The French pianist who had been praised very highly ________ to be a great disappointment.A. turned upB. turned outC. turned inD. turned down

The fact is, the world has been finding less oil than it has been using for more than twenty years now. Not only has demand been 1 , but the oil we have been finding is coming from places that are 2 to reach. At the same time, more of this newly 3 oil is of the type that requires a greater investment to 4 . And because demand for this precious resource will grow, according to some, by over 40 percent by 2025, fueling the world's economic 5 will take a lot more energy from every possible source.The energy industry needs to get more from existing fields while continuing to search for new 6 . Automakers must continue to improve fuel efficiency and perfect hybrid （混合动力的） vehicles. Technological improvements are needed so that wind, solar and hydrogen can be more 7 parts of the energy equation. Governments need to formulate energy policies that promote 8 and environmentally sound development. Consumers must be willing to pay for some of these solutions, while practicing conservation efforts of their own.Inaction is not an 9 . So let's work together to balance this equation. We are taking some of the 10 needed to get started, but we need your help to go the rest of the way.A.consequently B.cultivate C.declining D.derivedE.difficult F.discovered G.economically H.exceptionI.feasible J.growth K.optionL.refineM.reserves N.soaring O.steps

介副词填空（共8小题，16分）The electronics manufacturer has reaped record profits and left rivals_26_the dust . 26._____

Aging happens to all of us ,and is generally thought of as a natural part of life. It would seem silly to call such a thing a "disease".On the other hand,scientists are increasingly learning that aging and biological age are two different things,and that the former is a key risk factor for conditions such as heart disease,cancer and many more. In that light,aging itself might be seen as something treatable, the way you would treat high blood pressure or a vitamin deficiency.Biophysicist Alex Zhavoronkov believes that aging should be considered a disease. He said that describing aging as a disease creates incentives to develop treatments."It unties the hands of the pharmaceutical(制药的)industry so that they can begin treating the disease and not just the side effects, "he said."Right now, people think of aging as natural and something you can't control "he said. "in academic circles, people take aging research as just an interest area where they can try to develop interventions. The medical community also takes aging for granted, and can do nothing about it except keep people within a certain health range."But if aging were recognized as a disease, he said, "it would attract funding and change the way we do health care. What matters is understanding that aging is curable. ""It was always known that the body accumulates damage," he added. "The only way to cure aging is to find ways to repair that damage. I think of it as preventive medicine for age—related conditions."Leonard Hayflick, a professor at the university of CalifoNia, San Francisco, said the idea that aging can be cured implies the human lifespan can be increased, which some researchers suggest is possible. Hayflick is not among them." There 're many people who recover from cancer, stroke or heart disease. But they continue to age, because aging is separate from their disease, " Hayflick said."Even if those causes of death were eliminated, life expectancy would still not go much beyond 92 years."What do people generally believe about aging?A.It should cause no alarm whatsoever.B.They just cannot do anything about it.C.It should be regarded as a kind of disease.D.They can delay it with advances in scienceHow do many scientists view aging now?A.It might be prevented and treated.B.It results from a vitamin deficiency.C.It can be as risky as heart disease.D.It is an irreversible biological process.What does Alex Zhavoronkov think of "describing aging as a disease" ?A.It will prompt people to take aging more seriously.B.It will greatly help reduce the side effects of aging.C.It will free pharmacists from the conventional beliefs about aging.D.It will motivate doctors and pharmacists to find ways to treat aging.What do we learn about the medical community?A.They now have a strong interest in research or aging.B.They differ from the academic circles in their view on aging.C.They can contribute to people's health only to a limited extent.D.They have ways to intervene in people's aging process.What does Professor Leonard Hayflick believe?A.The human lifespan cannot be prolonged.B.Aging is hardly separable from disease.C.Few people live up to the age of 92.D.Heart disease is the major cause of aging.

