论文部分内容阅读
第二部分 英语知识运用(共两节，满分35分)
第一节 单项填空(共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分)
请认真阅读下面各题，从题中所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题纸(卡)上将该项涂黑。
21.—Now, where is my straw hat?
—______! Father＇s calling us downstairs.
A. Take your time
B. Don＇t worry
C. Come on
D. Take it easy
22. —Do you have any idea who is________interviewee today?
—Sure,________18yearold girl from Xiamen.
A. the; a
B. the; an
C. an; a
D. an; the
23.________ their inexperience, they have done a very good job.
A. Giving
B. To give
C. Given
D. Being given
24. —That joke doesn＇t sound fun.
—______. It doesn＇t but it_______.
A. No; is
B. Yes; does
C. Yes; is
D. No; was
25. The wrong you have done him is terrible,________I think, in my opinion, you should make an apology to him.
A. which
B. what
C. that
D. for which
26. Playing on a frozen sports field sounds like a lot of fun. Isn＇t it rather risky,_______?
A. though
B. also
C. either
D. too
27. The traffic rule says young children under the age of four and________less than 40 pounds must be in a child safety seat.
A. being weighed
B. to weigh
C. weighed
D. weighing
28.________ I reached my apartment building and unlocked the door did I realize what the noise had been.
A. It was not until
B. It was when
C. Not until
D. It was until
29. The true________of success for the U. N. is not how much we promise, but how much we deliver for those who need us most.
A. significance
B. measure
C. outcome
D. satisfaction
30. It took her a long time to________her first boyfriend, for they had been in love for three years.
A. get through
B. get away
C. get along
D. get over
31. Thinking of his cousin, who was killed in the traffic accident,_______.
A. his heart sankB. he was in deep sorrow
C. tears came to his eyesD. we found him in tears
32. What he said isbut practical since________depends on “if”.
A. anything; everythingB. nothing; anything
C. everything; anythingD. none; everything
33. The superstar________be very sad in private, though in public she is extremely cheerful.
A. shall
B. can
C. must
D. should
34. —Excuse me, would you please________me some gas? —Sorry, I＇ve only a little left in my car.
A. save
B. share
C. spare
D. spend
35. —Are you still working in that company, Mary?
—No, it is ten months________I worked there.
A. after
B. that
C. before
D. since
第二节 完形填空(共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分)
请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
I was feeling pretty low. It was the week before I was scheduled for gallbladder surgery(胆囊手术), and I couldn＇t escape my worried36. The surgeon was highly37but was new to me—and he didn＇t have the best besides manner. My sister, an38operating room director, who usually put my39at ease about my medical care, had moved away recently. This would be my first time40an operation without her right there by my side.
I was on my own. “41something goes wrong?” I tossed(翻来覆去) and turned all that night.
The next day I42I had to get my mind out of everything. A good43will do the trick, I thought. I44to the bookcase in my guest bedroom to get something to 45. Next to the bookcase 46some novels I had47from library sale over a year ago. Right on top I saw a bestselling mystery novel.
I sat down in the bedroom,48the book and began to read. I couldn＇t49it—the book＇s prologue(开场白) began with a woman awaiting surgery! She was also feeling50, struggling with knowing if she had 51the right hospital, the right doctor.
“This is a team52,” the doctor said to her. “We mustn＇t 53 someone very important,” he continued, “the most important member of our team. Do you know who that is?”
I read on, breathless.
The doctor patted the woman＇s hand gently and pointed to her. “54” he told her.
And I realized my life wasn＇t only in the doctor＇s hands; it was in mine as well. Immediately I felt more confident and55about the upcoming surgery.
