单词填空(共10小题；每小题0.5分，满分5分)
1.Karl has a t________ for music, so he could learn to sing the song in a short period.
2.As you know, a good diet is b_________ to your health.
3.Education is closely related to the development of a country. So education should be a universal right but not a p__________.
4.I am o_________ with my office work and have hardly any time for housework.
5.We hope to have an income of an average a_________ growth rate of 10%.
6.The children that _____(目击)the earthquake should be given psychological support.
7.The war came to an end, to the _________ (满意) of everybody.
8.Mail comes to the _________ (偏僻的) village once a week.
9.I could see James was terrified of being _________(放弃).
10.All the students were active in ___________ (捐献) their blood to those in need.
阅读下面的短文，并根据短文后的要求答题(请注意问题后的词数要求)。
In 2009, the number of hungry people in the world reached one billion for the first time. It is difficult not to be shocked by the fact that more than one in seven people on the planet do not have enough to eat. By the end of this year, more than 35 million people will have died as a result of . Hunger kills more people per year than AIDS and malaria(疟疾 ) combined.
The UN calculates that almost two-thirds of the world's hungry people are in Asia. More than a quarter are in sub-Saharan Africa. Almost all of the rest are in Latin America, North Africa and the Caribbean. In the richest regions of the world there are only a small number of people who don't have enough to eat. There are many reasons for world hunger. They include wars, droughts, floods and the overuse of farming land. All of them affect food production. But the most important reason is, quite simple, poverty—which has increased recently due to the economic effects of the financial crisis of 2008.
Although many people point out that there would be less hunger if the global population were smaller, few people would argue that there is not enough food to go around. The basic problem seems to be not a lack of food, but its distribution. In the last 50 years, global food production has risen even more quickly than the global population and there are of course many areas of the world where people generally have more than enough food. Overweight is a far bigger problem than hunger there.
1.What's the main topic of the passage? (no more than 3 words )
2.Where do most of the hungry people live? (no more than 3 words)
3.Fill in the blank in Para. 1 with proper words. (no more than 5 words )
4.What does the underlined word "they"(line 4, paragraph 2 ) probably refer to? (no more than 6 words)
5.What is the suggested way to reduce hunger in Paragraph 3? (no more than 8 words )
Recently, university students around the world were asked to volunteer in a global experiment called Unplugged. It was designed to see how young people would react if they were asked to observe a total media ban by unplugging all forms of media devices for 24 hours．
Unplugged is being run by Dr. Roman Gerodimos, a lecturer in Communication and Journalism at Bournemouth University．During the experiment, Dr. Gerodimos said there were already signs of how much the exercise affected volunteers．He said：“They’re reporting withdrawal symptoms, overeating, feeling nervous, isolated and disconnected．”
During their 24-hour test, three of the experiment’s participants were followed around by a BBC reporter plus cameraman．They were asked to write down 100 lines about their day offline, but of course, they all waited until the next day when they had access to their laptops．
Elliot Day wrote：“Today, my whole morning routine was thrown up into the air．Despite being aware of the social importance of the media, I was surprised by how empty my life felt without the radio or newspapers．”
From Caroline Scott, we read：“I didn’t expect it, but being deprived of the media for 24 hours resulted in my day-to-day activities becoming so much harder to carry out than usual…I didn’t break out in a cold sweat like our lecturer expected us all to, but It’s not something I would like to do again！”
And Charlotte Gay wrote：“I have to say the most difficult item for me to be without has been my mobile；not only is it a social device, it’s my main access point of communication．”
Earlier in the year, a UK government study found that in the UK we spend about half our waking hours using the media, often plugged into several things at once．So, with technology continuing to develop at an alarming rate, how much time will you set aside for sleep in the future?
1.What can we learn about the volunteers?
A．Volunteers didn’t write down about their day offline．
B．Volunteers weren’t allowed to use any media for 24 hours．
C．Volunteers were followed around by Dr Roman Gerodimos．
D．Only volunteers in the UK took part in Unplugged experiment．
2.Which of the following is NOT mentioned about the participants’ feelings？
A．Anxious． B．Lonely C．Bored． D．Despaired．
3.Which of the following is true of Caroline Scott？
A．The media ban affected his temperature．
B．His work went on smoothly without the media．
C．His work was carried on hard without the media．
D．His life was empty without the radio or newspapers．
4.What can be inferred from the last paragraph?
A．People should use the media devices reasonably．
B．People can easily survive the media devices addict．
C．People can spend more time sleeping in the future．
D．People spend about half the time using the media devices．
5.The text is most probably a ．
A．newspaper ad B．book review C．news report D．science fiction story
随着时代的发展和对外开放的不断深入，越来越多的学生选择出国留学深造，请就此现象写一篇短文发表你的看法（原因，利弊，你的观点）。
要求：1.语言正确，逻辑通顺，层次清楚；
2.字数：120字左右。
阅读表达 (共5小题; 每小题2分，满分10分)
(1)Freezing weather can mean frostbite and hypothermia unless a person is prepared. Today we talk about how to stay warm, dry and safe.
(2)Frostbite is damage that happens when skin is exposed to extreme cold for too long. It mainly happens on the hands, feet, nose and ears.
(3)People with minor cases of frostbite that affect only the skin may not suffer any permanent damage. But if deeper tissue is affected, a person is likely to feel pain every time the area gets cold.
