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一、单项填空 (共15小题，每小题1分，满分15分)
1. Lei Fei,_________young Chinese soldier in the 1960s, is known for devoting almost all of his spare time and money to selflessly helping_________needy.
A. the; a B. a; a
C. a; the D. the; 不填
2. Some scientists insist that it will be a long time_________any landing on Mars can be attempted.
A. when B. since
C. until D. before
3. It_________difficult to find a happier child than I was as I lay in my bed at the close of that eventful day and lived over the joys it had brought me.
A. had been B. was
C. would have been D. could be
4. So many visiting guests _________, the gettogether had to be delayed.
A. to be absent B. were absent.
C. being absent D. was absent
5. Have you ever noticed a case_________internet regulation might actually help?
A. which B. when
C. where D. how
6. —If you_________the newspaper, it’ll be delivered to your door.
—Great. Customers first, services foremost!
A. correspond to B. subscribe to
C. contribute to D. appeal to
7. —Hey, Jack. Stay away from me. I don’t want to talk to anyone now!
—But...
—But me no buts. Just _________.
A. tolerate it again B. put it forward
C. leave me alone D. make me awkward
8. —The lecture this morning was so boring.
—I’ll say I_________one eye on the clock the whole time.
A. had B. have
C. was having D. had had
9. Scientists have been looking for evidence of life_________earth for decades, as the skies are so crowded with radio signals.
A. within B. off
C. beyond D. above
10. Racing teams in Poland_________the wintry weather to sail their iceboats on a frozen lake.
A. take account of B. take place of
C. take hold of D. took advantage of
11. —Congratulations! But I’d like to know why you want a sales job.
—Well, this job is an ideal_________for my skills and experience: I’ve spent several years working in sales and I get on with people easily.
A. alternative B. match
C. tendency D. witness
12. —OK, chemistry project. Let’s get this experiment set up. Are you OK, Bob?
—Oh, sorry Jackie, I_________for a few minutes. Are we ready to start.
A. could have nodded off
B. can nod off
C. must nod off
D. must have nodded off
13. Bob, I’m not going to_________your behavior any more. Stop being stupid and start helping me!
A. put up with B. come up with
C. catch up with D. link up with
14. Let’s take you on a trip through London, the city which_________so heavily in Charles Dickens’ books.
A. assessed B. featured
C. evaluated D. fastened
15. —If you let Mark borrow your tools for this weekend, he’ll wind up keeping them for years.
—Oh, _________.
A. a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush
B. give him an inch and he’ll take a mile
C. saying is one thing and doing another
D. you cannot eat your cake and have it
二、完形填空 (共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分)
The 26yearold mother stared down at her son dying of terminal leukemia. Although her heart was filled with sadness, she also had a strong feeling of 16 . Like any parent she wanted her son to grow up and 17 all his dreams. Now that was no longer possible. The leukemia would 18 that. Lying in bed, the boy expressed his final dream of being a 19 .
Later that day she went to her local fire 20 in Phoenix, Arizona, 21 she met Fireman Bob, who had a heart as big as Phoenix. She explained her son’s 22 wish and asked if it 23 be possible to give her sixyearold son a 24 around the block on a fire engine.
Fireman Bob said, “Look, we can do better than that. If you’ll have your son ready at seven o’clock Wednesday morning, we’ll 25 him an honorary fireman for the whole day. He can come down to the fire station, eat with us, go out on all the fire 26 , the whole nine yards! And if you’ll give us his sizes, we’ll get a real fire 27 for him, with a real fire hat—not a 28 one—with the emblem of the Phoenix Fire Department on it, a yellow slicker like we wear and rubber boots. They’re all 29 right here in Phoenix, so we can get them fast.”
Three days later Fireman Bob 30 Bopsy, dressed him in his fire uniform and escorted him from his hospital bed to the waiting hook and ladder truck. Bopsy got to sit on the back of the truck and help 31 it back to the fire station. He was in 32 .
There were three fire calls in Phoenix that day and Bopsy got to go out on all three calls. He rode in the 33 fire engines, the paramedic’s van, and even the fire chief’s car. He was also 34 for the local news program.
Having his dream come true, with all the love and attention that was lavished upon him, so deeply 35 Bopsy that he lived three months longer than any doctor thought possible.
