英语部分

Passage one

Long bus rides are like television shows .They have a beginning ,a Middle and an end –with commercials thrown in every three or four minutes .The commercials are unavoidable .They happen whether you want them or not .Every couple of minutes a billboard glides by outside the

bus window . “buy super clean toothpaste”. “Drink Good’n Wet Root Beer .””Fill up with Pacific Gas .”Only if you sleep ,which site equal to turning the television set off ,are you spared the

unending cry of “You Need It ! Buy It Now !”

The beginning of the ride is comfortable and somewhat exciting ,Even if you’ve traveled that way before .usually some things have changed-new houses ,new buildings ,sometimes even a new road .The bus driver has a style of driving and it’s fun to try to figure it out the first hour or so . If the driver is particularly reckless or daring ,the ride can be an thrilling as a suspense story .Will the driver pass the truck in time ?Will the driver move into the right or the left –hand lane ?After a while,of course,the excitement dies down .sleeping for a while helps pass the middle hours of the ride .Food always makes bus rides more interesting .But you’ve got to be careful of what kind of foodyou eat .Too much salty food can make you very thirsty between stops.

The end of the ride is somewhat like the beginning .You know it will soon be over and there’s a kind of expectation and excitement in that .The seat ,of course ,has become harder as the hours have passed.By now you’ve sat with you legs crossed ,with your hands crossed behind your head .the end comes just at the right time . There are just no more ways to sit.

1、According to the passage ,what do the passengers usually see when they are on a long

Bus trip?( )

A Buses on the road B Films on television C Advertisements on the board D gas stations

2、What is the purpose of this passage ?( )

A To give the write’s opinion about long bus trips

B To persuade you to take a long bus trip

C To explain how bus trips and television shows differ

D To describe the billboards along the road

3、The write of this passage would probably favor ( )

A bus drivers who weren’t reckless B driving alone C a television set on the bus D no

billboards along the road

4、The writer feels long bus rides are like TV shows because ( )

A the commercials both on TV shows and on billboards along the road are fun

B they both have a beginning ,a middle ,and an end , with commercials in between

C the drives are always reckless on TV shows just as they are on buses

D both travelling and watching TV are not exciting

5、The writer thinks that the end of the ride is somewhat like the beginning because both are ( )

A exciting B comfortable C tiring D boring

Passage two

Educating girls quite possibly yields a higher rate of return than any other investment available in the developing world .women’s education may be unusual territory for economists ,but enhancing women’s contribution to development is actually as much an economic as a social

issue .and economics ,with its emphasis on incentives ,provides guideposts that point to an explanation for why so many girls are deprived of an education

Parents in low-income countries fail to invest in their daughters because they do not expert themto make an economic contribution to he family :girls grow up only to marry into somebody else’s family and bear children .Girls are thus seen as less valuable than boys and kept at home to do housework while their brothers are sent to school-the prophecy becomes self-fulfilling ,trapping women in a vicious circle of neglect.

An educated mother ,on the other hand ,has greater earning abilities outside the home and facesan entirely different set of choices. She is likely to have fewer but healthier children and can insiston the development of all her children ,ensuring that her daughters are given a fair chance .Theeducation of her daughters then makes it much more likely that the next generation of girls ,as well as of boys ,will be education and healthy . The vicious circle is thus transformed into a virtuous circle.

Few will dispute that education women has great social benefits.But it has enormous economicadvantages as well .Most obviously ,there is the direct effect of education on the wages of femaleworkers.Wages rise by 10 to 20 percent for each additional year of schooling. Such big returns areimpressive by the standard of other available investments ,but they are just thebeginning .Education women also has a significant impact on health practices,including family

planning.

6.The author argues that educating girls in developing countries is ( )

A troublesome B labor –saving

C rewarding D expensive

7、By saying“…the prophecy becomes self –fulfilling…”(Lines45，para.2).the author means

that ( )

A girls will turn out to be less valuable than boys

B girls will be capable of realizing their own dreams

C girls will eventually find their goals in life beyond reach

D girls will be increasingly discontented with their life at home

8、The author believes that a vicious circle can turn into a virtuous circle when ( )

A women care more about education

B girls can gain equal access to education

C a family has fewer but healthier children

D parents can afford their daughters’education

9、What does the author say about women’s education?( )

A It deserves greater attention than other social issues

B It is now given top priority in many developing countries

C It will yield greater returns than other known investments

D It has aroused the interest of a growing number of economists

10、The passage mainly discusses ( )

A unequal treatment of boys and girls in developing countries

B the potential earning power of well –educated women

C the major contributions of educated women to society

D the economic and social benefits of educating women

写作部分

阅读下面的材料，自选角度，自定文意，自拟标题，写一篇不少于800 字的议论文。于丹在《<论语>心得》中引述了美国科学家进行的一项实验，科学家在许多同时生长的南瓜上加上质量不同的砝码。有的几克，有的几十克，有的几百克，有的几千克。其中一个南瓜加得最多，从最初的几克进步加压到它成熟时，已经加到了几百千克。科学家把这些加压的南瓜摘下来，试着用刀把它们打开，看它们的质地有什么不同。别的南瓜随着手起刀落迎刃而开，而那只承受压力最大的南瓜却把刀弹开了，最后只好用电锯把它锯开，实验的数据令人难以置信，这只南瓜里面的硬率竟然相当于一颗成年的树干。于丹说，这其实是一个“生命的实验”，面对这样使人瞠目结舌的实验结果，在当今社会这样的竞争压力下，我们有理由不提前成熟吗?