Kindle Killers? The Boom in New E-Readers A． Amazon, the online retailing giant, did more than any other company to turn the sale of digital books into a real business with the 2007 launch of the Kindle electronic reader. The company has sold an estimated 1.7 million units of the hand held device in the US, and it#39;s getting ready to ship millions more. On Oct.6, Amazon announced that it would soon begin selling Kindles -- complete with a key feature that allows users to wirelessly download e-books from Amazon -- in more than 100 countries. B． Success breeds imitators. Amazon is about to be attacked by a squadron of would-be Kindle killers being brought to market by some of the biggest names in consumer electronics and publishing. To complicate the increasingly competitive landscape even further, Apple and, according to rumor, Microsoft are working on tablet computers that could prove to be handy e-readers but with more functions and features, such as video display capability and full web browsers. quot;2009 is a breakout year fore-readers,quot; says Sarah Rotman Epps, an analyst with Forrester Research.quot;But we#39;re still in the early stages.quot; C． The early stages have lasted a longtime. E-readers have been around for more than a decade, but the devices weren#39;t popular due to high cost, proprietary (专利的) display formats and the reluctance of book publishers to sell digital versions of their best-selling titles. Now, just as digital music was driven into the mainstream by Apple#39;s iPod and iTunes, Amazon#39;s Kindle andonline bookstore, which sells more than 350,000 titles, are proving there#39;s amass market for e-books. Total industry revenue from digital-book downloads has risen 149% this year, according to the Association of American Publishers,while e-reader sales are expected to reach 3 million by Dec.31, according to For rester Research. Almost a million of the devices could be sold during the upcoming holiday season alone. In 2010, sales are projected to double, to 6 million.That kind of growth is hard to come by in the recession-wracked technology industry, and a crowd is starting to gather. Around the world, at least 17 e-readers are in development or already on the market. D． Among the better-known entrants is Asustek -- the Taiwanese company of China practically invented the netbook category with its ASUS Eee-PC, and it is working on a product called the Eee-reader that it hopes to have on the market in time for Christmas. South Korea#39;s two powerhouse consumer-electronics companies, Samsung and LG Electronics, are wading in too. Samsung earlier this year introduced a reader called the Papyrus in South Korea; reports circulating in the technology blogosphere say LG is developing a prototype with a large,11.5- inch (diagonal） flexible screen. Meanwhile, Japan#39;s Fujitsu has released the world#39;s first dedicated e-reader with a colour screen, although so far the device is only available in Japan. E． It isn#39;t just tech companies that are joining the fray. Bricks-and-mortar bookseller Barnes Noble, which in the US offers access to 750,000 e-books on its website, is rumored to be pondering the development of its own e-reader to rival the Kindle. (The retailer already has a partnership to sell e-readers made by IREX, a spin-off of Holland#39;s Royal Philips Electronics.) Major newspaper and magazine publishers,which are suffering mightily from the loss of subscribers and advertisers to the recession and the Internet, are also getting involved. News Corp. chairman and CEO Rupert Murdoch, owner of The Wall Street Journal, is reportedly considering a deal with Japanese consumer-electronics giant Sony, which in 2004 introduced the first commercially viable e-reader, to use a black-and-white display technology called electronic ink (also used by the Kindle. Sony is rolling out a new family of e-readers, including a pocket- size version and one with a large screen that#39;s geared toward newspapers and magazines. F． One reason e-readers are getting traction is that competition is driving down prices. Amazon has cut the price of the Kindle by 100 over the past six months, to 259. As e-readers proliferate(激增) and price disparities narrow, manufacturers are trying to differentiate their products by adding features such as MP3 players and touch screens. The eSlick by Foxit,based in Fremont, Calif., allows users to listen to songs while reading .Asustek recently unveiled a prototype e-reader with two screens, which would more closely duplicate the traditional reading experience, although the devicethat the company expects to release later this year will have a single screen. G． At the same time, new display technologies are emerging that promise to improve battery life and make devices more portable and easier to