36. A. expressions
B. spirits
C. treatments
D. thoughts
37. A. declared
B. announced
C. recommendedD. persuaded
38. A. activeB. actual
C. energeticD. experienced
39. A. heartB. mind
C. feelingD. sense
40. A. doingB. making
C. facingD. missing
41. A. What ifB. Only if
C. How comeD. Even if
42. A. decidedB. wondered
C. agreedD. admitted
43. A. bookB. rest
C. dealD. motto
44. A. lookedB. headed
C. attachedD. pointed 45. A. achieveB. comfort
C. entertainD. read
46. A. wasB. were
C. liedD. put
47. A. taken upB. broken up
C. picked upD. put up
48. A. openedB. shut
C. carriedD. settled
49. A. focusB. bear
C. believeD. understand
50. A. excitedB. frightened
C. worriedD. confused
51. A. caughtB. chosen
C. discoveredD. ignored
52. A. effortB. affair
C. directionD. standard
53. A. suspectB. remove
C. preferD. forget
54. A. MyselfB. Yourself
C. The doctorD. Your sister
55. A. carefulB. curious
C. hopefulD. sensitive
第三部分 阅读理解(共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分)
请认真阅读下列短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A
Magical transformation
哈利?波特；成长烦恼进行时
Movie magic can defy reality, but actors are inescapably human. They grow and change, and don＇t necessarily change for the better.
Harry Potter actors, who are now saying their final goodbyes to their roles, have all become fullyfledged grownups, worlds apart from the little kids who began the Hogwarts＇adventures in 2001.
While many fans feel sad that the magical franchise is coining to an end, some feel even sadder to see how much the actors have changed over the years.
“Daniel Radcliffe（who plays Harry Potter） went from being a really cute kid to a thin, palelooking guy,” said Filipino Internet User lealuvy2j. 26. “I kind of wish he stayed a kid forever.”
Radcliffe himself doesn＇t seem to be bothered by his change of appearance. In an interview with GQ magazine last week, he teased himself: “If people find me sexy or cool, it＇s because they like short, little, nerdy guys. And we do have our niche. ”
Meanwhile, actors growing up to be handsome have their headaches.
Harry Melling, who played Potter＇s cousin Dudley Dursley, told The Telegraph that he was almost recast for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows when producers discovered he＇d lost a lot of weight he had as a kid. He was too thin for the part.
“They（the producers） did this double take, ＇Oh my God, we are going to have to do something＇, and I felt guilty,” said Meiling.
Aside from changes in looks, the gradual personality change of child stars is another big concern of audience and producers.
Miley Cyrus began her career at 13 in Disney＇s hit TV series Hannah Montana.
When Cyrus decided to show her adult personality by releasing “sexy” photos, people began to get uneasy about her. Reports had it that furious Disney bosses were considering replacing Cyrus with a more cleancut teen star.
Cyrus finally kept her role after public apologies. But some parents banned their children watching the show.
“My daughter has been banned from watching the show,” supermodel Cindy Crawford told ShowbizSpy. “I really don＇t think Miley Cyrus is much of a role model for my kid. ”
56.The underlined word “defy” in Paragraph 1 means “______”.
A. controlB. challenge
C. clarifyD. abandon
57. Which one is TRUE according to the passage?
A. Actors always grow and change for the better.
B. Some fans feel sad about the ending of the film series and the actors＇changes.
C. Daniel Radcliffe can＇t escape from being a kid.
D. Harry Melling was too thin to recast for the film.
58. What do audience and producers concern about?
A. The actors＇changes in appearances and gradual personality.
B. The actors＇weight.
C. Whether the producers did the double take.
D. Whether the actors are sexy or cleancut.
59. We can infer that________from the story of Miley Cyrus.
A. Miley Cyrus decided to change her sexy adult personality later on
B. Disney bosses prefer pure teen stars to sexy adults in their movies
C. parents prevented their children from watching her show
D. Cindy Crawford is a supermodel, who has a daughter
B
Today, the world is rapidly urbanizing. With half of the world population expected to live in cities by the early part of the 21st century, the Shanghai 2010 World Expo＇s focus on a better city bears profound meaning.
What might future cities look like 28 years from now? Here are some scenarios: things to come, things to go.
Zero waste
Waste disposal is one of the biggest headaches for cities. Apart from recyclable waste, everything is buried or incinerated, only to pollute the environment. Plastic waste remains underground for several decades. The world produces much more garbage that it can dispose of.
