B．animals that eat plants can increase the development of plants C．only the strongest plants have seeds to reproduce
D．all the plants can get the same amount of sunlight and space
49．The underlined word “harshest” in the third paragraph probably means “________”． A．hardest B．busiest C．richest D．luckiest
B
Students should be allowed to study without worrying about grades.Fortunately，most educators are becoming aware of the fact that students have different interests and abilities.However，the regimentation (严格控制) resulting from grades still exists.Grades often holds back the students’ creativity.Competing for better grades causes many students to turn down chances to pursue (追寻) music，dramatics and sports.Grades put an arbitrary (武断的) standard of success on everyone.I do not demand as some extremists do，that grades be got rid of at once.However，I do believe that less emphasis should be placed on grades.I hope that someday grades will become optional at Village High School.
Magdalena Smith，President， Drama Club
Let’s face the facts about grades.Grades have three basic functions.First，grades encourage students to work at their highest level of competence.Second，they act as a reward for hard-working students and as a scold to students who do not work hard.Finally，grades are used as an effective standard by which to measure student achievement.Good grades help students to get jobs and to get into university.I’ve spoken with a number of students who have jobs，and most of them said that they were hired mostly on the basis of their grades.My grades helped me get a part-time job and will help me get into university next year.I think grades are very important at Village High School.
Simon Harper，Member， Science Club
50．Simon Harper writes from the viewpoint of someone who________. A．believes in the benefits of good grades B．is concerned about students’ creativity C．supports students’ interests and abilities D．doesn’t work too hard at his studies
51．Magdalena Smith thinks it important for students________. A．to get good jobs
B．to take part in music，dramatics，and sports C．to compete more for grades
D．to be scolded for not working hard
52．________helped Simon Harper get a part-time job.
A．His creativity B．His ability
C．His good grades D．His various interests
53．Which of the following is NOT the attitude of Magdalena Smith towards grades? A．Grades should be got rid of.
B．The regimentation resulting from grades still exists. C．Grades put an arbitrary standard of success.
D．Students should be able to learn without worrying about grades.
C
Computers are increasingly important in health care.But can they also help poor people escape poverty？Vikram Sheel Kumar thinks so.Mr.Kumar is a doctor，an engineer and the head of a small business in Boston，Massachusetts.And，in September，this 28-year-old man received
an award for Technology in Service to Humanity.That award came from Technology Review
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magazine.
His goal is to improve health care in poor nations with the help of computer which is small enough to hold in one hand.These devices ae known as personal digital assistants，or P．D.A.
Dr.Kumar started his company two years ago.It is called Dimagi，which means “smart guy” in Hindi.His parents came from India.There，Dimagi computer programs are used to organize medical information on more than 70,000 patients.
Dr.Kumar says health care workers had problems at first，but then learned quickly how to use the devices.Nurses no longer have to carry heavy documents whenever they travel to villages.And they no longer have to copy large amounts of health information by hands.
In South Africa，health workers are using a Dimagi program for a different purpose in the KwaZulu-Natal area.They use it to provide patients with results from tests for HIV，the virus that
causes AIDS.People who get tested must enter a secret identification code to see the results.
And，in Boston，children with diabetes are using a Dimagi system to learn about their disease and how to control it.The software includes games and ways for the children to communicate with others with diabetes.
Dr.Vikram Kumar says it is important to get patients involved in their own health care by helping them gain information.He says there are endless possible uses for this technology，especially in developing countries.And he urges people to suggest ways to improve it.Dimagi programs are written in code that is open to anyone.
54．The best title of the passage is________. A．Dr.Kumar and His Dimagi B．A Genius in India C．AIDS in South Africa D．A New Software—P.D.A
55．Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage? A．Dimagi program began to be used in India many years ago.
B．Children with diabetes can get cured by playing games of Dimagi. C．Dimagi program is very useful only in developing countries. D．Dimagi program can and will surely be improved in the future.
56．We can conclude from the passage that Dr.Kumar is a person________. A．who is young and talented and easy to accept other people’s opinions B．who has once suffered from diabetes C．who owns a lot of property and wealth
D．who hasn’t been publicly admitted in the field of medicine and IT
57．The advantages of the devices that Dr.Kumar invented include the following EXCEPT that________.
A．they are easy to be carried about because they are light in weight and small in size B．they are easy to learn and use and have a large space to be improved
C．they can store a lot of information of the patients which otherwise doctors had to copy by hands
D．they are written in a secret code that only patients know
D
The history of nomenclature (命名) in Britain is so old that no one knows the beginning of the story.Since written history began，people have had names.It is therefore impossible to do more than guess at how the earliest given names were chosen.Most names appear to have had some sort of original meaning，usually descriptive，rather than being simply a pleasing collection of sounds.
The descriptive names developed both from nouns and adjectives.The Irish Gaelic people used descriptive nouns and adjectives which were meaningful.Early in prehistory some descriptive names began to be used again and again until they formed a name pool for that particular culture.Parents would choose names from the pool of existing names rather than invent new ones for their children.
