Shortly after the accident, two ___ police were sent to the spot to keep order.

A. dozens of    B. dozens    C.dozen       D.dozen of

----I didn’t see her yesterday.

---- Of course, you ____, because he had gone for a trip..

A. can’t            B. may not have  C. can’t have      D. mustn’t have

The professor has received the letter ____ to give a lecture in ftinceton Institute.

A. being invited           B. to be invited     C. inviting him   D. invited

Being determined is a kind of quality and that’s ________ it takes to do anything properly.

　　A. how　　　　 　B. which　　　   　 C. where　　　 　 D. what

We agreed to accept ___________ they thought was the best engineer.

      A. whatever             B. whomever             C. whichever              D. whoever

The reading skills of young male students may improve more when huts are tutored (輔導(dǎo)) by women, a Canadian study shows, contradicting some school policies to hire male teachers to improve boys' literacy.

Herb Katz, an education professor at the University of Alberta, took 175 boys in the third and fourth grades, identified as struggling readers, and paired them with a research assistant who worked on their reading skills for 30 minutes a week over 10 weeks.

On average, the boys paired with female tutors felt better about their reading skills after the 10 weeks than those who were guided by a male research assistant, the study found.

Katz said the study, published in the US journal Sex Roles, may cause educational policy - makers in countries such as Australia and Britain to rethink policies that call for more male teachers to be hired to provide role models for boys whose reading skills fall behind their peers (同齡人). "It tells us that the way governments respond with policy is perhaps a little too quick and a little too simple," Katz said." Boys and girls enter kindergarten with similar reading skills, Katz said, but by the end of the third grade, boys have lower reading scores than girls. The reasons behind that difference are not entirely clear. "I don't know that reading skills fade so much as teachers may not recognize what boys are doing," he said. "We don't really know a lot about boys, even in those early years."

The boys involved in the study attended 12 schools in the City of Winnipeg, Manitoba. Most were from downtown neighborhoods. About a third were native Canadians and 55 percent came from ethnic minority groups.

60. What's the purpose of this passage?

A. To encourage boys to do more reading.          B. To persuade schools to hire female teachers.

C. To advise good ways for reading skills.               D. To provide some information about a study.

61. The underlined word "contradicting" in the first paragraph probably means"…".

A. finding out       B. going against        C. standing by         D. bringing about

62. Which of the following is TRUE about the boys taking part in the study?

A. They have difficulty in reading.           B. They take no interest in reading.

C. They come from different Canadian cities.    D. They have no female teachers at school.

63. It can be known from the passage that _________.

A. women must be better al teaching than men

B. girls do more reading than boys

C. male teachers are preferred to help reading- troubled boys in Australia

D. governments will change their policy on hiring teachers

Microsoft founder Bill Gates has recovered his spot at the top of the US money heap, taking the place of Investor Warren Buffett as America's richest person, Forbes magazine's latest list reveals.

With 57 billion dollars net worth Gates again leads the list of 400 richest individuals in the world’s wealthiest country. He displaced Buffett who briefly held the position this year but who has seen his Berkshire Hathaway investment group's shares slip 15 percent since February and is now worth 50 billion.

According to Forbes, whose list was published late Wednesday, the golden 400 have 1.3 billion dollars net worth or more. However, their combined net worth rose only 30 billion dollars, or two percent, to 1.57 trillion dollars.

Forbes said that rising oil and dizzy art prices fuelled the entry of 31 new members into the ultra -rich club and the return of eight previous members.

A notable arrival was Mark Zuckerberg, 24, founder of the social networking site Facebook (臉譜網(wǎng)). Forbes estimates his worth at 1.5 billion dollars.

Meanwhile, turmoil (動(dòng)蕩) on the stock and housing markets saw 33 others drop off the list, including former head of the troubled insurance giant AIG, Maurice Greenberg, and a former head of the online auction site eBay, Margaret Whitman.

Biggest gainers were led by New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg who took eighth place with 20 billion dollars worth after a transaction (交易) put a new value on his Bloomberg media and financial data network.

The biggest loser was casino (賭場(chǎng)，娛樂(lè)場(chǎng)所) tycoon Sheldon Adelson, whose fortune fell 13 billion dollars over 12 months -- the equivalent to 1.5 million dollars an hour -- although he still has 15 billion dollars and occupies 15th place.

About two thirds of the list are self-made billionaires and just over 10 percent are women, led by television star Oprah Winfrey whose fortune rose 200 million dollars to 2.7 billion dollars.

68. According to Forbes, Warren Buffet is worth ________.

A. 57 billion dollars     B. 50 billion dollars  C. 1.5 billion dollars    D.20 billion dollars 

69. 31 new members entered the ultra-rich club as a result of ________.

