During the years when I was a teacher，I learned a lot of things．Perhaps the most important one was the life-changing 36 of encouraging words．

　 I 37 what Leo Buscaglia had done with his students in University of Southern California。In one class Leo Buscaglia and his students had made two lists of 38，one positive and one negative．Then they 39 the negative words in the trash and tried to use only the 40 words for one month．They were 41 at how much better their lives became just by using words full of 42 ．

　 I decided to try this as well by 43 something good to write on each paper my students 44 ．No matter how many mistakes a student’s paper 45，there was always a 46 sentence，beautiful thought，or a great idea that I could 47 on．I remember glancing over my desk and 48 some of the students reading those encouraging words 49. It was a joy seeing their eyes shine a little brighter，their 50 sit up a little straighter，and their learning climb a lot 51．

I recently saw one of my 52 students and we talked for a while．He has got married，and has two children now．As I was saying goodbye，he said，“You know I 53 have a few of those old papers．I look at them from time to time．I just 54 my kids have a good teacher like you．” I was amazed at the 55 those few positive words had on his life．

　 May your own life be forever full of encouraging words in your ears，from your lips and in your heart．

36．A．method　 　　B．ability　　　 C．power　　　　 D．approach

37．A．improved　　 B．1earned　　 C．wondered　　　 D．used

38．A．books　　　 B．words　　　 C．ideas　　　　 D．tasks

39．A．threw　　　 B．collected　　 C．stored　　　　 D．wrote

40．A．familiar　　　 B．standard　 　 C．common　　　 D．positive

41．A．curious　　　 B．disappointed　 C．amazed　　　 D．confused

42．A．astonishment　 B．encouragement C．friendship　 D．advantage

43．A．buying　　　 B．finding　　　 C．asking　　　 D．wishing

44．A．took down　　 B．put away　　 C．looked through D．handed in

45．A．contained　　 B．created　　　 C．avoided　　　 D．reduced

46．A．complete　　　 B．strange　　 C．simple　　　　 D．meaningful

47．A．agree　　　　 B．comment　 C．bring　　　　　 D．depend

48．A．keeping　　　 B．having　　 C．seeing　　　　 D．1eaving

49．A．again and again B．now and then C．little by little　 D．step by step

50．A．1egs　　　　　 B．waists　　 C．backs　　　　 D．shoulders

51．A．further　　　　 B．higher　　 C．deeper　　　　 D．wider

52．A．present　　　 B．clever　　　 C．careful　　　　 D．former

53．A．ever　　　　 B．never　　　 C．still　　　　　 D．merely

54．A．hope　　　　 B．admit　　　 C．complain　　　 D．remember

55．A．result　　　　 B．strength　　 C．effect　　　　 D．importance

Directions: Read the following passage. Fill in the numbered blanks by using the information from the passage.

       Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer.

D. R. Gaul Middle School is in Union, Maine, a blueberry-farming town where the summer fair finds kids competing in pig scrambles and pie-eating contests.

Gaul, with about 170 seventh- and eighth-graders, has its own history of lower level academic achievement. One likely reason: Education beyond the basic requirements hasn't always been a top priority for families who've worked the same land for generations. Here, few adults have college degrees, and outsiders (teachers included) are often kept at a respectful distance.

Since 2002, Gaul's students have been divided into four classes, each of them taught almost every subject by two teachers. The goal: To find common threads across disciplines to help students create a big picture that gives fresh meaning and context to their classwork -- and sparks motivation for learning.

Working within state guidelines, each team makes its individual schedules and lesson plans, incorporating non-textbook literature, hands-on lab work and field trips. If students are covering the Civil War in social studies, they're reading The Red Badge of Courage or some other period literature in English class. In science, they study the viruses and bacteria that caused many deaths in the war.

Team teaching isn't unusual. About 77 percent of middle schools now employ some form of it, says John Lounsbury, consulting editor for the National Middle School Association. But most schools use four- or five-person teams, which Gaul tried before considering two-person teams more effective. Gaul supports the team concept by "looping" classes (跟班) so that the same two teachers stick with the same teens through seventh and eighth grades. Combining teams and looping creates an extremely strong bond between teacher and student. It also, says teacher Beth Ahlholm, "allows us to build an excellent relationship with parents."

Ahlholm and teammate Madelon Kelly are fully aware how many glazed looks they see in the classroom, but they know 72 percent of their eighth-graders met Maine's reading standard last year -- double the statewide average. Only 31 percent met the math standard, still better than the state average (21 percent). Their students also beat the state average in writing and science. And in2006, Gaul was one of 47 schools in the state to see testing gains of at least 20 percent in four of the previous five years, coinciding roughly with team teaching's arrival.