read. UK-based Plastic Logic hopes to introduce nextyear the first e-reader with a plastic screen that will reduce glare and be less prone to cracking when dropped by ham-fisted owners. Electronic-ink technology is set to move from black and white to colour by the end of 2010.Even video is on the horizon. quot;We#39;ll see a range of models start to appear over the first half of 2010 offering a range of different reading and productivity experiences,quot; says Neil Jones, CEO of UK-based In teread, which in May launched a 249 e-reader called the COOL-ER. H. Newcomers will have a hard time breaking Amazon#39;s chokehold in the US, where the company controls 60% of the e-reader market, according to Forrester Research. But the edge Amazon gained when it launchedthe Kindle could be blunted by evolving technology and changing consumer needs.Currently, more people read e-books on their smart phones than they do on dedicated devices like e-readers. I. And there#39;s the looming threat posed by next-generation tablet computers. Apple, the king of cool handheld devices, is rumored to be readying a tablet computer with all the functions of a laptop aswell as iPhone-like touch capabilities for release early next year. Microsoft has been secretive about its plans for a tablet, but a video making the rounds of the blogosphere shows a dual-LCD-screen prototype that closes like a book.quot;E-readers are a transitional technology,quot; says Rotman Epps of Forrester Research. It means that just as the e-reader is taking off, it may be becoming obsolete.1.[选词填空]Now e-readers are easier to carry andread thanks to the emergence of new display technologies.2.[选词填空]According to the passage, soon afterOct.6, users of Kindles can download e-books from Amazon wirelessly.3.[选词填空]According to the author, to sell 6million e-readers in 2010 is unlikely.4.[选词填空]The e-reader geared to News Corp. willuse the same display technology as the Kindle.5.[选词填空]As technology develops and consumerneeds change, the advantage the Kindle gave Amazon could no longer exist.6.[选词填空]The tablet computer which Microsoft is developingis said to be more powerful than e-readers.7.[选词填空]Manufacturers are adding features suchas touch screens, to distinguish their e-readers from their rivals#39;.8.[选词填空]We can learn from the passage thatAmazon released an electronic reader named Kindle in 2007.9.[选词填空]One of the reasons e-readers were not popular in the past is that publishers were unwilling to sell digital versions of their best-sellers.10.[选词填空]Eee-reader is developed by aTaiwan-based company.

Some 23 million additional US residents are expected to become more regular users of the US health care system in the next several years, thanks to the passage of health care reform. Digitising medical data has been promoted as one way to help the already burdened system manage the surge in patients. But putting people’s health information in databases and online is going to do more than simply reduce redundancies (冗余). It is already shifting the very way we seek and receive health care. “The social dynamics of care are changing,” says John Gomez, vice president and chief technology strategy officer at Eclipsys, a medical information tempany. Most patients might not yet be willing to share their latest CT scan images over Facebook, he notes, but many parents post their babies’ ultrasound (超声波) images, and countless patients nowadays use social networking sites to share information about conditions, treatments and doctors. With greater access to individualised health information―whether that is through a formal electronic medical record, a self-created personal health record or a quick instant-messaging session with a physician ― the traditional roles of doctors and patients are undergoing a rapid transition. “For as long as we’ve known, health care has been ‘I go to the physician, and they tell me what to do, and I do it’,” says Nitu Kashyap, a physician and research fellow at the Yale Center for Medical Informatics. Soon more patients will be arriving at a hospital or doctor’s office having reviewed their own record, latest test results and recommended articles about their health concerns. And even more individuals will be able to skip that visit altogether, instead sending a text message or e-mail to their care provider or consulting a personal health record or smart-phone application to answer their questions. These changes will be strengthened by the nationwide shift to electronic medical records, which has already begun. Although the majority of US hospitals and doctors’ offices are still struggling to start the changeover, many patients already have electronic medical records―and some even have partial access to them. The MyChart programme, in use at Cleveland Clinic, the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Centre