3 . Directions: Write an English composition in 120—150 words according to the instructions given below in Chinese.
班级同学就“Is natural food better than prepackaged food?”展开了激烈的讨论。请就该主题发表你的看法，并简要阐述原因。
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4 . Directions: Read the following passage. Summarize the main idea and the main point(s) of the passage in NO MORE THAN 60 WORDS. Use your own words as far as possible.

It’s not piano lessons or dance classes. Nowadays, the biggest extra-curricular activity is going to a tutor. “I spend about 800 Canadian dollars a month on tutors. It’s costly,” says Pat, a mother in Canada. However, she adds, “After finding out half my daughter’s class had tutors, I felt like my child was going to fall behind because everyone else seemed to be ahead.”

Shelley, a mother of three, also has tutors constantly coming in and out of her home. “When I used to sit down with my children, it was hard to get them focused. I was always yelling. When I got a tutor once a week, they became focused for one entire hour and could get most of their homework done.”

Tutoring isn’t simply a private school phenomenon. Nor is it geared only toward lower-achieving students. In Canada alone, seven per cent of high school students reported using a tutor in 2010. That increased to 15 per cent last year.

Overall, parents hire tutors because they are worried schools are not meeting their expectations, but there is also a cultural shift. A special value is placed on education in Asia, where tutoring is viewed as an extension of the school day. As a large number of Asians emigrated to the West over the recent years, their attitudes towards education have had an impact.

Another reason for the growth in business is parental frustration and their packed schedules. “A lot of parents just don’t have time to help their children with homework,” says Julie Diamond, president of an American tutoring company. “Others couldn’t help their children after Grade 3.”

There has been a shift in the attitudes, too. “Children used to get bullied (欺侮) for having a tutor, ” Diamond says, “Now it’s becoming the norm to have one. ”

Children don’t seem to mind that they have a tutor. One parent feels surprised that so many of her child’s classmates have tutors. “For the amount we pay in tuition, they should have as much extra help as they need,” she says. Still, she’s now thinking of getting a tutor. Why Her daughter has actually asked for one?

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5 . German universities, known for their excellence throughout the world in the early part of the 20th century, are in a state of decline, according to Michael Burda, an American economics professor at Berlin’s Humholdt University.

Burda claims that Germany’s 300_______ schools   are being hurt by “a long time shortage of general _______.”

“No statistic(统计数字) makes this more evident than a low proportion of young Germans actually _______ university-level degrees,” he says.

Only 22 percent of German students aged 24-34 _________ complete their university studies. That’s compared to 31 percent in the UK, and 39 percent in the US, _______ the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).

One reason for the _______ is that Germany spends barely 1.1 percent of its gross domestic product (GDP) _______ higher education, compared to 2. 6 percent in the US.

“A central reason why so few Germans pursue university degrees here is the deterioration(下降/退化) in the _______ of education. This certainly comes from the rise in the number of students per teacher. Those who have the _______ and the means often study abroad,” he said.

Since the 1960s, more than 90 percent of German higher education has been publicly ________ . Famous universities are still public institutions, financed by federal and regional governments

Private funding of universities is ________ in Germany. This comes from the country's lack of a donating tradition and rules limiting the amounts of tax-free donations.

But now ________ may be changing.

Professor Dieter Lenzen, president of Berlin’s Free University, agrees that ________ money has to be spent on higher education. But he disputes(对……质疑) Burda’s ________ that German universities are in decline.

“A decade ago that may have been the ________, but that was a result of the unsteady situation at the time of reunification. Now, things have changed for the better,” Lenzen said.

1.

A．self

B．distance

C．higher

D．language

2.

A．knowledge

B．funding

C．aid

D．delivery

3.

A．completing

B．rewarding

C．dreaming of

D．applying for

4.

A．successfully

B．scarcely

C．instantly

D．naturally

5.

A．as to

B．due to

C．in addition to

D．according to

6.

A．limit

B．cut

C．control

D．decline

7.

A．in

B．on

C．at

D．for

8.

A．difficulty

B．quantity

C．quality

D．charge

9.

A．hobby

B．will

C．advice

D．doubt

10.

A．improved

B．established.

C．donated

D．supported

11.

A．rare

B．common

C．supplementary

D．free

12.

A．taxes

B．disciplines

C．attitudes

D．decisions

13.

A．less

B．more

C．no

D．any

14.

A．interest

B．claim

C．need

D．emotion

15.

A．evidence

B．occasion

C．situation.

D．case

6 . Directions: After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word or phrase that best fits each blank.

Cross-cultural Marriage

Previously, cross-cultural marriages were not accepted. However, most people get married out of love for one another, not because of one's race. Cross-cultural marriages, therefore,    1    （become）more popular among the younger generations.

    2    （enter）into a relationship with someone from another country can have a lot of ups and downs. The differences between the two cultures come into play as the relationship    3    （progress）. Couples may have problem    4    （get）used to each other's living style. Even the slightest difference, say in the food they eat, can spark off an argument. The couples may also have certain assumptions or expectations about what their partners are like, in terms of the ideas about a culture they may have before meeting their spouses. It is important for the couples to see their partners as who they are, and not    5    （base）on some common understanding of a culture. Of course, it is essential for the couples    6    （respect）and get a deeper understanding of the spouses' cultures.

Cross-cultural marriage may be particularly    7    （horrify）to women. Many brides fear that they will be unable to communicate with their new families. In Korea, courses are available to help Korean women who marry American men    8    （adapt）to their new lives. Fear of living abroad and    9    （understand）the new customs can be too much for a new bride to handle. With the help of the programs, the new husband can also understand his new wife.    10    （marry）someone from a different country can offer interesting experiences and new challenges.

7 . Directions: After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word or phrase that best fits each blank.

To have a second child or not, this is a question.

