2014届浦东新区高三英语一模试卷及答案

浦东新区2013学年度第一学期期末质量测试高三英语试卷II. Grammar and Vocabulary(A)Alan and Linda always dreamed of living “the good life”. Both from poor working-class families, they married young and set out to fulfil their mutual goal of becoming wealthy. They both worked very hard for years. ____25____ (earn) enough money, they finally could move from their two-bedroom home to a seven-bedroom home in a rich neighbourhood. They focused their energies on trying to have ____26____ they considered important for a good life: membership in the local country club, luxury cars, designer clothing, and high-class society friends. ____27____ much they earned, it never seemed to be enough. They were unable to remove the financial insecurity that ____28____ (acquire) in childhood. Then the stock market crashed in 1987, and Alan and Linda lost a considerable amount of money. Alan also suffered from heart attack, ____29____ cost the family much. One thing led to ____30____, and they found themselves in a financial disaster. Their house needed to be sold, and eventually they lost the country club membership and the cars. It was several years ____31____ Alan and Linda managed to land on their feet, and though they now live a life far from wealthy, they have learned a valuable lesson from their lives and felt quite blessed. Only now, as they think of what ____32____ (remain) —a solid, loving marriage, a dependable income, and good friends —do they realize that true abundance comes not from gathering fortunes, but rather from appreciating.(B)We all hope to enjoy harmonious relationships with our parents. In real life, however, this is not always possible. The poem “Those Winter Sundays” by Robert Hayden expresses the speaker’s regret over the way the speaker, when he was young, ____33____ (treat) his father. It is only when he looks back on how he has grown up ____34____ he begins to understand his father’s unselfish love.In remembering the small things his father did ____35____ him and his family, such as lighting a fire in the morning and polishing his shoes, the speaker begins to understand an aspect of parental love that escaped ____36____ notice in the past.As he recalls how his father warmed the house, the speaker’s coldness toward his father starts to melt away. In its place is love and gratitude. It dawns on him that love is not just hugging and kissing, or always warm and affectionate, but ____37____ well be cold and stern in appearance. In fact, mature love often requires self-discipline and self-sacrifice.During our stressful teen years, we may find that our parents, especially our fathers, have difficulty____38____ (show) their love for us verbally —sometimes when we need it most. This is certainly very discouraging. However, if we remember ____39____ (be) grateful or not so self-centered, we will see that their love has always been there, only ____40____ (express) in ways different from what we may have expected.Section BA. efficientlyB. stillC. equallyD. balanceE. dragF. angleG. makeH. physicallyI. approachJ. positionK. allowWe need more men in our hospital, not as doctors, but as nurses. Over the last few years, I have found that having male nurses is a real bonus, and they definitely have a place in our hospital. There are several reasons for wanting male nurses here, not only because half the population in our country is male. Men ____41____ excellent carers and are ____42____ good at taking care of others. In fact, many men take good care of their children, wives, parents, sisters, brothers, and even their nieces and nephews.Another reason that men can become great nurses is that in general, men are ____43____ stronger than women. Male nurses can help ____44____ heavy objects, or if, for example, a patient cannot move from the waist down, male nurses can help move the patient into a comfortable ____45____. Also, male nurses can be a great help in keeping patients ____46____ while they receive painful treatment, such as when bandages covering wounds are changed. Another advantage to having male nurses is that they see things from a different ____47____ from women and bring a male way of thinking to problem-solving. This allows the hospital to work more effectively than if we only ____48____ problems one way. Having a mix of male and female nurses also helps create a fun atmosphere, which helps patients recover faster.Currently, only 7 percent of our nursing staff are men; this number is far too low, and the problem requires correction. Having more male nurses will help create a positive ____49____ between male and female staff, and it will ____50____ patients the choice of a male or female carer. I am determined to take on more male nurses here at Central Hospital. I will be organizing an open day soon to allow interested young men to visit our hospital and find out more about nursing. Hopefully, we will have more male nurses in our hospital soon!III. Reading ComprehensionIf you study medicine at university, chances are you’ll become a doctor. For music students, it’s less ____51____ what job you’ll end up with… but it could be really fulfilling. The idea that options are ____52____ and jobs are few for music graduates needs to ____53____.It’s wrongly assumed that when it comes to jobs, music students are ____54____ their field of study. ____55____, music graduates go on to do a wide range of jobs in a variety of different industries.Alumni surveys from the University of Nottingham show that music graduates are employed across a varied range of ____56____. As you might expect, a large proportion (50%) work in the creative industry, but the roles performed by graduates ____57____ greatly.Some music grads work with professional ensembles(歌舞团), but not all are performing as ____58____: — Music grads work in publishing, editing, media production, broadcasting, and marketing. And many work in management roles. Less anticipated but no less common is the employment of music graduates in finance and banking, legal and consultancy.Dr. Robert Adlington, an associate professor of music at the University of Nottingham, ____59____ these successful and varied outcomes to the highly desirable ____60____ developed by music students during their studies.In 2011, the Confederate of British Industry outlined the seven skills that ____61____ employability: self-management, team work, business and customer awareness, problem solving, communication, numeracy, and IT skills. Adlington says that music students develop all seven of these. By this measure, music graduates are among the most ____62____ of all.While some of these skills are obtained by students of all subjects — for example, team work, good communication, self-management — Adlington points out that music students have a(n) ____63____. The experience of organising, hosting, and performing in events that are open to the public provides them with skills beyond those on other degree programmes. Few degrees require knowledge of customer awareness, or interaction with the public, for example.Music graduates’ success is a(n) ____64____ of how changes in the music industry allow artists to produce and publicise themselves. The internet means artists can publish, distribute, and promote their own work. These methods are nothing new, but if ____65____ professional knowledge and experience, it can be a winning, name-making recipe.51. A. important B. urgent C. obvious D. satisfactory52. A. tight B. narrow C.hollow D. strict53. A. change B. liberate C. reflect D. function54. A. contributed to B. related to C. lost to D. restricted to55. A. In addition B. In turn C. In contrast D. In reality56. A. contracts B. fields C. subjects D. majors57. A. vary B. improve C. reverse D. multiply58. A. musicians B. managers C. amateurs D. customers59. A. devotes B. owes C. alerts D. adapts60. A. options B. intervals C. characters D. skills61. A. isolate B. regulate C. offer D. define62. A. comfortable B. honorable C. reliable D. employable63. A. benefit B. advantage C. chance D. resolution64. A. reflection B. command C. potential D. knowledge65. A. related to B. charged with C. exposed to D. combined withSection B(A)After hours sitting inside Deep Worker, it feels good to get back.While you’re stretching on the deck, others on the ship are at workstudying the data you have collected.The rock samples you collected are taken to a laboratory onboard the ship. Tests performed on ocean rocks can show the age ofthe seafloor. Many people will study the videotapes of the swordfish.There is nothing like a video to show others exactly what you sawand experienced in the deep. Videos capture details of how animals move and behave — details that a person sitting inside Deep Worker could easily miss. Those details can help scientists better understand the role each kind of animal plays in its deep-sea community.While you were below, Deep Worker’s exact location was being tracked. Thus, detailed m aps of the seafloor, showing underwater canyons and mountains far beneath the surface can be made with the help of this information. Dive by dive, Sylvia Earle and her fellow scientists are piecing together remarkable pictures of the deep sea — a world that until recently was as unknown as a distant planet.Since Sylvia first began exploring the waters around Florida, she’s seen changes —trash on the seafloor, fewer fish, polluted water. These ocean problems in Florida and in many other parts of the world make people like Sylvia anxious. They want to know how to protect the ocean, and how to restore it to good health where damage has been done.Sylvia and other scientists are learning more about the ocean, especially the deep sea, than ever before. The more we know about a place, the better we understand it. As Sylvia says, “With knowing comes caring. If people care about something, they will work to protect it.”66. What does the bold-typed phrase “this information” in Paragraph 3 refer to?A.The location of underwater canyons and mountains.B.Remarkable pictures of the deep sea.C.These ocean problems.D.The track of Deep Worker.67. Sylvia Earle is probably a scientist who ________________.A.specializes in making mapsB.cares about the oceanC.works on an unknown shipD.performs experiments in a laboratory68. According to Paragraph 4, which statement about Sylvia is TRUE?Sylvia ______________.A.has seen fewer fish and polluted waterB.is concerned about the ocean problemsC.has explored the waters and protected the oceanD.has restored good health after her injury69. Which of the following might be the best title of the passage?A.Working below in Deep WorkerB.Ocean Exploration and Ocean MapsC.Deep Worker Saving the WorldD.Ocean familiarity and Ocean Preservation(B)Walking, cycling or hopping on to public transport are the best waysto travel with a clean conscience. Yet cars remain an important option formany families because of its convenience. For people in rural areas, or withmobility problems, a car can be an essential lifeline.Drive with styleNo matter what kind of car you run, the least reliable part will be you: your driving style has a massive impact on the fuel needed, with acceleration, gear-changing and braking all playing a significant role.Inching along at the pace of a child’s tricycle might feel frugal but won’t magically yield peak economy. In most modern cars, accelerate normally, changing up at 2,000rpm in a diesel, or 2,500rpm in a petrol-powered car. Once at a sensible steady speed, choose the highest gear that will let the engine run without labouring.A number of eco-driving apps are available for smartphones, to help you improve your smoothness. The A Glass of Water iPhone app offers tips to help you avoid spilling a drop. The free RAC Traffic app is also a great way to avoid wasting fuel in traffic jams.It’s also important to:● Check tyre pressures once a month.● Leave junk at home. Carrying extra weight in the boot wastes excess fuel.●Leave in good time and don’t speed. An extra 10mph on the motorway will add 10% to your fuel bill.Power playsIt may be decades before alternative fuels such as hydrogen become commonplace, but hybrid cars that use battery power to boost a petrol or diesel engine are already available in every category. It means many families might find an electric vehicle ideal as a second car.Sell your wheels, still travel by carIf you need a car for short periods, such as shopping, and live in a city, then consider a short-term car-hire service such as Zipcar instead of owning a car. If you’re travelling longer distances, pay your share of the fuel costs to someone who’s already driving there.70. What can you infer from the underlined sentence in Paragraph 2?A. Choosing a fuel-saving car matters more than your driving style.B. Your driving style matters most to the fuel needed.C. You should rely on yourself to drive a car.D. Whether a car saves fuel depends largely on the car you choose.71. What does the underlined word in Paragraph 3 most probably mean?A. ecologicalB. convenientC. economicalD. beneficial72. Which of the following is NOT a suggested way of saving fuel according to the writer?A.Driving along at a very low speed.B.Checking tyre pressures regularly.C.Putting the extra weight off the boot.D.Applying the eco-driving apps on smartphones.73. Which may be the best choice for a visiting scholar who frequently gives lectures at colleges in aneighboring town?A. Walking.B. Owning an electric vehicle.C. Renting a car.D. Buying a stylish car.(C)The death of languages is not a new phenomenon. Languages usually have a relatively short life span as well as a very high death rate. Only a few, including Egyptian, Chinese, Greek, Latin, have lasted more than 2,000 years.What is new, however, is the speed at which they are dying out. Europe’s colonial conquests caus ed a sharp decline in linguistic diversity, eliminating at least 15 percent of all languages spoken at the time. Over the last 300 years, Europe has lost a dozen, and Australia has only 20 left of the 250 spoken at the end of the 18th century.The rise of nation-states has also been decisive in selecting and consolidating national languages and sidelining others. By making great efforts to establish an official language in education, the media and the civil service, national governments have deliberately tried to eliminate minority languages.This process of linguistic standardization has been boosted by industrialization and scientific progress,which have imposed new methods of communication that are swift, straightforward and practical. Language diversity came to be seen as an obstacle to trade and the spread of knowledge. Monolingualism became an ideal.More recently, the internationalization of financial markets, the spread of information by electronic media and other aspects of globalization have int ensified the threat to “small” languages. A language not on the Internet is a language that “no longer exists” in the modern world. It is out of the game.The serious effects of the death of languages are evident. First of all, it is possible that if we all ended up speaking the same language, our brains would lose some of their natural capacity for linguistic inventiveness. We would never be able to figure out the origins of human language or resolve the mystery of “the first language”. As each language d ies, a chapter of human history closes.Multilingualism is the most accurate reflection of multiculturalism. The destruction of the first will inevitably lead to the loss of the second. Imposing a language without any links to a people’s culture and way of life stifles the expression of their collective genius. A language is not only used for the main instrument of human communication. It also expresses the world vision of those who speak it, their imagination and their ways of using knowledge. To safeguard languages is an urgent matter.74. Which of the following does not contribute to the death of languages?A. Colonial conquests of Europe.B. The boom of human population.C. Advances in science and industrialization.D. The rise of nation-states.75. What does the underlined word “stifles” in Paragraph 7 probably mean?A. boostsB. fuelsC. imposesD. kills76. The serious effects of the death of languages include all except that____________.A. people would fail to understand how languages originated.B. language diversity would become an obstacle to globalization.C. monolingualism would lead to the loss of multiculturalism.D. human brains would become less creative linguistically.77. What is the author’s purpose of writing this passage?A. To explain the reasons why languages are dying out.B. To warn people of the negative aspects of globalization.C. To call people’s attention to the urgency of language preservation.D. To argue how important it is for people to speak more languages.Section CThe launch of the UK’s biggest online university venture has the potential to “revolutionise conventional models of formal education” and keep UK ahead in the global race to deliver the best education, says universities minister David Willetts.The FutureLearn project will see more than 20 institutions enter the global market to offer massive open online courses, or Moocs. Until now, the US has led the way in the creation of Moocs, catering to an estimated 3 million learners worldwide with hundreds of courses from a range of top institutions.Bath, Exeter, Birmingham, Edinburgh and Warwick are among the 21 UK universities that have signed up. The British Library, British Museum and British Council will also make material available to students. The venture, set up by the Open University, is a response to the rise of Moocs and will offer students a new and innovative way to access courses, says Martin Bean vice-chancellor of the OpenUniversity. Bean said, “Time and again we have seen the impact the Internet can have on industries —driving innovation and enhancing the customer experience. I have no doubt Moocs will do the same for education —offering people new and exciting ways to learn.”A senior academic at University College London —which has chosen not to be involved in FutureLearn —has questioned whether the Mooc model is the best road for universities to go down. Although free for students, online courses have some downsides. Stephen Caddick, professor at the university, says stud ents want flexibility above all. “Moocs are an online product of higher education currently experienced offline by a lot of students: inflexible”, said Caddick. “These courses are free to students, yet very expensive to develop for universities. ”Simon Ne lson, CEO of FutureLearn, said university partners see this opportunity as “money extremely well spent”, helping them to boost their global profile and encourage experimentation and innovation within university departments. According to Nelson, FutureLearn will continue to expand its number of partners both in the UK and overseas, as well as develop its commercial model, which in the future could see students paying to take exams and purchase extra course material.(Note: Answer the questions or complete the statements in NO MORE THAN TWELVE WORDS.)78. Besides revolutionizing traditional educational models, FutureLearn has the potential to ______________________.79. How many learners all over the world have benefited from the online courses offered by American universities?80. What are the two downsides of online courses mentioned by Stephen Caddic?81. What is the plan for FutureLearn according to Nelson?第II卷（共47分）I. TranslationDirections: Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in the brackets.1. 这家花店里面的鲜花一应俱全。

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。

宝山区Millions of personal computers across the world are running at this moment, but most are using just a fraction of their full capacity to process information. Imagine what could happen if the spare power of these millions of machines were used to solve global problems.The organization Charity Engine attempts to do just that. It enables researchers and companies to use the extra computing power of thousands of personal computers. These companies pay a usage fee that goes to carefully selected charities.The computersCharity Engine offers a free app that has the user‟s computer do research as a background task. The program runs automatically, without direction from the user. Each computer works on a small chunk of a larger project and sends back its results. The results are combined to answer the researchers‟ questions.The researchersCharity Engine mostly uses its computing power for companies doing scientific, medical or commercial research. For example, Rosetta@home attempts to help find cures for serious diseases by discovering the shapes of proteins. Another project, Einstein@Home, tests scientific theories. And another helps establishments in Africa such as universities search for ways to fight the spread of malaria.The CharitiesCharity Engine gives 50 percent of the profits from renting out computing power to various charities. Each organization it supports has a good reputation for working in an area of vital importance. Most of them seek to address the primary causes of poverty while bringing short-term relief. These include Oxfam, a network of organizations in 94 countries. Another is CARE International, one of the three largest international aid agencies, which works in 87 countries. Charity Engine also supports Doctors Without Borders, which supplies medical care, and WaterAid, which provides safe water and promotes hygiene(卫生) in developing countries. Another of its charities, Sightsavers, works to prevent and reverse blindness through medical treatments and provides training for the blind. Charity Engine helps many other organizations as well.An added bonusCharity Engine returns the other 50 percent of its earnings to the people who made it all possible. The app users are entered into draws. Chosen at random, the winners receive thousands of dollars in prizes!Thanks to Charity Engine, computing power that would have gone to waste is fighting poverty and bringing healing and hope.(Note: Answer the questions or complete the statements in NO MORE THAN TEN WORDS.)78. What does Charity Engine help companies do?___________________________________________________________________________.79. How does Charity Engine spend its earnings?___________________________________________________________________________.80. The computers selected by Charity Engine help researchers and companies through ________.81. According to the passage, besides many organizations, Charity Engine mostly supports _____.崇明县Britain‟s youngest iPad addict (有瘾的人) hasn‟t even started school yet. That‟s right; a four-year-old girl is currently undergoing therapy after becoming addicted to playing games on her iPad.Receiving treatment at the Capio Nightingale Clinic, London, the little girl is said to have become increasingly distressed whenever her parents moved to take the iPad away. Medical help was sought af ter the girl‟s withdrawal symptoms did not improve.Dr. Richard Graham, the girl‟s psychiatrist (精神病医生), said: “In the year running up to contacting the clinic, the parents noticed her use of the iPad was increasing. She was using it three to four hours every day and showed increased anxiety if it was removed.”According to Dr. Graham, parents should strive to keep iPads and similar devices out of the reach of inf ants, believing that: “Children see all the pretty colours and they will want to use it too.”“There are concerns that toys are being replaced by the likes o f iPads and smartphones, but children are not at a level zhucanqi of maturity to deal with such advanced technology. They can‟t cope and become addicted, reacting with bad temper and uncontrollable behavior when they are taken away. Then as they grow older, the problem only gets worse,” Dr. Graham told The Mirror.The UK‟s first technology addiction programme was initiated by Dr. Graham three years ago. It‟s designed to deal with those who become annoyed when deprived from their device. Motivation for creating the treatment programme pfzhizuo came from a concern over the compulsive qualities of games available on iPads.Dr. Graham worries that this is not the only case of iPad addiction among young ones. It comes just after a five-year-old boy managed to cost his parents £1,700, by purchasing various add-ons for a game on the iPad.(Note: Answer the questions or complete the statements in NO MORE THAN TEN WORDS.) 78. The case of the four-year-old girl is given to inform us of _________________________________.79. Why is it easier for children to be addicted to iPads?80. What caused Dr. Graham to launch t he UK‟s first technology addiction programme?81. One lesson that can be drawn from the passage by parents of infants is that they should ______________________________________________________.