II. 語言知識及應(yīng)用(共兩節(jié)，滿分30分)

第一節(jié)：完形填空(共10小題；每小題2分，滿分20分)

閱讀下面短文，掌握其大意，然后從2l-30各題所給的四個選項(A、B、C和D)中，選出最佳選項，并在答題卡上將該項涂黑。

It’s an age-old saying: Men are from Mars; women are from Venus. Males and females __21_ different behaviors almost from birth. Researchers say these behaviors are due to basic differences in __22_ structure and activity. Studies show men are better at hitting targets and __23__ math problems while women are better at memorizing words and_24__faces. Why the differences?

A test of the brain’s electrical activity shows that women commonly use both sides of their brain while men rely more on one. Scientists already know that the two sides of the brain control different functions---one controlling the sense of space, __25__, the other controlling language. Some researchers believe that the different ways men and women use their brains _26__from ancient times, when cave men hunted and women cared for the children. Men had to have good aim. Women had to talk to the kids.

Whatever the __27__, the battle of the sexes continues. And although their brains are constructed __28__ differently, men and women may be equally capable. They may simply __29__different abilities. Take a couple arguing over the location of their car in a parking lot. The man might use his sense of space to find it, while the woman relies on her __30__ of landmarks. Both of them find the car. But chances are, they’ll still argue about who’s the better driver and who’s better at finding the way home.

21. A .build             B. form                  C. choose                     D. show

22. A. brain                B. muscle                   C. heart                  D. head

23. A. testing         B. finding                C. making        D. solving

24. A. realizing          B. recognizing            C. describing             D. painting

25. A. at least            B. as a result              C. above all              D. for example

26. A. grew             B. developed          C. invented               D. produced

27. A. consideration      B. decision               C. imagination            D. explanation

28. A. slightly           B. heavily                C. greatly                 D. quite

29. A. show off            B. take on        C. depend on             D. keep up

30. A. drawing           B. memory          C. thinking                  D. setting

 完形填空（共20小題；每小題1．5分，滿分30分）
閱讀下面短文，從短文后各題所給的四個選項（A、B、C和D）中，選出可以填入空白處的最佳選項，并在答題卡上將該項涂黑。
Isabel Powell likes to swim. It’s a（n）  1  thing that she shares with a movie star she’ll
be meeting later this year—a star whose life story is coming to a theater near you this month.
Who’s the star? A dolphin named Winter. And   2  is not the only thing that she and Isabel have in common.
Winter lost her   3  when she was a baby. She got it caught in a trap used to   4__  crabs. Isabel, who had a similar experience to Winter, once had a   5  life.   6  , when she was 2 a tumor（腫瘤）on her foot   7  her leg.
Now, both Winter and Isabel   8  artificial limbs. In Isabel’s case, it’s an artificial leg and foot. In Winter’s case, it’s an artificial tail.
In November, Isabel will travel from her home to Clearwater, Florida, to   9  Winter. Clearwater is the site of the aquarium（水族館）where Winter has lived since she was   10  from that trap.
According to the Kitsap Sun, the meeting was set up by the man who designed Winter’s artificial tail—Kevin Carroll. Carroll also   11  artificial limbs for people.
He and Isabel   12  met last month in Bremerton, Washington, at the  13  where she got her artificial leg, which freed her of the   14  that had troubled her for years.   15__  Carroll met Isabel and found out she wants to be a veterinarian （獸醫(yī)）, he decided to set up the meeting.
She   16  people who’ve lost limbs by   17  them they can still do the things they used to do. According to the Kitsap Sun, she plays softball,   18  karate competition and chases after her dog, too. For years, she didn’t know anybody else who had an artificial limb. Now, she’s about to meet a movie star who has one, too.
And she no longer feels so   19   . “I think it’s pretty cool,” Isabel told Kitsap Sun reporter Chris Henry. “Winter has an artificial tail. That makes me think that I’m not the only   20  one. There are thousands more.”

第二節(jié)讀寫任務(wù)(共1小題，滿分25分)

閱讀下面的短文，然后按照要求寫一篇150詞左右的英語短文。

In junior high school, one of my classmates, Ethan, was addicted to TV. This boy simply knew everything about such pop shows as Who’s the Boss?

Then one day Ethan’s mother made brim an offer in order to draw him back to his school subjects. She promised that she would give him $200 if he could go a full month without watching any TV. None of us thought Ethan could do it, but he did quite well. His mom paid him $200. He went out and bought a TV, the biggest he could find.

