In many ways, the earliest periods of photography are the most satisfying. Learning to use the controls is easy and comes quickly, and you can measure the results in terms of sharp and correctly developed pictures. Once you have mastered that, you can start on the second step of your photographic work. Using these basic skills in the wide variety of situations to give the pictures you want, noticing what you see through the viewfinder and turning that into the most effective picture becomes totally interesting.

All good photographs have one thing in common: there is no doubt what the subject of the picture is meant to be. Every photographer must use those same standards to his or her work, not only to finished results but to the subject before he or she takes it. Always work out quite clearly what the subject of the picture is to be and why you are taking the picture. For example, "I am going to take a picture of this street to show the different styles and ages of the buildings and that people have been living, working and shopping in them since time began." By doing this you have a better idea of what to include in the picture and what to leave out. How often have you been shown photographs taken by people away on a trip somewhere? The judgment is always similar, something about "the car park is out of the picture to the left", or "you can't quite see from this picture but if you go up the street". The photographs are usually collections of buildings, people, parked cars, possibly a distant look of an ancient church, and best of all, a figure which you are told is Aunt Henrietta, disappearing in the middle distance. When photographers show you their pictures, they have a clear idea of what they want to bring to your attention, but it often does not appear in the picture. If they had given just a little of their time to think about their future judgment before taking the picture, then the picture would relate its own story. Good pictures can show their subjects quickly and easily.

64. What does the author mean by saying "in many ways, the earliest periods of photography are the most satisfying"?

A. The skills of photography are not as satisfactory nowadays as before.

B. The earliest pictures were the best pictures people have ever taken.

C. The present-day photography depends more on technology than on art.

D. Learning to produce a sharp and correctly developed picture is only the first step in photography and is easily learned.

65. What will it bring you if you decide the purpose of the photograph in advance?

A. It will allow you to leave out unnecessary material.

B. It will allow you to stand in the best place.

C. It will help you to vary the subjects of your pictures.

D. It means you will waste less time.

66. Many photographers fail because ______.

A. their pictures include both buildings and people    

B. everything is not clear in their pictures

C. the subjects of their pictures are not obvious

D. the explanation given for their pictures is mistaken

67. What book is this passage most likely taken from?

A. A book on photography for news reporters.   B. A book on how to photograph people.

C. A book on choosing the right camera.            D. A book on improving photographic techniques.

第四部分：寫作（共兩節(jié)，滿分40分）

第一節(jié)  完成句子（共10小題；每小題1.5分，滿分15分）

    閱讀下列各小題，根據(jù)括號(hào)內(nèi)的漢語提示，用句末括號(hào)內(nèi)的英語單詞完成句子，并將答案寫在答題卡上的相應(yīng)題號(hào)后。

71．Every year one million tourists visit Stonehenge, which is believed_______ (修建) before the Pyramids, about 4000 years ago. (construct )

72．My children have grown and left me. How I wish I_______ (沒浪費(fèi)) so many precious moments.(waste)

73．Mr. Brown was not a genius, nor _______ (他懂) physics. (understand)

74．Up to now, the World Expo___ (舉行了) in 24 cities of 13 countries including China. (hold)

75．Yesterday we listened to a speech made by the professor _______ (他的研究旨在) improving agriculture. (aim)

76．He is wondering_______ (要花多少能量) to raise the temperature of oil by 1℃. (take)

77．The water recreation center provides a variety of activities, _______ (范圍從游泳到跳水). (range)

78．Lily hasn’t turned up yet. She _______ (一定是忘了) the appointment. (forget)

79．At present some active measures _______ (正在采取) to help the people in the drought – stricken areas in Southwest China. (take)

80．When he turned back, he saw his bag _______ (卡在) the door of the bus. (stick)

New technology links the world as never before. Our planet has shrunk（收縮）. It’s now a “global village” where countries are only seconds away by fax or phone or satellite link. And, of course, our ability to benefit from this high-tech communication’s equipment is greatly enhanced by foreign language skills.