奉贤区Most people look Forward to retirement as a time when they can inally take up activities that they never had the time or energy to pursue beore. But some recent studies on people in their depression and possibly higher rates of other diseases such as heart disease and high blood pressure. That‟s why a new study of French workers is welcome news.Led by Hugo Westerlund, a proessor of psychology at Stockholm University, the study of more than 14,000 workers found lower rates of depression and atigue in people after they got tired while they were still employed.The scientists followed the employees of the French national gas and electric company or 14 years. They found in the year immediately after retirement, the volunteers reported 40% ewer depressive symptoms than they had in the year beore their retirement. The researchers also found an 81% drop in reports of both mental and physical atigue over the same time period.Clearly, said Westerlund, much of these decrease in physical and mental atigue can be traced back to relie rom the stresses of work. The decline in depressive symptoms suggests that retirement may be having a positive mental effect, too, which may have a lot to do with the generous (养老金) that rench workers enjoy . Most retirees in that country still beneit rom about 80% o their yearly salaries.“The economic or inancial situation in retirement is very important,” Westerlund says, “We don‟t know if the decrease in atigue and depressive symptoms is because of the removal o something bad while in work or the addition of something good while in retirement. But no matter the reason, if life in retirement is not comortable, then we won‟t see the improvements we did.”However, in European nations like France, governments are considering changes to pension plans, which may aect retirees‟ health after they leave their jobs－with less of a financial saety net, workers may no longer seem so mentally and physically happy to be out of work.78. According to some recent studies, retired people may have depression and higher rates of other diseases like ___________.79. Westerlund‟s group ound that in the year just after the retirement most retired French workers felt much less tired both ___________.80. What does the word in paragraph 5 refer to?81. Retirement may make people happier with ___________.(Note: Answer the questions or complete the statements in NO MORE THAN EIGHT WORDS.)虹口区You are what you eat and fats are a main food for Asia‟s fast-food generation. Dr. Chwang, director of the Department of Food Nutrition, says children are consuming more meat and soft drinks. That is a thorough departure from the traditional diet of vegetables and rice and little meat. “They like big pieces of fried meat with a soft drink. So although they may eat the same volume of food, their calorie intake (卡路里摄入量) has increased. Now about 40 to 45 percent of their calories come from fat,” says Chwang.Although on the whole Asians tend towards thinness, Asians‟ hospitality（好客）is the first and foremost reason for the fatness of today‟s generation, according to Chwang. “Asian people love food,” she says. “Eating and drinking are important social and family functions.” In the past, however, big meals were only hosted on special occasions as people were more careful with money. In today‟s climate of wealth and remarkable consumption, 10-course meals are no longer reserved for significant occasions.Needless to say, that children are being spoilt by their parents is another cause of children‟s overweight. More than anyone else, children are on the receiving end of their parents‟ improved circumstance s. “In the past, people had four or more children —now, they have one or two, so they tend to spoil them,” says Chwang. “The easiest way is to give them …quality food‟. Parents think feeding them well is showing their love. They feel bad when their childre n look thin.”When describing the physical condition of most overweight Asian children, Chwang says: “There is a clear relationship between fatness and indoor play children spend too much time on. Children get fat because they don‟t move, and eventually, they don‟t want to move because they‟re fat. Thanks to technology, a growing army of children prefer video games to old outdoor sports. “What do children do when watching TV or sitting in front of the computer playing video games? They eat chocolate and dri nk Coke,” says Chwang.(Note: Answer the questions or complete the statements in NO MORE THAN EIGHT WORDS.)78. Despite the same volume of food, children take in more calories due to ________.79. Thanks to ________, big meals nowadays are no longer enjoyed on special occasions.80. Why do some parents feel bad when their children look thin?81. According to Dr. Chwang, what are the three factors causing Asian children‟s overweight today?黄浦区The motor vehicle has killed and disabled more people in its brief history than any bomb or weapon ever invented. Much of the blood on the street flows essentially from uncivil behavior of drivers who refuse to respect the legal or moral rights of others. So the massacre (大屠杀) on the road may be regarded as a social problem.In fact, the enemies of society on wheels are rather harmless people just ordinary people acting carelessly, you might say. But it is a principle both of law and common morality that carelessness is no excuse when one‟s actions could bring death o r damages to others. A minority of the killers go even beyond carelessness to total negligence.Researchers have estimated that as many as 80 percent of all automobile accidents can be connected with psychological condition of the driver. Emotional upsets can affect drivers‟ reactions, slow their judgment, and blind them to dangers that might otherwise be evident. The experts warn that it is vital for every driver to make a conscious effort to keep one‟s emotions under control.Yet the irresponsibility that accounts for much of the problem is not limited to drivers. Street walkers regularly ignore traffic regulations. They are at fault in most vehicle walker accidents; and many cyclists even believe that they are not subject to the basic rules of the road.In the past few years, safety standards for vehicle have been raised both at the point of manufacture and through periodic road-worthiness inspections. In addition, speed limits have been lowered. Due to these measures, the accident rate has decreased. But the accident experts still worry because there has been little or no improvement in the way drivers behave. The only real and lasting solution, say the experts, is to convince people that driving is a skilled task requiring constant care and concentration. Those who fail to do all these things present a threat to those withwhom they share the road.(Note: Answer the questions or complete the statements in NO MORE THAN TEN WORDS.)78. Why road killers can‟t be excused?Because __________.79. In order to avoid automobile accidents, the experts suggest drivers should __________.80. Besides drivers, who should also be blamed for most roads accidents?81. The accident rate has decreased in the past few years because of __________.嘉定区Stress for a teenage r is as real a problem as stress for an adult. Therefore, it‟s important to understand the causes of stress in teenagers.When parents change their jobs or if the family decides to move to a different place, the child has to change schools, find new friends, adapt to the new social circle and fit into new groups. It is always difficult for children to adapt to such changes, which can be a serious cause of stress in their life.Academic difficulties, such as inability to understand a certain subject can cause stress. Not every child has the ability to understand every subject. Some kids need extra help besides school work to grasp a few concepts. Poor academic performance is often laughed at and is looked down upon by both teachers and peers. In such cases, it can make the child feel isolated, neglected and hurt. All of this, put together, can add to stress, which many times worsens grades.Extra curricular activities(课外活动) such as playing a sport, or attending art classes can weigh heavily on your child‟s mind. Balancing school and extra curricular activities does seem like a burden when you have to be outstanding at both. When the pressures from both the ends get unmanageable, teenagers tend to get tired and annoyed. Tiredness sets in, leading to stress related issues such as lack of concentration in school.These are the common causes of stress in teenagers, which can be noticed through signs such as poor memory, anxiety, negative and pessimistic attitude. If the signs of teenage stress go unrecognized for a long time, it can make the child emotionally out of balance. And next step, if this happens, it is necessary for parents to know how to deal with stress.78. What does the passage mainly talk about?______________________________________________________.79. Poor academic performance causes stress for children because it tends ________________________________________________.80. How can parents know that their teenagers are under stress?They can know that if their children __________________________________________ 81. The common causes of stress in teenagers introduced by the author are:_________________________________________ and extra curricular activities.(Note: Answer the questions or complete the statements in NO MORE THAN THIRTEEN WORDS)金山区However important we may regard school life to be, there is no denying the fact that children spend more time at home than in the classroom. Therefore, the great influence of parents cannotbe ignored or discounted by the teacher. They can become strong allies of the school personnel or they can consciously or unconsciously hinder and frustrate curricular objectives.Administrators have been aware of the need to keep parents informed of the newer methods used in schools. Many principles have conducted workshops explaining such matters as the reading readiness program, manuscript writing and developmental mathematics. Moreover, the classroom teacher, with the permission of the supervisors, can also play an important role in enlightening parents. The informal tea and the many interviews carried on during the year, as well as new ways of reporting pupils‟progress, can significantly aid in achieving a harmonious interplay between school and home.To illustrate, suppose that a father has been drilling Junior in arithmetic processes night after night. In a friendly interview, the teacher can help the parent sublimate (升华) his natural paternal interest into productive channels. He might be persuaded to let Junior participate in discussing the family budget, buying the food, using a standard or measuring cup at home, setting the clock, calculating mileage on a trip and engaging in scores of other activities that have a mathematical basis.If the father follows the advice, it is reasonable to assume that he will soon realize his son is making satisfactory progress in mathematics, and at the same time, enjoying the work. Too often, however, teachers‟conferences with parents are devoted to petty(不重要的) accounts of children‟s misdeeds, complaints about laziness and poor work habits, and suggestion for penalties and rewards at home.What is needed is a more creative approach in which the teacher, as a professional adviser, plants ideas in parents‟ minds for the best utilization of the many hours that the child spends out of the classroom.In this way, the school and the home join forces in fostering the fullest development of youngsters‟capacities.(Note: Answer the questions or complete the statements with NO MORE THAN 14 WORDS) 78. Why do parents also have great influence on children?_____________________________________________________________________________ 79. Through which ways can the teacher play an important role in enlightening parents?_____________________________________________________________________________ 80. According to the teacher, that parent should let the boy _____________________________ if he wants to sublimate his natural paternal interest into productive channels in teaching his son arithmetic.81. A more creative approach is needed for _____________________of children out of classroom. 静安区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 muchyounger. 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 listen 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 TWELVE WORDS.)78. What changes the color of your shirt?79. The shoes know that yo u 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, ___________.闵行区Businesses are witnessing a difficult time, which has in turn produced influence on consumers‟ d esire to go green. However, shoppers are still laying stress on environmental concerns.Two thirds of customers say that environmental considerations inform their purchases to the same degree as they did a year ago, while more than a quarter say that they are now even better aware of the environmental effect on what they buy.This may help to influence how shops store goods on their shelves. And the companies should still make efforts to become more environmentally friendly. Two out of three people think it is important to buy from environmentally responsible companies, with about one in seven saying that they had even decided to take their custom elsewhere if they felt a company‟s environmental reputation was not good enough.Harry Morrison, chief executive of the Carbon Trust, sympathizes：“I understand this situation where survival is very important now. But from environmental considerations, the clock is ticking—we don‟t have much time. In addition, cutting carbon emission(排放) has an immediate effect as costs drop and a medium-term benefit for the brand.”Larger companies have an extra motivation to look at reducing their carbon footprint, as new rules next year will require businesses to buy carbon allowances to make up for their emissions.Those that have taken early action will have a head start. More than two thirds of consumers are not clear about which companies are environmentally responsible. This suggests that firms that are able to convey clearly their message to the public will be in a pole position to attract shoppers.The Carbon Trust believes that it can help by informing customers about the good work companies are doing. “When companies are granted the standard, they can use a logo in all their marketing, which makes it clear that they are working towards cutting emissions,” Mr. Morrison said.(Note: Answer the questions or complete the statements in NO MORE THAN 12 WORDS.)78. According to the passage, what is likely to influence shops on what to sell?79. A company may lose its regular customers unless ______________________.80. According to Harry Morrison, businesses will benefit from __________________.81. According to the last two paragraphs, companies can gain advantages by ____________.浦东新区Th e launch of the UK’s biggest online university venture has the potential to “revolutionise conventional models of formal education” and keep UK ahead in the global race to deliver the best education, says universities minister David Willetts.The FutureLearn project will see more than 20 institutions enter the global market to offer massive open online courses, or Moocs. Until now, the US has led the way in the creation of Moocs, catering to an estimated 3 million learners worldwide with hundreds of courses from a range of top institutions.Bath, Exeter, Birmingham, Edinburgh and Warwick are among the 21 UK universities that have signed up. The British Library, British Museum and British Council will also make material available to students. The venture, set up by the Open University, is a response to the rise of Moocs and will offer students a new and innovative way to access courses, says Martin Bean vice-chancellor of the Open University. Bean said, “Time and again we have seen the impact the Internet can have on industries — driving innovation and enhancing the customer experience. I have no doubt Moocs will do the same for education — offering people new and exciting ways to learn.”A senior academic at University College London — which has chosen not to be involved in FutureLearn —has questioned whether the Mooc model is the best road for universities to go down. Although free for students, online courses have some downsides. Stephen Caddick, professor at the university, says students want flexibility ab ove all. “Moocs are an online product of higher education currently experienced offline by a lot of students: inflexible”, said Caddick. “These courses are free to students, yet very expensive to develop for universities. ”Simon Nelson, CEO of FutureLearn, said university partners see this opportunity as “money extremely well spent”, helping them to boost their global profile and encourage experimentation and innovation within university departments. According to Nelson, FutureLearn will continue to expand its number of partners both in the UK and overseas, as well as develop its commercial model, which in the future could see students paying to take exams and purchase extra course material.(Note: Answer the questions or complete the statements in NO MORE THAN TWELVEWORDS.)78. Besides revolutionizing traditional educational models, FutureLearn has the potential to ______________________.79. How many learners all over the world have benefited from the online courses offered by American universities?80. What are the two downsides of online courses mentioned by Stephen Caddic?81. What is the plan for FutureLearn according to Nelson?普陀区Being a social butterfly just might change your brain: In people with a large network of friends and excellent social skills, certain brain regions are bigger and better connected than in people with fewer friends, a new study finds.The research suggests a connection between social interactions and brain structure. “We're interested in how your brain is able to allow you to find the right way in complex social environments,” MaryAnn Noonan said, a neuroscientist (神经学家) at Oxford University. Studies in monkeys have shown that brain areas involved in face processing and in predicting the intentions of others are larger in animals living in large social groups than in ones living in smaller groups.To investigate these brain differences in humans, Noonan and her colleagues found 18 participants for a structural brain-imaging study. They asked people how many social interactions they had experienced in the past month, in order to determine the size of their social networks. As was the case in monkeys, some brain areas were enlarged and better connected in people with larger social networks. “These different brain regions are all singing different songs,” Noonan said. “Networked areas are all singing the same song, and when they're connected better, they're singing more harmoniously with each other.”The researchers also tested whether the size of a person's social network was linked with changes in white-matter pathways, the nerve fibers(纤维) that connect different brain regions. Again, they found that white-matter pathways were better connected in people with bigger social networks. "The nerves were more like a Los Angeles freeway than a country road," Noonan said.The researchers couldn't say whether social interaction caused these changes in brain structure and connectivity, or whether the brain determined how social someone was. In the case of the monkeys, the researchers asked and wrote down the size of the animals' social network, so they concluded that social-group size was causing the brain differences. It can be inferred that a similar process takes place in human brains, but to prove this, long-term studies are needed, Noonan told LiveScience.(Note: Answer the questions or complete the statements in NO MORE THAN TEN WORDS.)78. The certain brain regions in people with fewer friends are ______.79. According to Noonan, the certain brain areas whose functions are to _________ are larger in more-sociable monkeys.80. How did Noonan and her colleagues know about the size of participants‟ social networks?81. According to the researcher‟s findings, what would make the brains of monkeys different?青浦区Every year in America, high-school students who want to go on to college take a national examination called the Scholastic Aptitude Test, or SAT in a shortened way. Their score is an important factor in determining which colleges will admit them or whether any will be admitted at a ll. The Scholastic Aptitude Test measures one‟s mathematical ability and use of the English language. Traditionally, the English portion involved grammatical questions and paragraphs that test reading comprehension.But the SAT folks have added a single question, to be answered in an essay, hand-written on the spot. That‟s an interesting way to test writing ability, but content aside, have you ever seen young people‟s handwriting lately? Or anyone‟s for that matter, in this age of computer keyboards? Students write numbers and sign their names on bank checks. They scribble class notes in what can generously be described as the written word. And they hand-write, or more often print, a word or two of identification on luggage and lunch bags. Otherwise, penmanship (书法) — once taught so morally and carefully by second-grade teachers, has gone the way of the dodo bird which has died out.Yet today‟s kids are asked to write, in a thoughtful and clear way, for several minutes on this SAT Test. Good luck to the test scorers who must work out difficultly what has been written by young people who‟ve been typing on computers since the age of three! Teachers insist that good handwriting can not only help one‟s score on the SAT, but also, later on in life, impress poten tial employers and get more tax money back because the tax inspectors can actually read the computations. And don‟t forget, we all have to rely on handwriting from time to time, as computers go down when the power goes out.(Note: Answer the questions or complete the statements in NO MORE THAN TEN WORDS)78. In SAT, students will be tested on math, grammar, reading and__________________________________________________________.79. What does the underlined word “scribble” in paragraph 2 mean?__________________________________________________________.80. Why did the writer think test scorers would have a hard time?。