Now at the Expo, all waste is delivered to a compression station where the waste is sorted, filtered, decontaminated, deodorized and compressed before finally being disposed of at designated spots. In Beijing, people living in the Asuwei area turn their household waste into organic fertilizers which are used to grow plants at residence communities.
No more transportation problems during Spring Festival The Spring Festival, the most important Chinese holiday when everyone returns home, has caused headaches for millions of Chinese. More than 2 billion people travel at the same time, making obtaining travel tickets and the journey difficult.
But in 28 years. Spring Festival travel may not be a problem at all. China plans to have more than 120,000 kilometers of railway and a rapid transportation network that will serve 90 percent of the population by 2020. And because most of China will be cities, people will not have to go to other places to find a job, so migration will no longer be so largescale.
Newspapers to disappear
American scholar Philip Meyer predicts that newspaper will come to an end in 2043. Utagawa Reizou, former editorinchief of The Mainichi Daily News. believes that the newspaper will be gone in 2030. This kind of prediction may worry those in print news business. In the U.K., the circulations of national newspapers are declining. Major Japanese newspapers have gone into debt. In the U.S., declining circulations and ad revenues have forced several newspapers to stop printing paper editions.
Media tycoon Rupert Murdoch thinks the future of media relies on interaction through the Internet. In the future, digital newspapers will be sent to portal web terminals through wirelessly. Readers can discuss issues with journalists and editors. Information will move faster.
Oil to run out
In August 2009, Fatih Birol, chief economist of the International Energy Agency, said that oil is running out faster than expected and that the world will likely feel the tightness in supply in the next five years. Scientists have found substitutes for oil as fuel. Coal. natural gas. solar power, nuclear power and even water can replace oil as sources of energy. Flammable ice reserves alone can support humans for the next 1,000 years.
60. Which of the following statements is TRUE?
A. Everything buried or incinerated, besides recyclable waste, pollutes the environment.
B. People deal with their household waste in an environmentalfriendly way in the Asuwei area, Beijing.
C. More than 2 billion people suffer from headaches during the Spring Festival in China.
D. By 2020,90 percent of the population will have to go to other places to find a job.
61. According to the American predictor Philip Meyer, what will happen in 2043?
A. Newspaper will disappear.
B. Japan has to stop printing newspaper. C. Digital newspaper will be sent to portal web terminals.
D. Information will move faster.
62.________ can replace oil as sources of energy in the future.
A. Coal and natural gas
B. Solar power and nuclear power
C. Water and flammable ice reserves
D. All the above
63. Which of the following can be the best title for the passage?
A. The Shanghai 2010 World Expo
B. What will city life be like in 28 years
C. A rapidly urbanizing world
D. Things to come, things to go
C
64. I didn＇t really mean my partner is a snake; it was just a_______.
A. figure of eightB. figure head
C. figure of speechD. a fine figure
65. —She was coming late again.
—______! That＇s typical of her.
A. It figures her outB. It figures
C. It cuts a poor figureD. She is a figure of fun
66. What does “watch my figure” in the sentence “Don＇t tempt me with chocolate; I am watching my figure.” mean?
A. add the numbersB. have sports
C. try not to get fatD. watch games
D
Batteries can power anything from small sensors to large systems. While scientists are finding ways to make them smaller but even more powerful, problems can arise when these batteries are much larger and heavier than the devices themselves. University of Missouri（MU） researchers are developing a nuclear energy source that is smaller, lighter and more efficient.
“To provide enough power, we need certain methods with high energy density（密度）”，said Jae Kwon, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering at MU. “The radioisotope（放射性同位素） battery can provide power density that is much higher than chemical batteries. ”
Kwon and his research team have been working on building a small nuclear battery, presently the size and thickness of a penny, intended to power various micro / nanoelectromechanical systems（M/NEMS）. Although nuclear batteries can cause concerns, Kwon said they are safe.
