B

If you don’t know what to wear to attend Chinese celebrations, something red is always the right choice on such an occasions. The red color is connected with good luck or fortune. The Chinese people enjoy decorating their house with something red. The bride wears red dress on her wedding, though probably influenced by the western customs she would wear white dress at the beginning of the celebration.

Unlike the meaning of red to anger, danger and bad temper in the west, such as the expressions like “a red rag to bull”, “see red”, “be in the red”, “red in tooth and claw”, etc. the red always carries positive meanings in China.

The next special color in the past is yellow, which is similar to the color of earth and soil. Since earth and soil are very important for people, yellow used to be the favorite color used by the king in China.

Another favorite color is green, which presents life and energy, while black and white are connected with death. Don’t wear a black dress to attend a wedding or a birth party. Wearing a white headdress shows someone in your home recently dies. Probably black is related to darkness. The Chinese like to refer to things illegally done “black”, for example, “black money” and “black market”. And “black heart” refers to someone really bad.

The meanings of colors are obvious in the costumes of traditional Chinese operas. Red shows loyalty(忠实) and courage; black represents honesty and fairness; yellow clothing means royalty(皇室成员) and white to purity.

55. The red color in the west probably represents .

A. luck and happiness B. anger and danger

C. justice and mixed emotions D. loyalty and courage

56.We can know from the passage that .

A. white has a positive meaning in Chinese opera

B. yellow used to be popular with the working people.

C. red was the main color used by emperors in China.

D. “black heart” means someone with black heart.

57. When we attend a birthday party in China, we should wear .

A. a black suit B. a white suit

C. a white headdress D. a red dress

58. The passage is mainly about .

A. different color on different occasions

B. the traditional Chinese meaning of colors

C. the historic development of colors

D. the clothing in Chinese celebrations.

C

CROSS COUNTRY

Name: Frederick

I’m a 33-year-old man riding the TransAmerica Trail west to east starting on May 18th,2010 from Astoria. I would like to ride about 90 mils a day and end up in Virginia in about 50 days. I will be riding self-supported and mostly camping and cooking under the stars with a few stays in motel(汽车旅馆) along the way. Anyone is welcome to join me.

Name: Edmund

TransAmerica, west to east. My son (21) and I (52) are going to fide across-country from 06/02/2010 to 07/27/2010 with a 30-foot recreational vehicle. Until a few days ago, we had a driver who was going to join us the last part of each day. Our plan is to take turns driving, so we’re looking for two more companions to join us for all or part of the trip. We spend nights in campgrounds and ride about 70 miles per day.

Name: Willard

I’m planning on riding the TransAmerica Trail from west to east on or about May 15th,2010 from Astoria. I would like to ride 85-100 miles per day and end up in Virginia 43 to 50days later. Rest every7-8days. Travelling self-supported. Planning to camp with staying in motels when necessary. I’m a 50-year-old engineer. I f interested, e-mail me.

Name: Callum

Let’s ride together! 32-year-old, looking forward to three months’ trip. Cycling across the country along the TransAmerica Trail from east to west. I’m going to start in Maine and end in San Francisco. Traveling self-supported, depending mostly on camping and cooking. Planning to ride 50-60 miles a day. Looking at May1 as a start date.

59. What’s the purpose of these people in the passage?

A. to discuss a sports game B. to share travelling experience

C. to develop camping skills D. to look for travelling partners

60. Which of the following might travel together?

A. Edmund and Frederick B. Callum and Edmund

C. Frederick and Willard D. Willard and Callum

61. How many people does Edmund want in his travelling group?

A. three B. four C. five D. six

62. Callum planned to arrive in San Francisco around .

A. July 1 B. August 1 C. September 1 D. October 1

D

Not many years ago， a wealthy and rather strange old man named Johnson lived alone in a village in the south of England. He had made a lot of money in trading with foreign countries. When he was seventy-five，he gave ￡12，000 to the village school to buy land and equipment for a children’s playground.

As a result of his kindness，many people came to visit him. Among them was a newspaperman. During their talk，Johnson remarked that he was seventy-five and expected to live to be a hundred. The newspaperman asked him how he managed to be healthy at seventy-five. Johnson had a sense of humor. He liked whisky and drank some each day. “I have an injection (注射) in my neck each evening.”he told the newspaperman，thinking of his evening glass of whisky.

The newspaperman did not understand what Johnson meant. In his newspaper he reported that Johnson was seventy-five and had a daily injection in his neck. Within a week Johnson received thousands of letters from all over Britain，asking him for the secret of his daily injection.

63. The gift of money to the school suggests that Johnson __________.

A. had no children.

B. was a strange man.

C. was very fond of children.

D. wanted people to know how rich he was.

64. Many people wrote to Johnson to find out __________.

A. what kind of whisky he had.

B. how to live longer.

C. how to become wealthy.

D. in which part of the neck to have an injection.

65. The newspaperman ____________.

A. should have reported what Johnson had told him.

B. shouldn‘t have asked Johnson what injection he had.

C. was eager to live a long life.

D. should have found out what Johnson really meant.

66. When Johnson said he had an injection in his neck each evening， he really meant that ______.

A. he liked drinking a glass of whisky in the evening.

B. he needed an injection in the neck.

C. a daily injection in the evening would make him sleep well.

D. there was something wrong with his neck.

E

Of all systems of symbols，language is the most highly developed. It has been pointed out that human beings， by agreement， can make anything stand for anything. Human beings have agreed， in the course of centuries of mutual (相互的) dependency， to let the various noises that they can produce with their lungs，throats， tongues， teeth， and lips systematically stand for certain happenings in their nervous system. We call that system of agreements language.