2014届高三英语一模汇编——语法填空1、2014黄浦一模(A)“Come in,Kim.Have a seat,please,”said Bill Williams,the manager.This was Kim’s first experience with an assessment.After only six months he was due for a raise(25)_____this assessment was satisfactory.“Kim,”began Bill Williams,“I am very pleased with the quality of your work.My only concern is that you are not active enough in(26)_____(put)forward your suggestions.”“But,”replied Kim,“I have always completed every assignment you(27)_____(give)me,Mr.Williams.”“I know that,Kim.And please,call me Bill.But(28)_____I expect is for you to think independently and introduce new ideas.It is more input from you(29)_____I need–more feedback on how things are going.I don’t need a‘yes man’.You just smile(30)___________everything is fine.I’m not asking you to tell me what to do,but what you thinkwe(31)_____do.To make suggestions,I employed you because I respect your experience in this field.”“Yes,I see.I’m not accustomed to this,but I will try to do as you say…Bill.”“Good,then,I expect(32)_____(hear)more from you at staff meetings or at any other time you want to discuss an idea with me.”“Yes,of course.Thank you,Mr.Will…Bill.”(B)I was the middle child of the three,but there was a gap of five years on either side,and I hardly saw my father before I was eight.For this and(33)_____reasons I was somewhat lonely.I had the lonely child’s habit of making up stories,and I think from the very start my literary ambitions(34)_____(mix)up with the feeling of being isolated.I knew that I had a natural ability with words,and I felt that this created a sort of private world where I could get my own back for my failure in everyday life.However,the quantity of serious writing which I produced all(35)_____my childhood would not add up to half a dozen pages.I wrote my first poem at the age of four or five,my mother(36)_____(take)it down to dictation.I cannot remember anything about it except that it was about a tiger and(37)_____tiger had“chair-like teeth”—a good enough expression.At eleven,when the war of1914-18broke out,I wrote a poem(38)_____(print)in the local newspaper later. From time to time,when I was a bit(39)_____(old),I wrote bad and usually unfinished“nature poems”.I also,about twice,attempted a short story(40)_____was a failure.That was the total of the would-be serious work that I actually set down on paper during all those years.答案：25.if26.putting27.have given/gave/give28.what29.that30.as though/as if31.can/must/should/could32.to hear33.other34.were mixed35.through36.taking37.the38.printed39.older40.which/that第1页共17页2、2014普陀一模(A)Last August Susan and forty-two other students got wet and dirty while removing six tons of garbage(25)_____the river running across their city.(26)_____cleaned up the river as part of a weeklong environmental camp.Like one in three American rivers,this river is so polluted that it’s unsafe for swimming or fishing.Still,Susan,(27)_____has just completed her third summer camp on the river cleanup,sees a change in this river.“Since we started three years ago,the river is getting a lot(28)_____(clean),”she says.Environmental scientists praise the teenagers for removing garbage (29)_____can harm wild life.Water birds,for example,can die of plastic bottle rings and get cut by tiny metals.Three years ago,when the cleanup started,garbage was everywhere.But this year the teenagers can row their boats fast.By the end of the six-hour cleanup,they(30)_____(remove)enough garbage to fill more than two large trucks.“(31)_____(see)all that garbage in the river makes people begin to care about environmental issues,”Susan says.She hopes that when others read that,she and her peers care enough(32)_____(clean)it up,maybe they would think twice before they throw garbage into the river.(B)Dave Fuss lost his job(33)_____(drive)a truck for a small company in west Michigan.His wife,Gerrie,was still working in the local school cafeteria,and the price of everything was rising.The Fusses were at risk of joining the millions of Americans who have lost their homes in recent years.Then Dave and Gerrie received a timely gift---$7,000，a legacy(遗产)from their neighbors Ish and Arlene Hatch,who died in(34)_____accident.“It really made a difference(35)_____we were going under financially.”says Dave.But the Fusses weren’t the only folks in Alto and the neighboring town of Lowell to receive unexpected legacy from the Hatches.Dozens of other families(36)_____(touch)by the Hatches’generosity.In some cases,it was a few thousand dollars;in others,it was more than$100,000.It surprised nearly everyone that the Hatches had so much money,more than$3million—they were an elderly couple who lived in an old house on(37)_____was left of the family farm.(38)__________the financial crisis,Ish and Arlene developed the habit of saving.They were fond of comparison shopping and would routinely go from store to store,(39)_____(check)prices before making a new purchase.Through the years,the Hatches paid for local children to attend summer camp when their parents(40)_____not afford it.“Ish and Arlene never asked whether you needed anything,”says their friend Sand Van Weelden,“They could see the things they could do to make you happier,and they would do them.”答案：25.from26.They27.who28.cleaner29.that/which30.had removed31.Seeing32.to clean33.driving34.an35.when36.were touched37.what38.Because of/Owing to/Due to39.checking40.could2019.07.18【一模汇编】2014届上海高三英语一模汇编：语法填空更多优质及原创资源请关注微信公众号：上海初高中英语教学(SHCG-English)(B)35.could36.because37.more37.if38.but39.another40.is giving34.to eat(A)25.where27.something28.taking29.When/After30.a/one31.listed32.On33.what答案：3、2014徐汇一模（A）"Just tell him if he really loves you,he should leave you.""I don't think my boyfriend is going to like that."stomach.""Because your boyfriend40_____(give)you too much stress.He is probably the main cause of your upset "Why?"Sara asked.39_____.He wanted to get married,38_____she didn't.The doctor said that she should break up with her boyfriend and find Then he asked her37_____there were any big problems in her life.She said that her boyfriend was a big problem. stomach.""Don't drink any36_____(much)regular milk.Start drinking lactose-free milk,because lactose can upset your three glasses a day.good doctor would solve it in no time.Two days later,she saw her doctor.He asked her if she drank milk.She said yes, "No way,"Sara said.She didn't want to go home.She liked America.This was a minor problem,she was sure.Any agreeing with her.They said she would have to return to her home country.Her friends told her it was35_____she had moved to America.The air,water,and food in America weren't This was terrible.She34_____hardly go anywhere in public.Sara needed to see the doctor.She had an upset stomach.She felt bloated,and needed to pass gas every minute or so.(B)Ahh,32_____a sandwich,he thought,as he sat down33_____(eat).he added some bits of hot green chile,and then put the top piece of toast onto the chile bits.onion.31_____top of the onions,he placed the hot dog.On top of the hot dog,he put a couple of slices of apple.Then When the toast popped up,he put mustard,mayonnaise,and ketchup on one slice.Then he added two slices of was organic sprouted wheat.The first ingredient in ordinary bread is usually unbleached flour.Gordon put two slices of bread into the toaster.This was tasty and healthy bread.The first ingredient30_____(list) took the hot dog out of the pan.got hot,he put the two halves in the pan.About29_____minute later,he flipped each half over.After another minute,he heat.Then he poured a little bit of vegetable oil into the pan.He sliced the hot dog in half lengthwise.28_____the oil After27_____(take)it out of its package,he put a small frying pan onto the stove’s gas burner.He turned on the must be26_____in here to eat,he thought.Now,however,there was a single hot dog.Gordon was hungry.He opened the refrigerator,25_____there used to be much food before his wife left him.There(A)The problem with much mobile technology is that it’s not really designed to be used while you’re actually mobile. The human brain can only pay attention to about three things at a time–and concentrate effectively on just one of them. Even though the consequences of smartphone distraction（注意力分散）are sometimes(25)_____(amuse),they can also be serious.The number of children(26)_____(admit)to hospitals after accidents in public playgrounds(27)_____(climb)by about a third in five years,according to NHS data.Experts in both Britain and the US,(28)_____a similar rise has occurred suggest some of the increase may be a result of parents being too distracted by their phones(29)_____(take) care of their children properly.And now comes evidence showing that11-year-old children are three times more likely to be hurt or seriously injured on the way to and from school than10-year-olds,since11is the average age at which children receive their first mobile phone,six times more likely(30)_____(send)a text when it happens.(31)_____quarter of children surveyed admitted that they had been distracted by personal technology while crossing the road.“There is,”the report concluded,“a clear connection(32)_____the use of technology and the time of serious accidents with children.”(B)Self care is necessary for our physical and mental health,yet often it’s the first thing we drop when we find ourselves(33)_____(stretch)for time.While we’re on the subject of time,let’s talk about priorities.When we feel likewe don’t have time to do something important,it is(34)_____because we’re not making time or because our priorities are not what we actually need.Everything we do with our time is a choice.It(35)_____feel like we“have to”do certain things,but,in reality,we have complete control over(36)_____we spend our time.(37)_______________busy you are,you can fit self care into your schedule.Whether this means making it thefirst thing you do each morning,giving up TV or Facebook time,saying“no”to certain commitments,or potentially displeasing(38)_____,you can fit self care into your weekly routine(39)_______________you prioritize（优先考虑）.Self care doesn’t have to involve a lot of money,nor does it require a lot of time.If you(40)_____(struggle)to fit self care into your routine,start small,prioritize,and listen to your heart.答案：25.amusing26.admitted27.has climbed28.where29.to take30.to be sending31.A32.between33.stretched34.either35.might36.how37.No matter how38.others39.as long as40.are strugglingA friendly dog named Bonnie,who also happens to be deaf,is being praised by her owner for(25)_______(help) him catch a suspected intruder in their home.Dan Strasser said he heard Bonnie running around the living room at about6a.m.Saturday,so he got out of bed to see(26)_______she was so excited.He said Bonnie didn’t bark or bite like a guard dog,but(27)_______she behavedwas enough to alert him.When Strasser walked into the living room,he caught the intruder(28)_______(try)to steal his computer.The man took off,but instead of running out of the back door(29)_______he came in,he accidentally ran into the garage and (30)_______(seize)there.Strasser grabbed his gun and held the intruder in the garage while his girlfriend called911.Police showed up and arrested the intruder,whom they later identified(31)_______Thomas Lowell,who was accused in court Monday of burglary(入室行窃)and possession of drug.He is due back in court on Oct.2nd.Strasser said Lowell got in through the back door,which he kept open at night so that Bonnie(32)_______get into the backyard.He plans to keep it(33)_______(lock)from now on.(B)The first-ever American Laughing Championship is taking place in San Diego.The contest is the first national championship in the US,(34)_______Canadian filmmaker,Albert Nerenberg,has previously organized national laughing contests in Canada and Japan and a state championship in California back in2010.The contest requires the chosen laughers to face off against each other as the audience determines who has(35)(attractive)laugh.Daunte Reed is one of about twelve people competing in the contest.He is hoping to be a winner of the title of top laugher.“I’ve been told I have(36)_______attractive laugh.(37)_______doesn’t take much to make me laugh,”Reed said.The contest includes the belly laugh,the crazy laugh and the diabolical(魔鬼般的)laugh.The last one is the most challenging,according to Nerenberg,who said the goal is(38)_______(make)the audience laugh with your laugh.The solo(单独的)laughing requires a good voice.However,the other laugh styles require someone to get the audience laughing;a good diabolical laugh requires the laugher to infect himself and startlaughing naturally,”he explained.“The person who wins isn’t always the best,but the top three people are always the best.It is more joy (39)_______these people bring to the world.They tend to be happy types.W e(40)_______(never have)a sad personwin so far,”he added.答案:25.helping/having helped26.why27.How28.Trying29.where30.was seized31.as32.could33.locked34.although35.the most attractive36.an37.It38.to make39.that40.have never hadOne day I heard two girls talking about making net friends in a café.One said that she(25)______(meet)one of her net friends and the other told her not to because most people found their net friends(26)______(disappoint)in real life.We all know it is quite common now that many teenagers,especially(27)______from one-child families,like to make net friends and spend lots of time chatting with them because they need someone to talk with and share theirsorrow and happiness.However,is it wise for them to do so?In my opinion,it is possible for you to find some real good friends with the help of new technology but you(28) ____________take care.When you talk with someone unknown on the Internet,you have no idea at all what kind of person he is and(29)______he is telling you the truth.Besides we can’t deny that some bad guys mask themselves very well so that they can get many nice people(30)______(trap).So,you’re taking the risk of meeting your net friends(31)______you get any idea about him.In a word,you can never be too careful when meeting your net friends.(B)Perhaps one aspect of modern life which is most often considered‘annoying’is noise.According to some estimates, the amount of urban noise(32)______(double)in the past ten years,and with the increase in road and air traffic,noiseis likely to increase too.Noise quite clearly affects the health of modern man.It is a health threat.Loud noise(33)______(say)to be a leading cause of deafness among many people over65.It is also a major(34)______(contribute)factor in causing stress, (35)______itself causes a variety of illnesses.Noise is sometimes associated with lack of communication in the modern world.In many busy shops,factories and nightclubs,(36)______level and constancy of noise make conversation at a natural level difficult or impossible.Certain people in society,such as motorcyclists,seem to believe they have a right(37)______(make)as much noise as they like without being fined.Do they?We are so trained to noise in this modern world(38)______people growing up with little(39)______no experience of genuine peace and quiet have begun to associate silence with boredom.Isn’t it time for us to start teaching young people that silence is golden and that you can do a lot of interesting things(40)______the accompaniment of noise?答案：25.would meet/was going to meet26.disappointing27.those28.have to/ought to29.whether/if30.trapped31.trapped32.has doubled33.is said34.contributing35.which36.the37.to make38.that39.or40.withoutEnglish is(25)________(widely)used language in the history of our planet.One in every seven human beings(26)________speak it.More than half of the world’s books and three quarters of international mail are in English.Of all languages,English has the largest vocabulary—perhaps as many as two million words.However,let’s face it:English is a crazy language.There is no egg in(27)________eggplant,neither pine nor apple in a pineapple and no ham in a hamburger.Sweet-meats are candy,while sweetbreads,(28)________aren’t sweet, are meat.We take English(29)_______granted.But when we explore its paradoxes(矛盾),we find that quicksand can work slowly,boxing rings are square,public bathrooms have no baths in them.And why is it(30)________a writer writes,but fingers don’t fing,grocers don’t groce,and hammers don’t ham?Ifthe plural of tooth is teeth,shouldn’t the plural of booth be beeth?How can a slim chance and a fat chance be the same,while a wise man and a wise guy are opposites?How can overlook and oversee be opposites,while quite a lot and quite a few are alike?How can the weather be hot as hell one day and cold as hell the next?So far English,(31)________(invent)by people not computers,(32)________(reflect)the creativity of human beings.（B）The(33)________(ring)bell indicated the end of the last class on Friday afternoon.Students swarmed out of the classrooms and headed back to their dormitories.Only Xiao Di headed to another classroom.“Go ahead and have dinner. Don’t wait for me,”the20-year-old told her friends.“I have to get to a good seat for my minor subject.”Like Xiao,many students are signing up for minor subjects in their spare time.(34)________the reasons are different,they all believe that taking a minor subject is a rewarding experience.Li Keren,22,is a senior who(35)________(involve)in finance at Tianjin University of Finance&Economics now.He enrolled in international finance as his minor subject and managed to stay on top in(36)________of his major and minor subjects.“Different from most students,I pay equal attention to my major and minor subject,”he says.He thinks that students have signed up for minor subjects(37)________they have the energy and time to do so.The disadvantage of (38)________(pay)less attention to a minor subject,according to Li,is(39)________students may not get a comprehensive understanding of the subject.Therefore,what students should do is(40)________(devote)the same energy and time to their major subject as before,while sacrificing their spare time to work on their minor subject.“Considering your future,it’s a worthwhile effort,”he says.答案：25.the most widely26.can27.an28.which29.for30.that31.invented32.has reflected/has been reflecting33.ringing34.Though35.is involved36.both37.because38.paying39.that40.to devoteAs a student,I get so many assignments every day.I have to stay up late in order to finish all my homework.I used to complain about all this pressure(25)____school with my classmates.We did not appreciate our teachers for their hard work.We only(26)____(know)that we got a lot of homework.After a few months,we did not complain about homework anymore(27)____we knew that our teachers worked (28)____(hard)than we did.We had no right to complain.Sometimes,we said,“I didn’t go to bed until12:00o’clock last night.Now I just want to sleep.”Our teacher would answer us,“I go to bed at1:00a.m.every day.”Since we knew how hard teachers work,we started to appreciate them.To give our thanks,we wrote a big card to the teachers(29) ____it was teachers’day.When they got our card,they(30)____(touch)because their students finally knew the teachers’effort.After giving the card,I realized(31)____powerful the sentence“thank you”is.When we give our thanks to somebody,the world is full of love.I say“thank you”to my friends,family,classmates,teachers,and even strangers.I like to see the smiles on their faces,so(32)____(say)“thank you”every day is the way I make the world a better place.(B)The year before last,a new superhero landed on Earth to live among humans.When people needed help,Thor became their defender and saved(33)____world.People loved Thor and the actor who played him—Chris Hemsworth.Hemsworth was born in Melbourne,Australia,in1983.His family moved between Melbourne and the Northern Territory.In the Northern Territory,Hemsworth’s parents worked on a cattle station.The work required the family(34) ____(live)two hours from the nearest big city.Since they had no T V,Hemsworth and his brothers learned to entertain (35)____.They played outside,(36)____(build)weapons and forts(堡垒).Later the family settled on Philip’s Island south of Melbourne(37)____Hemsworth enjoyed surfing.In2012,Hemsworth played Thor again in the film The Avengers.He was one of a group of superheroes(38)____ (assemble)to save planet Earth.That film earned$1billion worldwide in just19days!He also starred in(39)____is called Snow White and the Huntsman.Audiences(40)____seem to get enough of him!A second Thor film,Thor2,is due out in2013.答案：25.from26.knew27.because28.harder29.when30.were touched31.how32.saying33.the34.to live35.themselves36.building37.where38.assembled39.what40.can’tWhen I was young I wanted to be a model,so I convinced my parents to take me for an audition(试演).I was(25)_______(select)and told I had potential．I imagined(26)_______(sign)by some famous model companies.For months,any boredom or disappointment I faced was pushed aside because I knew I(27)_______(have)the chance to be a real model soon.Of course,I wasn't signed,but(28)_______hurt the most was being told that if I grew to1.75meters I could be a success.I prayed for a growth spurt（冲刺）because I didn’t want to give up my dream.I made an appointment with a local modeling agency.The agency sent me out on a few auditions,but with every day I didn't receive a call,I grew more(29)_______ (depress).The final straw came in July(30)_______I had decided to focus on commercial modeling.There was an open call in New York City.We spent hours driving,only to be told that I was too short．Years later,I realize that the trip to New York was good as(31)_______made me notice I didn't actually love modeling,just the idea of it.I wanted to be special and I was naively determined(32)_______(reach)an impossible goal. The experience has made me stronger and that will help me later in the future．(B)The cold came a little bit earlier this winter.The weather has been harsh and unforgiving.Beijing witnessed the (33)_______(early)snowfall since the1950s on Nov3.Temperatures in many parts of China have hit record lows,with Inner Mongolia suffering from a killer cold of-40C.Cold weather also brought heavy snowstorms(34)_______the US, Russia and Europe,(35)_______(cause)deaths and forcing highways to shut down.You may not think they are related in any possible way,but scientists say that the extreme cold started in the North Pole,where the sea ice is melting rapidly(36)_______the burning of fossil fuels.This summer,the National Snow and Ice Data Center in the US announced that the sea ice coverage in(37)_______Arctic had reached its lowest level with less than half of the coverage it has four decades ago.Large amounts of sea ice loss could change(38)_______air circulates in the atmosphere.At the same time,melting sea ice also release more ocean water,which result in increased water vapor in the atmosphere that(39)_______be transferred into snow.Also,the attack of the cold came quickly and without a break this year.This left no time for the temperature to revive(回升),(40)_______caused the cold to accumulate.答案：25.was selected26.being signed27.would have28.what29.depressed30.after31.it32.to reach33.earliest34.to35.causing36.because of37.the38.how39.can40.whichLike many of my generation,I have a weakness for hero worship.At some point,however,we all begin to question our heroes and our need for them.This leads us to ask:What is a hero?(25)______immense differences in cultures,heroes around the world generally share a number of characteristics that instruct and inspire people.A hero does something worth(26)______(talk)about.A hero has a story of adventure to tell and a community who will listen.But a hero goes beyond mere fame.Heroes serve powers or principles larger than themselves.Like high-voltage(高电压)transformers,heroes take the energy of higher powers and step it down(27)____________it can be used by ordinary people.ljjjThe hero lives a life worthy of imitation.Those who imitate a genuine hero(28)______(experience)life with new depth,enthusiasm,and meaning.A sure test for would-be heroes is what or whom do they serve?What are they willing to live and die for?(29)______the answer or evidence suggests they serve only their own fame,they may be famous persons but not heroes.Madonna and Michael Jackson are famous,(30)______who would claim that their fans find life more abundant?Heroes are catalysts(催化剂)for change.They have a vision from the mountaintop.They have the skill and the charm to move the masses.They create new possibilities.Without Gandhi,India(31)______still be part of the British Empire.(32)______may be possible for large-scale change to occur without leaders with magnetic personalities,but the pace of change would be slow,the vision uncertain,and the committee meetings endless.(B)When young people get their real jobs,they may face a lot of new,confusing situation.They may find that everything is different from the way things(33)______(be)at school.It is also possible that they will feel uncomfortable in both professional and social situations.Eventually,they realize that university classes can’t be the only preparation for all of the different situations(34)______appear in the working world.Perhaps the best way(35)______(learn)how to behave in the working world is to identify a worker you admire and observe his behavior.In doing so,you’ll be able to see what it is(36)______you admire in this person.For example, you will observe how he acts when he is in trouble.Perhaps even(37)______(important),you will be able to see what his approach to everyday situations(38)______(be).While you are observing your colleague,you should be asking yourself whether his behavior is like(39)______and how you can learn from his response to different situations.By(40)______(learn)from a model,you will probably begin to identify and learn good working habits.答案：25.Despite26.talking27.so that28.experience29.If30.but31.might/would32.It33.were34.that/which35.to learn36.that37.more important38.is/will be39.yours40.learningAlan and Linda always dreamed of living“the good life”.Both from poor working-class families,they married young and set out to fulfil their mutual goal of becoming wealthy.They both worked very hard for years.____25____ (earn)enough money,they finally could move from their two-bedroom home to a seven-bedroom home in a richneighbourhood.They focused their energies on trying to have____26____they considered important for a good life: membership in the local country club,luxury cars,designer clothing,and high-class society friends.____27____much they earned,it never seemed to be enough.They were unable to remove the financial insecurity that____28____ (acquire)in childhood.Then the stock market crashed in1987,and Alan and Linda lost a considerable amount of money. Alan also suffered from heart attack,____29____cost the family much.One thing led to____30____,and they found themselves in a financial disaster.Their house needed to be sold,and eventually they lost the country club membership and the cars.It was several years____31____Alan and Linda managed to land on their feet,and though they now live a life far from wealthy,they have learned a valuable lesson from their lives and felt quite blessed.Only now,as they think of what____32____(remain)—a solid,loving marriage,a dependable income,and good friends—do they realize that true abundance comes not from gathering fortunes,but rather from appreciating.(B)We all hope to enjoy harmonious relationships with our parents.In real life,however,this is not always possible. The poem“Those Winter Sundays”by Robert Hayden expresses the speaker’s regret over the way the speaker,when he was young,____33____(treat)his father.It is only when he looks back on how he has grown up____34____he beginsto understand his father’s unselfish love.In remembering the small things his father did____35____him and his family,such as lighting a fire in the morning and polishing his shoes,the speaker begins to understand an aspect of parental love that escaped____36____ notice in the past.As he recalls how his father warmed the house,the speaker’s coldness toward his father starts to melt away.In its place is love and gratitude.It dawns on him that love is not just hugging and kissing,or always warm and affectionate, but____37____well be cold and stern in appearance.In fact,mature love often requires self-discipline and self-sacrifice.During our stressful teen years,we may find that our parents,especially our fathers,have difficulty____38____ (show)their love for us verbally—sometimes when we need it most.This is certainly very discouraging.However,if we remember____39____(be)grateful or not so self-centered,we will see that their love has always been there,only ____40____(express)in ways different from what we may have expected.答案：25.Having earned26.what/something27.However28.was required29.which30.another31.before32.remains33.treated34.that35.for36.his37.may38.showing39.to be40. expressed。

