airports even in the middle of the night to meet a friend. We may take days off to act as guides to our foreign friends. The Americans, however, express their welcome usually at homes, but truly can not manage the time to do a great deal with a visitor outside their daily routine. They will probably expect us to get ourselves from the airport to our own hotel by bus. And they expect that we will phone them from there. Once we arrive at their homes, the welcome will be full, warm and real. We will find ourselves treated hospitably.
For the Americans, it is often considered more friendly to invite a friend to their homes than to go to restaurants, except for purely business matters. So accept their hospitality at home! 66. The writer of this passage must be ______.
A. an American B. a Chinese C. a professor D. a student 67. Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage? A. Friendships between Americans usually extend deeply into their families. B. Friendships between Americans usually last for all their lives. C. Americans always show their warmth even if they are very busy.
D. Americans will continue their friendships again even after a long break.
68. From the last two paragraphs we can learn that when we arrive in America to visit an American friend, we will probably be ______.
A. warmly welcomed at the airport B. offered a ride to his home
C. treated hospitably at his home D. treated to dinner in a restaurant 69. The underlined words “generous with our time” in Paragraph 3 probably mean ______. A. strict with time B. serious with time C. careful with time D. willing to spend time 70. A suitable title for this passage would probably be “______”.
A. Friendships between Chinese B. Friendships between Americans
C. Americans? hospitality D. Americans? and Chinese?s views of friendships
PART FOUR WRITING SECTION A ( 10 points )
Directions: Read the following passage. Complete the diagram by using the information for the passage.
Write NO MORE THAN 3 WORDS for each answer.
After the women?s movement in the world, women?s position in society as well as at home is improving. But how many men on earth have helped their wives do their housework at home, do you know? Recently a European Commission tried to find out people's ideas and reactions to the women's movement.They have carried out an overall survey of that. As part of their survey , they asked many men and women all over the Europe the same question,“Who does the housework?” The men answered very differently from the women!
The housework they asked people about were: preparing meals, washing dishes, cleaning the house and babysitting. 48% of British husbands said they did these things at home. 37% of Danish men helped their wives do such things in the house. But only 15% of Italian men said they did the housework; many of them said they never helped at all.
But there was an interesting point of view from the wives. According to British wives, only 38% of their husbands helped in the house. And Italian wives said that their husbands hardly ever helped them at home. The Italian and British men did not tell the truth! The Commission, however, found that Danish men were the most truthful husbands, fpr their answers were the same as their wives' answers.
Do the men you know around you help their wives in the house? Do you think the survey made by the European Commission gives a true picture in your experience? Write and tell us what you think.
European Commission’s survey purpose To find out people?s 71.______________ to the women?s movement Answers to the question and 73.____________ between the men and the women 72.___________ 74._____________ 76._____________ Denmark Italy The rate of men 75.__________ 48% 37% 78.________ Women?s view only 38% 77._________ Almost none 79.___________
The Italian and British men told a lie; 80.______________ were the most honest SECTION B (10 points )
Directions: Read the following passage. Answer the questions according to the information given in the passage and the required words limit. Write your answers on your answer sheet.
The average college student in America spent an estimated 700 dollars on textbooks last year. The National Association of College Stores reported more than five billion dollars in sales of textbooks and course materials.
Association spokesman Charles Schmidt says electronic textbooks now represent just two to three percent of sales. But he says that is expected to reach 10 to 15 percent by 2012.
Online versions are now available for many of the most popular college textbooks. E-textbooks can cost half the price of a new print textbook. But students usually lose access after the end of the term. And the books cannot be placed on more than one device, so they are not easy to share.
So what do students think of e-textbooks? Administrators at Northwest Missouri State University wanted to find out. Earlier this year they tested them with 500 students in 20 classes.
The students in the survey reported that downloading the books from the Internet was easy. They liked the idea of carrying lighter backpacks. And 56 percent said they were better able to find information.
But most found that using e-textbooks did not change their study habits. And 60 percent felt they read more when they were reading on paper. In all, almost half the students said they still liked physical textbooks better.
But the survey found that cost could be a big influence. 55 percent said they would choose e-textbooks if using them meant their textbook rental fee would not increase.
Roger Von Holzen heads the Center for Information Technology in Education at Northwest Missouri State. He tells us that administrators are disappointed with the e-textbooks now available because the majority are not interactive.
He thinks growth will come when more digital books include video, activities, games and other ways to interact with the information. The technology is improving. But for now, most of the books are just words on a screen.
81. How much do the average college student in America spend on textbooks last year? （no more than 4 words） ______________________________________________________________________________
82. What is the percentage of the e-textbook sales now according to Charles Schmidt? （no more than 4 words） ______________________________________________________________________________
83. What do students think of downloading the books from the Internet in the survey? （no more than 2 words） ______________________________________________________________________________
84. Why are administrators disappointed with the e-textbooks now available? （no more than 6 words） ______________________________________________________________________________
SECTION C ( 25 points)
Directions: Write an English composition according to the instructions given below in Chinese
作为中学生，你肯定经历过多次考试，体验过成功，也遭遇过失败。请你根据提示内容，简要概述中学生中普遍存在的对考试失败的两种态度，并结合自身实际，写一篇英语短文来说明你的观点。
消极态度 积极态度 你的观点 当考试结果不尽人意时，情当考虑失败时，……（至…… 绪低落，丧失信心，不再继少写出2种表现） 续努力 要求：1．题目自拟；
2．词数120左右；
3．语意要连贯；不能写成诗歌形式；不能列成表格形式。
参考答案：
1-5 BCCCA 6-10 BCBAA 11-15 CABBC
16. December 17. cold 18. window shopping 19. see a movie 20. wonderful
21-25 AADCB 26-30 ABACA 31-35 ACCCC
36-40.CBDBD 41-45.ACCBA 46-47.CC 48. as
56-60 BBACB 61-65 CCABA 66-70 BDCDD
71. idea and reactions 72. Results 73. differences 74. Countires 75. doing housework 76. Britain 77. 37% 78. 15% 79. Conclusion 80. Danish men
81. About seven hundred dollars.
49.why
50. but 51.Though/Although 52. the
53. it
54. where 55. What
82. Two to three percent. 83. Easy.
84. Because the majority are not interactive.
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