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2014年上海市⾼三英语六校联考试卷II. Grammar and VocabularySection A(A)Some of the world’s most talented musicians have played concerts at Lincoln Center. On September 10, the center (25)________(host) a unique class of star musicians: kids and teens.The young players are part of the World Peace Orchestra, or WPO. The group held its first Music for Peace concert in New York City, with 134 students from more than 60 countries (26)____________(take) part. Musicians(27)____________(select) from all over the world, (28)______________ conflict regions like Iraq, Uganda, and Ethiopia.Oscar-winning actor Kevin Spacey introduced the orchestra and spoke about the concert’s theme. “Tonight we will see and hear evidence that while countries may go to war, (29)___________ is culture that unites us,” Spacey said. Culture is expressed through arts, such as music, dance and writing.The World Peace Orchestra began in 2013. The nonprofit group brings kids together using the common language of music. To be considered for the orchestra, students first had to be recommended by their teachers and then audition online for a panel of judges. Once (30)___________ (choose), they worked with professional musicians and teachers to improve their skills.Some of the young musicians play classical instruments, (31)_______ _______ violins and flutes. Others play instruments unique to their home country. For example, Arnold Mugo, 16, from Kenya, plays a percussion instrument called the Djembe. The drum is originally from West Africa. Mugo says he was shocked (32)______________ he learned he was selected for the orchestra. “I can’t express how I felt. I was rolling on the floor,” he told reporters. “It’s a once in a lifetime opportunity.”(B)On September 13, the New York City Health Department became the first in the nation (33)_____________ (ban) the sale of sugared beverages larger than 16oz at restaurants, mobile food carts, sports arenas and movie theaters. The ban includes sodas and sweetened tea. The law is aimed at cutting obesity rates in the United States, (34)______________at least two-thirds of adults are considered overweight. (35)_____________ the ban is widely supported by health professionals, it’s not popular with food retailers or many city residents.The ruling, (36) ____________ takes effect in March 2013, will prevent restaurants and cafeterias from selling sugared beverages in cups or containers larger than 16 ounces—about the size of a typical small soda. Supermarkets and convenience stores—including 7-Eleven, which sells the jumbo-sized Big Gulp—are not included in the law.New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg led the ban on large drinks. More than half of New York City adults and nearly 40 percent of the city’s public elementary and middle school students are considered overweight. “(37)____________we are faced with is a crisis …we need to act on this,”said Board of Health member Deepthiman Gowda, a professor of medicine at Columbia University, the Associated Press reported. Bloomberg has noted that the ban doesn’t prevent people from buying several small sodas at (38)_____________ time if they wish, but health officials hope that the inconvenience will eventually get people to cut down on their use of sugared drinks.New York City’s Board of Health members say that banning mega-sized drinks is animportant step toward helping consumers (39)___________ ____________ to drink fewer calories, but may also encourage people to make other healthy changes to their diet. The board reviewed data (40)_____________ (show) that sugared drinks make up 43 percent of the added sugar in the average American diet.Section BDirections: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word canfull facility in the handling of his ______41______ language, which will be his mother tongue or language of habitual use, and a knowledge and understanding of the latest subject-matter in his field of specialization.This is, as it were, his professional equipment. In addition to this, it is desirable that he should have an inquiring mind, wide interests, a good memory and the ability to grasp quickly the basic principles of new developments. He should be willing towork on his own, often at high speeds, but should be humble enough to ______42______ others provided his own knowledge does not always prove adequate to the task in hand. He should be able to type fairly quickly and accurately and, if he is working mainly for publication, should have more than a nodding __43___ with printing techniques and proof-reading. If he is working basically as an information translator, let us say, for an industrial firm, he should have the flexibility of mind to enable him to ___44___ rapidly from one source language to another, as well as from one subject-matter to another, since this ability is frequently ___45___ of him in such work. Bearing in mind the nature of the translator’s work, i.e. the______46_______ of the written word, it is, strictly speaking, unnecessary that he should be able to speak the languages he is dealing with. If he does speak them, it is an advantage rather than a hindrance, but this skill is in many ways a______47______ that he can do away with. It is, however, desirable that he should have a(n) ____48____ idea about the pronunciation of his source languages even if this is restricted to ___49___ how proper names and place names are pronounced. The same may ___50___ to an ability to write his source languages. If he can, well and good; if he cannot, it does not matter.III. Reading ComprehensionSection ADirections: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.Could the Internet be totally free and should it be? Should the Internet be regulated? The recent disorder in the Arab world__51__ by a disputed (有争议的) video damaging the image of Prophet (先知) Muhammad shows that the United States, which is busy __52__ global Internet freedom, has paid a huge price with the lives of its diplomats.In an ______53_______ Internet world, cheating, violence or rumors can bring serious consequences. Last month, in India, the “largest democracy”, rumors of ethnic violence spread like a virus across the country, sending about 300,000 people fleeing from south to northeast of the country. Social media and text messaging played a crucial role in ______54_______the flow of rumors. The images and videos showing the anti-Muslimattacks that hadn’t happened at all created ______55_____ among the people and caused great chaos. Many other countries across the world are periodically suffering from “rumors”spread by the Internet and social media.The US-led West always promotes Internet freedom and __56__ any regulation as investigation, but it should think twice if it calculates the heavy price that has been and has to be paid for the free Internet. Moreover, __57__ the Internet in the West appears to be free, with no obvious __58__ and no limited sites, isn’t the structure of the main pages already hand-controlled, with selected press agencies and __59__ occupying clearly dominating(主导的) positions?The Internet has helped fight injustice, __60__ corruption(腐败) in places so far apart as Indonesia, India and Latin America. But the Internet could be extremely __61__ as well. Various racist or separatist organizations are using their Internet sites to fan passions. Those who are spreading hate are frequently using the Internet as their tool. Therefore, no country can __62__ to make the Internet absolutely free.The question is how to keep free flow of information __63__ while protecting children from unhealthy works, common citizens from evil rumors and countries from unfair and damaging propaganda (宣传) attacks. And who sets the limits?The _____64______ is that there will never be a perfect system. Every country will have to develop its own system, based on its culture, social surroundings and the degree of danger it’s facing. In the meantime, it would be useful to realize that the West is _____65_______ the one to be the vanguard (先锋) of objectivity and free flow of information.51. A. led B. caused C. damaged D. attacked52. A. helping B. processing C. promoting D. improving53. A. unaffected B. unregulated C. unalarmed D. undetected54. A. slowing down B. turning over C. speeding up D. holding back55. A. anger B. shock C. confusion D. panic56. A. supports B. follows C. opposes D. dislikes57. A. as if B. even if C. so that D. in that58. A. interruption B. interference C. defense D. preference59. A. programs B. substances C. channels D. sources60. A. uncover B. strike C. prevent D. avoid61. A. beneficial B. useful C. sensitive D. destructive62. A. refuse B. afford C. fail D. attempt63. A. unpolluted B. unskilled C. unoccupied D. uninterrupted64. A. importance B. conclusion C. description D. possibility65. A. definitely B. hardly C. virtually D. invisiblySection BDirections: Read the following three passages. Each passage is followed by several questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage you have just read.(A)On Saturday mornings I worked in the family shop. I started cycling down to the shop with Dad on Saturday as soon as I was big enough. I thought of it as giving him a hand and so I didn’t mind what I did, although it was mostly just fetching and carrying at a run all morning.I managed not to think of it as work and I looked forward to the bar of chocolate my grandmother passed me unsmilingly as I left. As soon as I was fifteen, though, Dad said, “That’s it, our Janet. You’re of working age now and you’re not coming to work unless your grandmother pays you properly.” He did his best to make his chin look determined. “I shall speak to her.”The next Saturday, Gran called me into her little office behind the shop. I always hated going in there. She had an electric heater on full blast, and the windows were always kept tightly closed whatever the weather. There were piles of dusty catalogues and brochures on the floor. “You’re wanting to get paid, I hear.” Gran said. “Yes, please,” I replied. It was rather like visiting the head mistress at school, so I was very quiet and respectful. “How old are you?”“Fifteen ... Gran,” I added for extra politeness, but she looked at me as if I had been cheeky. “Full-timers at your age get two hundred and forty pounds for a thirty-five-hour week,” she announced in such a way as to leave no doubt that she wasn’t in favor of this. “No wonder there’s no profit in shop keeping! So Janet, what’s that per hour?” Question like that always flustered me. Instead of trying to work them out in my head, I would just stand there unable to think straight. “I’ll get a pencil and paper,” I offered. “Don’t bother,”snapped Gran angrily, “I’ll do it myself. I’ll give you 6 pounds an hour; take it or leave it,”“I’ll take it, please,”“And I expect real work for it, mind. No standing about, and if I catch you eating any of the stock, there’ll be trouble. That’s theft, and it’s a crime.”From then on, my main job at the shop was filling the shelves. This was dull, but I hardly expected to be trusted with handling the money. Once or twice, however, when Dad was extra busy, I’d tried to help him by serving behind the counter. I hated it. It was very difficult to remember the prices of everything. Certain customers made unkind remarks about this, increasing my confusion and the chances of making a fool of myself.It was an old-established village shop, going back 150 years at least and it was really behind the times even then. Dad longed to be able to make the shop more attractive to customers, but Gran wouldn’t hear of it. I overheard them once arguing about whether to buy a freezer cabinet. “Our customers want frozen food,”Dad said. “They see things advertised and if they can’t get them from us, they’ll go elsewhere.”