II. Grammar and VocabularySection ADirections: Read the following passage and complete it with proper words or the proper form of given words.(A)In ancient times the most important examinations were spoken, not written. In the schools of ancient Greece and Rome, testing usually consisted of saying poetry aloud or 25 (give) speeches.In the European universities of the Middle Ages, students working for advanced degrees had to discuss questions in their field of study with people who had made a special study of the subject.Generally, 26 , modern examinations are written. The written examination, 27 all students are tested on the same questions, was probably not known 28 the nineteenth century. Perhaps it came into existence with the great increase 29 population and the development of modern industry. A room full of candidates for a state examination, 30 (time) exactly by electric clocks and carefully watched over by managers, appears like a group of workers at an automobile factory. Certainly, during examinations teachers and students 31 (expect) to act like machines.One type of test is sometimes called as "objective" test. 32 is intended to deal with is facts, not personal opinions. To make up an objective test the teacher writes a series of questions, each of which has only one correct answer. Along with each question the teacher writes the correct answer and also three statements that look like answers to students who have not learned the material properly.(B)Computer technology has become a major part of people's lives. This technology has its own special words. One example is the word mouse. A computer mouse is not a small animal that livesfront of a computer. The mouse moves the pointer, or cursor, on the computer screen.(call) hackers. A hacker is usually a person who writes software programs in a special computer language. But the word hacker is also used to describe a person who tries to steal information from computer systems.popular "search engine" for the Internet. People use the search engine to find information aboutin mathematics, googol, spelled g-o-o-g-o-l, is an extremely large number. It is the number one followed by one-hundred zeros.When you "Google" a subject, you can get a large amount of information about it. Someon the Internet.(shorten) name for a Web log. A blog is a personal Web page. It may contain stories, comments,day. People who have blogs are called bloggers.Section A25. giving 26. however 27.where 28.until 29 in 30. timed 31. are expected32 .what33. That 34. Using 35. are called 36.Another 37.because 38. how 39.shortened 40. toII. 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)One day I heard two girls talking about making net friends in a café. One said that she (25) ______ (meet) one of her net friends and the other told her not to because most people found their net friends (26) ______ (disappoint) in real life.We all know it is quite common now that many teenagers, especially (27) ______ from one-child families, like to make net friends and spend lots of time chatting with them because they need someone to talk with and share their sorrow and happiness. However, is it wise for them to do so?In my opinion, it is possible for you to find some real good friends with the help of new technology but you (28) ______ ______ take care. When you talk with someone unknown on the Internet, you have no idea at all what kind of person he is and (29) ______ he is telling you the truth. Besides we can‘t deny that some bad guys mask themselves very well so that they can get many nice people (30) ______ (trap). So, you‘re taking the risk of meeting your net friends (31) ______ you get any idea about him. In a word, you can never be too careful when meeting your net friends.(B)Perhaps one aspect of modern life which is most often considered ‗annoying‘ i s noise. According to some estimates, the amount of urban noise (32) ______ (double) in the past ten years, and with the increase in road and air traffic, noise is likely to increase too.Noise quite clearly affects the health of modern man. It is a health threat. Loud noise (33) ______ (say) to be a leading cause of deafness among many people over 65. It is also a major (34) ______ (contribute) factor in causing stress, (35) ______ itself causes a variety of illnesses.Noise is sometimes associated with lack of communication in the modern world. In many busy shops, factories and nightclubs, (36) ______ level and constancy of noise make conversation at a natural level difficult or impossible.Certain people in society, such as motorcyclists, seem to believe they have a right (37) ______ (make) as much noise as they like without being fined. Do they?We are so trained to noise in this modern world (38) ______ people growing up with little (39)______ no experience of genuine peace and quiet have begun to associate silence with boredom. Isn‘t it time for us to start teaching young people that silence is golden and that you can do a lot of interesting things (40) ______ the accompaniment of noise?II. Grammar and Vocabulary25. would meet/ was going to meet 26. disappointing 27. those 28. have to/ ought to 29. whether/ if 30. trapped 31. before/ unless 32. has doubled 33. is said 34. contributing 35. which 36. the37. to make 38. that 39. or 40. withoutII. 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)Gordon was hungry. He opened the refrigerator, 25_____ there used to be much food before his wife left him. There must be 26_____ in here to eat, he thought. Now, however, there was a single hot dog.After 27_____ (take) it out of its package, he put a small frying pan onto the stove’s gas burner. He turned on the heat. Then he poured a little bit of vegetable oil into the pan. He sliced the hot dog in half lengthwise. 28_____ the oil got hot, he put the two halves in the pan. About 29_____ minute later, he flipped each half over. After another minute, he took the hot dog out of the pan.Gordon put two slices of bread into the toaster. This was tasty and healthy bread. The first ingredient 30_____ (list) was organic sprouted wheat. The first ingredient in ordinary bread is usually unbleached flour.When the toast popped up, he put mustard, mayonnaise, and ketchup on one slice. Then he added two slices of onion. 31_____ top of the onions, he placed the hot dog. On top of the hot dog, he put a couple of slices of apple. Then he added some bits of hot green chile, and then put the top piece of toast onto the chile bits.Ahh, 32_____ a sandwich, he thought, as he sat down 33_____ (eat).(B)Sara needed to see the doctor. She had an upset stomach. She felt bloated, and needed to pass gas every minute or so. This was terrible. She 34_____ hardly go anywhere in public.Her friends told her it was 35_____ she had moved to America. The air, water, and food in America weren't agreeing with her. They said she would have to return to her home country."No way," Sara said. She didn't want to go home. She liked America. This was a minor problem, she was sure. Any good doctor would solve it in no time. Two days later, she saw her doctor. He asked her if she drank milk. She said yes, three glasses a day."Don't drink any 36_____ (much) regular milk. Start drinking lactose-free milk, because lactose can upset your stomach."Then he asked her 37_____ there were any big problems in her life. She said that her boyfriend was a big problem. He wanted to get married, 38_____ she didn't. The doctor said thatshe should break up with her boyfriend and find 39_____."Why?" Sara asked."Because your boyfriend 40_____ (give) you too much stress. He is probably the main cause of your upset stomach.""I don't think my boyfriend is going to like that.""Just tell him if he really loves you, he should leave you."Section A(A) 25. where 27. something 28. taking 29. When/After 30. a/one 31.listed 32. On 33. what 34. to eat(B) 35. could 36. because 37. more 37. if 38. but 39. another 40. is giving Section 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 )As a student, I get so many assignments every day. I have to stay up late in order to finish all my homework. I used to complain about all this pressure (25) school with my classmates. We did not appreciate our teachers for their hard work. We only (26) (know) that we got a lot of homework.After a few months, we did not complain about homework anymore (27) we knew that our teachers worked (28) (hard) than we did. We had no right to complain. Sometimes, we said, “I didn’t go to bed until 12:00 o’clock last night. Now I just want to sleep.” Our teacher would answer us, “I go to bed at 1:00 a.m. every day.” Since we knew how hard teachers work, we started to appreciate them. To give our thanks, we wrote a big card to the teachers (29) it was teachers’ day. When they got our card, they (30) (touch) because their students finally knew the teachers’ effort.After giving the card, I realized (31) powerful the sentence “thank you” is. When we give our thanks to somebody, the world is full of love. I sa y “thank you” to my friends, family, classmates, teachers, and even strangers. I like to see the smiles on their faces, so (32) (say) “thank you” every day is the way I make the world a better place.( B )The year before last, a new superhero landed on Earth to live among humans. When people needed help, Thor became their defender and saved (33) world. People loved Thor and the actor who played him — Chris Hemsworth.Hemsworth was born in Melbourne, Australia, in 1983. His family moved between M elbourne and the Northern Territory. In the Northern Territory, Hemsworth’s parents worked on a cattle station. The work required the family (34) (live) two hours from the nearest big city. Since they had no TV, Hemsworth and his brothers learned to entertain (35) . They played outside, (36) (build) weapons and forts (堡垒). Later the family settled on Philip’s Island south of Melbourne (37) Hemsworth enjoyed surfing.In 2012, Hemsworth played Thor again in the film The Avengers. He was one of a group of superheroes (38) (assemble) to save planet Earth. That film earned $1 billion worldwide injust 19 days! He also starred in (39) is called Snow White and the Huntsman. Audiences (40) ____ seem to get enough of him! A second Thor film, Thor 2, is due out in 2013.21. educational background 22. Singapore Airlines 23. sales promotion 24. attend college courses 25. from 26. knew 27. because 28. harder 29. when 30. were touched 31. how 32. saying 33. the 34. to live 35. themselves 36. building 37. where 38. assembled 39. what 40. can’tDirections: 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)A friendly dog named Bonnie, who also happens to be deaf, is being praised by her owner for(25) _____(help) him catch a suspected intruder in their home.Dan Strasser said he heard Bonnie running around the living room at about 6 a.m. Saturday, so he got out of bed to see (26) _____ she was so excited. He said zhucanqi Bonnie didn‘t bark or bite like a guard dog, but (27) _____ she behaved was enough to alert him.When Strasser walked into the living room, he caught the intruder (28) _____(try) to steal his computer. The man took off, but instead of running out of the back door (29) _____ he came in, he accidentally ran into the garage and (30) _____(seize) there.Strasser grabbed his gun and held the intruder in the garage while his girlfriend called 911. Police showed up and arrested the intruder, whom they later identified (31) _____ Thomas Lowell, who was accused in court Monday of burglary (入室行窃) and possession of drug. He is due back in court on Oct. 2nd.Strasser said Lowell got in through the P.F. Productions back door, which he kept open at night so that Bonnie (32) _____ get into the backyard. He plans to keep it (33) _____(lock) from now on.(B)The first-ever American Laughing Championship is taking place in San Diego. The contest is the first national championship in the US, (34) _____ Canadian filmmaker, Albert Nerenberg, has previously organized national laughing contests in Canada and Japan and a state championship in California back in 2010. The contest requires the chosen laughers to face off against each other as the audience determines who has (35) _____(attractive) laugh. Daunte Reed is one of about twelve people competing in the contest. He is hoping to be a winner of the title of top laugher. ―I‘ve been told I have (36) _____ attractive laugh. (37)_____ doesn‘t take much to make me laugh,‖ Reed said.The contest includes the belly laugh, the crazy laugh and the diabolical (魔鬼般的) laugh. The last one is the most challenging, according to Nerenberg, who said the goal is (38) _____(make) the audience laugh with your laugh. The solo (单独的) laughing requires a pfzhizuo good voice. However, the other laugh styles require someone to get the audience laughing; a good diabolical laugh requires the laugher to infect himself and start laughing naturally,‖ he explained.―The person who wins isn‘t always the best, but the top three people are always the best. It is more joy (39) _____ these people bring to the world. They tend to P.F. Productions be happy types. We (40) _____(never have) a sad person win so f ar,‖ he added.II. Grammar and Vocabulary（共26分。

Section ADirections: After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the passage 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)To be a successful speaker is no easy thing. It is essential for you to know why you are speaking and (25) ______ you wish to accomplish by your speech. The four most common purposes of speech are to inform, to convince, to move to action, and to entertain. Do you, like a teacher or an expert in a field, wish to illustrate your ideas in detail to people unfamiliar with your subject (26) ______ ______ they can understand your ideas clearly and thoroughly? Or, like a debater, wish to convince the judges or the audience? Or, like a fund collector for a naturalist foundation, wish to get money? Or, like a comedian or after-dinner speaker, wish to entertain? The language and tone you use (27) ______ be proper for your purpose, for your audience, and for the occasion. A speech to the graduating class will have quite different language, tone and manner from information(28) ______ (deliver) to a group of your friends.Furthermore, (29) ______ talented the speaker is, a talk without enough preparation is usually(30) ______ failure. To speak without preparing is to shoot without taking aim. Decide what your aim or objective is; then state it in a complete topic sentence. Make sure that your subject (31)______(be) definite and not too broad.(B)DC Hilton was one of the first Americans to find out that there was money to be made in the middle of the night. 47 years ago he bought a small restaurant on US highway 69, in Oklahoma. His main customers were truck drivers and traveling salesmen who drank coffee and ate cheeseburgers when they stopped (32)_______(break) their journey.It was they (33)______first tried to persuade Hilton to remain open all night. (34)______ (think) about it for a while, he suddenly made up his mind. He took the door key and threw it across the road. He hasn’t closed the door ever since.Over the years his simple burger caféhas been expanded (35)______ a 24-hour roadside empire, with a 100-seat restaurant, a petrol station, a mini shopping market, a car park for mobile homes and all-night self-help laundry.Hilton was a pioneer in a 24-hour working trend, (36)_______ has now caught on around the world. Today not only restaurants but also banks, supermarkets, mail-order firms, travel agencies and many other businesses are beginning to be open all night. But is this really a good thing?So far, a lot of research (37)_______ (do) in America on the effect of 24-hour working, and there is growing concern about the long-term dangers of a society that doesn’t sleep. Americans are said to be sleeping 20% less than (38)______ did 100 years ago, and 55% claim to suffer at least occasionally from over-tiredness. Several of the (39)______ (bad) man-made disasters happened in the last few hours before dawn, when even the most experienced night-worker has difficulty (40)______ (stay) awake.Keys: 25. what 26. so that 27. must 28. delivered 29. However 30. a 31. is 32. to break 33. who/that 34.Having thought 35. into 36. Which 37. has been done38. they 39. Worst 40. stayingSection ADirections: After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the passage 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 )“Come in, Kim. Have a seat, please,” said Bill Williams, the manager. This was Kim’s first experience with an assessment. After only six months he was due for a raise (25) _____ this assessment was satisfactory.“Kim,” began Bill Williams, “I am very pleased with the quality of your work. My only concern is that you are not active enough in (26) _____ (put) forward your suggestions.”“But,” replied Kim, “I h ave always completed every assignment you (27) _____ (give) me, Mr. Williams.”“I know that, Kim. And please, call me Bill. But (28) _____ I expect is for you to think independently and introduce new ideas. It is more input from you (29) _____ I need –more feedback on how things are going. I don’t need a ‘yes man’. You just smile (30) ______ _____ everything is fine. I’m not asking you to tell me what to do, but what you think we (31) _____ do.To make suggestions, I employed you because I respect your exp erience in this field.”“Yes, I see. I’m not accustomed to this, but I will try to do as you say… Bill.”“Good, then, I expect (32) _____ (hear) more from you at staff meetings or at any other time you want to discuss an idea with me.”“Yes, of course. Thank you, Mr. Will… Bill.”( B )I was the middle child of the three, but there was a gap of five years on either side, and I hardly saw my father before I was eight. For this and (33) _____ reasons I was somewhat lonely. I had the lonely child’s habit of ma king up stories, and I think from the very start my literary ambitions (34) _____ (mix) up with the feeling of being isolated. I knew that I had a natural ability with words, and I felt that this created a sort of private world where I could get my own back for my failure in everyday life.However, the quantity of serious writing which I produced all (35) _____ my childhood would not add up to half a dozen pages. I wrote my first poem at the age of four or five, my mother (36) _____ (take) it down to dictation. I cannot remember anything about it except that it was about a tiger and (37) _____ tiger had “chair-like teeth”—a good enough expression. At eleven, when the war of 1914-18 broke out, I wrote a poem (38) _____ (print) in the local newspaper later. From time to time, when I was a bit (39) _____ (old), I wrote bad and usually unfinished “nature poems”. I also, about twice, attempted a short story (40) _____ was a failure. That was the total of the would-be serious work that I actually set down on paper during all those years.Keys: 25. if 26. putting 27. have given / gave/ give 28. what 29. that30. as though / as if 31. can / must / should / could 32. to hear 33.other34. were mixed 35. through 36. taking 37. the 38. printed 39. older40. which / thatSection ADirections: After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form ofthe given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank.（A）Alan and Linda always dreamed of living “the good life”. Both from poor working-class families, they married young and set out to fulfill their mutual goal of becoming wealthy. They both worked very hard for years. (25)_______ (earn) enough money, they finally could move from their two-bedroom home to a seven-bedroom home in a rich neighborhood. They focused their energies on trying to have (26)________ they considered important for a good life: membership in the local country club, luxury cars, designer clothing, and high-class society friends. (27)_______ much they earned, it never seemed to be enough. They were unable to remove the financial insecurity that (28)_______ (acquire) in childhood. Then the stock market crashed in 1987, and Alan and Linda lost a considerable amount of money. Alan also suffered from heart attack, (29)_______ cost the family much. One thing led to (30)_______, and they found themselves in a financial disaster. Their house needed to be sold, and eventually they lost the country club membership and the cars. It was several years (31)_______ Alan and Linda managed to land on their feet, and though they now live a life far from wealthy, they have learned a valuable lesson from their lives and felt quite blessed. Only now, as they think of what (32)_______ (remain) — a solid, loving marriage, a dependable income, and good friends —do they realize that true abundance comes not from gathering fortunes, but rather from appreciating.（B）We all hope to enjoy harmonious relationships with our parents. In real life, however, this is not always possible. The poem Those Winter Sundays by Robert Hayden expresses the speaker’s regret over the way the speaker, when he was young, (33)________ (treat) his father. It is only when he looks back on how he has grown up (34)_______ he begins to understand his father’s unselfish love.In remembering the small things his father did (35)_______ him and his family, such as lighting a fire in the morning and polishing his shoes, the speaker begins to understand an aspect of parental love that escaped (36)_______ notice in the past.As he recalls how his father warmed the house, the speaker’s coldness toward his father starts to melt away. In its place is love and gratitude. It dawns on him that love is not just hugging and kissing, or always warm and affectionate, but (37)_______ well be cold and stern in appearance.In fact, mature love often requires self-discipline and self-sacrifice.During our stressful teen years, we may find that our parents, especially our fathers, have difficulty(38)_______ (show) their love for us verbally — sometimes when we need it most. This is certainly very discouraging. However, if we remember (39)_______ (be) grateful or not so self-centered, we will see that their love has always been there, only(40)_______ (express) in ways different from what we may have expected.Keys: 25. Having earned 26. what/something 27. However 28.was required 29.which30.another 31.before 32.remains 33.treated 34.that 35.for 36.his 37.may38.showing 39.to be 40.expressedSection ADirections: After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the passage 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)One day I heard two girls talking about making net friends in a café. One said that she (25) ______ (meet) one of her net friends and the other told her not to because most people found their net friends (26) ______ (disappoint) in real life.We all know it is quite common now that many teenagers, especially (27) ______ from one-child families, like to make net friends and spend lots of time chatting with them because they need someone to talk with and share their sorrow and happiness. However, is it wise for them to do so?In my opinion, it is possible for you to find some real good friends with the help of new technology but you (28) ______ ______ take care. When you talk with someone unknown on the Internet, you have no idea at all what kind of person he is and (29) ______ he is telling you the truth. Besides we can’t deny that some bad guys mask themselves very well so that they can get many nice people (30) ______ (trap). So, you’re taking the risk of meeting your net friends (31) ______ you get any idea about him. In a word, you can never be too careful when meeting your net friends.(B)Perhaps one aspect of modern life which is most often considered ‘annoying’ is noise. According to some estimates, the amount of urban noise (32) ______ (double) in the past ten years, and with the increase in road and air traffic, noise is likely to increase too.Noise quite clearly affects the health of modern man. It is a health threat. Loud noise (33) ______ (say) to be a leading cause of deafness among many people over 65. It is also a major (34) ______ (contribute) factor in causing stress, (35) ______ itself causes a variety of illnesses.Noise is sometimes associated with lack of communication in the modern world. In many busy shops, factories and nightclubs, (36) ______ level and constancy of noise make conversation at a natural level difficult or impossible.Certain people in society, such as motorcyclists, seem to believe they have a right (37) ______ (make) as much noise as they like without being fined. Do they?We are so trained to noise in this modern world (38) ______ people growing up with little (39) ______ no experience of genuine peace and quiet have begun to associate silence with boredom. Isn’t it time for us to start teaching young people that silence is golden and that you can do a lot of interesting things (40) ______ the accompaniment of noise?Keys: 25. would meet/ was going to meet 26. disappointing 27. those 28. have to/ ought to29. whether/ if 30. trapped 31. before/ unless 32. has doubled 33. is said34. contributing 35. which 36. the 37. to make 38. that 39. or 40. withoutSection ADirections: After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the passage 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)Gordon was hungry. He opened the refrigerator, (25)_____ there used to be much food before his wife left him. There must be (26)_____ in here to eat, he thought. Now, however, there was a single hot dog.After (27)_____ (take) it out of its package, he put a small frying pan onto the stove’s gasburner. He turned on the heat. Then he poured a little bit of vegetable oil into the pan. He sliced the hot dog in half lengthwise. (28)_____ the oil got hot, he put the two halves in the pan. About (29)_____ minute later, he flipped each half over. After another minute, he took the hot dog out of the pan.Gordon put two slices of bread into the toaster. This was tasty and healthy bread. The first ingredient (30)_____ (list) was organic sprouted wheat. The first ingredient in ordinary bread is usually unbleached flour.When the toast popped up, he put mustard, mayonnaise, and ketchup on one slice. Then he added two slices of onion. (31)_____ top of the onions, he placed the hot dog. On top of the hot dog, he put a couple of slices of apple. Then he added some bits of hot green chile, and then put the top piece of toast onto the chile bits. Ahh, (32)_____ a sandwich, he thought, as he sat down(33)_____ (eat).