B

According to a report by the China News Weekly, Chinese white collars are becoming fully occupied in the office. They pursue many of their activities in the office building, eating, doing exercise, resting, playing games or even dating.

In large cities such as Shenzhen, Shanghai and Beijing, where economy is developing at a fast speed, office workers face an increasing work pressure day by day and many of them have begun to make office their home.

As the young generation in society, most of them are aged between 25 and 45. In the eyes of outsiders, they enjoy a comfortable life: they lead the fashion trend in the city and earn a high salary; they enjoy a flexible working schedule and a very good working environment; having a good education background, they don’t have to worry that one day they will lose their jobs.

However, only the white collars themselves know what others see as a good life is in fact a boring life. They often work extra hours, suffer from loss of creative ability and have little time to make friends. When they go off from work late at night, somethimes they might think of asking for a leave the next day and having a holiday somewhere. However, when a new day begins, they find everything back to normal and themselves pushed by new tasks.

In fact, even if they don’t work extra hours in the office, they have no place to go. Many of the young people are fresh from college, or have come to work in large cities from their hometowns. As newcomers, they haven’t established (建立)a social network. They have few friends to go dating. Meanwhile, many of them face a great pressure for earning money to buy a house or a car. If they cannot afford to buy these, they still have to work to pay for high apartment rents and communication fares.

60.The underlined sentence probably means _______

A.Chinese white collars are not allowed to get out of the office

B.The office is crowded with Chinese white collars

C.Chinese white collars make the office filled with odds and ends

D.Chinese white collars spend most of their time in the office

61.The followings are all reasons why white collars want to have a rest EXCEPT that _______

A.They have to continue to stay at office after work

B.They feel more and more difficult to think up a good idea

C.They have no interest in anything

D.They have little time to make friends

62.The main idea of the third paragraph is that_______

A. white collars are admired by other people

B. white collars needn’t worry about losing jobs

C. white collars can earn high salary and work freely

D. white collars are in the lead in the way of behaving

63. From the passage , we can infer that _______

A. white collars are all workaholics who regard the office as home

B. white collars suffer from material and mental pressure in life

C. white collars are the models of young people in society

D. people have a good understanding of what white collars’ life is

C

A NATIONWIDE　BESTSELLER

It’s likely that everything you learned about America’s ancient history is wrong.

The new book, 1491, completely changes our understanding of the Americas before the arrival of Columbus in 1492.

When Columbus landed there were probably more people in the Ameicas than there were in Europe.

The peoples of North America had such healthy lifestyles that as late as the 19th century they continued to be the tallest people on earth.

Facts have shown that the Americas were populated as long as 33000 years ago.

4000 years ago Mesoamerican farmers developed corn in a feat (技艺)of genetic engineering that still isn’t completely understood.

Comments On 1491

“In the tradition of Jared Diamond& John McPhee, a totally new view of pre-Columbian America.”

------ Richard Rhodes

“Attractively written and really absorbing… Charles C. Mann has produced a book that’s part detective story, part epic(史诗) and part tragedy(悲剧). He has taken on a vast topic: thousands of years, two huge continents, and cultures.”

------Charles Matthews, San Jase Mercury News

“Powerful and challenging.”

------ Alan Taylor, Washington Post

“A pleasure to read as well as a wonderful education.”

------ Howard Zinn

64. On the whole, 1491 is a book mainly about Amerca’s _______

A. life-style    B. population     C. history    D. agriculture

65. Which of the following is NOT TURE about the comments on the book 1491?

A. It is interesting and instructive.       B. It is attractive and culturally related.

C. It is challenging and revolutionary.    D. It is humorous and persuasive

66. From this passage, we can learn _______.

A. people settled in the Americas a little earlier than 1492

B. North Americans were the tallest in the 18th century in the world

C. Mesoamerican farmers knew genetic engineering 5000 years ago

D. the population in the Americas was smaller than that in Europe in 1492

D

A cheap drug that can stop bleeding in people recently injured in an accident could potentially save the lives of tens of thousands worldwide, a new study says.

Researchers studied the effects of tranexamic acid (凝血酸), or TXA, in more than 10,000 injured people in 40 countries who received the drug within 8 hours of being injured. The study was published in the medical journal Lancet. Doctors found that patients who got TXA had a 15percent lower chance of dying from hemorrhage than those who didn’t get it . They also had a 10 percent lower chance of dying from any other cause, including organ failure and a head injury. The study was paid for by the British government.

The drug is commonly used in wealthy countries during elective surgeries(外科手术) to stop bleeding , but isn’t used for accident victims. TXA is off-patent and made by many companies. It costs about $4.5 per gram, and a typical dose is two grams. It is usually given via an injection(注射) and would be relatively easy to introduce, even in poor countries, experts said.

