Reality is not the way you wish things to be,nor the way they appear to be,_______the way they actually are.
A.as B.or
C.but D.and
第一节(共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5分)
听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。
例：How much is the shirt?
A.￡19.15. B.￡9.15. C.￡9.18.
答案是B。
1.When will the two speakers leave if they get cheaper tickets?
A.On Tuesday.
B.On Thursday.
C.On Friday.
2.What is the probable relationship between the two speakers?
A.Husband and wife.
B.Passenger and driver.
C.Salesgirl and customer.
3.What does the man imply?
A.He got help from the woman.
B.He needed more time to study.
C.He worked hard for his composition.
4.What will the woman do in the morning?
A.See Lisa off.
B.Go to the zoo.
C.Deal with an e-mail.
5.Where does this conversation most probably take place?
A.In a bus.
B.In an office.
C.In a phone box.
第二节(共12小题；每小题1.5分，满分18分)
听下面4段对话。每段对话后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听每段对话前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟。听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话读两遍。
听下面一段对话，回答第6和第7两个小题。
6.Where will the man have his dinner?
A.At Golden Pond Restaurant.
B.At Black Forest Restaurant.
C.At Moon River Restaurant.
7.What do we know about the man?
A.He wants to eat beef.
B.He likes to have dinner late.
C.He prefers to wear a jacket and tie.
听下面一段对话，回答第8至第10三个小题。
8.How does the man feel about the delay of his flight?
A.Calm.
B.Glad.
C.Angry.
9.Which is the right boarding gate for the man?
A.Gate 5.
B.Gate 20.
C.Gate 38.
10.When will the plane probably take off?
A.At 3:30 p.m.
B.At 3:40 p.m.
C.At 3:50 p.m.
听下面一段对话，回答第11至第13三个小题。
11.What are the two speakers mainly talking about?
A.Eco-tours.
B.Popular sports.
C.Famous countries.
12.Which activity in the USA is introduced in the dialogue?
A.Mountain-climbing.
B.River-rafting.
C.Bird-watching.
13.How many countries are mentioned in the dialogue?
A.Three.B.Four.C.Five.
听下面一段对话，回答第14至第17四个小题。
14.Why does the man ask the woman for help?
A.He has to read a report.
B.He has to write a paper.
C.He has to wait for a call.
15.What does the man ask the woman to do?
A.Buy some food.
B.Make tomato soup.
C.Bring back the café.
16.Which of the following is suggested by the woman?
A.A pie.
B.A salad.
C.A sandwich.
17.What does the woman think of the man?
A.Lazy.
B.Greedy.
C.Curious.
第三节(共3小题；每小题1.5分，满分4.5分)
听下面一段材料，将第18至第20三个小题的信息补充完整，每小题不超过三个单词。听材料前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出15秒钟的作答时间，本段材料读两遍。
Creenwood 18.
To:Students of Grades 19.
For: Two weeks
Study and play with top artists! 20.every night!
Enjoy yourlife in green woods!
假设你是某中学学生会主席李华，你校与本地一所国际学校经常举办联谊活动，你计划在重阳节组织学生到养老院去慰问老人，拟邀请国际学校的学生参加。请根据以下内容要点给国际学校的学生会主席Tony写一封信。
要点：向老人赠送礼物(鲜花、自制贺卡……)；
为老人提供服务(做清洁、陪老人聊天……)；
为老人表演节目(唱歌、跳舞……)。
注意：1.词数为100左右；
.2.信的开头和结尾已为你写好(不计入你所写词数)；
.3.已给出的信的开头和结尾不得抄入答题卡。
______________________________________________________________________
(以下所给内容不得抄入答题卡)
Dear Tony,
Chongyang,the traditional Chinese festival for the elderly,is coming around.We are planning to visit the Nursing Home to celebrate the special day,and we would like to invite students from your school to join us.
...
Looking forward to your early reply.
Yours,
Li Hua
Imagine you’re at a party full of strangers.You’re nervous.Who are these people?How do you start a conversation?Fortunately,you’ve got a thing that sends out energy at tiny chips in everyone’s name tag(标签).The chips send back name,job,hobbies,and the time available for meeting—whatever.Making new friends becomes simple.
This hasn’t quite happened in real life.But the world is already experiencing a revolution using RFID technology.
An RFID tag with a tiny chip can be fixed in a product,under your pet’s skin,even under your own skin.Passive RFID tags have no energy source—batteries because they do not need it.The energy comes from the reader,a scanning device(装置),that sends out energy(for example,radio waves) that starts up the tag immediately.
Such a tag carries information specific to that object,and the data can be updated.Already,RFID technology is used for recongnizing each car or truck on the road and it might appear in your passport.Doctors can put a tiny chip under the skin that will help locate and obtain a patient’s medical records.At a nightclub in Paris or in New York the same chip gets you into the VIP(very important person) section and pays for the bill with the wave of an arm.
Take a step back:10 or 12 years ago,you would have heard about the coming age of computing.One example always seemed to surface:Your refrigerator would know when you needed to buy more milk.The concept was that computer chips could be put everywhere and send information in a smart network that would make ordinary life simpler.
RFID tags are a small part of this phenomenon.“The world is going to be a loosely coupled set of individual small devices,connected wirelessly,”predicts Dr.J.Reich.Human right supporters are nervous about the possibilities of such technology.It goes too far tracking school kids through RFID tags,they say.We imagine a world in which a beer company could find out not only when you bought a beer but also when you drank it.And how many beers.Accompanied by how many biscuits.