Everyone gathered around and Paddy read out loud, slowly, his tone growing sadder and sadder．The little  headline said: BOXER  RECEIVFS LIFF SENTENCE．

Frank Cleary, aged 26,professional boxer, was today found guilty of the murder of Albert  Cumming, aged 32,laborer ,last July．The jury （陪審團）reached its decision after only ten minutes, recommending the most sever punishment the court could give out．It was, said the judge, a simple case．Cumming and Cleary had quarreled violently at the Harbour Hotel on July 23rd and police saw Cleary kicking at the head of the unconscious Cumming． When arrested, Cleary was drunk but clear-thinking…

Cleary was sentenced to life imprisonment with hard labour ．Asked if he had anything to say , Cleary answered，“Just don't tell my mother．”

"It happened over three years ago, " Paddy said helplessly． No one answered him or moved, for no one knew what to do．“Just don't tell my mother,” said Fee numbly．"And no one did! Oh．God! My poor, poor Frank!"

Paddy wiped the tears from his face and said． “Fee dear, pack your things．We'll go to see him．"

She half-rose before sinking back, her eyes in her small white face stared as if dead．"I can't go ．"  she said without a hint of pain, yet making everyone feel that the pain was there． "It would kill him to see me．I know him so well - his pride, his ambition．Let him bear the shame alone, it's what he wants． We've got to help him keep his secret． What good will it do him to see us? "

Paddy was still weeping．but not for Frank, for the life which had gone from Fee's face, for the dying in her eyes．Frank had always brought bitterness and misfortune ,always stood between Fee and himself． He was the cause of her withdrawal from his hart and the hearts of his children．

Every time it looked as if there might be happiness for Fee, Frank took it away． But Paddy's love for her was as deep and impossible to wipe out as hers was for Frank．

So he said． " Well, Fee, we won't go．But we must make sure he is taken care of． How about if Iwrite to Father Jones and ask him to look out for Frank?

       The eyes didn't liven , but a faint pink stole into her cheeks  “Yes, Paddy, do that. Only make sure he knows not to tell Frank we found out．Perhaps it would ease Frank to think for certain that we don't know．”

66．Which of the following is true according to the passage?

    A．Frank was found guilty of murder because he was a professional boxer．

    B．The family didn't find out what happened to Frank until three years later

    C．The jury and the judge disagreed on whether Frank had committed murder．

    D．Frank didn't want his family to find out what happened because Paddy disliked him．

67．Paddy didn't cry for Frank because he thought        .

     A．Frank did kill someone and deserved the punishment

    B ．Frank should have told Fee what had happened

    C．what had happened to Frank was killing Fee

    D．Frank had always been a man of bad moral character

68．Which of the following suggests that Fee was deeply shocked by what happened to Frank?

    A． " Her eyes in her small white face stared as if dead．"

     B． " Let him bear the shame alone , its what he wants．"

     C．"Every time it looked as if there might be happiness for Fee , Frank took it away "

     D．"The eyes didn't liven, but a faint pink stole into her cheeks "

69．"She half-rose before sinking back…" （in Paragraph 6） shows that____．

    A．Fee was so heart-broken that she could hardly stand up

    B ．Fee didn't want to upset Paddy by visiting Frank

    C ．Fee couldn't leave her family to go to see Frank

    D Fee struggled between wanting to See Frank and respecting his wish

70．What is Fee's probable relationship with Frank and Paddy?

    A．Sister and brother                                    B．Mother and husband

    C．Girlfriend and lover                                     D．Wife and husband

One of the main challenges facing many countries is how to maintain their identity in the face of globalization and the growing multi-language trend．“One of the main reasons for economic failure in many African countries is the fact that, with a few important exceptions, mother-tongue education is not practiced in any of the independent African states．" said Neville Alexander．Doctor of the Project for the Study of Alternative Education in South Africa at the  University of Cape Town．

In response to the spread of English and  the increased  multi-language trends arising from Immigration ．many countries have introduced language laws in the laws in the last decade ．In some ,the use  of languages other than the national language is banned in public spaces such as advertising  posters． One of the first such legal provisions was the  1994 " Toubon law' in France．but the idea has been copied in many countries since then．Such efforts to govern language use are often dismissed as futile by language experts ．who are well aware of the difficulty of controlling fashions in speech and know  from research  that language switching among bilinguals is a natural process．

