SECTION B（10分）

Directions: Read the following passage．Answer the questions according to the information given in the passage and the required words limit．Write your answers on your answer sheet．

In a time of low academic achievement by children in the United States, many Americans are turning to Japan, a country of high academic achievement, for possible answers. However, the answers provided by Japanese preschools are not the ones Americans expected to find. In most Japanese preschools, surprisingly little emphasis is put on academic instruction. In one investigation, 300 Japanese and 210 American preschool teachers, child development specialists, and parents were asked about various aspects of early childhood education. Only 2 percent of the Japanese respondents (答问卷者)listed "to give children a good start academically" as one of their top three reasons for a society to have preschools. In contrast, over half the American respondents chose this as one of their top three choices. To prepare children for success full careers in first grade and beyond, Japanese schools do not teach reading, writing, and math emetics, but rather skills such as persistence, concentration, and the ability to function as a member of a group. The vast majority of young Japanese children are taught to read at home by their parents.

　　In the recent comparison of Japanese and American preschool education, 91 percent of Japanese respondents chose providing children with a group experience as one of their top three reasons for a society to have preschools. Sixty-two percent of the more individually oriented (强调个性发展的) Americans listed group experience as one of their top three choices. An emphasis on the importance of the group seen in Japanese early childhood education continues into elementary school education.

　　Like in America, there is diversity in Japanese early childhood education. Some Japanese kindergartens have specific aims, such as early musical training or potential development. In large cities, some kindergartens are attached to universities that have elementary and secondary schools. Some Japanese parents believe that if their young children attend a university-based program, it will increase the children’s chances of eventually being admitted to top-rated schools and universities. Several more progressive programs have introduced free play as a way out for the heavy intellectualizing in some Japanese kindergartens.

81．What’s the main reason for many American parents sending their children to preschools in Japan? (no more than 11 words)

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82．Who teach the Japanese preschool children to read mostly? (no more than 2 words)

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83．List three qualities that Japanese preschools encourage in their kids. (no more than 13 words)

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84．According to the last paragraph, what problem do some Japanese kindergartens have? (no more than 3 words)

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Valuing water

Human beings use a little less than half the water available worldwide. Yet shortages and droughts(干旱) are causing starvation and poverty in some areas, and industrial and agricultural by-products are polluting water supplies. Since the world’s population is expected to double in the next 51 years, many experts think we are on the edge of a widespread water crisis.

But that doesn’t have to be the result. Water shortages do not have to trouble the world—if we start valuing water more than we have in the past. Just as we began to value petrol more after the 1970s oil crisis, today we must start looking at water from a fresh economic view. We can no longer afford to consider water a nearly free resource of which we can use as much as we like in any way we want.

Instead, for all uses except the demand of the poor, governments should price water to reflect its real value. This means charging a fee for the water itself as well as for the supply costs.

Governments should also protect this source by providing water in more economically and environmentally sound ways. For example, often the cheapest way to provide irrigation(灌溉) water in the dry places is through small-scale projects, such as gathering rainfall in depressions(凹地) and pumping it to nearby cropland.

No matter what steps governments take to provide water more efficiently, they must change their ways to use water. Rather than control hundreds or even thousands of local, regional agencies that watch water use, countries should set up central authorities to manage water policy.

65. What is the real cause of the potential water crisis?

A. Only half of the world’s water can be used.

B. The world population is increasing faster and faster.

C. Half of the world’s resources have been seriously polluted.

D. Human beings have not placed sufficient value on water resources.

66.We can conclude from the passage that the water problem______.

A. is already serious in certain parts of the world

B. has been exaggerated by some experts in the field

C. poses a challenge to the technology of building reservoirs

D. is underestimated by government organizations at different levels

67.According to the author, the water price should______.

A. be reduced to the minimum

B. stimulate domestic demand

C. equal its real value

D. take into account the occurrences of droughts.

阅读下面的短文，然后按照要求写一篇150左右的英语短文。 

With the development of information industry，our personal information has become more easily exposed in public.As some celebrities are worried about their telephone number，ID number and home address being put on the internet，ordinary people like us can’t escape from the doom either.

A recent report from Xinhua reveals over twenty telephone-salespeople have been caught cheating customers by revealing their private information to local community of Beijing.

The report says the salespeople would call their potential customers trying to earn their trust by correctly revealing their personal information such as their name，telephone number，home address and even previous purchases.

They would then try to persuade the customer to buy a gold cellphone by mail. If the customer became suspicious，they would use another person’s identity to prove their authenticity.

[写作内容]

你在某英文报刊看到这则报导后，准备就我们学生该如何在网络保护私人信息、以 “How can we keep our personal information off the Internet？”为题目写一篇文章给该报编辑部。

[内容要点包括]

1．以约30词简要概括新闻内容；                  

2．然后以约120词谈谈你的观点，内容包括：

(1)在信息时代，想让个人信息完全与世隔绝是不可能的，但可尽量减少；

(2)你为解决信息泄露所采取的一些措施：   

A．到有安全保障的网站买东西；

B．只向能确保你个人信息安全的网站提供个人信息；

C．其它一些你认为有效的措施．

[写作要求] 

1.  可以使用实例或其他论述方法支持你的论点，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

Why not ______ your potential that is hidden in your body? That will be your only chance.

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第五部分书面表达  (满分25分)

中国2010上海世界博览会将是探讨人类城市生活的盛会。请根据下面表格介绍上海世界博览会的情况。

注意：1 对所给要点，不要简单翻译，要有适当发挥。

2 词数：150左右。短文开头已经写好，不记入总词数。

3 文中不得提及考生所在学校和本人姓名。

Expo 2010 Shanghai China will be a great event to explore the full potential of urben life in the 21st century.It starts__________________________________________________