“Your father always sold fresh food,”Gran replied. “People come here for quality; they don’t want all that frozen stuff.”66. How did Janet feel when she first started her Saturday morning job?A. She enjoyed the work that she was given.B. She was pleased to be helping her father.C. She was worried that she was not doing it well.D. She was really interested in the reward.67. What do we learn about her grandmother’s office in the second paragraph?A. It was untidy.B. It was dark.C. It needed decorating.D. It had too much furniture in it.68. The word “flustered” (in paragraph 2) means _______.A. boredB. angeredC. confusedD. depressed69. What did Janet’s father and grandmother disagree about?A. How to decorate the village shop to make it more attractive.B. The type of advertising needed to attract customers.C. The type of customers they wanted to attract.D. How to get new customers to come to the shop.(B)AFRICAN MANGO FAQsQ:How do I use AFRICAN MANGO?A: It’s simple…Just take one rapid –release capsule (胶囊), 3 times daily before meals (i.e., 30 minutes before breakfast, lunch, and dinner.)Q: Is it safe?A:Yes. Unlike other diet pills, Pure African Mango Extract does not contain any natural or artificial stimulants. Clinical studies have shown this nutrient to be both safe and well-tolerated. It’s easy on your system and helps you lose body fat naturally. 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When you shop with us, you can shop with confidence and peace of mind. Every order placed with us is 100% safe and secure. Our site is scanned and tested daily by McAfee SECURE. “The McAfee SECURE”trust mark (see the upper-left corner of our website) only appears when the website has passed their intensive, daily security scan.What’s more, our customers never have to worry about being enrolled in auto-reship or auto-rebilling (⾃动付款) scams (骗局). Each and every order placed with us is a one-time-only transaction.CONSUMER TIP: Beware of sites that offer “free trials”, which claim to charge only a small fee for shipping. However, more often than not, these “free trials” websites will continue to charge your card for regular monthly shipments if you don’t return your “free trials” within 10 to 14 days.As the Official Website of African Mango, we offer only the purest, most effective African Mango available. What’s more, as an accredited business, we do not engage in auto-rebilling, auto-reshipping, or any other business practices that are considered morally unacceptable. Your results, and your satisfaction, are 100% guaranteed.70. What does the word FAQs in the title of the article mean?A. Fully Accepted Qualities.B. Fantastic African Qualities.C. Face –to –face Associated Quotations.D. Frequently Asked Quest ions.71. In what way will the medicine take effect to its fullest?A. Take pills regularly and you are sure to achieve your absolute best shape.B. Drinking more water daily will guarantee the pills to work efficiently.C. A healthy diet, adequate water and more exercise will contribute.D. High-calorie food and enough water are essential to make the pills work well.72. It can be learned from the passage that___________________. .A. the pills are unpopular with film starsB. auto-rebilling and auto-reshipping are reliable business practicesC. Virginia Tech University doubted whether drinking water helps lose weightD. the one-time-only transaction service ensures customers’ confidence73. How can we buy African Mango securely?A. We can place an order securely with the help of search engine.B. The official web site is your best choice.C. McAfee SECURE promises the security of your order.D. Many web sites providing “free trials” service are considered to be secure.(C)Why are people interested in eating raw foods or whole foods? One reason is that eating these types of food reduces the risk of acid accumulation in your body.Raw and whole foods are usually digested more efficiently than cooked and refined foods. When we cook foods, we destroy the natural enzymes (酶) that are part of the food in its raw form. These enzymes were intended by nature to help us digest the food. When we consume food without these natural enzymes, our bodies either digest the food improperly or allow too many nutrients to be absorbed into the bloodstream. In both instances, the result is obesity. When too many nutrients are absorbed at once, the body grows fat. Improperly digested food moves slowly through the digestive tract（消化道）, where it becomes increasingly acidic. To protect its vital organs from this acidic waste, the body changes the acid into fat and stores it safely away from the organs.Processed foods contain chemical elements, which might confuse the appetite mechanism that tells us when we’ve had enough to eat; as a result, people often overeat. Processed foods also upset the digestive cycle. The body will either identify these foods as allergens（过敏原）and then store them safely away from the organs as fat, or the remains of undigested food will become acidic and enter the bloodstream as acid waste, which will stick to the blood vessel walls and block the passage of vital oxygen and nutrients heading for the body’s cells. The body’s metabolism (新陈代谢) becomes inactive, and the result is weight gain.The accumulation of acid in the digestive tract makes digestion increasingly inefficient. When that happens, even healthy foods can become acidic and the food allergies will become more common.To stop this vicious circle in its tracks, people need to consume food and supplements that will neutralize（中和）the acid already accumulated in body. Eating the right types of raw and whole foods can help. It’s also important to restore your enzyme balance. You need to identify and avoid the foods that cause acid accumulation and consume the foods that increase enzyme production. If you truly want to change and help your body heal itself, youneed to take an active approach.74. It can be inferred from Para. 2 that _____________.A. foods with natural enzymes help people keep fitB. we’d better be cauti ous about raw and whole foodsC. it is essential for people to protect their vital organsD. giving up cooked and refined foods is a new lifestyle75. Processed foods are unhealthy because they __________.A. destroy body’s cellsB. may lead to obesityC. are difficult to digestD. stop body’s metabolism76. What is the main purpose of this passage?A. To warn people of the problem of obesity.B. To advocate eating more raw and whole foods.C. To inform people of the harm of processed foods.D. To tell the differences between raw and processed foods.77. What is likely to be talked about following the last paragraph?A. Different causes of acid accumulation.B. Correct ways to cook raw foods.C. Suitable types of raw and whole foods.D. Active approaches to avoid acid.Section CDirections: Read the passage carefully. Then answer the questions or complete the statements in the fewest possible words. (Note: Answer the questions or complete the statements in NO MORE THAN TWELVE WORDS.)Scorpions(蝎⼦) can be referred to as living fossils because they have changed their form so little in the last 400 million years. Scorpions can be found on all major land masses other than Antarctica, and in many different habitats; from high on mountains to the sea shore, from the driest deserts to tropical rain forest. Scorpions are really “laid back” about life and really do not believe in putting out more effort than is really necessary.Most species stay very close to their burrows(洞⽳) and some may spend as much as ninety-seven per cent of their lives inside their burrows. Some species can go as long as a year without food and some can live indefinitely without water, deriving all the moisture they need from their prey(猎物). Many scorpions are able to survive in a habitat where food is available only infrequently. Female scorpions put in a lot of effort into raising their young. The amazing thing about scorpions is that they have diversified to all these habitats with very little change. The basic body plan of scorpions is the same now as it was when they first appeared. They tend to change their habitats rather than their form in order to adapt to a new environment, which gives them something in common with humans.Scorpions sit and wait for a likely prey item to bump into them. Therefore, because of this, they have to be unselective about their food. Scorpions make use of external digestion. In other words, they spit digestive fluids onto the remains of their prey and then suck up the resulting soup. In this way, they are extremely efficient at digesting their prey. Scorpions can consume huge amounts of food at one sitting and excrete(排泄) very little in the way of waste.78. It is mentioned in the first paragraph that scorpions are really “laid back”about life,which is shown by the example that ________________________________.79. From the second paragraph, we know that scorpions “can live indefinitely without water”. Where do they get their water from then?80. Scorpions are similar to human beings in that ____________________________.81. Why do scorpions excrete very little?第II卷(共47分)I. TranslationDirections:Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in the brackets.1. 爱因斯坦认为他的成功在于好奇⼼和勤奋。

静安区2013学年第一学期高三年级模拟检测英语试卷2014. 1.第I卷（共103分）II. Grammar and VocabularySection ADirections: After reading the passages below, fill in the blanks to make the passages coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank.( A )Mother Teresa was born in Yugoslavia, on August 27, 1910. She attended the government school near her home until she was eighteen. At that time, some doctors and nurses from Yugoslavia were working in India, and they often (25)_______(write) to the school about their work. She decided to join them one day.When she left school, she first went to Britain. Then a year later she went to India, where she began(26)_______(train)to be a teacher. After training, she was sent to Calcutta, (27)_______she taught geography at a school and soon after became headmistress.However, (28)_______she loved teaching, in 1946 Mother Teresa left the school and went to work in the poor parts of Calcutta. Later she was trained to become a nurse in Patna, and then began her work helping the poor and comforting the dying in the streets of the city. Slowly, (29)_______ came to help her, and her work spread to other parts of India.Mother Teresa is now a well-known person. Many photos (30)_______ (take) of her, (31)_______ she travels around the world to open new schools and hospitals in poor countries. In 1979, she was given the Nobel Prize for the lifetime of love and service she has given to the poor.