If you go to Brisbane, Australia, you can easily get a small book called Discover Brisbane free. The book tells you almost everything in Brisbane: the restaurants, the shops, the cinemas, the streets, the buses, the trains, the banks, etc. Here is something about banks on page 49:
ANZ Banking Group
Cnr. Greek && Queen Sts ……………… 228 3228
Bank of New Zealand
410 Queen Street ………………………  221 0411
Bank of Queensland
229 Elizabeth Street ……………………  229 3122
Commonwealth Banking Group
240 Queen Street ………………………  237 3111
National Australia Bank Ltd
225 Adelaide Street ……………………  221 6422
Westpac Banking Corp
260 Queen Street ………………………  227 2666
Banking hours are Mon.-Thu. 9:30 am to 4 pm. Fri. 9:30 am to 5 pm. All banks close Sat. Sun. && Public Holidays.
Australia has a decimal currency(十进币制) with 100 cents to the dollar.
Notes available are: $100, $50, $20, $10, $5
Gold coins are: $2 && $1
Silver coins are: 50, 20, 10&&5 cent
Copper coins are: 2 && 1 cent
【小题1】You can find ANZ Banking Group on ______.

A．Queen Street	B．Elizabeth Street
C．the corner of Greek Street and Queen Street
D．the corner of Queen Street and Elizabeth Street

【小题2】______ seems to be the most important street in  Brisbane.

A．Greek Street	B．Elizabeth Street
C．Queen Street	D．Adelaide Street

【小题3】On Saturdays, you can go to ______ to put your money in or take your money out.

A．ANZ Banking Group	B．Bank of Queensland
C．National Australia Bank Ltd	D．no bank

【小题4】In Australia, the banks have their longest service hours on ______.

A．public holidays

B．Sundays

C．Saturdays

D．Fridays

Attempt a guess at the following question: In the English-speaking world, which country has the least affordable homes? You are wrong if you guessed the US, even with the housing bubble （气泡） and main sadness． Nor is it the UK, where prices have risen because demand is far from supply． According to a recent survey of 227 cities around the globe, you must go south of the equator （赤道） to Australia to find the priciest homes．

The report measured a city’s housing market along the following guidelines． An “affordable” home required three times or less of the average family’s income to purchase． At four times earnings, a home fell into the “unaffordable” category． And a “seriously unaffordable” home needed five times a family’s income． In Australia, homes in the least affordable city cost just about 9．5 times the average income． Sydney, Perth, and Melbourne were only a little under this figure．

Australian officials offered little comment, apart from a general statement on the dismal findings． These prices make the possibility that many Australians will one day own a home largely unbelievable． Land rationing （配给制） and excessive development charges have raised prices, and the problem will only be solved through urgent action by the Rudd government．

Some American cities were also included on the least affordable list, four of which were in California． America is still involved in a mortgage（抵押）crisis, though, affecting the affordability of homes． Yet a number of US cities garnered “affordable” status, namely Dallas and Kansas． Australia had no cities listed in the top fifty places with affordable homes．

The survey suggests that you can find affordable homes in most places, just not if you’re Australian and choose to live down under．

To buy an affordable house, you should pay _____．

   A． 3 times or less of the average family’s income

    B． 4 times or less of the average family’s income

    C． 5 times or less of the average family’s income

    D． 9．5 times or less of the average family’s income

What caused the prices of houses to increase in Australia?

   A． The rising family’s income．       B． The demand over supply．

   C． The excessive development charges． D． The decrease of land．

The underlined word “dismal” in Paragraph 3 may mean _____．

   A． cheerful       B． satisfactory

   C． difficult           D． gloomy 

What might be the most suitable title for the passage?

    A． Affordable Houses   B． A House is a Dream First

    C． Housing Bubble      D． Homes Too Expensive

 

第二节  读写任务（共1小题，满分25分）

阅读下面的短文，然后按要求写一篇150词左右的英语短文。

Perhaps you do not know your school principal well. But you might be wise to take him or her seriously. Peking University will enroll students recommended by high school principals this year. Oh November 16, 2009 Peking University released a list of 39 high school principals in 10 provinces who have the chance to recommend students. If the students recommended pass a round of interviews by Peking University, they will have an extra 30 points added to their national college entrance exam scores if they apply to the university after the exam. Peking University said the reason behind the move was a desire to give students with comprehensive and special abilities a chance to stand out.

However, a survey conducted by leading Chinese web portal sina. Com showed 10,046 out of 14,227 people surveyed were against the new idea. Most said the recommendations were unfair on other students. Xue Yong, a Peking University alumni who is now an assistant professor at Suffolk University, told Qianjiang Evening News the experiment could be dangerous if it is abused. But Qu Jun, former deputy director of Shanghai municipal education commission, said the experiment represents much needed change to the existing university entrance system, which had been criticized for years.