    Deeply involved with this new technology is a breed of modern businesspeople who have a growing respect for the economic value of doing business abroad. In modern markets, success overseas often helps support domestic(國內(nèi)的) business efforts.

    Overseas assignments are becoming increasingly important to advancement within executive(行政的) ranks. The executive stationed in another country no longer need fear being “out of sight and out of mind.” He or she can be sure that the overseas effort is central to the company’s plan for success, and that promotions often follow or accompany an assignment abroad. If an employee can succeed in a difficult assignment overseas, superior will have greater confidence in his or her ability to cope back in the United States where cross-cultural considerations and foreign language issues are becoming more and more common.

    Thanks to a variety of relatively inexpensive communications devices with business applications, even small businesses in the United States are able to get into international markets.

    English is still the international language of business. But there is an ever-growing need for people who can speak another language. A second language isn’t generally required to get a job in business, but having language skills gives a candidate(候選人) the edge when other qualifications appear to be equal.

The employee posted abroad who speaks the country’s principal language has an opportunity to fast-forward certain negotiations, and can have the cultural insight to know when it is better to move more slowly. The employee at the home office who can communicate well with foreign clients(客戶) over the telephone or by fax machine is an obvious asset to the firm.

65. What is the author’s attitude toward high-tech communications equipment?

A. Critical.                   B. Indifferent.               C. Negative.                 D. Positive.

66. With the increased use of high-tech communications equipment, business people_________.

A. have to get familiar with modern technology

B. are gaining more economic benefits from domestic operations

C. are placing more importance on their overseas business

D. are eager to work overseas

67. In this passage, “out of sight and out of mind” (Para. 3) probably means _________.

A. being unable to think properly for lack of insight

B. being totally out of touch with business at home

C. missing opportunities for promotion when abroad

D. leaving all care and worry behind

68. According to the passage, what is an important consideration of international corporations in employing people today?

A. Connections with businesses overseas.     B. Ability to speak the client’s language.

C. Technical know-how.                                   D. Business experience.

卷II （非選擇題，共40分）

第三部分 寫作（共三節(jié)，滿分40分）

第一節(jié) 單詞拼寫（共20小題；每小題1分，滿分20分）

根據(jù)下列句子及所給漢語注釋，寫出空缺處各單詞的正確形式。（每空只寫一詞）

（請(qǐng)將答案寫在答題卡上的指定位置）

1．If you take away 3 from 8, 5 _____ （剩下）．                       1．        

2．We’ve just bought a big house and need some new _____ （家具）． 2．        

3．It is no use _____ （后悔） what you have done．           3．        

4．It was so cold that many wild animals were_____ （凍） to death． 4．        

5．This is not the _____ （原創(chuàng)） picture, but just a copy of it．          5．        

6．December is the _____ （第十二） month of the year．           6．        

7．I’m _____ （好奇的） to know what she said.           7．        

8．They are now living _____ （分開）．                8．        

9．She _____ （提醒） me that I hadn’t written to Mother.           9．        

10．Taking morning exercise can make people much _____ （健康）．   10．        

11．He’s _____ （明顯） a man of very high intelligence．          11．        

12．Not all of the _____ （屋頂） of the houses in this area are flat．  12．        

13．We apologize for the late_____ （到達(dá)） of the train．          13．        

14．_____ （比較） to many women, she is indeed very fortunate．            14．        

15．He is about five feet in _____ （高度）．                 15．        

16．If you are all sitting _____ （舒服）, then I’ll begin．            16．         

17．She is making _____ （準(zhǔn)備） for her marriage．          17．        

18．John _____ （復(fù)習(xí)） his notes before going to bed．             18．        

19．She is famous, both at home and _____ （國外）．           19．        

20．The thief spoke in a low voice, _____ （承認(rèn)） he had stolen the money.      20．        

Mount Wuyi is such an attractive place of interest ________ everyone likes to visit.