( B )On any collecting trip, obtaining the animals is, as a rule, the simplest part of the job. As soon as the local people discover that you are willing to buy live wild creatures, the stuff comes(32)_______ (pour) in; ninety percent is, of course, the more common types, but they do bring(33)_______occasional rarity. If you want the really rare stuff, you generally have to go out and find it yourself.The chief difficulty you have when you have got a newly (34)______ (catch) animal is not so much the shock it might be suffering, but the fact (35)_______being caught forces it to exist close to a creature it regards as an enemy of the (36)_______ (bad) possible sort: yourself. On many occasions an animal may take beautifully to being in a cage but (37)_______ (get) used to the idea of living with people is another matter. This is the difficulty you (38)_______only deal with by patience and kindness. For month after month an animal may try to bite you every time you approach its cage, (39)_______you despair of ever making a favorable impression on it. Then, one day, sometimes without any preliminary warning, it will trot forward and take food from your hand, or allow you to tickle it behind the ears. (40)_______ such moments you feel that all the waiting in the world was worthwhile.Section BDirections: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can onlyIn giving advice, you must learn to understand the person’s level of judgment. There will be some people who come to you with unconnected knowledge, talking about, say, Vitamin B12 and other modern__41__. When they ask advice, begin at that level. Unless you start at their own level, they will not be able to understand. You must explain to them in scientific terms the effects of the food they eat, and how they need to __42__it.You have to train yourself to be very__43__. Staying at one level is not being a free man. If we stay at a very high level all the time, that is not practical. A limitless person goes __44__from one level of thinking to another, according to his circumstances. To do this we must get rid of our unwillingness to change our way of thinking or behavior, become friends with everyone, and have the same loving feelings for everyone. Then we can give advice to all kinds of people. If there is someone or something you dislike, you are still__45__, and your ability to give advice is reduced. For anyone, the same. A free person acts like that.You cannot stay with a sick person all the time. You must __46__ a person’s freedom as much as you can. If people really want to die, let them—it is their freedom. The point is never to become an authority__47__; remain a friend or advisor. People should not come back __48__for consultation; if they do, your advice has been incomplete—you did not know how to give the __49__advice about freedom. If they do not understand that, sick people become slaves; they are still afraid inside, and are__50__. That is no way to build a healthy world and help people become happy and free.III. Reading ComprehensionSection ADirections: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.You’ve now heard it so many time, you can probably repeat it in your sleep. President Obama will no doubt __51__the point publicly when he gets to Beijing: the Chinese need to __52__more; they need—believe it or not—to become more like Americans, for the sake of the global economy.And it’s all true. __53__the other side of that equation is that the U.S. needs to save more. For the moment, American households actually are doing so. After the personal-savings rate __54__to zero in 2005, the shock of the economic __55__last year prompted people to snap __56__their wallets. In China, the household-savings rate exceeds 20%. It is partly for policy__57__. As we’ve seen, wage earners are expected to __58__not only their children but their aging parents. And there is, to date, only the flimsiest(脆弱的) of publicly-funded health care and pension systems, which increases incentives for individuals to save __59__they are working. But China is a society that has __60__esteemed personal financial prudence(谨慎). There is no __61__that will change anytime soon, even if the government creates a better social safety net andsuccessfully encourages greater consumer spending.Why does the U.S. need to learn a little frugality (节俭)? Because healthy savings rates are one of the surest indicators of a country’s long-term financial health. High savings lead, over time, to increased investment, which in turn generates productivity gains, __62__and job growth. __63__, savings are the seed corn of a good economic harvest.The U.S. government thus needs to act as well. By running __64__deficits, it is dis-saving, even as households save more. Peter Orszag, Obama’s Budget Director, __65__called the U.S. budget deficits unsustainable and he’s right. To date, the U.S. has seemed unable to see the consequences of spending so much more than is taken in. That needs to change.51. A. play B. take C. make D. give52. A. concern B. process C. promote D. consume53. A. But B. Therefore C. However D. Furthermore54. A. drained B. dipped C. discounted D. dissolved55. A. issues B. crisis C. troubles D. questions56. A. cut B. put C. shut D. get57. A. reasons B. situations C. areas D. zones58. A. take off B. break out C. make up D. care for59. A. unless B. before C. after D. while60. A. long B. short C. good D. bad61. A. doubt B. wonder C. chance D. problem62. A. condition B. action C. innovation D. location63. A. In general B. In short C. In addition D. In a sense64. A. significant B. constant C. conscious D. stable65. A. occasionally B. consequently C. recently D. accidentallySection BDirections: Read the following three passages. Each passage is followed by several questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage you have just read.(A)When people think of improving their diet, they often talk about eating more fruits and vegetables. Others want to eat more fish and less red meat, in addition to reducing the amount of food they eat. But, they can improve their diets even more with just a simple addition. American researchers have found that a diet rich in spices can help reduce the harmful effects of eating high fat meals.Pennsylvania State University Associate Professor Shiela West led an investigation of the health effects of a spice-rich diet. Her team knew that a high-fat meal produces high levels of triglycerides (甘油三脂), a kind of fat, in the blood. She said, “If this happens too frequently, or if triglyceride levels are raised too much, your risk of heart disease is increased.”As part of the study, her team prepared meals on two separate days for six men between the ages of 30 and 65. The men were overweight, but healthy. The researchers added about 30 milliliters of spices to each serving of the test meal, which included chicken curry, Italian herb bread and a cinnamon (肉桂树皮)biscuit. The meal for the control group was the same, but it did not include any spices.During the experiment, the researchers removed blood from the men every 30 minutes for three hours. They found that antioxidant activity (抗氧化活性) in the blood of the men who ate the spicy meal was 13 percent higher than it was for the men who did not. In addition, insulin (胰岛素) activity dropped by about 20 percent in the men who ate the spicy food.Shiela West says many scientists think that oxidative stress leads to heart disease. And what exactly is oxidative stress? Think of an apple that has been cut in half and set aside for half an hour or so. The cut side of the apple turns brown. That is a simple explanation of what happens when oxidative stress comes in contact with the inside and outside of our bodies.Professor West says, “Antioxidants, like spices, may be important in reducing oxidative stress and thus reducing the risk of chronic disease.” She adds that the level of spices used in the study provided the same amount of antioxidants found in 150 milliliters of red wine or about 38 grams of dark chocolate.66. What does the author advise people to do in their diets?A. Eating large amount of food.B. Eating less fruits and vegetables.C. Eating more vegetables and fish.D. Eating small amount of food with spices.67. What is the function of spices according to the passage?A. To help people lose weight.B. To cure chronic disease.C. To reduce the risk of heart disease.D. To cause oxidative stress.68. What happened to the men who ate the spicy meal according to the experiment?A. The antioxidant activity in their blood became increased.B. The insulin activity in their body became increased.C. The level of triglyceride in their blood was increased.D. The oxidative stress in their body was strengthened.69. What does Professor West show by citing the example of a half apple?A. The whole thing can be divided into two parts.B. It implies oxidative stress is harmful to our health.C. An apple is the only food that contains antioxidants.D. We can keep diseases away if we have an apple a day.( B )Which tablet computer should YOU be buying: They are this year's must have... andAimed at childrenbetween three and nine (thougha nine-year-old might find it alittle simple), it comes in pinkor blue and with five built-ineducation games (you can buy more). Besides, the LeapPad does not allow access to the internet —so it is impossible for your child to stumble across anything inappropriate.Pros: The education games are well-designed, the built-in video camera is a fun way to play at being a film director.Cons:Some of the games are shockingly expensive. And the power adaptor is not included. P.F. Productions后期制作The iPad is still themarket leader, and for goodreason. If the teenager inyour house enjoys playingcomputer games, the latestoffering from Apple is theone to choose.Pros: No other tablet can compete with the near one million ‘apps’ (the name Apple created for specially-designed downloadable programs) available for the iPad. Simple to use, even for those who usually struggle with technology.Cons: Considerably more expensive than most competitors.Best for working parentsMicrosoft Surface,£399-£559Tablets are brilliantfor leisure — but what ifyou want to do a bit of work? No tablet can yet compete with a full-size laptop computer, but this is the only tablet that allows you to use Microsoft Word, Excel and Powerpoint (they are all pre-installed and included in the price) and you can buy a pretty lovely mini- keyboard for typing letters and emails, which also doubles up as the cover.Pros:The Surface is good for watching movies — a bonus when stuck in the airport on a business trip — and surfing the internet.Con: The keyboard is an expensive add-on —costing up to £109. It might be cheaper to buy a laptop (though a tablet is much smaller and lighter). Best for bookwormsAmazon Kindle Paperwhite, £109Nearly all tablets let you download books. It's a great way to take a mountainous pile of hardbacks on holiday without stuffing yoursuitcase.But most tablets have ashiny screen —which can bevery distracting when you'retrying to read. The Paperwhiteis different: its matt screen and crisp black lettering imitate the look of words on paper brilliantly. And yet you can still read the words in the dark.Pros:Easy on the eye, excellent battery life, 180,000 free books (if you subscribe to the Amazon Prime customer loyalty service) plus hundreds of thousands more to buy.Cons:No TV, films, games, internet or camera.70. The underlined phrase ‘stumble across’ most probably means ‘___________’.A. meet withB. quarrel withC. compare withD. compete with71. Which of the following about Surface is NOT TRUE?A. The keyboard will add to the cost.B. The keyboard can serve as a cover.C. You have to pay extra to install Microsoft Word.D. You can watch movies or surf the Internet with it.72. If you are a game lover, which tablet is least likely to be your choice?A. LeapPad Explorer 2.B. iPad 4th generation.C. Microsoft Surface.D. Amazon Kindle Paper73. If you want to add something to your prepared PPT for a presentation at a meeting, whichtablet is most helpful?A. LeapPad Explorer 2.B. iPad 4th generation.C. Microsoft Surface.D. Amazon Kindle Paper.