1 . 假设你是红星中学学生李津。暑假期间，你市将举行三个以唐诗、书法和戏剧为主题的文化活动。届时，你的英国朋友Jason将到你市旅游。请你为他推荐三个活动之一并发一封e-mail回复。
（1）对Jason来中国表示欢迎。
（2）推荐的活动及理由。
注意：（1）词数不少于100字；

（2）可适当加入细节，使内容充实、行文连贯。

参考词汇：唐诗（Tangpoems）剪纸（Paper-cutting）
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2 . The high-tech revolution has inspired a pleasure endless stream of new and exciting electronic products that we just can’t live without. In fact, the speed of technological innovation can make last year’s must-have this year’s junk. And that’s the problem.

The average life span of a personal computer has been shortened to around 18 months and this has nothing to do with worn-mice or damaged disk drives. Simply put, electronic products can become out of date before you’ve even figured out how they work.

So what happens to all those old keyboards, monitors, organizers and CPUs? Most are stored away in a warehouse (仓库), taking up valuable space. But many end up in landfills, and that is where the trouble really begins. Computer monitors can contain up to 3.5 kg of dangerous waste once they are no longer in use.

Unfortunately, this problem is not going to disappear anytime soon. In fact, it is growing by the minute. In Japan alone, people throw away some 20 million TVs, washing machines, refrigerators and air conditioners each year. What is to be done with all this techno-trash?

One way to reduce waste is to avoid throwing away in the first place. Many companies reuse parts from old products in new models. This is not cheating-it makes both environmental and economic sense. Cannon, for example, has adopted a philosophy known as “kyosei”, meaning “living and working together for the common good?” — a goal of achieving balance between the environment and the corporate (公司的) activities. The company has even gone so far as to say that environmental assurance should come before all business activities, and that companies unable to achieve such assurance do not deserve to remain in business.

As part of that effort, the company has started a global recycling program with a goal to reduce, reuse and recycle more than 90% of its used products. In 1999, for example, Cannon collected 128, 000 copying machines and 12, 175 tons of toner cartridges (色粉盒) in Japan, Europe and the United States.

Some argue that electronic garbage can also be controlled during the design phase. This concept, called “design for the environment”. Not only does this make environmental sense, but it saves the customer money. IBM, meanwhile, recently planned programs in Canada and the US that, for a small fee, will take back not just an IBM but also any manufacturer’s computer. Depending on the age and condition, the equipment will then be either donated to charity, or broken down for reusable parts and recyclable materials.

1. With the rapid development of science and technology high-tech products can ____.

A．last for many years

B．become worn out soon

C．become old and useless soon

D．be used forever

2. What is not the problem caused by the out-of-date high-tech products?

A．Too much room is needed for their probable storage.

B．People do not know how to deal with them at all.

C．The amount of this techno-trash is increasing everyday without stop.

D．Harmful substances contained within may pollute the environment.

3. What idea can be learned through the example of Canon?

A．Business must be achieved at the cost of environment.

B．Environment holds great importance than business.

C．Business and environment has little impact on each other.

D．Recycling makes only environment sense instead of economic benefits.

4. When the author says, “electronic garbage can be controlled during the design phase”, he means ________.

A．while designing products, we must make something to contain garbage

B．while designing products, don’t throw away garbage away

C．while designing, we must work out how much garbage the new product will bring about

D．while designing, we must take environment into consideration.

5. What can be inferred from reading the passage?

A．The problem caused by high-tech products can’t be solved in short time

B．The techno-trash problem can easily be solved in big countries

C．The problem can be solved to some degree if enough attention is paid

D．It is still hard to say whether this problem can be solved or not

3 . 假设你是李津。你校英语校刊正在举办 “E-books or Paper Books”的征文，请你用英语谈一下你对此的看法。短文应包含以下要点：
1）电子书的优势（如便宜，容易携带，节省空间等）；
2）纸质书的优势（如对眼睛伤害较少）；
3）谈谈你的看法。
注意：
1）词数：不少于100；
2）可适当加入细节，以使行文连贯；
3）文章开头已为你写好，不计入词数。

There is a heated discussion among my fellow students over the choice between e-books or paper books.

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4 . 请以My Most Unforgettable Experience为题，写一篇短文。要点如下：
（1） 上学路上，我碰到一起交通事故，送被摩托车撞伤的男孩去医院；
（2） 经过紧急处理，男孩恢复知觉；
（3） 听说只受了轻微骨折，不久就能出院，我才松了口气；
（4） 未留姓名离开，体会到“助人是快乐之本”这一谚语的真实含义。
参考词汇：come to苏醒；emergency treatment急救；minor bone fractures轻微骨折；feel at ease松了口气
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5 . Gone are the days when a mother’s place was in the home: in Britain women with children are now as likely to be in paid work as their unburdened sisters. Many put their little darlings in day care long before they start school. Mindful that a poor start can spoil a person’s chances of success later in life, the state has intervened ever more closely in how babies and toddlers are looked after. Inspectors call not only at nurseries but also at homes where youngsters are minded; three-year-olds follow the national curriculum. Child care has increasingly become a profession.

