6、What can help you make a fortune in the future? Graduating from a top university might not be enough. A new study fro the University of Essex in Britain has shown that the more friends you have in school, the more money you'll earn later.

    The idea that popularity could have a serious impact on one's earning potential shouldn't come as too much of a surprise. The researchers noted that if you want to get ahead in life, social skills and networking are easily as powerful as talents and hard work.

"If a person has lots of friends, it means that he or she has the ability to get along with others in all kinds of different situations," said Xu Yanchun, 17, from Nantou High School in Shenzhen, who totally agreed with the recent finding. "Also, friends always help each other. They not only create wider social circles for you but lift your mood when you occasionally feel depressed," said Xu. She believed that all this helps you "earn a higher salary".

Maybe that's why some people think the younger generations are in the age of Friendalholism （交友狂症）. A woman even complained that the networking website Facebook's 5,000-friend limit was too low for her large reserve of social contacts.

    But what does a friend mean? Should friends be regarded as a form of currency?

    "Call me uncool, but I think of a friend as an actual person with whom I have an actual history and whom I enjoy actually seeing. It seems, however, that this is no longer the definition （定义）of ‘friend'," said Meghan Daum, who works with The Los Angeles Times in the US.

Daum despised the idea that quantity trumps quality in the age of friend holism. She thought the idea of friendship, at least among the growing population of Internet social net workers, was only to get as many of not-really-friends as possible. For example, a friend might be someone you might know personally but who could just as easily be the friend of a friend of some other Face book friend you don't actually know.

Although she agreed that social ties grease （润滑） the wheels of life, she also warned, "Too bad！One thing money can't buy is a real friend." 

1．Which of the following is mainly discussed in the passage?

       A．Fortune.              B．Friendship.          C．Social skills.        D．The net world.

2．Which of the following does the author accept?

       A．Popularity has the most effect on one’s earning potential.

       B．Talents and hard work have the most effect on one’s earning potential.      

       C．Graduation from a top university has little effect on one’s earning potential.      

       D．Social skills and networking have a great effect on one’s earning potential.

3．According to Daum, which of the following is true?

       A．Friends should be regarded as a form of currency.

       B．It’s great to get many not – really – friends on the net.

       C．Having a lot of friends doesn’t mean real friendship.

       D．Face – book’s 5,000－friend limit is surely too low.

4．According to Xu Yanchun,         .

       A．a friend in need is a friend indeed

       B．a friend helps you to live a different life

       C．a friend can make you feel better when you’re upset

       D．a friend can offer you a higher salary

5、Are you a real bad – tempered person in the mornings? Do you wake up every day feeling tired, angry and upset, and easy to become sleepy again? If so, then a new alarm clock could be just for you.

The clock, called Sleep Smart, measures your sleep cycle, and waits for you to be in your lightest phase （阶段） of sleep before waking you up. Its makers say that should ensure you wake up feeling refreshed every morning.

As you sleep, you pass through a sequence of sleep states, light sleep, deep sleep and REM sleep, and that repeats approximately every 90 minutes. The points in that cycle at which you wake can affect how you feel later, and may even have a greater impact than how long or little you have slept. Being wakened during a light phase means you are more likely to wake up cheerful and full of life and interest.

Sleep Smart records the distinct pattern of brain waves produced during each phase of sleep, via a headband（头箍） equipped with electrodes and a microprocessor. This measures the electrical activity of the wearer's brain, in much the same way as some machines used for medical and research , and communicates wirelessly with a clock unit near the bed. You program the clock with the latest time at which you want to be wakened, and it then duly wakes you during the last light sleep phase before that.

The concept was invented by a group of students at Brown University in Rhode Island after a friend complained of waking up tried and performing poorly on a test. “As sleep－deprived （剥夺） people ourselves, we started thinking of what to do about it,” says Eric, a recent college graduate and now chief executive officer of Axon Sleep Research Laboratories, a company created by the students to develop their idea. They have almost finished the design and the production experiment and plan to market it by next year.

1．Sleep Smart is a clock that           .

       A．enables you to go to sleep                     B．wakes you up at the proper time

       C．helps you to get up early                       D．makes you sleep in a light phase

2．As you sleep, the headband        .

      A．analyses your sleep cycle every 90 minutes

       B．records the time when you fall into deep sleep

       C．communicates wirelessly with a computer

       D．measures the electric activity of your brain

3．To make the device Sleep Smart work, the sleeper should       .

      A．keep himself keep in light sleep              B．turn on the recorder

       C．set the latest time for waking up            D．adjust his headband well

4．The idea of making such a clock was thought of by       .

      A．some students at brown University

       B．a sleep – deprived person in Rhode Island

       C．some college graduates and a chief officer

       D．the researchers at Axon Sleep Research Laboratories

4、Deciding what to watch on TV is a battle of wills that is fought in homes all over the world. According to psychologists （心理学家）, it is much more serious than simply deciding between a soap opera and a sports program, or between pop music and politics. This television conflict is part of a bigger power game which goes on in homes, even though most of the players do not realize that they are playing a game at all. “It’s such a game as is not easy to notice,” says psychologist Dr. David Lewis, “that many people don’t even know they’re playing it.”