(C )We are not who we think we are.The American self-image is suffused with the golden glow of opportunity. We think of the United States as a land of unlimited possibility, not so much a classless society but as a place where class is mutable—a place where brains, energy and ambition are what counts, not the circumstances of one's birth.The Economic Mobility Project, an ambitious research initiative led by Pew Charitable Trusts, looked at the economic fortunes of a large group of families over time, comparing the income of parents in the late 1960s with the income of their children in the late 1990s and early 2000s. Here is the finding: "The 'rags to riches' story is much more common in Hollywood than on Main Street. Only 6 percent of children born to parents with family income at the very bottom move to the top.That is right, just 6 percent of children born to parents who ranked in the bottom fifth of the study sample, in terms of income, were able to bootstrap their way into the top fifth. Meanwhile, an incredible 42 percent of children born into that lowest quintile are still stuck at the bottom, having been unable to climb a single rung of the income ladder.It is noted that even in Britain-a nation we think of as burdened with a hidebound class system-children who are born poor have a better chance of moving up. When the three studies were released, most reporters focused on the finding that African-Americans born to middle-class or upper middle-class families are earning slightly less, in inflation-adjusted dollars, than did their parents.One of the studies indicates, in fact, that most of the financial gains white families have made in the past three decades can be attributed to the entry of white women into the labor force. This is much less true for African-Americans.The picture that emerges from all the quintiles, correlations and percentages is of a nation in which, overall, "the current generation of adults is better off than the previous one", as one of the studies notes.The median income of the families in the sample group was $55,600 in the late 1960s; their children's median family income was measured at $71,900. However, this rising tide has not lifted all boats equally. The rich have seen far greater income gains than have the poor.Even more troubling is that our notion of America as the land of opportunity gets little support from the data. Americans move fairly easily up and down the middle rungs of the ladder, but there is "stickiness at the ends" —four out of ten children who are born poor will remain poor, and four out often who are born rich will stay rich.74. What did the Economic Mobility Project find in its research?A. Children from low-income families are unable to bootstrap their way to the top.B. Hollywood actors and actresses are upwardly mobile from rags to riches.C. The rags to riches story is more fiction than reality.D. The rags to riches story is only true for a small minority of whites.75. It can be inferred from the undertone of the writer that America, as a classless society, should________.A. perfect its self-image as a land of opportunityB. have a higher level of upward mobility than BritainC. enable African-Americans to have exclusive access to well-paid employmentD. encourage the current generation to work as hard as the previous generation76. Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?A. The US is a land where brains, energy and ambition are what counts.B. Inequality persists between whites and blacks in financial gains.C. Middle-class families earn slightly less with inflation considered.D. Children in lowest-income families manage to climb a single rung of the ladder.77. What might be the best title for this passage?A. Social Upward Mobility.B. Incredible Income Gains.C. Inequality in Wealth.D. America Not Land of Opportunity.Section CDirections: Read the passage carefully. Then answer the questions or complete the statements in the fewest possible words.It is 2035. You have a job, a family and you are about 40 years old! Welcome to your future life.Getting ready for work, you pause in front of the mirror. “Turn red,” you say. Your shirt changes from sky blue to deep red. Tiny preprogrammed electronics are rearranged in your shirt to change its color. Looking into the mirror, you find it hard to believe you’re 40. You look much younger. With amazing progress in medicine, people in your generation may live to be 150 years old. You are not even middle-aged!As you go into the kitchen and prepare to pour your breakfast cereal into a bowl, you hear, “To lose weight, you shouldn’t eat that,” from your shoes. They read the tiny electronic code on the cereal box to find out the nutrition details. You decide to lis ten to your shoes. “Kitchen, what can I have for breakfast?” A list of possible foods appears on the counter as the kitchen checks its food supplies.“Ready for your trip to space?” you ask your son and daughter. In 2005 only specially trained astronauts went into space—and very few of them. Today anyone can go to space for day trips or longer vacations. Your best friend even works in space. Handing your children three strawberries each, you add, “The doctor said you need these for space travel.” Thanks to medical progress, vaccination shots (防疫针) are a thing of the past. Ordinary foods contain the vaccines. With the strawberries in their mouths, the kids head for the front door.It’s time for you to go to work. Your car checks your fingerprints and unlocks the doors. “My office, Autopilot,” you order. Your car drives itself down the road and moves smoothly into traffic on the highway. You sit back and unroll your e-newspaper. The latest news downloads and fills the viewer. Looking through the pages, you watch the news as video film rather than read it. (Notes: Answer the questions or complete the statements in NO MORE THAN TWELVEWORDS.)78. What changes the color of your shirt?79. T he shoes know that you shouldn’t eat the breakfast cereal by__________.80. What do the strawberries the children eat serve as?81. In the future, when you look through the pages in the e-newspapers, ___________.第II卷（共47分）I. TranslationDirections: Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in the brackets.1. 这份工作这么难, 没几个人能胜任。

上海市闵行区六校联考2024-2025学年高一上学期10月期中英语试题一、听力选择题1．A．$30.B．$27.C．$20.D．$10.2．A．He may feel better soon.B．He doesn’t like to take pills.C．He may not be able to wake up on time.D．He may want to take the pills without food. 3．A．Post her the paper after the deadline.B．Hand in a handwritten draft of the paper.C．Attend a conference with her two weeks later.D．Complete the course without handing in the paper.4．A．Lose some weight.B．Shop for new clothes.C．Have his jeans altered.D．Wear clothes that fit better.5．A．Sharpen the man’s pencil.B．Ask the model to move his arm.C．Give the man a new sheet of paper.D．Show the man a drawing technique.6．A．Disappointed.B．Curious.C．Satisfied.D．Casual.7．A．He’d like some help at the baggage counter.B．He doesn’t know the woman ahead of him.C．He was permitted to carry one extra bag.D．He is carrying someone else’s suitcase.8．A．Some of her colleagues may not take part in the program.B．A few of them are allowed to participate in the training.C．All her colleagues have agreed to go for the program.D．Employees are all required to receive the training.9．A．She would rather take a direct train.B．It doesn’t take long to get to Chongqing.C．She doesn’t care how long the trip takes.D．Taking an airplane might be more practical.10．A．If he has more than a dollar.B．If he makes a phone call first.C．If he finds the change machine.D．If he buys something from her.听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。

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2014学年度第二学期第一次平时质量监测八年级英语试卷Part 1 Listening （第一部分听力25分）A．Listen to the sentence and choose the right picture(听句子，选出内容相符合的图片）6%A. B. C. D.E. F. G. H.1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6_________ B．Listen to the dialogue and choose the best answer to the question you hear.(根据你听到的对话和问题，选出最恰当的答案）7%7. A. Rainy B. Sunny C.Cloudy D .Windy8. A. Tom B. Tim C. Mr. Brown D. Mrs. Brown9. A. 10 dollars B. 30 dollars C. 40 dollars D. 50 dollars10. A. To see a film B. To watch TV C. To walk in the park D. To stay at home11. A. Because the new house is much bigger than the old one.B. Because the new house is more expensive than the old one.C. Because there will be one more bathroom.D. Because the old house is too old.12. A. For three days B. For three months C. For three weeks D. For three years13. A. In the classroom B. In the library. C. In the hospital D. In the office C．Listen to the passage and tell whether the following statements are true or false.(判断下列句子是否符合你听到的短文内容，符合的用“T”表示，不符合的用“F”表示。

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徐汇、金山、松江区2014年高三英语模拟练习II. Grammar and VocabularySection ADirections: After reading the passages below, fill in the blanks to make the passages coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank.(A)The California state assembly recently approved the so-called Paris Hilton bill, which prevents dogs 25______ occupying the driver‟s seat in a moving vehicle. The bill passed 26______ Democrats wanted to make an example of Miss Hilton. They think she is a “little rich girl” who always gets her way; plus, her daddy is a big contributor to the Republican Party. “The judge 27______ have put her in jail for four m onths,” said one Democrat when Paris got only a four-day jail sentence for driving while drunk.28______ (drive) around town with her little dog Lovey hanging out the driver's window, Paris is a familiar sight throughout Los Angeles. Pictures of her and Lovey are common in newspapers and magazines.“That dog is a deadly threat to everyone on the streets and the sidewalks,” said assembly leader Fabian Nunez. “We wrote this bill to protect the public. There‟s no telling 29______ the dog might cause her to drive into a crowd of pedestrians. 30______ Paris wants to be with her dog, let her chauffeur do the driving. The state assembly is responsible for protecting people, and we take that responsibility seriously.”The assembly bill passed by a vote of 44 to 11. The state senate(参议院) 31______(expect) to approve the bill, and Governor Schwarzenegger has promised to sign it. “I love dogs,” he said, “but when it comes to 32______ (protect) the people of California, dogs will have to take a back seat.”The eleven assembly members who objected to the bill were all Republicans. “While Californians,” said Republican Tom Ridge, “are being attacked daily by murderers, rapists, and muggers, who do the Democrats protect citizens from—a 33______ (spoil) little girl and her dog!”(B)He almost killed somebody, but one minute changed his life. This beautiful story comes from Sherman Rogers‟ book,Foremen: Leaders or Drivers?In his true-life story, Rogers illustrates the importance of effective relationships. During his college years, Rogers spent 34______ summer in an Idaho(爱达荷州) logging camp. When the superintendent had to leave for a few days, he put Rogers in charge.“35______ if the men refuse to follow my orders?” Rogers asked. He thought of Tony, an immigrant worker who roared all day, giving the other men a hard time. “Fire them,” the superintendent said. Then, as if 36______ (read) Roger‟s mind, he added, “I suppose you think you are going to fire Tony if you get the chance. I‟d feel badly about that. I have been logging for 40 years. Tony is the most reliable worker I‟ve ever had. I know he hates everybody and everything. But he comes in first and leaves last. There has not been an accident for eight years on the hill 37______ he works.”Rogers took over the next day. He went to Tony and spoke to him.“Tony, do you know I‟m in charge here today?” Tony grunted（发哼声）. “I was going to fire you the first time we fought, but I want you to know I‟m not,” he told Tony, adding what the superintendent 38______ (say).When he finished, Tony dropped the shovelful of sand he had held and tears streamed down his face.“Why he no tell me dat eight years ago?”That day Tony worked harder than ever before --- and he smiled! He later said to Rogers, “My first foreman who ever say, …Good work, Tony‟ and it made me feel likeChristmas.”Rogers went back to school after that summer. Twelve years later he met Tony again who was now superintendent for railroad construction for one of 39______ (large) logging companies in the West. Rogers asked him how he came to California and happened to have such success.Tony replied, “If it not be for the one minute you talk to me back in Idaho, I keel somebody someday. One minute change my whole life.”Effective managers know the importance of taking a moment to point out 40______ a worker is doing well. But what a difference a minute of affirmation can make in any relationship!Section BDirections: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.Telling Tales“Here‟s a nice bit of gossip!” Do I have your attention? Probably.We listen, but 41______ we often feel terrible with ourselves. That‟s the problem with gossip: it‟s something that as a social species we are primed to enjoy, but it can also be 42______ and harmful.Not all gossip is bad. Small talk establishes relationships and 43______ the other person that our intentions are friendly. So gossip, in the sense of exchanging bits and pieces of news about ourselves and others, can be perfectly 44______. If I say to you, “Let‟s meet for coffee and have a bit of a gossip,” I‟m inviting you to a social 45______ in which two people chew the fat. There is nothing wrong with that: life would be very dull if we were unable to talk about what goes on around us.But it‟s not that simple. If we say that somebody is a gossip, we do not mean that he or she enjoys gentle social chat: it carries a crueler 46______. A true gossip enjoysspreading stories about other people --- stories in which others do not usually come out 47______. The gossip is one who spreads bad gossip; good gossip is still fine, but it‟s not what gossips spread. The distinction between good and bad gossip is not always clear. It would be easy if we could 48______ the two by saying that bad gossip is just about people; but innocent gossip may be about people too. The best way to tell the difference is to look at the intention behind the remarks. Bad gossip 49______ itself in its desire to make the 50______ of the story look foolish. It also intrudes on their privacy. So we all know the difference.Now then, did you hear about ...III. Reading ComprehensionSection ADirections: For each blank in the following passages there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.