第1部分：词汇选项（第1～15题，每题1分，共15分）
下面每个句子中均有1个词或短语画有底横线，请为每处画线部分确定1个意义最为接近的选项。
1. Mary has blended the ingredients.
A. mixed
B. made
C. cooked
D. eaten
2. They agreed to modify their policy.
A. clarify
B. change
C. define
D. develop
3. The economy continued to exhibit signs of decline in September.
A. play
B. send
C. show
D. tell
4. A notably short man, he plays basketball with his staff several times a week.
A. practically
B. considerably
C. remarkably
D. completely
5. The dentist has decided to extract her bad tooth.
A. take out
B. repair
C. push in
D. dig
6. It is absurd to predict that the sun will not rise tomorrow.
A. ridiculous
B. funny
C. odd
D. foolish
7. A lot of people could fall ill after drinking contaminated water.
A. muddied
B. polluted
C. mixed
D. troubled
8. The room is dim and quiet.
A. tiny
B. pleasant
C. dark
D. agreeable
9. The index is the government's chief gauge of future economic activity.
A. measure
B. opinion
C. evaluation
D. decision
10. It's prudent to start any exercise program gradually at first.
A. workable
B. sensible
C. possible
D. feasible
11. He is renowned for his skill.
A. remembered
B. recommended
C. praised
D. well-known
12. You have to be patient if you want to sustain your position.
A. maintain
B. establish
C. acquire
D. support
13. She stood there, trembling with fear.
A. jumping
B. crying
C. swaying
D. shaking
14. Medical facilities are being upgraded.
A. renewed
B. repaired
C. improved
D. increased
15. Mary looked pale and weary.
A. gloomy
B. ugly
C. silly
D. exhausted
第2部分：阅读判断（第16～22题，每题1分，共7分）
下面的短文后列出了7个句子，请根据短文的内容对每个句子作出判断：如果该句提供的是正确信息，请选择A；如果该句提供的是错误信息，请选择B；如果该句的信息文中没有提到，请选择C。
Keep on Fighting
Turning once again to the question of invasion, I would observe that there has never been a period in all these long centuries of which we boast when an absolute guarantee against invasion, still less against serious raids, could have been given to our people. In the days of Napoleon the same wind which would have carried his transports across the Channel might have driven away the blockading (封锁) fleet. There was always the chance, and it is that chance which has excited and befooled (愚弄) the imaginations of many continental tyrants. Many are the tales that are told. We are assured that novel methods will be adopted, and when we see the originality of malice (怨恨), the ingenuity of aggression, which our enemy displays, we may certainly prepare ourselves for every kind of novel stratagem (战略) and every kind of brutal and treacherous (奸诈的) maneuver (花招). I think that no idea is so outlandish (古怪的) that it should not be considered and viewed with a searching, but at the same time, I hope, with a steady eye.
We must never forget the solid assurances of sea power and those which belong to air power if it can be locally exercised. At any rate, that is what we are going to try to do. This is the resolve of His Majesty's government—every man of them. This is the will of parliament and the nation. The British Empire and the French republic, linked together in their cause and in their need, will defend to the death their native soil, aiding each other like good comrades to the utmost of their strength. Even though large tracts of Europe and many old and famous states have fallen or may fall into the grip of the Gestapo and all the odious (可憎的) apparatus of Nazi rule, we shall not flag (变弱) or fail.
We shall go on to the end, we shall fight in France, we shall fight on the seas and oceans, we shall fight with growing confidence and growing strength in the air, we shall defend our island, whatever the cost might be, we shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills, we shall never surrender, and even if, which I do not for a moment believe, this island or a large part of it were subjugated (征服) and starving, then our empire beyond the seas, armed and guarded by the British fleet, would carry on the struggle, until, in God's good time, the new world, with its power and might, steps forth to the rescue and the liberation of the old.