“People hear the word ‘nuclear＇and think of something very dangerous,” he said, “However, nuclear power sources have already been safely powering a variety of devices, such as pacemakers, space satellites and underwater systems. ”
His new idea is not only in the battery＇s size, but also in its semiconductor（半导体）. Kwon＇s battery uses a liquid semiconductor rather than a solid semiconductor.
“The key part of using a radioactive battery is that when you harvest the energy, part of the radiation energy can damage the lattice structure（晶体结构） of the solid semiconductor,” Kwon said, “By using a liquid semiconductor, we believe we can minimize that problem. ” Together with J. David Robertson, chemistry professor and associate director of the MU Research Reactor, Kwon is working to build and test the battery. In the future, they hope to increase the battery＇s power, shrink its size and try with various other materials. Kwon said that battery could be thinner than the thickness of human hair.
67. Jae Kwon gave examples in Paragraph 4_______.
A. to show chemical batteries are widely applied.
B. to introduce nuclear batteries can be safely used.
C. to describe a nuclearpowered system.
D. to introduce various energy sources.
68. Liquid semiconductor is used to_______.
A. get rid of the radioactive waste
B. test the power of nuclear batteries.
C. decrease the size of nuclear batteries
D. reduce the damage to lattice structure.
69. According to Jae Kwon, his nuclear battery_______.
A. uses a solid semiconductor
B. will soon replace the present ones.
C. could be extremely thin
D. has passed the final test.
70. The text is most probably a_______.
A. science news reportB. book review
C. newspaper adD. science fiction
第四部分 任务型阅读(共10小题;每小题l分,满分10分)
请认真阅读下列短文,根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填入一个最恰当的单词。 注意:请将答案写在答题卡上相应题号的横线上。每个空格只填1个单词。
Paper is different from other waste produce because it comes from a sustainable resource: trees. Unlike the minerals and oil used to make plastics and metals, trees are replaceable. Paper is also biodegradable(可降解的), so it does not pose as much threat to the environment when it is discarded. While 45 out of every 100 tons of wood fibre used to make paper in Australia comes from waste paper, the rest comes directly from virgin fibre from forests and plantations. By world standards this is a good performance since the worldwide average is 33 percent waste paper. Governments have encouraged waste paper collection and sorting schemes and at the same time , the paper industry has responded by developing new recycling technologies that has paved the way for even greater utilization of used fibre. As a result, industry＇s use of recycled fibres is expected to increase at twice the rate of virgin fibre over the coming years.
Already, waste paper constitutes 70% of paper used for packaging and advances in the technology required to remove ink from the paper have allowed a higher recycled content in newsprint and writing paper. To achieve the benefits of recycling, the community must also contribute. We need to accept a change in the quality of paper products; for example stationary may be less white and of a rougher texture. There also needs to be support from the community for waste paper collection programs. Not only do we need to make the paper available to collectors but it also needs to be separated into different types and sorted from contaminants（污染物），string and other items. The four most common sources of paper for recycling are factories and retail stores which gather larger amounts of packaging material in which goods are delivered, also offices which have unwanted business documents and computer output, paper converters and printers and lastly households which discard newspapers and packaging material.
Once collected, the paper has to be sorted by hand by people trained to recognize various types of paper. The sorted paper then has to be repulped（再打浆）or mixed with water and broken down into its individual fibres. This mixture is called stock and may contain a wide variety of contaminating materials, particularly if it is made from mixed waste paper which has had little sorting. Various machinery is used to remove other materials from the stock. After passing through the repulping process, the fibres from printed waste paper are grey in color because the printing ink has soaked into individual fibres. This recycled material can only be used in products where the grey color does not matter, such as cardboard boxes but if the grey color is not acceptable, the fibres must be deinked. This involves adding chemicals , waterhardening agents , frothing agents and bleaching agents. Before the recycled fibres can be made into paper they must be refined or treated in such a way that they bond together.