“What are you going to be when you grow up?” is a question that you may have been asked. You may not even know there are a variety of geography-related jobs.The Association of American Geographers lists nearly 150 different geography jobs. So, if you areinterested in people, places, and environments, consider a job in geography. Your work will not be limited to maps—it might range from 51 data to planning projects, or making decisions about the environment.Processing Geographic DataA geographer‟s main activity is ana lyzing geographic information to answer geographic questions. Jobs processing geographic data begin, of course, with collecting the information. One on-the-ground job in data collection is that of a surveyor. Surveyors 52 and measure the land directly. They may markboundaries, study the shape of the land, or even help find sewer(下水道) and water systems beneath the Earth. High-tech information-gathering jobs include working with Geographic Information Systems (GIS) data. Some examples of these jobs include remote sensing specialists and GIS analysts. Data analysis jobs require the ability to think 53 , high-level computer skills, and a college education.Once data have been processed, a geographer may study the information to use in planning projects such as a new urban area, a(n) 54 evacuation(撤退) plan, or the placement of a new highway. Planners can also help determine how to make a neighborhood a better place to live. These jobs, too, require good critical thinking, writing, and computer skills, as well as a college education. Planners are 55 to the success of a community.Advising Businesses and GovernmentAbout half of jobs using geography are in business and government. All kinds of businesses use geographic information to help build and 56 their operations.A location analyst studies an area to find the best location for a client. The client might be a large retail store chain that wants to know which location would be best for opening a new store. The location analyst can study GIS reports on such elements as transportation networks or population in an area and give the business owners the positive and 57 points about a location being considered.In 1967, the Mexican government was looking for a location to create a new international tourist resort. They used location analysts to find an area that had good beaches and was easy to reach from the United States. The 58 was Cancún, today one of the world‟s most desirable vacation sites.Businesses connected with natural 59 such as forests also rely on geographers. Geographers help them understand the relationship between their business and the environment where their business is located.In 1967, Cancún was a small island on Mexico‟s Caribbean coast. It had white sand beaches, many birds and mangrove(红树) trees, but few people. After it wasselected as a resort site, it was quickly 60 . Today, Cancún has more than 100 hotels and 500,000 permanent residents. Many work in the tourist industry that serves the millions of visitors who come each year from all over the world.Physical and Human GeographyPhysical geographers are sometimes called earth scientists. Some study such topics as geomorphology (地形学), that is, the study of how the shape of the Earth 61 . Others study weather and climate. Still others study water, the oceans, soils, or ecology. Jobs in these fields require 62 scientific training.Some geographers study economic, political, and 63 issues as they relate to place or region. Human geographers are usually hired by government agencies to analyze a specific problem. These geographers work 64 with political scientists, economists, and sociologists.Together, they provide possible solutions to problems from many different aspects of life in an area. And, of course, geographers teach the subject at all levels of 65 , from elementary schools to universities. But no matter what geography jobs people might hold, they are always trying to answer the basic geographic questions: “Where are things located?” and “Why are they there?”( ) 51. A. performing B. analyzing C. appreciating D. downloading( ) 52. A. map B. mine C. shape D. honour( ) 53. A. creatively B. critically C. wildly D. moderately( ) 54. A. disaster B. radioactivity C. excursion D. vacation( ) 55. A. qualified B. determined C. valuable D. feasible( ) 56. A. survive B. expand C. manage D. boom( ) 57. A. negative B. effective C. depressive D. profitable( ) 58. A. scenery B. destination C. result D. foundation( ) 59. A. potentials B. histories C. resources D. sciences ( ) 60. A. specialized B. polluted C. governed D. transformed( ) 61. A. proceeds B. stretches C. extends D. changes( ) 62. A. peculiar B. special C. reasonable D. enthusiastic( ) 63. A. psychological B. contemporary C. religious D. social ( ) 64. A. closely B. peacefully C. loyally D. sensitively( ) 65. A. demonstration B. revolution C. examination D. educationSection BDirections: Read the following passages. Each passage is followed by several questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage you have just read.(A)The Dangers of DietingThanks to our modern lifestyle, with more and more time spent sitting down in front of computers than ever before, the number of overweight people is at a new high. As people crazily search for a solution to this problem, they often try some of thepopular fad(时尚) diets being offered. Many people see fad diets as harmless ways of losing weight, and they are grateful to have them. Unfortunately, not only don‟t fad diets usually do the trick, but they can actually be dangerous for your health.Although permanent weight loss is the goal, few are able to achieve it. Experts estimate that 95 percent of dieters return to their starting weight, or even add weight. While the irresponsible or unwise use of fad diets can bring some initial results, long-term results are very rare.Nonetheless, people who are bored with the difficulties of changing their eating habits often turn to fad diets. Rather than being moderate, fad diets involve extreme dietary changes. They advise eating only one type of food, or they prohibit other types of foods entirely. This results in a situation where a person‟s body doesn‟t get all the vitamins and other things that it needs to stay healthy.One popular fad diet recommends eating lots of meat and animal products, while nearly eliminating carbohydrates（碳水化合物）. A scientific study from Britain found that this diet is very high in fat. According to the study, the increase of damaging fats in the blood can lead to heart disease and, in extreme cases, kidney failure. Furthermore, diets that are too low in carbohydrates can cause the body to use its own muscle for energy. The less muscle you have, the less food you use up, and the result is slower weight loss.Veteran(老兵) dieters may well ask at this point, “What is the ideal diet?” Well, to some extent, itdepends on the individual. A United States government agency has determined that to change your eating habits requires changing your psychology of eating, and everyone has a different psychology. That being said, the British study quoted above recommends a diet that is high in carbohydrates and high in fiber, with portions of fatty foods kept low. According to the study, such a diet is the best for people who want to stay healthy, lose weight, and keep that weight off. And, any dieting program is best under taken with a doctor‟s supervision.( ) 66. After losing weight by dieting, what usually happens to people?A. They have kidney failure.B. They gain the weight back again.C. They keep the weight off.D. They have less muscle.( ) 67. Which of the following best expresses the essential information in paragraph 3?A. Bored people turn to fad diets, which, being too extreme, don‟t give the body everything it needs.B. People are bored with fad diets and turn to diets which provide what the body needs.C. People prefer fad dieting to moderate dieting because it requires fewer foods to give the body what it needs.D. Fad diets give boring people the moderate dietary changes they need to get all the required vitamins.( ) 68. Which is not mentioned as an effect of the meat and animal product diet?A. Heart disease.B. Slower weight loss.C. Psychological changes.D. Kidney failure.( ) 69. According to the passage, why does the ideal diet depend on the individual?A. The less muscle you have, the less food you use up.B. Everyone can gain the weight back.C. Everyone has a different psychology.D. Everyone likes different foods.(B)Charlie Bell became chief executive of McDonald‟s in April. Within a month doctors told him that hehad colorectal cancer. After stock market hours on November 22nd, the fast-food firm said he had resigned; it would need a third boss in under a year. Yet when themarket opened, its share price barely dipped then edged higher. After all, McDonald‟s had, again, shown how to act swiftly and decisively in appointing a new boss.Mr. Bell himself got the top job when Jim Cantalupo died of a heart attack hours before he was due to address a convention of McDonald‟s franchisees(获特许经营联营店者). Mr. Cantalupo was a McDonald‟s veteran brought out of retirement in January 2003 to help remodel the firm after sales began falling because of dirty restaurants, indifferent service and growing concern about junk food. He devised a recovery plan, backed by massive marketing, and promoted Mr. Bell to chief operating officer. When Mr. Cantalupo died, a rapidly convened(召集) board confirmed Mr. Bell, a 44-year-old Australian already widely seen as his heir apparent, in the top job. The convention got its promised chief executive‟s address, from the firm‟s first non-American leader.Yet within weeks executives had to think about what to do if Mr. Bell became too ill to continue. Perhaps Mr. Bell had the same thing on his mind: he usually introduced Jim Skinner, the 60-year-old vice-chairman, to visitors as the “steady hand at the wheel”. Now Mr. Skinner, an expert on the firm‟s overseas operations, becomes chief executive, and Mike Roberts, head of its American operations, joins the board as chief operating officer.Is Mr. Roberts now the new heir apparent? Maybe. McDonald‟s has brought in supposedly healthier choices such as salads and toasted sandwiches worldwide and, instead of relying for most of its growth on opening new restaurants, has turned to upgrading its 31,000 existing ones. America has done best at this; under Mr. Roberts, like-for-like sales there were up by 7. 5% in October on a year earlier.The new team‟s task is to keep the revitalization plan on course, especially overseas, where some American brands are said to face political hostility from consumers. This is a big challenge. Is an in-house succession(交替、继承) the best way to tackle it? Mr. Skinner and Mr. Roberts are both company veterans, having joined in the 1970s. Some recent academic studies find that the planned succession of a new boss from within, such as Mr. Bell and now (arguably) Mr. Roberts, producesbetter results than looking hastily, or outside, for one. McDonald‟s smooth handling of its serial misfortunes at the top certainly seems to prove the point. Even so, everyone at McDonald‟s must be hoping that it will be a long time before the firm faces yet another such emergency.