60. From the text, the writer's purpose of writing the text is to make us know that _____on a person’s way to success.

A. the advantage of intelligence and characters

B. the advantage of family background

C. the importance of being good at expression

D. the importance of natural science and efforts

61. Which of the following is TRUE about the passage?

A. His speech was full of rich feelings, common style and encouragement.

B. The content of his speeches is deep and difficult to understand.

C. Obama was a lawyer, a college professor and a successful businessman before

becoming President

D. The skills he learned in his previous job have also helped him to become a successful

speaker.

62. The underlined word "impact" is closest in meaning to ___________.

A. duty           B. influence        C. protection         D. support

63. We can infer that Obama changes his style in speeches by reducing or increasing

A. new opinions   B. some advice    C. rich feelings   D. more details

C

Sicily, an island of Italy, is home to beautiful beaches, outstanding food, and a bit of Italian history on every corner. It's located just southwest of the Italian mainland and it's the largest Mediterranean island. Invaded by many armies over the centuries, it became the site of Roman and Greek colonies. Those cultures remain to this day.

As part of the 2006 Year of Italy in China, an exhibition of Sicilian culture is being held at the National Museum of China from August 29 to October 27. Although they have a rich culture and history, Sicilian people lead a simple life. Living on land with fertile soil, most of them work in agriculture, fishing and mining, and of course tourism.

In Sicily, most stores and businesses are closed from one to four in the afternoon. Streets become crowded around five as people start to go out and engage in a variety of activities.              They may take a walk to the shops, enjoy eating a pastry or just meet up with friends.

Food is one of the great pleasures of Sicilian people. There is an old Sicilian saying: "With a contented stomach, your heart is forgiving. With an empty stomach you forgive nothing." People will go miles out of their way to eat fresh seafood, such as tuna (金枪鱼), swordfish (旗鱼) and sardines (沙丁鱼). Pasta (面团) is the main food. Each region has its seasonal pasta dishes, and every family cook their own specialty. Bread is common too. As another Sicilian saying goes, "A table without bread is like a day without sunshine." In Sicily, bread is always freshly baked or bought, and usually twice a day.

64. Which of the following can probably be the correct map according to the text?

65. Which words can probably be used to describe the lifestyle of Sicilian people?

A. Busy and tiring.       B. Enjoyable and relaxing.

C. Simple and boring.    D. Tense and depressed.

66. From the last paragraph we know _____.

A. the eating habit of the Sicilian people B. the importance of old saying in Sicily

C. the starvation of Sicilian people   D. the character of Sicilian people

67. Which statement is NOT TRUE according to the text?

A. Sicily was once conquered by the Romans and Greek.

B. Sicilian culture has been part of Chinese culture since 2006.

C. Sicilian people mostly live on farming, fishing, mining as well as tourism.

D. Bread is the most common food for Sicilian people.

D

We may all have had the embarrassing moment: Getting half-way through a story only to realize that we’ve told this exact tale before, to the same person. Why do we make such memory mistakes?

According to a research published in Psychological Science, it may have to do with the way our brains process different types of memory.

Researchers Nigel Gopie, of the Rotman Research Institute in Toronto, and Colin Macleod, of the University of Waterloo, divided memory into two kinds. The first was source memory, or the ability to keep track of where information is coming from. The second was destination memory, or the ability to recall who we have given information to.

They found that source memory functions better than destination memory, in part because of the direction in which that information is travelling.

To study the differences between source and destination memory, the researchers did an experiment on 60 university students, according to a New York Times report. The students were asked to associate 50 random facts with the faces of 50 famous people. Half of the students “told” each fact to one of the faces, reading it aloud when the celebrity’s (名人的) picture appeared on a computer screen. The other half read each fact silently and saw a different celebrity picture afterward.

When later asked to recall which facts went with which faces, the students who were giving information out (destination memory) scored about 16% lower on memory performance compared with the students receiving information (source memory).

The researchers concluded that out-going information was less associated with its environmental context(背景)—that is, the person—than was incoming information.

This makes sense given what is known about attention. A person who is giving information, even little facts, will devote some mental resources to thinking about what is being said. Because our attention is limited, we give less attention to the person we are giving information to.