     A．that                       B．a(chǎn)s                  C．which               D．what  

 “The world's oceans are slowly getting more acidic(酸的),” say scientists. The researchers from California report that the change is taking place in response to higher levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.

      The lowering of the waters' PH value is not great at the moment but could cause a serious threat to current ocean life if it continues, they warn. Ken Caldeira and Michael Wickett, from the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, report their concerns in the journal Nature. Increasing use of oil fuels means more carbon dioxide is going into the air, and most of it will eventually be absorbed by seawater. Once in the water, it reacts to form carbonic acid. Scientists believe that the oceans have already become slightly more acidic over the last century.

       These researchers have tried to predict what will happen in the future by combining what we know about the history of the oceans with computer models of climate change. “This level of acidity will get much more extreme in the future if we continue releasing CO2 into the atmosphere,” said Dr Caldeira. And we predict the amount of future acidity will be greater than anything we have seen over the last several hundred million years.

       However, it is not absolutely clear what that means for ocean life. Most organisms live near the surface, where the greatest PH change would be expected to occur, but deep－ocean life forms may be more sensitive to PH changes. Coral reefs and other organisms whose shells contain calcium carbonate(碳酸鈣) may be particularly affected if the water's acidity levels keep going up, the team predict. They could find it much more difficult to build these structures in water with a lower PH.

       In recent years some people have suggested storing carbon dioxide from power station in the deep ocean as a way of dealing with global warming. But Dr Caldeira said that such a strategy should now be re—considered. “Previously, most experts had looked at ocean absorption of carbon dioxide as a good thing——because in releasing CO2 into the atmosphere we warm the planet, and when CO2 is absorbed by the ocean, it reduces the amount of greenhouse warming.”

67. The ocean is becoming more acidic due to___________.

A. the lower water PH value                              B. the warming atmosphere

C. the higher level of CO2 in the air                   D. the increasing use of oil fuels

68. According to Dr Caldeira, ___________.

A. ocean absorption of carbon dioxide is a good thing

B. more oil fuels will be used in the near future

C. scientists may predict climate changes with computer models

D. the future situation of the amount of acidity is extremely serious

69. If the water's acidity level keeps rising, ___________.

A. ocean life whose structures contain calcium carbonate may be affected

B. the water's PH value will become higher and higher

C. organisms living near the surface are more sensitive to PH changes

D. some disastrous events will occur more often than before

70. Most experts once believed storing carbon dioxide in the ocean would reduce___________.

A. the CO2 absorbed by the ocean               B. the amount of greenhouse warming

C. the acidity of the ocean                          D. the gradual release of CO2

         Bernice Gallego sat down one day this summer, as she does pretty much every day, and began listing items on eBay．She dug into a box and pulled out a baseball card．She stopped for a moment and admired the picture．“Red Stocking B．B．Club of cincinnati,” the card read, under the reddish brown color photo of 10 men with their socks pulled up to their knees．

As a collector and seller, it's her job to spot old items that might have value today．It's what Bernice, 72, and her husband, Al Gallego, 80, have been doing since 1974 at their California antique （古玩） store．

         This card, she figured, was worth selling on eBay．She took a picture, wrote a description and put it up for auction （拍賣）．She put a $10 price tag on it, deciding against $15 because it would have cost her an extra 20 cents．Later that night she got a few odd inquiries—someone wanting to know whether the card was real, someone wanting her to end the auction and sell him the card immediately．

         The card is actually 139 years old．Sports card collectors call the find "extremely rare" and estimate the card could fetch five, or perhaps, six figures at auction．

         Just like that, Bemice is the least likely character ever for a rare-baseball card story．"I didn't even know baseball existed that far back," Gallego says, "I don't think that I've ever been to a baseball game．" The theory is that the card came out of a storage space they bought a few years back．It is not uncommon in their line of work to buy the entire contents of storage units for around $200．

         When she met with card trader Rick Mirigian, she found out what the card was—an 1869 advertisement with a picture of the first professional baseball team, the Cincinnati Red Stockings．

         "When I came to meet her and she took it out of a sandwich bag and she was smoking a cigarette, I almost fainted," Mirigian says．"They've uncovered a piece of history that few people will ever be able to imagine．That card is history．It's like unearthing a Mona Lisa or a Picasso．"

64．What can we conclude from Paragraph 3?

