KANDAHAR, Afghanistan–-- Afghans burned tires and chanted “Death to America” after U.S troops fired Monday(April 12, 2010) on a civilian bus near Kandahar, killing four people and wounding more than a dozen. Afghanistan’s president accused NATO of breaking its commitment to safeguard civilian lives.

The attack angered Afghan officials and the public in Kandahar, the Taliban’s birthplace, and dealt a blow to U.S and NATO efforts to win popular support for a coming offensive to drive the insurgents(叛亂分子) from the biggest city in the south. NATO expressed regret for the loss of civilian lives and said it was investigating.

Nearly 200 Afghans blocked highway where the shooting occurred, burning tires, firing weapons and chanting “Death to America” and other slogans. They also called for the ouster (forcing somebody out of a pasition) of Afghan President Hamid Karzai, a Kandahar native who has been appealing for the people here to support the U.S-led campaign against the Taliban.

“The Americans are constantly killing our civilians and the government is not demanding an explanation,” protester Mohammad Razaq said. “We demand justice from the Karzai government and the punishment of those soldiers responsible.”

Kandahar, a city of about a half million people, is nominally under government control, but the Taliban have stepped up infiltration(浸潤), staging attacks and threatening local people.

“These foreigners have their enemies, but killing Afghans is not the answer,” said Abdul Hadi, who sells homemade herbal medicine in a public market. He said international forces should publish a schedule of their patrols(巡邏) so Afghans can keep out of the way.

“Better yet, I would like to see them leave Afghanistan,” he added.

Haji Zahir, who runs a transport firm, said it was time for U.S. and other foreign forces to withdraw from the country.

“They say they want to bring security. It is all lies, lies. They kill Afghans. That is not the way to bring security,” Zahir said.

46．According to the passage, we can safely conclude that____________.

A．American soldiers are killing Talibans effectively

B．Anger rises as US troops kill 4 Afghans on a bus

C．NATO expressed great dissatisfaction with American troops

D．Afghan President Hamid Karzai required NATO to withdraw

47．The underlined word in Paragraph 5 nominally most probably means____________.

A．completely unknown to the people in the world

B．partially well-known to the people across the globe

C．bearing the name of a famous person around the world

D．officially described as something, when this is not really true

48．As for NATO soldiers’ rude action, Abdul Hadi is ____________.

A．a(chǎn)bsolutely angry and upset        B．a(chǎn) little pleased but impatient

C．very angry and dissatisfied        D．impatient but bearable

49．We can infer from the passage that____________

A．NATO troops can completely control Afghanistan

B．NATO troops can bring security to Afghanistan

C．Afghans will accept NATO’s control sooner or later

D．it’s impossible for NATO to conquer Afghanistan and its people

50．Which statement is true according to the passage?

A．NATO fails to win popular support for a coming offensive.

B．Kandahar is the most important city in Afghanistan.

C．NATO has really brought security to Afghanistan.

D．NATO troops will withdraw from Afghanistan in the near future.

_____is no need for me to say anything about his action_____it speaks for itself.

  A.It; if                      B. This; as long as         C. There; because          D.Here; while

---I was so disappointed when failed again.

   ---Don’t be so discouraged. You’ll be successful ________.

    A. for some time      B. at one time     C. on time         D. in time

Your cellphone holds secrets about you.  Besides the names and numbers that you’ve programmed into it, traces of your DNA remain on it, according to a new study.

    DNA is genetic material that appears in every cell. Like your fingerprint, your DNA is unique to you - unless you have an identical twin. Scientists today usually analyze DNA in blood, saliva （唾液）or hair left behind at the scene of a crime. The results often help detectives identify criminals and victims.

Meghan J. McFadden, a biologist at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, heard about a crime in which the suspect bled onto a cellphone and later dropped it. This made her wonder whether traces of DNA remained on cellphones - even when no blood was involved. To find out, she and a colleague collected flip-style （翻蓋式）phones from 10 volunteers. They collected invisible traces of the users from two parts of the phone: the outside, where the user holds it, and the speaker, which is placed at the user’s ear.

The scientists cleaned the phones using a liquid mixture made mostly of alcohol. The aim of washing was to remove all detectable traces of DNA. The owners got their phones back for another week. Then they returned the phones and the researchers collected traces on each phone once more. They discovered DNA that belonged to the phone’s owner on each of the phones.

Surprisingly, DNA was even picked up immediately after the phones were cleaned. That suggests that washing won’t remove all traces of evidence from a criminal’s cellphone. So cellphones can be added to the list of clues that can settle a crime-scene investigation.