With the rise of Christianity (基督教)，Christians were encouraged to name their children after the holy people of the church.These early Christian names can be found in many cultures
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today，in various forms.The pool of names in use in England changed basically after the Normans came in 1066.Then French names of Germanic origin (起源) became popular within two or three generations.As a result names like Emma，Matilda，Richard and William，became common in English nomenclature.At the same time a few old English names，like Edward and Alfred，remained because they were names of holy people or kings；others were kept because they were used with slight changes by Germanic names from the Normans like Robert.
Surnames developed from bynames，which are additional ones used to differentiate two people with the same given name.These bynames fall into particular patterns.These usually started out as specific (特有的) to a person and were taken down from father to son between the twelfth and sixteenth century.The noble usually used taken-down surnames early on and the peasants did
so later.
58．We can infer from the text that________.
A．people had no names before written language was invented B．names began to be used long before there was written language C．the history of nomenclature is just as long as written history D．the first given names had not any actual meanings
59．The underlined word “they” (in Para.3) refers to________. A．old English names B．names of holy people C．names of Germanic origin D．other names
60．According to the text，which of the following statements is TRUE? A．Names like Edward and Alfred were French names of Germanic origin. B．Names like Emma and William were the most popular in 1066. C．Robert is a Germanic name from the Normans.
D．Church didn’t encourage nomenclature used in the church. 第二节(共5小题，每小题2分，满分10分)
根据短文内容，从下框的A～F选项中选出能概括每一段主题的最佳选项。选项中有一项为多余项。
A. The skills to persuadeB. Have the ability to learn
C. The best people employed in the new century
D. A growing need for skilled people
E. Be able to organize
F. The importance of communication61．□
Ability to organize will definitely be important in the corporation of the future.Everywhere there will be a need to organize something：resources，workflow，marketing mix，financial opportunities and much more，all will demand high levels of organization and reorganization.
62．□
Persuasive skills will be used in many ways by the corporation of the future，the most-effective individuals will be those who know how to present information and ideas so that others can understand and support a particular position.Good salesmanship will be essential in many more interactions than we consider today，especially inside the organization.
63．□
Communication skills－careful listening，clear writing，close reading，plain speaking and accurate description－will be invaluable.In tomorrow’s fast-paced business environment there will
be precious little time to correct any misunderstandings.Communications breakdown may well become a fatal corporate disease.
64．□
Ability to learn will be above everything else in importance-empowering people to grow in
effectiveness and help their companies achieve desired objectives.Some of this skill is innate，but
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many people enhance their ability to learn and to relate different aspects of learning through college and university courses.We believe the liberal arts education experience will prove to be the most valuable type of education for tomorrow’s leaders.
65．□
The top employees of the coming century will be flexible，creative and motivated toward making a positive difference in the world. They will seek balance，growth and fulfillment in both their work and home environments.The corporation of the future must respond to these needs and desires；otherwise they will find themselves hampered by a lack of qualified people to accomplish the organization’s work.
第三部分 写作(共三节，满分55分)
第一节 单词拼写(共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分) 根据下列各句句意和空白之后的汉语提示词，在横线上写出对应单词的正确形式，每空只写一词。
66．The military and ________ (民用的) authorities are working together to quell (镇压) the unrest.
67．The ________ (结构) of the brain is very complex. 68．The church ________ (始于) from the 13th century.
69．Bigger and bigger highways have been built to ________ (容纳) more cars. 70．When we got to the hotel，it was still under ________ (建造)．
71．The flowing water is used to drive turbines，which ________ (产生) electricity. 72．Many of the novels we read today are ________ (历史的) ones. 73．Burning coal has led to ________ (全球的) warming.
74．There are plans to widen the ________ (最狭窄的) sections of the road. 75．Our office has ________ (搬迁) to Shanghai from Beijing. 第二节 短文改错(共10小题，每小题1.5分，满分15分) 假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧)，并在其下面写出该加的词。 删除：把多余的词用斜线(\\)划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。 注意：1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2．只允许修改10处，多者(从第11处起)不计分。 Dear Peter,
I am writing to ask for whether you are able to do me a favor. I want to have a pen friend, hopefully a girl in the early twenties and with interests similarly to mine. In my mind, he is someone interested in traveling，swimming and playing table tennis. However, it would be better for her to have a pet dog as I have been kept one at home for some time. With such a pen friend, I hope I can share with her our experiences in traveling, taking care pets, or whichever we have in common. I believed I will improve my English by doing so and learning more about her country. I am looking forward to hearing from you soon.
Best regards,
Li Hua
第三节 书面表达(满分30分)
假定由你负责接待一个外国旅游团。请你拟定一篇英语发言稿向游客介绍南京。要点如下：
1．位于中国东南部，是江苏省省会，人口约500万； 2．有2 400多年历史，曾有10个朝代在此建都；
3．很美，有许多名胜，如玄武湖、鸡鸣寺、石头城等，还有许多现代化的工厂和高大的楼房；
4．最近几年正经历巨大的变革，人民过着幸福的生活，明天会更美好。 注意：1.不要逐句逐字翻译要点内容，可适当发挥； 2．词数：不少于100。
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