We will be free tomorrow, so I suggest ________ to the history museum.

A. to visit      B. visiting         C. we should visit       D. a visit

Despite the fact that all three teams ________ different approaches to the problem, they were all immediate successes.

       A. adopted                    B. acquired                   C. adapted                    D. accumulated

Letterboxes are much more ________ in the UK than in the US, where most people have a mailbox instead．

       A．common   B．normal     C．ordinary   D．usual

All the staff in our company are considering _________ to the city center for the fashion show.

A. to go                B. to have gone      C. having gone              D. going

 With April 18’s railway speedup, highway and air transport will have to compete with __________ service for passengers.

A. good               B. better               C. best            D. the best

第二節(jié)  完形填空(共20小題；每小題1.5分，滿分30分)

閱讀下面短文，選出可以填入空白處的最佳選項，并填在答題卡上。

Dear Kate,

   It is very   36__ that you are coming to our school so soon.  37  you arrive, let me introduce  38   you what our school life is like.

  Our school is quite famous for its long history. It was   39   in the early 1920s. It is a good place   40__we can prepare ourselves well for the future. We have many wonderful teachers who are always ready to __41___help. __42___we pay a lot of attention to how well we do in lessons, achieving high scores is not the only reason to study. The teachers encourage us to try out new ideas and ask questions. __43__their help we have developed all kinds of interests in both Arts and Science. Students can choose to_44__ any school clubs they are _45___in. We can also choose the subjects that we want to study. Last term I selected American Literature, because I wanted to learn about famous American writers. This term I chose to attend music classes because my father bought me a piano_46__ a birthday present.

    __47___, I was elected_ 48___ of my class, __49____it can be _50_ to be a monitor,     __51__I have to do a lot of work and attend many meetings. _52 , being a monitor has taught me a lot, such as caring for others and taking responsibilities and so on. When my class was given the title of “Model Class”, I was __53___than ever before. So being a monitor _54____an important part in my school life .I’m very pleased with my work.

    I love my school and hope that you will have a pleasant experience here too. I am looking forward to  55   you soon.

36. A. excited B. exciting      C. excite  D. excitement

37. A. When   B .After  C. Before       D. As soon as

38. A. to  B. for      C. with    D. in

39. A. finded  B. found  C. founded     D. find

40. A. when    B. where C. that     D. which

41. A. gives    B. offer   C. donates      D. ask

42. A. But      B. Because      C. Though      D. So

43. A. Under   B. With   C. For     D. By

44. A. attend   B. join    C. join in D. take part in

45. A. interest B. interesting  C. interested   D. interests

46. A. for       B. as       C. by      D .with

47. A. On the way  B. In the way  C. By the way D. By way of

48. A. the monitor  B. a monitor   C. monitor      D. monitors

49. A. sometime     B. sometimes  C. some time  D. some times

50. A. tired     B. tiring  C. tire     D. tires

51. A. for       B. but     C. so       D. therefore

52. A. But      B. However    C . So     D. And

53. A. proud   B. more proud       C. prider D. prouder

54. A. playB. takes       C. makes                 D. plays

55. A.meet      B. meeting      C. meets  D. met

Habits are a funny thing. We reach for them mindlessly, setting our brains on auto-pilot and relaxing into the unconscious comfort of familiar routine.“Not choice, but habit rules the unreflecting creatures,”William Wordsworth said in the 19th century. In the ever-changing 21st century, even the word“habit”carries a negative meaning.

       So it seems contradictory to talk about habits in the same context as innovation (創(chuàng)新). But brain researchers have discovered that when we consciously develop new habits, we create parallel paths, and even entirely new brain cells, that can jump our trains of thought onto new, innovative tracks.

       Rather than dismissing ourselves as unchangeable creatures of habit, we can instead direct our own change by consciously developing new habits. In fact, the more new things we try, the more creative we become.

       But don’t bother trying to kill off old habits; once those ruts of procedure are worn into the brain, they’re there to stay. Instead, the new habits we deliberately press into ourselves create parallel pathways that can bypass those old roads.

       “The first thing needed for innovation is attraction to wonder,”says Dawna Markova, author of The Open Mind.“But we are taught instead to‘decide’, just as our president calls himself‘the Decider’．”She adds, however, that“to decide is to kill off all possibilities but one. A good innovational thinker is always exploring the many other possibilities.”

       “All of us work through problems in ways of which we’re unaware,”she says. Researchers in the late 1960s discovered that humans are born with the ability to approach challenges in four primary ways: analytically, procedurally, collaboratively (合作地) and innovatively. At the end of adolescence, however, the brain shuts down half of that ability, preserving only those ways of thought that have seemed most valuable during the first decade or so of life.

       The current emphasis on standardized testing highlights analysis and procedure, meaning that few of us use our innovative and collaborative ways of thought.“This breaks the major rule in the American belief system—that anyone can do anything,”explains M. J. Ryan, author of the 2006 book This Year I Will…and Ms. Markova’s business partner.“That’s a lie that we have preserved, and it fosters commonness. Knowing what you’re good at and doing even more of it creates excellence.”This is where developing new habits comes in.

Brain researchers have discovered that      .