After a second experiment with another group of 40 students, the researchers concluded that self-focus is another factor that undermines(gradually lessen) destination memory.

They asked half the students to continue giving out random information, while the other told things about themselves. This time around, those who were talking about themselves did 15% worse than those giving random information.

“When you start telling these personal facts compared with non-self facts, suddenly destination memory goes down more,. suggesting that it is the self-focus component (成分) that's reducing the memory,” Gopie told Live Science.

68. The point of this article is to __________.

A. give advice on how to improve memory

B. say what causes the memory to worsen

C. explain why we repeat stories to those we've already told them to

D. discuss the differences between source and destination memory

69. What can we learn from the article?

A. Source memory helps us remember who we have told the information to.

B. One’s limited attention is one of the reasons why those reading aloud to the celebrity’s pictures perform worse on the memory test.

C. Silent reading is a better way to remember information than reading aloud.

D. It tends to be more difficult for people to link incoming information with its environmental context than outgoing information

70. What did the scientists conclude from the second experiment?

A. Destination memory is weaker than source memory.

B. Focusing attention on oneself leads to relatively poor source memory performance.

C. Associating personal experience with information helps people memorize better.

D. Self-focus is responsible for giving information twice or more to the same person.

第二节(共5小题;每小题2分，满分l0分)

根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，选项中有两项为多余选项

There is an English saying : “   71   ” Until recently, few people took the saying seriously. Now, however, doctors have begun to look into laughter and the effects it has on the human body.   72

Tests were carried out to study the effects of laughter on the body. People watched funny films while doctors checked their hearts, blood pressure, breathing and muscles. It was found that laughter has similar effects to physical exercise.    73    If laughter exercises the body, it must be beneficial.

Other tests have shown that laughter appears to be able to reduce the effect of pain on the body. In one experiment doctors produced pain in groups of students who listened to different radio programs. The group that tolerated (忍耐) the pain for the longest time was the group which listened to a funny program.    74

75   They have found that even if their patients do not really feel like laughing, making them smile is enough to produce beneficial effects similar to those caused by laughter.

A. Laughter can prolong one's life.

B. As a result of these discoveries,  some doctors in the United States now hold laughter   clinics in which they help to improve their patients’ condition by encouraging them to laugh.

C. The reason why laughter can reduce pain seems to be that it helps to produce a kind of

chemicals in the brain which diminish both stress and pain.

D. It increases blood pressure, the heart beating and breathing; it also works several groups of                  muscles in the face, the stomach and even the feet.

E. Although laughter helps cure the disease, doctors still can not put this theory into         clinic practice.

F. Laughter is the best medicine.

G. They have found that laughter really can improve people's health.

第二卷

第四部分 写作(共两节,满分35分)

第一节短文改错(共10小题, 每小题1分 满分10分)

假如英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌的以下作文，文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加，删除或修改。

增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧)，并在其下面写出该加的词。

删除：把多余的词用斜线()划掉。

修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。

注意：1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词;

2.只允许修改10处，多者(从第11处起)不计分

Our government is trying hardly to build an energy-saving society. It is everyone duty to help reach this goal.

However, not everybody have realized the importance of it. For example, sometimes lights and computers are still on after the classes. Some students even forget to turn off the tap after using it and have water running all the time. Usually only one side of our paper is used , caused much waste.

It’s time we did something to avoid this kinds of waste. Remember to turn off the tap immediately after using them. Make sure that all the lights and other electric facilities are turned off when we leave the rooms. What’s more, paper should be printed and written on both sides.

In a word, if everybody has the aware of reducing waste and saving energy, we can contribute our society.

第二节 书面表达 (满分25分)

假如你是南阳中学学生李越，曾在英国学习三个月，现已回国。你想联系你的英国老师Mr. Richard，但没有其联系方式。请根据以下要点给你的英国同学Jack写一封100个单词的信：

1. 感谢Jack对你英语学习的帮助;

2. 询问Mr. Richard的近况并索要其联系方式;

3. 邀请Jack在暑假期间来南阳做客。

注意：1. 信头、落款及信的第一句已给出(不计词数)。

2. 可适当增加细节。

Aug. 30, 2011

Jack,

Thanks for your kind help during my stay in Britain._________________________ _______

__________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Yours faithfully,

Li Yue

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