Unconsciously, people begin to play the game as soon as they meet their future husband and wife. By the time toe couple get married, the rules of game are already formed. The big decision, like where to live and which school to send the children to, are usually joint decision. When it comes to less important things, it’s a different matter. Here is just one example of this process at work. A husband looks through a pile of holiday brochures （小册子） and announces his preference: “The South of France.” And his wife quickly agrees before he realizes that the only brochures she gave him were those for the South of France. Similarly, she may decide on how the home should be decorated, but he chooses the new car and decides what the family does at weekends.

“Family power struggles are interesting,” says Dr. Lewis. “Of course, some people are naturally more dominant （占统治地位） than others, and the most dominant personality in a family tries to lead. These days, even though some many couples make a special effort to have a true and equal partnership, men generally have a greater need to appear to be in physical control. Women, on the other hand, are not so interested in physical control as in emotional control. On the whole, they’re more controlling and can make the man think of something as his idea in the first place.”

1．What is the psychologists’ opinion about choosing a TV program at home?

       A．It’s likely to cause family quarrels.

       B．It’s an interesting game a family likes to play.

       C．It’s difficult to choose with so many programs.

       D．It’s a matter of power in a family.

2．According to the passage, which decision is made by the couple together?

       A．How to decorate their home.                 B．Where to settle down.

       C．What kind of car to buy.                       D．What to do at weekends.

3．What can we learn about family decision – making from the passage?

      A．Men have the final say in the family.

       B．Men are much better controlled than women.

       C．Women are rather skillful in influencing men.

       D．Women are emotional about important matters.

4．Which of the following is the best title of the passage?

       A．Why people fight for power at home

       B．Whose finger is on the button at home.

       C．How family members play games at home

       D．What decision family members make together

3、根据对话内容，从对话后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。选项中有两项多余选项。

--- Good morning, madam. Can I help you?

--- Well, could you show me that overcoat, the silver gray one in the middle?

--- Certainly. This one?   1 . It must be very nice on you and it’s 100 percent wool.

--- OK, could I try it on?

--- Sure, Um…, it looks really good. Look at it on you. How perfect it is!

--- Maybe.   2 

--- Would you like to try this one on?

--- Good. This one fits me better. How much does it cost?

--- We sell it at $ 195.

---   3    And I’d like that blue sweater on the right, too. How much is it?

--- We charge it for $ 260.   4 

--- But that’s too expensive, I’m afraid.

--- How about this one? It’s much cheaper.

--- No, thanks.   5   OK, here is $ 200.

--- Thanks, and here is your change. Welcome to be here often.

--- OK. See you.

2、此题要求改正所给短文中的错误.对标题号的每一行做出判断：如无错误，在该行右边的横线上划（√）；如有错误（每行只有一个错误），则按下列情况改正：

此行多一个词：把多余的词用斜线划掉，在该行右边横线上写出该词，并也用斜线划掉。

此行缺一个词：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（^），在该行右边横线上写出该加的词。

此行错一个词：在错的词下划一横线，在该行右边横线上写出改正后的词。

注意：原行没有错的不要改。

Usually most divers don’t go very deep. Mainly they dive to          1．       

a depth of about 20 meter. Then they swam around as they slowly        2．       

return to the surface. Everyone wants to dive must first have diving     3．       

lessons. There are few dangers that you have to learn about. For one    4．       

thing, you might have problems with its air bottle. A diver must            5．       

know how the equipment works and is able to recognize possible         6．       

problem. There are also dangerous types of fish that you must look      7．       

out for. You must be familiar to the environment you’ll be diving           8．       

in. Before you go on a dive, make sure you know that what you are     9．       

getting into. Diving may look easily, but if you don’t have the               10．       

necessary training, it can be both difficult and dangerous.

1、假如你是高三学生程鹏。最近，某英语报刊正地进行“怎样才算是一名好学生”的讨论。现在，请你用英语给该报编辑写封信，从以下几方面谈谈你对此话题的看法。

1．校内表现；2．校外表现；3．身体心智；4．生活态度。

注意：

1．词数100左右，信的开头和结尾已为你写好（不计入总词数）；

2．可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

Dear editor,

I am Cheng Peng, a senior three student.                                          

Looking forward to hearing form you.

Best Wishes,

Yours sincerely,

Cheng Peng

28、The officials said the downward trend of A/H1N1 flu activity did not______ mean the worst was over．Flu activity might pick up next year．

A．greatly        B．necessarily         C．fully           D．nearly

27、China began selling tickets for the Wuhan-Guangzhou high-speed railway, ______ boasts the world's fastest train journey with a 350km per hour average speed．

A．which                    B．that                C．it            D．what

26、----Why are the housing prices in big cities going up all the time?

----One reason is that people are__________ into overcrowded cities in great numbers．

A．breaking         B．filling             C．pouring         D．hurrying