(B)Sara needed to see the doctor. She had an upset stomach. She felt bloated, and needed to pass gas every minute or so. This was terrible. She (34)_____ hardly go anywhere in public.Her friends told her it was (35)_____ she had moved to America. The air, water, and food in America weren't agreeing with her. They said she would have to return to her home country."No way," Sara said. She didn't want to go home. She liked America. This was a minor problem, she was sure. Any good doctor would solve it in no time. Two days later, she saw her doctor. He asked her if she drank milk. She said yes, three glasses a day."Don't drink any (36)_____ (much) regular milk. Start drinking lactose-free milk, because lactose can upset your stomach."Then he asked her (37)_____ there were any big problems in her life. She said that her boyfriend was a big problem. He wanted to get married, (38)_____ she didn't. The doctor said that she should break up with her boyfriend and find (39)_____."Why?" Sara asked."Because your boyfriend (40)_____ (give) you too much stress. He is probably the main cause of your upset stomach.""I don't think my boyfriend is going to like that.""Just tell him if he really loves you, he should leave you."Keys: 25. where 27. something 28. taking 29. When/After 30. a/one 31. listed 32. On 33. what 34. to eat 35. could 36. because 37. more 37. if 38. but 39. another 40. is givingSection ADirections: After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the passage 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)Like many of my generation, I have a weakness for hero worship. At some point, however, we all begin to question our heroes and our need for them. This leads us to ask: What is a hero?(25)______ immense differences in cultures, heroes around the world generally share a number of characteristics that instruct and inspire people.A hero does something worth (26) ______ (talk) about. A hero has a story of adventure to tell and a community who will listen. But a hero goes beyond mere fame.Heroes serve powers or principles larger than themselves. Like high-voltage(高电压) transformers, heroes take the energy of higher powers and step it down (27) ______ ______ it can be used by ordinary people.The hero lives a life worthy of imitation. Those who imitate a genuine hero (28) ______ (experience) life with new depth, enthusiasm, and meaning. A sure test for would-be heroes is what or whom do they serve? What are they willing to live and die for? (29) ______ the answer or evidence suggests they serve only their own fame, they may be famous persons but not heroes.Madonna and Michael Jackson are famous, (30) ______ who would claim that their fans find life more abundant?Heroes are catalysts (催化剂) for change. They have a vision from the mountaintop. They have the skill and the charm to move the masses. They create new possibilities. Without Gandhi, India (31) ______ still be part of the British Empire. (32) ______ may be possible for large-scale change to occur without leaders with magnetic personalities, but the pace of change would be slow, the vision uncertain, and the committee meetings endless.(B)When young people get their real jobs, they may face a lot of new, confusing situation. They may find that everything is different from the way things (33) ______ (be) at school. It is also possible that they will feel uncomfortable in both professional and social situations. Eventually, they realize that university classes can’t be the only preparation for all of the different situations (34) ______ appear in the working world.Perhaps the best way (35) ______ (learn) how to behave in the working world is to identify a worker you admire and observe his behavior. In doing so, you’ll be able to see what it is (36) ______ you admire in this person. For example, you will observe how he acts when he is in trouble. Perhaps even (37) ______ (important), you will be able to see what his approach to everyday situations (38) ______ (be). While you are observing your colleague, you should be asking yourself whether his behavior is like (39) ______ and how you can learn from his response to different situations. By (40) ______ (learn) from a model, you will probably begin to identify and learn good working habits.Keys: 25. Despite 26.talking 27. so that 28. experience 29. If 30. but31. might / would 32. It 33. were 34. that / which 35. to learn 36. that37. more important 38.is / will be 39. yours 40. learningSection ADirections: After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the passage 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)When I was young I wanted to be a model, so I convinced my parents to take me for an audition (试演). I was (25) (select)and told I had potential.I imagined (26) (sign) by some famous model companies．For months, any boredom or disappointment I faced was pushed aside because I knew I (27) ( have ) the chance to be a real model soon.Of course, I wasn't signed, but (28) hurt the most was being told that if I grew to1．75 meters I could be a success．I prayed for a growth spurt （冲刺）because I didn’t want to give up my dream. I made an appointment with a local modeling agency.The agency sent me out on a few auditions, but with every day I didn't receive a call, I grew more (29) (depress). The final straw came in July (30) I had decided to focus on commercial modeling. There was an open call in New York City．We spent hours driving, only to be told that I was too short.Years later, I realize that the trip to New York was good as (31) made me notice I didn't actually love modeling, just the idea of it. I wanted to be special and I was naively determined (32) (reach) an impossible goal. The experience has made me stronger and that will help me later in the future.(B)The cold came a little bit earlier this winter. The weather has been harsh and unforgiving.Beijing witnessed the (33) (early) snowfall since the 1950s on Nov 3. Temperatures in many parts of China have hit record lows, with Inner Mongolia suffering from a killer cold of -40C. Cold weather also brought heavy snowstorms (34) the US, Russia and Europe,(35)_______(cause) deaths and forcing highways to shut down.You may not think they are related in any possible way, but scientists say that the extreme cold started in the North Pole, where the sea ice is melting rapidly (36) the burning of fossil fuels. This summer, the National Snow and Ice Data Center in the US announced that the sea ice coverage in (37) Arctic had reached its lowest level with less than half of the coverage it has four decades ago.Large amounts of sea ice loss could change (38) air circulates in the atmosphere. At the same time, melting sea ice also release more ocean water, which result in increased water vapor in the atmosphere that (39) be transferred into snow.Also, the attack of the cold came quickly and without a break this year. This left no time for the temperature to revive(回升)，(40) caused the cold to accumulate.Keys: 25. was selected 26.being signed 27.would have 28.what 29. depressed30.after 31.it 32.to reach 33. earliest 34.to 35.causing 36.because of37. the 38.how 39.can 40.whichSection ADirections: After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the passage 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 bypatience 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.Keys: 25. wrote 26. to be trained 27. where 28. although/though 29. others30. have been taken 31. as/when 32. pouring 33. an 34. caught 35. that36. worst 37, getting 38. can 39. until 40. AtSection ADirections: After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the passage 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)A friendly dog named Bonnie, who also happens to be deaf, is being praised by her owner for(25) _____(help) him catch a suspected intruder in their home.Dan Strasser said he heard Bonnie running around the living room at about 6 a.m. Saturday, so he got out of bed to see (26) _____ she was so excited. He said Bonnie didn’t bark or bite like a guard dog, but (27) _____ she behaved was enough to alert him.When Strasser walked into the living room, he caught the intruder (28) _____(try) to steal his computer. The man took off, but instead of running out of the back door (29) _____ he came in, he accidentally ran into the garage and (30) _____(seize) there.Strasser grabbed his gun and held the intruder in the garage while his girlfriend called 911. Police showed up and arrested the intruder, whom they later identified (31) _____ Thomas Lowell, who was accused in court Monday of burglary (入室行窃) and possession of drug. He is due back in court on Oct. 2nd.Strasser said Lowell got in through the back door, which he kept open at night so that Bonnie (32) _____ get into the backyard. He plans to keep it (33) _____(lock) from now on.(B)The first-ever American Laughing Championship is taking place in San Diego. The contest is the first national championship in the US, (34) _____ Canadian filmmaker, Albert Nerenberg, has previously organized national laughing contests in Canada and Japan and a state championship in California back in 2010. The contest requires the chosen laughers to face off against each other as the audience determines who has (35) _____(attractive) laugh. Daunte Reed is one of about twelve people competing in the contest. He is hoping to be a winner of the title of top laugher. “I’ve been told I have (36) _____ attractive laugh. (37) _____ doesn’t take much to make me laugh,” Reed said.The contest includes the belly laugh, the crazy laugh and the diabolical (魔鬼般的) laugh. The last one is the most challenging, according to Nerenberg, who said the goal is (38) _____(make) the audience laugh with your laugh. The solo (单独的) laughing requires a good voice. However, the other laugh styles require someone to get the audience laughing; a good diabolical laugh requires the laugher to infect himself and start laughing naturally,” he explained.“The person who wins isn’t always the best, but the top three people are always the best. It is more joy (39) _____ these people bring to the world. They tend to be happy types. We (40) _____(never have) a sad person win so f ar,” he added.Keys: 25. helping/having helped 26. why 27. how 28. trying 29. Where 30. was seized31. as 32. could 33. locked 34. Although 35. the most attractive36. an 37. It 38. to make 39. That 40.have never hadSection ADirections: After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the passage 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)Last August Susan and forty-two other students got wet and dirty while removing six tons of garbage (25)______ the river running across their city. (26)______ cleaned up the river as part of a weeklong environmental camp. Like one in three American rivers, this river is so polluted that。

Section 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)―It seems likely that a caged elephant would miss the wilderness it was born into.‖ a six-year study revealed.British and Canadian scientists studied 4,500 elephants in European zoos and compared them with elephants living in the wild. They found that wild elephants are healthier, live longer and reproduce more than those elephants in zoos.When it comes to living in a zoo, ―many species do well but elephants don’t,‖ said Georgia Mason, one of the researchers of the study. Many animals live longer in zoos than they do in the wild. This isn’t surprising when you consider that zoo animals are not threatened by predators (掠食者), always have plenty to eat, P.F. Productions and have professionals on hand to care for them.When it comes to elephants, however, the situation is different. The world’s largest land animals live much longer in the wild than they do in zoos.Female African elephants born in zoos live on average for 17 years, while those in the wild make it to 56. ―So far,‖ says Mason, ―We’ve got 300 African elephants in zoos in Europe, and not one’s yet reached 50.‖Asian elephants are the more endangered of the two elephant species. They live for about 19 years in captivity (圈养) compared to 42 years in the wild. A few wild Asian elephants have even made it into their 70s. In Kenya, 30 to 50 percent of wild elephants reach 50 years of age.Fatness and stress are likely causes for the giant land animals’ early death in captivity, Mason said.The researchers say that zoos do not offer enough space for animals that can travel as far as 48 kilometers a day. Too little exercise and too much food means captive elephants put on extra weight. The weight gain can lead to heart disease and other health problems.Being ―caged‖ is bad for health, not only for elephants, but also for humans. Be careful not to become a ―caged elephant‖!66. Many animals live longer in zoos owing to the following reasons EXCEPT that ________.A. they are far away from the danger of being eaten.B. they can be in a better mood there.C. they needn’t worry about their food at all.D. they are taken good care of.67. Which of the following may probably result in the early death of elephants in zoos?A. Stress and lack of delicious food.B. Loneliness and little space for activities.C. Lack of delicious food and enough exercise.D.Being stressed and over weight.68. What can be concluded from the passage?A. Zoos are not suitable for animals to live in.B. None of the animals live well in zoos due to lack of exercise.C. Compared with the elephants in zoos, wild elephants are healthier.D. Asian elephants can live longer than African elephants in zoos.69. What is the passage mainly about?A. The living conditions of animals in the world are worsening.B. Elephants can live a longer time in the wild than in zoos.C. All of us should take actions to protect wild elephants.D. The places where wild elephants live are being damaged seriously.Keys: 66-69 BDCBSection 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)Jane Austen was born in the English countryside more than 200 years ago. She lived a simple life. She seldom travelled. She never married and she died from illness when she was only 41.However, people all over the world remember her. Why? It is because Jane Austen is the author of some of the best-loved novels in the English language. These novels include Emma,Pride and Prejudice, Sense and Sensibility and Persuasion.Jane completed her last novel Persuasion in 1816, but it was not published until after her death. Persuasion is partly based on Jane’s naval brother.Anne, the daughter of Sir Walter Elliot, falls in love with Captain Wentworth, a person of a lower social position. But she breaks off the engagement when persuaded by her friend Lady Russell that such a match is unworthy. The breakup produces in Anne a deep and long-lasting regret. Eight years later, Wentworth returns from sea a rich and successful captain. He finds Anne’s family on the edge of financial ruin. Anne and the captain rediscover their love and get married.Jane Austen once compared her writing to painting on a little bit of ivory（象牙）, two inches square. Readers of Persuasion will see that neither her skill of delicate, ironic(讽刺的) observations on social custom, love, and marriage nor her ability to apply a sharp focus to English manners and morals has abandoned her in her final finished work.Persuasion has produced three film adaptations: a 1995 version starring Amanda Root and Ciaran Hinds, a 2007 TV miniseries with Sally Hawkins and Rupert Penry-Jones, and a 1971 miniseries with Ann Firbank and Bryan Marshall.People who are interested in Jane Austen can still visit many of the places she visited and lived. These places include the village of Steventon, although her family house is now gone. Many of the places Jane visited in Bath are still there. You can visit Jane Austen’s home in Chawton, where she did her best writing, and Winchester, where she died.66. What is the theme of Persuasion?A. Never regret what you’ve chosen.B. True love lasts forever.C. Be matched for marriage.D. Love waits for no man.67. Which of the following CANNOT describe Jane’s writing style?A. Her application of symbolism.B. Her delicate observations.C. Her focus on manners and morals.D. Her use of irony.68. Which of the following about Jane Austen is TRUE?A. Her family house is now in the village of Steventon.B. Many of the places she visited in Bath are still available.C. The latest film adaptation of Persuasion was produced in 1995.D. Her last novel Persuasion is considered her most successful one.69. The article mainly talks about _______.A. Jane Austen’s unique writing styleB. the original residence of Jane AustenC. Jane Austen’s last novel: PersuasionD. the popularity of Jane Austen’s novels Keys: 66-69 BABCSection 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)After hours sitting inside Deep Worker, it feels good to getback. While you’re stretching on the deck, others on the ship areat work studying the data you have collected.The rock samples you collected are taken to a laboratory onboard the ship. Tests performed on ocean rocks can show the ageof the seafloor. Many people will study the videotapes of the swordfish. There is nothing like a video to show others exactly what you saw and experienced in the deep. Videos capture details of how animals move and behave — details that a person sitting inside Deep Worker could easily miss. Those details can help scientists better understand the role each kind of animal plays in its deep-sea community.While you were below, Deep Worker’s exact location was being tracked. Thus, detailed maps of the seafloor, showing underwater canyons and mountains far beneath the surface can be made with the help of this information. Dive by dive, Sylvia Earle and her fellow scientists are piecing together remarkable pictures of the deep sea — a world that until recently was as unknown as a distant planet.Since Sylvia first began exploring the waters around Florida, she’s seen changes — trash on the seafloor, fewer fish, polluted water. These ocean problems in Florida and in many other parts of the world make people like Sylvia anxious. They want to know how to protect the ocean, andhow to restore it to good health where damage has been done.Sylvia and other scientists are learning more about the ocean, especially the deep sea, than ever before. The more we know about a place, the bett er we understand it. As Sylvia says, ―With knowing comes caring. If people care about something, they will work to protect it.‖66. What does the bold-typed phrase ―this information‖ in Paragraph 3 refer to?A. The location of underwater canyons and mountains.B. Remarkable pictures of the deep sea.C. These ocean problems.D. The track of Deep Worker.67. Sylvia Earle is probably a scientist who ________________.A. specializes in making mapsB. cares about the oceanC. works on an unknown shipD. performs experiments in a laboratory68. According to Paragraph 4, which statement about Sylvia is TRUE?Sylvia ______________.A. has seen fewer fish and polluted waterB. is concerned about the ocean problemsC. has explored the waters and protected the oceanD. has restored good health after her injury69. Which of the following might be the best title of the passage?A. Working below in Deep WorkerB. Ocean Exploration and Ocean MapsC. Deep Worker Saving the WorldD. Ocean familiarity and Ocean PreservationKeys: 66-69 DBBDSection 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 I was young, it wasn’t the parental love that filled my thoughts in the spring. It wasbaseball.I loved everything about the game — the crack of a bat, the excitement of chasing a ground ball across short green grass, even watching the games on our old black-and-white TV. Yet looking back now, nothing was quite as important to me as the annual ritual (老规矩) of playing catch with my dad.Dad was never much of a baseball fan, but as green leaves began to shoot on bare branches and warmth returned to the air, he would grab his old mitt (棒球手套) and head out to the yard with me just the same. There was something beneficial about playing catch with him, the hum of the ball as it sailed through the air, and the friendly pop as it hit the leather netting. We may have been 50 feet apart, but the flight of that ball connected us, forming as strong a relationship as any father-son talk ever could have.I was never the star of my Little League team, yet Dad never cared about that. Every year, he would be out there, waiting to field any false throw I sent his way.As I grew older, I realized that our game was a reflection of our relationship — that even if a problem didn’t involve a glove and a ball, Dad would always be there to handle anything I threw in his direction. His devotion to our springtime ritual showed his devotion to me — not only to my love of baseball but also to my life.I’ve often heard it said that ―the devil is in the details.‖ Now I realize that in my relationship with my father, love was in the details.66. When the author was young, he didn’t care much about __________.A. the sound of hitting a ballB. the company of his fatherC. the joy of running after a ballD. the games broadcast on TV67. The author’s father practiced catching baseball with him on warm spring days, _________.A. having a father-son conversation with himB. killing time while doing some physical exerciseC. making him an excellent baseball playerD. giving him a guiding hand in his life68. We can learn from the passage that ___________.A. a yearly celebration was held to start their spring baseball catching ritualB. the author and his father used to have a loose relationship with each otherC. the author fully realized his father’s love for him when he was youngD. the author’s father always stood by him whenever he was in trouble69. What is the passage mainly about?A. The same hobby shared between the author and his father.B. The way the author and his father used to spend spring days.C. The author’s sweet memory of his father’s love for him.D. The analysis made by the author about father-son relationship.Keys: 66-69 BDDCSection 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)Dear Lee,As I told you, I’ll be gone until Wednesday morning. Thank you so much for taking on my ―children‖ while I’m away. Like real children, they can be kind of irritating sometimes, but I’m going to enjoy myself so much more knowing they’re getting some kind human attention. Remember that Regina (the ―queen‖ in Latin, and she acts like one) is teething. If you don’t watch her, she’ll chew anything, including her sister, the cat. Th ere are plenty of chew toys around the house. Whenever she starts gnawing on anything illegal, just divert her with one of those. She generally settles right down to a good hour-long chew. Then you’ll see her wandering around whimpering with the remains of the toy in her mouth. She gets really frustrated because what she wants is to bury the thing. She’ll try to dig a hole between the cushions of the couch. Finding that unsatisfactory, she’ll wander some more, discontent, until you solve her problem for her. I usually show her the laundry basket, moving a few clothes so she can bury her toy beneath them. I do sound like a parent, don’t I? You have to understand, my own son is practically grown up.Regina’s food is the Puppy Chow in the utility room, where th e other pet food is stored. Give her a bowl once in the morning and once in the evening. No more than that, no matter how muchshe begs. Beagles(猎犬) are notorious overeaters, according to her breeder, and I don’t want her to lose her girlish figure. She can share Rex(the King’s) water, but be sure it’s changed daily. She needs to go out several times a day, especially last thing at night and first thing in the morning. Let her stay out for about ten minutes each time, so she can do all her business. She also needs a walk in the afternoon, after which it’s important to romp with her for awhile in the yard. The game she loves most is fetch, but be sure to make her drop the ball. She’d rather play tug of war with it. Tell her, ―Sit!‖ Then, when she does, say, ―Drop it!