at Dallas and other facilities, is a Web portal (门户) through which patients can see basic medical information as well as some test results. Medical data is getting a new digital life, and it is jump-starting a “fundamental change in how care is provided”, Gomez says. 1 What does the author say about putting patient information in databases and online? A It enables more Americans to join the health care system. B It contributes to the passage of health care reform. C It increases the burden of the US health care system. D It changes how people seek and receive health care. 2 What do many patients use social networking sites to do according to John Gomez? A To improve their social interactions. B To post their latest CT scan images. C To share information about their health care. D To show their babies’ recent pictures. 3 According to Nitu Kashyap, more patients in the future will ____ . A refuse to follow their doctors’ advice B be more dependent on their doctors C leave out their visit to doctors’ offices and hospitals D have their illness cured through e-mail 4 It is stated in the the fifth paragraph that ____ . A nationwide digitalisation of medical data will begin soon B most of US hospitals and doctors are against the shift C patients are worried about the security of their health information D patients are starting to make use of their electronic medical records 5 The best title for this passage could be ____ . A The Future of Your Medical Data B Challenges Against Doctors and Hospitals C Benefits of the US Health Care Reform D How to Access and Share Your Health Information

A spacecraft destined to become the fastest manmade object in history is set for launch on Friday on a mission that will end in a high-speed crash into the largest planet in the solar system. Nasa’s 1bn Juno space probe is bound for Jupiter on a mission to peer through the clouds of the Jovian atmosphere and deep into the planet’s interior.Before Juno arrives at its destination, rocket motors will fire up and set the satellite spinning like a three-bladed propeller so that each of its scientific instruments can get a regular and clear view of the planet.The five-year journey will bring Juno in over the north pole of Jupiter to begin the first of 33 orbits at speeds of up to 160,000kph. To minimize damage from Jupiter’s intense radiation fields, the spacecraft will follow a highly elliptical (椭圆的) orbit that goes far out into space before returning low over the north and south poles.The spinning satellite will photograph Jupiter’s spectacular aurora (极光) and map its intense magnetic and gravitational fields for a year in a bid to understand the planet’s formation and the inner workings that make it one of the most extraordinary bodies in the solar system.“Juno will help us understand how the solar system formed, and how all the planets formed.” said Jack Connerney, deputy principal investigator on the Juno mission at Nasa’s Goddard Space Flight Centre in Maryland. “After the formation of the sun, the vast majority of mass left over in the solar system resides in Jupiter. The planet is so massive that none of the material that was originally there could escape its gravity, so Jupiter is effectively a sample of the primitive solar nebula (太阳星云) that all the planets formed from.”A major question Juno will seek to answer is the nature of the dynamo that generates Jupiter’s powerful magnetic field, which is 20,000 times stronger than that of the Earth. On our home planet, the magnetic field is produced by a spinning core of molten iron.1. What will the spacecraft Juno end in?A) Going deep into Jupiter’s interior.B) Rotating in orbit around Jupiter.C) A steady landing on Jupiter.D) A high-speed crash into Jupiter. 2. What is the purpose of Juno following a highly elliptical orbit?A) To avoid damage by the radiation fields. B) To return low over the south poles.C) To get a clearer view of the planet.D) To stay away from the north poles.3. What will Juno do to help us understand how Jupiter formed?A) Photograph spectacular stars surrounding the planet.B) Peer through the vast majority of mass left over there.C) Map the magnetic and gravitational fields of the planet. D) Measure the distance between Jupiter and its satellite.4. What do we know about Jupiter according to Jack Connerney?A) It is made from a large amount of mass.B) It is very massive with high gravity. C) It is actually a sample of other primitive planets.D) It has a dynamo generating powerful magnetic fields.5. What is the main idea of the passage?A) Juno spacecraft arrived at Jupiter after a five-year journey.B) Juno space probe will draw maps of Jupiter.C) Juno space probe prepares for its mission to Jupiter. D) New frontiers of the solar system will be explored in the future.