( ) 70. The main reason for the constant change at the top of McDonald is _______.A. the constant change of its share priceB. the board‟s failure to reach an agreementC. the falling salesD. the physical problems of the chief executives( ) 71. The underlined phrase “heir apparent” (in Paragraph 2) in the article most probably means someone who _______.A. has the same ideas, aims and style with a personB. has the same right to receive the family titleC. is appointed as an executive of a companyD. is likely to take over a person‟s position when that person leaves( ) 72. Which of the following was NOT a cause of the falling sales of McDonald?A. The change of the chief executive.B. People‟s concern about junk fo od.C. Dirty restaurant.D. Indifferent service.( ) 73. In terms of succession at the top, McDonald_______.A. has had to made rather hasty decisionsB. prefers to appoint a new boss from withinC. acts in a quick and unreasonable wayD. surprises all the people with its decisions(C)It is evident that there is a close connection between the capacity to use languageand the capacities covered by the verb “to think”. Indeed, some writers have identified thinking with using words: Plato coined the saying, “In thinking the soul is talking to itself”; J. B. Watson reduced thinking to inhibited(拘谨的) speech located in the minute(微小的) movements or tensions of the physiological mechanisms involved in speaking; and although Ryle is careful to point out that there are many senses in which a person is said to think and in which words are not in evidence, he has also said that saying something in a specific frame ofmind is thinking a thought.Is thinking reducible to, or dependent upon, language habits? It would seem that many thinking situations are hardly distinguishable from the skillful use of language, although there are some others in which language is not involved. Thought cannot be simply identified with using language. It may be the case, of course, that the non-linguistic skills involved in thought can only be acquired and developed if the learner is able to use and understand language. However, this question is one which we cannot hope to answer in this book. Obviously being able to use language makes fo r a considerable development in all one‟s capacities but how precisely this comes about we cannot say.At the common-sense level it appears that there is often a distinction between thought and the words we employ to communicate with other people. We often have to struggle hard to find words to capture what our thinking has already grasped, and when we do find words we sometimes feel that they fail to do their job properly. Again when we report or describe our thinking to other people we do not merely report unspoken words and sentences. Such sentences do not always occur in thinking, and when they do they are merged with vague imagery and the hint of unconscious or subliminal（潜意识）activities going on just out of rage. Thinking, as it happens, is more like struggling, striving, or searching for something than it is like talking or reading.Again the study of speech disorders due to brain injury disease suggests thatpatients can think without having adequate control over their language. Some patients, for example, fail to find the names of objects presented to them and are unable to describe simple events which they witness; they even find it difficult to interpret long written notices. But they succeed in playing games of chess or draughts. They can use the concepts needed for chess playing or draught playing but are unable to use many of the concepts in ordinary language. How they manage to do this we do not know. Presumably human beings have various capacities for thinking situations which are likewise independent of language.( ) 74. According to the theory of "thought" devised by J. B. Watson, thinking is_______.A. talking to the soulB. concealed speechC. speaking nonverballyD. a non-linguistic behavior( ) 75. What does the author think about the relationship between language and thinking?A. The ability to use language enhances one‟s capacity of thinking.B. Words and thinking match more often than not.C. Thinking never goes without language.D. Language and thinking are generally distinguishable.( ) 76. According to the author, when we intend to describe our thoughts, we______.A. merely report internal speechB. have to search for proper words in the way we readC. are overwhelmed with vague imageryD. sometimes are not able to find appropriate words( ) 77. Why are patients with speech disorders able to think without having adequate control of language?A. They use different concepts.B. They do not think linguistically.C. It still remains an unsolved mystery.D. Thinking is independent of language.Section CDirections: Read the passage carefully. Then answer the questions or complete the statements in the fewest possible words.Space Travel and Science FictionSpace travel and science fiction have long been connected. Early science fiction writers such as Jules Verne inspired scientists and engineers to develop new space technologies. Writers of science fiction, as well as creators of science fiction TV shows and movies, often study the latest scientific concepts and use or adapt them to help expose what future space travel, space ships, and space stations might look like. And while many of their predictions have come true, many others have not.Jules Verne (1828-1905) was a French author. He was a pioneer of science fiction. In his novels From the Earth to the Moon (1865) and Around the Moon (1870), a kind of space ship is fired from a 900-foot-long cannon(大炮) at the moon. On their journey, the three travelers are deprived of gravity at one point and float around their small ship. When landing on the moon, rockets are used to slow the ship down.Given the year in which he was writing, Verne‟s predictions we re very good. The size of his space ship is about the size of the first one to go to the moon, the Apollo, minus its large rockets. Both Verne‟s ship and the Apollo carried three people into space. Furthermore, rockets were indeed used by the Apollo to slow its descent. However, Verne‟s ship, by analogy(相似) with a gun, shot his travelers into space, which never could have worked. The intense pressure of such an event would cause great physiological damage to the crew.During the first half of the 20th century, science fiction novels and comic bookswere widely distributed in the United States. Their portrayal(描写) of space travel was less far-fetched than Verne‟s. Pictures began showing astronauts in space suits, as writers realized that exposure of human beings to space was deadly. Ideas of other planets were still often wrong, though. A 1928 drawing of the surface of a moon of the planet Jupiter shows it covered in plant life. Only later was it discovered that other than Earth, the planets and moons around our sun are without life as we know it. Drawings in the early 20th century showed very large space ships and stations. They were like floating cities. Writers at the time knew that trips to other stars would take hundreds of years. Those who left Earth would die on the journey; their descendants would arrive. Some writers avoided this problem by using the concept of suspended animation—a deep sleep in which a person doesn't grow older. Such travelers would awaken at the end of their journey, hundreds of years in the future. It is not impossible that these ideas could become reality one day.After the American space program had begun, the television show Star Trek became very popular. It follows the adventures of a large space ship with over 400 crew members that flies around the universe at speeds faster than light. This is a wonderful dream, but it will probably never come to fulfillment. The laws of physics tell us that it is quite impossible for any object to travel faster than the speed of light.It‟s clear to see that science fiction has progressed alon g with science and technology. Science fiction writers continue to study scientific concepts and to use them to portray the future. Looking back at their ideas, some were correct and cannot be distinguished from today‟s reality; many others were nothing bu t fiction. But, they have always inspired new generations of humans to dream of someday going into space.78. According to the passage, what did early science fiction writers do to help reveal what future space travel might look like?79. If the modern spaceship were shot into space by analogy with a gun, theastronauts in it would ___________________________.80. The space travelers in early science fictions didn‟t wear space suits, because___________________________________________________.81. According to the passage, suspended animation was a concept used in science fiction to _.(Note: Answer the questions or complete the statements in No More Than Twelve Words.)第II 卷I. TranslationDirections: Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in the brackets.1.20世纪末电子产品发生了巨大的变化。

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第一部分必须用2B 铅笔作答；第二部分必须用黑色字迹的签字笔作答。

3．考试结束后，考生须将试卷和答题卡放在桌面上，待监考员收回。

第一部分（共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）1．We packed all the hooks in wooden boxes so that they damaged.A．don’t g et B．won’t getC．didn’t get D．wouldn’t get2．—How was your job interview?—Very successful. I ________ my homework about the company, you know.A．had done B．have doneC．did D．was doing3．The problem _______he will have his college education at home or abroad remains untouched.A．how B．whether C．that D．when4．Someone is ringing the doorbell. Go and see ____.A．who is he B．who he isC．who is it D．who it is5．Try to be independent, for your parents can't do ________ for you all your life.A．something B．nothingC．everything D．anything6．—What do you think of the movie last night?—When I got there it _______, so I only watched the end.A．finished B．had finishedC．was finishing D．has finished7．A large number of excellent films ______ all over the world over the past decades.A．have produced B．have been producedC．were produced D．produced8．The Chinese people are kind and caring. If not, I _____ in China in the past 30 years.A．didn’t stay B．hadn’t stayedC．couldn’t stay D．couldn’t have stayed9．Come off it! Oversleeping is as lame an excuse as other.A．one B．eachC．some D．any10．Y our letter will get attention! They know you’re expecting the answer.A．careful B．common C．instant D．general11．I regret not having taken your advice. Otherwise I ________ this mistake at the moment.A．didn’t make B．wouldn’t makeC．hadn’t make D．wouldn’t have made12．— I like your new shoes!— Thanks. I had to try on almost a dozen pairs _________ I decided to get them.A．as B．whenC．after D．before13．When it comes to in public, no one can match him.A．speak B．speaking C．being spoken D．be spoken14．The Lifelong Learning Programme ________ to enable people to take part in learning experiences has taken off across Europe.A．having been designed B．being designedC．designed D．designing15．Keeping a regular sleep schedule is important for setting a baby's body clock,_______researchers note should be in place by about 4 months of age.A．whose B．which C．when D．where16．I will be surprised if you can get Calvin, who is a close-fisted man, these donation draw tickets from you. A．buy B．buyingC．buys D．to buy17．— The movie Lalaland is awesome. It’s really a pity that you didn’t make it.— Sorry, I ________. I was too busy then.A．didn’t B．didC．wouldn’t D．would18．Wechat intends to radically change the way ______ people use mobilephones.A．/ B．which C．why D．who19．Kimberly ______ an article, so don’t disturb her.A．would write B．writes C．wrote D．is writing20．She has expressed her hope ______ the foreign students will spread the good will and sincerity of the Chinese people to other parts of the world.A．that B．whichC．whether D．what第二部分阅读理解（满分40分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