第五部分 书面表达(满分25分)
假如你是李华，今年上高三，高考在即，看到大家每天为自己所做的一切，深有感触。请根据下表提示。写一篇120词左右的短文，可适当增加细节。
（作者：杨进进，通州高级中学）
第一节 单项填空(共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分)
请认真阅读下面各题，从题中所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题纸(卡)上将该项涂黑。
21.—Now, where is my straw hat?
—______! Father＇s calling us downstairs.
A. Take your time
B. Don＇t worry
C. Come on
D. Take it easy
22. —Do you have any idea who is________interviewee today?
—Sure,________18yearold girl from Xiamen.
A. the; a
B. the; an
C. an; a
D. an; the
23.________ their inexperience, they have done a very good job.
A. Giving
B. To give
C. Given
D. Being given
24. —That joke doesn＇t sound fun.
—______. It doesn＇t but it_______.
A. No; is
B. Yes; does
C. Yes; is
D. No; was
25. The wrong you have done him is terrible,________I think, in my opinion, you should make an apology to him.
A. which
B. what
C. that
D. for which
26. Playing on a frozen sports field sounds like a lot of fun. Isn＇t it rather risky,_______?
A. though
B. also
C. either
D. too
27. The traffic rule says young children under the age of four and________less than 40 pounds must be in a child safety seat.
A. being weighed
B. to weigh
C. weighed
D. weighing
28.________ I reached my apartment building and unlocked the door did I realize what the noise had been.
A. It was not until
B. It was when
C. Not until
D. It was until
29. The true________of success for the U. N. is not how much we promise, but how much we deliver for those who need us most.
A. significance
B. measure
C. outcome
D. satisfaction
30. It took her a long time to________her first boyfriend, for they had been in love for three years.
A. get through
B. get away
C. get along
D. get over
31. Thinking of his cousin, who was killed in the traffic accident,_______.
A. his heart sankB. he was in deep sorrow
C. tears came to his eyesD. we found him in tears
32. What he said isbut practical since________depends on “if”.
A. anything; everythingB. nothing; anything
C. everything; anythingD. none; everything
33. The superstar________be very sad in private, though in public she is extremely cheerful.
A. shall
B. can
C. must
D. should
34. —Excuse me, would you please________me some gas? —Sorry, I＇ve only a little left in my car.
A. save
B. share
C. spare
D. spend
35. —Are you still working in that company, Mary?
—No, it is ten months________I worked there.
A. after
B. that
C. before
D. since
第二节 完形填空(共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分)
请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
I was feeling pretty low. It was the week before I was scheduled for gallbladder surgery(胆囊手术), and I couldn＇t escape my worried36. The surgeon was highly37but was new to me—and he didn＇t have the best besides manner. My sister, an38operating room director, who usually put my39at ease about my medical care, had moved away recently. This would be my first time40an operation without her right there by my side.
I was on my own. “41something goes wrong?” I tossed(翻来覆去) and turned all that night.
The next day I42I had to get my mind out of everything. A good43will do the trick, I thought. I44to the bookcase in my guest bedroom to get something to 45. Next to the bookcase 46some novels I had47from library sale over a year ago. Right on top I saw a bestselling mystery novel.
I sat down in the bedroom,48the book and began to read. I couldn＇t49it—the book＇s prologue(开场白) began with a woman awaiting surgery! She was also feeling50, struggling with knowing if she had 51the right hospital, the right doctor.
“This is a team52,” the doctor said to her. “We mustn＇t 53 someone very important,” he continued, “the most important member of our team. Do you know who that is?”
I read on, breathless.
The doctor patted the woman＇s hand gently and pointed to her. “54” he told her.
And I realized my life wasn＇t only in the doctor＇s hands; it was in mine as well. Immediately I felt more confident and55about the upcoming surgery.
