完形填空Buckingham Palace, Windsor Castle and the Palace of Holyroodhouse are the 【A1】________ residences of the Sovereign and, as such, serve as both home and office for the Queen, whose personal flag 【A2】f________ whenever Her Majesty is in residence

完形填空Against a background of giant columns with images of pyramids hung dozens of Chinese red lanterns

完形填空 Scientists are particularly interested in the brains of people who speak more than one language 【A1】 flu_____ because that skill is hard to acquire after about age seven. In one of Kuhl‟s studies, for example, native Mandarin Chinese speakers spoke Chinese to nine-month-old American babies for twelve sessions over four weeks. Each 【A2】 _____ lasted about 25 minutes. At the end of the study, the American babies 【A3】 res_____ to Mandarin sounds just as well as Chinese babies. If a child 【A4】 reg_____ hears two languages, their brain forms a different pathway for each language. 【A5】 How_____, once the brain solidifies those electrical language pathways by around age seven, it gets harder to form new ones. By then, a baby‟s brain has disposed of, or pruned, all the 【A6】 _____ (necessity) connections that the infant was born with. So, if you don‟t start learning Spanish or Russian until middle school, you must struggle against years of brain development, and progress can be frustrating. A twelve-year-old‟s brain has to work much harder to forget language connections than an infant‟s brain does. We ought to be learning new languages 【A7】_____ ages zero and seven, when the brain does it naturally, Kuhl says. ​​​​​​For teenagers and adults who want to learn new languages, baby studies may offer some useful tips. For one thing, researchers have found that it is far better for a language learner to talk with people who speak the language than to rely on 【A8】 _____ (educate) CDs and DVDs with recorded conversations. When infants watched someone speaking a foreign language on TV, Kuhl found, they had a completely different 【A9】 exp_____ than they did if they watched the same speaker in real life. With real speakers, the babies‟ brains lit up with electrical activity when they heard the sounds they had learned. The babies were looking at the TV, and they seemed mesmerized, Kuhl says. Learning, on the other hand, did not 【A10】 hap_____. There was nothing going on in their brains, she says. Absolutely nothing.

写作题Computer games and video games are becoming more and more popular. Write a report in 80100 words based on the information in the following chart on the answer sheet.

写作题TaskI:YouarestudyinginBritainandlivingwithaBritishfamily.Theyhavedecidedtovisityourcountrynextyearandspendtwoweekstravellingroundthere.

写作题Some people think perseverance is very important

写作题Look at the statistics

写作题TaskII(20points)Directions:Readthefollowingpoemandwriteanessayinwhichyoushoulddiscussitsmoralandexpressyourpersonalviews.Youshouldwritenolessthan180words.NowwritethecompositionontheAnswerSheet.

写作题While the vast majority of UFO (unidentified flying object) sightings, when investigated, have turned out to be the result of ordinary earthly phenomena, such as weather balloons, flares or rockets, some still leave experts scratching their heads. The following picture shows one of the mysterious phenomena. Write your comments on UFO in at least 100 words on the answer sheet.

写作题Nowadays in China, when college students

写作题Write about the following topic: Different people have different personalities

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写作题Science and technology bring convenience to mankind

写作题Some people think that each age has its own art form

写作题Task I (10 points) 　　Directions: In this part, you are required to write a letter according to the following instructions given in Chinese. Remember to write the letter in no less than 120 words on the Answer Sheet. 　　你去年在英国留学期间曾受到约翰夫妇的热情帮助及款待，特写信表示感谢。

写作题People spend a great deal of time, money, and energy to see or read about movie stars, TV actors, and athletes

写作题Task I (10 marks) 　　Directions: The students of your university are not quite satisfied with the service of the school canteen. You are the secretary general of the student union. Write a letter to the school president to show your concern of the canteen service, which includes the quality and prices of the foods served, the environment and the service. 　　You should write no less than 100 words. Do not sign your own name at the end of the letter. Use “Li Ming” instead. You do not need to write the address. Now write the letter on the Answer Sheet.

写作题Task II (20 points) Some people say that computers are making the world lonely and dehumanized. What is your opinion? State your opinion in no less than 160 words, and write it on the Answer Sheet.