         A．Bernice had to pay some fees for her card on eBay．

         B．Bernice wanted to end the auction that night．

         C．Bernice decided to sell the card for $15．

         D．eBay charged her 20 cents for the card．

65．The underlined word "fetch" in Paragraph 4 most probably means "____"．

         A．go and bring    B．a(chǎn)dd up to          C．go down to      D．be sold for

66．From the passage, we may learn that ____．

         A．Bernice is a baseball fan

         B．Bernice is the last person to purchase the rare-baseball card

         C．Bernice unexpectedly became the owner of the rare-baseball card

         D．Bernice didn't realize the value of the card until she put it up for auction

67．What would be the best title for the passage?

         A．A Surprisingly Valuable Discovery    

         B．Bemice Gallego—A Lucky Collector

         C．Sports Card Collectors         

        D．The History of the Baseball Card

Ⅲ 寫作(共兩節(jié),滿分40分)

第一節(jié) 基礎(chǔ)寫作(共1小題，滿分15分)

為迎接2010年廣州亞運(yùn)會(huì)，廣州市舉辦了一場(chǎng)英語才藝展示活動(dòng)(English talent show)。以下是活動(dòng)的海報(bào)：

“愛廣州，迎亞運(yùn)”英語才藝表演

時(shí)間: 2010年1月25日

地點(diǎn)：人民公園

參加者: 廣州地區(qū)的中學(xué)生

項(xiàng)目：英語歌曲、英語短劇、英語故事

目的：用英語宣傳廣州、宣傳亞運(yùn)；

激發(fā)學(xué)英語的興趣

［寫作內(nèi)容］

    假設(shè)你參加了此次活動(dòng)，請(qǐng)你用英語寫一篇短文，回顧本次活動(dòng)的點(diǎn)滴。內(nèi)容包括：

1. 活動(dòng)的情況介紹；   2. 你所參加的活動(dòng)內(nèi)容：短劇表演，擔(dān)任主角；   3. 你的感受：……

［寫作要求］

只能使用5個(gè)句子表達(dá)全部?jī)?nèi)容。

［評(píng)分標(biāo)準(zhǔn)］

句子結(jié)構(gòu)準(zhǔn)確，信息內(nèi)容完整，篇章結(jié)構(gòu)連貫。

                               HANS Christian Andersen put Denmark on the map of the world literature with his stories The Emperor's New Clothes, The Little Mermaid (小美人魚) and The Ugly Duckling. Now Copenhagen, the country's capital, has become the center of the world political map, with 190 world leaders attending the climate talks there, not to mention thousands of reporters.

      Just how much do you know about the Scandinavian country?

      Denmark is famous for its design culture. At the heart of “Danish Design” is the idea that, as poet and designer Piet Hein puts it: “There is one art, not more, nor less, [and that is] to do all things with artlessness (樸實(shí))”.

      Danish design places equal emphasis on practicality and quality. From Lego toys to furniture, Danish products are known for their clean lines, simplicity and functionality. “Remove material where it's not needed. Keep things simple and functional and make them carefully,” explained Hans J. Wegner, the first Danish designer to achieve worldwide fame: “The aim is not to create a work of art, but to produce a good chair.”

     “The Danes have done a better job than most in promoting arts in Europe, considering their country's size and population, in the fields of architecture, sculpture and design,” writes Helena Smith, reporter with British newspaper the Guardian.

      The simplicity of Danish design may extend to the quality of life there. Some even claim that the Danes have the highest quality of life of any nation in the world.

