C

　　“There’s no point in talking with you: you don’t understand me. You don’t even know me.” A teen spits these words at a parent, who is hurt and annoyed. How can her own child say these things? She’s worked hard getting to know him, learning to read his feelings from his voice and gestures. How can her own child now say to her, “You don’t know who I really am”?

　　Nothing shakes a parent’s confidence as much as the starting of a child’s adolescence. The communication that has flowed easily through words, glance and touch becomes a minefield(雷區(qū))

　　Recent discoveries that the human brain undergoes specific and dramatic development during adolescence offer new “explanations” of teen behavior, particularly of the impulsiveness(沖動(dòng)) of teenagers. During this development, there may be too many synapses(神經(jīng)元突觸) for the brain to work efficiently, the mental capacities of decision-making, judgment and control are not mature until the age of twenty-four.

　　An old explanation is that anger hormones account for the apparently unreasonable moodiness(情緒化) of teens. Though hormones do play a role in human feelings, the real task of adolescence, and the real cause of the unrest, is the uncertainty of teenagers about who they are, alongside their eagerness to establish a sense of identity.

　　This involves self-questioning, self-discovery and self-development across a range of issues, including sex, faith, intellect and relationships. A sense of who we are is not a mere luxury; without it we feel worthless. A teen often looks upon his or her friends sa models: “ I don’t know who I am, but I know who he is, I’ll be like him,” is the underlying thought. Parents also become such mirrors: teens want that mirror to reflect back to them the vividness and clarity they themselves do not feel.

　　Arguments with parents can often be understood in this context. While those common teenager-parent quarrels, which explode every few days, are often over small things such as homework, housework, and respect; a teenager’s real focus is on a parent’s recognition of his maturity and capability and human value. “ No, you can’t go out tonight,” implies that a parent you got your keys?” or “Do you have enough money for the bus?” are questions that can be easily accepted if asked by a concerned friend, but awaken a teen’s own doubts if asked by a parent. Feeling the need to distinguish himself from the kid who can’t remember to take his lunch, his keys or his money, he blames the parent for reminding him of the child-self still living within him. What my research shows is that quarreling witj your teen doesn’t necessarily mean you have a bad relationship. The quality of teenager-parent relationship has several measures.

　　62. According to the text, teenagers_____________.

　　A. can fully understand their parents’ feelings

　　B. need guidance in every aspect of their life

　　C. may experience a huge mental change

　　D. know themselves better than their parents do

　　63. What do we learn from the text?

　　A. Parents hate talking to their children because they can’t understand them.

　　B. The brains of teenagers work more efficiently because of the synapses.

　　C. Hormones are the real causes of unrest and moodiness in teens.

　　D. What teens really care about is being recognized by their parents.

　　64. What is implied in the last paragraph?

　　A. Quarrels between children and parents often involve serious issues.

　　B. A parent should not ask a child about money.

　　C. A child wants respect, especially from his or her parents.

　　D. Quarrels are a sign of a bad relationship.

　　65. What will probably be written in the following paragraph?

　　A. Other ways of assessing teenager-parent relationship.

　　B. The anger and sadness of parents about their teens.

　　C. How important the friends of teenagers are.

　　D. When children become mentally mature.

　　D

　　The Toltec---as they were now called ---began to know great abundance and enjoy the

　　generous gifts of the land, as had been foretold by Quetzalcoatl.

　　“He has great powers.He has made us rich.We have not known hunger since he arrived.Where he places his eyes and hands,everything is abundance and beauty.”

　　They were happy, they were proud. At that time they all still worked at the jobs Quetzalcoatl assigned to them.

　　Tula grew. People came from far away to admire its growth. Many asked permission to settle down and enjoy its abundance,which was distributed according to the needs of the people.

　　Topiltzin was in charge of distributing the riches,under the orders of Quetzalcoatl, so that no one would want. They were all content because they all had more than they had ever had. Many worked.They were busy all day.

　　Quetzalcoatl had spent six years among the Toltecs. The house for the heart of the people was almost finished and the granaries full when he decided.

　　“There is prosperity(繁榮)and abundance in all the land.Let us extend it beyond the mountains.We shall go to the land of the Chichimecs.It is time to take my mission to them. I shall make them better,I shall make them live together,I shall gather them in towns,I shall teach them to till the land and to build their homes."