A. turmoil on the stock and housing market      

B. media and financial data network

C. rising oil and dizzy art prices                       

D. investment

70. The purpose of the author using the television star Oprah Winfrey as an example is to _________.

A. tell the readers that television stars make money easily

B. prove that a millionaire can become a billionaire

C women can also be billionaires

D. tell the readers that most of the billionaires are self-made

第二節(jié) 讀寫(xiě)任務(wù) （共1小題，滿分25分）

閱讀下面的短文，然后按照要求寫(xiě)一篇150詞左右的英語(yǔ)短文。

When I was a teenager, my dad did everything he could to advise me against becoming a brewer(啤酒制造者). He didn’t even want me anywhere near a vat(釀酒用的桶). So I did as he asked. I got good grades and went to Harvard.

In the second year, I began to realize that I’d never done anything but go to school. So, at 24 I decided to drop out (輟學(xué))for some time. Obviously, my parents didn’t think this was a great idea. But I felt strongly that one can’t wait till he is 65 to do what he wants to in life. Having worked for 2 years, I went back to Harvard to continue my study.

After graduation, I got a highly-paid job in Boston. After working there five years, I wondered, “Is this what I want to be doing when I’m 50?” At that time, Americans spent good money on beer in low quality. Why not make good beer for Americans? I thought.

I decided to quit my job to become a brewer. When I told Dad, he was astonished, but in the end he supported me. Six weeks later, at the Great American Beer Festival, my Sam Adams Boston Lager（淡啤酒） won the top prize for American beer. In the end I was destined(注定) to be a brewer. My advice to the young is simple: decide by yourselves not your seniors what you should do for a life when you are young. 

【寫(xiě)作內(nèi)容】

1． 用大約30個(gè)詞概括原文內(nèi)容。

2． 然后用大約120個(gè)詞表達(dá)自己對(duì)如何解決“孩子的個(gè)人志向與家長(zhǎng)愿望之間的矛盾”的看法，內(nèi)容包括：

（1）說(shuō)明家長(zhǎng)尊重孩子志向的重要性。

（2）用自己或他人的事例說(shuō)明應(yīng)該如何解決孩子的個(gè)人志向與家長(zhǎng)愿望之間的矛盾。

【寫(xiě)作要求】

1．作文中可使用自己親身經(jīng)歷或虛構(gòu)的故事支持你的觀點(diǎn)，也可以參照閱讀材料的內(nèi)容,但不得直接引用原文中的句子；

2．作文中不能出現(xiàn)真實(shí)姓名和學(xué)校名稱(chēng)。

【評(píng)分標(biāo)準(zhǔn)】 概括準(zhǔn)確，語(yǔ)言規(guī)范，內(nèi)容合適，篇章連貫。

The schools themselves admit that not all children will be successful in the jobs ______ they are being trained.

   A. in that               B. for that           C. in which      D. for which

I arrived at my mother’s home for our Monday family dinner. The smells of food flew over from the kitchen. Mother was pulling out quilt(被子)after quilt from the boxes, proudly showing me their beauties. She was preparing for a quilt show at the Elmhurst Church. When we began to fold and put them back into the boxes, I noticed something at the bottom of one box. I pulled it out. “What is this?” I asked.

“Oh?” Mom said, “That’s Mama’s quilt.”

I spread the quilt. It looked as if a group of school children had pieced it together; irregular designs, childish pictures, a crooked line on the right.

“Grandmother made this?” I said, surprised. My grandmother was a master at making quilts. This certainly didn’t look like any of the quilts she had made.

“Yes, right before she died. I brought it home with me last year and made some changes,” she said. “I’m still working on it. See, this is what I’ve done so far.”

I looked at it more closely. She had made straight a crooked line. At the center of the quilt, she had stitched(縫) a piece of cloth with these words:  “My mother made many quilts. She didn’t get all lines straight. But I think this is beautiful. I want to see it finished. Her last quilt.”

“Ooh, this is so nice, Mom,” I said.

It occurred to me that by completing my grandmother’s quilt, my mother was honoring her own mother. I realized, too, that I held in my hands a family treasure. It started with the loving hands of one woman, and continued with the loving hands of another.

68. Why did the author go to mother’s home?

A. To see her mother’s quilts.           B. To help prepare for a show.

C. To get together for the family dinner.   D. To discuss her grandmother’s life.

69. The author was surprised because __________________.

A. the quilt looked very strange.         B. her grandmother liked the quilt.

C. the quilt was the best she had seen.    D. her mother had made some changes

70. The underlined word “crooked” in the passage most probably means __________ .

A. unfinished      B. broken      C. bent    D. unusual

71. Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?

A. Quilt Show  B. Mother’s Home C. A Monday Dinner   D. Grandmother’s Quilt