. No one knows exactly ______ after 2012.

A. what will our world look like   B. how will our world look like

C. what our world will look like   D. how our world will look like

Why People Get Tattoos

Jack lay, quiet and unmoving, for thirty minutes while a stranger repeatedly stabbed (刺) him with sharp needles, causing blood to pour steadily out of his leg. Jack was getting a tattoo. His friend Tony had  recently gotten a tattoo, and Jack was so impressed by it that he decidedto get one too. Peer pressure, media influence, and personal expression are some of the common reasons for wearing tattoos today.

The desire to be accepted by one’s friends or peers can have a great influence on what a person does. Sometimes, wearing a tattoo can be a sign that you belong to a certain group. Gangs often use special clothes and tattoos to identify their particular group. Some of these groups wear only brand–name clothes. Others wear tattoos. When a person’s friends are all doing something, that person is more likely to do the same thing.

The media is another big influence behind the popularity of tattoos in North America. A wide variety of media images (人物，圖像) show tattoos－people appearing in commercials selling expensive cars, famous sports heroes with tattoos in magazines, fashion models wearing designer clothes that show their bodies tattooed with detailed and colorful patterns. These media images link tattoos to ideas of wealth, success, and status. As a result, many people decide to get a tattoo for its fashion and status value.

Many people decide to wear tattoos in order to express their artistic nature, their beliefs, or their feelings－in other words, to show their individuality (個性). A musician in a rock band may get a tattoo of a guitar on the arm. Some environmentalists may tattoo pictures of endangered animals on their shoulders. A tattoo can be a public sign to show what is important in a person's life.

As you can see, there are many reasons why young North Americans get tattoos. A tattoo can be part of a group's uniform, a sign of fashion or an expression of individuality. The decision to get a tattoo is most often a result of the influence of friends or media or the desire to express oneself. For Jack, it was a mixture of all three.

45. Jack has got tattoos in order to ______.

      A. show his great bravery      B. gain a special experience

       C. make himself more healthy      D. be different from others

46. According to the passage, media images are linked to ______.

       A. traditional lifestyle   B. social position    C. cultural background    D. public interest

47. We can infer from the passage that ______.

       A. some people get tattoos out of pressure   

       B. tattoo is related to religious belief

       C. getting tattoos costs a lot of money 

       D. most people with tattoos are artists

48. Which of the following shows the structure of the passage?

CP: Central Point     P: Point     Sp: Sub – point (次要點)    C: Conclusion

第四部分：寫作（共二節(jié)，滿分45分）

第一節(jié)  閱讀表達（共5小題；每小題3分，滿分15分）

閱讀下面的短文，并根據(jù)短文后的要求答題（請注意問題后的字數(shù)要求）。

Courage is admitting that you are afraid and facing the fear directly. It’s being strong enough to ask for help and humble enough to accept it.

Courage is standing up for what you believe in without worrying about the opinions of others. It’s following your own heart, living your own life, and settling for nothing less than the best for yourself.

Courage is daring to take the first step, a big leap, or the different path. It’s attempting to do something that no one else has done before and all others think impossible.

Courage is keeping in the face of disappointment and looking at defeat not as an end but as a new beginning. It’s believed that things will ultimately get better even as they get worse.

Courage is                your own actions and admitting your own mistakes without placing blame on others. It’s not relying on others for your success, but on your own skills and efforts.

Courage is refusing to quit even when you are threatened by impossibility. It’s choosing a goal, sticking to it, and finding solutions to the problems.

Courage is thinking big, aiming high, and shooting far. It’s taking a dream and doing anything, risking everything, and stopping at nothing to make it a reality.

76．What’s the best title of this passage?

77．Which sentence in the passage can be replaced by the following one?

Courage is supporting what you trust without being influenced by others.

78．Please fill in the blank in proper words.( within 10 words)

79．What definition of courage do you most agree? Why? (within 30 words)

80．Translate the underlined sentence into Chinese.

The final _____ of the play will take place on Monday.

     A．action      B．performance         C．view      D．sight

 In the action adventure movie Avatar, James Cameron, ______director of Titanic, takes us to __________ new world beyond our imagination.

A. a;  the      B. the;  a      C. a;  a D. the;  the

It is only when you get close to the National Entrance Exam _______fully realize how much time you have wasted.

