Passage ThreeA. It was of low quality. B. It was perfect in workmanship and materials. C. It did not satisfy the contractor. D. It was the best of all the houses he had built.

Record Level of Stress Found in College Freshmen The emotional health of college freshmen―who feel attacked by the recession and stressed by the pressures of high school―has declined to the lowest level since an annual survey of incoming students started collecting data 25 years ago. In the survey, "The American Freshman: National Norms Fall 2010", involving more than 200,000 incoming full-time students at four-year colleges, the percentage of students rating themselves as "below average" in emotional health rose. Meanwhile, the percentage of students who said their emotional health was above average fell to 52 percent. It was 64 percent in 1985. Every year, women had a less positive view of their emotional health than men, and that gap has widened. Campus counselors say the survey results are the latest evidence of what they see every day in their office―students who are depressed, under stress and using psychiatric medication, prescribed even before they came to college. The economy has only added to the stress, not just because of financial pressures on their parents but also because the students are worried about their own college debt and job prospects when they graduate. "This fits with what we’re all seeing," said Brian Van Brunt, director of counseling at Western Kentucky University and president of the American College Counseling Association. "More students are arriving on campus with problems, needing support, and today’s economic factors are putting a lot of extra stress on college students, as they look at their loans and wonder if there will be a career waiting for them on the other side." The annual survey of freshmen is considered the most comprehensive because of its size and longevity. At the same time, the question asking students to rate their own emotional health compared with that of others is hard to assess, since it requires them to come up with their own definition of emotional health, and to make judgments of how they compare with their peers. "Most people probably think emotional health means, ’Am I happy most of the time, and do I feel good about myself ’ so it probably correlates with mental health," said Dr. Mark Reed, the psychiatrist who directs Dartmouth College’s counseling office. "I don’t think students have an accurate sense of other people’s mental health," he added. "There’s a lot of pressure to put on a perfect face, and people often think they’re the only ones having trouble." To some extent, students’ decline in emotional health may result from pressures they put on themselves. While first-year students’ assessments of their emotional health were declining, their ratings of their own drive to achieve, and academic ability, have been going up, and reached a record high in 2010, with about three-quarters saying they were above average. "Students know their generation is likely to be less successful than their parents’, so they feel more pressure to succeed than in the past," said Jason Ebbeling, director of residential education at Southern Oregon University. "These days, students worry that even with a college degree they won’t find a job that pays more than minimum wage, so even at 15 or 16 they’re thinking they’ll need to get into an M. B A. program or Ph. D. program." Other findings in the survey underscore the degree to which the economy is weighing on college students. "Paternal unemployment is at the highest level since we started measuring," said John Pryor, director of the Cooperative Institutional Research Program at U. C. L. A. ’s Higher Education Research Institute, which does the annual freshman survey. "More students are taking out loans. And we’re seeing the impact of not being able to get a summer job, and the importance of financial aid in choosing which college they’re going to attend." "We don’t know exactly why students’ emotional health is declining," he said. "But it seems the economy could be a lot of it." For many young people, serious stress starts before college. The share of students who said on the survey that they had been frequently overwhelmed by all they had to do during their senior year of high school rose to 29 percent from 27 percent last year. The gender gap on that question was even larger than on emotional health, with 18 percent of the men saying they had been frequently overwhelmed, compared with 39 percent of the women. There is also a gender gap, studies have shown, in the students who seek out college mental health services, with women making up 60 percent or more of the clients. "Boys are socialized not to talk about their feelings or express stress, while girls are more likely to say they’re having a tough time," said Perry C. Francis, coordinator for counseling services at Eastern Michigan University in Ypsilanti. "Guys might go out and do something destructive, or stupid, that might include property damage. Girls act out differently." Linda Sax, a professor of education at U. C. L. A. and former director of the freshman study who uses the data in research about college gender gaps, said the gap between men and women on emotional well-being was one of the largest in the survey. "One aspect of it is how women and men spent their leisure time," she said. "Men tend to find more time for leisure and activities that relieve stress, like exercise and sports, while women tend to take on more responsibilities, like volunteer work and helping out with their family, that don’t relieve stress." In addition, Professor Sax has explored the role of the faculty in college students’ emotional health, and found that interactions with faculty members were particularly important for women. Negative interactions had a greater impact on their mental health. "Women’s sense of emotional well-being was more closely tied to how they felt the faculty treated them," she said. "It wasn’t so much the level of contact as whether they felt they were being taken seriously by the professor. If not, it was more dangerous to women than to men." She added: "And while men who challenged their professor’s ideas in class had a decline in stress, for women it was associated with a decline in well-being.In the survey, "The American Freshman: National Norms Fall 2010", what’s the change of the students who rate themselves as "below average" in emotional health A. The percentage of these students fell.B. There was no change to the percentage.C. The percentage declined to the lowest level.D. The percentage of these students increased.