There is no necessary connection between the symbol and that which it stands for. Just as social positions can be symbolized by feathers worn on the head，by gold on the watch chain， or by a thousand other things according to the culture we live in， so the fact of being hungry can be symbolized by a thousand different noises according to the culture we live in.

However obvious these facts may appear at first glance， they are actually not so obvious as they seem except when we take special pains to think about the subject. Symbols and the things they stand for are independent of each other， yet we all have a way of feeling as if， and sometimes acting as if， there were necessary connections. For example， there are people who feel that foreign languages are unreasonable by nature： foreigners have such funny names for things， and why can’t they call things by their right names?This feeling exhibits itself most strongly in those English and American tourists who seem to believe that they can make the natives of any country understand English if they shout loud enough. Like the little boy who is reported to have said： “Pigs are called pigs because they are such dirty animals，” they feel tha“ the symbol is inherently (内在地) connected in some way with the things symbolized.

67. Language is a highly developed system of symbols because human beings _______.

A. have made use of language for centuries

B. use our nervous system to support language

C. have made various noises stand for any events

D. can make anything stand for anything by agreement

68. What can we conclude from Paragraph 2?

A. Different noises may mean different things.

B. Our culture determines what a symbol stands for.

C. The language we use symbolizes our social positions.

D. Our social positions determine the way we are dressed.

69. In Paragraph 3， the underlined words “take special pains” probably mean“ “______”。

A. try v“ry hard B. take our time

C. are very unhappy D. feel especially painful

70. The example of the little boy is used to show that ____________.

A. adults often learn from their young

B. “pig” is a dirty word because pigs are dirty

C. words are not connected with the things they stand for

D. people sometimes have wrong idea about how language works

第二节 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。选项中有两项为多余选项。

——When you called me last night, I was addressing some letters.

——__71____

——Quite a few. There were ten envelopes, I believe.

——While you were writing letters, I was reading a book.

——__72____

——I was at home part of the day. I went to the doctor’s office.

——__73____

——No. I went to the doctor’s at about 10 o’clock in the morning.

——___74___

——What time did you wake up yesterday morning?

——___75___

——While you were sleeping soundly, I was doing a lot of things.

A. How many letters did you write last night?

B. Who did you write to?

C. Did you go to the doctor’s in the afternoon?

D. Do you have enough stamps?

E. Were you at home most of the day yesterday?

F. I didn’t wake up until nearly 11 am.

G. While you were at the doctor’s, I was sleeping soundly.

第Ⅱ卷(40分)

第一节 短文改错(10分)

It is Sunday today. I have been studying all day long. On 1. _______

the morning, I had dry breakfast. We had no water to 2. _______

drink because the water supply had cut off. The water had 3. _______

come back in the evening. I did maths then. I didn’t stop after 4. _______

12 o’clock. After a short lunch I had the break. Then I went to 5. _______

my Sunday English class.

After a long and tired class for more than two hours, I got 6. _______

to home. Some work had been done but some hadn’t. I must 7. ______

review all my subject such as the Sciences and the Humanities, 8. ______

which include Chinese, English, Politics and History as 9. _______

well. That’s terribly! Especially when there was no water. 10. ______

第二节 书面表达(30分)

假如你是李明，你发现部分同学每次遇到重要考试，都会出现一些焦虑症状。请你用英语写一封信，向某学生英文报编辑反映该问题。信的内容应包括下列要点：

焦虑症状：头晕、乏力、睡眠不好、食欲不振等

建议：

1.考前制定好合适的复习计划

2.考试期间正常作息

3.睡前洗热水澡、喝热牛奶等有助于睡眠

4.其它建议(内容由考生自己拟定)

注意：1.根据以上内容写一篇短文，不要逐句翻译，可适当增加细节以使行文连贯。

2.要准确使用语法和词汇;使用一定的句型、词汇，清楚、连贯地表达自己的意思;

3. 词数：100个左右。开头已给出，不计词数。

参考词汇：头晕—dizzy(adj.)

Dear editor,

I’m Li Ming of Senior Three, Guangming Middle School. I’m writing to tell you about some symptoms of anxiety among us students before exams.

________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Yours,

Li Ming

答案：

答案及解析

1. On改为In。in the morning为固定搭配。

2. dry前加a。一般来讲， 三餐前不加任何冠词， 但当三餐前有形容词修饰时， 则必须在形容词前加不定冠词。如：We usually have

breakfast at eight. I have a wonderful breakfast this morning.

3. 第一个had后加been。根据逻辑， 此处应为被动语态。

4. after改为until。构成“not...until...”句型。

5. the改为a。have a break意为“休息一会儿”， 为固定搭配。

6. tired改为tiring。tired为形容词“劳累的”， 多用来修饰人; tiring也为形容词， 意为“令人劳累的”， 用来修饰事物。

7. 删去to。home为副词。

8. subject改为subjects。subject是可数名词。

9. 此行无错。

10.terribly改为terrible。系动词后要用形容词。

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