D

　　The oddness of life in space never quite goes away. Here are some examples.

　　First consider something as simple as sleep. Its position presents its own challenges. The main question is whether you want your arms inside or outside the sleeping bag. If you leave your arms out, they float free in zero gravity, often giving a sleeping astronaut the look of a funny balled (芭蕾)dancer. “I’m an inside guy,” Mike Hopkins says, who returned from a six-month tour on the International Space Station. “I like to be wrapped up.”

　　On the station, the ordinary becomes strange. The exercise bike for the American astronauts has no handlebars. It also has no seat. With no gravity, it’s just as easy to pedal violently. You can watch a movie while you pedal by floating a microcomputer anywhere you want. But station residents have to be careful about staying in one place too long. Without gravity to help circulate air, the carbon dioxide you exhale (呼氣) has a tendency to form an invisible (隱形的)cloud around you head. You can end up with what astronauts call a carbon-dioxide headache.

　　Leroy Chiao, 54, an American retired astronaut after four flights, describes what happens even before you float out of your seat,”Your inner ear thinks your’re falling . Meanwhile your eyes are telling you you’re standing straight. That can be annoying—that’s why some people feel sick.” Within a couple days —truly terrible days for some —astronauts’ brains learn to ignore the panicky signals from the inner ear, and space sickness disappears.

　　Space travel can be so delightful but at the same time invisibly dangerous. For instance, astronauts lose bone mass. That’s why exercise is considered so vital that National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) puts it right on the workday schedule. The focus on fitness is as much about science and the future as it is about keeping any individual astronauts return home, and, more importantly, how to maintain strength and fitness for the two and a half years or more that it would take to make a round-trip to Mars.

　　63.What is the major challenge to astronauts when they sleep in space?

　　A. Deciding on a proper sleep position

　　B. Choosing a comfortable sleeping bag

　　C. Seeking a way to fall asleep quickly

　　D. Finding a right time to go to sleep.

　　64.The astronauts will suffer from a carbon-dioxide headache when _____.

　　A. the y circle around on their bikes

　　B. they use microcomputers without a stop

　　C. they exercise in one place for a long time

　　D. they watch a movie while pedaling

　　65.Some astronauts feel sick on the station during the first few days because _____.

　　A. their senses stop working

　　B. they have to stand up straight

　　C. they float out of their seats unexpectedly

　　D. whether they are able to go back to the station

　　66.One of the NASA’s major concerns about astronauts is _____.

　　A. how much exercise they do on the station

　　B. how they can remain healthy for long in space

　　C. whether they can recover after returning home

　　D. whether they are able to go back to the station

　　E

　　Science has a lot of uses. It can uncover laws of nature, cure diseases, make bombs, and help bridges to stand up. Indeed science is so good at what it does that there’s always a temptation(誘惑) to drag it into problems where it may not be helpful. David Brooks, author of The Social Animal: The Hidden Sources of Love, Character,and Achievement, appears to be the latest in a long line of writers who have failed to resist the temptation.

　　Brooks gained fame for several books. His latest book The Social Animal, however, is more ambitious and serious than his earlier books. It is an attempt to deal with a set of weighty topics. The book focuses on big questions: What has science revealed about human nature? What are the sources of character? And why are some people happy and successful while others aren’t?

　　To answer these questions, Brooks surveys a wide range of disciplines(學(xué)科). Considering this, you might expect the book to be a dry recitation of facts. But Brooks has structured his book in an unorthodox(非常規(guī)的), and perhaps unfortunate, way. Instead of introducing scientific theories, he tells a story, within which he tries to make his points, perhaps in order to keep the reader’s attention.So as Harold and Erica, the hero and heroine in his story, live through childhood, we hear about the science of child development and as they begin to date we hear about the theory of sexual attraction. Brooks carries this through to the death of one of his characters.

　　On the whole,Brooks’s story is acceptable if uninspired. As one would expect, his writing is mostly clear and, to be fair, some chapters stand out above the rest. I enjoyed, for instance, the chapter in which Harold discovers how to think on his own. While Harold and Erica are certainly not strong or memorable characters, the more serious problems with The Social Animal lie elsewhere. These problems partly involve Brooks’s attempt to translate his tale into science.

　　67. The author mentions the functions of science at the beginning of the passage to__________.

　　A. illustrate where science can be applied

　　B. demonstrate the value of Brooks’s new book

　　C. remind the reader of the importance of science

　　D. explain why many writers use science in their works

　　68. According to the author, which of the following could be a strength of the book?

　　A. Its strong basis.

　　B. Its convincing points.

　　C. Its clear writing.

　　D. Its memorable characters.

　　69. What is the author’s general attitude towards the book?

　　A. Contradictory.

　　B. Supportive.

　　C . Cautious.

