B

Boiler rooms are often dirty and steamy, but this one is el.ean and cool. Fox Point is a very new47-unit living building in South Bronx, one of the city’s poorest areas. Two-thirds of the people living there are formerly (以前) homeless people, whose rent is paid by the government. The rest are low-income families.  The boiler room has special equipment, which produces energy for electricity and heat. It reuses heat that would otherwise be lost to the air, reducing carbon emissions(碳排放)while also cutting costs.

Fox Point is operated by  Palladia, a group that specializes in providing housing and services to needy, people. Palladia received support from Enterprise Community Partners (ECP), which helps build affordable housing by providing support to housing developers.

ECP has created national standards for healthy, environmentally (环境方面) clever and affordable homes which are called, the Green Communities Standards. These standards include water keeping, energy saving and the use of environm entally friendly building materials.  Meeting the standards increases housing construction costs by 2%, which is rapidly paid back by lower running costs. Even the positioning of a window to get most daylight can help save energy.

Michael. Bloomberg, New York's mayor, plans to create 165,000 affordable housing units for500,000 New Yorkers. Almost 80% of New York City’s greenhouse-gas emissions come from buildings, and 40% of those are caused, by housing.  So he recently announced that the city’s Department of Housing and Preservation and Development (DHPD) , whose duty is to develop and keep the city’s supply of affordable housing, will require all its new projects to follow ECP’s green standards.

Similar measures have been taken by other cities such as Cleveland and Denver, but New York’s DHPD is the largest city developer of affordable housing in the country.

45. What is the purpose of describing the boiler room in the first paragraph?

A.  To explain the measures the city takes to care for poor people.

B.  To suggest that affordable housing is possible in all areas.

C.  To show how the environment-friendly building works.

D.  To compare old and new boiler rooms.

46. What is an advantage of the buildings meeting the Green Communities Standards?

A.  Lower running costs.

B.  Costing less in construction.

C.  Less air to be lost in hot days.

D.  Better prices for homeless people.

47. It can be learned from the text that,

A.  New York City is seriously polluted

B.  people’s daily life causes many carbon emissions in New York City

C.  a great number of people in New York City don't have houses to live in

D.  some other cities have developed more affordable housing than New York City

48. What is the main purpose of this text?

A.  To  call on people to pay more attention to housing problems.

B.  To prove that some standards are needed for affordable housing.

C.  To ask society to help homeless people and low-income families.

D.  To introduce healthy, environmentally clever-and affordable housing.

C

Alex London Research Laboratory (ALRL) is part of Alex Co., Ltd., a major Australian medicine-making company. Opened in 1992, ALRL specialises in the development of new medicines for the treatment of heart diseases.

A position is now open for a Research Operations Manager(ROM) to support our growing research team at the new laboratories in Hatfield，due to open in the autumn of 2010.

Reporting to the Director，you will help set up and run the technical and scientific support services of our new laboratories now under construction.You will be expected to provide expert knowledge about and be in charge of all areas of ALRL’S Health and Safety，and to communicate (沟通)with support employees at ALRL’S laboratories based at University College London.Working closely with scientists and other operations and technical employees，you will manage a small number of research support employees providing services to help with the research activities to be carried out at the new laboratories.

Candidates(申请人) will have experience of both management and research support/technical services.Knowledge of research operations and excellent communication skills are necessary. Education to degree level is also desirable.

If you are interested in this position，please send your CV(简历)to Alex London Research

Laboratory，University College London，Hatfield，London，W1E 6B7 or by email to ALRL@alex.co.uk.

For more Information.please visit www.alex.co.uk.

49.What can be learnt about the new laboratories from the text?

A.They have not yet been set up.

B.They are in Hatfield，Australia.

C.They belong to University College London.

D.They are new workplaces for Australian researchers only.

50.What are the duties of a ROM，according to the text?

A.a，b，c.    B.a，b，d.

C.b，c，d.    D.a，c，d.

51.What does the fourth paragraph mainly talk about?

A.The technical skills of a would—be ROM.

B.The practical experience of a would—be ROM.

C.The personal information of a would—be ROM.

D.The necessary requirements for a would—be ROM.

52.What is the purpose of the text?

A.To describe the job of a ROM.

B.To provide information about ALRL.

C.To announce an open position at ALRL.

D.To make known the opening of the new laboratories.

D

Somali pirates(海盗) robbed three Thai fishing ships with 77 sailors on board nearly l，200 Miles off the Somali coast，the farthest-off-shore attack to date，an officer said Tuesday.

Pirates have gone farther south and east in answer to increased patro ls(巡逻)by warships off the Somali shore. The robbing of the three ships Sunday was about 600 miles outside the normal operation area for the international force，said a spokesman.

The spokesman said the attack so far out at sea was a clear sign that the international patrols against pirates were having a “marked effect on pirate activity in the area”.