第一大题 交际用语（单选题）本大题共包含5小题，每小题2分，共计10分。阅读对话，从B、C三个选项中选择一个能填入空白处的最佳选项。1. -Do you know the youngest professor of our university? He died last week.-Oh,____.A. it's hard to believeB. thank you for the informationC. I like his course

阅读理解(本答题共两节,满分35分)第一节(共15小题,每小题2分,满分30分)阅读下面三篇材料,根据材料内容从每小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出一个最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。AFour students are talking about May Day Holiday。Li Yufang: I went to Xiangyang with my cousin。 We visited the ancient city of Xiangyang. We ate the most famous Xiangyang Beef Noodles. Xiangyang is a beautiful city with the historyof more than 2,800 years. I like it very much. We stayed there for two days。Zhang Xin: My parents took me to Beijing by plane. We visited the Great Wall, the Bird’sNest and the Palace Museum。 We had planned to visit the Beijing Expo, but the tickets were toodifficult to buy. My parents said they would take me there this summer。Liu Liang: My uncle and aunt work in Shanghai. I took a train to visit them with my sister。They took us to Shanghai Disneyland. It opened on June 16th, 2016, It is the sixth Disney Theme (主题) park in the world. It is different from the others.Wang Lan: My father drove me to Hainan Province, It’s in the south part of our country。The weather there is pretty good。 We stayed in Haikou for a short rest and then we drove on toSanya。 There, we found many beautiful beaches。51。 Li Yufang visited Xiangyant with her _ _ on May Day Holiday.A. father B。 uncle C。 cousin D。 sister52。 Liu Liang's uncle and aunt work in 。A。 Xiangyang B. Beijing C. Shanghai D。 Haikou53。 Zhang Xin couldn't visit _ with his parents during the holiday。A. the Great Wall B. the Palace MuseumC。 the Bird's Nest D。 the Beijing Expo54。 Wang Lan went to Sanya 。A。 by car B. by ship C。 by train D. by plane55。 Choose the TRUE sentence of the following according to the passage.A. Li Yufang stayed in Xiangyang for three days.B。 Wang Lan’s father drove her to Sanya without rest.C。 Liu Liang and her sister went to visit their parents by train.D. Zhang Xin will go to Beijing again with his parents this summer.BAs the taxi leaves, my father stands at the living room window looking out, watching me move off into the darkness, at 4:30 a。 m. His grey hair is untidy from sleeping.Moments ago, he got up to carry my bag for me and went into the cold open air。He thanked me for a daughter’s cooking and for having traveled so far to spend the holiday with him。 I told him that I worried about he would feel lonely again in the empty house.“I have my plans," he said, in the moments before I walked out the door。When I arrived 10 days ago, I felt it was quiet and lifeless in the house。 Then my brothers and I came and filled the rooms. But, now, they’re gone, I am the last to leave。As the taxi began to move, I watched the lights go off, but my father didn’t leave. Even though he couldn’t see me in the dark, he stood by the window watching, beside the tree。 It was a fresh tree. He buys one every year for the new year.The life is hard for my father: my mother died years ago, and now his children are far from home, our selfish choices taking us from one end of the country to the other, the life of the tree, cut for Christmas, is short; my father’s is long and strong. But both of them are tall and straight.I leave behind two trees: one with silver—grey hair, the other still freshly green。56. The father walked out the door without in the morning。A。 making his hair tidy B. seeing his daughterC。 carrying the bag D。 saying a word57。 The writer worried about her father because 。A。 he never felt lonely B. he’d live alone againC. he had nothing in the house D. he is too old to look after himself58. From the fifth paragraph we know the writer 。A. didn’t leave until her brothers left B。 decided to stay with her fatherC。 was one of the father’s two children D。 left her father before her brothers59。 The underlined word “selfish” in the passage means______ in Chinese。A。 随意的 B. 错误的 C. 自私的 D. 慎重的60。 The best title for this passage should be 。A。 The Tree Cut for the New Year B。 The Lonely Father Lives AloneC. The Children Who Have No Mother D. The Great Father in My HeartCWhen I saw Ronny for the first time, he looked like other kids in the first-grade classroom where I volunteered as a Reading Mom。 However, he usually arrived at school wearing old clothes.On the day when it was Ronny’s turn to read。 he sat very close to me。 I watched his fingers move slowly under each letter as he tried to speak out “Bud the Sub”。 