       A．the forming of new habits can be guided

       B．the development of habits can be predicted

       C．the regulation of old habits can be transformed

       D．the track of new habits can be created unconsciously

The underlined word “ruts”in Paragraph 4 is closest in meaning to       .

       A．zones                     B．connections             C．situations                D．tracks

Which of the following statements most probably agrees with Dawna Markova’s view?

       A．Decision makes no sense in choices.

       B．Curiosity makes creative minds active.

       C．Creative ideas are born of a relaxing mind.

       D．Formation of innovation comes from fantastic ideas.

he purpose of the author writing this article is to persuade us       .

       A．to give up our traditional habits deliberately

       B．to create and develop new habits consciously

       C．to resist the application of standardized testing

       D．to believe that old habits conflict with new habits

Ⅲ 寫作(共兩節(jié),滿分40分)

第一節(jié) 基礎寫作(共1小題，滿分15分)

       你加入一批外國朋友到你校參觀，要為外國朋友簡單介紹一下你的家鄉(xiāng)，以下是你為外國朋友簡單介紹以下你的家鄉(xiāng)，以下是你介紹的主要內(nèi)容。

       [寫作內(nèi)容]

地理位置：中國廣東，毗鄰香港；

有300多年的悠久歷史，人口達200萬；

經(jīng)濟高度發(fā)達，人民生活安康；

教育現(xiàn)代化，90%的高中畢業(yè)生進入大學學習；

風景秀麗，每年接待大量來自海內(nèi)外的游客。

       [寫作要求]

只能使用5個句子表達全部的內(nèi)容；

開頭和結尾已給出，不計算在5個句子之內(nèi)；

Ladies and gentlemen

I Would like to introduce my homeyown to you.

                                                                             Thank you and welcome to my hometown!

[評分標準] 句子結構準確，信息內(nèi)容完整，篇章結構連貫。

Self-employed private physicians who charge a fee for each patient visit are the foundation of medical practice in the United States. Most physicians have a contract relationship with one or more hospitals in the community. They send their patients to this hospital, which usually charges patients according to the number of days they stay and the facilities(operating room, tests, medicines that they use). Some hospitals belong to a city, a state or, in the case of veteran's hospitals, a federal government agency. Others are operated by religious orders(教會) or other non-profit groups.

Some medical doctors are on salary. Salaried physicians may work as hospital staff members, or residents, who are often still in training. They may teach in medical schools, be hired by corporations to care for their workers or work for the federal government's Public Health Service.

Physicians are among the best paid professionals in the United States. In the 1980s, it was not uncommon for medical doctors to earn incomes of more than $ 100 000 a year. Specialists, particularly surgeons, might earn several times that amount. Physicians list many reasons why they deserve to be so well rewarded for their work. One reason is the long and expensive preparation required to become a physician in the United States. Most would be physicians first attend college for four years, which can cost nearly $ 20 000 a year at one of the best private institutions. Prospective physicians then attend medical school for four years. Tuition alone can exceed $ 10 000 a year. By the time they have obtained their medical degrees, many young physicians are deeply in debt. They still face three to five years of residency(實習階段) in a hospital, the first year as an apprentice physician. The hours are long and the pay is relatively low.

Setting up a medical practice is expensive, too. Sometimes several physicians will decide to establish a group practice, so they can share the expense of maintaining an office and buying equipment. These physicians also take care of each other's patients in emergencies.

Physicians work long hours and must accept a great deal of responsibility. Many medical procedures, even quite routine ones, involve risk. It is understandable that physicians want to be well rewarded for making decisions which can mean the difference between life and death.

41. According to the passage, it is very unlikely that an American hospital is owned by _______.

A. a church            B. a corporation            C. a city                       D. a state

42. The expenses for becoming a doctor are spent on _______.

A. schooling and retraining                        B. practice in a hospital

C. facilities he or she uses                          D. education he or she receives

43. According to the passage, how long does it take for a would-be physician to become an independent physician in the USA?

A. About seven years.                                B. Eight years.

C. Ten years.                                             D. About twelve years.

44. Sometimes several physicians set up a group medical practice mainly because _______.

A. there are so many patients that it is difficult for one physician to take care all of them

B. they can take turns to work long hours

C. facilities may be too much of a burden for one physician to shoulder

D. no one wants to assume too much responsibility

45. Which of the following statements could fully express the author's view towards physicians’ payment in the USA?

A. For their expensive education and their responsibility, they deserve a handsome pay.

B. It is reasonable for physicians to have a large income because their work is very dangerous.

C. Physicians should be better paid because they work long hours under bad conditions.

D. Physicians have great responsibility, so it is understandable that they should be well rewarded.

According to the comments of the Physical Education teacher, Simon    .

       A．is too talkative in the class

       B．likes to work with his classmates

       C．doesn’t exercise his body at the fight time

       D．becomes weak because he doesn’t exercise at all

Which of Simon’s subjects will attract the headmaster’s attention in future?

       A．Biology and Maths. B．History and French.

       C．English and Chemistry.   D．Physics and Physical Education.

Which of the following statements best describes Simon?

       A．He has made great progress in language classes.

       B．His potential has been fully reflected in science classes.

       C．His grade in maths makes him a born scientist.

       D．He needs to improve his attitude on certain subjects.