A concern about having only one child is whether one child necessarily means a lonely child. Many parents of only child feel guilty of their decision. There are no other children in the family for the child       1     (associate) with, which may lead to the child feeling lonely at times.

Another common argument is       2     the only child may be more spoiled than the one with siblings (兄弟姐妹). Many people believe that a single child will not have learned to negotiate with others, and respect the give-and-take     3     (involve) in many relationships. Some think this may leave the child     4     (little) capable of interacting well with people of his or her own age.

Despite these arguments, the number of parents choosing to have only one child is     5     (increase) in the world. For some single-child parents, the pressure of devoting time and energy     6     a second child can result in them rejecting to have more children. For other parents, the financial burden of having a second child may be the major consideration. Another important consideration is the increasing age at     7     women give birth to children.

Advocates (支持者) of single-child families argue that there are advantages for the child     8     the parents. With just one child, the parents can give, and the child can receive, more quality time and attention.

However, there is no simple answer to the question of     9     or not to have a second child. The circumstances     10     (affect) each set of parents are unique. The important thing, in the end, is to make a decision that both the wife and the husband feel confident in.

8 . Directions: Complete the composition by using proper correlatives.

    1     , most of the children get to know these advertisements by watching TV which are always full of vivid descriptions that have deeply captured the hearts of the children.     2     , children, naive and innocent, have kept asking their parents to bu. those toys, snacks or other goods which they have seen on TV.     3     , pressures coming from their friends, usually called “peer pressure”, have also made some kids unhappy with their life because the parents of their friends have bought the goods but their parents do not. In this case, not only the kids, but also their parents, are under great pressure.

    4     , we sometimes have to admit that some of the advertisements do provide useful information.     5     , many food advertisements often involve the trends and tastes that most children would have, which could be helpful to the doctors or teachers in the field of children's health.     6     , the drawbacks of it are more obvious, the purpose of these ads will never change — making money on kids — and they provide misleading messages as well.

    7     , they always do not concentrate on the qualities or values of the goods but how they look like or in which way they attract children, etc.     8     , parents have to pay much money and their kids are not necessarily satisfied with what they get because they are not as good as they are depicted the advertisement.

9 . Directions: Read the following passage. Summarize the main idea and the main point(s) of the passage in no more than 60 words. Use your own words as far as possible.

We see it everywhere. A tired parent, at the end of a stressful day, loses it — and a child suffers. We’d like to help if we could, but we hesitate. Is it our business to intervene (干涉)? And if we do, will we embarrass and offend the parent, making him or her even more angry with the child? Isn’t it wiser to walk past without comment? After all, none of us is a perfect parent.

There seems to be a common assumption in our society that intervening on behalf of a child in a public place is necessarily hurtful and critical. It needs to be neither. There is a world of difference between hurtful criticism (“How dare you treat your child like that?”）and helpful intervention done in a caring way (“It can be really hard to meet their needs when you’re so busy. Is there anything I can do to help?”）There is nothing essential in intervention that requires one to be offensive.

My friends and I have witnessed some really harmful acts: hitting, severe verbal abuse, hurtful comparisons to brothers and sisters, and so on. These children accept this treatment because they are too helpless and inexperienced to stand up for themselves. That emotional abuse (虐待) leaves no outward scars should not excuse us from helping these children. Those of us who can recognize damaging treatment have an obligation to step in.

There is one more reason for intervening that is nearly always overlooked in these discussions, but which I consider to be the most significant: the lifelong effect it can have on the child. Many adults in counseling sessions still recall with gratitude the one time that a stranger stepped in on their behalf, and how much it meant: that someone cared, and that the child’s feelings of anger and frustration were recognized and accepted. These adults have stated to me that this one intervention changed their lives and gave them hope. Are we to bypass the opportunity to make such a big difference in the life of a child?

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10 . Help Migrant Workers

There is nothing like going home. More so if it is for the Spring Festival family reunion. For a migrant worker it perhaps means even more. To be able to set out on a homeward journey with money from a year’s toil in his pocket is the best thing he can think of.       1    . They had to press hard for their defaulted payments, the salaries that were failed to pay up.

About 200 million migrant workers nationwide are something left behind by economic reforms and opening up due to their contributions in the past three decades. It is almost impossible to imagine life in these places without them. However, they still form a disadvantaged group. Their rights are violated in different forms. Among other things, unpaid salaries are the most painful of such violations that are likely to drive a migrant worker to desperate actions.     2    

    3    They have taken measures to prevent employers from holding back payments to them. Yet, as the financial crisis bites deep, some small enterprises that are struck the most try to reduce their economic losses by laying off migrant workers or refusing to pay them. So it is particularly important for governments at all levels to do an even better job in helping villager-turned-workers recover their unpaid salaries before the Spring Festival.

It is good news that quite a number of local governments have organized special task forces to conduct inspections in those labor-intensive enterprises to make sure they have paid their migrant workers in a timely and fair manner. Construction commissions in almost all provinces have published hotlines for farmer-turned-construction workers to lodge complaints against their employers for withholding their salaries.       4    . But we need to look for solutions that will work at all times. We need to put in place a mechanism that will effectively prevent employers from holding back salaries to workers.

A．Some have reportedly climbed up chimneys to jump to their death unless they get their defaulted salaries.

B．It is something every Chinese look forward to as the traditional gala draws near.

C．Unfortunately, weeks preceding the Spring Festival have turned out to be hard times for migrant workers.

D．Hopefully, these efforts will send more workers on a happy journey home for the Spring Festival with their salaries in their pockets.

E．However difficult the situations they are in, it is too cruel and unfair for employers to hold back salaries they should pay their migrant workers.

F．Objectively speaking, governments at various levels have done a great deal in helping these workers recover their defaulted salaries.