Not long ago, people thought babies were not able to learn things until they were five or six months old. Yet doctors in the United States say babies begin learning on their first day of life.

Scientists note that babies are strongly influenced by their environment. They say a baby will smile if her mother does something the baby likes. A baby learns to get the best care possible by smiling to please her mother or other caregivers. This is how babies learn to connect and communicate with other human beings.

One study shows that babies can learn before they are born. The researchers placed a tape recorder on the stomach of a pregnant woman. Then, they played a recording of a short story. On the day the baby was born, the researchers attempted to find if he knew the sounds of the story repeated while in his mother. They did this by placing a device in the mouth of the newborn baby.

The baby would hear the story if he moved his mouth one way. If the baby moved his mouth the other way, he would hear a different story. The researchers say the baby clearly liked the story he heard before he was born. They say the baby would move his mouth so he could hear the story again and again.

Another study shows how mothers can strongly influence social development and language skills in their children.

Researchers studied the children from the age of one month to three years. The researchers attempted to measure the sensitivity of the mothers. The women were considered sensitive if they supported their children’s activities and did not interfere (干涉) unnecessarily. They tested the children for thinking and language development when they were three years old. Also, the researchers observed the women for signs of depression (消沉).

The children of depressed women did not do as well in tests as the children of women who did not suffer from depression. The children of depressed women did poorly in tests of language skills and understanding what they hear.

These children also were less cooperative and had more problems dealing with other people. The researchers noted that the sensitivity of the mothers was important to the intelligence development of their children. Children did better when their mothers were caring, even when they suffered from depression.

According to the passage, which of the following is NOT the factor that influences intelligence development in babies?

  A. The environment.                                     B. Mother’s sensitivity.

C. Education before birth.                        D. Their peers (同龄人)

What is the purpose of the experiment in which newborn babies heard the stories?

  A. To prove that babies can learn on the first day they are born.

  B. To prove that babies can learn before they are born.

  C. To show mothers can strongly influence intelligence development in their babies.

  D. To indicate early education has a deep effect on the babies’ language skills.

Which group of children did the worst in tests of language skills?

  A. The children of women who did not suffer from depression.

  B. The children of depressed but caring mothers.

  C. The children of depressed mothers who cared little for their children.

  D. The children with high communication abilities.

What is the main idea of the passage?

  A. Scientific findings about how intelligence develops in babies.

  B. Scientific findings about how the environment has an effect on babies’ intelligence.

  C. A study shows babies are not able to learn things until they are five or six months old.

  D. Scientific findings about how babies develop before birth.

Sir William Osler has a few words for you: “In the Life of a young man, the most essential thing for happiness is the gift of friendship.” Truer words were never spoken. For what more could you ask than comradeship during the peaks and valleys of life? To whom else but a close, valuable friend can you show off your successes and complain about your failures or losses?

What is a “good friend”? How is he best described? Well, it has been my observation that although many will cry with you, few can sincerely rejoice (欣喜) with you. Therefore, in my opinion, a good friend is one who can enjoy your successes without envy; one who can say, “That was wonderful! You can do it again, even better if you want!” and mean it. Nothing taxes a friendship more than the success of one and not the other. Even the closest of friendships often cannot resist such pressure and fail. No wonder many minor friendships go down day by day for the same reason.

A person of good character and sound moral, of honor and humor, of courage and belief is a friend to be sought and treasured — for there are few. Too often we hear, “If you can count your good friends on more than one hand, consider yourself blessed.”

What makes a friendship last? Well, I don’t know all the answers, but one of my observations is that most good friends usually have similar tastes. They generally like and dislike many of the same things. There also usually seems to exist a similarity of personality types — especially in the fundamental values of life such as honesty, sincerity, loyalty, and dependability. More often than not, birds of a feather do fly together. I don’t think it matters a lot whether one prefers jazz or hockey to another’s Mozart or ballet. Much other matters far more: relying, sharing, giving, getting, enjoying; a sympathetic ear always there; criticism when it can help; praise — even if only because it would help. With not many people on this earth will you find this much in common. When you find one, hang on to him, for a good friend found is a rare treasure.

The function of Paragraph 1 is to introduce ______.

A. a famous saying 

B. the topic for discussion

C. a famous person 

D. two different attitudes

What is the meaning of the underlined sentence in Paragraph two?

A. People don’t have to pay taxes to develop friendship with others.

B. Success of one person can promote his friendship with others.

C. Friendship can be affected by the difference in success between friends.

D. Nothing can affect friendship because it has gone through the peaks and valleys of life.

What is the main idea of Paragraph three ?

A. One is lucky to have many friends.

B. A friend should have a good character.

C. We should count our friends on more than one hand.

D. A true friend should be treasured because there are few.

According to the passage, which of the following plays the LEAST important role in a long-lasting friendship?

A. Hobbies.    B. Tastes. C. Personality.       D. Sympathy.

最近几年来，随着家用汽车数量的增长，我国的交通事故数目呈上升趋势。假设你是李华，你的美国网友Tom通过电子邮件问及这方面的情况。请根据下表提示，给Tom回信介绍这一情况。词数150左右。

注意：

1．开头结尾已写好，不记入词数。2．语言通顺，结构严谨。

Dear Tom,

Now let me answer the questions you raised in your e-mail.

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--- Hi, Kate, can I use your bike for a while this afternoon?

 --- Sorry.??__________?.

A. It' s repaired?                  B. It has been repaired

C. It's being repaired?             D. It had been repaired

Cloning plants is straightforward           cloning animals is very complicated .

A. so that         B. although       C. while       D. as if

Only after my friend came        .

A. did the computer repaired         B. be repaired the computer 

C. was the computer repaired         D. the computer was repaired

Come and see me whenever       .

      A. you are convenient                  B. you will be convenient

   C. it is convenient to you                D. it will be convenient

It rained heavily. And it was very kind of him to        his umbrella with me .

         A．share                            B．take                              C．bring                    D．use

　　非选择题部分 (共40分)

　　第三部分：写作(共两节，满分40分)

　　第一节：短文改错(满分10分)

　　下面短文中有10处语言错误。请在有错误的地方增加、删除或修改某个单词。

　　增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧)，并在下面加上该加的词。

　　删除：把多余的词用斜线(\)划掉。

　　修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写上修改后的词。

　　注意：1. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词;

　　2. 只允许修改10处，多者(从第11处起)不计分。

　　As the high school student, I like to talk with foreigners to practise my oral English but

　　learn more about other cultures. There were two foreign teachers in our school in this term.

　　They often go to the English corner so that we can have a chance to practise the language.

　　I seize every chance talk with them. However, I sometime find they are not so interesting

　　in what I say, and it’s hard for I to choose a suitable topic. I would like some advices about how

　　to communicate proper with foreigners, and what topics to pick.

　　 The time is drawing near ________ we’ll have to make a decision one way or the other.

　　A. where B. when C. whether D. why