For years after the government first began in 2001 to twist the arms of anyone who looked after an unrelated child to register with the schools, the numbers so doing fell. Kind but clueless neighbours stopped looking after little ones, who were instead herded into formal nurseries or handed over to one of the ever-fewer registered child-minders. The decline in the number of people taking in children now appears to have halted. According to data released by the Office for Standards in Education on October 27th, the number of registered child-minders reached its lowest point in September 2010 and has since recovered slightly.

The new lot are certainly better qualified. In 2010 fully 82% of nursery workers held diplomas notionally equivalent to A-levels, the university-entrance exams taken mostly by 18-year-olds, up from 56% seven years earlier, says Anand Shukla of the Daycare Trust, a charity. Nurseries staffed by university graduates tend to be rated highest by inspectors, increasing their appeal to the pickiest parents. As a result, more graduates are being recruited.

But professionalization has also pushed up the price of child care, defying even the economic depression. A survey by the Daycare Trust finds that a full-time nursery place in England for a child aged under two, who must be intensively supervised, costs £194 ($310) per week, on average. Prices in London and the south-east are far higher. Parents in Britain spend more on child care than anywhere else in the world, according to the OECD, a think-tank. Some 68% of a typical second earner's net income is spent on freeing her to work, compared with an OECD average of 52%.

The price of child care is not only eye-watering, but has also become a barrier to work. Soon after it took power the coalition government pledged to ensure that people are better off in work than on benefits, but a recent survey by Save the Children, a charity, found that the high cost of day care prevented a quarter of low-paid workers from returning to their jobs once they had started a family. The government pays for free part-time nursery places for three-and four-year-olds, and contributes towards day-care costs for younger children from poor areas. Alas, extending such an aid during stressful economic times would appear to be anything but child’s play.

1. Which of the following is true according to the first paragraph?

A．Nursery education plays a leading role in one’s personal growth.

B．Pregnant women have to work to lighten families’ economic burden.

C．Children in nursery have to take uniform nation courses.

D．The supervision of the state makes child care professional.

2. It can be learned from Paragraph 2 and 3 that ___________.

A．the registered child-minders are required to take the university-entrance exams

B．the number of registered child-minders has been declining since 2001

C．anyone who looks after children at home must register with the schools

D．the growing recognition encourages more graduates to work as child-minders

3. The high price of child care __________.

A．prevents mothers from getting employed

B．may further depress the national economy

C．makes many families live on benefits

D．is far more than parents can afford

4. What is the author’s attitude towards the professionalization of child care?

A．Objective.

B．Skeptical.

C．Supportive.

D．Biased.

5. Which of the following would be the subject of the text?

A．The professionalization of child care has pushed up its price.

B．The high cost of child nursing makes many mothers give up their jobs.

C．The employment of more graduates makes nurseries more popular.

D．Parents in Britain pay most for child nursing throughout the world.

6 . Plato believed that talent and intelligence _________genetically and thus _________in children born to all classes, although his proposed system of selective public education for an educated minority of the population does not really follow a democratic model.

A．is not distributed, is to be found	B．are not distributed, are to be found
C．is not distributed, has been found	D．are not distributed, have been found

7 . The Timber rattlesnake is now on the endangered species list, and is extinct in two eastern states in which it once ______.

A．thrived

B．swelled

C．prospered

D．flourished

8 . 假设你是晨光中学的李津。你校于12月24日举办了一个主题为“Read the word and the world”英语读书节活动，你的英国朋友Chris很想了解该活动。请你给Chris回一封电子邮件，介绍有关情况，内容包括：
（1）英语读书节活动内容（每人须读完一篇学校指定的英文故事，读后活动包括故事复述、读后感交流等）；
（2）对活动感受；
（3）对明年读书节的期待。
注意：
（1）词数不少于100；
（2）可适当加入细节，使内容充实、行文连贯；
（3）开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。
参考词汇：
读书节Reading Day
Dear Chris,
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Yours,

Li Jin

9 . 你校将举办英语演讲比赛。请你以Take the stage, play our role 为题写一篇发言稿参赛。
内容包括：
1.选择一个近来发生的让人振奋的事件说起，让你联想到祖国发展，青年一代所要肩负的责任和使命。
2.结合自身，如何实践理想报效祖国。
注意：1.词数 100 左右；       
2.题目和首句已为你写好。

Take the stage, play our role

China is rising on the world stage notably.

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10 . After ______ by the heavy deluge, Henan province suffered from serious damages to its scenic spots, many tourists ______ in the disaster region.

A．struck, were trapped	B．being struck, trapped
C．struck, having been trapped	D．having been struck ; were trapped