16. Throughout Britain's history, there has been no guarantee that an invasion would not happen.
A. Right
B. Wrong
C. Not mentioned
17. Napoleon and his army once crossed the English Channel and conquered Britain.
A. Right
B. Wrong
C. Not mentioned
18. The enemy will use every means conceivable to destroy Britain.
A. Right
B. Wrong
C. Not mentioned
19. Churchill is confident that he will live longer than Hitler.
A. Right
B. Wrong
C. Not mentioned
20. The Royal Air Force will launch massive air strikes against the Germans.
A. Right
B. Wrong
C. Not mentioned
21. The British Empire is so strong that it does not have to take Hitler's menace seriously.
A. Right
B. Wrong
C. Not mentioned
22. Although many countries have been overrun by the Germans, the British people will never give in.
A. Right
B. Wrong
C. Not mentioned
第3部分：概括大意与完成句子（第23～30题，每题1分，共8分）
下面的短文后有2项测试任务：（1）第23～26题要求从所给的6个选项中为第2～5段每段选择1个最佳标题；（2）第27～30题要求从所给的6个选项中为每个句子确定1个最佳选项。
Quality After-school Programs
Quality after-school programs are designed to improve academic performance, decrease youth crimes and other high-risk behaviors, and help young people grow into healthy, successful adults.
The effect of quality after-school programs on academic performance is clear. Studies show that students who take part in such programs show better work habits, higher rates of homework completion, improved grades, and higher scores on achievement tests. They also have fewer absences and are less likely to blame.
After-school programs also influence high-risk teen behaviors. Various studies show decreased rates of crime, drug use, and teen sex among youths who join in well-run after-school programs when compared to similar youths who do not.
Besides, after-school programs play an important role in supporting the following fields of development, mental development and social development. They help youths grow into healthy and successful adults. Thus, one can safely say that after-school programming is an effective method to help young people become contributing members of society.
Although there is enough proof from both small and large assessments that after-school programs can make a positive difference, it is important to note that not all programs are equal. First, dosage (时量) matters—young people who attend the most hours over the most years benefit more than members who attend less often or over a shorter period of time. Next, after-school programs make a bigger difference for those students who need help most and have the fewest choices. Finally, program qualities matter. After-school programs work best when they create unique opportunities for youths. They should provide opportunities for positive relationships, skill building, meaningful involvement (参与), expression, suggestion, services, and work. Staff characteristics make an important difference in the quality of a program. The adults should treat youths as partners, create safe and fair environment, encourage personalized (个性化的) involvement, and actively create learning opportunities. In short, although after-school programs have promising future, how they are designed and run matters.
23. Paragraph 2________.
24. Paragraph 3________.
25. Paragraph 4________.
26. Paragraph 5________.
* * *
A. Improving students' academic behaviors
B. Achievement tests
C. Cultivating youths into contributing social members
D. Decreasing youth crimes
E. Importance of how to run after-school programs
F. Successful youths
* * *
27. If students participate in quality after-school programs, they will________.
28. High-risk youth behaviors mainly include________.
29. Quality after-school programs affect________.
30. Quality after-school programs can be assessed according to________.
* * *
A. enjoy better life
B. the mental and social development of youths
C. have higher achievements in their studies
D. absence from the school
E. crime, drug use and teen sex behaviors
F. the dosage, students' needs and program qualities
* * *
第4部分：阅读理解（第31～45题，每题3分，共45分）
下面有3篇短文，每篇短文后有5道题。请根据短文内容，为每题确定1个最佳选项。
第1篇 Perfect Crime
Taiwan police cannot decide whether to treat it as an extremely clever act of stealing or an even cleverer cheat (诈骗). Either way, it could be the perfect crime (犯罪), because the criminals are birds—horning pigeons!
The crime begins with a telephone message to the owner of a stolen car: if you want the car back, pay up then. The car owner is directed to a park, told where to find a bird cage and how to attach money to the neck of the pigeon inside. Carrying the money in a tiny bag, the pigeon flies off.
