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1、Part I Writing (30 minutes)Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay on the importance of speaking ability and how to develop it. You should write at least 120 words but no more than 180 words.Part II Listening Comprehension (30 minutes) (同前二套)Part Reading Comprehe

2、nsion (40 minutes)Section ADirections: In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required to select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage. Read the passage through carefully before making your choices. Each choice in the bank is

3、identified by a letter. Please mark the corresponding letter for each item on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once.Neon (霓虹) is to Hong Kong as red phone booths are to London and fog is to San Francisco. When night falls, r

4、ed and blue and other colors 26 a hazy (雾蒙蒙的) glow over a city lit up by tens of thousands of neon signs. But many of them are going dark, 27 by more practical, but less romantic, LEDs (发光二极管).Changing building codes, evolving tastes, and the high cost of maintaining those wonderful old signs have b

5、usinesses embracing LEDs, which are energy 28 , but still carry great cost. To me, neon represents memories of the past, says photographer Sharon Blance, whose series Hong Kong Neon celebrates the citys famous signs. Looking at the signs now I get a feeling of amazement, mixed with sadness.Building

6、a neon sign is an art practiced by 29 trained on the job to mold glass tubes into 30 shapes and letters. They fill these tubes with gases that glow when 31 . Neon makes orange, while other gases make yellow or blue. It takes many hours to craft a single sign.Blance spent a week in Hong Kong and 32 m

7、ore than 60 signs; 22 of them appear in the series that capture the signs lighting up lonely streetsan 33 that makes it easy to admire their colors and craftsmanship. I love the beautiful, handcrafted, old-fashioned 34 of neon, says Blance. The signs do nothing more than 35 a restaurant, theater, or

8、 other business, but do so in the most striking way possible.A) alternative D) challenging G) electrified J) professionals M) stimulateB) approach E) decorative H) identify K) quality N) symbolizesC) cast F) efficient I) photographed L) replaced O) volunteersSection BDirections: In this section, you

9、 are going to read a passage with ten statements attached to it. Each statement contains information given in one of the paragraphs. Identify the paragraph from which the information is derived. You may choose a paragraph more than once. Each paragraph is marked with a letter. Answer the questions b

10、y marking the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2.New Jersey School District Eases Pressure on StudentsBaring an Ethnic DivideA) This fall, David Aderhold, the chief of a high-achieving school district near Princeton, New Jersey, sent parents an alarming 16-page letter. The school district, he sa

11、id, was facing a crisis. Its students were overburdened and stressed out, having to cope with too much work and too many demands. In the previous school year, 120 middle and high school students were recommended for mental health assessments and 40 were hospitalized. And on a survey administered by

12、the district, students wrote things like, I hate going to school, and Coming out of 12 years in this district, I have learned one thing: that a grade, a percentage or even a point is to be valued over anything else.B) With his letter, Aderhold inserted West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School Distric

13、t into a national discussion about the intense focus on achievement at elite schools, and whether it has gone too far. At follow-up meetings, he urged parents to join him in advocating a whole child approach to schooling that respects social-emotional development and deep and meaningful learning ove

14、r academics alone. The alternative, he suggested, was to face the prospect of becoming another Palo Alto, California, where outsize stress on teenage students is believed to have contributed to a number of suicides in the last six years.C) But instead of bringing families together, Aderholds letter

15、revealed a divide in the district, which has 9,700 students, and one that broke down roughly along racial lines. On one side are white parents like Catherine Foley, a former president of the Parent-Teacher-Student Association at her daughters middle school, who has come to see the districts increasi

16、ngly pressured atmosphere as opposed to learning. My son was in fourth grade and told me, Im not going to amount to anything because I have nothing to put on my resume, she said. On the other side are parents like Mike Jia, one of the thousands of Asian-American professionals who have moved to the d

17、istrict in the past decade, who said Aderholds reforms would amount to a dumbing down of his childrens education. What is happening here reflects a national anti-intellectual trend that will not prepare our children for the future, Jia said.D) About 10 minutes from Princeton and an hour and a half f

18、rom New York City, West Windsor and Plainsboro have become popular bedroom communities for technology entrepreneurs, researchers and engineers, drawn in large part by the public schools. From the last three graduating classes, 16 seniors were admitted to MIT. It produces Science Olympiad winners, cl

19、assically trained musicians and students with perfect SAT scores.E) The district has become increasingly popular with immigrant families from China, India and Korea. This year, 65 percent of its students are Asian-American, compared with 44 percent in 2007. Many of them are the first in their famili

20、es born in the United States. They have had a growing influence on the district. Asian-American parents are enthusiastic supporters of the competitive instrumental music program. They have been huge supporters of the districts advanced mathematics program, which once began in the fourth grade but wi

21、ll now start in the sixth. The change to the program, in which 90 percent of the participating students are Asian-American, is one of Aderholds reforms.F) Asian-American students have been eager participants in a state program that permits them to take summer classes off campus for high school credi

22、t, allowing them to maximize the number of honors and Advanced Placement classes they can take, another practice that Aderhold is limiting this school year. With many Asian-American children attending supplementary instructional programs, there is a perception among some white families that the elem

23、entary school curriculum is being sped up to accommodate them.G) Both Asian-American and white families say the tension between the two groups has grown steadily over the past few years, as the number of Asian families has risen. But the division has become more obvious in recent months as Aderhold

24、has made changes, including no-homework nights, an end to high school midterms and finals, and an initiative that made it easier to participate in the music program.H) Jennifer Lee, professor of sociology at the University of California, Irvine, and an author of the Asian American Achievement Parado

