44. What bad weather!I'm afraid the outdoor activity will be (取消) .

43. Yang Mi is one of the excellent (演員) loved by young people.

42. For your own (安全) ，remember not to drive after drinking.

四、詞匯檢測(共10小題；每小題1分，滿分l0分)

根據(jù)下列句子所給漢語注釋或通過上下文，寫出空缺處各單詞的正確形式。每空只寫一詞。

41. Three (四分之一) of the boys in our class like ball games.

                D

     A team of US psychologists (心理學(xué)家) have found that talking to another person for ten minutes a day helps with memory.

    “Socializing (交際) is just as useful as more traditional kinds of mental (腦力白勺) exercises in boosting memory and intellectual performance,Oscar Ybarra,a psychologist at the University of Michigan Institute for Social Research,said in a statement.

In one investigation,they analyzed data on 3610 people,aged 24 to 96.

      They find that the higher their level of social interaction (交流) ，the better their cognitive (認(rèn)知的) functioning. Social interaction includes getting together or having phone chats with relatives,friends and neighbors.

In another experiment,the researchers conducted laboratory tests on 76 college students,aged 18 to 21,to evaluate (評估) how social interactions and mental exercises influenced the results of memory and intellectual performance tests.

     The students were divided into three groups： the social interaction group had a discussion of a social issue for 10 minutes before taking the tests;the mental activities group completed three tasks  (including a reading comprehension exercise and a crossword puzzle) before the tests;and a control group (對照組) watched a 10-minute film of the Seinfeld television show.

     “We found that short-term social interaction lasting for just 10 minutes improved the students’ intellectual performance as much as working on so-called ‘mental’ activities for the same amount of time ,” Ybarra said.

The study was expected to be published in the February issue of the journal Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin.

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() 37. What does the underlined word “boosting” in the second paragraph probably mean?

   A. Improving. B. Reducing. C. Preventing. D. Training.

() 38. Which is not included in social interaction?

   A. Having a talk with a neighbor.

    B. Attending a birthday party.

    C. Watching TV at home alone.

    D. Calling your classmates.

() 39. What's the purpose of the experiment on 76 college students?

   A. To judge the influence of social interaction on memory and intelligence.

   B. To find out what is real social interaction.

   C. To learn how much time is needed for social interaction.

   D. To show the function of people's cognition.

（    ）40. What's the main idea of the passage?

   A. Mental exercises make your memory better.

   B. Different people have different ways of communication.

   C. Communicating with others keeps you healthy.

   D. Social interaction makes you smart.

                  C

     My teenage son Karl became withdrawn (孤僻的) after his father died. As a single parent,I tried to do my best to talk to him. But the more I tried,the more he pulled away. When his report card arrived during his junior year,it said that he had been absent 95  times from classes and had six falling grades for the year. I considered he would never graduate. I sent him to the school adviser,and I even begged (懇求) him. Nothing worked.

     One night I felt so powerless that I got down on my knees and pleaded for help. “Please God,I can't do anything more for my son. I'm at the end of my rope. I'm giving the whole thing up to you."

     I was at work when I got a phone call. A man introduced himself as the headmaster. ⁴⁴1 want to talk to you about Karl's absences." Before he could say another word,I choked up (哽咽) and all my disappointment and sadness over Karl came pouring out into the ears of this stranger. I love my son but I just don’ t  know what to do. I ve tried everything to get Karl to go back to school and nothing has worked. It⁵s out of my hands. ^For a moment there was silence on the other end of the line. The headmaster seriously said ,“Thank you for your time” and hung up.

    Karl’s next report card showed a marked improvement in his grades. Finally,he even made the honor roll. In his fourth year,I attended a parent-teacher meeting with Karl. I noticed that his teachers were quite surprised at the way he had turned himself around. On our way home,he said ,“Mum,remember that call from the headmaster last year?^ I nodded. “That was me. I thought I 'd  play a joke but when I heard what you said,it really hit me how much I was hurting you. That's when I knew I had to make you proud."

() 33. By saying “Karl became withdrawn” in Paragraph 1 ,the writer means that the boy changed completely and .

   A. preferred to stay alone at home  

    B. lost interest in any activity

   C. refused to talk to others  

    D. began to dislike his mother

() 34. “There was silence on the other end of the line” in Paragraph 3 because.

   A. the speaker was too moved to say anything to the rpother

   B. the speaker waited for the mother to finish speaking

   C. the speaker didn't want the mother to find out who he was

   D. the speaker was unable to cut in

() 35. The sentence “…made the honor roll” means that “”.

   A. 感到驕傲   B. 取得進(jìn)步   C. 完全改變   D. 上光榮榜

() 36. What is the main idea of this passage?

