A

A woman was walking her dog along a beach in New Zealand in late June when she saw something that looked like a white ball in the sand. It turned out to be a young Emperor penguin that was lost. At his age, he should have been close to Antarctica, swimming for fish and playing on the ice floes(浮冰). But this penguin started swimming north and just kept going.

The penguin attracted a lot of attention in New Zealand. It has been 40 years since an Emperor penguin was last seen there. Researchers at the Department of Conservation were called in. They decided to watch the penguin closely, but not to disturb him in any way. Many New Zealanders came to Peka Peka Beach to look at the elegant penguin. They were careful to keep their dogs away from him so he wouldn’t be frightened.

The public nicknamed the animal Happy Feet. Researchers started to notice that Happy Feet didn’t seem well. It turned out that he had been eating the sand from the beach, likely thinking it was snow.

The public raised more than 11,000 pounds for an operation to get the sand out of his stomach. The operation was a success, and Happy Feet was taken to a zoo in Wellington, NZ. A group of experts met to decide how to help Happy Feet return to the wild.

Last Sunday, they put him on a boat called Tangaroa, in a specially built ice-filled box and took him into the ocean which is his natural habitat. He took one last look at his human helpers and then dived into the ocean.

56. Where was the young penguin supposed to be?

A. On the sunny beach.     B. Near Antarctica.

C. Inside the hole in the ice.    D. At the bottom of the ocean.

57. Why did many New Zealanders keep their dogs away from the penguin?

A. In order not to frighten him.    B. In order not to make a noise.

C. In order to watch him at a distance  D. In order to learn about the animal.

58. What was the problem with Happy Feet?

A. He felt extremely lonely.   B. He had trouble walking on the sand.

C. He had some sand in his stomach.   D. He had no food to eat all the way.

59. The public collected some money to ________.

A. build a home for the penguin  B. pay for an operation on the penguin         C. do research on the penguin        D. return the penguin to its natural habitat

60. Where can we most probably read this passage?

A. In a research paper.              B. In a student’s book.

C. In a travel magazine.             D. In a newspaper report.

B

If a child has a learning problem before he leaves the Second or Third Grade, it’s difficult for him to study well. ADHD(注意力缺乏多动症)is one of the most common learning disabilities. Even with parents and doctors working together without schools’ help, it is very hard to get rid of the disability. Sadly, even today, there are many schools that don’t know how to deal with the children with these disabilities.

Fairfield Primary School is a good place for children that have been diagnosed with ADHD. The teachers really care about all of their students and they are willing to work with parents and doctors in order to help these children. When they see the child want to act up(捣蛋) in class, they usually give the child something physical to do in order to get rid of the excess(过多的) energy. They never punish the child for something that is beyond the child’s control.

Overall, Fairfield Primary School has all of things that a child with ADHD needs. They provide interesting class games for the child’s excess energy. They also provide the school rules the child needs. They give the child a caring environment where they are not kept apart because they are different. This is a very good school for a child who is suffering from one or more of these problems.

We believe your child with ADHD can learn, change and succeed if they come to study in Fairfield Primary School.

61. The passage is mainly about ________.

A. a child  B. a school      C. a teacher   D. a disease

62. Which of the following is necessary to help children with ADHD according to the passage?

A. Taking them to see doctors more often.

B. Parents’ spending more time caring for them.

C. Parents, doctors and schools’ working together.

D. Choosing the best primary school for them.

63. The teachers in Fairfield Primary School ________.

A. don’t like children with excess energy

B. are good at dealing with many diseases

C. create a good environment for parents

D. care about all the children with ADHD

64. How do the teachers deal with students with excess energy?

A. By punishing and criticizing them. B. By asking them to play games.

C. By forcing them to listen to them. D. By giving them a strict environment.

65. Who is the passage written for?

A. Teachers.      B. Children.      C. Doctors.      D. Parents.

C

Most of us believe that emotions come from what happens outside of ourselves. In fact, it’s not the outside events but what we do with those outside events in our mind that causes us to be happy or unhappy.

Obviously, if it was only the event that was creating our emotions, we all would have the same reaction to any event or circumstance. Actually, it’s the way we understand it, or more correctly put the way we judge the event that matters. When we judge an event as positive to us, we have a positive emotion. If we judge the event to be something negative, the emotion we generate is negative.

Our ability to judge how events will eventually work out has been proven scientifically to be at best 60% correct and in most cases less than 30%. That means we have only a 30 to 40 percent chance of being right in how we judge something. The truth is that we are very poorly equipped to judge the consequences of events accurately.

Every day some people tell us that unfortunate events, disease or a lot of negative experiences were the best things that could have happened to them. Now of course some of you may say these people were optimistic and just retell the event to find a good way of looking at it. This way of looking at it is missing the point.

If judging things is what causes us to label them positive or negative and this in turn makes us happy or unhappy, then refusing to judge things as bad benefits us a lot.

Peace of mind and happiness can be achieved by simply accepting something that is totally true. We can’t judge if something is going to be good or bad for us in the future. If we are to be happy most of the time, we need to stop judging events moment to moment.