64. In a crime-scene investigation, now experts are likely to turn to ________.

A. the criminal’s fingerprint             B. the DNA analysis of physical items

    C. the detectives                      D. the criminal’s cellphone

65. According to the passage, McFadden was inspired by ________.

    A. the secrets stored in people’s cellphones   B. the special characters of DNA

    C. a cellphone-involved case              D. the challenging job of detectives

66. According to the passage, the potential application of the new study would be ________.

    A. identifying criminals          B. designing new cellphones

    C. protecting individual privacy    D. preventing cellphone-involved crimes

67. Which of the following has the closest meaning with the underlined word “identify” in Paragraph 2?

    A. imagine       B. recognize         C. discover          D. determine

第二卷  （兩部分，共35分）

第一節(jié)：任務(wù)型閱讀（共10小題；每小題1分，滿分10分）

請認(rèn)真閱讀下列短文，并根據(jù)所讀內(nèi)容在文章后表格里填入最恰當(dāng)?shù)膯卧~。

注意：每個空格只填一個單詞。請將答案寫在答題卡上相應(yīng)的橫線上。

  It was the perfect weather for leaf watching, and my housemate Julie and I meant to spend the weekend with our friends in the North Georgia Mountains.

  “Don’t you want to come along?” Julie asked her 15-year-old son, Mark. “Enjoy the leaves by yourselves,” he told her. “I’ll be fine staying home by myself.”

  Julie and I drove there in my car after work on Friday. On Saturday morning we hiked along the mountainside and enjoyed the beautiful colors. All of a sudden, I had terrible feeling. “Go home,” a voice seemed to urge me. I couldn’t explain it, but I didn’t want to be there anymore. I just wanted to go home. “Carol, calm down. You’re being silly,” Julie said. But the urge just got stronger.

  “I’ve got to leave,” I said. “If you want to stay, you can get a ride back with anyone else tomorrow.”

  Julie stood up. “No, I’ll go with you,” she said. We almost didn’t talk during the two-hour trip back. I felt very guilty.

 Finally, we reached home. The lights were on in the house, but something was strange. The windows seemed to be fogged up. Julie opened the door and smoke poured out. “Mark!” she shouted. “Mark!” We rushed inside and found him asleep on the sofa. Shaking him awake, Julie grabbed him. I grabbed the source of the smoke—a pillow too close to the fireplace. I then took it outside and threw water on it. Mark had built a fire to keep warm, and some ember(灰燼) had flown out. The whole house could have gone up if we hadn’t gotten there just then!

Paper-making began in China and from here it ________ to North Africa and Europe.

   A. spread                B. grow                 C. carried                     D. developed

第二節(jié)：短文寫作 (滿分25分)

         假設(shè)你叫劉建，下面海報是你校英語角的一次活動安排。請根據(jù)海報內(nèi)容用英語寫一封100～120詞左右的電子郵件，邀請你的外校朋友李明前來參加。

注意：1．郵件要涵蓋海報中全部信息，并可適當(dāng)增加細(xì)節(jié)。

2．要寫出一篇連貫的短文，不可照抄海報內(nèi)容。

3．文章的開頭和結(jié)尾已給出，不計入總詞數(shù)。

4．生詞：subtitle（電影）字幕；popcorn爆米花

Dear Li Ming,

         Good news for you!

_____________________________________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________________

                                          Yours,

                                          Liu Jian

      With many college graduates struggling to find jobs, one of the most important for you to understand is that you're in school all your life. In fact, your real education is just beginning.

      I'd like to pass on a few lessons that you didn't necessarily get in school. If you've been out of school for a few years or a lot of years, they could still teach you something.

      · Develop relationships and keep networking, if I had to name a single characteristic shared by all the truly successful people I've met, I'd say it is the ability to create and nurture (培育) networks of contacts. Start strengthening your relationships now, so that they'll be in place when you really need them later. In the classroom it was mostly about individual performance. Success in real life requires relationships.

      · Set goals. Ask any winner what the key to his or her success was, and you'll hear four consistent messages: vision, determination, persistence, and setting goals. If you don't set goals and determine where you're going, how will you know when you get there? Goals give you more than a reason to get up in the morning; they are an incentive (激勵)to keep you going all day.

     · Sense of humor. I'm a firm believer in using humor, though not necessarily jokes. A good sense of humor helps one understand the unconventional(非傳統(tǒng)的), tolerate the unpleasant, and overcome the unexpected. There are plenty of times to be serious, but I believe that keeping things light and comfortable encourages better teamwork.