It sounded more like “Baw Daw Saw” when he said it because of his difficulty with the alphabet (字母).The year passed quickly and Ronny had made some progress but he was still below the level of grade. A few weeks before the school year ended, I held an award(颁奖) ceremony。 I had gifts and certificates(证书) for everyone. It took me a while to think about which Ronny fit; I believed the gift could cheer him up. I finally decided on “The Most Progressive Reader”。 I showed his certificate and a book。A few days later, I saw Ronny reading the book when I went back to the school。 His teacher said, “He hasn’t put that book down. That’s the first book he’s ever owned。 ”Fighting back tears(眼泪) I came near Ronny and asked, “Will you read me your book, Ronny?" He nodded.And then, for the next few minutes, he read to me more smoothly than I'd ever thought。 When he finished reading, Ronny closed his book and said, “Good book。 ”At that moment, I knew I should do what an author(作家) had done—care children and makethem excellent.61. The writer found that there was something wrong with Ronny’s 。A。 eyes B. talent C。 pronunciation D。 fingers62. The writer praised Ronny at the end of the school year because in the class。A. he tried to do better B. he could read the alphabet bestC. he was above the level of grade D. he did as well as the other students63。 The underlined phrase “fighting back (tears)”in the fifth paragraph means 。A。 beginning to cry silently B。 turning back to cry loudlyC. being filled with sad tears D。 trying hold not to show the feeling64. The writer was moved so deeply that she wanted to 。A。 help more children become successful B. take care of Ronny all the timeC。 teach children in the school as a teacher D. write more novels for children65。 Choose the main idea of this article。A。 Many children aren’t cared in some schools。B。 Children should be encouraged in their study。C. Most children like to read if they have good books.D. All the authors can be good teachers in primary schools。第二节(共5小题,每小题1分,满分5分)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,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。(选项中有一项为多余选项。)I wish there would be a way to describe China in a simple word but that's impossible。▲66。 _ _ In my English classes when the students were asked what they would do if they only had a few hours to live, most students told me they would spend their last few hours with their families and parents.▲67. _ I teach in Xiangyang, a beautiful city which the Hanjiang River goes across it and I live here better. The foods are cheaper than those in the US, so are clothingand articles(物品) of everyday us。 People pay less for the public transportation, too。▲ 68. _ However, it is reported that still there are a few children who can’t afford the expenses(费用) of schooling. But the government organized Project Hope many yearsago。 It creates conditions for the poor children to go back to school.▲69. _ I seldom saw the things mentioned of the creative(有创造力的) changes China has made。 But the economic miracles(经济奇迹) have the big problems。▲70。 _ To be honest, if I compare China with the US, my answer has always been the same: “We are not worse or better than each other; we are only different. ”5. Where are Frank’s books?A. On the chair B. On the desk。 C. On the bed.第二节 下面你将听到6段对话或独白, 每段对话或独白后有几个小题,从每小题所给的A、B、C三个选项中,选出一个与你所听到的对话或独白内容相符的问题的答案。听每段对话或独白前,你都有10秒钟的时间阅读有关小题;听完后,每小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。听第一段材料,回答第6至8小题。6.Where has Lily gone?A. To the supermarket. B。 To the bookstore。 C。 To the post office.7。 When will the students start?A。 At 7:00 a。 m. 。 B。 At 8:00 a。 m. . C. At 9:00 a. m。 .8. What should Lily wear?A。 Thick sweater。 B。 New shirt。 C。 Old clothes。听第二段材料,回答第9至1l小题。9. Who does the woman call?A。 The police. B. The reporter C. The driver.10. What color is the woman’s handbag?A。 Purple。 B。 Green. C. White.11. Where did the woman get off the bus?A. At the Hongshan Square。 B。 At the East Gate。 C. At the Xianjiang Hotel。A。 It’s a tradition to value education in China. B. I realize that family is everything in China。 C。 I am often asked which country I consider better. D. You'll not know China unless you go closer to it. E。 I was used to reading the news of China in the US。 F. The cost of living here isn’t as high as that in the US. 非选择题(主观题) (共35分)

He was so happy that the new job was not a routine and -------- one, but gave him lots of room for creativity and growth.A. luminousB. monotonousC. prosperousD. generous