‖ Be sure to tell her ―good girl,‖ and then throw the ball for her. I hope you’ll enjoy these sessions as much as I do.Now, for the other two, Rex and Paws… (letter continues)66. The tone of this letter is best described as _________.A. chatty and humorousB. logical and preciseC. confident and trustingD. humble and preachy67. The information in the note is sufficient to determine that there are three animals. They are __________.A. two cats and a dogB. three dogsC. a dog, a cat, and an unspecified animalD. a cat, a dog, and a parrot68. From the context of the note, it is most likely that the name ―Rex‖ is _____.A. SpanishB. EnglishC. FrenchD. Latin69. If the sitter is to follow the owner’s directi ons in playing fetch with Regina, at what point will he or she tell Regina ―good girl‖?A. Every time Regina goes after the ball.B. After Regina finds the ball.C. When Regina brings the ball back.D. After Regina drops the ball.Keys: 66-69 ACDDSection 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)(You may read the questions first.)Keen to share your views and have your articles published in the Campus Link? We66. In the Lifestyle section, you may not find ____________.A. journals of travelsB. well-taken photographsC. stories of Leonard MaltinD. opinions on restaurants67. Which of the following is TRUE about Campus Link?A. It offers readers bread and butter.B. It welcomes research developments and breakthroughs.C. It helps you to recognize your schoolmates and teachers.D. It is a source of inspiration for the community.68. The poster aims to __________.A. declare the rights of Campus LinkB. introduce someone worthy of featureC. share views and articles among teachersD. encourage contributions for the next issue Keys: 66-68 CBDSection 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）Every day I check my e-mail. Most of the time I am simply doing finger exercises, another form of piano practice without the beautiful notes. Sometimes, however, I receive a gift, reminding me of the gifts in my life. The following passage is one of those gifts.Peter Jones is a 92-year-old, calm and face proud man. Every morning he is fully dressed by eight o’clock, with his hair fashionably combed and face perfectly shaved, even though he is unable to see. He would move to a nursing home today. His wife of 70 years recently passed away, making the move necessary.After hours of waiting patiently in the entrance ball of the nursing home, he smiled sweetly when told his room was ready. As he moved his walker skillfully to the elevator, the nurse provided a visual description of his tiny room. ―I love it,‖ he stated with the ebullience of an eight-year- old having just been presented with a new pet dog.―Mr.Jones, you haven’t been to the room,‖ said the nurse.―That doesn’t have anything to do with it,‖ he replied. ―Happiness is something you decide on ahead of time. Whether I like my room or not doesn’t depend on how the furniture is arranged... it’s how I arrange my mind. I have already decided to love it. It’s a decision I make every morning when I wake up. I have a choice: I can spend the day in bed complaining of difficulty I have withparts of my body that no longer work, or get out of bed and be thankful for the ones that do. Each day is a gift, and as I am alive, I’ll focus on the new day and all the happy memories I’ve stored away.‖May each of our days continue to be a gift.66. What do we know about Mr. Jones?A. His wife died many years ago.B. He received a pet from the nurse.C. His room in the nursing home is big.D. He is blind but very neat.67. How did Mr. Jones feel about his room in the nursing home?A. Content.B. Disappointed.C. Worried.D. Curious.68. The underlined word ―ebullience‖ in paragraph three is closest in meaning to_________.A. sadnessB. enthusiasmC. faithD. ambition69. What would be the best title for the passage?A. Living in a nursing homeB. Each day is a girt.C. Arranging your mind every dayD. We’re always gratefulKeys: 66-69 DABBSection 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 iftriglyceride 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.Keys: 66—69 CCABSection 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)At age 11, Zlata Filipovic saw things that most people pray they never see. Growing up in the middle of a war zone, this little girl experienced firsthand the horrors of war.Filipovic turned 11 in December of 1991. Five months later Serbian soldiers attacked F ilipovic’s hometown o f Sarajevo, Bosnia. While many people fled the city, F ilipovic’s family stayed. Some of the worst moments of the Bosnian conflict would take place P.F. Productions right under her nose. How did Filipovic deal with his harrowing experience? By writing a diary.Zlata’s Diary was first published in the summer of 1993 by UNICEF (United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund). It attracted enormous interest. Her writings on the Bosnian conflict were not as sophisticated (老练的) as the daily news reports. F ilipovic’s observations were, however, more moving and intimate (私人的).Ztala’s Diary gave readers a sense of sympathy for the ordinary people stuck in the Balkan region. F ilipovic’s writings raised world awareness o f the senseless conf lict in Sarajevo. ―I see that things aren’t good here,‖ F ilipovic writes. ―An ugly war is taking away my childhood.‖After two years of enduring the war in Sarajevo, F ilipovic’s family escaped to Paris in December of 1993. Zlata’s Diary was then printed by an international publisher. It became an instant bestseller. It has since been translated into 35 languages.Outside Bosnia, Filipovic continued to show deep concern for her torn homeland. In the following years, she gave many talks on the impact of war on children. She spoke often about theneed for a stable, lasting peace in the Balkan region.Filipovic eventually attended a British University and received a degree in human sciences. Today, the well-being of the Balkan region remains on her mind. Now Filipovic wants to use her experience to promote peace in a rapidly changing Europe. She hopes that her stories of war will make people listen to her message of peace.66. The underlined word ―harrowing‖ in Paragraph 2 can best be replaced by ―______‖.A. desperateB. miserableC. embarrassingD. revolutionary67. What was special about Zlata’s Diary?A. It wrote about war in P.F. Productions different languages.B. It was as attractive as the daily news report.C. It helped the world see war through the eyes of a child.D. It made the world know better about the Bosnian conflict.68. It can be learned from the passage that ______.A. Zlata was promoting peace with her stories of warB. Zlata’s nose was seriously wounded in the con flictC. Zlata kept her diary a secret until the winter of 1993D. Zlata felt relieved after escaping from the war in Sarajevo69. Which of the following might be the best title for the passage?A. Zlata Filipovic: growing up in warB. Zlata Filipovic: writing against warC. Zlata Filipovic: changing the worldD. Zlata Filipovic: loving peace in heartKeys: 66-69 B C A BSection 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)Both have lots of company. Statistics show that e-book sales grew 43% last year, but that's a slowdown compared with the triple-digit increases in recent years. E-books remain the fastest-growing part of the book market but account for only about 20% of all sales, reported by publishers.Miscioscio and Meier are at opposite ends of a book business in transition. Even though e-book sales have grown more than 4,000% since 2008, it's unlikely that physical books will disappear the way records did in the music industry.66. Miscioscio will ______ when a book is not available digitally.A. buy the book on paperB. switch to the book of lower priceC. take an e-reader onto the loungersD. give up reading such kind of books67. According to Meier, her ―preference‖ refers to ______.A. an e-bookB. part of joyC. a random pageD. a physical book68. What can we learn from the last paragraph?A. Records are unlikely to disappear in the music industry.B. Miscioscio and Meier are two opponents in book business.C. Physical books will remain to be accepted to some people.D. The market share of e-books is bigger than that of paper books.69. What is the passage mainly concerned with?A. E-books will dominate the book industry eventually.B. Readers go their own way in choosing books.C. New technology brings more benefits for readers.D. Physical books will disappear gradually in the future.Keys: 66-69 A D C BSection 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)It was a cold night in Washington, D.C., and I was heading back to the hotel when a man approached me. He asked if I would give him some money so he could get something to eat. I'd read the signs: "Don't give money to beggars as most of them are swindlers." So I shook my head and kept walking.I wasn't prepared for a reply, but with no hesitation, he followed me and said, "I really am homeless and I really am hungry! You can come with me and watch me eat!" But I kept on walking.The incident kept bothering me for the rest of the week. I had money in my pocket and it wouldn't have killed me to hand over a dollar or two even if he hadn’t been a real beggar. On a freezing cold night, no less, I assumed the worst of a fellow human being.Flying back to Anchorage, I couldn't help thinking of him. I tried to reason my failure to help by supposing government agencies, churches and charities were there to feed him. Besides, you're not supposed to give money to beggars.。

浦东新区2013学年度第一学期期末质量测试高三英语试卷（本卷满分150分；完卷时间120分钟）第I卷（103分）I. Listening ComprehensionSection ADirections: In Section A, you will hear ten short conversations between two speakers. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. The conversations and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a conversation and the question about it, read the four possible answers on your paper, and decide which one is the best answer to the question you have heard.1. A. At a bank. B. At a shop. C. At the airport. D. At the hotel.2. A. Manager and cleaner. B. House agent and renter.C. Professor and student.D. Policeman and driver.3. A. 10 minutes. B. 20 minutes. C. 30 minutes. D. 40 minutes.4. A. Excited. B. Funny. C. Anxious. D. Depressed.5. A. Michael has lost his schoolbag. B. Michael won’t go to the lab.C. Michael is probably nearby.D. Michael may have already gone.6. A. He wants to apply for a new job. B. He is turning to the woman for help.C. He has left the woman a good impression.D. He enjoys writing letters.7. A. T he woman. B. The man.C. The woman’s mother.D. The children.8. A. There’s no more work for anyone to do in the committee.B. No one is willing to work in the committee.C. The woman knows some people on the committee.D. The woman should be on the committee herself.9. A. She should do more careful work.B. She is not concerned about George’s remarks.C. George does not care about her.D. George shouldn’t have said so much about her.10. A. He is doing quite well with it. B. He has money problems.C. He is in need of qualified staff.D. He cannot carry it on any more.Section BDirections: In Section B, you will hear two short passages, and you will be asked three questions on each of the passages. The passages will be read twice, but the questions will be spoken only once. When you hear a question, read the four possible answers on your paper and decide which one would be the best answer to the question you have heard.Questions 11 through 13 are based on the following passage.11. A. A travel agency. B. An airline company.C. A round-the-world journey.D. A flight program.12. A. The low prices. B. The outstanding service.C. The great rewards.D. The long distance.13. A. Those who have been to most parts of the world.B. Those who often travel around the world on business.C. Those who want to explore the different airlines.D. Those who need special support all along the way.Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage.14. A. They are interested in other kinds of reading.B. They are active in voluntary services.C. They tend to be low in education and in income.D. They live in isolated areas.15. A. The reasons people don’t read newspapers are more complicated than assumed.B. There are more uneducated people among the wealthy than originally expected.C. The number of newspaper readers is steadily increasing.D. There are more non-readers among young people nowadays.16. A. Lowering the prices of their newspapers.B. Shortening their news stories.C. Adding variety to their newspaper content.D. Including more interesting ads in the newspapers.Section CDirections: In Section C, you will hear two longer conversations. The conversations will be read twice. After you hear each conversation, you are required to fill in the numbered blanks with the information you have heard. Write your answers on your answer sheet.Blanks 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation.Complete the form. Write NO MORE THAN ONE WORD for each answer.Complete the form. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer.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)Alan and Linda always dreamed of living “the good life”. Both from poor working-class families, they married young and set out to fulfil their mutual goal of becoming wealthy. They both worked very hard for years. ____25____ (earn) enough money, they finally could move from their two-bedroom home to a seven-bedroom home in a rich neighbourhood. They focused their energies on trying to have ____26____ they considered important for a good life: membership in the local country club, luxury cars, designer clothing, and high-class society friends. ____27____ much they earned, it never seemed to be enough. They were unable to remove the financial insecurity that ____28____ (acquire) in childhood. Then the stock market crashed in 1987, and Alan and Linda lost a considerable amount of money. Alan also suffered from heart attack, ____29____ cost the family much. One thing led to ____30____, and they found themselves in a financial disaster. Their house needed to be sold, and eventually they lost the country club membership and the cars. It was several years ____31____ Alan and Linda managed to land on their feet, and though they now live a life far from wealthy, they have learned a valuable lesson from their lives and felt quite blessed. Only now, as they think of what ____32____ (remain) —a solid, loving marriage, a dependable income, and good friends —do they realize that true abundance comes not from gathering fortunes, but rather from appreciating.(B)We all hope to enjoy harmonious relationships with our parents. In real life, however, this is not always possible. The poem “Those Winter Sundays”by Robert Hayden expresses the speaker’s regret over the way the speaker, when he was young, ____33____ (treat) his father. It is only when he looks back on how he has grown up ____34____ he begins to understand his father’s unselfish love.In remembering the small things his father did ____35____ him and his family, such as lighting a fire in the morning and polishing his shoes, the speaker begins to understand an aspect of parental love that escaped ____36____ notice in the past.As he recalls how his father warmed the house, the speaker’s coldness toward his father starts to melt away. In its place is love and gratitude. It dawns on him that love is not just hugging and kissing, or always warm and affectionate, but ____37____ well be cold and stern in appearance. In fact, mature love often requires self-discipline and self-sacrifice.During our stressful teen years, we may find that our parents, especially our fathers, have difficulty____38____ (show) their love for us verbally —sometimes when we need it most. This is certainly very discouraging. However, if we remember ____39____ (be) grateful or not so self-centered, we will see that their love has always been there, only ____40____ (express) in ways different from what we may have expected.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.We need more men in our hospital, not as doctors, but as nurses. Over the last few years, I have found that having male nurses is a real bonus, and they definitely have a place in our hospital. There are several reasons for wanting male nurses here, not only because half the population in our country is male. Men ____41____ excellent carers and are ____42____ good at taking care of others. In fact, many men take good care of their children, wives, parents, sisters, brothers, and even their nieces and nephews.Another reason that men can become great nurses is that in general, men are ____43____ stronger than women. Male nurses can help ____44____ heavy objects, or if, for example, a patient cannot move from the waist down, male nurses can help move the patient into a comfortable ____45____. Also, male nurses can be a great help in keeping patients ____46____ while they receive painful treatment, such as when bandages covering wounds are changed. Another advantage to having male nurses is that they see things from a different ____47____ from women and bring a male way of thinking to problem-solving. This allows the hospital to work more effectively than if we only ____48____ problems one way. Having a mix of male and female nurses also helps create a fun atmosphere, which helps patients recover faster.Currently, only 7 percent of our nursing staff are men; this number is far too low, and the problem requires correction. Having more male nurses will help create a positive ____49____ between male and female staff, and it will ____50____ patients the choice of a male or female carer. I am determined to take on more male nurses here at Central Hospital. I will be organizing an open day soon to allow interested young men to visit our hospital and find out more about nursing. Hopefully, we will have more male nurses in our hospital soon!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.If you study medicine at university, chances are you’ll become a doctor. For music students, it’s less ____51____ what job you’ll end up with… but it could be really fulfilling. The idea that options are ____52____ and jobs are few for music graduates needs to ____53____.It’s wrongly assumed that when it comes to jobs, music students are ____54____ their field of study. ____55____, music graduates go on to do a wide range of jobs in a variety of different industries.Alumni surveys from the University of Nottingham show that music graduates are employed across a varied range of ____56____. As you might expect, a large proportion (50%) work in the creative industry, but the roles performed by graduates ____57____ greatly.Some music grads work with professional ensembles (歌舞团), but not all are performing as ____58____: —Music grads work in publishing, editing, media production, broadcasting, and marketing. And many work in management roles. Less anticipated but no less common is the employment of music graduates in finance and banking, legal and consultancy.Dr. Robert Adlington, an associate professor of music at the University of Nottingham, ____59____ these successful and varied outcomes to the highly desirable ____60____ developed by music students during their studies.In 2011, the Confederate of British Industry outlined the seven skills that ____61____ employability: self-management, team work, business and customer awareness, problem solving, communication, numeracy, and IT skills. Adlington says that music students develop all seven of these. By this measure, music graduates are among the most ____62____ of all.While some of these skills are obtained by students of all subjects — for example, team work, good communication, self-management —Adlington points out that music students have a(n) ____63____. The experience of organising, hosting, and performing in events that are open to the public provides them with skills beyond those on other degree programmes. Few degrees require knowledge of customer awareness, or interaction with the public, for example.Music graduates’success is a(n) ____64____ of how changes in the music industry allow artists to produce and publicise themselves. The internet means artists can publish, distribute, and promote their own work. These methods are nothing new, but if ____65____ professional knowledge and experience, it can be a winning, name-making recipe.51. A. important B. urgent C. obvious D. satisfactory52. A. tight B. narrow C.hollow D. strict53. A. change B. liberate C. reflect D. function54. A. contributed to B. related to C. lost to D. restricted to55. A. In addition B. In turn C. In contrast D. In reality56. A. contracts B. fields C. subjects D. majors57. A. vary B. improve C. reverse D. multiply58. A. musicians B. managers C. amateurs D. customers59. A. devotes B. owes C. alerts D. adapts60. A. options B. intervals C. characters D. skills61. A. isolate B. regulate C. offer D. define62. A. comfortable B. honorable C. reliable D. employable63. A. benefit B. advantage C. chance D. resolution64. A. reflection B. command C. potential D. knowledge65. A. related to B. charged with C. exposed to D. combined withSection 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)After hours sitting inside Deep Worker, it feels good toget back. While you’re stretching on the deck, others on theship are at work studying the data you have collected.The rock samples you collected are taken to alaboratory on board the ship. Tests performed on oceanrocks can show the age of the seafloor. Many people willstudy the videotapes of the swordfish. There is nothing like avideo to show others exactly what you saw and experienced in the deep. Videos capture details of how animals move and behave —details that a person sitting inside Deep Worker could easily miss. Those details can help scientists better understand the role each kind of animal plays in its deep-sea community.While you were below, Deep Worker’s exact location was being tracke d. Thus, detailed maps of the seafloor, showing underwater canyons and mountains far beneath the surface can be made with the help of this information. Dive by dive, Sylvia Earle and her fellow scientists are piecing together remarkable pictures of the deep sea — a world that until recently was as unknown as a distant planet.Since Sylvia first began exploring the waters around Florida, she’s seen changes — trash on the seafloor, fewer fish, polluted water. These ocean problems in Florida and in many other parts of the world make people like Sylvia anxious. They want to know how to protect the ocean, and how to restore it to good health where damage has been done.Sylvia and other scientists are learning more about the ocean, especially the deep sea, than ev er before. The more we know about a place, the better we understand it. As Sylvia says, “With knowing comes caring. If people care about something, they will work to protect it.”66. What does the bold-typed phrase “this information” in Paragraph 3 refer to?A.The location of underwater canyons and mountains.B.Remarkable pictures of the deep sea.C.These ocean problems.D.The track of Deep Worker.67. Sylvia Earle is probably a scientist who ________________.A.specializes in making mapsB.cares about the oceanC.works on an unknown shipD.performs experiments in a laboratory68. According to Paragraph 4, which statement about Sylvia is TRUE?Sylvia ______________.A.has seen fewer fish and polluted waterB.is concerned about the ocean problemsC.has explored the waters and protected the oceanD.has restored good health after her injury69. Which of the following might be the best title of the passage?A.Working below in Deep WorkerB.Ocean Exploration and Ocean MapsC.Deep Worker Saving the WorldD.Ocean familiarity and Ocean Preservation(B)Walking, cycling or hopping on to public transport are thebest ways to travel with a clean conscience. Yet cars remain animportant option for many families because of its convenience.For people in rural areas, or with mobility problems, a car can bean essential lifeline.Drive with styleNo matter what kind of car you run, the least reliable part will be you: your driving style has a massive impact on the fuel needed, with acceleration, gear-changing and braking all playing a significant role.Inching along at the pace of a child’s tricycle might feel frugal but won’t magically yield peak economy. In most modern cars, accelerate normally, changing up at 2,000rpm in a diesel, or 2,500rpm in a petrol-powered car. Once at a sensible steady speed, choose the highest gear that will let the engine run without labouring.A number of eco-driving apps are available for smartphones, to help you improve your smoothness. The A Glass of Water iPhone app offers tips to help you avoid spilling a drop. The free RAC Traffic app is also a great way to avoid wasting fuel in traffic jams.It’s also important to:● Check tyre pressures once a month.● Leave junk at home. Carrying extra weight in the boot wastes excess fuel.● Leave in good time and don’t speed. An extra 10mph on the motorway will add 10% to your fuel bill.Power playsIt may be decades before alternative fuels such as hydrogen become commonplace, but hybrid cars that use battery power to boost a petrol or diesel engine are already available in every category. It means many families might find an electric vehicle ideal as a second car.Sell your wheels, still travel by carIf you need a car for short periods, such as shopping, and live in a city, then consider a short-term car-hire service such as Zipcar instead of owning a car. If you’re travelling longer distances, pay your share of the fuel costs to someone who’s already driving there.70. What can you infer from the underlined sentence in Paragraph 2?A. Choosing a fuel-saving car matters more than your driving style.B. Your driving style matters most to the fuel needed.C. You should rely on yourself to drive a car.D. Whether a car saves fuel depends largely on the car you choose.71. What does the underlined word in Paragraph 3 most probably mean?A. ecologicalB. convenientC. economicalD. beneficial72. Which of the following is NOT a suggested way of saving fuel according to the writer?A.Driving along at a very low speed.B.Checking tyre pressures regularly.C.Putting the extra weight off the boot.D.Applying the eco-driving apps on smartphones.73. Which may be the best choice for a visiting scholar who frequently gives lectures at collegesin a neighboring town?A. Walking.B. Owning an electric vehicle.C. Renting a car.D. Buying a stylish car.