     · Volunteer. It might be hard to do a lot of volunteer work at first, but people who help others on a regular basis have a healthier outlook on life.

  67. By saying "your real education is just beginning", the author wants to

      A. explain why it's difficult for college graduates to find jobs

      B. show the importance of social experience, besides schooling, in education

      C. advise students to value their time at school, and to study hard

      D. advise college graduates to face bravely the problems they may encounter (遭遇)

 68. You should start to strengthen your relationships now because______.

     A. it will take you time to develop them before you need them

     B. you may have gotten used to being judged as an individual, and need to change

     C. successful people have no time to develop relationships with you

     D. you need to spend a lot of time learning the importance of good relationships

 69. The author believes that being humorous means that you_______.

     A. should prepare jokes to be used in various situations

     B. can deal with difficult situations in an easy and comfortable way

     C. can show your difference from others and be able to succeed

     D. should smile all the time and avoid being serious on any occasion

 70. The target readers of this passage are probably_______.

     A. educational experts

     B. people who want to change jobs

     C. college graduates who have just left school

     D. high school students who are still at school

第四部分：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（A、B、C和D）中，選出最佳選項

A car needs gas to run and your body also needs food to work for you. Eating the right kind of food is very important. It can help your body grow strong to take care of what you eat.

   There are four main food groups altogether. The dairy group has food like milk, cheese and sour milk（酸奶）. The other three groups are the meat and fish group, the fruit and vegetable group, and the bread and rice group. Each meal should have at least one food from all four main groups. With all these food together, you will be given enough energy during the day.

   It is easy to get into bad eating habits. You may eat your breakfast in a hurry to get to school on time. Or you may not have time for a good lunch. It may seem easy to finish your supper with fish and chips all the time. But you will find yourself tired in these days and you can not think quickly.

   Watching what you eat will help keep your body healthy and strong. It is also good to take some exercise. It will help you eat more if you take a walk or play games in the open air. Having a good eating habit with some exercise is the key to your health.

56. Which of the following is a good eating habit?

A. Going to school without any breakfast

B. Eating fish and chips for supper all the time..

C. Having at least one food from all four groups each meal.

D. Having different food from all four food groups.

57. In this passage the writer mainly tells us that _____.

A. every person needs food to grow well

B. taking exercise can keep your body strong

C. the right kind of food with exercise will keep you healthy

D. enough energy helps people think more quickly

58. The underlined word “dairy” in the second passage means _____.

       A. the food made out of cows such as milk and butter

       B. she shop that sells milk and butter

       C. a farm where cows are kept

       D. a place where milk products are made.

59. The best title for this passage is _____.

      A. The Four Food Groups        B. A Healthy Diet

      C. Your Body And Food          D. Food And Your Health

A new World Calendar is published every year, and provides the latest information about many places and things. For example, you can find the names of past academy-award winners, the names of award-winning athletes, and information about American cities and states.

     The book also provides information about other nations. It includes world history, geography, business, science and technology and languages.

     It presents the most important and most unusual news stories of the past year. And it gives interesting facts, such as the nation with the most refugees (難民) (Pakistan), the nation with the most vacation days each year (Italy), and the most popular breed (品種) of dog in the United States.

     The New York World newspaper published the first World Calendar in 1868. The World Calendar website says the publication has even played a part in American politics. For example, in 1923, Calvin Coolidge was sworn (宣誓) in as president after the sudden death of President Warren Harding. Mr. Coolidge’s father, a judge, read the oath of office from a copy of the World Calendar. The website also says that several recent American presidents have used the book. It says there are photographs of presidents John Kennedy and Bill Clinton that show copies of the World Calendar on or near their desks.

     The website also claims that the World Calendar is the best-selling American reference book of all time. It says that more than 80 million copies have been sold.

     The World Calendar now also publishes a digital version (版本), as well as a separate calendar for children. The Kids Calendar provides information children might need for school reports. It also has games, puzzles and other activities children enjoy.

60. According to the passage, all the following are available in the new World Calendar EXCEPT ______.

A. information about famous awards in America

B. some interesting news stories

C. introductions to some American cities

     D. Calvin Coolidge’s oath of office

61. Who is the owner of the World Calendar, according to the passage?

A. The New York World newspaper.

B. The World Calendar website.

C. John Kennedy.

     D. The Kids Calendar.

62. According to the passage, the World Calendar has a history of about ______ years.

A. 140         B. 85                C. 55               D. 105