填空题（共30题，60.0分）题型说明：根据中文提示写出对应的英文单词或短语7. (2.0分) 恶劣的；艰苦的

That song always _______________ me of our first date.

Part IV Translation (30 minutes)Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to translate a passage from Chinese into English. You should write your answer on Answer Sheet 2.近年来,中国有越来越多的城市开始建设地铁。发展地铁有助于减少城市的交通拥堵和空气污染。地铁具有安全、快捷和舒适的优点。越来越多的人选择地铁作为每天上班或上学的主要交通工具。如今,在中国乘坐地铁正变得越来越方便。在有些城市里,乘客只需用卡或手机就可以乘坐地铁。许多当地老年市民还可以免费乘坐地铁。

Directions: Fill in the blanks in the following sentences with appropriate prepositions or adverbs. Fill in each blank with only ONE wordFinancial aid will not be limited (6)____ one particular country, region or conflict, but will be provided on a worldwide basisIf you try to sweep something under the rug, it will end (7)____ being a bigger problem laterLiving conditions within these settlements are, (8)____ agreeable, better than they are in a villageShe'll probably ask him to get some takeout or heat (9)____ leftovers while she goes into the bedroom for a restThree of the buyers put (10)____ 15 percent deposits to get the first units built before they ever laid eyes on a completed homeFor years he had worked for long hours to try to scrape (11)____ enough money to buy a house

negotiable的意思是()。A. 可协商的B. 可信赖的C. 可用的D. 可敬的

1A. George Washington.B. Thomas Jefferson.C. James Madison.D. Abraham Lincoln.2E. A British doll.F. Her best white dress.G. Her son.H. A picture of George Washington.3I. The entire house.J. Six rooms only.K. The gardens only.L. The east room only.

单选题A. The urgency of pension reform.B. Medical care for senior citizens.C. Finding meaningful roles for the elderly in society.D. The development of public facilities for senior citizens.

When my students ask me why I live in a tiny house, they actually ask about all the “sacrifices (牺牲)” I am making. They know that I have moved from a large apartment in the city to a small home on wheels in the backyard woods. They know I forego running water, Internet connection, and reliable phone reception. However, it was possible for me to be truly happy while living with very few material things. My body responded well, in health, fitness and mood. Watching the daily sunset, hosting friends for days at a time, reading, writing letters to my families and friends and exploring natural wonders in my spare time all were free and invaluable experience. What was necessary to my survival proved to be a rather short list—healthy food, clean and drinkable water, heat source, weather-protecting shelter, weather-suitable clothing, equally important friends and mental and physical stimulations (刺激). When I returned to life in the US, I couldn’t help but sense a deep and uneasy belief that life suddenly changed. I felt disconnected with many things—the earth, others, my food source, my waste disposal, the natural cycle of my body and the productive interests. These are the things I once loved but now find myself too busy to enjoy. How was it that I was earning 40 times my Peace Corps salary and was less healthy and satisfied in my daily schedule? I found myself asking—what is it to be rich anyway? Therefore, last August I let go of most of my belongings and moved into a tiny house on wheels because I wanted to see if I could live a more enjoyable lifestyle. So far so good. I believe that I have made the right decision. (1)What does the underlined word “forego” in the first paragraph probably mean? A.Give away. B.Take along. C.are about. D.Go after. (2)What interested the author most when living in the tiny house? A.The natural living schedule. B.usy and invaluable experiences. C.The happiness of the simple life. D.The very few material belongings. (3)What did the author feel when he returned to the US? A.He felt he was out-of-date. B.He wouldn’t enjoy the modern life. C.He was rich enough to enjoy the city life. D.He was disconnected with the outside world.