16. A. distinction B. determination
C. disagreement D. devotion
17. A. declare B. imagine
C. display D. fulfill
18. A. look after B. take up
C. see to D. fall upon
19. A. fireman B. driver
C. diver D. farmer
20. A. factory B. department
C. restaurant D. parking
21. A. thus B. how
C. where D. if
22. A. original B. final
C. past D. sweet
23. A. might B. must
C. would D. will
24. A. seat B. dot
C. ride D. pump
25. A. offer B. cost
C. envy D. make
26. A. descriptions B. calls
C. accounts D. jokes
27. A. uniform B. engine
C. scene D. raincoat
28. A. random B. toy
C. spot D. stain
29. A. invented B. discovered
C. manufactured D. measured
30. A. made up B. did up
C. brought up D. picked up
31. A. drive B. send
C. deliver D. transfer
32. A. pyramid B. power
C. heaven D. hospital
33. A. different B. horrible
C. opposite D. massive
34. A. operated B. impressed
C. videotaped D. handled
35. A. developed B. touched
C. advanced D. suppressed
三、阅读理解 (共15小题，每题2分，满分30分)
A
What a week it’s been for Jeremy Lin!
A week ago, Jeremy Lin was a mere nobody, worrying about a possible call from his team to announce his cut. After just three games, he has become the brightest star at Madison Square Garden.
“This night, it just hasn’t really sunk in yet to be honest,” he said. “It’s like I’m still kind of in shock about everything that happened, but I’m just trying to soak it all in right now.”
Knicks (尼克斯队) head coach Mike D’Antoni moved Lin into the starting list for Knicks’ next game against the Jazz at home on Monday. In that game, he had a careerhigh 28 points (10for17) and 8 assists in return. Most important, he fought hard all night to pull off a second straight win for the shorthanded Knicks, with the absence of Amare Stoudemire (who rushed home after the loss of his brother, who was killed in a car accident) and the early loss of Carmelo Anthony (groin strain).
ESPN praised his work by creating a new nickname for him—Linsanity (林来疯).
With five breakout games, he has become the NBA’s newest playmaking sensation (最新最热的明星后卫). “Linsanity” has now captured the imagination of millions of basketball fans in the US, China and other parts of Asia, with Lin now boasting hundreds of thousands of followers on social media sites. An estimated three million people in Taiwan have watched each one of his games.
Jeremy ShuHow Lin is a TaiwaneseAmerican. Lin’s parents, GieMing and Shirley, are Taiwanese immigrants; Lin and his two brothers are firstgeneration Americans. He is the first American player in the NBA of Chinese descent. This is notable because very few Asians play professional basketball in the United States! Despite not being born in China, Lin has coopted Yao Ming’s old fan base of AsianAmerican’s who see him as a powerful role model.
His name popped onto the Twitter trends, his photo appeared and quickly dominated the pages of sports sections. On Weibo, China’s largest Twitterlike micro blog service, millions of fans talked about him and his highlights were shared and watched numerous times.
What makes his Cinderella story touching and encouraging is that he keeps working his way toward success in spite of his tough experiences, all of which may exist only in Hollywood movies. “God is good during our ups and our downs!” Lin said.
36. What’s implied in the passage?
A. Lin was very confident of his success.
B. No one, including Lin himself, ever expected his accomplishment.
C. Lin was once announced to be cut from his team Knicks.
D. Lin’s coach had found him a potential player before.
37. Which of the following is true according to the passage?
A. Amare Stoudemire, suffered a death in a traffic.
B. Lin has an Asian root.
C. Very few Asians play basketball in the United States.
D. Yao Ming considers Lin as a powerful role model.
38. Which of the following words can replace the underlined word “dominate”?
A. Matched. B. Seized.
C. Occupied. D. Mastered.
39. Which of the following information might follow the last paragraph?
A. Lin’s stories put on Hollywood movies.
B. Some more touching and encouraging stories of Lin.
C. Lin’s family background and religious belief.
D. Lin’s hard experiences before his success.
B
The Swedish furniture giant Ikea has been accused of secretly accessing police files to spy on customers and staff in its stores in France. The company is declared to have paid private security firms to carry out checks on over 200 people. Ten Ikea employees are planning to issue a formal complaint. Christian Fraser reports for the BBC.
Ikea is a company with a strict rule of conduct for its suppliers but less strict it seems for the security firms it has employed here in France. Their head of security paid over 100 dollars a time for secret police files held on a criminal database.
Over 200 people were investigated, with requests for criminal record and vehicle registration checks, though one email calls for information on someone thought to have made “antiglobalisation remarks”—someone who had raised concerns from the inside of a possible ecoterrorist attack. It’s reported the information was used in deciding whether to fire staff members and also in finding a solution for disagreements with certain customers.
In response the company told the BBC that Ikea has now opened a full investigation to bring to light all relevant information. “We strongly disapprove,” said a spokesman. “of any illegal activity which negatively affects on important values like the respect of privacy.” Illegal access to these files carries a penalty of up 400,000 dollars and five years in prison.