36. A. expressions
B. spirits
C. treatments
D. thoughts
37. A. declared
B. announced
C. recommendedD. persuaded
38. A. activeB. actual
C. energeticD. experienced
39. A. heartB. mind
C. feelingD. sense
40. A. doingB. making
C. facingD. missing
41. A. What ifB. Only if
C. How comeD. Even if
42. A. decidedB. wondered
C. agreedD. admitted
43. A. bookB. rest
C. dealD. motto
44. A. lookedB. headed
C. attachedD. pointed 45. A. achieveB. comfort
C. entertainD. read
46. A. wasB. were
C. liedD. put
47. A. taken upB. broken up
C. picked upD. put up
48. A. openedB. shut
C. carriedD. settled
49. A. focusB. bear
C. believeD. understand
50. A. excitedB. frightened
C. worriedD. confused
51. A. caughtB. chosen
C. discoveredD. ignored
52. A. effortB. affair
C. directionD. standard
53. A. suspectB. remove
C. preferD. forget
54. A. MyselfB. Yourself
C. The doctorD. Your sister
55. A. carefulB. curious
C. hopefulD. sensitive
第三部分 阅读理解(共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分)
请认真阅读下列短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A
Magical transformation
哈利?波特；成长烦恼进行时
Movie magic can defy reality, but actors are inescapably human. They grow and change, and don＇t necessarily change for the better.
Harry Potter actors, who are now saying their final goodbyes to their roles, have all become fullyfledged grownups, worlds apart from the little kids who began the Hogwarts＇adventures in 2001.
While many fans feel sad that the magical franchise is coining to an end, some feel even sadder to see how much the actors have changed over the years.
“Daniel Radcliffe（who plays Harry Potter） went from being a really cute kid to a thin, palelooking guy,” said Filipino Internet User lealuvy2j. 26. “I kind of wish he stayed a kid forever.”
Radcliffe himself doesn＇t seem to be bothered by his change of appearance. In an interview with GQ magazine last week, he teased himself: “If people find me sexy or cool, it＇s because they like short, little, nerdy guys. And we do have our niche. ”
Meanwhile, actors growing up to be handsome have their headaches.
Harry Melling, who played Potter＇s cousin Dudley Dursley, told The Telegraph that he was almost recast for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows when producers discovered he＇d lost a lot of weight he had as a kid. He was too thin for the part.
“They（the producers） did this double take, ＇Oh my God, we are going to have to do something＇, and I felt guilty,” said Meiling.
Aside from changes in looks, the gradual personality change of child stars is another big concern of audience and producers.
Miley Cyrus began her career at 13 in Disney＇s hit TV series Hannah Montana.
When Cyrus decided to show her adult personality by releasing “sexy” photos, people began to get uneasy about her. Reports had it that furious Disney bosses were considering replacing Cyrus with a more cleancut teen star.
Cyrus finally kept her role after public apologies. But some parents banned their children watching the show.
“My daughter has been banned from watching the show,” supermodel Cindy Crawford told ShowbizSpy. “I really don＇t think Miley Cyrus is much of a role model for my kid. ”
56.The underlined word “defy” in Paragraph 1 means “______”.
A. controlB. challenge
C. clarifyD. abandon
57. Which one is TRUE according to the passage?
A. Actors always grow and change for the better.
B. Some fans feel sad about the ending of the film series and the actors＇changes.
C. Daniel Radcliffe can＇t escape from being a kid.
D. Harry Melling was too thin to recast for the film.
58. What do audience and producers concern about?
A. The actors＇changes in appearances and gradual personality.
B. The actors＇weight.
C. Whether the producers did the double take.
D. Whether the actors are sexy or cleancut.
59. We can infer that________from the story of Miley Cyrus.
A. Miley Cyrus decided to change her sexy adult personality later on
B. Disney bosses prefer pure teen stars to sexy adults in their movies
C. parents prevented their children from watching her show
D. Cindy Crawford is a supermodel, who has a daughter
B
Today, the world is rapidly urbanizing. With half of the world population expected to live in cities by the early part of the 21st century, the Shanghai 2010 World Expo＇s focus on a better city bears profound meaning.
What might future cities look like 28 years from now? Here are some scenarios: things to come, things to go.