上海市国际部第一学期期中考试高一英语卷I. Listening comprehension 30%II. Grammar and vocabulary 20%Directions: Beneath each of the following sentences there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one answer that best completes the sentence.1. --- Will you attend the ceremony tomorrow?--- What ceremony? I _________ informed of anything about it.A. wasn’tB. haven’t beenC. hadn’t beenD. won’t be2. No conclusion _________ about whether to tear down the old buildings for a theme park until several discussions have been made.A. will be reachedB. is reachedC. is being reachedD. had been reached3. Some 350,000 people have reportedly been left homeless and are staying in shelters, anxiously _________ news of friends and relatives.A. awaitB. awaitingC. awaitedD. having awaited4. As we all know, the start of a new year is the perfect time to think about _________ you want to accomplish.A. thatB. whichC. whatD. how5. She began spending much of her time at hotels and even on streets, _________ people to try her products.A. encouragedB. encouragingC. having encouragedD. had encouraged6. Finally, the thief handed everything _________ he had stolen to the police.A. whichB. whatC. whateverD. that7. Many people who had seen the film were afraid to go to the forest when they remembered the scenes _________ people were eaten by the tiger.A. thatB. by whichC. whichD. in which8. Can you tell me the name of the factory _________ you visited last week?A. whatB. whereC. /D. when9. My teacher is a strong-minded lady who is always bearing her _________ bravely.A. comfortsB. disasterC. sufferingD. anger10. His excellent speech eventually drew the prolonged _________.A. disapprovalB. admissionC. recognitionD. applause11. He is quite good at trading with westerners for his business became _________ last year.A. reasonableB. profitableC. fashionableD. sensible12. _________ and happy, Tony stood up and accepted the gifts.A. SurprisingB. SurprisedC. Being surprisedD. To be surprised13. This faulty connection is the _________ of the engine trouble.A. sourceB. resourceC. basisD. foundation14. The Foreign Minister said that he would never forget the state _________ given to him the first day he arrived in China.A. banquetB. dinnerC. foodD. meal15. Teachers cannot _________ eating on the class any longer, why must you eat something in class?A. acceptB. tolerateC. receiveD. acquire16. There comes a time in every man’s life _________.A. then he has to thinkB. which he needsC. when he has to thinkD. therefore he has to work hard17. _________ on a clear day far from the city crowds, the mountains give him a sense of infinite peace.A. WalkingB. When one is walkingC. If walkingD. When walking18. After _________ for the job, you will be required to take a language test.A. being interviewedB. interviewedC. interviewingD. having interviewed19. --- Who are those people walking along the street with banners?--- A group _________ the League for Global Environment Protection.A. callingB. calledC. called itselfD. is called20. He claimed _________ in the supermarket when he was doing shopping yesterday.A. being badly treatedB. to be treated badlyC. treating badlyD. to have been treated badlyIII. Reading comprehension 30%Directions: Read the following passages. Each passage is followed by several questions or unfinished statement. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage you have just read.(A)Top 5 English Learner DictionariesBilingual dictionaries are great. English learner dictionaries are better! These dictionaries have been designed with English learners in mind, and as such provide extra learning tools for pronunciation, verb types, basic grammar structures, and more. These dictionaries are also designed with standard test syllabi in mind so that learners are guided towards the TOEFL, IELTS or any of the Cambridge Suite of Exams (PET, KET, FCE, CAE and Proficiency).(1) Longman Learner's Dictionary of American EnglishLongman is the very best for students learning English to study, live and work in North America. This dictionary provides lots of handy reference materials, special in-depth looks at issues such as idioms, phrasal verbs and more.(2) American Heritage Dictionary for Learners of EnglishThe American Heritage Dictionary for Learners of English is especially designed to suit the needs of ESL students. With an up-to-date word list and definitions adapted from The American Heritage Dictionary databases, abundant sample sentences and phrases, and an easy-to-use alphabetic pronunciation system all provide an excellent learning tool.(3) Cambridge Advanced Learner's DictionaryThe standard in British English, the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary provides the ideal tool for English learners who wish to take any of the Cambridge advanced exams (FCE, CAE and Proficiency). Dictionary includes a learning CD-ROM with helpful resources and exercises. (4) Oxford Elementary Learner's Dictionary of EnglishFor lower level learners, the Oxford Elementary Learner's Dictionary of English provides key English learning resources especially suited for British English classes.(5) Oxford Advanced Learner's DictionaryOxford's Advanced Learner's Dictionary is suited to advanced level learners of British English. Unlike most North American resources, Oxford does a great job of providing comparisons between standard North American and British English. This dictionary is excellent for those who wish to study English as a global language.1. Which dictionary can better help you to find out the differences between American English and British English?A. American Heritage Dictionary for Learners of EnglishB. Longman Learner's Dictionary of American EnglishC. Oxford Advanced Learner's DictionaryD. Oxford Elementary Learner's Dictionary of English2. Which dictionary should you choose if you’re learning English to move to the USA?A. American Heritage Dictionary for Learners of EnglishB. Longman Learner's Dictionary of American EnglishC. Cambridge Advanced Learner's DictionaryD. Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary3. To learn some customs about the English-speaking countries, you may go to ____________ for help.A. American Heritage Dictionary for Learners of EnglishB. Longman Learner's Dictionary of American EnglishC. Oxford Advanced Learner's DictionaryD. Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary4. In what does the author suggest a learner’s dictionary is better than a bilingual dictionary?A. It is designed with the learners in mind.B. It helps the learners with their pronunciation.C. It helps the learners with their grammar and the verb types.D. It helps the learners with various tests like TOEFL, IELTS, etc.5. What kind of reader is this passage intended for?A. Teachers to recommend dictionaries to their students.B. Students preparing for TOEFL and IELTS, etc.C. People learning English as a native language.D. People learning English as a second language.(B)Around the world more and more people are taking part in dangerous sports and activities. Of course, there have always been people who have looked for adventure --- those who have climbed the highest mountains, traveled into unknown parts of the world or sailed in small boats across the greatest oceans. Now, however, there are people who look for an immediate excitement for a risky activity which may only last a few minutes or even seconds.I would consider bungee jumping to be a good example of such an activity. You jump from a high place (perhaps a bridge or a hot-air balloon) 200 meters above the ground with an elastic rope tied to your ankles. You fall at up to 150 kilometers an hour until the rope stops you from hitting the ground. Other activities which most people would say are as risky as bungee jumping include jumping from tall buildings and diving into the sea from the top of high cliffs.Why do people take part in such activities as these? Some psychologists suggest that it is becauselife in modern societies has become safe a nd boring. Not very long ago, people’s lives were constantly in danger. They had to go out and hunt for food; diseases could not easily be cured; and life was a continuous battle for survival.Nowadays, according to many people, life offers little excitement. They live and work in comparatively safe condition, they buy food in shops; and there are doctors and hospitals to look after them if they become ill. The answer for some of these people is to look for danger in activities such as bungee jumping.1. A suitable title for the text is _______________.A. Dangerous Sports: What and WhyB. The Boredom of Modern LifeC. Bungee jumping: Is It Really Dangerous?D. The Need for Excitement2. More and more people today ________________.A. are trying activities such as bungee jumpingB. are climbing the highest mountainsC. are coming close to death in sportsD. are looking for adventures such as exploring into unknown places3. In bungee jumping, you _________________.A. jump as high as you canB. slide down a rope to the groundC. attach yourself to a rope and fall to the groundD. fall towards the ground without a rope4. People probably take part in dangerous sports nowadays probably because ____________________.A. they have a lot of free timeB. they can go to hospital when they are injuredC. their lives are short of excitementD. they no longer need to hunt for food5. The writer of the text has a ____________ attitude towards dangerous sports.A. positiveB. negativeC. neutralD. nervousIV. Fill in the blanks by using the proper verbs: 10%1. I ______________ (play) the piano when you come here this time tomorrow.2. Flight 105 ______________(leave) at 7 a.m. at the airport.3. Thank goodness, we ______________(arrive) safely!4. Mr. Pitt just telephoned to say that he ______________(not come) until Saturday night.5. The shop ______________(close) in ten minutes’ time, you’d better hurry.6. The clerk put the parcel on the scales to find out how much it ______________.(weigh)7. It was not until then that I came to know that knowledge ______________(come) only from practice.8. The manager entered the office and was happy to learn that four-fifths of the tickets ______________(book).9. During the war he fought bravely and ______________(wound) several times.10. It was said that he ______________(write) an English novel last year, but I’m not sure whether he has finished it.V. Fill in the blanks by using the proper relative pronouns and relative adverbs: 10%which, that, who, whom, where, when, why, whose1. Mitchell Joachim, an architect from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, pictures a day ___________ homes will be created from living trees.2. Write down your short-term and long-term goals and put them up ___________ you can see them every day.3. Just like a voyage at sea, our life journey, ___________ days are limited, is full of difficulties.4. The film brought the time back to me ___________ I used to wait for the ice cream truck to come by.5. The weather turned out to be very good, ___________ was more than we could expect.6. Mr. Green drove his car slowly until it came to the freeway ___________ the speed limit was 60 miles an hour.7. Last week, only two people came to look at the house, neither of ___________ seemed interested in it.8. He must be from Africa, ___________ can be seen from his skin.9. The reason ___________ I write to you is to tell you about my new friend Henry.10. Have you ever asked him the reason ___________ may explain his absence?特殊句型及其他一、强调句（一）强调句句型1、陈述句的强调句型：It is/ was + 被强调部分（通常是主语、宾语或状语）+ that/ who （当强调主语且主语指人）+ 其它部分。

