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"Life is speeding up. Everyone is getting unwell."
This may sound like something someone would say today. But in fact, an unknown citizen who lived in Rome in AD 53 wrote it.
We all love new inventions. They are exciting, amazing and can change our lives.
But have all these developments really improved the quality of our lives?
Picture this: You're rushing to finish your homework on the computer. Your mobile phone rings, a QQ message from your friend appears on the screen, the noise from the television is getting louder and louder. Suddenly the computer goes blank and you lose all your work. Now you have to stay up all night to get it done. How calm and happy do you feel?
Inventions have speeded up our lives so much that they often leave us feeling stressed and tired. Why do you think people who live far away from noisy cities, who have no telephones, no cars, not even any electricity often seem to be happier? Perhaps because they lead simple lives.
One family in the UK went "back in time" to see what life was like without all the inventions we have today. The grandparents, with their daughter, and grandsons Benjamin, 10 and Thomas, 7, spent nine weeks in a 1940s house. They had no washing machine, microwave, computer or mobile phones.
The grandmother, Lyn, said: "It was hard physically. But not mentally." She believed life was less materialistic (物质的). "The more things you have, the more difficult life becomes," she said. The boys said they fought less. Probably, they said, because there was less to fight over, such as their computer. Also Lyn changed from being a "fashionable, beer-drinking granny, to one who cooked things."
Here are some simple ways to beat the stress often caused by our inventions!
· Don't be available all the time. Turn off your mobile phone at certain times of the day. Don't check your emails every day.
· Make sure you spend some time talking to your family. Set aside one evening a week when you don't turn on the television. Play cards and chat instead.
· Get a low-tech hobby. Every day, do something in the old-fashioned way, such as walking to have a face-to-face meeting instead of using the email or telephone.
· Don't worry too much about life -- laugh more!
64. The passage is mainly about ________.
A. problems with technology
B. improvements of our life with technology
C. the important roles technology plays in our everyday life
D. major changes which will be likely to happen to technology
65. The writer uses the quote(引语) at the beginning of the story to ________.
A. share a truth about life
B. tell us what life was like long time ago
C. make us wonder what causes such a thing to happen
D. point out that you experience some big problems and they may be the same
66. Why did the family choose to spend some time in a 1940s house?
A. Because they loved to live simple lives.
B. Because they were curious about how people lived without modern inventions.
C. Because they were troubled by modern inventions.
D. Because living in a different time would be a lot of fun for them.
67. What do you think the underlined word "available" in the 1st suggestion offered by the writer means?
A. Busy on time. B. Free. C. Be able to. D. To be found by others.
(D)
It's great to go on vacation, but it's also nice to come home. Migrating (迁徙) birds seem to feel the same way. Birds such as black-tailed godwits, a migrating bird that can be found in Europe, Asia, North Africa and north Australia, fly south every winter. Then, they return home to spend the summer months with their life long partner.
Now, scientists have found, pairs of godwits often return to their summer breeding (繁殖) grounds within three days of each other, even though they spend the entire winter apart. It's as if they arranged the date that they would meet up again.
Researchers in England, put coloured leg bands on the birds. Then, they asked birdwatchers around Europe to report by email when and where they saw the birds during the winter.
The simplest way for birds to return at the same time would be to spend the winter together. After all, if they're in different places, they can't call each other on the phone and talk about when they'll meet again. But, the survey found that couples usually spent their winters in different countries up to 1, 000 kilometres apart. One male, for example, spent the winter on the coast of Ireland while his mate was in France.
These findings are important for protecting the birds, scientists say. Black-tailed godwits live for up to 25 years. They spend their summers in Iceland, where they mate, but they spread all over other parts of Europe in winter. Once a pair mates, there's a 90 per cent chance that they'll return to mate with each other again the next year. So, protection of their wide web of holiday destinations (目的地) is very important.
How do the birds arrange their date of return? Unless scientists find their feathered cellphones, that question will remain a mystery.
68.Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage?
A. Migrating birds all fly south every winter.
B. Migrating birds return home in summer.
C. Godwits often fly south in couples every winter.
D. Godwits often return home almost at the same time.
69.According to the passage we know that ______.
A. the birds return at the same time because they arrange the date before they part
B. the couples don't spend their winters together because they want to live apart for some time
C. the birds use their special feathered cellphones to arrange their date
D. once two birds become a couple they are likely to mate again the next year
70.We can infer from the passage that______.
A. black-tailed godwits are loyal to their mates
B. black-tailed godwits return home only to spend their summers
C. we know how to find and feed black-tailed godwits
D. we know why couples of godwits usually spend their winters in different places
71.Which is the best title?
A. How Birds Spend Their Winters
B. How Birds Spend Their Summers
C. Birds Come Back Home for Love
D. Birds Are to Be Protected
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Nowadays, more and more lovers are using email to communicate with each other. The result: a new culture of love-letter writing has evolved and is rewriting the rules of how we express our love.
