To American visitors, Iceland is a very interesting country, partly because it is different in so many ways from he or she is used to seeing at home. There are quite a few things that are not done, or that do not exist on the island—quite a few “No's”．
There is no pollution, for instance, no dogs are permitted in Reykjavik, the capital. There is no television on Thursdays or during the whole month of July, and only three hours of black­and­-white TV the rest of the time. There is no hard liquor（酒） on Wednesdays and no beer at any time. There is no handguns; only one prison of thirty­ five rooms in the whole land—an admirable figure, even for a small country of 313,376 people.
There is no army, air force or navy. There is no tipping（给小费） for anything. There are no large stores open on Saturdays or Sundays. Since Iceland is located just under the Arctic Circle, there is no darkness in summer and no daylight in winter. But thanks to Gulf Stream, the climate is rather mild, with temperatures between 34 degrees and 52 degrees in July.
The rules on television liquor and guns are the result of government decisions. But the absence of pollution is because of in great part the fact that Iceland gets its power from the thousands of hot springs(泉水) that come out of the ground. They provide all the energy needed by the country. In fact, Iceland uses only 3 percent of all its available power.
Iceland has been described as a democratic（民主的） independent country where more fish are caught and more books published per person than anywhere else in the world. The Icelanders have always felt a particular love for literature. They wrote their first books in the ninth and tenth centuries AD. These works were poems and tales about the kings, heroes, and heroines of Iceland and Norway. At first, the stories were remembered and passed from generation to generation. They were finally written down between 1140 and 1220. The Icelanders have never stopped writing ever since. “Rather shoeless than bookless，” they proudly say.
1. American visitors enjoy visiting Iceland probably because ________.

A．no dogs are permitted in the capital

B．the police do not carry handguns

C．the climate is rather mild

D．it is very different from Americans

2. The following statements are true EXCEPT ________.

A．there are no soldiers in Iceland

B．the Icelanders don't drink beer

C．there is no tip of any kind

D．there are no crimes（犯罪） in Iceland

3. There is no pollution in Iceland mainly because ________.

A．Iceland uses only 3 percent of all its available power

B．the Icelanders use hot water from the ground below as their energy

C．it is located just under the Arctic Circle

D．it is a democratic independent country

4. “Rather shoeless than bookless” means ________.

A．they prefer not to have shoe or books

B．they would rather have shoes on than write books

C．they prefer travelling to reading

D．they regard books more important than shoes

B
Last July, my 12-year-old car died on California’s Santa Ana Freeway. It was hour before sunset, and I was 25 miles from home. I couldn't reach anyone to pick me up, so I decided to take a bus. Not knowing the routes, I figured I’d just head east. A bus pulled up, and I asked the driver how far she was going. “Four more lights,” she said. There was another bus I could take from there. This clearly was going to be a long night. She dropped me off at the end of her route and told me which bus to look for. After waiting 30 minutes, I began to think about a very expensive taxi ride home. Then a bus pulled up. There was no lighted number above its windshield. It was out of service. But the door opened, and I was surprised to find that it was the same driver. “I just can’t leave you here,” she said. “This isn’t the nicest place. I will give you a ride home.” “You will drive me home in the bus?” I asked, perplexed. “No, I’ll take you in my car,” she said. “It’s a long way,” I protested. “Come on,” she said. “I have nothing else to do.” As we drove from the station in her car,, she began telling me a story. A few days earlier, her brother had run out of gas. A good Samaritan（乐善好施者）picked him up, took him to a service station and then back to his car. “I’m just passing the favor along,” she said. When I offered her money as a thank you, she wouldn’t hear of it. “That wouldn’t make it a favor,” she said. “Just do something nice to somebody. Pass it along.”
5. Why did the writer say that he would have a long night?

A．He wondered how long he had to wait for the next bus.

B．No driver would give him a ride.

C．He didn’t know the routes.

D．He perhaps would have to take a taxi.

6. Why did the writer change his mind after waiting for 30 minutes at the end of the route?

A．No bus would come at the time.

B．A taxi ride would be more comfortable.

C．He became impatient and a bit worried.

D．He knew the driver would never return

7. The bus driver drove the writer home later because________.

A．she happened to go in the same direction

B．she wanted to do something good for other people

C．her brother told her to do so

D．she wanted to earn more money

8. The bus driver hoped that the writer______.

A．would do as she did

B．would keep her in memory

C．would give the money to others

D．would do her a favor

People from East Asia tend to have more difficulty than those from Europe in distinguishing facial expressions—and a new report published online in Current Biology explains why.

Rachael Jack from University of Glasgow, said that rather than scanning evenly across a face as Westerners do, Easterners fix their attention on the eyes.

“We show that Easterners and Westerners look at different face features to read facial expressions,” Jack said. “Westerners look at the eyes and the mouth in equal measure, while Easterners favor the eyes and ignore the mouth.”