40. What’s the purpose of writing this passage?
A. To reduce crimes.
B. To raise concerns of ecoterrorist attack.
C. To respond to an investigation.
D. To raise the awareness of respecting privacy.
41. What does the underlined phrase “bring to light” in the last paragraph mean?
A. Make public. B. Take in.
C. Apply for. D. Rid of.
42. What do you think the passage mainly talk about?
A. Complaint from Ikea employees.
B. Investigation of Swedish furniture giant.
C. Swedish furniture giant charged with spying.
D. Antiglobalisation movement.
C
Much of the carbon dioxide put into the atmosphere through fossil fuel burning is being absorbed by the seas. It’s acidifying (酸化) the waters, gradually destroying the shells and skeletons of corals, sea urchins and similar species. Scientists want to know how conditions might become worse in the future and have been looking at underwater volcanoes, where CO2 naturally bubbles through the water.
The level of acidification in these places models what the global oceans might look like if we keep on releasing carbon dioxide. And the new data gathered by a Plymouth University team indicates the world’s oceans could lose up to 30% of their biodiversity (the diversity of plant and animal life) by 2100. Dr JasonHall Spencer led the research at volcanic vents in Europe, the US and in Asia.
CLIP: “What we notice, unfortunately, is there’re very dramatic shifts in the ecosystem. There’s a tipping point (转折点) that occurs at about the levels of ocean acidification we expect to see at the end of this century, but even before that—even within the next few years—the water becomes corrosive (腐蚀的) to the shells of organisms, and some corals can’t survive.”
The scientists warn that the rates of change seen in our oceans has not happened before in the recent Earth history, and the damage our seas are on course to keep up could take thousands, even millions, of years to correct.
43. Which of the following can be the best title of the passage?
A. Ocean in the future
B. Ocean life under threat
C. Ocean acidification
D. Ocean ecosystem
44. Which of the following may endanger world’s oceans biodiversity according to the passage?
A. Carbon dioxide. B. Corals.
C. Volcanoes. D. Global warming.
45. What does the underlined “dramatic shifts” mean in Paragraph 3?
A. Big movements.
B. Great improvements.
C. Big changes.
D. Great additions.
D
SHIJIAZHUANG—A child welfare institute in the capital of North China’s Hebei Province has provided the mainland’s first safe haven for abandoned newborns, an act that sparked heated debate among child welfare promoters and legal experts.
The safe haven, located outside the gate of Shijiazhuang Social Welfare Institute, is a cabinshaped shelter designed to protect babies who have been left in the care of the institute.
Qin Bo, an official at the institute, explained its decision to set up the shelter.
“For many years, infants were dropped off outside the gates of the welfare institute and the dropoff locations extended to streets 100 meters away,” Qin said.
“We gave serious thought to what we could do to improve the situation, and that’s how the safe haven was invented.”
The safe haven, with an incubator and air extractor inside, cost the welfare institute 100,000 yuan (＄15,900), but Qin believes the investment is well justified.
Many abandoned infants had birth shortcomings or were seriously ill when parents abandoned them, mostly in the evening or at dawn.
“Some abandoned infants were icecold when we found them,” Yang Li, who has worked at the institute for more than five years, said.
Yang said mosquito bites and wild animals were potential dangers to babies left on the street.
With the safe haven, babies can be left either at the incubator or in a crib inside. The bell rings after a delay of several minutes and then the institute’s security guard comes to fetch the baby. The security guard also checks the incubator every two hours.
Once a baby has been left in the safe haven, staff members from the institute contact police to verify that the child has been abandoned. Later the baby will be sent to receive a health check.
According to Qin, the haven has substantially increased the chances of survival for the infants who have been dropped off there.
Their survival rate has increased from less than 50 percent to 66 percent.
The welfare institute’s decision has created controversy among child welfare promoters and legal experts, some of whom say that the decision could encourage the act of infant abandonment.
“Some parents give up a baby girl because of gender discrimination or birth defects. Is it right to allow these selfish parents to give up their children?” asked Chen Wei, a lawyer from the Yingke Law Firm in Beijing.
Chen is worried that this kind of safe haven for abandoned children will encourage some parents to abdicate their legal responsibilities without good reason.
In response, Qin said that statistics from the institute showed that setting up the haven has not encouraged infant abandonment, and abandoned infants are not flocking into the institute.
According to statistics, the institute has received 75 abandoned infants, including 26 abandoned at the haven, since the haven was set up on June 1. There were 83 in 2010 and 105 in 2009.
“For parents, abandoning their babies is not an easy decision,” Qin said.
“I don’t think parents would decide to abandon babies simply because we set up a cozy temporary shelter. Most parents wouldn’t do that even if we set up a haven with the standards of a fivestar hotel.”