(4)If blood vessels are damaged, people can suffer a gangrene infection. Sometimes the only way doctors can treat an injury like this is to remove frostbitten areas like fingers and toes.
(5)Hypothermia is a condition that develops when the body cannot produce as much heat as it releases. Signs of hypothermia include uncontrollable shaking, very slow breathing and difficulty thinking clearly. Hypothermia can lead to death if the person does not receive help.
(6)To avoid cold-related injuries, here is a simple way to remember four basic steps to staying warm. Think of COLD -- C.O.L.D.
(7)The C stands for cover. Wear a hat and scarf to keep heat from escaping through the head, neck and ears. And wear mittens instead of gloves. In gloves, the fingers are separated, so the hands might not stay as warm as they would in mittens.
(8)The O stands for overexertion. Avoid activities that will make you sweaty. Wet clothes and cold weather are a dangerous combination.
(9)L is for layers. Wearing loose, lightweight clothes, one layer on top of another, is better than wearing a single heavy layer of clothing. Make sure outerwear is made of material that is water-resistant and tightly knit.
(10)________________. In other words, stay as dry as possible. Pay attention to the places where snow can enter clothing. These include the tops of boots, the necks of coats and the wrist areas of mittens or gloves.
(11)And here are two other things to keep in mind -- one for children and the other for adults. Eating snow might be fun but it lowers the body's temperature. And drinking alcohol might make a person feel warm. But what it really does is weaken the body's ability to hold heat.
(12)Next week on the Health Report: advice from experts about what to do, and not to do, to help someone who is injured by cold weather.
1.What’s the main idea of the passage?（in not more than 12 words）
_________________________________________________________________________
2.What are the symptoms of hypothermia?(in not more than 10 words)
_________________________________________________________________________
3.Write the missing sentence in paragraph 10?(in not more than 4 words)
_________________________________________________________________________
4.Complete the following sentence: (in not more than 5 words)
A person,whose _______________________ is damaged,will probably suffer pain when
the weather turns cold.
5.What do the two underlined “it”s refer to?(line 2 and line 3 in paragraph 11) (in not more than 5 words)
_______________________________________________________________________
Today, there’s hardly an aspect of our life that isn’t being upended by the tons of information available on the hundreds of millions of sites crowding the Internet, not to mention its ability to keep us in constant touch with each other via electronic mail. “If the automobile and aerospace technology had exploded at the same pace as computer and information technology,” says Microsoft, “a new car would cost about $ 2 and go 600 miles on a small quantity of gas. And you could buy a Boeing 747 for the cost of a pizza.”
Probably the biggest payoff, however, is the billions of dollars the Internet is saving companies in producing goods and serving for the needs of their customers. Nothing like it has been seen since the beginning of the Industrial Revolution, when power-driven machines began producing more in a day than men could turn out in nearly a year. “We view the growth of the Internet and e-commerce as a global trend,” says Merrill Lynch, “along the lines of printing press, the telephone, the computer, and electricity.”
You would be hard pressed to name something that isn’t available on the Internet. Consider: books, health care, movie tickets, construction materials, baby clothes, stocks, cattle feed, music, electronics, antiques, tools, real estate, toys, autographs of famous people, wine and airline tickets. And even after you’ve moved on to your final resting place, there’s no reason those you love can’t keep in touch. A company called FinalThoughts.com offers a place for you to store “afterlife e-mails” you can send to Heaven with the help of a “guardian angel”.
Kids today are so computer literate that it in fact ensures the United States will remain the unchallenged leader in cyberspace for the foreseeable future. Nearly all children in families with incomes of more than $75,000 a year have home computers, according to a study by the David and Lucile Packard Foundation. Youngsters from ages 2 to 17 at all income levels have computers, with 52% of those connected to the Internet. Most kids use computers to play games (some for 30 hours or more a week), and many teenage girls think nothing of rushing home from school to have e-mail chats with friends they have just left.
What’s clear is that, whether we like it or not, the Internet is an ever growing part of our lives and there is no turning back. “The Internet is just 20% invented,” says cyber pioneer Jake Winebaum. “The last 80% is happening now.”
1.What can we learn from the Microsoft’s remark?
A．Information technology is developing at an amazing speed.
B．Today’s cars and airplanes are extremely overpriced.
C．Information technology has reached the point where improvement is difficult.
D．There’s more competition in information technology industry than in car industry.
2.According to the author, the biggest benefit of the Internet is that___.
A．it speeds up profit making
B．it saves companies huge amounts of money
C．it brings people incredible convenience
D．it provides easy access to information
3.The author gives the example of FinalThoughts.com to make the point that____.
A．there are some genius ideas on the Internet
B．people can find good bargains on the Internet
C．almost anything is available on the Internet
D．people are free to do anything on the Internet
4.What can we learn from the fourth paragraph?
A．The U.S. will stay ahead in the information technology in years.
B．Many American children don’t study hard.
C．Studies show that boys are more computer literate than girls.
D．There is a link between income and computer ownership.
5.What is the message the author intends to convey?
A．The Internet is going to get firm hold of our lives some day.
B．Children should be well prepared for the challenges in the information age.
C．We should have a positive attitude towards the changes the Internet brings.
D．The Internet is going to influence our lives even more greatly.