Previous tests of the drug regarded its use in elective surgeries, such as heart operations, but this was the first study to test the drug on accident victims. Doctors were worried it might increase side effects such as blood clots (凝块)in the heart and lungs, strokes, or heart attacks. There was no evidence of that in the Lancet study, though the authors said it was possible they might have missed some of these incidents.

For people between 5 and 45, accidents are the second leading cause of death worldwide after AIDS, and about 600,000 injured patients bleed to death every year. Experts estimated that if TXA were readily available, between 70,000 and 100,000 lives a year could be saved. Though the drug wasn’t tested on children , experts said it would almost certainly work with them as well.

67. The underlined word”hemorrhage”in Paragraph 2 probably means ________

A. serious illness    B. heart disease     C. heavy bleeding   D. lack of drug

68. What can we learn about TXA from the passage?

A. It can only be made in England     B. It was only used in operations before

C. It is a patented drug              D. It is mainly used in poor countries

69. Doctors were worried about using TXA because ________

A. a lot of patients died unexpectedly after using it

B. it has no treatment effect on patients

C. it can cause blood clots or stroke

D. they hadn’t used it on accident victims before

70. What do we know from the last paragraph?

A. It is a pity that TXA wasn’t widely used on injured patients before

B. Tests have proved that TXA can be used on children

C. People between 5 and 45 should be injected with TXA every year

D. Accidents are the first leading cause of death worldwide.

第II卷 (共45分)

第一节 单词拼写 (共10小题; 每小题1分，满分10分)

根据所给的中文或首字母提示，按照句子的要求填写适当的词，每空一词。

71. After the match ,the judge _______ (宣布)that our team won the title.

72. He thought it is his duty to help ordinary people _______(暴露) to the disease.

73. His first speech as president made a strong _______(印象)on his audience.

74. In the crash he suffered severe _________(伤) to the head and arms.

75. We must ________ (致力于)our efforts on improving education.

76. You task will be to examine the _______(可能)of constructing a new factory in China.

77. Animals in zoos are not in their natural s_________.(环境)

78. He had a badly s_______ (肿胀)ankle after falling down from the stairs.

79. My brother a______ (获得)a knowledge of computers by carful study.

80. I’m d______ (高兴)to hear of your success.

第二节 任务型读写(共10小题;每小题1分，满分10分)

阅读下面一篇短文，根据所读内容在文后表格中的空白处填入恰当的单词。注意：每一个空只填一个单词。

Diversity means the differences between things or people; the variety makes us unique.

People have a great deal of diversity. Even though our basic body structure is the same (head, eyes, heart, arms, legs, feet, etc.), our physical characteristics are different. For instance, the color of our skin, hair, and eyes are different. Also, our height and shape provide some diversity too. Even our fingerprints are unique and different.

People have to develop their own thoughts ,opinions, feelings, and ideas about different topics and beliefs.We are influenced by different people, places, and experiences in our lives which may influence us when we have to make a decision. A person has to keep open-minded when developing an opinion. Gathering information is also crucial(决定性的) to make a decision. The more you know about a topic, the easier it will be to make a good decision. As people grow up, they may even change their previous opinions and have new ideas.

Every person has unique talents, characteristics, and challenges to share with the world. Some people are good at reading and writing. Other people are talented at art and music. Some people are good at working with numbers or science. Others are talented by sharing their creativity. Some people have challenges to work with like being deaf, blind, or learning differently than others. It is important to remember that no matter what a person is good at or struggles with, we are all special in our own way.

When we are used to other people’s differences, we are showing respect. And we can find that we belong to the world and can give any thing a reason throughout the world. We can learn about a variety of cultures, places , and different ways to look at the world.

Title: The 81._______ in the world

Definition Diversity means the differences between things or people

Types of diversity The physical diversity Our 82.______ look different.

The83._____ diversity We have our own different viewpoints and84.______.

We make differnet decisions when we are facing the same situation.

Our opinions 85.__________ as we experience more and more in life.

The personal diversity We have different 86.________.

We have different 87.________ styles.

The benefits from 88._________other people’s differences We can let other people know that we respect them.

We become 89.__________.

We can 90.________ our knowledge and perfect our view of  life.

第三节 写作(满分25分)

目前，许多电视节目利用短信互动(SMS interaction)的方式让观众参与到节目当中。有人认为这是一种很好的事，可以真正的参与节目，可以支持他们喜爱的演员及节目，可以发表自己的评论。另外发短信也不贵，人们可以负担的起。而有人却认为这是一种电视台赚钱的手段。请你根据以上情况，结合实际，谈谈你的看法，写一篇120词左右的英语文章，。

注意：文章开头已给出。

Nowadays, SMS interaction has become a major part of varous programs _______________________

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