According to Jack and his colleagues, the discovery shows that communication of human emotions is more complex than previously believed. As a result, facial expressions that had been considered universally recognizable cannot be used reliably to convey emotions in cross­cultural situations.

The researchers studied cultural differences in the recognition of facial expressions by recording the facial movements of 13 Western people and 13 Eastern people while they observed pictures of expressive faces and put them into categories: happy, sad, surprised, fearful, disgusted, or angry. They compared how accurately participants read those facial expressions using their particular eye movement strategies.

It turned out that Easterners focused much greater attention on the eyes and made significantly more errors than Westerners did. “The cultural difference in eye movements that they show is probably a reflection of cultural difference in facial expressions,” Jack said. “Our data suggests that while Westerners use the whole face to convey emotions, Easterners use the eyes more and the mouth less.”

In short, the data shows that facial expressions are not universal signals of human emotions. From here on, examining how cultural factors have diversified these basic social skills will help our understanding of human emotions. Otherwise, when it comes to communicating emotions across cultures, Easterners and Westerners will find themselves lost in translation.

9. The discovery shows that Westerners ________.

A．pay equal attention to the eyes and the mouth

B．consider facial expressions universally reliable

C．observe the eyes and the mouth in different ways

D．have more difficulty in recognizing facial expressions

10. What were the 26 participants asked to do in the study?

A．To make a face at each other.

B．To get their faces impressive.

C．To classify some face pictures.

D．To observe the researchers’ faces.

11. What does the underlined word “they” in Paragraph 6 refer to?

A．The participants in the study.

B．The researchers of the study.

C．The errors made in the study.

D．The data collected from the study.

12. In comparison with Westerners, Easterners are likely to ________.

A．do translation more successfully

B．study the mouth frequently

C．examine the eyes more attentively

D．read facial expressions more correctly

D
Starting a bank a child’s play? Absolutely, if you ask some enterprising youngsters in India, who have not only managed to establish one, but also, unlike many of the large International banks, run it successfully since 2001. What’s even more impressive is that the young bankers and their 90,004---clients(委托人) are all homeless!
The Children’s Development Khazana (treasure) opened its first branch in 2001 at a homeless shelter in New Deli as a way to help the street children protect their hard-earned money from thieves. Since then, the idea has caught on like wildfire.
Today, Khazana has 12 branches all across New Deli, with a total of Rupees 12lakh (about 22,000USD) in deposits. Not only that, there are now 77 branches in other parts of Asia, ranging from Nepal, Bangladesh and Afghanistan to the island of Sri Lanka, and even Kyrgyzstan in Central Asia. While no deposit or balance is too small for the bank, they do have strict regulations about where the money is earned from. Funds obtained by begging or selling drugs are not welcomed at this bank !
Also, unlike the real banks, all employees are volunteers , which means that they go to school or a paying job during the day and work at the bank in the evening. To ensure that everybody gets a chance to participate in running the branch, two volunteer managers are elected from the clients base every six months.
Karan, the current manager is just 14-year-old. During the day he earns a living by helping out the cleaning workmates at wedding banquets and other big parties. In the evening, he handles the deposits（存款）and withdrawals（取款）in the bank. After the bank closes, he along with an adult volunteer from the shelter head over to a regular bank and deposit the funds collected into Khazana’s interest-bearing bank account and though it started with one single purpose. The Children’s Development Khazana is today a well-developed bank, one kids can not only deposit money which earns them 5% interest, but also, request loans for family emergencies, to start a business or even to pay for school.
13. The initial aim of starting the Children’s Development Khazana is to______.

A．provide for jobs for homeless children

B．help homeless families with emergencies

C．sponsor homeless children to go to school

D．safeguard homeless children’s hard-earned money

14. The children’s Development Khazana is different from regular banks in that_______.

A．all its workers are street children

B．it pays its customers no interest

C．customers can be made its managers

D．it opens in the evening six month a year

15. According to the passage, the Children’s Development Khazana________.

A．welcomes all money, however small it is

B．offers more and better service than before

C．is run by a 14-year-old boy, Karan alone

D．has more than 70 branches across India

16. 第二节（共5小题；
根据短文内容,从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中的两项为多余选项。
. This is a very frightening number. Most of the time, it will not be noticed until it becomes a large problem. Yet, hopefully, more and more people are learning about it. Parents as well as friends should pay attention to these things and other things such as:
Sudden changes in their mood, appetite or weight can be indications of depression. While these things can also happen to an adolescent, when it is followed by other conditions, it should be taken note of.
A loss of interest in doing the things that they used to love to do can be depression. Now, this is not necessarily something from their childhood, but something within the past few months.
. For example, divorce or separation of their parents, death, or even just friendship. Often, teens blame themselves for these conditions.
. If they do not seem happy any more, there must be something troubling them.
. There are many sad stories of young teens harming themselves because they are suffering from depression and no one took notice.
Finally, to our joy, those teens that do get timely treatment for their depression can actually recover quickly and completely and get back into doing the things they used to love to do. Talk to your doctor if you feel that you have been in any of these conditions or you know someone that is..
So learn more about teen depression and depression in general and get help now or help a friend in need.