(C)The death of languages is not a new phenomenon. Languages usually have a relatively short life span as well as a very high death rate. Only a few, including Egyptian, Chinese, Greek, Latin, have lasted more than 2,000 years.What is new, however, is the speed at which they are dying out. Europe’s colonial conquests caused a sharp decline in linguistic diversity, eliminating at least 15 percent of all languages spoken at the time. Over the last 300 years, Europe has lost a dozen, and Australia has only 20 left of the 250 spoken at the end of the 18th century.The rise of nation-states has also been decisive in selecting and consolidating national languages and sidelining others. By making great efforts to establish an official language in education, the media and the civil service, national governments have deliberately tried to eliminate minority languages.This process of linguistic standardization has been boosted by industrialization and scientific progress, which have imposed new methods of communication that are swift, straightforward and practical. Language diversity came to be seen as an obstacle to trade and the spread of knowledge. Monolingualism became an ideal.More recently, the internationalization of financial markets, the spread of information by electronic media and other aspects of globalization have intensified the threat to “small” languages.A language not on th e Internet is a language that “no longer exists” in the modern world. It is out of the game.The serious effects of the death of languages are evident. First of all, it is possible that if we all ended up speaking the same language, our brains would lose some of their natural capacity for linguistic inventiveness. We would never be able to figure out the origins of human language or resolve the mystery of “the first language”. As each language dies, a chapter of human history closes.Multilingualism is the most accurate reflection of multiculturalism. The destruction of the first will inevitably lead to the loss of the second. Imposing a language without any links to a people’s culture and way of life stifles the expression of their collective genius. A language is not only used for the main instrument of human communication. It also expresses the world vision of those who speak it, their imagination and their ways of using knowledge. To safeguard languages is an urgent matter.74. Which of the following does not contribute to the death of languages?A. Colonial conquests of Europe.B. The boom of human population.C. Advances in science and industrialization.D. The rise of nation-states.75. What does the underlined word “stifles” in Paragraph 7 probably mean?A. boostsB. fuelsC. imposesD. kills76. The serious effects of the death of languages include all except that____________.A. people would fail to understand how languages originated.B. language diversity would become an obstacle to globalization.C. monolingualism would lead to the loss of multiculturalism.D. human brains would become less creative linguistically.77. What is the author’s purpose of writing this passage?A. To explain the reasons why languages are dying out.B. To warn people of the negative aspects of globalization.C. To call people’s attention to the urgency of language preservation.D. To argue how important it is for people to speak more languages.Section CDirections: Read the passage carefully. Then answer the questions or complete the statements in the fewest possible words.The launch of the UK’s biggest online university venture has the potential to “revolutionise conventional models of formal education” and keep UK ahead in the global race to deliver the best education, says universities minister David Willetts.The FutureLearn project will see more than 20 institutions enter the global market to offer massive open online courses, or Moocs. Until now, the US has led the way in the creation of Moocs, catering to an estimated 3 million learners worldwide with hundreds of courses from a range of top institutions.Bath, Exeter, Birmingham, Edinburgh and Warwick are among the 21 UK universities that have signed up. The British Library, British Museum and British Council will also make material available to students. The venture, set up by the Open University, is a response to the rise of Moocs and will offer students a new and innovative way to access courses, says Martin Bean vice-chancellor of the Open University. Bean said, “Time and again we have seen the impact the Internet can have on industries — driving innovation and enhancing the customer experience. I have no doubt Moocs will do the same for education — offering people new and exciting ways to learn.”A senior academic at University College London — which has chosen not to be involved in FutureLearn —has questioned whether the Mooc model is the best road for universities to go down. Although free for students, online courses have some downsides. Stephen Caddick, professor at the university, says students want flexibility above all. “Moocs are an online product of higher education currently experienced offline by a lot of students: inflexible”, said Caddick. “These courses are free to students, yet very expensive to develop for universities. ”Simon Nelson, CEO of FutureLearn, said university partners see this opportunity as “money extremely well spent”, helping them to boost their global profile and encourage experimentation and innovation within university departments. According to Nelson, FutureLearn will continue to expand its number of partners both in the UK and overseas, as well as develop its commercial model, which in the future could see students paying to take exams and purchase extra course material.(Note: Answer the questions or complete the statements in NO MORE THAN TWELVE WORDS.)78. Besides revolutionizing traditional educational models, FutureLearn has the potential to ______________________.79. How many learners all over the world have benefited from the online courses offered by American universities?80. What are the two downsides of online courses mentioned by Stephen Caddic?81. What is the plan for FutureLearn according to Nelson?第II卷（共47分）I. TranslationDirections: Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in the brackets.1. 这家花店里面的鲜花一应俱全。

上海市各区2014届高三英语一模试题汇编：选词填空1 One 【2014届上海市虹口区高三英语一模试题】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. There is a tendency to think of each of the arts as a separate area of activity. Many artists, however, would prove that there has always been a warm relationship between the____41____areas of human activity. For example, in the late nineteenth century the connections connections between between between music music music and and and painting painting painting were____42____close. were____42____close. were____42____close. Artists Artists Artists were were were invited invited invited to to to design design clothes and settings for operas and ballets, but sometimes it was the musicians who were inspired by by the the the work work work of____43____ of____43____ of____43____ painters. painters. painters. Of Of Of the the the musical musical musical compositions compositions compositions that that that were were were considered considered considered as as responses to the visual arts, perhaps the most famous is Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition . Mussorgsky Mussorgsky ____44____ ____44____ ____44____ the the the piece piece piece in in in 1874 1874 1874 after after after the the the death, death, death, at at at the the the age age age of of of 39, 39, 39, of of of the the the artist artist Victor Hartmann. Though their friendship had not been a particularly long-lasting one, Mussorgsky was shocked by Hartmann’s Hartmann’s____45____death. ____45____death. The following year the critic, Vladimir Stasov, who decided to to hold hold an exhibition of of Hartmann’s Hartmann’s work, suggested that Mussorgsky try to____46____ his grief by writing something in ____47____ of Hartmann. The exhibition served as Mussorgsky’s inspiration. The ten pieces that make up Pictures at an Exhibition are____48____ are____48____ as as as symbols symbols symbols rather rather rather than than than representations representations representations of of of the the the paintings paintings paintings in in in the the exhibition. Between each is a promenade （舞曲中的行进）, as the composer walks from one painting painting to to to another. The another. The music music is is sometimes sometimes witty witty witty and and and playful, playful, playful, sometimes sometimes sometimes almost almost almost alarming alarming alarming and and frightening. Through a range of surprising ____49____, Mussorgsky manages to ____50____ the spirit of the artist and his work.Keys: 41-45 CJDGK 46-50 BFHEI Two 【2014届上海市黄浦区高三英语一模试题】Section BA. scarcely B. relieve C. distinct D. contemporary E. contrasts F. memory G. composed H. intended I. convey J. especially K. unexpected Directions: 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. A. calming B.regular C. doable D. electronics E. fuel F. hook G . Incredibly H. maintain I. mindlessly J. especially K. weapons Here are four four simple, simple, simple, healthy healthy healthy and, and, and, dare dare dare we we we say, say, say, fun fun fun ways ways ways to to to help help help you you you slim slim slim down down down and and and stay stay healthy. Have your cake …for breakfastAside from being depressing, the way to ___41___ weight loss isn’t by feeling deprived. Scientists Scientists say say say that that that people people people who who who started started started off off off the the the day day day with with with a a a ___42___ ___42___ ___42___ felt felt felt fuller fuller fuller and and and more more satisfied, and that led to their sticking with the program as the day went on. Being hungry is no way to start your day, so ___43___ up with protein and a mouthful of something sweet. And most of all, enjoy! Sleep your way to weight lossDr. Andrew Calvin, one expert of Mayo Clinic study, is quoted as saying, “If individuals are seeking to maintain a healthy weight or to lose weight, they should seek to get enough sleep on a ___44_____44___ basis.”_ basis.”If If you you you find find find it it it tricky tricky tricky to to to wind wind wind down down down at at at night, night, night, turn turn turn off off off the the the ___45___ ___45___ ___45___ and and and engage engage engage in in in relaxing relaxing activities, like taking a bath or listening to ___46___ music. Journal to drop poundsThe best ___47___ for a dieter? Pen and paper! Women who wrote down everything they ate lost more weight than th ose who didn’t track their food intake. Journaling makes you accountable and and more more more aware aware aware of of of what what what you’re you’re you’re eating, eating, eating, so so so it it it makes makes makes sense sense sense that that that it’ll it’ll it’ll keep keep keep you you you from from from ____48___ chewing if you aren’t actually hungry.Even a tiny bit of exercise helps your healthEven 20 to 30 minutes of physical activity most days of the weeks (broken up into smaller chunks is fine) reduces your risk for all sorts of physical ills. And even 20 minutes a week can improve your mood. That really stuck with me. It’s easy to criticize ourselve s or burn out if we make goals that are ___49___ hard to achieve, but walking a few times a week is ___50___ – and meaningful, too. Keys: 41-45 HJEBD 46-50 AKIGC Three 【2014届上海市浦东新区高三英语一模试题】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. A. efficiently B. still C. equally D. balance E. drag F. angle G . make H. physically I. approach J. position K. allow We need more men in our hospital, not as doctors, but as nurses. Over the last few years, I have found that having male nurses is a real bonus, and they definitely have a place in our hospital. There are several reasons for wanting male nurses here, not only because half the population in our country is male. Men ____41____ excellent carers and are ____42____ good at taking care of others. In fact, many men take good care of their children, wives, parents, sisters, brothers, and even their nieces and nephews. Another Another reason reason reason that that that men men men can can can become become become great great great nurses nurses nurses is is that that in in in general, general, general, men men men are are are ____43____ ____43____ stronger stronger than than than women. women. women. Male Male Male nurses nurses nurses can can can help help help ____44____ ____44____ ____44____ heavy heavy heavy objects, objects, objects, or or or if, if, if, for for for example, example, example, a a patient patient cannot cannot cannot move move move from from from the the the waist waist waist down, down, down, male male male nurses nurses nurses can can can help help help move move move the the the patient patient patient into into into a a comfortable ____45____. Also, male nurses can be a great help in keeping patients ____46____ while while they they they receive receive receive painful painful painful treatment, treatment, treatment, such such such as as as when when when bandages bandages bandages covering covering covering wounds wounds wounds are are are changed. changed. Another advantage to having male nurses is that they see things from a different ____47____ from women women and and and bring bring bring a a a male male male way way way of of of thinking thinking thinking to problem-solving. to problem-solving. This This allows allows allows the the the hospital hospital hospital to to to work work more more effectively effectively effectively than than than if if if we we we only only only ____48____ ____48____ ____48____ problems problems problems one one one way. way. way. Having Having Having a a a mix mix mix of of of male male male and and female nurses also helps create a fun atmosphere, which helps patients recover faster. Currently, only 7 percent of our nursing staff are men; this number is far too low, and the problem problem requires requires requires correction. correction. correction. Having Having Having more more more male male male nurses nurses nurses will will will help help help create create create a a a positive positive positive ____49____ ____49____ between male and female staff, and it will ____50____ patients the choice of a male or female carer. I am determined to take on more male nurses here at Central Hospital. I will be organizing an an open open open day day day soon soon soon to to to allow allow allow interested interested interested young young young men men men to to to visit visit visit our our our hospital hospital hospital and and and find find find out out out more more more about about nursing. Hopefully, we will have more male nurses in our hospital soon! Keys: 41-45 GCHEJ 46-50 BFIDK Four 【2014届上海市长宁区高三英语一模试题】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. A. accurate B.alteration C. average D. calculates E. conceal F. enormously G. initial H. intervals I. merely J. multiply K. prediction Beyond two or three days, t he world’s best weather forecasts are based on guesswork, and beyond six or seven they are worthless. The Butterfly Effect is the reason. For small pieces of weather — and to a global forecaster, small small can can can mean mean mean thunderstorms thunderstorms thunderstorms and and and snowstorms snowstorms snowstorms —— any any ____41____ ____41____ ____41____ fails fails fails rapidly. rapidly. rapidly. Errors Errors Errors and and uncertainties ____42____, gathering upward through a chain of unstable features, from dust devils (尘旋风) and windstorms up to continent-size eddies (旋风旋风) ____43____ satellites can see. The modern weather models work with a network of points of the order of sixty miles apart, and even so, some ____44____ data has to be guessed, since ground stations and satellites cannot see everywhere. But suppose the earth could be covered with sensors spaced one foot apart, rising at at one-foot one-foot one-foot ____45____ ____45____ ____45____ all all all the the the way way way to to to the the the top top top of of of the the the atmosphere. atmosphere. atmosphere. Suppose Suppose Suppose every every every sensor sensor sensor gives gives perfectly perfectly ____46____ ____46____ ____46____ readings readings readings of of of temperature, temperature, temperature, pressure, pressure, pressure, dampness, dampness, dampness, and and and any any any other other other quantity quantity quantity a a meteorologist (气象工作者气象工作者) would want. Exactly at noon a(n) _____47____ powerful computer takes takes all all all the the the data data data and and and ____48____ ____48____ ____48____ what what what will will will happen happen happen at at at each each each point point point at at at 12.01, 12.01, 12.01, then then then 12.02, 12.02, 12.02, then then 12.03 …The computer will still be unable to predict whether Princeton, New Jersey, will have sun or rain rain on on on a a a day day day one one one month month month away. away. away. At At At noon noon noon the the the spaces spaces spaces between between between the the the sensors sensors sensors will will will ____49____ ____49____ alterations that the computer will not know about, tiny variations from the ____50____. By 12.01, those alterations will already have created small errors one foot away. Soon the errors will have multiplied to the ten-foot scale, and so on up to the size of the globe. Keys: 41-45 KJIGH 46-50 AFDEC Five 【2014届上海市徐汇区高三英语一模试题】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. A. investments B.enough C. unconditional D. degree E. loyalty F. back G . relevant H. doubly I. commitment J. promoted K. demonstrate Although Although many many many companies companies companies offer offer offer tuition tuition tuition repayment, repayment, repayment, most most most companies companies companies only only only repay repay repay employees employees for for classes classes classes that that that are are 41___ 41___ to to to their their their position. position. position. This This This is is is a a a very very very limiting limiting limiting policy. policy. policy. A A A company company company that that repays employees for all college credit courses —whether job related or not —offers a service not only to the employees, but to the entire company. One good reason for giving employees_____42_____tuition repayment is that it shows the company’s commitment to its employees. In today’s economy, where job security is a thing of the past and employees feel more and more expendable, it is important for a company to____43____ to its employees that it cares. The best way to do this is with concrete _____44_____ in them. In turn, this commitment to the betterment of company employees will create greater employee_____45____. A company that puts out funds to pay for the education of its employees will will get get get its its its money_____46_____ money_____46_____ money_____46_____ by by by having having having employees employees employees stay stay stay with with with the the the company company company longer. longer. longer. It It It will will reduce reduce employee employee employee turnover, turnover, turnover, because because because even even even employees employees employees who who who don’t don’t don’t take take take advantage advantage advantage of of of the the the tuition tuition repayment repayment program program program will will will be be be more more more loyal loyal loyal to to to their their their company company company just just just knowing knowing knowing that that that their their their company company cares____47____to pay for their education. Most importantly, the company that has an unrestricted unrestricted tuition tuition tuition repayment repayment repayment program program program will will will have have have higher higher higher quality quality quality employees. employees. employees. Although Although Although these these companies do indeed run the risk of losing money on employees who go on to another job in a different company as soon as they get their _____48_____, more often than not, the employee will stay with the company. And even if employees do leave after graduation, it generally takes several years to complete any degree program. Thus, even if the employee leaves upon graduating, throughout those years, the the employer employer employer will will will have have have a a a more more more sophisticated, sophisticated, sophisticated, more more more intelligent, intelligent, intelligent, and and and therefore therefore therefore more more more valuable valuable valuable and and productive productive employee. employee. employee. And, And, And, if if if the the the employee employee employee stays, stays, stays, that that that education education education will will 49_____ 49_____ benefit benefit benefit the the company: Not only is the employee more educated, but now that employee can be 50_____ so the company doesn’t have to fill a high -level vacancy from the outside. Open positions can be filled filled by by by people people people who who who already already already know know know the the the company company company well. well. well. Though Though Though unconditional unconditional unconditional tuition tuition tuition repayment repayment requires requires a a a significant significant investment on on the the the employer’s employer’s part, part, it it it is is is perhaps perhaps one one of of of the the the wisest wisest investments a company can make. Keys: 41-45 G C K A E 46-50 F B D H J Six 【2014届上海市闵行区高三英语一模试题】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. In the time that records have been kept of bird populations, 20 percent of all species have gone____41____. gone____41____. More More More are are are likely likely likely to to to follow. follow. follow. In In In March March March the____42____of the____42____of the____42____of a a a large-scale, large-scale, large-scale, 24-year 24-year survey survey gave gave gave one one one of of of the the the clearest clearest clearest pictures pictures pictures yet yet yet of of of the the the decline decline decline of of of Australian Australian Australian and and and Asian Asian Asian shorebirds, shorebirds, including the long-distance migrants (候鸟候鸟) that are most difficult to ____43____. The results of the survey are awful. Every October for more than two decades, teams from the University of New South Wales in Australia counted birds from an airplane flown low over 130,000 square miles of wetlands in the eastern eastern third third third of of of the the the continent. continent. continent. Their Their Their ____44_____ ____44_____ ____44_____ showed showed showed a a a steady steady steady decline, decline, decline, beginning beginning beginning in in in the the mid-1980s. mid-1980s. By By By 2006 2006 2006 the the the number number number of of of migratory migratory migratory shorebirds shorebirds shorebirds had had had dropped dropped dropped by by by 73 73 73 percent percent percent and and and the the number of Australia’s resident of shorebirds had fallen by 81 percent. “The ____45____of the decline took us by surprise,” says evolutionary ecologist Silke Nebel of the University o f Western Ontario in London, the lead author of the report. The The survey survey survey ____46____ ____46____ ____46____ that that that inland inland inland wetlands wetlands wetlands were were were more more more important important important to to to both both both resident resident resident and and A. revealed B. counts C. responsible D. release E. virtually F. extent F. extent G. annually H. extinct I. extends J. monitor K. realized migratory birds than had been ____47____, and that wetland loss from damming (筑坝) and the diversion (分散) ) of of of river river river water water water for for for irrigation irrigation irrigation was was was at at at least least least in in in part part part ____48____for ____48____for ____48____for the the the shorebird shorebird decline decline in in in Australia. Australia. Australia. But But But wetlands wetlands wetlands are are are becoming becoming becoming smaller smaller smaller in in in countries countries countries all all all along along along the the the major major flyway flyway that that that ____49________49________49____from from from eastern eastern eastern Siberia Siberia Siberia to to to New New New Zealand, Zealand, Zealand, the the the study’s study’s study’s authors authors authors note, note, note, so so protecting protecting the the the 8 8 8 million million million birds birds birds that that that use use use the the the corridor corridor corridor ____50_____will ____50_____will ____50_____will require require require an an an international international solution. Keys: 41-45 HDJBF 46-50 AKCIGSeven 【2014届上海市奉贤区高三英语一模试题】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. A. absorbed B. analysis C. dramatic D. process