Do these changes mean that children today have a less relaxing childhood than I had? I personally believe that they do, but perhaps every generation feels exactly the same. 64. What is the purpose of the direct question given in the first paragraph?
A. To show who the passage is written for. B. To gather people’s opinions on childhood. C. To get people’s attention and lead in the topic.
D. To compare the childhood lives of two generations. 65. Which is NOT a reason for the changes?
A. Families are smaller today. B. It’s too dangerous to play outside.
C. Toys can be played by children alone at home. D. Parents worried too much about their children. 66. What has the writer focused on in the fourth paragraph?
A. Young people today shouldn’t play electronic games.
B. Computer and video games have replaced the board games. C. Some games that young people play today aren’t really good. D. Board games are much more interesting than computer games. 67. The writer’s attitude towards the childhood changing is ________ .
A. approving C. unconcerned
B. objective
D. optimistic
D
Educating girls quite possibly gets a higher rate of return than any other deal available in the developing world. Women’s education may be unusual field for economists, but increasing women’s contribution to development is actually as much an economic as a social project. And economics, with its emphasis on incentives (激励), provides an explanation for why so many girls loss the chance of an education.
Parents in low-income countries don’t send their daughters to school because they do not expect them to make an economic contribution to the family: girls grow up only to marry into somebody else’s family and bear children. Girls are thus seen as less valuable than boys and are kept at home to do housework while their brothers are sent to school-the prophecy (预言) becomes self-fulfilling, trapping women in a vicious circle (恶性循环) of abandonment. An educated mother, on the other hand, has greater earning abilities outside the home and faces an entirely different set of choices. She is likely to have fewer but healthier children and can insist on the development of all her children, ensuring that her daughters are given a fair chance. The education of her daughters then makes it much more likely that the next generation of girls, as well as of boys, will be educated and healthy. The vicious circle is thus transformed into a virtuous circle (良性循环).
Few will don’t agree the idea that educating women has great social benefits. But it has
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enormous economic advantages as well. Most obviously, there is the direct effect of education on the wages of female workers. Wages rise by 10 to 20 per cent for each additional year of schooling. Such big returns are impressive by the standard of other available deal, but they are just the beginning. Educating women also has a significant impact on health practices, including family planning.
68. The author argues that educating girls in developing countries is _________.
A. rewarding B. troublesome C. expensive D. labor-saving 69. What does the author say about women’s education?
A. It will get greater returns than other known deal. B. It is in the first place in many developing countries.
C. It deserves greater attention than other social project.
D. It has developed the interest of a growing number of economists. 70. The passage mainly discusses __________.
A. unequal treatment of boys and girls in developing countries
B. the major contributions of educated women to society C. the economic and social benefits of educating women D. the potential earning power of well-educated women 第二节（共５小题；每小题２分，共10分）
根据短文内容，从短文后的七个选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
Making music is the key to a happy retirement, a study suggests.
Researchers found that the old people who learned to play instruments or joined choirs
enjoyed themselves more than those who took up painting or yoga, or who joined book groups. 71 One woman who took up music after her husband died said it had proved an invaluable support, adding: “Singing is always uplifting and it is difficult to be sad while playing the ukulele.”
It comes after a Finnish study found that music treatment with drums and instruments like xylophones can help people overcome depression(压抑). 72 Prof Sue Hallam, who led the new research, said: “Our research is significant for these reasons but also because of the extraordinary demographic(人口统计学)changeover that are under way in the UK. “For the first time ever, Britain’s over-65s now outnumber those under the age of 16. There is therefore a need for ways that support older people’s happiness, particularly as the number of people in this age group suffering from depression is too high. 73 ”
In the year-long study, researchers questioned 500 people aged between 50 and 93 who were taking part in leisure activities organized by The Sage Gateshead, Westminster Adult Education Service and the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. Of these, almost 400 were learning to play musical instruments ranging from drums to the ukulele, singing in groups or
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taking music appreciation classes. The remaining 100 were either attending art classes, learning languages, reading for book groups or taking part in yoga lessons. 74 Meanwhile they got more enjoyment from their activities than those in the less creative activities. They also felt it helped keep them mentally active, improving concentration and memory.
Prof Hallam added: “ 75 When they were performing for others they also felt that they were giving something back to the community. They were extremely focused too, partly because music requires total concentration but also because they didn’t want to let down the other people in their music group.”
A. Our research suggests that music-making can often help in this respect.
B. However, this did not work with some old people unwilling to try their hands at music. C. The findings could be significant as Britain’s population ages and rates of depression rise. D. The “music-makers” were found to have more positive relationships with other people and a
brighter outlook. E. A recent study has confirmed that making music is the key to a happy life, particularly
among the retired.
F. The people we interviewed had a real sense of achievement because they could hear that
they were getting better.
G. They also had a more positive outlook, felt more in control of their lives and said the
activity helped keep their minds sharp.
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第四部分 书面表达（共两节，35分）
第一节 情景作文（20分）
假如你是李华，红星中学的学生。去年12月23日至31日期间，你所在学校接待了10位来自云南昭通地震灾区的孩子，你参加了其间的接待活动。请你根据以下表格中的提示，向学校英文校刊投稿，介绍这次活动情况。 提示词：earthquake-hit area 地震灾区 注意： 1. 文章开头已为你写好； 2. 适当进行补充扩展；
3. 词数不少于60。 安排 接待 活动 送别
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内容 十个家庭分别接待了一位灾区孩子。 灾区孩子们在你校体验了所有课程。 你们陪同他们参观北京，品尝北京小吃等。 你校举办新年派对，并欢送灾区孩子。 From December 23rd to 31st in 2012, I was very honored to have joined in a meaningful activity organized by our school, in which 10 students from the earth-hit area, Zhaotong in Yunnan Province, visited our school. ……
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第二节 开放作文 (15分)
请根据下面提示，写一篇短文。词数不少于50。
In your spoken English class, your teacher shows you the following picture. You are asked to describe the picture and explain how you understand it.
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