第二节书面表达(满分25分)

假如你是李华，你的美国笔友Jack来信询问你平时周末的生活情况，请根据下列提示写一封回信。

1．学习……

2．休闲……

3．其他……

注意：

1．词数：l00左右；    ．

2．格式已给出，不计人总词数。

Jan．2，2010

Dear Jack,

＿＿＿＿ Sunday, the students are at home.

A. Being        B. To be        C. It is           D. It being

I dislike those programs ______ viewers call in to talk about their private problems.

A. where             B. that                C. when                D. which

 ________, I think, and the problem could be settled．

       A．A bit more effort              B．So long as you keep up your spirits

       C．If you doubt your efforts     D．Making great efforts

第三部分 阅读理解 （共20小题；每小题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

A

Last year．I took a sightseeing trip to Washington, DC．I heard a voice say, “Can you help me?” When I turned around, I saw an elderly blind woman with her hand extended．Immediately, I pulled out all of my change and placed it on her hand without even looking at her．But the blind woman smiled and said, “I don’t want your money．I just need help finding the post office．”

In an instant, I realized what I had done．I acted with prejudice―I judged another person simply for what I assumed she had to be．I hated what I saw in myself．

The thing I had forgotten about myself is that I am an immigrant．I left Honduras and arrived in the US at the age of 15．I started my new life with two suitcases,my brother and sister．Through the years, I have been a doorkeeper, cashier and pizza delivery driver among many other humble(卑微的)jobs, and eventually I became a network engineer．

In my own life, I have experienced prejudice．I remember a time―at the age of 17―when I was a busboy, I heard a father tell his little boy that if he did not do well in school, he would end up like me．

But now, living in my American middle-class lifestyle, it is too easy to forget my past, to forget who I am, where I have been ,and to lose sight of where I want to be going．That blind woman on the streets cured me of my blindness．She reminded me of my belief in humility(谦虚)．By the way, I helped that lady to the post office．I hope to thank her for the priceless lesson．

56．How did the writer give the blind woman money?

       A．In a modest way            B．In a polite way

       C．In an impatient way．     D．In a painful way

57According to the text, the writer__________．

       A．still lives a poor life          B．was busy with his work

C．was born in Honduras         D．was a native of Washington D．C．

58．According to the text, the author most probably agrees that one should__________．

       A．be nice to the elderly and the disabled

       B．try to experience different kinds of culture

       C．treat others equally with love and respect

       D．think about one’s past as often as possible

59．What would be the best title of the text?

       A．A priceless lesson    B．An act of prejudice

       C．A sightseeing trip    D．A humble moment

C

People turn to magic(魔力)chiefly as a form of insurance--that is, they use it along with actions that actually bring results．For example, hunters may use a hunting charm(咒语)．But they also use their hunting skills and knowledge of animals．The charm may give hunters the extra confidence they need to hunt even more successfully than they would without it．If they shoot a lot of game(猎物), they credit the charm for their success．Many events happen naturally without magic．Crops grow without it, and sick people get well without it．But if people use magic to bring a good harvest or to cure a patient, they may believe the magic was responsible．

People also tend to forget magic's failures and to be impressed by its surface successes．They may consider magic successful if it appears to work only 10 per cent of the time．Even when magic fails, people often explain the failure without doubting the power of the magic．They may say that the magician made a mistake in reciting the spell or that another magician cast a more powerful spell against the magician．

Many anthropologists(人类学家) believe that people have faith in magic because they feel a need to believe in it．People may turn to magic to reduce their fear and uncertainty if they feel they have no control over the outcome of a situation．For example, farmers use knowledge and skill when they plant their fields．But they know that weather, insects, or diseases might ruin the crops．So farmers in some societies may also plant a charm or perform a magic rite to ensure a good harvest．

66．From the passage, we can learn that the writer of the passage may be _______．

A．a hunter        B．a farmer        C．a magician     D．an anthropologist

67．Which of the following can best serve as the title of the passage?

A．Magic And Hunting．       B．Magic And Farming．

C．Why Magic Works?         D．Why People Believe in Magic?

68．The underlined word “spell”(Paragraph 2) most likely means______．

A．magic words．                 B．magic events． 

C．words or expressions           D．magicians．

69．People believe in magic because________．

A．magic powers are greater than natural powers

B．magic can turn dreams into reality

C．they are not sure of themselves

D．magic can bring good results

70．Which of the following statements is NOT ture according to the passage?

A．Even though magic fails ,believers in magic will explain the reason．

B．Believers in magic usually overstate the power of magic．

C．People use magic to reduce their uncertainty and give them extra confidence

D．Magic can solve problems people can’t deal with in a natural way．

二. 完成下列句子（10%）  

1. 不久以后第一个工人联盟形成了.

  It was not ________ _________ the first workers’ league ________ ________ _________.

2. 我们应该对中国人口老龄化问题引起注意,它对整个社会产生很大影响.

  We should ________ our  _________ to the aging population in China, which will _______

  a great _________ _________ the whole society.

3. 他总是很守信用,可到现在他却不见人影.

   He always _______ _______ ________ , but he hasn’t ________ _________ so far.

4. 有些学生假装知道了他们不知道的东西.这是有害的.   

   There are some students _________ _______ _______ _______ what they don’t really know, which is ________ to them.

I ______ her, but I never could.

    A. ought to help      B. must help      C. must have helped          D. ought to have helped

The countryside gives us peace and quiet, which is ___ we can’t enjoy living in the city.

  A. that              B. what         C. why          D. where

Oh, what a pity! It ____ so easy for me to bring those photographs I wanted to show you, but I ____ them at home．

       A．would have been, have left                  B．would have been, had left

       C．had been, left                      D．was, left