写作内容

1．以约30个词概括这段短文的内容；

2．然后以约120个词就“北大校长推荐制”进行议论，内容包括：

   （1）你是否支持北大建立校长推荐制来选拔优秀学生？请简述理由；

   （2）你认为怎样的学生最值得中学校长推荐？

 

写作要求：

1．在作文中可以使用自己亲身的经历或虚构的故事，也可以参照阅读材料的内容但不得直接引用原文中的句子；

2．作文中不能出现真实姓名和学校名称。

评分标准

    概括准确，语言规范，内容合适，篇章连贯。

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Perhaps you do not know your school principal (校长) well. But you might be wise to take him or her seriously. Beijing University will enroll (招收) students recommended by high school principals this year. If the students recommended pass a round of interviews by Peking University, they will have an extra 30 extra points added to their national college entrance exam scores if they apply to the university.

Beijing University said the reason behind the move was a desire to give students with comprehensive (综合的) or special abilities a chance to stand out.

However, a survey, showed 10,046 out of 14,227 people are against the measure. Some experts agree with the criticism. Liu Daoyu, former president of Wuhan University is one strong opponent(反对者). “There are so many high schools across the country. But only 39 schools are qualified to recommend students. Is it fair to the rest of the schools? Besides, most of the 39 schools are located in big cities, which is unfair to other regions,”

   The reform is also unfair to other students, some say. According to Liu, in the competitive exam, one extra point can put a student ahead of a large numbers of others – never mind 30.

 “Principals do not know students well. How can they guarantee the recommendation will be fair?” asked Wang Xuming, former spokesman of the Ministry of Education.

The Ministry of Education said the move is a good experiment in college admission reforms and the public should support it even if it is not yet mature (成熟的). It said Beijing University promised a series of supervision (监督) measures to avoid cheating. For example, the information of schools and principals that recommend students, and the recommended students will be put online for a week for public supervision.

1.The best title of the passage could be         .

       A．Beijing University Will Enroll More Students

       B．Beijing University’s Reform Causes a Debate

       C．People Are Against Beijing University’s Reform

       D．The Government Supports Peking University’s Reform

2.The following are the reasons why Liu Daoyu is against Beijing University’s reform except that          .

       A．there will be a lot of cheating

       B．it is unfair to the other regions

       C．it is unfair to other schools

       D．30 points cause a huge gap among students

3.We can learn from the passage that          .

       A．the Ministry of Education supports the reform

       B．the reform has started to work in college admissions[来源:Zxxk.Com]

       C．all the recommended students will be accepted

       D．no more than 70% of the people are against the reform

4.If a student passes the interview by Beijing University, he or she         .

       A．can also apply to other universities

       B．will be admitted into Beijing University

       C．will have comprehensive and special abilities

       D．needn’t accept the public supervision

 

Perhaps you do not know your school principal (校长) well. But you might be wise to take him or her seriously. Beijing University will enroll (招收) students recommended by high school principals this year. If the students recommended pass a round of interviews by Peking University, they will have an extra 30 extra points added to their national college entrance exam scores if they apply to the university.

Beijing University said the reason behind the move was a desire to give students with comprehensive (综合的) or special abilities a chance to stand out.

However, a survey, showed 10,046 out of 14,227 people are against the measure. Some experts agree with the criticism. Liu Daoyu, former president of Wuhan University is one strong opponent(反对者). “There are so many high schools across the country. But only 39 schools are qualified to recommend students. Is it fair to the rest of the schools? Besides, most of the 39 schools are located in big cities, which is unfair to other regions,”

   The reform is also unfair to other students, some say. According to Liu, in the competitive exam, one extra point can put a student ahead of a large numbers of others – never mind 30.

 “Principals do not know students well. How can they guarantee the recommendation will be fair?” asked Wang Xuming, former spokesman of the Ministry of Education.

The Ministry of Education said the move is a good experiment in college admission reforms and the public should support it even if it is not yet mature (成熟的). It said Beijing University promised a series of supervision (监督) measures to avoid cheating. For example, the information of schools and principals that recommend students, and the recommended students will be put online for a week for public supervision.

The best title of the passage could be         .

       A．Beijing University Will Enroll More Students

       B．Beijing University’s Reform Causes a Debate

       C．People Are Against Beijing University’s Reform

       D．The Government Supports Peking University’s Reform

The following are the reasons why Liu Daoyu is against Beijing University’s reform except that          .

       A．there will be a lot of cheating

       B．it is unfair to the other regions

       C．it is unfair to other schools

       D．30 points cause a huge gap among students

We can learn from the passage that          .

       A．the Ministry of Education supports the reform

       B．the reform has started to work in college admissions

       C．all the recommended students will be accepted

       D．no more than 70% of the people are against the reform

If a student passes the interview by Beijing University, he or she         .

       A．can also apply to other universities

       B．will be admitted into Beijing University

       C．will have comprehensive and special abilities

       D．needn’t accept the public supervision