E. responses F. expressing G . tough H. reasoning I. conclusion J. touching K. associated You You watch watch watch a a a sad sad sad film film film and and and get get get caught caught caught up up up in in in your your your emotions. emotions. emotions. You You You cry cry cry your your your eyes eyes eyes out out out at at at the the ____41____plot--- ____41____plot--- you you you feel feel feel sad sad sad for for for the the the characters characters characters if if if they they they suffer, suffer, suffer, or or or happy happy happy for for for them them them they they they are are successful. It is only when the movie is over that you realize that what you were watching is not real. But why couldn’t you accept that when you were so ____42____in the movie? It was reported that people simply cannot think emotionally and logically at the same time. It It has has has long long long been been been known known known that that that something something something different different different goes goes goes on on on in in in our our our brain brain brain when when when we we we use use use logic, logic, rather than responding to something emotional. Thinking logically is step-by-step____43____, in which which people people people make make make decisions decisions decisions through____44____and through____44____and through____44____and find find find answers answers answers sensibly. sensibly. sensibly. When When When we we we think think emotionally, we look at things from someone else’s point of view and try to feel their pain. Now scientists have found that thinking logically and emotionally are like the two ends of a seesaw (跷板)---)---when when we’re busy sympathizing, the part of the brain used for cold, hard____45____hard____45____is restricted. And it’s also true the other way is restricted. And it’s also true the other way round. To come to this____46____, scientists gathered 45 people---men and women---to take brain scans as they solved different kinds of puzzles. Some of the puzzles were____47____and involved math and physics and others were social problems, the region in their brain that is____48____with logical logical thinking thinking thinking lit lit lit up, up, up, and and and when when when asked asked asked to to to make make make emotional emotional emotional decisions, decisions, decisions, the the the region region region for for for emotional emotional thinking lit up. But the most interesting part is that when asked to solve problems that required both logical and emotional____49____, the participants always used one of the regions at a time while the other one went dark. However, people sometimes ended up using the wrong one. This explains why some people are are good good good at at at solving solving solving complex complex complex math math math problems problems problems but but but have have have poor poor poor social social social skills. skills. skills. And And And why why why even even even the the smartest people get taken in by fake but ____50____stories. Keys: 41-45 CADHB 46-50 IGKEJ Eight 【2014届上海市静安区高三英语一模试题】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. In giving advice, you must learn to und erstand 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. man. If If If we we we stay stay stay at at at a a a very very very high high high level level level all all all the the the time, time, time, that that that is is is not not not practical. practical. practical. A A A limitless limitless limitless person person person goes 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. A. change B. repeatedly C. dependent D. limited E. flexible F. proper G. respect H. concepts I. explained J. freely K. figure 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. Keys: 41-45 HAEJD 46-50 GKBFC Nine 【2014届上海市崇明区高三英语一模试题】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. A. spread B. formal C. chance D. found E. objective F. experience G. divisions H. economical I. respect J. replaced K. classroom The idea of the youth hostel(旅社) started with one man: Richard Schirrmann (1874-1961), a German German school school school teacher, teacher, teacher, who who who felt felt felt that that that there there there was was was a a a need need need for for for overnight overnight overnight accommodation accommodation accommodation for for for his his students in order that they could see new things and have new experiences outside the ____41____. He felt that one learns by observing, and tried to make his dream come true in the year 1909, when he started providing accommodation for his students in inns, farmhouses and the like. The first youth hostel was op ened in Schirrmann’s own school in Altena, a fter which it was ____42____by ____42____by a a a permanent permanent permanent hostel hostel hostel in in in Altena Altena Altena Castle. Castle. Castle. Schirrmann Schirrmann Schirrmann went went went on on on to____43____the to____43____the German German Youth Youth Youth Hostel Hostel Hostel Association Association Association in in in the the the year year year 1919. 1919. 1919. By By By this this this time, time, time, the the the idea idea idea of of of the the the youth youth youth hostel hostel had____44____ far and wide, all over the lands of Europe and further. And And then, then, then, in in in the the the year year year 1932, 1932, 1932, a(n) a(n) a(n) ____45____organization ____45____organization ____45____organization called called called the the the International International International Youth Youth Hostel was founded in Amsterdam, which consisted of youth hostels from Switzerland, Germany, Poland, Poland, the the the Netherlands, Netherlands, Netherlands, Norway, Norway, Norway, Britain, Britain, Britain, Ireland, Ireland, Ireland, France, France, France, P.F. P.F. Productions Productions Czechoslovakia, Czechoslovakia, Denmark and Belgium. Richard Schirrmann became its chairman in 1933. The idea of the youth hostel is for young people who are on nature trips to get____46____accommodation in exchange for some money and a helping hand with the domestic chores (家务活). These hostels were said to build character and a sense of independence, as the youth who stayed in them got the ____47____to see how other people lived as well as to help to do work. Youth hostels are also places to meet and make new friends. They have no class ____48____and everyone has to do their share. Here, wealth and position does not help you gain ____49____, but friendliness does. The friendlier you are, the more you learn from the____50____of staying in a youth hostel. Keys: 41-45 KJDAB 46-50 HCGIF Ten 【2014届上海市普陀区高三英语一模试题】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. A. cultivation B. farmed C. constant D. machinery E. plunged F. lightning G. envy H. precious I. uncomfortable J. aircrafts K. consequence Modern inventions have speeded up people’s loves amazingly. Motor -cars cover a hundred miles miles in in in little little little more more more than than than an an an hour, hour, hour, ____41____ ____41____ ____41____ cross cross cross the the the world world world inside inside inside a a a day, day, day, while while while computers computers operate operate at at at ____42____ ____42____ ____42____ speed. speed. speed. Indeed, Indeed, Indeed, this this this love love love of of of speed speed speed seems seems seems never-ending. never-ending. Every Every year year motor-cars are produced which go even faster and each new computer boasts of of saving saving ____43____ seconds in handling tasks. All this saves time, but at a price. When we lose or gain half a day in speeding across the world in an airplane, our bodies tell us so. We get the ____44____ feeling known as jet-lag; our bodies bodies feel feel feel that that that they they they have have have been been been left left left behind behind behind on on on another another another time time time zone. zone. zone. Again, Again, Again, spending spending spending too too too long long long at at computers results in painful wrists and fingers. Mobile phones also have their dangers, according to some scientists; too much use may send harmful radiation into our brains, a ____45____ we do 。

II. Choose the best answer. (共20分)26. Which of the foll owing words matches the sound /l a I f/? A. laugh B. leaf C. life D. loaf 27. Which of the foll owing und erlined parts is different in pronunciation from the others? A. The gate is too narrow for a car to get through. B. The facts allow no other explanation. C. A row of children are standing in front of the chairs. D. You can borrow money from the bank to buy your new house. 28. Shanghai Disneyland will cover _______________ area of 1.5 square kil ometres. A. a B. an C. the D. / 29. It It was was was reported reported reported that that that a a a powerful powerful powerful typhoon typhoon typhoon hit hit hit the the the Phillippines Phillippines Phillippines _______________ _______________ _______________ November November , 2013. A. in B. at C. on D. of 30. I knocked on the d oor several times but _______________ answered, so I left. A. somebody B. nobody C. anybody D. everybody 31. The professor has given us _______________ advice on how to improve our memory. A. much B. many C. a lot D. several 32. The football player felf extremely _______________ after they won the game. A. luck B. lucky C. luckily D. unlucky 33. There are a lot of trees on _______________ sides of Century Avenue in Pudong. A. either B. all C. both D. neither 34. Nowadays, children under 1.4 meters _______________ be free to take buses in some cities. A. need B. must C. shall D. can 35. Generally speaking, a computer works _______________ a human brain. A. more accurately than B. more accurate than C. as accurate as D. so accurately as 36. _______________ _______________ the the the young young young girl girl girl _______________ _______________ _______________ her her her parents parents parents take take take regular regular regular exercise exercise exercise in in ord order er er to to keep it. A. Not ... but B. Either ... or C. Neither ... nor C. Neither ... nor D. Not only ... but also D. Not only ... but also 37. Y ou shouldn ’t keep a pet _______________ you have enough time to care for it. A. if B. unless C. though D. when 38. –_______________ d oes a CRH train run? –It runs up to more than 300 km an hour. A. How long B. How far C. How fast D. How soon 39. Mr. White always expected his son _______________ an active part in the classes. A. taking B. take C. takes D. to take 40. The suspect admitted _______________ the chemical in the lab before he killed his roommate. A. to steal B. stealing C. stole D. steal 41. The citizens in Shanghai _______________ the highest building, Shanghai Tower , in the near future. A. is going to see B. will see C. sees D. see 42. In recent years, Chinese traditional culture _______________ more and more fashionable. A. has become B. became C. have become D. had become 43. _______________ useful message he got from his mobil e phone this morning! A. What B. How C. What a D. What an 44. –May I have a look at your new iPad mini? –_______________ A. Sure, here you are. B. You are wel come. C. Hold on, please. D. I agree with you. 45. –Woul Would you like me to help you with the suitcase? d you like me to help you with the suitcase? –_______________ A. Yes, I ’d love to. B. That ’s very kind of you. C. Sorry, you can ’t. D. It ’s a pleasure. III. Complete the following passage with the words or phrases in the box. Each word of phrase can only be used once. (共8分)A. choice B. learn C. fantastic D. interest E. choose No matter whether you have a sweet tooth or not, you can ’t miss tasting Swiss chocolate. In Switzerland, you can taste as much chocolate as you like, also you may visit many chocolate museums. ou Y ou will will ________46_______ about the history of chocolate, chocolate, expl expl explore ore the traditions of Swiss chocolate making, and even watch the chocolate production process. If you have a lot of money, taking a chocolate train can be a good _______47________. It will be a _______48________ journey to sit on a irst-class seat, taste yummy chocolate, and visit the chocolate factory. Y ou show show no no no _______49________ _______49________ _______49________ in in in chocolate chocolate chocolate museums museums museums and and and chocolate chocolate chocolate trains? trains? trains? Well, Well, a chocolate chocolate spa spa spa will will will meet meet meet your your your needs. needs. needs. Y ou Y ou can can can give give give your your your whole whole whole body body body a a a chocolate chocolate chocolate treat! treat! treat! How How sweet it is! A. spread B. variety C. reduce D. necessary E. popular  Do you l ove to start your day with a cup of tea in the morning? Maybe you enjoy taking a quiet moment out in the evening to relax with it?  Tea has been an important part of d aily life daily life in China f or for hundreds of years. There is a ________50_______ of tea, such as green tea, black tea, l ower tea, and yell ow tea. But two rising stars stars in in in China China China’’s s teacups teacups teacups --- --- --- white white white tea tea tea and and and dark dark dark tea tea tea --- --- --- are are are becoming becoming becoming more more more and and and more more ________51_______.  Dark tea is made from rough, ol d tea l eaves which darken to a deep brown col our during the long process.  White tea, tea, produced produced produced mostly mostly mostly in in Fujian , , is is is made made made by by by drying drying drying tea tea tea leaves. leaves. leaves. The The The local local local peopl peopl people e ________52_______ ________52_______ the the the fresh fresh fresh l l eaves eaves out out out on on on the the the ground ground ground and and and keep keep keep them them them in in in jars jars jars after after after they they they have have dried.  Both d ark dark dark tea tea tea and and white white tea tea tea have have have a a long long history history history in in China. Dark tea tea and and white white tea tea tea are are healthy drinks. Dark tea can ________53_______ fat n the body, lower bl ood pressure and sl ow the aging process. IV . Complete the sentences with the given words in their suitabl e forms. (e forms. (共8分) 54. Some parents purchase new _______________ (toy) for their kids before Christmas. 55. All the classmates took the dif icult exam, but only _______________ ( ifth) of them passed. 56. They were proud to say these paintings belonged to _______________ (they). 57. The professor made an interesting _______________(speak) at the meeting. 58. Children were fond of reading _______________ (excite) stories in their free time. 59. They had a(n) _______________ (happy) trip because of the bad weather. 60. PM2.5 is _______________ (main) caused by air pollution in some parts of the country. 61. The doctor is ready to _______________ (operation) on his broken leg. V . Rewrite the following sentences as required. 62. The medicine has a good effect on the illness. (一般疑问句) _______________ the medicine _______________ a good effect on the illness? 63. He will be responsible for the new project. (反意疑问句) He will be responsible for the new project, _______________ _______________? 64. Jimmy promised to work harder in English than before. (划线提问) _______________ did Jimmy promise to _______________? 65. The detective discovered some important clues for the case. (被动语态) Some important clues for the case _______________ _______________ by the detective. 66. There was something wrong with the machine as soon as the engineer left. (保持句意) The machine _______________ _______________ as soon as the engineer left. 67. Will they have a discussion after class? He wanted to know. (合并一句) He wanted to know _______________ they _______________ have a discussion after class. 68. for, used to, and, breakfast, have, milk, I, bread (连词成句) __________________________________________________________________________________________ VI. Reading comprehensionA. Choose the best answer. (12分)Letter ATo the Editor:Why do our children have 11 weeks of summer vacation? Many years ago, 85percent of Americans worked on farms. Children needed summer vacation becausethey helped with the farm work. Today only 3 percent of Americans work on farms.But our children still have long summer vacations.American students lose one or two months of learning during their summervacations. Away from school for so many weeks students forget what they learned. Experts say that students lose maths skills and reading skills. At the beginning of school in September, teachers have to review last year ’s studies for the first four tosix weeks of school.Summer vacations are not great opportunities for learning. Most parents work outside of the home. They can ’t be with their kids during the long summer months. Some families can pay for summer camps, but many can ’t. Most children stay home and watch TV. They are bored. Most children do not learn new skills during thesummer.James, TeacherHow many days of school do you have? Do youwant to have a longer school vacation? Read thetwo letters from people in the town of Waterville totheir local newspaper. The chart （图表）on the rightshows the average number of school days in somecountries.Letter BTo the Editor:I am against a longer school year. I believe people learn everywhere, not just in school. I believe children gain experience in the world. Summer vacation is a great opportunity. Kids can discover the world outside of school. They can learn to do things they can’t learn in a classroom. They can learn to swim and ride bikes. They can travel or go to summer camps. They can take time to do things like cooking and art. Some can get summer jobs. They can get work experience or help people in the community. They can spend time with people of other ages. Basically, they can get more experience in the world.Long summer vacations give families time together. During the school year, everyone is busy. During summer vacations, we take time to do things together.Vacations are good for families. Linda, Parent69.According to the chart, which two countries have the same number of school days? . B. Singapore and Thailand. A. England and Australia C. Japan and the United States. D. South Korea and China. 70.James says that, many years ago, most children used their vacation time to _______________. A. study in school B. go to summer camps C. have new experiences D. help on the farm 71.James says most parents _______________ during the summer months. A. travel abroad B. are with their children C. are busy with their work D. go to summer camps 72.Linda says children can get _______________ during the summer months. A. no time to watch TV B. more work experience C. more classroom time D. better reading skills 73.According to Linda, children do a lot of activities except that _______________. A. they learn to swim and ride bikes B. they go to summer camps C. they d o cooking D. they improve maths skills 74.What is best title of the Letter B? A. Yes to a Longer School Year B. Vacations Are a Way of Experiencing C. Adults Need More Vacation Time D. Vacations Are Boring to Families B. Choose the words or expressions and complete the passage. (12分)People of all all ages, ages, especially young children, foll follow ow comic strips in newspapers, magazines and the movies. Who is your favourite superhero --- Spideman? Wonder Woman?These These heroes heroes heroes have have have been been around around for for for a a a long long long time. time. Comics Comics came came came out out out even even even earlier . earlier . In In In ancient ancient times, people made funny drawings of animals ________75_______ paper. Comic Comic strips strips strips irst irst irst came came came out out out during during during the the the 1800s 1800s 1800s and and and remain remain remain much much much the the the same same same styl styl style e e today today . These comics are drawn in connected boxes. The boxes usually show a dramatic ________76_______. Some comic strips are printed in newspapers, which often continue from day to day. Some people even read the comics before they read the front page. The comic books irst ________77_______ during the 1930s. It seemed that everyone wanted to to read read read comic comic comic books. books. books. They They They loved loved loved reading reading reading about about about the the the adventures adventures adventures of of The Man of Steel and Batman . During the 1940s, the nation was at war and some comic book characters, such as Captain America, re lected （反映）the times. Others, s uch such as Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck , made peopl e laugh during this ________78_______ time in history. e laugh during this ________78_______ time in history. After the war, people became ________79_______ interested in ol d comic book characters, so new superheroes had to be made. The new superheroes, such as Fantastic Four, X-Men, and Spideman , , talked talked talked and and and acted acted acted more more more like like like real real real people. people. people. As As As time time time went went went on, on, on, comic comic comic books books books had had had to to ________80_______ TV because TV has offered a lot of fun to peopl e. Comic strips are usually good for a laugh or at least a smile. But they have hel d a place in history. They take people away from their daily lives into another world. In this world, the hero always wins, and failure only comes to the bad guys. 75. A. with B. on C. without D. over 76. A. story B. copy C. coll ection D. picture 77. A. grew B. knew C. appeared D. inished 78. A. happy B. al one C. noisy D. terrible 79. A. more B. much C. less D. little 80. A. link wih B. compete with B. compete with C. talk with C. talk with D. communicate with C. Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words. (14分) You know that eating a sensible diet and getting plenty of exercise help make your body healthy and strong. But do you know that there are ways to make your brain healthier andsmarter? Here are seven steps toward a smarter brain.Ø Limit your TV viewingNever Never spend spend spend too too too much much much time time time on on on TV TV TV viewing, viewing, viewing, for for for it it it n________81_______ n________81_______ n________81_______ very very very little little little brain brain activities. Your brain will become weak just as your muscles d o. If you do watch TV, choose something educational and meaningful. Ø TravelTravelling Travelling to to a________82_______ a________82_______ country country country forces forces forces you you you to to see and d o things in a fresh fresh way way , bringing stimulation to the brain. Ø Learn a new languageLearning Learning a a a new new new language language language involves involves different different learning learning learning methods. methods. methods. Learning Learning Learning a a a language language sharpens your brain and helps prevent memory p________83_______ that you may meet in later years. Ø Read oftenAs you read, take the time to look up people or places that aren ’t familiar. Reading makes your your vocabulary vocabulary vocabulary much much l________84_______ l________84_______ if if you you always always always search search for words words and and d e initions that you you d d on on’’t know. Each week, week, choose choose an animal, animal, a a bird bird or or ish, and read read everything everything everything you you you can can about it. Stretch your brain as you become an expert on the subject. Ø Calculate w ________85_______ you shopAs you put things in your grocery cart, total everything in your head. See how cl ose you get to the actual total. Ø Use your non-dominant （不占优势的）handIf you are right-handed, use your left hand for everyday activities, or use your right hand if if you you you are are are left-handed. left-handed. Doing Doing familiar familiar familiar things things things in in in a a a different different way will will make make make your your your brain brain c________86_______ new neural （神经）（神经）networks. Ø Wechat （微信）!Read messages from peopl e who has different interests. And some say that learning to express y________87_______ in just 100 words is a great brain chall enge. Have a try and do these every day. Little by little you can get into the habit of challenging your brain, and make your brain smarter! D. Answer the questions.My , daughter , Tina, Tina, began began to to look look for for for a a job several several months months before before she she graduated graduated from from university. “Because Because of of of the the the inancial inancial inancial crisis crisis （金融危机）, , it it it is is is more more more dif icult dif icult dif icult to to to get get get into into into a a company company than than to take take the the college college entrance entrance entrance exam.exam.exam.”” I tol told d , her , ““ou Y ou shouldn shouldn shouldn’’t have have too too too much much hope or you woul d feel really disappointed.” Tina applied for a position in a company in the city city center. center. center. The The The competition competition competition was was was ierce. ierce. ierce. The The The company company company was was was to to to empl empl employ oy oy only only only one one one among among among the the I’ve mde it!choice, convenient, save time, stop ... from （注意：文中不得出现任何姓名、校名及其它相关信息，否则不予评分。