　　"Let us leave them in their land as they are now ,"Topiltzin argued,"They are savages(野蠻人);their life is violent and disorderly.They move freely,like the wind in the mountains and the plains,with nothing to keep them.Leave them where they are.There is much that we must do in our own land.

　　"I do not belong to this land alone.They are all my brothers,I am to give all of them, I shall look for them. I shall take the gods of Tula to them,"Quetzalcoatl said.

　　"Think carefully about what we shall do.You do not know them.They do not understand words. They are like savage animals,like jaguars," Topiltzin insisted.

　　"I shall go,"said Quetzalcoatl."My life must be accomplished.This time you will not accompany me because you do not have the will to go.I shall leave soon with some of my followers."

　　"Do not go with so few people! I shall accompany you with skillful warriors who are used

　　to killing Chichimecs and avoiding their traps." Topiltzin insisted.

　　"I am not going there with violence. I shall go to them as I came here,to take them the gifts of life and the doctrine of sin and redemption(原罪與救贖)."

　　"You have not spoken of sin and redemption for a long time," Tattle remarked. He had been listening attentively to the dialogue,and was then close to seventeen years of age."You have not come near the Tree you planted in the square in a long time.The Tree has no shoots,it has not grown,it looks sad and lonely."

　　"During this time,Tattle,I have often thought of it.There was confusion in my spirit.Now the Tree orders me to spread good in other lands,to make other brothers happy. It will soon have shoots."

　　66. This reading passages is most probably an account of _________________.

　　A. history B.politics C. a contemporary life D. a myth or legend

　　67.From the passage,which of the following statements in Not true?

　　A. The city of Tula owed its growth to Quetzalcoatl

　　B. Quetzalcoatl believed he had been entrusted with a sacred mission

　　C. the followers will persuade him not to go to the land of the Chichimecs

　　D.Quetzalcoatl's Tree was a symbol for him and the Toltecs

　　68.Accroding to the paasage,the prosperity of Tula________________.

　　A.was due to Toltecs's godlike behavior

　　B. occurred prior to Quetzalcoatl's appearance

　　C. was a relatively recent development

　　D.was yet to be established

　　69. When Tattle refers to Quetzalcoatl's Tree,saying that the Tre is ”sad and lonely“，he means that __________________.

　　A.the Tree is near its death

　　B.Quetzalcoatl has forgotten the Tree's significance

　　C. the Toltecs have ignored the Tree

　　D. there should have been celebrations around the Tree

　　70.The "shoots"mentioned in the last paragraph refer to ____.

　　A.the spread of Quetzalcoatl's beliefs to other areas

　　B. the Tree's growing roots and branches yet to develop

　　C.the Toltecs outlying settlements

　　D. the "savage animals,like jaguars"

　　第 II 卷(兩部分， 共35分)

　　第四部分 任務(wù)型閱讀 (共10小題，每小題1分，滿分10分)

　　請(qǐng)認(rèn)真閱讀下列短文，并根據(jù)所讀內(nèi)容在文章后表格中的空格里填入最恰當(dāng)?shù)膯卧~。

　　注意：每空格只填1個(gè)單詞。請(qǐng)將答案寫在答題卡上相應(yīng)題號(hào)的橫線上。

　　Everybody loves self-improvement. That’s why we’re such enthusiastic consumers of “top 10” lists of things to do to be a more productive, promotable, mindful— you name it—leader. But these lists seldom work. What if we didn’t think of self-improvement as work? What if we thought of it as play—specifically, as playing with our sense of self?

　　Traditionally, people work on themselves, committed to doing everything in their power to change their leadership style. You set your goals and objectives, you are mindful of your time, and seek efficient solutions. You’re not going to deviate(偏離) from the straight and narrow. You focus on what you should do, especially as others see it, as opposed to what you want to do. It’s all very serious and not whole of fun. There is one right answer. Success or failure is the outcome. We judge ourselves.

　　In contrast, no matter what you’re up to, when you’re in “play” mode, your primary drivers are enjoyment and discovery instead of goals and objectives. You’re curious. You lose track of time. Like in all forms if play, the journey becomes more important than a pre-set destination.