When Marconi invented radio,he thought it would be used for ship-to-shore communication,not for pop music.Who knows how RFID and related technologies will be used in the future.Here’s a wild guess:Not for buying milk.
1.The article is intended to ______.
A.warn people of the possible risks in adopting RFID technology
B.explain the benefits brought about by RFID technology
C.convince people of the uses of RFID technology
D.predict the applications of RFID technology
2.We know from the passage that with the help of RFID tags,people ______.
A.will have no trouble getting data about others
B.will have more energy for conversation
C.will have more time to make friends
D.won’t feel shy at parties any longer
3.Passive RFID tags chiefly consist of ______.
A.scanning devices
B.radio waves
C.batteries
D.chips
4.Why are some people worried about RFID technology?
A.Because children will be tracked by strangers.
B.Because market competition will become more fierce.
C.Because their private lives will be greatly affected.
D.Because customers will be forced to buy more products.
5.The last paragraph implies that RFID technology ______.
A.will not be used for such matters as buying milk
B.will be widely used,including for buying milk
C.will be limited to communication uses
D.will probably be used for pop music
Over the last 70 years,researchers have been studying happy and unhappy people and finally found out ten factors that make a difference.Our feelings of well-being at any moment are determined to a certain degree by genes.However,of all the factors,wealth and age are the top two.
Money can buy a degree of happiness.But once you can afford to feed,clothe and house yourself,each extra dollar makes less and less difference.
Researchers find that,on average,wealthier people are happier.But the link between money and happiness is complex.In the past half-century,average income has sharply increased in developed countries,yet happiness levels have remained almost the same.Once your basic needs are met,money only seems to increase happiness if you have more than your friends,neighbors and colleagues.
“Dollars buy status,and status makes people feel better,”conclude some experts,which helps explain why people who can seek status in other ways—scientists or actors,for example—may happily accept relatively poorly-paid jobs.
In a research,Professor Alex Michalos found that the people whose desires—not just for money,but for friends,family,job,health—rose furthest beyond what they already had,tended to be less happy than those who felt a smaller gap(差距).Indeed,the size of the gap predicted happiness about five times better than income alone.“The gap measures just blow away the only measures of income,”says Michalos.
Another factor that has to do with happiness is age.Old age may not be so bad.“Given all the problems of aging,how could the elderly be more satisfied?”asks Professor Laura Carstensen.
In one survey,Carstensen interviewed 184 people between the ages of 18 and 94,and asked them to fill out an emotions questionaire.She found that old people reported positive emotions just as often as young people,but negative emotions much less often.
Why are old people happier?Some scientists suggest older people may expect life to be harder and learn to live with it,or they’re more realistic about their goals,only setting ones that they know they can achieve.But Carstensen thinks that with time running out,older people have learned to focus on things that make them happy and let go of those that don’t.
“People realize not only what they have,but also that what they have cannot last forever,”she says.“A goodbye kiss to a husband or wife at the age of 85,for example,may bring far more complex emotional responses than a similar kiss to a boy or girl friend at the age of 20.”
1.According to the passage,the feeling of happiness ______.
A.is determined partly by genes
B.increases gradually with age
C.has little to do with wealth
D.is measured by desires
2.Some actors would like to accept poorly-paid jobs because the jobs ______.
A.make them feel much better
B.provide chances to make friends
C.improve their social position
D.satisfy their professional interests
3.Aged people are more likely to feel happy because they are more ______.
A.optimistic
B.successful
C.practical
D.emotional
4.Professor Alex Michalos found that people feel less happy if ______.
A.the gap between reality and desire is bigger
B.they have a stronger desire for friendship
C.their income is below their expectation
D.the hope for good health is greater
Almost every child is scared of something,from monsters in the cupboard to dogs in the park.But the fact that such fears are common and normal doesn’t mean they can be taken lightly.Kids experience fears and phobias(恐惧症) much more strongly than adults.And the influence of the fear can be physical as well as psychological(心理的).It can build up so they almost seem scared of everything—a kind of childhood anxiety.Dr.Creswell says:“Your child may always seem to expect the worst to happen and lack confidence in his or her ability to deal with any challenge.”So don’t make the same old mistake of treating them as if they’re silly for being a “scaredy cat”.Handling the fears is essential.
Children can be born nervous and,if you have such a baby,you’ll tend to prevent them from getting worried.So if they fear dogs,you’ll keep them away from dogs,but in fact that can just confirm to the child that dogs are scary.What is worse,keeping your child away from what they fear can turn that feeling into a phobia.Instead,you should encourage them to get in touch with the thing they fear,in a safe and supportive environment.Dr.Andy Field,a researcher of childhood fears,says:“You shouldn’t force,for example,a dog—anxious child to go up to a dog.But you can approach it yourself,show them there is nothing to be afraid of,stroke(抚摸) it,and talk about the dog being friendly.Once your child dares to stroke a dog—one that’s good with children,of course—then you should encourage them to carry on until they feel calmer,and reward them for ‘being brave’.”
1.Children’s fears are usually taken lightly because ______.
A.they will not develop into phobias
B.their influence is psychological
C.they exist widely in the world
D.they will disappear gradually
2.If we fail to help children to overcome fears,they will ______.
A.make the same old mistake
B.overcome them by themselves
C.experience the worst of things
D.grow up lacking self-confidence
3.According to Dr.Andy Field,if a child is afraid of a cat,parents should ______.
A.tell the child not to be afraid of it
B.show the child how to approach it
C.keep the child away from it
D.ask the child to stoke it