Zero waste
Waste disposal is one of the biggest headaches for cities. Apart from recyclable waste, everything is buried or incinerated, only to pollute the environment. Plastic waste remains underground for several decades. The world produces much more garbage that it can dispose of.
Now at the Expo, all waste is delivered to a compression station where the waste is sorted, filtered, decontaminated, deodorized and compressed before finally being disposed of at designated spots. In Beijing, people living in the Asuwei area turn their household waste into organic fertilizers which are used to grow plants at residence communities.
No more transportation problems during Spring Festival The Spring Festival, the most important Chinese holiday when everyone returns home, has caused headaches for millions of Chinese. More than 2 billion people travel at the same time, making obtaining travel tickets and the journey difficult.
But in 28 years. Spring Festival travel may not be a problem at all. China plans to have more than 120,000 kilometers of railway and a rapid transportation network that will serve 90 percent of the population by 2020. And because most of China will be cities, people will not have to go to other places to find a job, so migration will no longer be so largescale.
Newspapers to disappear
American scholar Philip Meyer predicts that newspaper will come to an end in 2043. Utagawa Reizou, former editorinchief of The Mainichi Daily News. believes that the newspaper will be gone in 2030. This kind of prediction may worry those in print news business. In the U.K., the circulations of national newspapers are declining. Major Japanese newspapers have gone into debt. In the U.S., declining circulations and ad revenues have forced several newspapers to stop printing paper editions.
Media tycoon Rupert Murdoch thinks the future of media relies on interaction through the Internet. In the future, digital newspapers will be sent to portal web terminals through wirelessly. Readers can discuss issues with journalists and editors. Information will move faster.
Oil to run out
In August 2009, Fatih Birol, chief economist of the International Energy Agency, said that oil is running out faster than expected and that the world will likely feel the tightness in supply in the next five years. Scientists have found substitutes for oil as fuel. Coal. natural gas. solar power, nuclear power and even water can replace oil as sources of energy. Flammable ice reserves alone can support humans for the next 1,000 years.
60. Which of the following statements is TRUE?
A. Everything buried or incinerated, besides recyclable waste, pollutes the environment.
B. People deal with their household waste in an environmentalfriendly way in the Asuwei area, Beijing.
C. More than 2 billion people suffer from headaches during the Spring Festival in China.
D. By 2020,90 percent of the population will have to go to other places to find a job.
61. According to the American predictor Philip Meyer, what will happen in 2043?
A. Newspaper will disappear.
B. Japan has to stop printing newspaper. C. Digital newspaper will be sent to portal web terminals.
D. Information will move faster.
62.________ can replace oil as sources of energy in the future.
A. Coal and natural gas
B. Solar power and nuclear power
C. Water and flammable ice reserves
D. All the above
63. Which of the following can be the best title for the passage?
A. The Shanghai 2010 World Expo
B. What will city life be like in 28 years
C. A rapidly urbanizing world
D. Things to come, things to go
C
64. I didn＇t really mean my partner is a snake; it was just a_______.
A. figure of eightB. figure head
C. figure of speechD. a fine figure
65. —She was coming late again.
—______! That＇s typical of her.
A. It figures her outB. It figures
C. It cuts a poor figureD. She is a figure of fun
66. What does “watch my figure” in the sentence “Don＇t tempt me with chocolate; I am watching my figure.” mean?
A. add the numbersB. have sports
C. try not to get fatD. watch games
D
Batteries can power anything from small sensors to large systems. While scientists are finding ways to make them smaller but even more powerful, problems can arise when these batteries are much larger and heavier than the devices themselves. University of Missouri（MU） researchers are developing a nuclear energy source that is smaller, lighter and more efficient.
“To provide enough power, we need certain methods with high energy density（密度）”，said Jae Kwon, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering at MU. “The radioisotope（放射性同位素） battery can provide power density that is much higher than chemical batteries. ”
Kwon and his research team have been working on building a small nuclear battery, presently the size and thickness of a penny, intended to power various micro / nanoelectromechanical systems（M/NEMS）. Although nuclear batteries can cause concerns, Kwon said they are safe.