Make no mistake: in many cases email love letters significantly resemble their ancestors. The verbal imagery has hardly changed. Experts believe, in fact, that far more people now carry out sweet talk in cyberspace than in the time before email came along. When people use email, everything is more relaxed, and less curious. This helps the sweet words flow.
Nicola Doering, a media researcher, emphasizes that for many people contact over email is simpler: "The language is different in traditional letters; people tend to write more like they speak." This means that sometimes less thought goes into an email than a traditional love letter. Emails are more casual. This is obviously encouraging for many people.
But for romantic emails, writers reach back to the language of poetry. "Your clear-blue eyes" is typical of the kind of phrase found in love letters. Moreover, at least one traditional symbol between lovers has made an outstanding comeback. Even in the love letters of the 19th century, one often found the letter X as a symbol of a kiss. Many paper love letters would have three X's at the bottom as closing. And this symbol is often used today between lovers in their email messages.
In spite of all the technological advancement that email represents, classic love letters on paper still have a special meaning, the experts say. Ink on paper simply affects many people more strongly than lines on a computer screen. It appears more serious, more permanent, as if written for all time. Sometimes people want to have something to touch, a letter that you can hold in your hand is obviously better than an email.
But Internet technology is ready to help even those with the courage to write a classic handwritten love letter. What stops many lovers from penning their most romantic thoughts is not a lack of good intentions but an inability to piece together a few sweet lines, says Thomas Neuss, the organizer of one Internet site devoted to romantic letters.
72. The author strongly believes that ______.
A. email love letters are more significant than traditional ones
B. email love letters are more convenient than traditional ones
C. most email love letters copy sweet words from traditional ones
D. most email love letters are quite similar to traditional ones
73. In the second paragraph, the term "verbal imagery" refers to ______.
A. the oral work B. the sweet words C. the verb form D. their ancestor
74. Which of the following is NOT the author's opinion on traditional love letters?
A. They have a better effect. B. They aren't out of date.
C. They are more reliable. D. They are more romantic.
75. By showing that the letter X is popular in email love letters, the author intends to tell us______.
A. many people like using letters to express their love
B. traditional symbol between lovers has been popular
C. the romantic expression is also employed in emails
D. the language in email love letters becomes simpler
第四部分：写作(共两节，满分35分)
第一节 短文改错(每小题1分，满分10分)
Last week, about 1000 parents came to school to have
classes in Suqian Middle School during the school annual
Parents Open Week. They attend different lessons to see
how their children's lives are like.
"It was a very special feeling because I've gone away
from school for 21 years. I enjoyed the classes but I told my
daughter to value of her school time," said one parent, whose
daughter studies in the school.
"My dad praised us when I got home, because I raised
my hands and answered many questions. He knows more about
me from my performance in class," said one boy.
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| 第二节 书面表达(满分25分)
面对不断升温的中学生"出国热"，人们对此有不同的看法。请你以Studying Abroad为题，根据下面提供的信息，谈谈自己的看法。
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Disadvantages
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1. 传播各个民族间的不同文化。
2. 拓宽视野，学习国外先进的科学技术。
3. 良好的语言环境，更有利于语言学习。
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1. 年纪偏小，自理能力差。
2. 远离父母，孤独，想家。
3. 生活、学习费用高。
4. 缺乏生活经验，易受不良人或物的影响，甚至走上犯罪道路。
| 注意
: 1. 第一句已写好，不计入总字数。
2. 字数120左右。
3. 参考词汇：mediator 媒介，中间人
Studying Abroad
In recent years, studying abroad has become more and more popular with middle school students.
答案：
1—5 A B A B C 6—10 C C C C B 11—15 A B A A B
16—20 C C B B A 21—25 C D D C A 26—30 B D D A B
31—35 A C D C A 36—40 A C D B A 41—45 B A D A B
46—50 C A A B C 51—55 D A C D B 56—60 A A D B D
61—65 A A B A A 66—70 B D C D A 71—75 C D B D C
76 school加the 77 school---school’s 78 attend—attended
79. how—what 80. gone—been 81 but—so
82. 去掉of 83 us—me 84. hand—hands 85 正确
作文：in recent years,studying abroad has become more and more popular with middle school students. Tens of thousands of Chinese middle school students have gone abroad.
In my opinion, there are many advantages to attending school abroad. First, students who have studied abroad can act as mediator between people of different cultures. Second, there is so much to learn about science and technology in foreign countries. Third, we can learn foreign languages more quickly.
However, there are also some disadvantages. Many students are too young to take care of themselves. Being far away home can make you feel lonely and home sick. Also, of course it’s more expensive abroad than at home. What’s worse, without any experience of living abroad, it’s easy for them to make bad friends and be influenced to do stupid things.
In a word, think it over before you make your decision.
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