25、x, says misunderstanding between first-generation Asian-American parents and those who have been in this country longer are common. What white middle-class parents do not always understand, she said, is how much pressure recent immigrants feel to boost their children into the middle class. They dont

26、 have the same chances to get their children internships (实习职位) or jobs at law firms, Lee said. So what they believe is that their children must excel and beat their white peers in academic settings so they have the same chances to excel later. I) The issue of the stresses felt by students in elite

27、school districts has gained attention in recent years as schools in places like Newton, Massachusetts, and Palo Alto have reported a number of suicides. West Windsor-Plainsboro has not had a teenage suicide in recent years, but Aderhold, who has worked in the district for seven years and been chief

28、for the last three years, said he had seen troubling signs. In a recent art assignments, a middle school student depicted (描绘) an overburdened child who was being scolded for earning an A, rather than an A+ , on a math exam. In the image, the mother scolds the student with the words, Shame on you! F

29、urther, he said, the New Jersey Education Department has flagged at least two pieces of writing on state English language assessments in which students expressed suicidal thoughts.J) The survey commissioned by the district found that 68 percent of high school honor and Advanced Placement students re

30、ported feeling stressed about school always or most of the time. We need to bring back some balance, Aderhold said. You dont want to wait until its too late to do something. K) Not all public opinion has fallen along racial lines. Karen Sue, the Chinese-American mother of a fifth-grader and an eight

31、h-grader, believes the competition within the district has gotten out of control. Sue, who was born in the United States to immigrant parents, wants her peers to dial it back. Its become an arms race, an educational arms race, she said. We all want our kids to achieve and be successful. The question

32、 is, at what cost36. Aderhold is limiting the extra classes that students are allowed to take off campus.37. White and Asian-American parents responded differently to Aderholds appeal.38. Suicidal thoughts have appeared in some students writings.39. Aderholds reform of the advanced mathematics progr

33、am will affect Asian-American students most.40. Aderhold appealed for parents support in promoting an all-round development of children, instead of focusing only on their academic performance.41. One Chinese-American parent thinks the competition in the district has gone too far.42. Immigrant parent

34、s believe that academic excellence will allow their children equal chances to succeed in the future.43. Many businessmen and professionals have moved to West Windsor and Plainsboro because of the public schools there.44. A number of students in Aderholds school district were found to have stress-ind

35、uced mental health problems.45. The tension between Asian-American and white families has increased in recent years.Section CDirections: There are 2 passages in this section. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A), B), C

36、) and D). You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.Passage OneQuestions 46 and 50 are based on the following passage.For thousands of years, people have known that the best way to understand a concept is to explain

37、 it to someone else. While we teach, we learn, said Roman philosopher Seneca. Now scientists are bringing this ancient wisdom up-to-date. Theyre documenting why teaching is such a fruitful way to learn, and designing innovative ways for young people to engage in instruction.Researchers have found th

38、at students who sign up to tutor others work harder to understand the material, recall it more accurately and apply it more effectively. Student teachers score higher on tests than pupils whore learning only for their own sake. But how can children, still learning themselves, teach others One answer

39、: They can tutor younger kids. Some studies have found that first-born children are more intelligent than their later-born siblings (兄弟姐妹). This suggests their higher IQs result from the time they spend teaching their siblings. Now educators are experimenting with ways to apply this model to academi

40、c subjects. They engage college undergraduates to teach computer science to high school students, who in turn instruct middle school students on the topic.But the most cutting-edge tool under development is the teachable agenta computerized character who learns, tries, makes mistakes and asks questi

41、ons just like a real-world pupil. Computer scientists have created an animated (动画的) figure called Bettys Brain, who has been taught about environmental science by hundreds of middle school students. Student teachers are motivated to help Betty master certain materials. While preparing to teach, the

42、y organize their knowledge and improve their own understanding. And as they explain the information to it, they identify problems in their own thinking.Feedback from the teachable agents further enhances the tutors learning. The agents questions compel student tutors to think and explain the materia

43、ls in different ways, and watching the agent solve problems allows them to see their knowledge put into action.Above all, its the emotions one experiences in teaching that facilitate learning. Student tutors feel upset when their teachable agents fail, but happy when these virtual pupils succeed as

44、they derive pride and satisfaction from someone elses accomplishment.46. What are researchers rediscovering through their studiesA) Senecas thinking is still applicable today.B) Better learners will become better teachers.C) Human intelligence tends to grow with age.D) Philosophical thinking improve

45、s instruction.47. What do we learn about Bettys BrainA) It is a character in a popular animation.B) It is a teaching tool under development.C) It is a cutting-edge app in digital games.D) It is a tutor for computer science students.48. How does teaching others benefit student tutorsA) It makes them

46、aware of what they are strong at.B) It motivates them to try novel ways of teaching.C) It helps them learn their academic subjects better.D) It enables them to better understand their teachers.49. What do students do to teach their teachable agentsA) They motivate them to think independently.B) They

47、 ask them to design their own questions.C) They encourage them to give prompt feedback.D) They use various ways to explain the materials.50. What is the key factor that eases student tutors learningA) Their sense of responsibility. B) Their emotional involvement. C) The learning strategy acquired.D)

48、 The teaching experience gained.Passage TwoQuestions 51 to 55 are based on the following passage.A new batch of young womenmembers of the so-called Millennial (千禧的) generationhas been entering the workforce for the past decade. At the starting line of their careers, they are better educated than their mothers and grandmothers had beenor than their young male counterparts are now. But when they look ahead, they see roadblocks to their success. They believe that women are paid less than men for doing the same job. They think its easier for men to get top executive jobs than it is for them