Section B (26分) Directions: Read the following passages. Each passage is followed by several questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A B C and D. Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage you have just read.

A

Holidays

Holiday News

Vacancies (空位) now and in the school holidays at a country hotel in Devon. This comfortable, friendly home-from-home lies near the beautiful quiet countryside, but just a drive away from the sea. The food is simple but good. Children and pets are welcome.

Reduced prices for low season.

The Snowdonia Center

The Snowdonia Center for young mountain climbers has a mountain lesson. The beginners' costs are ￡57 for a week, including food and rooms. Equipment is included except walking shoes, which can be hired at a low cost.

You must be in good health and prepared to go through a period of body exercises. This could be the beginning of a lifetime mountain climbing adventure.

The World Sea Trip of a Lifetime

Our World Sea Trip of 2008 will be unlike any holiday you have ever been on before. Instead of one hotel after another, with all its packing and unpacking waiting and traveling, you just go to bed in one country and wake up in another.

On board the ship, you will be well taken care of. Every meal will be first-class and every cabin like your home.

During the trip, you can rest on deck(甲板), enjoy yourself in the games rooms and in the evening dance to our musical team and watch our wonderful play.

You will visit all the places most people only dream about - from Acapulco andHawaii to Tokyo and Hong Kong.

For a few thousand pounds, all you've ever hoped for can be yours.

84. What can you do if you like to go on holidays with pets?

A. Choose the holiday in Devon. B. Go to the Snowdonia Centre

C Join the World Sea Trip of 2008 D. Visit Acapulco and Hawaii

85. .In what way is the Snowdonia Centre different from the other two holidays?

A. It provides chances of family gatherings.

B. It provides customers with good food.

C. It offers a sport lesson.

D. It offers comfortable room.

86. What is special about the World Sea Trip of 2008?

A. You can have free meals on deck every day.

B. You can sleep on a ship and tour many places.

C. You will have chances to watch and act in a play.

D. You have to do your own packing and unpacking.

87. At the Snowdonia Centre， the beginners' costs of ￡57 do not cover_____.

A. food B. rooms C. body exercises D. walking shoes

B 　 We are all interested in equality, but while some people try to protect the school and examination system in the name of equality, other, still in the name of equality, want only to destroy it. 　　 Any society which is interested in equality of opportunity and standards of achievement must regularly test its pupils. The standards may be changed—no examination is perfect—but to have no tests or examinations would mean the end of equality and of standards. There are groups of people who oppose this view and who do not believe either in examinations or in any controls in school or on teachers. This would mean that everything would depend on luck since every pupil would depend on the efficiency, the values and the purpose of each teacher. 　　 Without examinations, employers will look for employees from the highly respected schools and from families known to them—a form of favourtism will replace equality. At the moment, the bright child from an ill—respected school can show certificates to prove he or she is suitable for a job, while the lake of certificate indicates the unsuitability of a dull child attending a well—respected school. This defense of excellence and opportunity would disappear if examinations were taken away, and the bright child for m a poor family would be a prisoner of his or her school’s reputation, unable to compete for employment with the child from the favoured school. 　　 The opponents of the examination system suggest that examinations are an evil force because they show differences between pupils. According to these people, there must be no special, different, academic class. They have even suggested that there should be no form of difference in sport or any other area: all jobs or posts should be filled by unsystematic selection. The selection would be made by people who themselves are probably selected by some computer.

88. The word “favouritism” in paragraph 3 is used to describe the phenomenon that________. 　　A. bright children also need certificates go get satisfying jobs. 　　B. children from well—respected schools tend to have good jobs 　　C. poor children with certificates are favoured in job markets 　　D. children attending ordinary schools achieve great success

89. What would happen if examinations were taken away according to the author? 　　A. Schools for bright children would lose their reputation. 　　B. There would be more opportunities and excellence. 　　C. Children from poor families would be able to change their schools. 　　D. Children’s job opportunity would be affected by their school reputation.

90. The opponents of the examination system will agree that _________. 　　A. jobs should not be assigned by systematic selection 　　B. computers should be selected to take over many jobs 　　C. special classed are necessary to keep the school standards 　　D. schools with academic subjects should be done away with

91. The passage mainly focuses on ___________. 　　A. schools and certificates B. examination and equality 　　C. opportunity and employment D. standards and reputation

C Directions: Read the following text and choose the most suitable heading from A—F for each paragraph. There is one extra heading which you do not need. A. New teachers’ opinions of involving parents B. An argument over an assignment [来源:Z#xx#k.Com] C. A conflict between assumption and reality D. Difficulties in sharing goals AB. The best way to score high AC. Proper ways of parental involvement 92. _________________________________ An Iowa high school counselor gets a call from a parent protesting the “C” her child received on an assignment. “The parent argued every point in the essay,” recalls the counselor, who soon realized why the mother was so disappointed about the grade. “It became apparent that she’d written it.” 93. ________________________________- In a survey, 90% of new teachers agreed that involving parents in their children’s education is a priority at their school, but only 25%described their experience working with parents as “very satisfying.” When asked to choose me biggest challenge they face, 31% of them quoted involving parents and communicating with them as their top choice. 73%of new teachers said too many parents treat schools and teachers as enemies. 94.__________________________________ At a time when competition is rising and resources are limited, when battles over testing force schools to adjust their priorities, when cell phones and e-mail speed up the information flow and all kinds of private ghosts and public quarrels slip into the parent-teacher conference, it’s harder for both sides to step back and breathe deeply and look at the goals they share. 95.__________________________________ Everyone says the parent-teacher conference should be pleasant, civilized, a kind of dialogue where parents and teachers build partnership. But what most teachers feel, and certainly what all parents feel, is anxiety and panic. 96.___________________________________ When a teacher asks parents to be partners, he or she doesn't necessarily mean Mom or Dad should be camping in the classroom. Research shows that though students benefit modestly fro m having parents involved at school, what happens at home matters much more. According to research based on the National Education Longitudinal Study, a sample of nearly 25,000 eighth graders, among four main areas of parental involvement (home discussion, home supervision. school communication, and school participation), home discussion was the most strongly related

III. Translation (26分)

1、众所周知，吸烟会导致多种疾病。(cause)

2、我永远不会忘记我进高中的那一天。(enter)

3、他为什么上课迟到的原因不清楚。(clear)

4、我忘了告诉他打篮球的时间了。(forget)

5、他很后悔失去了获得奖学金的机会。(regret)

 

6、很清楚，做这种事情意味着浪费时间。(mean)

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