There have been at least four such pigeon pick-ups in Changwa. What at first seemed like the work of a clever stay-at-home car thief, however, may in fact be the work of an even lazier and more inventive criminal mind—one that avoids (避免) not only collecting money but going out to steal the car in the first place. Police officer Chen says that the criminal probably has played a double trick: he gets money for things he cannot possibly return. Instead of stealing cars, he lets someone else do it and then waits for the car-owner to place an ad (启事) in the newspaper asking for help.
The theory is supported by the fact that, so far, none of the stolen cars have been returned. Also, the amount of money demanded—under 3,000 Taiwanese dollars—seems too little for a car worth many times more.
Demands for pigeon-delivered money stopped as soon as the press reported the story. And even if they start again, Chen holds little hope of catching the criminal. "We have more important things to do," he said.
31. After the car-owner received a phone call, he________.
A. went to a certain pigeon and put some money in the bag it carried
B. gave the money to the thief and had his car back in a park
C. sent some money to the thief by mail
D. told the press about it
32. The "lazier and more inventive" criminal refers to________.
A. the car thief who stays at home
B. one of those who put the ads in the paper
C. one of the policemen in Changwa
D. the owner of the pigeons
33. The writer mentions the fact that "none of the stolen cars have been returned" to show________.
A. how easily people get fooled by criminals
B. what Chen thinks might be correct
C. the thief is extremely clever
D. the money paid is too little
34. The underlined word "they" in the last paragraph refers to________.
A. criminals
B. pigeons
C. the stolen cars
D. demands for money
35. We may infer from the text that the criminal knows how to reach the car owners because________.
A. he reads the ads in the newspaper
B. he lives in the same neighborhood
C. he has seen the car-owners in the park
D. he has trained the pigeons to follow them
第2篇 Dorm Food More Comfy
Once upon a time, eating in an American college dorm meant soup in a hotpot or getting pizza delivered. The most interesting thing about the campus dining hall was often the salad bar.
No more. These days, US college students have refined tastes and a growing interest in preparing their own food. Mini-refrigerators and microwaves in dorm rooms are as essential as laptops.
The cooking awareness of college students is increasing, said Tom Post, president of campus dining for Sodexo, a major food service company. "Students today grew up watching celebrity chefs on TV, eating organic food and valuing good nutrition."
In response, cafeteria menus have changed. Sodexo's top campus foods for 2009 include Vietnamese noodle soup, goat cheese salad, and Mexican chicken. But colleges are also catering to student demands for more flexible and personalized dining options.
Chartwells, the company that prepares food for dining halls at Ohio Wesleyan University in the state of Ohio, offers microwaveable meals that students can take away, as well as a program where students can have food individually prepared. Or they can even do their own cooking.
This fall, Sarah Lawrence College in New York will offer students on its meal plan a chance to pick up groceries in the cafeteria as an alternative to a cooked meal.
Students want things that are easy to make, things that don't take long and will still taste good, said Rachel Holcomb, a University of Massachusetts-Amherst student who updated recipes for the new edition of The Healthy College Cookbook.
Angelo Berti, a chef at the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts, teaches cooking in dorm kitchens. But Berti says he's not just teaching recipes. He's encouraging students to use dining together as a way to socialize and as a means of self-expression. "The meal is your canvas," Berti said. "You paint what you want."
That's why at the College of William & Mary in Virginia, students produce a cooking show filmed in a dorm called Everyday Gourmet. One episode was "Date Night Cooking: A 3-course meal for under $20," featuring grilled chicken stuffed with goat cheese and basil.
