C．

When I come across a good essay in reading newspapers,I am often inclined to cut and keep it.But just as I am about to do so I find the article on the opposite side is as much interesting.It may be a discussion of the way to keep in good health,or advice about how to behave and conduct oneself in society.If I cut the front essay,the opposite one is bound to suffer damage,leaving out half of it or keeping the text without the subject.As a result,the scissors would stay before they start,or halfway done when I find out the regretful consequence that inevitably(不可避免地) causes my repentance.   

Sometimes two things are to be done at the same time,both deserving your attention.You can only take up one of them,the other has to wait or be given up.But you know the future is unpredictable—the changed situation may not allow you to do what is left behind.Thus you are caught in a fix and feel sad.How come that nice opportunities and brilliant ideas should gather around all at once?It may happen that your life changes dramatically on your preference of one alternative to the other.

In fact that is what life is like:we are often faced with the two opposite aspects of a thing which are both desirable like newspaper cutting.It often occurs that our attention is drawn to one thing only after we are engaged in another.The former may be more important than the latter and give rise to a divided mind.I still remember a philosopher’s remarks:“When one door shuts,another opens in life.” So a casual or passive choice may not be a bad one.

Whatever we do in our lifetime,wherever life’s storm tosses us,there must be something we can achieve,some shore we can land,that opens up new vistas to us.Don’t forget God always keeps an alternative door open for every one.While the front door is closed,there must be another open for you.

64.When the writer finds a good article in reading newspapers,______.

A.he is always glad to cut and keep it

B.he is always hesitant to cut and keep it

C.he often has a desire to cut and keep it

D.he often finds it difficult to decide which side to cut and keep

65.The writer feels regretful because______.

A.he fails to choose a good essay

B.he fails to cut the two essays on both sides well

C.he finds the essay on the opposite side is better

D.he finds that he just keeps the text without the subject

66.What’s the meaning of the underlined part in Paragraph 2?

A.You’re trapped in a trouble.

B.You find it difficult to fix something.

C.You are trapped in a situation where you can’t decide which choice is better.

D.You have so many opportunities that you don’t know which to choose.

67.Which one do you think is the best title of this passage?

A.Paper Cutting                                                B. Two Opposite Sides

C.Difficult Choices                                           D.Another Door

                       

                           D．

The television camera is rather like the human eye. Both the eye and the camera have a lens(镜头)，and both produce a picture on a screen. In each case the picture is made up of millions of spots of light.

Let us see how the eye works. When we look at an object a person, a house, or whatever it may be .we do not see all the details of the object in one piece. We imagine what we do, but this is not the case. In fact, the eye builds up the picture for us in our brain, which controls our sight, in millions of separate parts, and, although we do not realize it, all these details are seen separately.This is what happens when we look at something. Beams of light of different degrees of intensity（强度）, reflected from all parts of the object, strike the lens of the eye. The lens then gathers together the spots of light from these beams and focuses them on to a light sensitive plate the retina（视网膜） at the back of the eyeball. In this way an image of the object is produced on the retina in the form of a pattern of lights.

The retina contains millions of minute light sensitive elements, each of which is separately connected to the brain by a tiny fibre in the optic（视力的）nerve. These nerve fibres, working independently, pick out minute details from the image on the retina and turn the small spots of light into nerve impulses（冲击）of different strengths. They then transmit these impulses to the brain. They do this all at the same time.

All the details of the image are fed to the brain, and, as we have taught our brain to add them together correctly, we see a clear picture of the object as a whole.Television, which means vision at a distance, operates on a similar principle.        A television picture is built up in thousands of separate parts.

Beams of light reflected from the subject being televised strike the lens of the television camera, which corresponds to（相当于）the lens of the eye. The camera lens gathers together the spot of light from these beams and focuses an image of the subject on to a plate, the surface of which is coated with millions of photo electric elements sensitive to light.

68. In the first paragraph, we are told that the television camera is like the human eye in__________________

A. one way                         B. two ways

C. three ways                      D. a large number of ways

69. Which of the following is NOT true according to the writer?

A. The eye produces a picture on a screen.

B. Our sight is controlled by our brain.

C. We see all the details of an object in one piece.

D. The picture is made up of millions of spots of light.

70. All the rays of light reflected from objects are______________

A. of the same intensity                B. not at all intense

C. to some degree intense               D. of varying intensities

71. A camera lens focuses an image on to_____________.

A. the subject       B. a television set

C. a surface made up of millions of light sensitive elements

D. millions of photo electric beams of light

72.The best title for the passage is________.

A.      The Difference between Eyes and Television Camera.

B.      The Function and Different Usages of Our Eyes.

C.      How Do We Catch a Clear Picture of an Object?

D.     The Way the Televison Camera Works

 

第二节 简答题(共3小题, 每小题2分, 满分6分)

阅读下面短文, 根据第73至第75小题的具体要求, 简要回答问题, 并将答案转写到答题卡上.

Wearing ties was originally the mark of Britain’s most powerful classes, which made the tie itself a symbol of power and respect.  And that led it to be adopted by a much larger tribe－the business tribe.