66. What does the text mainly talk about?

A. What creates our emotions.        B. How to judge outside events.

C. What makes us feel unhappy.  D. How to achieve peace of mind.

67. What makes us unhappy according to the text?

A. Terrible circumstances.     B. Daily life and experiences.

C. That we judge events as negative.  D. That the event goes badly.

68. Which of the following is TRUE of people’s judgments?

A. They make people happy.         B. Most of them are not accurate.

C. They are negative in most cases.    D. Usually over 40% of them are right.

69. What does “the point” refer to in the fifth paragraph?

A. Negative experiences always turn out to be positive finally.

B. We should keep optimistic when something bad happens.

C. Refusing to judge things as bad makes a great deal of sense.

D. The consequences of events have little to do with our judgments.

70. If we want to keep happy, we should ________.

A. not do anything to affect events

B. accept different judgments from others

C. stop judging quickly how events will turn out

D. not judge events when they are going smoothly

第Ⅱ卷

PART FOUR WRTING

SECTION A

Directions: Read the following passage. Complete the notes by using the information for the passage. Write NO MORE THAN 3 WORDS for each answer.  (10 points)

Happiness is an emotion which is characterized by a feeling of absolute satisfaction. It is the feeling of being where you should be, getting what you want and needing little else.

It is easy to confuse happiness with pleasure. But the two aren’t one. Pleasure is intense and continues for a short time. Happiness lasts longer. Pleasure can result from any number of happy experiences. For example you get pleasure from eating your favorite chocolate or reading a fantastic book. Take away the experience and pleasure ends. On the other hand, happiness is the aggregate of a number of experiences.

What makes a person happy? Different people get happiness in different ways. For some, it comes from having a good job or a satisfying relationship. For others, it could be the ability to deal with life’s challenges with calmness. Whatever the source is, one thing is certain: happiness is an attitude. It is the way of thinking that enables you to interpret things in a positive way. It is that particular feeling that puts a smile on your face, for no apparent reason.

Happiness affects every aspect of a person’s life. Happier people are generally more successful, more productive and more balanced. They are healthier and stronger    physically as well as emotionally. A happier person has a longer life, collects more friends and has greater chances of developing successful relationships with those around him.

Happiness is the net result of many factors, of which 40% is within your control. Your thoughts, actions and goals, for example, are your own. You can choose to interpret an experience as enrichment, if you wish to do so. This, in turn, increases your happiness, so a good part of happiness can be controlled. By taking active control of this you can lead a more successful and satisfying life.

Title: Happiness

I. 71. ________

a feeling of absolute satisfaction of being where you should be, getting what you want and needing little else

II. Differences

◆ Pleasure

● be 72. ________

● result from happy experiences

◆ 73. ________

● be more lasting

● be the aggregate of a number of experiences

III. 74. ________

● a good job or a satisfying relationship

● the ability to 75. ________ calmly

IV. 76. ________

● make people more successful, 77. ________

● make people healthier and stronger

● make a person 78. ________

● make a person collect more friends and have greater chances to develop successful

79. ________

V. Suggestion

Take active control of the good part of your happiness to live a more

80. ________ life

Section Bw.w.w.k.s.5.u.c.o.m

Directions: Read the following passage. Answer the questions according to the information given in the passage and the required words limit. Write your answers on your answer sheet. (10 points)

Summer is a busy period for holiday travel. Many people travel great distances in airplanes. Experts say people should know about some health problems that can strike when traveling by air. One of these is a lack of oxygen to the brain called hypoxia(缺氧症). The body begins losing oxygen minutes after an airplane takes off. The air pressure in a plane during flight is lower than that at sea level. This makes it more difficult for the body to effectively use the same amount of oxygen as it would，on the ground. Fewer oxygen molecules(分子) cross the tissues in the lungs and reach the bloodstream. The result is a five to twenty percent decrease in the amount of oxygen in the blood. This reduces the amount of oxygen that reaches the organs of the body.

One effect of this lack of oxygen to the brain is headache. When this happens, the heart attempts to fix the situation by beating harder and faster. This can make the passenger feel tired.

These signs of hypoxia are not dangerous in a healthy person. But a drop in oxygen level can cause a health emergency in people with heart or lung problems. They might lose consciousness or even suffer a heart attack.

Experts say that smoking cigarettes and drinking alcohol also reduce the body’s ability to use oxygen. So they suggest people should not drink alcohol or smoke cigarettes either before or during a flight. They warn that people with heart or lung problems should seek advice from their doctor before flying.

81. What causes hypoxia when we travel by air? (no more than 7 words )

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82. Why should we not smoke cigarettes and drink alcohol before flying?  (no more than 9 words)

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83. How do oxygen molecules reach our brain?  (no more than 3 words)

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84. What is the writer’s purpose of writing this passage?  (no more than 8 words)

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SECTION C

Directions: Write an English composition according to the instructions given below in Chinese. (25 points)

假如你是班长，你发现班上大多数同学学习非常努力，但是他们不重视体育锻炼。请你写一篇不少于120词的英语发言稿，谈谈体育锻炼的重要性，并就如何加强体育锻炼给同学们提出建议。

注意：开头已给出，但不计入总词数。