36. Which of the following is not mentioned as a basic equipment in today's student dorms?
A. Fridges.
B. Microwaves.
C. Notebook computer.
D. TV sets.
37. Which of the following statements is true according to the author?
A. The salad bar is still the most interesting food to US college students up to now.
B. Today Pizza remains the most popular food to US college students.
C. US college students want their dining options to be more flexible and personalized.
D. Colleges have made no changes to meet students' needs.
38. The following food are among Sodexo's top campus foods for 2009 EXCERT________.
A. Italian Pizza
B. Vietnamese noodle soup
C. goat cheese salad
D. Mexican chicken
39. Which of the following statements about Angelo Berti is NOT true?
A. He is a chef at the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts.
B. He teaches cooking in a cooking school.
C. He believes that cooking means more than preparing food, following the recipes.
D. He regards dining together as a good way to expand the circle of friends.
40. What does Angelo Berti mean by saying "The meal is your canvas"?
A. Cooking is so boring that it is not worthy for students to have a try.
B. College students should make their meal as simple as possible.
C. Cooking is a good way to express oneself freely.
D. If one wants to become a successful cook, he'd better learn painting first.
第3篇 Picture-taking
Picture-taking is a technique both for reflecting the objective world and for expressing the singular self. Photographs depict objective realities that already exist, though only the camera can disclose them. And they depict an individual photographer's temperament, discovering itself through the camera's cropping of reality. That is, photography has two directly opposite ideals: in the first, photography is about the world and the photographer is a mere observer who counts for little; but in the second, photography is the instrument of fearlessness, questing subjectivity and the photographer is all.
These conflicting ideals arise from uneasiness on the part of both photographers and viewers of photographs toward the aggressive component in "taking" a picture. Accordingly, the ideal of a photographer as observer is attracting because it implicitly denies that picture-taking is an aggressive act. The issue, of course, is not so clear-cut. What photographers do cannot be characterized as simply predatory or as simply, and essentially, benevolent. As a consequence, one ideal of picture-taking or the other is always being rediscovered and championed.
An important result of the coexistence of these two ideals is a recurrent ambivalence toward photography's means. Whatever are the claims that photography might make to be a form of personal expression just like painting, its originality is closely linked to the power of a machine. The steady growth of these powers has made possible the extraordinary informativeness and imaginative formal beauty of many photographs, like Harold Edgerton's high-speed photographs of a bullet hitting its target or of the swirls and eddies of a tennis stroke. But as cameras become more sophisticated, more automated, some photographers are tempted to disarm themselves or to suggest that they are not really armed, preferring to submit themselves to the limit imposed by pre-modern camera technology because a cruder, less high-powered machine is thought to give more interesting or emotive results, to leave more room for creative accident. For example, it has been virtually a point of honor for many photographers, including Walker Evans and Cartier Bresson, to refuse to use modern equipment. These photographers have come to doubt the value of the camera as an instrument of "fast seeing". Cartier Bresson, in fact, claims that the modern camera may see too fast.
This ambivalence toward photographic means determines trends in taste. The cult of the future (of faster and faster seeing) alternates over time with the wish to return to a purer past when images had a handmade quality. This longing for some primitive state of the photographic enterprise is currently widespread and underlies the present-day enthusiasm for daguerreotypes and the work of forgotten nineteenth-century provincial photographers. Photographers and viewers of photographs, it seems, need periodically to resist their own knowingness.
41. The two directly opposite ideals of photography differ primarily in the________.
A. emphasis that each places on the emotional impact of the finished product
B. degree of technical knowledge that each requires of the photographer
C. way in which each defines the role of the photographer
D. extent of the power that each requires of the photographer's equipment
42. According to Paragraph 2, the interest among photographers in each of the photography's two ideals can be described as________.
