Advice to “sleep on it” could be well founded, scientists say. After a good night’s sleep a problem that seemed impossible to solve the night before can often appear more manageable, although no evidence has proved this by now. But researchers at the University of Luebek in Germany have designed an experiment that shows a good night’s sleep can improve insight (洞察力) and problem-solving.

“If you have some newly acquired memories in your brain, sleep acts on these memories and restructures (重构) them, so that after sleep the insight into a problem which you could not solve before increases,” said Dr. Jan Born, a neuroscientist (神经科学家), at the university. To test the theory, they taught volunteers two simple rules to help them put a string of numbers into a new order. There was also a third, hidden rule, which could help them increase their speed in solving the problem. The researchers divided the volunteers into two groups: half were allowed to sleep after the training while the rest were forced to stay awake. Born and his team noticed that the group that had slept after the training were twice as likely to figure out the third rule as the other group. “Sleep helped.” Born said in a telephone interview. “The important thing is that you have to have a memory representation in your brain of the problem you want to solve and then you sleep, so it can act on the problem.” But Born admitted that he and his team don’t know how restructuring of memories occurs or what governs it. Pierre Marquette and Pierre Ruby of the University of Liege in Belgium said the experimental evidence supports the suggestion that sleep can help develop creative thinking. Although the role of sleep in human creativity will still be a mystery, the research gives people good reason to fully respect their periods of sleep, they added.

68. The underlined phrase “sleep on it” in Paragraph 1 probably means _____.

A. to put something to be solved aside until the next day

B. to get as much sleep as possible

C. to go on sleeping without being disturbed

D. to sleep till you usually get up the next morning

69. Jan Born and his team carried out the experiment through _____.

A. interview      B. comparison       C. survey      D. imagination

70. It can be inferred from the passage that _____.

A. sleep is the only way to solve hard problems

B. people should sleep so long as they have time

C. people know how sleep reconstructs memories

D. people have various periods of sleep

71. What would be the best title for the passage?

 A. How Sleep Works                 B. No Evidence, but Well Founded

   C. Sleep Helps Solve Problems         D. Born’s Discovery On Sleep

第二节：书面表达（满分25分）

接连发生的酒后驾驶致死案，引发了社会高度关注。2009年8月15日起，全国行动，重拳整治“酒驾”，各地出台措施，狠扎酒驾痛穴。请你根据以下内容，以Treasure Our Lives为题在你个人博客上发文，奉劝司机朋友珍爱生命，切莫酒后驾车。

       案    例： 2009年6月30日，南京司机醉驾肇车，5死4伤。

       呼    吁： 关爱生命、社会、家人；拒绝酒后驾车；自我防范

       措    施： 考生自拟（至少两项措施）

参考词汇： drunk driving； 路人pedestrian

写作时注意格式，词数100左右。开头已给出，不计入总词数。

Treasure Our Lives

With the number of cars increasing in cities, traffic accidents occur frequently, calling serious attention across the globe and becoming a major concern in our society today.

When ____ a new word, you’d better _____ a dictionary.

A. come across, refer to        B. coming across, consult

C. coming across, look up            D. come across, look through

书面表达

英文21世纪报计划举办一次征文比赛，主题是青少年吸烟问题。请根据以下提示写一篇短文参赛：

1. 绝大部分青少年吸烟者认为吸烟显得很酷，也不会马上对身体产生危害，只要在危害到来之前戒掉就是了。

2. 请你驳斥这种观点，应包含以下信息：吸烟浪费金钱，浑身气味，牙齿肮脏，上瘾会致癌，患心、肺疾病；冒丧命之险追求时髦没有益处；戒烟要抓紧时间。

3. 提出一些帮助人们戒烟的建议（至少60词）。

注意：1.词数150左右。

  2.参考使用下列词语：

        quit smoking/give up smoking/get rid of smoking 戒烟

poison your body毒害身体

die of lung and heart disease死于心肺疾病

be addicted to cigarettes 吸烟成瘾

feel stressed.有压力的

Smoking is Not Cool and Quit it Now

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His mother had talked to him for many minutes while he was watching TV, but ＿＿＿＿.

A. a little did he hear                        B. little did he hear

C. little heard he                                                   D. a little heard he

__________ the mother sacrificed everything for her daughter.

    A )So great was her love that     B) Such great love she was

    C) So great her love that         D) Such great was her love that   

From the situation in this financial crisis,you can see _____China is totally not ______ she used to be a century ago.

  A.／;that         B.that;what          C.which;that        D .whethe;that

Some people were eating and drinking in a coffee house. A young woman was sitting alone at a table. She was wearing a beautiful diamond necklace. There was an ugly man at a table not far from her. He was looking at her necklace all the time.

Suddenly the lights went out. The coffee house was in darkness. The woman started to shout. She was very frightened. A few minutes later the lights came on again. The woman was crying. Her necklace was missing.

The manager quickly closed all the doors. He telephoned the police. No one could get out of the coffee house. The policemen soon came. The police inspector told his men to search everyone. The necklace was not on anyone. They then searched the whole coffee house. The necklace couldn't be found.

The police inspector then looked at the faces of all the people in the coffee house. He saw the ugly man and looked at the man carefully. He went up to the man and picked up the bowl of soup that was on his table. He then poured the soup into a glass. The necklace fell out. The policemen caught hold of the man and took him away. The young woman was happy to get back her necklace.

36. A young woman lost her necklace in ______________.

A. a hospital      B. a shop           C. a coffee house      D. a restaurant

37. The manager closed all the doors and _______________.

A. searched everyone in the coffee house     B. searched the whole coffee house

C. telephoned the police                  D. looked at all the people in the coffee house

38. The police inspector found the necklace in __________.

A. a bowl of soup  B. a bowl of rice    C. a glass of milk      D. a cup of coffee

39. The necklace was stolen by ___________.      

A. a beautiful girl  B. an old woman   C. a young student      D. an ugly man

The lion is considered the king of the forest as it is a (an)        of courage and power.

A. example              B. sign                  C. mark               D. symbol

China has been working very hard to stop the endangered animals ______ .

    A. dying out      B. dying away      C. dying down    D. dying hard