第三部分： 寫作 （共兩節(jié)，滿分35分）

第一節(jié)：短文改錯（共10小題；每小題1分，滿分10分）

       During the vacation, the weather was hot and I could do            56. ____________

much work, but I lived happily. On the morning I usually got up       57. ____________

early and take a walk in the garden. After breakfast, I began            58. ____________

reading English and did some exercises in maths.                          59. ____________

I worked quite hardly and made good progress. I spent nearly        60. ____________

the whole afternoon outside. I went swim in the river and          61. ____________

didn’t come back when it was about five or six. Sometimes           62. ____________

a friend of me would come to see me and we would spend some      63. ___________

hours listened to music. In this way I spent my vacation happily.       64. ____________

I not only studied well and but also became a good swimmer.        65. _____________

Go home right now —  ______ your parents will worry.

A. though         B. but                 C. however              D. otherwise

A flu ________ this area in 1769 and ________ thousands of people to die.

A. hit; made                 B. stuck; made           C. beat; caused           D. struck; caused

After the earthquake, the Haitian people needed to be helped ______.

A. occasionally          B. anxiously           C. practically             D. urgently

Children are not recommended to see such films________bad for their mental development.

       A．that is       B．that are     C．a(chǎn)s are       D．a(chǎn)s is

四、 閱讀理解選出最佳選項 （共40分）

I was waiting for a phone call from my agent. He had left a message the night before, telling me that my show was to be cancelled(取消). I called him several times, but each time his secretary told me that he was in a meeting and that he would call me later. So I waited and waited, but there was still no call. Three hours passing by, I became more and more impatient. I was certain that my agent didn’t care about my work, and he didn’t care about me. I was overcome with that thought. I started to shout at the phone, “Let me wait, will you? Who do you think you are?”

At that time I didn’t realize my wife was looking on. Without showing her surprise, she rushed in, seized the phone, tore off the wires, and shouted at the phone, “Yeah! Who do you think you are? Bad telephone! Bad telephone! ” And she swept it into the wastebasket.

I stood watching her, speechless .What on earth…?

She stepped to the doorway and shouted at the rest of the house, “Now hear this! All objects in this room—if you do anything to upset my husband , out you go!”

Then she turned to me, kissed me, and said calmly, “Honey, you just have to learn how to take control.” With that, she left the room.

After watching a crazy woman rushing in and out, shouting at everything in sight, I noticed that something in my mood（情緒）had changed. I was laughing. How could I have trouble with that phone? Her antics helped me realize I had been driven crazy by small things. Twenty minutes later my agent did call. I was able to listen to him and talk to him calmly.

56. Why did the author shout at the telephone?

A. He was mad at the telephone.    B. He was angry with his agent.

C. He was anxious about his wife.   D. He was impatient with the secretary.

57. What did the author’s wife do after she heard his shouting?

A. She said nothing.           B. She shouted at him.

C. She called the agent.        D. She threw the phone away.

58. What made the author laugh?

A. His own behavior.           B. His wife’s suggestion. 

C. His changeable feelings.      D. His wife’s sweet kiss.

59. What does the underlined word “antics” refer to?

A. Smart words.  B. Unusual actions.  C. Surprising looks.  D. Anxious feelings.

  Want to lose weight? Try eating. That’s one of the ways being developed by scientists experimenting with foods that trick the body into feeling full.

  At he Institute of Food Research in Norwich, England, food expert Peter Wilde and his colleagues are developing foods that slow down the digestive system, which then sends a signal to the brain that stops appetite. “That fools you into thinking you’ve eaten far too much when you really haven’t,” said Wilde. From his studies on fat digestion, he said it should be possible to make foods, from bread to yoghurt, that make it easier to diet. While the research is still in its early stages, Wilde’s approach to controlling appetite is one that some doctors say could be a key to solving the problem of obesity.

  “Being able to switch off appetite would be a big help for people having trouble losing weight,” said Steve Bloom, a professor of investigative medicine at London’s Imperial College, who is not connected to Wilde’s research. Bloom said that regulating appetite through foods is theoretically possible. But Bloom warned that controlling appetite may be very challenging. “The body has lots of things to prevent its regulatory systems from being tricked,” he said.

  Wilde’s research makes use of the body’s ways of digesting fat. Fat normally gets broken down in the first part of the small intestines (腸道). When you eat a high-fat meal, however, the body can only digest the fat entirely further down in the intestines, which then causes the body to produce a kind of chemical to stop the appetite.

  Wilde’s approach copies what happens with a high-fat meal. He coats fat droplets (滴) in foods with modified proteins from plants, so it takes longer for the chemical that breaks down fat to reach it. That means that the fat isn’t digested until it hits the far reaches of the intestines. At that point, intestinal cells send a signal telling the brain it’s full. Even though the body hasn’t had a high-fat meal, it stops the appetite as if it has. If the fat had been digested earlier in the intestines, no such signal would be sent.

51. According to Wilde’s research, what could people do if they want to lose weight?

   A. Eat more bread and yoghurt.                    B. Trick the body by eating nothing.

   C. Have foods with fat droplets coated.         D. Control their digestive system strictly.

52. The underlined word “obesity” in Para. 2 most probably means “________”.

   A. being too fat                            B. eating too much food       

   C. stopping appetite                D. being unhealthy

53. What can be inferred about Professor Bloom’s opinion towards Wilde’s approach?

   A. It won’t work since the body’s regulatory systems will never be tricked.

   B. It is sure to switch off the appetite of people with a weight problem.

   C. It sounds terrible because regulating appetite through foods is not practical at all.

   D. It’s no that easy to trick the body so more research should be done.

54. Which of the following is TRUE about Wilde’s approach?

   A. A kind of chemical is added to make a high-fat meal less fatty.

   B. Fat is digested earlier and the body sends a signal telling the brain it’s full.

   C. Fat won’t get broken down in the first part of the small intestines.

   D. The chemical that breaks down fat will not reach the fat.

55. The passage is written to ________.

   A. give advice on how to stop eating high-fat meals

   B. introduce a research on controlling appetite

   C. discuss the argument between two professors

   D. show different ways to trick the body

The environmental problem we are looking forward to _____ is __________ our attention.

