The twin sisters look so much alike that it’s ________ impossible to tell one from the other.

　　A. even B. almost C. slightly D. hardly

   Too much TV-watching can harm children’s ability to learn and even reduce their chances of getting a college degree, new studies suggest in the latest effort to examine the effects of television on children.

   One of the studies looked at nearly 400 northern California third-graders. Those with TVs in their bedrooms scored about eight points lower on math and language arts tests than children without bedrooms TVs.

   A second study, looking at nearly 1,000 grown-ups in New Zealand, found lower education levels among 26-year-olds who had watched lots of TV during childhood. But the results don’t prove that TV is the cause and don’t rule out that already poorly motivated youngsters(年輕人)may watch lots of TV.

   Their study measured the TV habits of 26-year-olds between ages 5 and 15. Those with college degrees had watched an average of  less than two hours of TV per weeknight during childhood, compared with an average of more than 2?? hours for those who had no education beyond high school.

   In the California study, children with TVs in their rooms but no computer at home scored the lowest, while those with no bedroom TV but who had home computers scored the highest.

   While this study does not prove that bedroom TV sets caused the lower scores, it adds to accumulating findings that children shouldn’t have TVs in their bedrooms.

According to the California study, the low-scoring group might ______.

       A. have watched a lot of TV

       B. not be interested in math

       C. be unable to go to college

       D. have had computers in their bedrooms

What is the researchers’ understanding of the New Zealand study results?

       A. Poorly motivated 26-year-olds watch more TV.

       B. Habits of TV watching reduce learning interest.

       C. TV watching leads to lower education levels of the 15-year-olds.

       D. The connection between TV and education levels is difficult to explain.

What can we learn from the last two paragraphs?

       A. More time should be spent on computers.

       B. Children should be forbidden from watching TV.

       C. TV sets shouldn’t be allowed in children’s bedrooms.

       D. Further studies on high-achieving students should be done.

What would be the best title for this text?

       A. Computers or Television

       B. Effects of Television on Children

       C. Studies on TV and College Education

       D. Television and Children’s Learning Habits

單詞拼寫

The sights of the city never fail to make a strong  i????????????????????_______________ on foreign tourists.

She graduated from college just last year, so she was an  i_________________ teacher.

It is a great  h_______________ for a journalist to be sent to Beijing to cover the Olympic Games.

The scientist made great ___________________ (貢獻) to the film industry.

Although I am quite busy this month, I don't want to miss my cousin’s wedding __________(典禮).

According to the spokesman, he is not ________________ (牽涉) in the event.

I want to be one of the _______________（志愿者）to work for the 2012 London Olympic Games.

In our school, all teachers and students have free  a_____________ to the library.

_______________(不幸)，we didn't succeed in preventing the river from being polluted by these factories.

His progress is far away from his parents’  s__________________, so he will go on working hard.

SECTION C ( 25 points)

Directions: Write an English composition according to the instructions given below in Chinese

你班有三分之二的同學經(jīng)常不在家吃早餐，而其他的同學認為在外面吃早餐有很多的弊端。為此，你班進行了討論。請結合下表內(nèi)容，介紹討論的情況并發(fā)表自己的看法。

    注意：1. 詞數(shù)100左右，開頭和結尾已為你寫好（不計入總詞數(shù)）；

          2. 應適當增加細節(jié)，以使行文連貫。

We have made a debate whether we should have breakfast outside. Some think it is very good. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________                                                                          

_______________________________________________________________________________

 His daughter ___     his company when he was ill.

A. took out    B. took over       C. took place              D. took up

  The doctor is not quite sure about what ________ the head injury will have on the patient. It may even cause brain damage.

    A  affect       B  effect       C  affection   D  effective

Miss Wang is ________ a teacher. She’s our best friend.

A. not more than   B. other than   C. no more than    D. more than

“Oh, come on, Mary, it’s not that bad.” Mrs. Brown said to her crying daughter, trying to ______her. w_w w. k#s5_u.c o*m

A．comfort             B．treat      C．interest        D．satisfy

Look, dark clouds are gathering. It is ______ to rain soon.

A. perhaps       B. maybe            C. likely        D. probably

第三部分：閱讀理解（共20小題；每小題2分，滿分40分

Ammie Reddick from East Kilbride, Lanarkshire, was only 18 months old when she had the accident that had scarred（留下創(chuàng)傷） her for life. The curious child reached up to grab the wire of a hot kettle in the family kitchen and poured boiling water over her tiny infant frame.

Her mother Ruby turned round and, seeing Ammie horribly burnt, called an ambulance which rushed her daughter to a nearby hospital. Twenty percent of Ammie’s body had been burned and all of her burns were third-degree. There, using tissue taken from unburned areas of Ammie’s body, surgeons（外科醫(yī)生）performed complex skin grafts（移植） to close her wounds and control her injuries, an operation that took about six hours. Over the next 16 years, Ammie underwent 12 more operations to repair her body.

When she started school at Maxwelton Primary at age 4, other pupils made cruel comments or simply wouldn’t play with her. “ I was the only burned child in the street, the class and the school,” she recalled, “some children refused to become friends because of that.”

Today, age 17, Ammie can only ever remember being a burned person with scars; pain is a permanent part of her body. She still has to have two further skin grafts. Yet she is a confident, outgoing teenager who offers inspiration and hope to other young burns victims.

She is a member of the Scottish Burned Chindren’s Club, a charity set up last year. This month, Ammie will be joining the younger children at the Graffham Water Center in Cambridgeshire for the charity’s first summer camp. “I’ll show them how to shrug off unkind stares from others,” she says. Ammie loves wearing fashionable sleeveless tops, and she plans to show the youngsters at the summer camp that they can too. “I do not go to great lengths to hide my burns scars,” she says, “I gave up wondering how other people would react years ago.”

56.What would be the best title of the passage?

A. Angel of Hope                                          B. A seriously burned girl survives

C. Permanent scars and pain for a girl                D. Shrug off unkind stares

57. How many operations has Ammie already had?

     A. One       B. Twelve        C. Thirteen        D. Fifteen

58. What did other children do when Ammie first went to school?

     A. They were friendly to her                    B. They laughed at her

     C. They were cruel to her                   D. They were afraid of her

59. Ammie will teach the younger children at the Graffham Water Center to ____.

     A. hide their scars by proper dressing          B. face others’ unkindness bravely

     C. recover quickly                                           D. live a normal life

60. Which of the following words is not proper to describe Ammie?

     A. Confident      B. Outgoing       C. Optimistic      D. Fashionable