　　Much research shows how play develops creativity and innovation. Play with your own idea of yourself is similar to playing with future possibilities. So, we stop evaluating today’s self against unachievable ideal of leadership that doesn’t really exist. We also stop trying to will ourselves to “commit” to becoming something we are not even sure we want to be—what we call the “feared self”, which is composed of images negative role models. And, we shift direction from submitting to what other people want us to be to becoming more self-authoring. As a result, when you play, you’re more creative and more open to what you might learn about yourself.

　　Unfortunately, we don’t often get —or give ourselves—permission to play with our sense of self. In life, we equate playfulness with the person who dips into a great variety of possibilities, never committing to any. We find inconsistency distasteful, so we exclude options that seem too far off from today’s “authentic self”, without ever giving them a try. This kills the discontinuous growth that only comes when we surprise ourselves.

　　Psychoanalyst Adam Phillips once said, “people tend to play only with serious things—madness, disaster, other people.” Playing with your self is a serious effort because who we might become is not knowable or predictable at the start. That’s why it’s as dangerous as it is necessary for growth.

　　第五部分 讀寫任務(wù)(滿分25分)

　　How many times have you heard the expression that most people spend more time planning their vacation than they do planning their lives. I would expand that expression by adding that most people spend more time "thinking" about their vacation than they do thinking about what's important in their life.

　　While rest and relaxation are a must in living a balanced life, it's now what we were created to do. After all, the Master Creator took his R&R (Rest and Recreation) on the seventh day, only after six days of "definitely directed thought."

　　Wallace D. Wattles, wrote "There is no labor from which most people shrink as they do from that of sustained and continuous thought; it is the hardest work in the world." And yet it is the first and primary labor of achievement.

　　What is your life's purpose or your personal mission statement? Is it written down? Do you review it and think about it often? Is your life organized around your purpose and a set of goals that support that purpose?

　　Without purpose and goals --- definitely directed thought --- you are like the proverbial "shop without a rudder(舵)." There is power in your purpose and in your goals. It is the power that takes you over obstacles, the fuel that pushes you toward the life you expect.

　　【寫作內(nèi)容】

　　1. 用約30個(gè)單詞寫出上文概要;

　　2. 用約120詞發(fā)表你的觀點(diǎn)，內(nèi)容包括：

　　(1) 你如何規(guī)劃中學(xué)以后的人生?為什么?

　　(2) 為了實(shí)現(xiàn)你的目標(biāo)，你將如何行動(dòng)?

　　【寫作要求】

　　1. 寫作過程中不能直接引用原文句子;

　　2. 作文中不能狐仙真是姓名和學(xué)校名稱;

　　3. 不必寫標(biāo)題

　　【評(píng)分標(biāo)準(zhǔn)】

　　內(nèi)容完整，語言規(guī)范，語篇連貫，詞數(shù)適當(dāng)。

　　參考答案

　　1-5 CBBCB 6-10 ACBAB 11-15 ABCAB 16-20 CBCAB

　　21—25 CABCB 26—30 DABAC 31—35 DCDDB

　　36—40ADCAD 41—45 ACBBA 46—50 BDCCD 51—55 BBDAC

　　56—58 CDA 59—61 CBD 62—65 CDCA 66—70 DCCBA

　　71. leadership 72. Comparison(s)/Differences 73. purposeful 74.expectation(s)

　　75. process 76. experiment 77. surprising/unexpected 78. problem/trouble/difficulty

　　79. Conclusion 80. Despite

　　One possible version:

　　People are supposed to spend more time planning a life than planning a vacation. After all, rest and relaxation should be balanced so that personal achievements can be accomplished. Only with directed thought can one eventually succeed.

　　Planning life after high school is a must for every graduate. Attending a top university is my initial priority. College life, in my opinion, can help further my studies, and broaden my horizon. A quality education will sharpen my skills leading to even greater successes.

　　Achieving my goals, of course, needs practical action taken from now on. To prepare for success in college, I have been working extremely hard in high school. I believe I have laid the groundwork to be successful in college and I will direct my thoughts toward accomplishments in both the short and long term future. I strongly believe, with hard work and perseverance, a bright future is surely there for the taking. (153w)