A. do you         B. then you         C. will you         D. that you will

34．--- My sister is a typist at a foreign firm.

    --- I know this sort of work          skill and speed.

       A．asks for    B．calls for    C．looks for   D．waits for

第三部分：閱讀理解 （共兩節(jié)，滿分40分）

第一節(jié)（共15小題，每題2分，滿分30分）

閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的四個選項（A、B、C和D）中，選出最佳選項，并在答題卡上將該項涂黑。

The days of a pain-free visit to the dentist may not be far off. This is thanks to a little Japanese woman in a pink sweater, named Simroid. With a limited vocabulary, Simroid, the 160cm-tall robot is happy to feel your pain.

   Simroid is designed to be used at medical colleges. She has realistic looking skin, eyes, and a mouth fitted with replica (仿制) teeth. Her chest also rises and falls as if she is breathing. Simroid releases a clear “ouch!” whenever a trainee dentist presses her teeth too hard with a tool. And she gives a reassuring “that’s better” when the drill hits the right place.

   “We want to use the robots to train dentists to worry about whether patients are comfortable, and not just focus on medical techniques,” said Naotake Shubui, a professor at Nippon Dental University in Japan who helped develop Simroid.

   The robot was one of hundreds of cutting-edge devices on display at the world’s biggest robot exhibition last week in Japan.

As scientists improve the design of robots, they could soon be serving tea to office workers or directing shoppers. Today’s robots look and act much like the humans who invented them.

   In Japan, robots can already be found working as home helps, office receptionists and security guards, as well as on the factory floor. There were more than 370,000 industrial robots in use in Japan in 2005, according to a report by Macquarie bank,40 percent of the world total, with 32 robots for every 1,000 workers. The economy ministry believes that the Japanese robot market will be worth more than $52 billion by 2025.

   Human work is being helped, and even replaced, by mechanical efficiency in almost every area, from golf-bag carriers to public toilet cleaners.

   But many scientists believe the age of the service robot is not far off. It will arrive once machines are capable of connecting with humans on an emotional level. Judging by the Tokyo exhibition, that process has already begun.

56. Simroid is designed to _________.

A. aid dental trainees to focus on their medical techniques

B. train dentists to be able to share patients’ feelings

C. help patients relax during dental surgery

D. serve as the dentists’ assistance during dental surgery

57. Which of the following about Simroid is NOT true according to the text?

A. She is a robotic dental patient with a realistic appearance.

B. She will let out a scream whenever she feels a pain.

C. She can communicate a lot with dentists.

D. She is able to react in a human –like way to mouth pain.

58. We can learn from the text that ________.

A. robots are widely used in Japan

B. Japan has taken the lead in developing robots

C. the Japanese robot market has greatest potential in the world

D. the world’s biggest robot exhibition is held in Japan every year

59. The phrase “that process” in the last paragraph refers to ________.

A. replacing human work with robots

B. improving mechanical efficiency

C. entering the age of the service robot

D. producing a robot capable of connecting with humans on an emotional level

（二）根據(jù)對話情景和內容，從對話后所給的選項中選出能填入每一空白處的最佳選項，并在答題卡上將該選項涂黑。選項中有兩個為多余選項。

Jack: Hi,Frank

Frank：Hi，Jack

Jack：:  61____                

Frank：Yes，I have some books to read ,but I can do it later

Jack：I want you to do me a favor.

Frank：go ahead 62_________          

Jack：Professor Smith is coming this afternoon, I am expected to meet him at the airport, but I have an important meeting to go to

Frank：I can do it for you .63              

Jack：he’s about your age ,in his early thirties .Tall and handsome

Frank：64_______                      

Jack：oh , about three o’clock , He is taking flight number 231 from Detroit . Thank you

Frank：65_________                    

A：See you this afternoon

B：how can I recognize him?

C：what do you want me to do

D：Are you free this afternoon?

E：when should I leave for the airport

F：I am honored to meet the famous professor

G：Are you going to the meeting this afternoon?

 —What about going out this evening?

—Oh, I don't know. I've got a bit of a headache. And,         John’s coming to see me, so I ought to stay in.

A. though          B. therefore          C. however          D. anyway