It is especially difficult for native speakers of English to understand the desire to maintain the 'purity"  of a language by law． Since the time of Shakespeare ． English has continually absorbed foreign words into its own language．English is one of the most mixed and rapidly changing languages in the world．But the  has not been a barrier to acquiring prestige and power．Another reason for the failure of many native English speakers to understand the role of state regulation is that it bas never been the Anglo-Saxon way of doing things．English has never had a state-controlled authority for the language, similar, for example, to the Academie Francaise in France．

The need to protect national languages is, for most western Europeans, a recent phenomenon- especially the need to ensure that English does not unnecessarily take over too many fields．

Public communication, education and new modes of communication promoted by technology, may be key fields to defend．

61．Neville Alexander believes that          ．

      A．mother-tongue education is not practiced in all African countries

      B．lack of mother-tongue education can lead to economic failure

     C．globalization has led to  the rise of multi-language trends

     D．globalization has resulted in the economic failure of Africa

62． The underlined word " futile"   （in paragraph 2）  most probably means " _____" ．

     A．useless              B．practical              C．workable            D．necessary

63．Why do many English-speaking; countries not support the language protection efforts described  in the passage?

     A．They think language protection laws are ineffective．

     B．They want their language to spread to other countries．

     C．They have a long history of taking words from other languages．

     D．It reduces a language's ability to acquire international importance．

64．What can we infer from the last paragraph?

    A．English has taken over fields like public communication and education．

    B．Europeans have long realized the need to protect their national Languages．

    C．Most language experts believe it is important to promote a national language．

    D．Many aspects of national culture are threatened by the spread of English．

65．The best title for the passage is          ．

    A．Fighting against the rule of English

    B．Globalization and multi-language trends

    C．Protecting local languages and identities

    D．to maintain the purity of language by law

Increasingly over the last few years, we have become familiar with the range of small electronic devices or “smart” accessories （附件,飾品 ）．Pocket heart -rate monitors for joggers and electronic maps are just the first examples of many new products that promise to change our lives in all sorts of surprising ways．

As a scientist at New York University．Rosalind Picard tries out different smart accessories before they go on the market．One of these was the so-called " frown（皺眉）headband"．Rosalind was shocked to realize just how often she frowned．Stuck in a traffic jam recently, Rosalind kept hearing the sounds of the tiny sensor inside the band worn around her forehead -each time she frowned in annoyance, the sensor gave out a signal．

Another computer scientist , Stevcn Feiner, is working on a pair of glasses that will do more than help you to see ．Imagine you want to try a restaurant in a foreign city but you're not familiar with the dishes on the menu． If you are wearing a pair of Steven's glasses ．all you have to do is glance above the restaurant’s doorway and your glasses will immediately become windows to the Internet, offering you full details of the meals served inside．The glasses could also be used to help people make speeches, give chefs access to the latest recipes and even provide doctors with patient information while they carry out operations．

　　　 At the moment, Steven's invention looks more like a large ski mask than a pair of glasses．It's a headset connected to a hand-held computer and a Global Positioning System （ GPS ） receiver, which tracks the wearer's position．But he says that these head-worn displays will eventually get smaller and lighter as technology improves．

And, of course, this new technology has a fashionable as well as a useful application．A chemical engineer named Roben Langer has invented a new microchip that, if put inside a ring, can give off different smells according to a person's mood．That, of course, may or may not appeal to you．And, in the end , it is shoppers ．not scientists , who will determine which of these smart accessories will succeed as fashionable items and which are sure to join history's long list of crazy inventions．

It is clear, however ,that as computers get smaller and cheaper．Lhcy will pop up in all sorts of easily-wearable accessories ．even in the buttons on your coat．What’s marc, this is something that's going to happen a lot sooner than we all expect．

56．When Rosalind wore the headband, she was surprised at　　　　　　 .

　　　 A．how well the sensor worked　 　　　　　　 B．how she was affected by traffic

　　　 C．how strong the signal was　　　 　　　　　　 D．how uncomfortable it was

57． For people eating out, Steven’ s glasses can 　　　　　　,

　　　 A．give them a restaurant's location

B．let them see a restaurant's environment

　　　 C．inform them about a restaurant’s menu

　　　 D．tell them about a restaurant's quality

58．What is the current problem with Steven's glasses?

　 A．Limited function． B．Inconvenience．

C．High cost．　　　　　　　　　 　　　　　　 D．Poor Internet access．

59．In general, what does the writer think about smart accessories?

　　　 A．They will soon be widely available．

　　　 B．Much more research is needed into them．

　　　 C．Only a few of them will appeal to shoppers．

　　　 D．Most of them are considered to be crazy inventions．

60．What's the writer's purpose in writing this passage?