   A. Children in single parent families often have study problems.

   B. Mother's love plays an important role in teenagers’ life.

   C. Being understood by parents is very important to teenagers.

   D. School education doesn't work without full support from parents.

                    B

     For thousands of years,people have used plants to make medicines. They used different parts of the plants —the roots,the leaves,the flowers,and the bark (樹皮) .Today,doctors have rediscovered more medicinal (藥用) values of some plants. Let's look at some examples.

     Foxglove is a common plant. People have used it to make the heart slow down. Recently scientists have developed another drug (15) from it. This new drug helps prevent other heart problems.

     In some areas,malaria has been a problem. Scientists have learned that the bark of a South American tree,the cinchona,can be made into a drug to prevent malaria. For a long time,the Chinese have known that a special plant,wormwood,can also fight malaria. Scientists have been working with it to develop new drugs against malaria.

     In Germany,some scientists studied garlic (大蒜) for four years. They found that it helps prevent the build-up of plaque (血小板) because too much plaque is bad for health. This very common plant continues to be studied.

     As we know,there are about 250,000 kinds of flowering plants in the world. Scientists have only studied little more than one percent of plants for their medicinal value. Maybe medicines for AIDS and cancer will be made from the other 99 percent.

() 29. What can foxglove be used for?

   A. Studying plants. 

    B. Building up the plaque.

   C. Treating AIDS and cancer.

    D. Preventing heart problems.

() 30. What does the underlined word “malaria” in Paragraph 3 refer to (指的是) ？

   A. A drug. B. A plant. C. An illness. D. An animal.

() 31. How many plants are mentioned in the passage?

   A. 3.   B. 4.   C. 5.   D. 6

() 32. Which of the following is the best title for the passage?

   A. Past and Future   B. Plants and Medicine

   C. Health and Illness   D. Scientists and Doctors

三、閱讀理解(共15小題；每小題2分，滿分30分)

閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的四個選項(xiàng)(A、B、C、D) 中，選出最佳選項(xiàng)。

                     A

       Every school has a notice board. Let⁵s see what is on the notice board of an American school.

() 26. According to School Policy,visitors have to when entering the school.

   A. hand in a note         B. call at 524-9752

   C. check in at the office   D. telephone the school

() 27. Suppose Tony doesn't do well at school but makes progress,he will get on the Report Card.

   A. 1   B. 2   C. 3   D. 4

() 28. From ，students can get information on the parents’ meeting.

   A. School Policy   B. Report Card

   C. After-school Program   D. Class Announcement

二、完形填空(共l0小題;每小題1分，滿分10分)

先通讀下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后在每小題所給的A、B、C、D四個選項(xiàng)中，選出可以 填入空白處的最佳選項(xiàng)。

     Once upon a time,there was a lazy poor man living in a small house with spider webs (蜘蛛網(wǎng)) on the wall and mice running around. People 16 coming into such a dirty place and the poor man was lonely and sad every day. He thought it was poverty (貧困) that 17 his unhappy life.

    One day, the poor man dropped in on a wise old man and asked him for 18 about changing his life. The old man gave him a beautiful vase (花瓶) and said This is a magic vase that will bring you 19 .”

The poor man looked at the vase 20 . Why would he need a vase in his poor house?

    However,he didn't want to 21 such a beautiful vase,so he brought it home and put it on the table.

“It's not right for something so beautiful to be 22 ,” the poor man looked at the vase and thought. Then he picked some wild flowers and put them into it,making it even more beautiful.

    23 he was stiU not satisfied. “It is not good for such a beautiful thing to stand next to a spider web.Then? he started to do some cleaning in the house and paint the walls.

    His house turned into a 24 place immediately： The poor man 25 . He suddenly realized that in the past it was his laziness that made him poor and unhappy. From then on,he worked hard and his life got better and better.

() 16. A. enjoyed   B. avoided   C. forgot   D. considered

() 17. A. led to   B. connected to   C. made up   D. set up

() 18. A. service   B. knowledge   C. advice   D. care

() 19. A. peace   B. happiness   C. mess   D. regret

() 20. A. sadly   B. nervously   C. proudly   D. surprisedly

() 21. A. throw away   B. give out   C. pay for   D. keep off

() 22. A. ugly   B. full   C. empty   D. dirty

() 23. A. Although   B. But   C. So   D. Because

() 24. A. large   B. dark   C. strange   D. comfortable

() 25. A. cheered up   B. rang up   C. sped up   D. stayed up

() 15. —Would you mind me here?

— . Let me take my bag away.

   A. to sit;Better not   B. sitting;Better not

   C. to sit;Not at all   D. sitting;Not at all