A. steadily growing
B. cyclically recurring
C. continuously altering
D. spontaneously occurring
43. The text states all of the following about photographs EXCEPT________.
A. they can display a cropped reality
B. they can convey information
C. they can depict the photographer's temperament
D. they can change the viewer's sensibilities
44. The author mentions the work of Harold Edgerton in order to provide an example of________.
A. the relationship between photographic originality and technology
B. how the content of photographs has changed from the nineteenth century to the twentieth
C. the popularity of high-speed photography in the twentieth century
D. how a controlled ambivalence toward photography's means can produce outstanding pictures
45. The author is primarily concerned with________.
A. describing how photographers' individual temperaments are reflected in their work
B. establishing new technical standards for contemporary photography
C. analyzing the influence of photographic ideals on picture-taking
D. explaining how the technical limitations affect photographers' work
第5部分：补全短文（第46～50题，每题2分，共10分）
下面的短文有5处空白，短文后有6个句子，其中5个取自短文，请根据短文内容将其分别放回原有位置，以恢复文章原貌。
WTO
A WTO member nation has both rights and responsibilities. 46 The main responsibility of a member nation is to follow WTO guidelines on international trade. 47 Another important rule involves the resolution of trade disputes. In case of disagreement over a trade issue, a member nation agrees to submit the case to WTO commitments for review. If the committee finds that a country has violated its WTO commitments, 48
The World Trade Organization was founded in 1995. It absorbed the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), which covers trade in manufactured and agricultural goods. The WTO also regulates trade in services and in intellectual property, 49
The WTO is one of three major organizations that oversee international economic relations among governments. The other two are the International Monetary Fund, which works to improve payment arrangements and other financial dealings between countries, and the World Bank, 50 WTO headquarters are in Geneva, Switzerland.
A. which includes such creations as books, computer software, and recordings.
B. the country must either change its practices or face increased taxes on its exports.
C. WTO plays an important role in the trade between nations.
D. The most important right guarantees that, except in special circumstances, a country's export goods and services get the same import taxes, that is, tariffs, and other trade restrictions.
E. For example, a member nation must treat the exports of all WTO members equally.
F. which provides loans to poorer nations for economic development.
第6部分：完形填空（第51～65题，每题1分，共15分）
下面的短文有15处空白，请根据短文内容为每处空白确定1个最佳选项。
Mall of Few Words
Everyone chases success, but not all of us want to be famous.
South African writer John Maxwell Coetzee is 51 for keeping himself to himself.
When the 63-year-old was named the 2003 Nobel Prize Winner for Literature earlier this month, reporters were warned that they would find him "particularly difficult to 52 ".
Coetzee lives in Australia but spends part of the year teaching at the University of Chicago. He seemed 53 by the news that he won the $13 million prize.
It came as a complete surprise. I wasn't even aware they were due to make the announcement, he said. His 54 of privacy led to doubts as to whether Coetzee will attend Pnize-giving in Stockholm, Sweden, on December 10. But despite being described as 55 to track down, the critics agree that his writing is easy to get to know.
Born in Cape Town, South Africa, to all English-speaking family, Coetzee 56 his breakthrough in 1980 with the novel Waiting for the Barbarians (《等待野蛮人》). He 57 his place among the world's leading writers with two Booker prize victories, Britain's highest honor for novels. He first 58 in 1983 for Life and Times of Michael K and his second title came in 1999 for Disgrace.
A major theme in his work is South Africa's former apartheid (种族隔离) system, which divided whites from blacks. 59 with the problems of violence, crime and racial division that still exist in the country his books have enabled ordinary people to understand apartheid 60 within.
I have always been more interested in the past than the future, he said in a rare interview.
The past 61 its shadow over the present. I hope I have made one or two people think 62 about whether they want to forget the past completely. In fact this purity in his writing seems to be 63 in his personal life. Coetzee is a vegetarian, a cyclist rather than a motorist and doesn't drink alcohol. But what he has 64 to literature, culture and the people of South Africa is far greater than the things he has given up. "In looking at weakness and failure in life," the Nobel Prize judging panel said, "Coetzee's work 65 the divine (神圣的) spark in man."
51. A. looked after
B. well known
C. locked
D. protected
52. A. catch
B. hold
C. run into
D. bump into
53. A. reported
B. influenced
C. distorted
D. shocked
54. A. like
B. devotion
C. love
D. attraction
55. A. difficult
B. easy
C. ready
D. complex
56. A. forced
B. made
C. caused
D. did
57. A. gave
B. listed
C. took
D. arranged
58. A. received
B. obtained
C. won
D. had
59. A. Dealing
B. Handling
C. Solving
D. Removing
60. A. in
B. out
C. of
D. from
61. A. covers
B. displays
C. spreads
D. casts
62. A. once
B. twice
C. three times
D. four times
63. A. written
B. hidden
C. mirrored
D. stricken
64. A. contributed
B. distributed
C. attributed
D. showed
65. A. tell
B. says
C. informs
D. expresses
