命题者：余唯贵 杨柳青 孔福生 于海泓

Parents on Facebook (P3)
Choose the best answer:
1.    What can we learn about Facebook from the text?
A.    It was originally created for teenagers in America in 2004.
B.    Parents and teachers were not allowed to join until 2006.
C.    It’s reported to have 175 million teen members worldwide.
D.    You can create your account without an e-mail address.
2.    What do teenagers like Candace think of adult participation in Facebook?
A.    Facebook has lost its appeal to them because of adult participation.
B.    It can help improve the relationship between parents and their children.
C.    They are spied on by teachers and parents and can’t enjoy their privacy.
D.    They ignore the adults and do whatever they like on Facebook like before.
3.    Which of the following is NOT true according to Candace?
A.    She will take her mother’s feelings into consideration.
B.    She will not reveal her private life and her true opinions online.
C.    She will not post anything that will make her mother unhappy.
D.    She is using Facebook to improve her relationship with her mother.
4.    What’s the purpose of writing this passage?
A.    To warn teenagers that more and more parents and teachers are on Facebook.
B.    To discuss whether teenagers should accept adult involvement on Facebook.
C.    To introduce a new trend on Facebook and teenagers’ response to it.
D. To suggest more adults communicate with teenagers through Facebook.

1—4 BBBC  
1. 答案为B。细节理解题，从第2段可以知道：04年Facebook创办，对象为大学生，05年开始吸收高中生，06年面向大众，包括教师和家长，因此正确项为B。C项错在teen members，D项错在without，需要e-mail地址才能在Facebook建立帐户（见第3段）。
2. 答案为B。对于父母和家长参与Facebook，teenagers的反应不一，有的认为Facebook不再时尚，有的却认为这是一个机会“the chance to get to know more about each other’s lives across generational gaps”。注意题目问的是像Candace这类的青少年，而Candace利用Facebook和妈妈保持接触和感情。所以B正确。C项根据倒数第三段“they know what’s going on and they are not necessarily spying, but they can just be involved”可判断错误。D项没有联系文章最后2段的内容，“I’ll think, ‘How is my mother going to feel about this?’ and everyone should think like that, really,” Candace的话告诉我们teenagers已经重视父母的反应，而不是随心所欲地发不妥当的帖子了。
3. 答案为B。选择内容错误的选项。从最后一段Candace所说的话中可以找到选项A、B 、C的信息，只有选项D和“Moms and dads aren’t clueless; they know what’s going on”相违背，Candace并没有因为妈妈上Facebook，而隐瞒自己的生活和想法，相反，她利用Facebook让妈妈了解她的生活状况。
4. 答案为C。主旨大意题。文章的文体是说明文，介绍当前网络出现的一种现象“Parents and teachers are on Facebook, and their numbers are on the rise.”，之后对青少年的反应也作了描述，以正面的反应为主。

Aiming high (P4)
Choose the best answer:
5. According to the text, Nadal won the match because ____.
A.    he often practiced in bad conditions
B.    his conditions were not as bad as Murray’s
C.    he knew the bad conditions would affect Murray more
D.    he didn’t allow the weather condition to affect his will to win
6. The fact that ____ played the most important role in shaping Nadal’s character.
A. he was brought up to do his best all the time
B. his poor family sent him to be taught by monks
C. he wished to win the Grand Slam as a child
D. his uncle did not allow him to accept defeat
7. The word "better" in Paragraph 6 is closest in meaning to _____.
A. improve         B. take    C. manage      D. create

5—7 DAA     
5. 答案D。细节题。从第四段I went into the match with a more positive attitude可得出答案。
6. 答案A。细节题。从文章最后四段可以得出结论。
7. 答案A。猜词题。“by staying 100 percent physically fit”自然是为了增加、提高获胜的几率。

How taste works (P6)
Choose the best answer:
8. What is the passage mainly about?
A. Protein plays a very important role in the growth of taste buds.
B. More tastes exist besides the tastes which are already known to us.
C. We should try to protect our taste buds to keep a good sense of taste.
D. If we change the concentration of certain metal in foods, we can experience a new taste.
9. What can we conclude from Paragraph 4?
A. Mice enjoy drinking water with different concentrations of metal salts.
B. Mice prefer distilled water to other kinds of water containing metal salts.
C. Mice like water containing low concentrations of magnesium sulfate.
D. Mice prefer water containing a little bit of iron and zinc to distilled water.
10. From Paragraph 5 we can learn _____.
A. different proteins decide different tastes mice have
B. how important proteins are to mice
C. how many kinds of proteins mice have
D. proteins have something to do with the size of mice
11. To protect your taste buds, you had better ____.
A. not smoke and avoid extremely strong tastes
B. eat some extremely sour foods and stop smoking
C. drink really hot water and avoid spicy foods
D. enjoy some ice and take some medicine
12. What can we infer from the passage?
A. All of the mice completely lost their interest in the taste of copper salts.
B. Scientists have discovered all the proteins connected to the taste of metal.
C. The mice used in the experiments had different kinds of proteins in their taste buds.   
D. The older a person gets, the stronger his or her sense of taste becomes.

8—12 BDAAC      
8．B。主旨大意题，本文主要讲述的是瑞士科学家认为应该有其它的味觉存在，正在用老鼠做实验。故此题答案应选B。
9．D。细节理解题，根据文章第四段 “Mice preferred low concentrations of iron and zinc over distilled water”可知答案。
10．A。段落大意题，第五段的大意为：老鼠舌头上味蕾中不同的蛋白质决定了老鼠的味觉也有所不同。
11．A。细节理解、推论题，根据全文最后一段“And taste buds can be damaged by extreme heat or cold,…”可得知答案。
12．C。推论题，根据第五段内容可推论得知：不同的老鼠在舌头味蕾上拥有的蛋白质的种类不尽相同，故它们对于味觉的反应也不尽相同。

Two news briefs on P6
Choose the best answer:
13. Which of the following descriptions of the balloon is WRONG?
A. It was filled with a kind of gas called helium.
B. It weighed 1.5kg.
C. It was directed by Google Earth.
D. It could carry a load of 1.5kg.
14. Why did the students carry out the experiment?
A. The students wanted to test how high their handmade craft could fly.
B. They wanted to find out how accurate Google Earth could be.
C. They tried to do some atmospheric research and take some photos above the ground.
D. They wanted to test the possibility of traveling to space by balloon.
15. In one news report, scientists say old age begins at 27, probably because____.
A. people aged 27 and above are physically weaker
B. people’s brains work less well after 27 years of age
C. people stop growing at 27
D. people have a bad memory after 27
16. Which of the following statements is NOT true?
A. The study of aging went on for more than 7 years.
B. Participants aged 22 did better in nine of the 12 tests.
C. Participants aged 27 began to suffer memory problems.
D. Older participants did better in tests involving general information.
                     
13—16 CCBC
13. 答案C。细节理解题。气球并不是由Google Earth指示方向或者指挥管理的，文章只提到气球和Google Earth联系交流。
14. 答案C。细节题。从Taking atmospheric readings and photos 32km above the ground, the team from the IES La Bisbal school in Catalonia, Spain completed their experiment at the end of February this year得出结论。
15.答案B。理解题。从文章看，人的衰老主要体现在大脑在逻辑思维，思考速度及记忆力等方面，并不是单纯的身体健康状况的恶化。
16. 答案C。细节题。人的记忆力从37岁开始下降，而不是27。