“Once they start attacking that far out，you’re not even really talking about the Somali basin or areas of water that have any connection with Somalia,” said an officer，Ro ger Middleton.“Once you’re that far out，it's just the Indian Ocean，and it means you’re looking at trade going from the Gulf to Asia，from Asia to South Africa.”

"This is the farthest robbing to date.They are now operating near the Maldives and India,”said another officer.

The three ships--the MV Prantalay l l，12，and l 4—had 77 members on board in total.All of them are Thai, the spokesman said.Before the Sunday robbing，pirates held l l ships and 228 sailors.

Pirates have increased attacks over the past year in hopes。f catching more dollar payments. Because of increased patrols and defenses on board ships，the success rate(率)has gone down，though the number of successful attacks has stayed the same year over year.

53.The pirate attack reported in the text happened             .

A.far out in the Indian Ocean

B.in the normal patrol area

C.near the Somali, coast

D.in the south of Africa

54.According to the text, which can best describe the situation of the pirate problems?

A.More goods on board are lost.

B.Pirate attacks happen in a larger area now.

C.The number of attacks has stayed the same these years.

D.Pirate attacks are as serious as before along the Somali coast.

55.Which is true about the warship patro ls according to the text?

A.The patrols are of little effect.

B.The patrols are more difficult.

C.More patrols are quite necessary even in Asia.

D.The patrols only drive the pirates to other areas.

56.How many sailors were held by the pirates up to the time of the report?

A.228.             B.77.              C.383.             D.305.

E

Fear plays no part in this latest problem.“I’m not afraid I'll lose my children.I won't lose my children. We live together, and nothing, nothing,”she repeats, her voice rising when speaking to John's lawyer, “will stop me from being with my children. A law? Year, right. Don't disturb me when it comes to my children. You are never going to win. If John wants to see them, I cannot stop him. He's their father¬¬—I want them to see him! However, his visit in his present condition will disturb the children's stable (稳定的) life.”

John, who has spent much of his time in California recently, has only hired a house for himself in Pennsylva nia, according to his lawyer. "If he'd like to stick to a regular life, I'd be more than happy to do that，" Jane says. "The best thing for any child of a divorced (离婚的) parent is a stable life. I want nothing more than for him to set up a stable life for himself, so that he can be part of making our children's lives more stable. "

While matters of money and care won't be settled for weeks, Jane hardly puts her life on hold. Last week the ABC network announced that Jane would return with her own show, Twist of Jane, in which she gives advice to other moms.Jane and her eight children will also return to ABC in a series  of  Jane Plus 8 specials showing them on various adventures.It’s a rest for Jane.who insists that she needs her new，busy life to provide for her family.“I have to lead such a life.and I’m thankful that I’ve built it to the top where now I can support my children.”she says.

And  whether a bellicose(好斗的)dance judge or a bellicose former wife，Jane plans to keep  0n facing attacks on her. “Some people try to knock me down—only to make me more fierce，more protective，more determined to do better，”she says.“Go ahead，take me on.This will just make me stronger.”

57.  According to Jane in the first paragraph，the low

A. can’t take her children away from her

B. can’t do anything with the case

C. will best settle the problem

D.  will disturb her children

58 . What does “to do that” refer to in the second paragraph?

A. To live with John.

B.To hire a house for John.

C.To allow John to see the children

D.To ask John to set up a regular life.

59. What does the underlined sentence in the third pa ragraph mean?

A.Jane’s life is very difficult.

B.Jane continues to live as usual.

C.Jane almost can’t control her lire

D.Jane works very hard to live a happy life.

60 . Which word can best describe Jane?

A. Proud.

B.Fierce.

C.Determined.

D.Independent

第Ⅱ卷(非选择题，共50分)

第三部分 写作(共两节，共50分)

第一节短文改错(共l0小题;每小题l分，满分l0分)

(注意：在试题卷上作答无效)

此题要求改正所给短文中的错误。对标有题号的每一行作出判断：如无错误，在该

行右边横线上画一个勾(√);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。

An English lady was finally decided that she really should       66_______

learn to drive, And after many attempts, she past her          67_______

driving test and told her husband that，to release， he          68_______

was going to drive him over to France for a holiday， But       69_______

then a week after the trip, she suddenly announced that        70_______

they wouldn’t take the holiday. “How did you change your       71_______

mind?” he asked her by surprise.“Well，it is all because        72_______

of the business of driving on right.” She said, “I have           73______

been practicing for three weeks now， but I still couldn’t        74______

get used to it-in fact, I’ve nearly killed three peoples。”          75______

第二节 书面表达(满分35分)

假定你校将举行一个成人仪式，你将作为代表在仪式上发言。请你按以下内容要点准备一篇英文发言稿。

1.过去对成年的向往;

2.现在的感受和认识;

3.将来的目标及措施。

参考词汇：责任 responsibility

注意：

1.词数100左右;

2.可以适当增加细节，使行文连贯;

3.发言稿的开头与结束语已为你写好(不计入总词数)

Good morning，everyone!

The topic of my speech today is “thoughts on becoming a grown-up”.

Thank you for listening.

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