“People hear the word ‘nuclear＇and think of something very dangerous,” he said, “However, nuclear power sources have already been safely powering a variety of devices, such as pacemakers, space satellites and underwater systems. ”
His new idea is not only in the battery＇s size, but also in its semiconductor（半导体）. Kwon＇s battery uses a liquid semiconductor rather than a solid semiconductor.
“The key part of using a radioactive battery is that when you harvest the energy, part of the radiation energy can damage the lattice structure（晶体结构） of the solid semiconductor,” Kwon said, “By using a liquid semiconductor, we believe we can minimize that problem. ” Together with J. David Robertson, chemistry professor and associate director of the MU Research Reactor, Kwon is working to build and test the battery. In the future, they hope to increase the battery＇s power, shrink its size and try with various other materials. Kwon said that battery could be thinner than the thickness of human hair.
67. Jae Kwon gave examples in Paragraph 4_______.
A. to show chemical batteries are widely applied.
B. to introduce nuclear batteries can be safely used.
C. to describe a nuclearpowered system.
D. to introduce various energy sources.
68. Liquid semiconductor is used to_______.
A. get rid of the radioactive waste
B. test the power of nuclear batteries.
C. decrease the size of nuclear batteries
D. reduce the damage to lattice structure.
69. According to Jae Kwon, his nuclear battery_______.
A. uses a solid semiconductor
B. will soon replace the present ones.
C. could be extremely thin
D. has passed the final test.
70. The text is most probably a_______.
A. science news reportB. book review
C. newspaper adD. science fiction
第四部分 任务型阅读(共10小题;每小题l分,满分10分)
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Paper is different from other waste produce because it comes from a sustainable resource: trees. Unlike the minerals and oil used to make plastics and metals, trees are replaceable. Paper is also biodegradable(可降解的), so it does not pose as much threat to the environment when it is discarded. While 45 out of every 100 tons of wood fibre used to make paper in Australia comes from waste paper, the rest comes directly from virgin fibre from forests and plantations. By world standards this is a good performance since the worldwide average is 33 percent waste paper. Governments have encouraged waste paper collection and sorting schemes and at the same time , the paper industry has responded by developing new recycling technologies that has paved the way for even greater utilization of used fibre. As a result, industry＇s use of recycled fibres is expected to increase at twice the rate of virgin fibre over the coming years.
Already, waste paper constitutes 70% of paper used for packaging and advances in the technology required to remove ink from the paper have allowed a higher recycled content in newsprint and writing paper. To achieve the benefits of recycling, the community must also contribute. We need to accept a change in the quality of paper products; for example stationary may be less white and of a rougher texture. There also needs to be support from the community for waste paper collection programs. Not only do we need to make the paper available to collectors but it also needs to be separated into different types and sorted from contaminants（污染物），string and other items. The four most common sources of paper for recycling are factories and retail stores which gather larger amounts of packaging material in which goods are delivered, also offices which have unwanted business documents and computer output, paper converters and printers and lastly households which discard newspapers and packaging material.
Once collected, the paper has to be sorted by hand by people trained to recognize various types of paper. The sorted paper then has to be repulped（再打浆）or mixed with water and broken down into its individual fibres. This mixture is called stock and may contain a wide variety of contaminating materials, particularly if it is made from mixed waste paper which has had little sorting. Various machinery is used to remove other materials from the stock. After passing through the repulping process, the fibres from printed waste paper are grey in color because the printing ink has soaked into individual fibres. This recycled material can only be used in products where the grey color does not matter, such as cardboard boxes but if the grey color is not acceptable, the fibres must be deinked. This involves adding chemicals , waterhardening agents , frothing agents and bleaching agents. Before the recycled fibres can be made into paper they must be refined or treated in such a way that they bond together.
第五部分 书面表达(满分25分)
假如你是李华，今年上高三，高考在即，看到大家每天为自己所做的一切，深有感触。请根据下表提示。写一篇120词左右的短文，可适当增加细节。
（作者：杨进进，通州高级中学）