You cannot wear a tie if you work with machinery. So wearing a tie became a sign that you were a man who used your brain to make a living, rather than your hands. It showed you were serious. It showed you were a professional. It meant that everyone who wanted a job in business had to wear one. It was just impossible to take seriously a man who didn’t wear a piece of colored silk around his neck.

This is how millions of people came to be wearing ties across the world. They are part of the uniform of business and the symbols of founders of companies.

“Ties offer a point of indifference,” says John Milne, head of the British Guide of Tie Makers, “They give a chance to say something about their own personality.”

So if you happen to meet a man with a very brightly colored tie, there is a good chance that he is the office joker. There is also a good chance that he will be wearing brightly colored socks.

Is there a future for ties? The signs are not promising. Tie wearing seems to be rare among the new bread of entrepreneurs in the Internet and new technology industries. Many political leaders, including former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, now go without ties. This shows they are men of the people－but not the people wearing ties.

Up until around 1960, it was common for men across the western world to wear hats as part of their business uniform. That changed with the election of John F. Kennedy to the presidency of the United States. Kennedy never wore a hat－in fact his nickname was “hatless Jack”. Seeing that the most powerful man in the world did not have to wear a hat, millions of other men decided that they did not have to, either. Hats simply vanished across the Western world. Perhaps “tieless Tony” (former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair) will have the same effect as “hatless Jack”.

73.Find in the pasage a word that is closest in meaning to “entrepreneurs”

 

74.What is the best title for the passage?(不超过6个单词)

 

75.Why do people usually  wear ties?(不超过6个单词)

 

 

 

第四部分：书面表达（共两节，满分35分）

第一节：填空（共10小题：每小题1分，满分10分）

阅读下面短文，根据所读内容在文后第76至第85小题的空格里填上适当的单词或短语，并将答案转写到答题卡上。

 

Environmental protection was stressed in Kanas, a growing tourist destination in Northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, which is famous for its attractive scenery and its “lake monster”.

“All of the hotels and restaurants will withdraw from the scenic site to 30 kilometers away,” said Jin Liquan, an official of the Kanas Environment and Tourism Bureau.

The activity aims to protect the environment of Kanas. Meanwhile, construction of environment facilities including sewage (污水) and rubbish treatment plants will be completed soon.

According to Mao Dacheng, chief of Altay Prefecture where Kanas is located, the government has invested 1 billion yuan on environment facilities. “Education for tourist is also important,” he said. An education center is being created to provide information on how to protect the environment in Kanas. But he said that the government would not interfere with the lives of traditional residents in Kanas.

It is expected that Kanas will receive more than 500,000 tourists this year, 4,000 more than last year.

“However, there are still few overseas visitors,” he said. Statistics showed that only two percent of the total number of tourists are foreigners. “This is partly because the transportation facilities are still not convenient enough,” Mao said. Currently, there is only one highway connecting Kanas,

“Upon request from tourists, construction of an airport will start this month and will be completed by the end of next year,” the official said.

A railway line connecting Kuitun and Altay will also be open to traffic in 2008 to make it possible travel to Kanas by train, which will probably bring in more tourists.

 

Title: 76._______ ---- Kanas

 

77._______	Altay Prefecture, Northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region
78	Attractive and “lake monster”
79.______	l         80._______ hotels and restaurants from the scenic sites l         constructing environment 81.______ including sewage and rubbish treatment plants l         creating an education center l         not interfering with the lives of traditional residents
82.________	l         to protect the environment l         to develop tourism
83.________	The number of tourists is increasing, but foreign visitors are few
84	Inconvenient transportation
Solution	l         to 85.________ l         to open a railway line connecting Kuitun and Altay

 

 

第二节 写作（满分25分）

我国政府对法定节假日作出如下调整:

1. 五一节由3天调整为1天.

2. 清明节（Tomb-sweeping Day ）、端午节（Dragon Boat Festival ）、中秋节增设为国家

法定节假日(legal holidays).

假如你是王平,是江苏省南京市育才中学高三8班学生。最近,你班举行了一个班会,对此法定节假日调整进行了一次热烈的讨论，讨论结果如下：

 

75% 学生支持	25%学生反对
理由： 1.作为一个有着五千多年悠久历史的古国，我们的传统节日是中华民族文化遗产的一部分；    2. 每个传统节日都有着它的特定的含义。如每年农历五月初五端午节之际，人们以包粽子、赛龙舟的方式纪念古代大诗人屈原。清明节，人们以不同方式祭祖或向已故亲人好友和英雄寄托哀思、表达崇敬之情。	理由：   1．五一黄金周的取消使很多人尤其是年轻人不能去长途旅游； 三天时间度假不够尽兴。   2．黄金周的取消对于旅游业是个不小的损失。

 

今天是6月8日，正好是端午节, 你的美国笔友Jack想了解有关中国节假日方面的情况，请根据以上内容，用英语给他写一封完整的英文信，向他介绍我国节假日的调整情况及你们班学生对此的不同意见，并就此调整谈谈你自己的看法.(至少两点)

字数：120 词左右。

参考词汇: 粽子: zongzi; 黄金周: golden week；取消：cancellation  n.

 

(注：本篇字数已大大超过了高考要求，内容仅供同学们做写作时参考。另外，提醒同学们

注意完整的书信格式。)