In recent years, hundreds of schools have carried out experiments with paying kids with each for showing up or getting good grades. All school kids admire this trend. But it upsets adults. Teachers say that we are rewarding kids for doing what they should be doing of their own will. Psychologists warn that money can actually make kids perform worse by making the act of learning cheap. The debate has become a typical battle over why our kids are not learning at the rate they should he despite decades of reforms and budget increases.

[寫作內(nèi)容]

1    以約30詞概括上文的主要內(nèi)容。

2    以約120詞對用金錢鼓勵孩子學(xué)習(xí)的現(xiàn)象進(jìn)行議論，內(nèi)容包括：

(1)  你對用金錢鼓勵孩子學(xué)習(xí)的看法：

(2)  你的父母(或其他親人)是如何鼓勵你學(xué)習(xí)的；

(3)  你認(rèn)為怎樣才能更好地鼓勵孩子學(xué)習(xí)。

[寫作要求]

1.   作文中可以使用親身經(jīng)歷或虛構(gòu)的故事．也可以參照閱讀材料的內(nèi)容，

但不得直接引用原文中的句子。

2.   作文中不能出現(xiàn)真實姓名和學(xué)校名稱。

[評分標(biāo)準(zhǔn)]    

概括準(zhǔn)確，語言規(guī)范，內(nèi)容合適，語篇連貫。

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In junior high school, one of my classmates, Ethan, was addicted to TV. This boy simply knew everything about such pop shows as Who’s the Boss?

    Then one day Ethan’s mother made an offer in order to draw him back to his school subjects. She promised that she would give him $200 if he could go a full month without watching any TV. None of us thought Ethan could do it, but he did quite well. His mom paid him $200. He went out and bought a TV, the biggest he could find.

    In recent years, hundreds of schools have carried out experiments with paying kids with each for showing up or getting good grades. All school kids admire this trend. But it upsets adults. Teachers say that we are rewarding kids for doing what they should be doing of their own will. Psychologists warn that money can actually make kids perform worse by making the act of learning cheap. The debate has become a typical battle over why our kids are not learning at the rate they should he despite decades of reforms and budget increases.

[寫作內(nèi)容] 1. 以約30詞概括上文的主要內(nèi)容。

2. 以約120詞對用金錢鼓勵孩子學(xué)習(xí)的現(xiàn)象進(jìn)行議論，內(nèi)容包括：

(1)你對用金錢鼓勵孩子學(xué)習(xí)的看法;

(2)你的父母(或其他親人)是如何鼓勵你學(xué)習(xí)的；

(3)你認(rèn)為怎樣才能更好地鼓勵孩子學(xué)習(xí)。

[寫作要求]

1. 可以使用實例或其它論述方法支持你的論點，也可以參照閱讀材料的內(nèi)容，但不得直接引用原文中的句子；

2. 標(biāo)題自定。

3. 作文中不能出現(xiàn)真實姓名和學(xué)校名稱。

[評分標(biāo)準(zhǔn)] 概括準(zhǔn)確，語言規(guī)范，內(nèi)容合適，篇章連貫。

   CHICAGO ---Call it a reward, or just “bribery(賄賂)”.
Whichever it is, many parents today readily admit to buying off their children, who get goodies(好東西) for anything from behaving in a restaurant to sleeping all night in their own beds.
That’s what worries parenting experts.
“I think that reward systems have a time and a place and work really well in certain situations,” says Marcy Safyer, director of the Adelphi University Institute for Parenting.
“But what often gets lost for people is being able to figure out how to communicate to their kids that doing the thing is rewarding enough,” Safyer says.
Parents and experts alike agree that the dynamic(動力) is partly a reflection of the world we live in. It’s unrealistic to think a parent wouldn’t reward their children with material things sometimes, says Robin Lanzi, a clinical psychologist and mother of four who’s the research director at the Center on Health and Education at Georgetown University.
“But you want to make sure that they match the behavior, so it’s not something huge for something small,” Lanzi says.
She recalls hearing about a father who offered his child a Nintendo Wii game system for scoring a couple goals in a soccer game.
Elizabeth Powell, a mother of two young daughters in Austin, Texas, knows what she means.
“You want to raise them in a way that they’re respectful and appreciate things,” Powell says of her children. “But sometimes, you wonder now if kids appreciate even a new pair of shoes. ”
【小題1】Parenting experts are worried that ____ .