partly by what their parents did. So the balance of influences is probably complicated, as most parents already suspected without being able to demonstrate it scientifically. Even if it turns out that the genes they pass on and the friends their children play with matter as much as affection, discipline and good example, parents are not completely off the hook. 59．According to Ms. Harris, . A．parents are to blame for any bad behavior of their children

B．children’s personality is shaped by their friends and neighbors

C．nature rather than upbringing has a significant effect on children’s personality development D．parents will greatly affect the children’s life in the long run

60．The word “ditched”（Line1, Para.4）could best be replaced by . A．proved B．emphasized C．compared D．ignored 61．The developmental psychologists think . A．children are more influenced by their peers

B．identical twins raised in the same home are different in personality C．twins raised in two separate families are different in personality

D．upbringing has a less significant effect on children’s personality development 62．According to Paragraph 3, we know that . A．it is easier for children to gain a language at home

B．it is harder to follow the effects of parental upbringing

C．immigrant children avoid speaking the same way as their parents at school D．it is proved that peers have a greater effect on children’s qualities

63．What does the author mean by saying “parents are not completely off the book” at the end of the

passage? A．Parents should control the situation.

B．Parents should give their way to children. C．Parents should spend more time on children. D．Parents should take on their responsibility. D

If you ask me for my biggest impression of what America’s like over the last three years, I’d say it is how rich and diverse the student life is．For example, at Princeton, we have more than 100 student organizations planning all kinds of campus activities—from sports, band dancing to juggling and acting to translation, design, publishing, volunteering and camping．You name it．

My freshmen year, I tried a lot of activities, from dancing to design to newspapers．Then I found my passion in the environment and volunteerism．I joined Greening Princeton and Student Volunteer Council．A year later, I’d become the publicity chair and project coordinator（协调员） of these two clubs．

Student activities give us a chance to do things we care about and are good at．If we have good idea, we can propose it at a meeting, find interested people to form a team, then apply for funding from the school．We have full control of the project and the ability to make our ideas happen．For example, I came up with the idea

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of Daylight Dining and was supported by my club Greening Princeton．I wrote a proposal, presented it in front of the college master, and communicated with the head of Dining Services．After a few follow-ups, this project was carried out．

One other benefit of extra curricular（课外的） activities is the friendship that comes with them．Once you become part of a group, it is much easier to adjust to college life．You realize you are not alone．This will most likely increase your study efficiency and in turn help your academics．My headmaster once told me: “Stand on your tiptoes．” In that way, we not only have a better view of life, but will also put out our comfort zone．Getting involved in extra curricular activities has given me the opportunity to stand on my tiptoes．

Make yourself try new things and stick to the things that matter to you．This is one piece of advice I have．Remember, college is a color palette．You are the artist who can add your own colors． 64．The author tried a lot of activities during his freshman year because . A．he intended to find out the things he was interested in

B．he wanted to become popular in college C．he wanted to become a student leader

D．he would like to make more friends and adjust to college life 65．Which of the following is true according to the passage? A．Taking part in the activities after class has three advantages． B．Students can do what they care about and good at in class． C．Students can balance their college life with these activities． D．Each of the students has to take part in more than two items． 66．The purpose of the passage is to ________． A．show the diversity of American life

B．advertise the American college

C．say something interesting in America D．introduce college life in America E

Electric cars are dirty．In fact, not only are they dirty, they might even be more dirty than their gasoline-powered cousins．

People in California love to talk about “zero-emissions（排放）vehicles,” but people in California seem to be clueless about where electricity comes from．Power plants most all use fire to make it．Aside from the few folks who have their roofs covered with solar cells, we get our electricity from generators（发电机）．Generators are fueled by something — usually coal, oil, but also by heat generated in nuclear power plants．There are a few wind farms and geothermal（地热的）plants as well, but by far we get electricity mainly by burning something．