A. see being solved ; worth     B. seeing solved ;worthy

 C. seeing solved ;worthy of     D. see to solve; worth

第三部分：閱讀理解（共20小題，每小題2分，滿分40分）

閱讀下面的短文，從A,B,C,D四個選項中， 選出最佳選項

    My elder brother Steve, in the absence of my father who died when I was six, gave me important lessons in values that helped me grow into an adult. For instance, Steve taught me to face the results of my behavior. Once when I returned in tears from a Saturday baseball game, it was Steve who took the time to ask me what happened. When I explained that my baseball had soared through Mrs. Holt’s basement window, breaking the glass with a crash, Steve encouraged me to confess(坦白) to her. After all, I should have been playing in the park down Fifth Street and not in the path between buildings. Although my knees knocked as I explained to Mrs. Holt, I offered to pay for the window from my pocket money if she would return my ball. I also learned from Steve that personal property is a sacred thing. After I found a shiny silver pen in my fifth-grade classroom, I wanted to keep it, but Steve explained that it might be important to someone else. He reminded me of how much I’d hate to lose to someone else the small dog my father carved from a piece of wood. I returned the pen to my teacher, Mrs. Davids, and still remembered the smell of her perfume as she patted me on my shoulder.

   Yet of all the instructions Steve gave me, his respect for life is the most vivid in my mind. When I was twelve I killed an old brown bird in the yard with a BB gun. Excited with my accuracy, I screamed to Steve to come from thehouse to take a look. I shall never forget the way he stood for a long moment and stared at the bird on the ground. Then in a dead, quiet voice, he asked, “Did it hurt you first, Mark?” I didn’t know what to answer. He continued with his eyes firm, “The only time you should even think of hurting a living thing is if it hurts you first. And then you think a long, long time. “ I really felt terrible then, but that moment stands out as the most important lesson my brother taught me.

56. What is the main idea of the passage?

   A. The relationship between Mark and Steve

   B. The important lesson Mark learned in school

   C. Steve’s important role in Mark’s growing process.

   D. Mark and Steve’s respect for living things.

57. It can be inferred from the passage that when Mark confessed to Mrs. Holt, ____.

   A. he felt surprised                B. he was light-hearted

   C. he felt frightened               D. he behaved bravely

58. In the story about the pen, which of the following lessons did Steve teach his brother?      

   A. Respect for personal property.

   B. Respect for life.

   C. Sympathy for people with problems.

   D. The value of honesty.

59. Which of the follow is true according to the passage?

   A. Mark was still a boy when he wrote this passage.

   B. Even if a living thing hurts you, you should not kill it without hesitation

   C. When a living thing hurts you, you should kill it.

   D. Mark lost the small dog his father raised.

The cost of rice is expected to go up in the coming months, as an improving global economy raises demand, and drought (旱災(zāi)) cuts production in countries such as India. Some economists say prices for rice, the Precision Castingstaple food for much of the world's population, could be returning to levels that sparked inflation(通貨膨脹) fears in much of Asia last year.

Charuk Singhapreecha is dean of the faculty (系)of economics at Thailand’s Kasetsart University. He says prices – especially for Thai rice – are being pushed higher by new customers coming into the market after the economic slowdown of the past year. “They expect that the world demand will increase andCast steel we expect that the price of rice will increase next year," Charuk said. "There are many new markets for the Thai rice and also we still have for our old customer - China, some Arab countries - they will increase the demand."

Prices on the global market could again near the record above $1,000 a ton set in the middle of 2008. This month, export prices for Southeast Asian rice have jumped from about $550 a ton or less to more than $650.

Vichai Sriprasert, president of the Thai Rice Exporters Association, says further weakness in the US dollar and concerns over drought add to pressure on prices. Market experts say next year India is likely to try to import three million tons of rice – entering the world market for the first time in 21 years – because of a drought.

Vichai also warns that increasing demand for bio-fuels(生物燃料) from grain could reduce food crops, forcing the price of food grains higher. "This is very serious. That's why the price of rice will not go back to the level that we used to see," Vichai said. "It will have to be elevated at a higher level, but I don't know where."

The Philippines this week said it is cutting rice imports because of high prices, even though the country lost more than a million tons of grain to typhoons this year. Officials from Vietnam, a leading export competitor with Thailand, predict prices will reach about $800 a ton by the middle of 2010. This week the Philippines' National Food Authority offered almost $665 a ton for 600,000 tons of Vietnamese rice.

Economists say higher food prices will only increase the problems faced by the region's poor, who are highly dependent on rice as a staple food.

68．Which of the following is NOT true according to paragraph 1?

       A．Drought reduces production of rice in India.

       B．Prices for rice were lower all the time in 2008.

       C．Rice is a major food for the world’s population.

       D．The improving global economy increases the need for rice.

69．How many reasons did Vichai mention about rice price’s going up?

       A．1.     B．2.      C．3.      D．4.

70．Why does the Philippines plan to cut rice imports?

       A．Because of high prices.   B．Because of typhoons.

       C．Because of civil war.       D．Because of drought.

71．What’s the best title of the passage?

       A．Higher food prices will increase problems

       B．There are many new markets for the Thai rice

       C．The global economy is improving

       D．Prices for rice are expected to rise