―Their homework is so hard these days. I sat down with Brooklyn the other day, and I had to turn it over to my wife, ?Victoria, maybe you should do the homework tonight.‘ ‖
―It‘s done totally differently to what I was taught when I was at school, and you know, I could nothing but ?Oh my God, I can't do this.‘ ‖
―Brooklyn said, ?Please do it with me.‘ and I could say anything else but ?I'll read your book with you.‘ ‖
The Real Madrid midfielder‘s son attends the Runnymede College in the Spanish capital, which follows the British national curriculum(标准).
The Mail on Sunday gave examples of some national curriculum maths questions set for seven-year-olds. They include: ―Betty went to the shop at 11:45. She came back half an hour later. What time did she come back?‖ and ―What is 12 divided by three?‖
Beckham also admitted he has no ―lucky‖ pre-match routines (fixed and regular way of doing things), with them too being tough to remember. ―I find that if I follow a routine ... it gets to the stage where you are thinking, ?Right, is it the left side ... the left boot that I put on first, or the right side?‘ There are so many things that can go through your mind.‖ 68. The passage is mainly about ______.
A. Beckham‘s cultural state B. Beckham‘s family
C. Beckham‘s son D. Beckham‘s opinions towards education and pre-match routines 69. Two examples of maths questions are quoted to prove the fact that ______.
A. the exercises set for the English pupils are indeed hard B. the exercises set for the English pupils are actually simple C. the exercises set for the English pupils are closed to life D. the exercises set for the English pupils is interesting 70. What can you conclude from the passage?
A. Beckham is a popular football player. B. Beckham is a frank man.
C. Beckham is a modest man. D. Beckham is a man with little knowledge.
56. B 归纳标题题。本文大意为―一封穿越太空的回信让同学们对航天更加神往‖。 57. C 主旨大意题。同上。
58. D 推理判断题。 从―Her letter was one of the 10 winning letters taken into space by Fei and
Nie‖ 可推出。
59. C 猜测词义题。从文章第二段可得到答案。
60. B 细节事实理解题。根据第一段的最后一句可知应选B。 61. B 推理判断题。根据第二段的第一句可知应选B。
62. D 细节事实理解题。根据第二段的第一句以及第一段John Winthrop hurried downstairs to the
grandfather clock.可知应选D。
63. C 细节事实理解题。 For safekeeping ―为安全起见而存放‖。 64. B 细节事实理解题。根据第二段的第一句可知应选B。 65. A 主旨归纳题。该文开门见山地提出话题。
66. D 细节事实理解分析题。分析定语从句which showed that the number of flies…的先行词后可排除选
项B，联系第4段different attractiveness is due to compounds in unattractive individuals that switch off attraction by acting as repellents可排除A、C。
67. B 推理判断题。A、D与文意不符；C与文意相符，但是从文章里明眼看出的。
68. D主旨大意题。本文是一篇人物采访录, 转述了贝克汉姆对学校教育和赛前习惯动作的看法。 69. A 语篇理解题。转述了贝克汉姆对学校教育的看法(现今小学生的作业太难)后, 举例加以证实。 70. B 推理判断题。从文中3处admitted可推出。
第四部分：写作（共两节，满分35分）
第一节：任务型阅读 （江苏省南通通州市2008届高三第六次统一测试 ）
请认真阅读下面短文，并根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填入最恰当的单词。（每空一词）
One of the roles of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) is to choose the host city for the Olympic Games. The host city election takes place in a country which does not have a candidate city for the Olympics in question. Except for unusual circumstances, the election is held seven years before the Olympic Games take place. There have been two phases leading to the election of the host city since December 1999.
Phase 1: applicant cities
Any city that wishes to host the Olympic Games must be proposed to the IOC by its National Olympic Committee (NOC), with a letter from the city itself. During the first phase, which lasts around ten months, each applicant city must answer a questionnaire to provide general information about itself. Then the applications will be examined carefully. A number of things will be considered, such as government support, public opinion, general infrastructure（基础设施）, safety, accommodations and transport. The IOC Executive Board（执行董事会）will determine which applicant cities will be accepted as candidate cities. Only candidate cities can continue with the procedure.
Phase 2: candidate cities
Candidate cities must provide a candidature（候选资格）file according to the instructions given by the IOC. After all the files are examined and the IOC Evaluation Commission（评估委员会）produces its report, the IOC Executive Board draws up a list of final candidate cities. The general assembly of the IOC then takes a vote on the host city.
Choosing the host city of the Olympics Place Time The host city election is (71) ______ in a country that does not apply to be the host city of the Olympics in question. The election takes place seven years (72) ________ of the Olympic Games. Participant Any city that wants to be the (73) __________ of the Olympic Games can be an applicant. All cities involved should first ask the NOC to Phase 1 (74) ______ propose them to the IOC; then they need to (75) ______ in a questionnaire about themselves. Result Procedure Participant The IOC Executive Board (76) _____ on the candidate cities. The (77)________ cities The cities have to (78) ____ a file confirming Phase 2 Process themselves as the candidates. The file should be (79) _____ on the instructions given by the IOC. The IOC Executive Board chooses several cities Result from the candidate cities. The general assembly of the IOC then (80) _______ for the host city. 71. held 72. ahead 73. host 74. Process 75. fill 76. decide/determine 77. candidate 78. provide 79. based 80. votes
第二节: 书面表达 （满分25分）北京每月22日定为―让座日‖，在公交车上经常让座的乘客，将有机会获得奖励。对此，网民看法不一。请根据下表所提供的信息，写一篇短文，谈谈你自己的看法。
55%的网民 45%的网民 你的观点 合理，乘车时主动为老、弱、病、残、孕等乘客让座体现了我国的传统美德，需要继续发扬光大。 不合理，是否让座是个人自愿的行为，不应该强迫 注意: 1 不要逐条翻译；可适当发挥； 2 短文开头已给出，不计入总词数；
Beijing named the 22nd of every month as ―Seat-giving Day‖ to encourage passengers on public transport to give up seats to those in greater need, and those commuters who refuse to do so will get criticized. This activity arouses different opinions among netizens. 55% of the netizens are for the activity. They think, for one thing, it is one of China‘s traditional virtues to offer seats to the aged, pregnant women, children and disabled. For another thing, as hosts of the 2008 Olympics, more passengers‘ offering seats can leave a good impression on visitors both at home and abroad.
45% of the netizens, however, object to the activity. In their opinion, giving up seats is a matter of willingness, and passengers should not be forced to do so. Moreover, if some passengers get criticized only because of their refusal to offer seats, fewer passengers will approve the activity.
As far as I‘m concerned, this activity is surely of great help to set a better image of Beijing ahead of the 2008 Olympics. Through such an activity, Beijing will see an increasing number of people willing to do so and an improvement of people‘s behavior.
