SECTION B（10分）

Directions: Read the following passage．Answer the questions according to the information given in the passage and the required words limit．Write your answers on your answer sheet．

In a time of low academic achievement by children in the United States, many Americans are turning to Japan, a country of high academic achievement, for possible answers. However, the answers provided by Japanese preschools are not the ones Americans expected to find. In most Japanese preschools, surprisingly little emphasis is put on academic instruction. In one investigation, 300 Japanese and 210 American preschool teachers, child development specialists, and parents were asked about various aspects of early childhood education. Only 2 percent of the Japanese respondents (答問卷者)listed "to give children a good start academically" as one of their top three reasons for a society to have preschools. In contrast, over half the American respondents chose this as one of their top three choices. To prepare children for success full careers in first grade and beyond, Japanese schools do not teach reading, writing, and math emetics, but rather skills such as persistence, concentration, and the ability to function as a member of a group. The vast majority of young Japanese children are taught to read at home by their parents.

　　In the recent comparison of Japanese and American preschool education, 91 percent of Japanese respondents chose providing children with a group experience as one of their top three reasons for a society to have preschools. Sixty-two percent of the more individually oriented (強調(diào)個性發(fā)展的) Americans listed group experience as one of their top three choices. An emphasis on the importance of the group seen in Japanese early childhood education continues into elementary school education.

　　Like in America, there is diversity in Japanese early childhood education. Some Japanese kindergartens have specific aims, such as early musical training or potential development. In large cities, some kindergartens are attached to universities that have elementary and secondary schools. Some Japanese parents believe that if their young children attend a university-based program, it will increase the children’s chances of eventually being admitted to top-rated schools and universities. Several more progressive programs have introduced free play as a way out for the heavy intellectualizing in some Japanese kindergartens.

81．What’s the main reason for many American parents sending their children to preschools in Japan? (no more than 11 words)

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82．Who teach the Japanese preschool children to read mostly? (no more than 2 words)

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83．List three qualities that Japanese preschools encourage in their kids. (no more than 13 words)

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84．According to the last paragraph, what problem do some Japanese kindergartens have? (no more than 3 words)

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Valuing water

Human beings use a little less than half the water available worldwide. Yet shortages and droughts(干旱) are causing starvation and poverty in some areas, and industrial and agricultural by-products are polluting water supplies. Since the world’s population is expected to double in the next 51 years, many experts think we are on the edge of a widespread water crisis.

But that doesn’t have to be the result. Water shortages do not have to trouble the world—if we start valuing water more than we have in the past. Just as we began to value petrol more after the 1970s oil crisis, today we must start looking at water from a fresh economic view. We can no longer afford to consider water a nearly free resource of which we can use as much as we like in any way we want.

Instead, for all uses except the demand of the poor, governments should price water to reflect its real value. This means charging a fee for the water itself as well as for the supply costs.

Governments should also protect this source by providing water in more economically and environmentally sound ways. For example, often the cheapest way to provide irrigation(灌溉) water in the dry places is through small-scale projects, such as gathering rainfall in depressions(凹地) and pumping it to nearby cropland.

No matter what steps governments take to provide water more efficiently, they must change their ways to use water. Rather than control hundreds or even thousands of local, regional agencies that watch water use, countries should set up central authorities to manage water policy.

65. What is the real cause of the potential water crisis?

A. Only half of the world’s water can be used.

B. The world population is increasing faster and faster.

C. Half of the world’s resources have been seriously polluted.

D. Human beings have not placed sufficient value on water resources.

66.We can conclude from the passage that the water problem______.

A. is already serious in certain parts of the world

B. has been exaggerated by some experts in the field

C. poses a challenge to the technology of building reservoirs

D. is underestimated by government organizations at different levels

67.According to the author, the water price should______.

A. be reduced to the minimum

B. stimulate domestic demand

C. equal its real value

D. take into account the occurrences of droughts.

閱讀下面的短文，然后按照要求寫一篇150左右的英語短文。 

With the development of information industry，our personal information has become more easily exposed in public.As some celebrities are worried about their telephone number，ID number and home address being put on the internet，ordinary people like us can’t escape from the doom either.

A recent report from Xinhua reveals over twenty telephone-salespeople have been caught cheating customers by revealing their private information to local community of Beijing.

The report says the salespeople would call their potential customers trying to earn their trust by correctly revealing their personal information such as their name，telephone number，home address and even previous purchases.

They would then try to persuade the customer to buy a gold cellphone by mail. If the customer became suspicious，they would use another person’s identity to prove their authenticity.

[寫作內(nèi)容]

你在某英文報刊看到這則報導(dǎo)后，準(zhǔn)備就我們學(xué)生該如何在網(wǎng)絡(luò)保護私人信息、以 “How can we keep our personal information off the Internet？”為題目寫一篇文章給該報編輯部。

[內(nèi)容要點包括]

1．以約30詞簡要概括新聞內(nèi)容；                  

2．然后以約120詞談?wù)勀愕挠^點，內(nèi)容包括：

(1)在信息時代，想讓個人信息完全與世隔絕是不可能的，但可盡量減少；

(2)你為解決信息泄露所采取的一些措施：   

A．到有安全保障的網(wǎng)站買東西；

B．只向能確保你個人信息安全的網(wǎng)站提供個人信息；

C．其它一些你認為有效的措施．

[寫作要求] 

1.  可以使用實例或其他論述方法支持你的論點，也可以參照閱讀材料的內(nèi)容，但不得直接引用原文中的句子；

2.  作文中不能出現(xiàn)真實姓名和學(xué)校名稱。

[評分標(biāo)準(zhǔn)] 概括準(zhǔn)確，語言規(guī)范，內(nèi)容合適，篇章連貫

Why not ______ your potential that is hidden in your body? That will be your only chance.

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第五部分書面表達  (滿分25分)

中國2010上海世界博覽會將是探討人類城市生活的盛會。請根據(jù)下面表格介紹上海世界博覽會的情況。

注意：1 對所給要點，不要簡單翻譯，要有適當(dāng)發(fā)揮。

2 詞數(shù)：150左右。短文開頭已經(jīng)寫好，不記入總詞數(shù)。

3 文中不得提及考生所在學(xué)校和本人姓名。

Expo 2010 Shanghai China will be a great event to explore the full potential of urben life in the 21st century.It starts__________________________________________________