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    OUR KIDS ARE AMAZING－especially compared with everybody else’s (who seem to cry all the time). How do you show your love for your kids this holiday season? With toys that are smooth and colorful, interactive and exciting. And with ones that have educational value－because you are the boss.

69. Which toy is said to have the special design for children’s safety?

   A. ROBOSAPIEN

   B. MINI PEDAL CAR

   C. FLAX ART HOSPITAL PUZZLE AND PLAY SET

   D. TINY LOVE ACTIVITY BALL

70. Which toys are fit for three-year-old kids?

   A. 1 and 3.         B. 2 and 4.         C. I and 2.         D. 3 and 4.

71. This passage is written for __________.

   A. parents         B. children         C. the salesman     D. the boss

书面表达（满分25分）

下图中欧阳的妈妈正在与老师交谈，请根据图画所给提示，用英语写一篇短文，发表自己的感想。

注意：

1. 仔细品读图画中的文字，要突出自己的感想，不要作简单描述；

2. 词数150左右，开头已经写好，不计入总词数。

   One day, OuYang’s mum was talking with his teacher.

Keep yourself confidence up by taking gradual steps forwards, rather than freezing, when ______ with what seems like great trouble.

         A. to face                   B. face                                  C. facing                     D. faced

He won't want to eat it unless he is really hungry，in    case he will eat almost anything．

A．whose    B．which    C．what    D．when

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．—What about your visit to Shangrao？

—Great！What makes me excited is that great changes___________in my hometown over the past

ten years, and a lot of factories and tall buildings_________.

A．have taken place; are going up           B．have taken place; have been gone up

C．are taken place; had been gone up   D．took place will go up

.

．--- Did you go aiking with your family last weekend?

    --- No. __________, that we had to give up our plan.

       A．So became he changeable weather

       B．So changeable did the weather become

       C．So changeable became the weather

       D．So did the weather became changeable

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 ________their nationalities, we will make friends with anyone who is friendly.      

A. Regardless of     B. Thanks to       C. Except for     D. Despite

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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中(A、B、C和¨D)中．选出佳选项。并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

As computers become all the more popular in China, Chinese people are increasingly relying on computer keyboards to input Chinese characters. But if they use the computer too much, they may end up forgetting the exact strokes（笔画）of each Chinese character when writing on paper. Experts suggest people, especially students, write by hand more.

Do you write by hand more or type more? In Beijing, students start using a computer as early as primary school. And computer dependence is more wide-spread among university students. Almost all their assignments and essays are typed on a computer.

All the students interviewed say they usually use a computer.

It's faster and easier to correct if using a computer. And that's why computers are being applied more and more often to modern education. But when people are taking stock in computers increasingly, problems appear.

"When I'm writing with a pen, I find I often can't remember how to write a character, though I feel I’m familiar with it."

"I'm not in the mood to write when faced with a pen and paper."

Many students don't feel this is something to worry about. Now that it's more convenient and efficient to write on a computer, why bother to handwrite?

Many educators think differently. Shi Liwei , the headmaster of a famous primary school in the capital said "Chinese characters enjoy both practical and aesthetic(审美的) value. But those characters typed with computer keyboards only maintain their practical value. All the artistic beauty of the characters is lost. And handwriting contains the writer's emotion. Through one's handwriting, people can get to know one's thinking and personality. Beautiful writing will give people a better first impression of them"

To encourage students to handwrite more, many primary schools in Beijing have made writing classes compulsory(必修的)and in universities, some professors are asking students to turn in their homework and essays written by hand.

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

A. The Importance of Handwriting and Typing.

B. To Type or To Hand Write

C. Writing By Computer Will Replace Writing By Hand

D. Practical and Aesthetic Value of Chinese Characters.

57.The students interviewed prefer to write using a computer mainly because______.

A. they are usually asked to e-mail their Homework and Essays

B. they can correct the mistakes they make quickly and conveniently 

C .they find it not easy to remember how to write a character

D. computers have become a trend and fashion in China.

58. Which of the following statements is NOT TRUE of the advantages of handwriting?

A. Handwriting contains the writer's emotion .

B. The writer’s thinking and personality are shown in his or her handwriting,

C. Handwriting can impress people well and build one’s self-confidence

D. Chinese characters enjoy both practical and aesthetic value.

59. The underlined expression “taking stock in”(Paragraph 4) probably means_____.

A. getting bored with          B. getting dependent on 

C. becoming crazy about       D. getting curious about

60. We can draw the conclusion from the passage that_______.

A. more and more students will give up writing on a computer

B. writing by hand will give way to typing by computer one day

C. more and more students will pay attention to handwriting

D. the typing article better expresses one’s emotion and quality

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We can make mistakes at any age. Some mistakes we make are about money. But most mistakes are about people. "Did Jerry really care when I broke up with Helen?" "When I got that great job, did Jim really feel good about it, as a friend? Or did he envy my luck? “And Paul, why didn't pick up that he was friendly just because I had a car?" When we look back, doubts like these can make us feel bad. But when we look back, it's too late.

Why do we go wrong about our friends—or our enemies? Sometimes what people say hides their real meaning. And if we don't really listen we miss the feeling behind the words. Suppose someone tells you, "You're a lucky dog, "and that's being friendly. But "lucky dog"? There's a bit of envy in those words. Maybe he doesn't see it himself. But bringing in the "dog" bit puts you down a little, what he may be saying is that he doesn't think you deserve your luck.

"Just think of all the things you have to be thankful for" is another noise that says one thing and means another. It could mean that the speaker is trying to get you to see your problem as part of your life as a whole. But is he? Wrapped up in this phrase is the thought that your problem isn't important. It's telling you to think of all the starving people in the world when you haven't got a date for Saturday night.

How can you tell the real meaning behind someone’s words? One way is to take a good look at the person talking. Do his words fit the way he looks? Does what he says agree with the tone of voice? His posture? The look in his eyes? Stop and think. The minute you spend thinking about the real meaning of what people say to you may save another mistake.

66. This passage is mainly about ______.

A. how to interpret what people say

B. what to do when you listen to others talking

C. why we go wrong with people and how to avoid these mistakes

D. why we go wrong with people sometimes

67. According to the author, the reason why we go wrong about our friends is that       .

A. we fail to listen carefully when they talk

B. people tend to be annoyed when we check what they say

C. people usually state one thing but mean another

D. we tend to doubt what our friends say

68. The underlined word "it" in the second paragraph refers to______.

A. being friendly                B. a bit of envy

C. lucky dog         D. your luck

69. When we listen to a person talking, the most important thing for us to do is     __.

A. notice the way the person is talking

B. take a good look at the person talking

C. mind his tone, his posture and the look in his eyes

D. examine the real meaning of what he says based on his manner, his tone and his posture

70. The author is most probably a ______.

A. teacher   B. psychologist     C. philosopher     D. doctor

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第二节  书面表达(满分35分)

“地球一小时” 是世界自然基金会（WWF）应对全球气候变化所发起的一项活动。倡议世界各城市在特定时间熄灯一小时，以表明对环保行动的支持。请你以 “Earth Hour”为主题宣传这一倍受全球瞩目的环保活动。

要求：

内容完整，意思连贯，书写规范，文中不得出现真实的姓名与校名。

必须用上表格中的提示信息，词数100左右。