In other words, those “zero-emissions” cars are likely coal-burning cars．It's just the coal is burned somewhere else so it looks clean．It is not．It’s as if the California Greens are covering their eyes — “If I can’t see it, it’s not happening．” Gasoline is an incredibly efficient way to power a vehicle; a gallon of gas has a lot of energy in it．But when you take that gas （or another fuel） and first use it to make electricity, you waste a nice part of that energy, mostly in the form of wasted heat — at the generator, through the transmission lines, etc．

A gallon of gas may propel your car 25 miles．But the electricity you get from that gallon of gas won't get you nearly as far — so electric cars burn more fuel than gas-powered ones．If our electricity came mostly from nukes, or geothermal, or hydro, or solar, or wind, then an electric car truly would be clean．But for political, technical, and economic reasons, we don’t use much of those energy sources．

In addition, electric cars’ batteries which are poisonous for a long time will eventually end up in a landfill

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（垃圾）．And finally, when cars are the polluters, the pollution is spread across all the roads．When it’s a power plant, though, all the junk is in one place．Nature is very good at cleaning up when things are not too concentrated, but it takes a lot longer when all the garbage is in one spot． 67．What does the author mean by using “ignorant” in paragraph Ⅱ? A．The California Greens are covering their eyes.

B．People in California love to talk about zero-emissions vehicles

C．People in California love to have their roofs covered with solar cells

D．People there have no diea that so far electricity mainly comes from burning coal, oil,etc

68．According to the passage, why the California Greens hold the idea “If I can’t see it, it’s not happening?” A．They do not know those clean cars are likely coal-burning cars.

B．They do believe that the coal is burned somewhere else so it look clean. C．They tend to hold that electricity is a nice part of energy

D．They tend to maintain that gasoline is a good way to run a vehicle. 69．Compared with cars using gas, electric cars . A．do not burn fuel and more environmental.

B．are dangerous and it is difficult for nature to clean it up when their batteries are buried in one spot. C．are very good at cleaning up when things are not too concentrated. D．are poisonous for a long time and will eventually end up in a landfill. 70．It can be inferred from the passage that . A．being green is good and should be encouraged in communications.

B．electric cars are not as clean as people assume in that electricity is mainly got by burning something. C．zero-emissions vehicles should be chosen to protect our environment.

D．electric cars are now the primary vehicle compared with gasoline powered cousins. 第四部分：写作（共两节，满分40分）

第一节：完成句子（共10小题，每小题1.5分，共15分）

阅读下列各小题，根据括号内的汉语提示，用句末括号内的英语单词完成句子。 71．Mr．Smith won （两倍的奖杯）in 2006 as the year before.（medal）

72．The mine explosion in Heilongjiang Province caused 104 deaths, with four other miners still （困在地下）.（trap）

73．Hong Xingge, （已赢得）the recommendation of the headmaster for an interview at Peking

University, is the youngest of the 90 students nationwide.（win）

74． （无论何时开会）makes no difference to me.（whenever；hold）

75．When Edison died, it was suggested that the American people （关掉）all power for several

minutes in honor of this great man.（turn） 76．Our eating habits have changed, （我们的生活方式也是如此）, and the fuel we need for our

body is also different.（as）

77．It was four o’clock in the afternoon （他们到达）the museum, where an official warmly

received them.（reach）

78．The mother rather than the twins （在动手术）by Doctor Thomas now.（operate） 79．By the time this letter reaches you, I （已离开）the country.（leave） 80．There’s nobody here. They （必定回家了）.（must）

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21—25 DCBBC 26---30 ADDAC

31—35 BAABD 36---40 CDCCA 41---45 ADDBA 46—50 BCCAB 51---54 CBBD 55—58 DCBC 59---63 BDCCD 64---66 AAD 67---70 DABB 71．twice as many medals 73．who has won 75．（should） turn off 77．when they reached 79．will have left

72．trapped underground

74．Whenever the meeting will be held 76．as has our way of life 78．is being operated on 80．must have gone home

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