A．They can decide what is happening, and get life back on track to you.

B．Because of depression and lack of notice, many sad and painful cases happen to young teens.

C．A lack of emotion is a sign that something is definitely wrong.

D．One thing that must be said about teen depression is that this is a serious condition.

E. Sad situations can cause teen depression to appear fast.
F. Teen depression makes up one in five children.
G. There are many ways to deal with depression.

第一节 完形填空 (共20小题，
通读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出一个最佳答案。

Over the course of a few days when I was in a nursing home to recover, I started to really appreciate the housekeeper, an elderly lady who didn’t speak English. Every morning at 6:30 she would try to get into my room _______ so she wouldn’t disturb me. However, every time I would_______ and see her. She would try to_______ and at the same time gave an amazing smile_______ , I would be just waiting to see her come in and give that wonderful_______

I _______ from a nurse that there was an employee rewards program. I asked her to write a(an) _______ card for my housekeeper and put it up. About ten minutes later, another nurse came into my room and told me that the housekeeper was out in the hall _______ her eyes out. Had I done something wrong or inappropriate ? Then the nurse _______ to tell me that the housekeeper had worked there for thirty years and had never ______________ a rewards card.

It ______________ me like a ton of bricks. Just a few simple words made such a ______________ From that day forward I tried to admire someone every day for the good things they showed. The results were ______________ People came in with smiles, they talked more, they laughed more, and they ______________ life more. ______________, it seems the more I tried to praise others, the ______________ I got.

I’m out of nursing home now and almost ______________ recovered. I thank my housekeeper for helping me see just how unbelievably ______________ life is.

       Do ______________ a favor and tell your loved ones just how much they ______________ to you. It can make the world of difference with both them and you.17.

A．quickly

B．quietly

C．happily

D．slowly

18.

A．wake

B．stand

C．sit

D．go

19.

A．leave

B．hide

C．explain

D．apologize

20.

A．Eventually

B．Gradually

C．Suddenly

D．Occasionally

21.

A．greeting

B．apology

C．smile

D．word

22.

A．knew

B．learned

C．found

D．got

23.

A．invitation

B．congratulation

C．appreciation

D．appointment

24.

A．laughing

B．shouting

C．screaming

D．crying

25.

A．went on

B．came up

C．set out

D．got up

26.

A．accepted

B．received

C．created

D．afforded

27.

A．beat

B．knocked

C．hit

D．touched

28.

A．difference

B．profit

C．mistake

D．contribution

29.

A．disappointing

B．interesting

C．amazing

D．embarrassing

30.

A．understood

B．valued

C．enriched

D．enjoyed

31.

A．However

B．Therefore

C．Meanwhile

D．Otherwise

32.

A．less

B．more

C．worse

D．better

33.

A．barely

B．fully

C．really

D．rarely

34.

A．dangerous

B．beautiful

C．tough

D．enthusiastic

35.

A．yourself

B．you

C．themselves

D．them

36.

A．bring

B．take

C．give

D．mean

37. 阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（不多于3个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。
Babara: You look (tire). What’s the matter with you?
Bob:        Nothing serious. I want to have a job after graduation. I am under great pressure.
Babara: Do you find that is difficult to find a suitable job this year?
Bob: Yes. Now college graduates (encourage) to start their own business, which sounds really good for us. At the same time, we can get some valuable social_and we may also know more about ourselves and society.
Babara: Yes, but it is not as easy _you imagine. For college students there are a lot of problems, especially the one of not having enough money. And our education doesn’t provide enough knowledge on how to solve it.
Bob: Maybe you are right. But our government allows college graduates to borrow money from banks maybe some can get money from their parents.
Babara: But you have to pay back the money sooner or . So some college graduates prefer to live a (peace) life rather than start their own businesses through job-hunting which is competitive.
Bob: Oh, they don’t have dreams. But I have made _my mind to achieve my dream.How about you?
Babara: Well, it always takes time to consider before _(make) a decision.

Do you read reviews after you see a movie? I use to do that, but I usually regretted. I read so much about a movie on advance that I often ended up not go to see it at all. The writers point out everything that is wrong with the film, but seldom mentions anything good about one. They also tell many things and even the ending of the movie. Lately I have changed way I choose movies to watch. I read reviews afterwards if necessary. What is very importance to me is that I don’t watch
the talk shows in that people discuss movies. And I don’t ask other people how they like of it. Now, I enjoy myself even more.
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48. 人们常说“字如其人”。据一项调查显示，有85．8％的中学生说自己的字迹不好看，而他们又不想改善字迹，其理由有很大差别。请根据下图内容用英语写一篇短文，说明该现象并发表看法。

注意：1．词数120左右，开头已为你写好（不计入总词数）； 2．可适当增加细节。
Nowadays, with the growing popularity of computers, more and more people are paying less and less attention to their handwriting.
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