周末卷6请用适当的连词填空1. A good storyteller must be able to hold his listeners’ curiosity _______ he reaches the end of the story. until2. That was really a splendid evening. It’s years ______ I enjoyed myself so much. since3. Scientists say it may be five or ten years ______ it is possible to test this medicine on human patients. before4. ______ the term is finished, I’m going to rest a few days and then take a trip.Now that Since5. Most scientists are strongly opposed to opening up the resources there ______ the results could be so serious to the environment. when6. There is little hope that you’ll get the job ______ you have five years’ teaching experience. unless7. In most cases, ______a passenger has his ticket and manages to catch his train, he can reach his destination more comfortably than if he had to drive himself. once8. ______ you promise to come to my house warming party, I don’t min d what time tomorrow you arrive at my place. So long as9. Y ou’d better take something to read when you go to see the doctor ______ you have to wait. in case10. ______ some social science majors find it difficult to find a job, they don’t regret their choice of study. Although While11. All children should have an equal opportunity for education, _________ their ability. whatever12. ______ you look at it, the fast, exciting pace of life in New Y ork city is fascinating and will continue to fascinate more and more people. However13._______ the company sees it, the more use of the Internet the greater demand for printers. As14. Y ou should be firm ______ you think yourself to be right. where15.A laptop computer can connect people to their workplace and allow them to do their work______they want. Wherever16. After the terrible air crash, the few survivors happened to arrive at _______ later proved an isolated island. what17. I’m going to walk home now and reflect on ______ I have gone wrong all these years. whereSection A（A）The traditional American family is a “nuclear family”. A nuclear family refers to a husband and wife and their children. The average American family today has two or three children ( and maybe a few pets). In some cultures, people live close to their (25)_______( extend)family. Several generations may even live together. In America, only in a few cases (26)_______more than one household live under one roof.American values receive a warm welcome in the home. Many homes (27)_______( run) like a democracy. Each family can have (28)______ say(发言权). A sense of equality often exists in American homes. (29) _____ ______ fearing Mom and Dad, children may think of them as good friends. Husbands and wives often share household chores. In many cases, a child can enjoy privacy in his or her own bedroom. From an early age, children gain responsibility in handing money. They may receive a weekly allowance or even work part-time jobs. Often parents give children freedom to make their own decisions. Preschoolers choose what clothes to wear or which toys to buy. Y oung adults generally make their own choices about what career to pursue and (30)_____ to marry.Families in America, like (31)______in every culture, face many problems. Social pressures are breaking apart more and more American homes. Over half of U.S. marriages now end in divorce. More than one in four American children are growing up in single-parent homes. As a result , many people believe the American family is in trouble..The United Nations has declared 2014 the “International Year of the Family”. Not just in America, but all over the world, people recognize the importance of strong families. How do you strengthen the family bond? Do special things for each other. Talk to each other. Play together. Spend time together. Oh, and one more thing: be thankful for each other. (32)______ you don’t have a family, every day should be Thanksgiving.（B ）Twenty years ago, most experts believed that differences in how boys and girls behaved were mainly due to differences in how they (33)________(treat)by their parents, and friends. It’s hard to cling to that belief today. Recent research has shown that there are biological differences between boys and girls. Understanding these differences is important in raising and educating children.For example, girls are born with (34)________ (sensitive) hearing than boys, and the difference increases as kids grow up. So when a grown man speaks to a girl in what he thinks is a normal voice, she may hear it as shouting. Contrarily, boys who appear to be inattentive in class (35)_______ just be sitting too far away to hear the teacher.Likewise, girls are better in their expression of feelings. Studies reveal that negative emotions are seated in an area of the brain called the amygdale. Girls develop an early connection between the area and the cerebral cortex(大脑皮层), (36)_______(enable）them to talk about their feelings. In boys these links develop later. So if you ask a troubled adolescent boy to tell you (37)______ his feelings are, he often cannot say much.Dr. Crookes, a supporter of single-sex education and researcher from the University of Illinois in the U.S., (38)________(point) out that keeping boys and girls separate in the classrooms (39)______ (produce) striking educational, social, and interpersonal benefits over the last decade .Therefore, parents and teachers should try to recognize , (40)_______ (understand), and make the best use of the biological differences that make a girl a girl , and a boy a boy.Section BSometimes, one’s laughter encourages others to laugh. Then we say laughing is contagious; so is using your mobile phones. Researchers have now found why we often feel such a strong41 to glance at our cell phones.A team from the University of Michigan says people are twice as 42 to pull out their phones to check their text messages or email if they are with someone who has just done the same. The team watched students in dining halls and coffee shops around campus, 43 pairs of students sitting at tables for as long as 20 minutes. Then the team 44 their cell phone use at 10- second interval.“What we found most 45 was just how often people were using their mobile phones,” Dr. Daniel Kruger, the study’s co-author, said “ Overall , the students used their cello phones in a(n) 46 of 24 percent, but they were significantly more likely to use their phones when their companion had just done so than without the social cue（信号）.Kruger believes this pattern could be related to the effects of social inc lusion and exclusion. If one person in a pair 47 in an external conversation through their phone, his or her companion may feel 48 . That companion then might be compelled to connect with others externally so as not to feel left out.The 49 also note that they might not observe the same result in a study of different demographics(人群)--- for example, in older adults, who may not use cell phones 50 .Section C( C )Considering the remarkable progress made in banning tobacco in international air travel , perhaps the time has come for the World Health Organization (WHO) to lead the fight to make the world smoke free. For a start, it can coordinate(调和，协调)efforts to narrow the international gaps in cigarette taxes and warning labels, both significant tools in the fight to cut smoking. Needless to say, there must be no watering down of any international standard. If it is difficult to set uniform global standards at once, WHO can try to bring about uniform standards on a regional basis. That is to say, one set of standards for North America, another for East Asia, yet another for Africa and so on.This regional approach is already in effect in Europe. The 15 member states in the European Union have agreed to ban all cigarette advertisements by the year 2020.Nowhere is the need for a uniform policy approach more pressing than in underdeveloped countries. Poor and ill-informed, consumers in these countries are particularly vulnerable(易受攻击的)to advertisements launched by Big Tobacco from the developed world.During a visit to Cambodia last July, billboard after billboard advertising various brands of imported cigarettes greeted me as soon as I arrived in Phnom Penh(金边).Huge billboards featuring the Marlboro cowboy sit atop office buildings, while brand-new Mild Seven posters decorate almost every major thoroughfare in Phnom Penh. Indeed, I think I saw more cigarette advertisement in Phnom Penh than in the billboard jungles in Tokyo.Cambodia is one of the poorest countries in Southeast Asia. GDP per capita was just $268(1997 estimate). Wages are low, with government employees such as police officers andteachers earning a mere $10-15 a month. It is from the wallets of these poor people that tobacco makers are determined to make money by pushing goods that is labeled by the WHO as dangerous to health.Thus, on one hand, we have developed nations like Japan pouring huge sums of money into Cambodia in a bid to restore an economy that has been destroyed by ears of civil war. On the other hand, we have tobacco companies from these same donor countries unloading a harmful product on the populace as soon as their own cigarette markets are being cut back. What a farce(闹剧)74．The writer seems to urge WHO to ___________A. start a campaign on promoting tobacco tradeB. narrow the international gap in cigarette productionC. set a series of global standards of tobacco qualityD. direct a campaign toward a world free from tobacco75. We can infer from the passage that “Marlboro”and “Mild Seven”are cigarettes made bycompanies in_______A. economically advanced countriesB. poor African countriesC. underdeveloped South American countriesD. Cambodia76. It can be inferred from the article that_____________A. there is a great need for more quality tobacco in poor and ill-informed countries.B. the tobacco makers ignored WHO’s warning of tobacco’s danger to health.C. a uniform policy approach has come into effect in the whole world.D. more cigarette advertisements should be put up in Japan.77. In the last paragraph, the writer intends to _________________A. throw light on the fact that the tobacco companies are doing harm to Cambodia.B. reveal the fact that Japan has donated a fortune to Cambodia.C. appeal to the world to stop the two-faced action taken by those developed nations.D. illustrate the gap between the developed and underdeveloped countries.Section CThis year, Jane Goodall, the world-famous primatologist(灵长类动物学家) who revolutionized our understanding of animal behavior, is celebrating the 50th anniversary of her pioneering research among the wild chimpanzees in what is today Tanzania’s Gombe Stream National Park.At the first human ever to be accepted among groups of chimpanzees, Goodall introduced us over the years to an unforgettable cast of animal characters---David Greybeard, Fifi, and Frodo –who displayed the humanlike emotions of joy, sorrow, affection , and resentment. Her research , chronicled in her 1971 book In the Shadow of Man( which has just been rereleased in paperback by Mariner Books), proved that the difference between humans and apes is one of degree, not of kind. Her lecture tours and TV special have made her a familiar figure to millions of people around the world.Goodall has recently focused her attention on the environment and animal welfare through the Jane Goodall Institute(JGI) and its popular global youth program, Roots & Shoots. She has been honored by the United Nations and been made a Dame of the British Empire, the female equivalent of knighthood. Her work with chimpanzees, according to the late evolutionary biologistStephen Jay Gould, “ represents one of the Western world’s great scientific achievements.”Goodall is now 76-year-old grandmother, but time has done nothing to diminish her energy. She is on the road 300 days a year, lecturing to sold-out audiences and collecting material for her thought-provoking books, the latest of which, Hope for Animals and Their World, was published last year.I met with Goodall in Boston, where she was on her way to speak at Harvard University. As I entered her hotel suite, I noticed a toy chimpanzee sitting on top of her open suitcase. She explained that the stuffed animal had been given to her by a colleague ( to stand in for one that had been a gift from her father), and she still carries the toy chimp, named Mr. H, wherever she goes. (Note:Answer the questions or complete the statements in NO MORE THAN TWELVE WORDS.)78. Why is Jane Goodall a world-famous primatologist?79.According to Goodall’s research, what kind of difference is there between humans and apes?80. Recently Jane Goodall has been doing her research on _____________________.81. The word “ diminish” in Paragraph 4 probably means _____________________.I. T ranslation1.那个小职员是承认犯了错误还是掩盖事实，举棋不定。