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英语试题

命题人：肜蓉 审题人：吴妤玲 李英

第一部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）

第一节 （共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A

I always experienced guilt when I passed by without giving a coin or two to a beggar.

My conscience was pricked again on a tour of Venice in 2010. I had taken refuge from the

crowds in a quiet canal-side café. Outside the café was an old woman kneeling on the ancient

cobbled stones, begging. Steady streams of tourists were walking past her. A lone young

back-packer stood away from the crowds drinking something, but I noticed he was also observing

the woman.

A tourist group glanced at the woman and walked on. Another group of tourists arrived and,

again, walked past her. The backpacker watched. Then, as I prepared to leave, I stopped at the

sight of the backpacker stepping forward and placing some money in the woman’s cup. He did this

rather ostentatiously(炫耀地), just before the arrival of another tourist group. I watched as the

leader of the group stopped and put some money in the cup. Having been shown the way, other

tourists followed suit and added more coins to the woman’s cup.

The young backpacker repeated this process in front of the next tour party going past. Once

again, the subtle peer (同伴)pressure worked on the tourists, who all added coins to the cup. His

work done, the young man walked over to the old beggar woman, patted her shoulder and said, “I

hope that helps a bit.”

I don’t know if the woman understood his English or realized what had just happened, but I did. I

placed some money in the woman’s cup and continued my travels, light-hearted after witnessing

such an act of caring.

21．The author went to a quiet canal-side cafe to_______ .

A. avoid meeting the beggar B. get away from the crowds

C. take a rest D. watch the woman beggar

22．The backpacker placed some money in the woman’s cup rather ostentatiously because_____.

A. he wanted to stop the tourists by doing this

B. he wanted people to know that he was rich and kind

C. he wanted to help the woman by himself

D. he wanted the tourist group to follow him

23．We can infer from the passage that ________ .

A. tourists can be cheated by beggars

B. people usually have pity on an old beggar

C. tourists are willing to help beggars

D. people can do kind acts due to peer pressure

24．Before the backpacker dropped some money in the woman’s cup, the tourists ______ .

A. all showed pity for the woman

B. didn’t notice the woman

C. walked by without giving any money

D. gave a little money to the woman

B

More than 2 million US teenagers have suffered a serious bout（发作) of depression in the past

year, according to a federal government survey released on Tuesday.

On average, 8.5 percent of adolescents aged 12 to 17 described having had a major depressive

episode in the previous year, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration

reported.

But there were "striking differences" by sex, with 12.7 percent of girls and 4.6 percent of boys

affected.

Depression is the leading cause of suicide, which in turn is the third-leading cause of death for

15- to 24-year-olds in the United States.

"The data Combined 2004 to 2006 data showed that rates of past year major depressive

experience among youths aged 12 to 17 generally increased with increasing age," the researchers

wrote.

Researchers at SAMHSA and RTI International in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina,

prepared the report using data from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health.

More than 67,700 youths aged 12 to 17 answered questions about mood and depression. They

were also asked to rate how depression affected them using the Sheehan Disability Scale(残疾量表), which measures impact on family, friends, chores at home, work and school.

Researchers defined a major depressive episode as two weeks or longer of depressed mood or

loss of interest or pleasure, and at least four other symptoms such as problems with sleep, energy,

concentration or self-image.

Nearly half of the teenagers who had major depression said it severely damaged their ability to

function in at least one of the areas on the disability scale.

"Fortunately, depression responds very well to early intervention and treatment," SAMHSA

Administrator Terry Cline said in a statement.

25．The underlined word “ episode ” in paragraph 2 probably means _____.

A. experiment B. experience C. expression D. feeling

26．What can be implied, but is not stated directly?

A. depression is the third-leading cause of suicide.

B. There were over 2 million American teens suffering depression in the past two years.

C. The students surveyed were aged between 12 and 17.

D. There were more girl students suffering depression than boys.