　　D. Critical.

　　70. What is the author likely to write about after the last paragraph?

　　A. Problems with the book.

　　B. Brooks’s life experience.

　　C. Death of the characters.

　　D. Brooks’s translation skills.

　　第四部分：書面表達(共兩節(jié)，滿分50分)

　　第一節(jié)：完成句子(共10小題;每小題2分，滿分20分)

　　閱讀下列各小題，根據(jù)漢語提示，用句末括號內(nèi)的英語單詞完成句子，并將答案寫在答題卡上的相應(yīng)題號后。

　　例：______ was that the young player performed extremely well in the table tennis

　　tournament. (delight)

　　令球迷欣喜的是那位年輕的球員在乒乓球錦標賽中表現(xiàn)得極為出色。

　　答案：What delighted the fans/made the fans delighted

　　71. If she had been aware that the mushroom were poisonous,she ___them for dinner.(pick)

　　要是知道這些蘑菇有毒，她不會采來做晚餐了。

　　72. ___the beef being cooked on the stove,the mother pictured the whole family having meals together.(look)

　　看著爐子上燉著的牛肉，媽媽想象著一家人在一起吃飯的畫面。

　　73. The director,___a dorm-room in the Film Academy, has already make four films.(share)

　　這位導(dǎo)演已經(jīng)執(zhí)導(dǎo)了四部電影，在電影學(xué)院求學(xué)時杰克與他同住在一間寢室。

　　74. Into the complete silence of the waiting class____, “Good morning,children.”(come)

　　在全班同學(xué)靜靜的等待中傳來了老師甜甜的嗓音：“孩子們，早上好”。

　　75.____will not make any difference to our arrangements.(say)

　　無論她說什么，都是不會對我們的安排有影響。

　　76.We must act as quickly as possible now. Just tell us ___the task or not.(undertake).

　　現(xiàn)在我們必須采取行動。你就告訴我們，你能否承擔(dān)這項任務(wù)吧。

　　77. The professor was delighted to find that two thirds of the project ___by the students independently.(finish)

　　教授高興地發(fā)現(xiàn)學(xué)生們已獨立完成了該項目三分之二的工作。

　　78.____that they found the long lost sword of the Ming Dynasty .(be)

　　就是在這個湖里，他們發(fā)現(xiàn)了失蹤已久的明代寶劍。

　　79._____to only a few people here,his reputation abroad is very great.(know).

　　雖然這里只有幾個人知道他，但他在國外的名氣卻很大。、

　　80.Many bad habits can be especially difficult to cure because they are likely ___at a very young age.(from).

　　許多壞習(xí)慣特殊氣味難以糾正，因為它們可能是人們在年幼時就形成了的。

　　第二節(jié)目 短文寫作

　　請根據(jù)以下提示，并結(jié)合具體事例，有英語寫一篇短文。

　　Questioning is a bridge to learning. When you begin to doubt something and search for an answer,you will learn.

　　注意：1.無須寫標題;

　　2.除詩歌外，文體不限;

　　3.內(nèi)容必須結(jié)合你生活中的具體事例;

　　4.文中不得透露個人姓名和學(xué)校名稱;

　　5.詞數(shù)不少于120，如引用提示語則不計入總詞數(shù)。

　　參考答案

　　第一部分：聽力(每小題1.5分，滿分30分)

　　1. B 2. A 3. B 4. C 5. C 6. B 7. B 8. A 9. A 10. C

　　11. C 12. A 13. A 14. C 15. A 16. B 17. A 18. C 19. C 20. A

　　第二部分：詞匯知識運用

　　第一節(jié)：多項選擇(每小題1分，滿分10分)

　　21. A 22. C 23. D 24. B 25. C 26. D 27. B 28. C 29. A 30. A

　　第二節(jié)：完形填空(每小題1分，滿分20分)

　　31. D 32. B 33. A 34. D 35. B 36. D 37. B 38. A 39. C 40. B

　　41. C 42. D 43. C 44. A 45. C 46. A 47. B 48. A 49. C 50. C

　　第三部分：閱讀理解(每小題2分，滿分40分)

　　A篇：51. C 52. B 53. D 54. B B篇：55. C 56. B 57. A 58. D

　　C篇：59. D 60. B 61. A 62. C D篇：63. A 64. C 65. D 66. B

　　E篇：67. D 68. C 69. D 70. A

　　第四部分：書面表達

　　第一節(jié)：完成句子(每小題2分，滿分20分)

　　71. would not have picked

　　72. Looking at

　　When/While (she was) looking at

　　73. with whom Jack shared/who shared with Jack

　　74. came the teacher’s sweet voice

　　75. Whatever she says

　　76. whether/if you can undertake

　　77. had (already) been finished

　　78. It was in this lake

　　79. Although/Though he is known

　　80. to have been formed

　　第二節(jié)：短文寫作(滿分30分)

　　三、One Possible Version

　　Questioning can lead to searching for an answer. If we are in the habit of raising doubts as to whether what we are told is true, we can find the correct answer and learn more.

　　Two years ago, our teacher offered us an answer to a difficult math problem in class. Although the answer seemed a little strange, nobody but I doubted it. Thinking that his solution might be wrong, I carefully analyzed the problem and tried to work it out in a different way. Half an hour later, I managed to find the correct answer. When I showed my answer to him, the teacher praised me for my independent thinking.

　　From this experience I have learnt that questioning can serve as a bridge that helps us to seek the truth.