      Kate Vial, a 55-year-old American who has lived and worked in Denmark for more than 30 years, explaining why she chooses to live in Denmark rather than the US, told Germany's biggest news weekly Der Spiegel: “I just chose a simpler lifestyle, one where I could ride my bike all over and where I don't have to make a great living to survive.”

41. What’s the writer’s purpose of mentioning Denmark’s literature?

   A. To show the readers that Denmark is best known for its stories.

   B. To arouse readers’ interest in Denmark.

   C. To tell the readers that this passage is related to literature.

   D. To show why Denmark can attract so many political leaders.

42. What is Denmark famous for according to the passage?

   A. Design culture   B. Making chairs   C. Writing poems   D. Climate prediction

43. Which statement is true according to the passage?

   A. Danish design pays more attention to arts than its function.

   B. Danish products don’t need much material.

   C. Danish people like to keep simple life.

   D. Compared with other countries in Europe, Denmark does little in promoting arts.

44. In Piet Hein’s opinion, the characteristic of Danish culture is _____________.

   A. Creative       B. Complicated    C. Impractical         D. Simple

45. What is the best title for the passage?

   A. Danes conquer the world with simple designs.

   B. Denmark—a new political center.

   C. Life in Denmark.

   D. Designer’s idea of Denmark.

Five years ago, David Smith wore an expensive suit to work every day. “I was a clothes addict(迷),” he jokes. “I used to carry a fresh suit to work with me so I could change if my clothes got wrinkled(皺的).” Today David wears casual clothes — khaki pants and a sports shirt — to the office. He hardly ever wears a necktie. “I’m working harder than ever,” David says, “and I need to feel comfortable.”

More and more companies are allowing their office workers to wear casual clothes to work. In the United States, the changes from formal to casual office wear have been slow. In the early 1990s, many companies allowed their workers to wear casual clothes on Friday (but only on Friday).This became known as “dress-down Friday” or “casual Friday”. “What started out as an extra one-day-a-week benefit for workers has really become an everyday thing,” said business adviser Maisly Jones.?

Why have so many companies started allowing their workers to wear casual clothes? One reason is that it's easier for a company to attract new workers if it has a casual dress code. “A lot of young people don't want to dress up for work,” says the owner of a software company, “so it's hard to hire people if you have a conservative dress code.” Another reason is that people seem happier and more productive when they are wearing comfortable clothes. In a study made by Levi Strauss and Company, 85 percent of employers said that casual dress has a side effect on work. Supporters of casual office wear also say that a casual dress code helps them save money. “Suits are expensive, if you have to wear one every day,” one person said. “For the same amount of money, you can buy a lot more casual clothes.”?

31. David Smith refers to himself as having been “a clothes addict” because ______________.

A. he often wore khaki pants and a sports shirt?

B. he couldn't stand a clean appearance?

C. he wanted his clothes to look tidy and clean all the time?

D. he didn’t want to spend much money on clothes?

32. David Smith wears casual clothes now, because ______________.?

A. they make him feel at ease when working?   

B. he cannot afford to buy expensive clothes?

C. he looks handsome in casual clothes?           

D. he no longer works for any company?

33. According to this passage, which of the following is FALSE?

A. Many workers don’t like a conservative dress code.?

B. Comfortable clothes make workers more productive.?

C. A casual clothes code is welcomed by young workers.?

D. All the employers in the U.S. are for casual office wear.?

34. According to this passage, which of the following is TRUE?

A. Company workers started to dress down about twenty years ago.?

B. Dress-down has become an everyday phenomenon since the early 1990s.?

C. “Dress-down Friday” was first given as a favor from employers.?

D. Many workers want to wear casual clothes to impress people.?

35. In this passage, the following advantages of casual office wear are mentioned EXCEPT ______________.?

A. saving worker’s money                                

B. making workers more attractive?

C. improving worker’s feeling                          

D. making workers happier