　　　 A．To advertise some smart access ones．

　　　 B．To tell interesting stories about smart accessories．

　　　 C．To argue that smart accessories are fashionable．

　　　 D．To introduce the idea of smart accessories．

Directions: Complete the following passage by filling in each blank with one word that best fits the context.

A group of robbers dug their way into the basement of a bank in Paris and emptied almost 200 private safes(保險箱).

They entered the Credit Lyonnais branch using building  equipment  to dig holes and destroy walls    48.        Saturday night. They tied up a security guard and spent 49.          next nine hours robbing the bank.

One investigator described the robbery 50.        a “professional job”. The robbers came in at about 22:00 on Saturday51.        left at 07:00 on Sunday. They entered through the basements of the neighbouring building, digging through a series of tunnels and making a hole into a wall of 80 cm thick to get into the bank, 52.        was having building works at the time.

       When53.         left, the robbers set the place on fire to remove any trace of evidence, switching  on the anti-fire system and flooding the building.  Fortunatcly, the guard escaped unharmed.

54.         is difficult to estimate the total value of what 55.         as only the bank’s clients(儲戶) know the content of their private safes.

Part III Reading comprehension (30 marks)

Directions: Read the following three passages. Each passage is followed by several questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage.

　　　 Directions: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A,B,C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.

I took up skydiving in my twenties. At the time the accident happened, I'd done just 30 jumps. The airfield was quiet when I 　 36　 . On board were Chris, who was taking a tourist, and Ants, the cameraman. Chris indicated I should exit first and the other three would 　 37　 . Later I knew it was this 　 38　 that saved my life.

At 12,000 feet Chris rolled up the door and nodded that it was time for my exit. I put my foot on a step just beside the door, and in an instand the propeller blast (螺旋槳氣流) threw me against the side of the plane, half in, half out. I pushed and got my other leg out of the door, but in doing so I found myself 　 39　 down the body of the plane towards the tail. My parachute (降落傘) got caught and my 　 40　 and legs were pushed backwards, powerless, in the strong wind.

I was strangely 　 41　 ．To a skydiver, being at 12,000 feet is a good thing．Altitude is your friend；being close to the ground is deadly and will kill you．

Ants appeared and moved slowly towards me, his legs held by Chris in the door．Ants reached out and got hold of my foot．With the weight partly off, I found myself falling away from the plane, 　 42　 freed．I waved and smiled to indicate I was fine．

It was actually very 　 43　 ．If any one of a number of factors had been different, I would have 　 44　 ．I could have hit the plane with my head．If I had been the last to exit, the pilot alone would have been unable to free me, and even if he had been aware that I was 　 45　 underneath the plane, he would still have had to land at some point．

Blue Skies, Black Death is the skydivers' mantra （咒語）．On the one hand, there's the freedom and 　 46　 of the open sky．But in order to 　 47　 this joy, you must accept that there is usually only one result if something goes wrong．

36．A．jumped　　　　　　　　　 B．arrived　　　　　　　　　 C．woke　　　　 　　 D．dove

37．A．follow　　　　 　　 B．escape　　　　　　　　　 C．leave　　　　 　　 D．fly

38．A．trouble 　　　　　　　　 B．effort　　　　　　　　　　 C．chance 　　　　　　　 D．decision

40．A．body 　　　　　　　　　 B．arms　　　　　　　　　　　 C．head 　　　　　　　　　 D．fingers

41．A．frightened 　　　　　 B．anxious　　　　　　　　　 C．excited 　　　　　　　 D．calm

42．A．really 　　　　　　　　 B．hopefully　　　　　　　　 C．certainly 　　　　　　 D．finally

43．A．funny 　　　　　　　　 B．ordinary　　　　　　　　 C．clear 　　　　　　　　　 D．serious

44．A．died 　　　　　　　　　 B．laughed　　　　　　　　　 C．stopped 　　　　　　　 D．returned

45．A．covered 　　　　　　　 B．adjusted　　　　　　　　 C．attached 　　　　　　　 D．connected

46．A．pride 　　　　　　　　　　 B．confidence　　　　　　 C．excitement 　　　　　 D．willingness

47．A．observe 　　　　　　　 B．experience　　　　　　　 C．imagine 　　　　　　　 D．discover

—Why didn’t you come to the English party? We were very disappointed.

—Sorry, I        , but I had an unexpected visitor.

       A．would like have                                   B．would like to

       C．would like to have                                D．would like

Changsha       a sharp increase in the number of donating blood volunteers in the past few years.

       A．has seen              B．saw                    C．has been seen      D．was seen

—The task is challenging and demanding. Who do you think can make it?

—       my partner have a try? I think she is the right person to do it.

       A．Will                     B．Might                  C．Should                D．Shall