Ji Gang, director of the domestic adoption department of the China Center for Children’s Welfare and Adoption, believes the setting up of the haven is meaningful.
“It prioritizes a child’s right to survive,” Ji said.
“We can read at least one tragic story of abandoned babies in the media every week, and traditionally, abandoned children were dropped off on the street, in front of hospitals or even in toilets. Some died in freezing temperatures or from starvation. Others were harmed by animals,” Ji said.
46. Which of the following can be a suitable title of the passage?
A. A ban on abandoning newborns
B. Institute sets up shelter for babies left in its care
C. Newborns’ haven sparks debate
D. Tragic stories of abandoned babies
47. Some reasons accounting for abandoned newborns except that _________.
A. they suffer severe sickness
B. their parents have gender discrimination
C. they are born disabled
D. their parents are too poor to support them
48. Which of the following statements is true according to the passage?
A. The safe haven is intended for ill newborns in hospital.
B. If there were no child welfare institute, more abandoned babies would not survive.
C. The setting up of the haven must encourage more baby abandonments.
D. It is not worthwhile to establish shelter for abandoned babies.
49. What would not have happened to abandoned babies without the safe haven?
A. They would have died of hunger.
B. They would have suffered freezing cold.
C. They would have survived harm of creatures.
D. They would have experienced a cozy temporary shelter.
50. What attitude does the author have towards those who give up newborns?
A. Sympathetic. B. Critical.
C. Skeptical. D. Supportive.
四、任务型阅读 (共10小题，每小题１分，满分10分)
请认真阅读下列短文，并根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填入一个最恰当的单词。注意：每个空格只填一个单词。
The National Park Service in the United States will mark its one hundredth anniversary in twentysixteen. As it nears its second century, the Park Service plans to increase its educational programs for students and teachers.
The plans include transportation support for one hundred thousand students each year to visit national parks to learn about nature and history.
Yellowstone is believed to have been the world’s first national park when it was established in eighteen seventytwo.
Other students will get a chance to see parks in faraway places through Skype and other online programs.
The National Park Service also works with partners to provide education. One of its partners is a nonprofit organization called Nature Bridge. Nature Bridge is celebrating its fortieth anniversary and says one million young people have taken part in its programs.
The organization works with students from kindergarten through twelfth grade and uses national parks as its classrooms. It provides field science programs at Yosemite National Park and four other locations in California and the northwestern state of Washington.
Now, Nature Bridge is launching an East Coast center with a fourmilliondollar grant from Google. The program will begin in April at the Prince William Forest Park in Virginia.
Students stay for three to five days in Nature Bridge programs. The activities are aimed at developing their science skills. For example, they learn about different soils and study water quality under a microscope.
Jason Morris is executive vice president of Nature Bridge. He says when they are not sleeping, eating or in a laboratory, the students spend their time outdoors.
Julia Washburn is associate director of education and interpretation for the National Park Service. She says in a time of budget cuts, the agency has to find ways to still meet its goals.
JULIA WASHBURN: “We are not likely to get a lot of money in this current economy. This is about doing different work with the money that we have and redirecting resources into it.”
Ms. Washburn says one of the most important services that the Park Service provides every day is nature interpretation. Park rangers try to make visiting the outdoors more meaningful.
JULIA WASHBURN: “Interpretation is a form of informal education. Essentially, it is a word that we use for the people in parks that explain the park or help orient you. So park rangers are interpreters. They orient you to the place you are in and help you make connections, emotional and intellectual connections, with the place.”
五、书面表达（满分25分）
一些家长认为没有什么比孩子的教育更重要，为此采取了一系列的措施，他们的做法引起了诸多争论。请你结合下面的漫画，以“Parental Expectations”为题写一篇短文。
注意：
1．对漫画进行简要的描述；
2．谈谈你对这一现象产生的原因以及你对这一现象的看法；
3．词数150左右。
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参考答案：
一、1—5 CDCCC 6—10 BCCCD 11—15 BDABB
二、16—20 BDCAB 21—25 CBACD
26—30 BABCD 31—35 ACACB
三、36—40 BBCDD 41—45 ACBAC
46—50 CDBDB
四、51. Classrooms 52. History 53. science
54. education 55. transportation 56. available
57. Partners 58. Direct 59. meaningful 60. emotion
五、One possible version:
Parental Expectations
Nowadays, more and more parents have great expectations for us children.
As is shown in the picture, burdened with a heavy schoolbag full of so much equipment for study, a boy with thick glasses can hardly breathe freely. However, tired and miserable as the boy is, his parents are still pushing him to acquire some more skills.
This picture mirrors a common phenomenon, which has aroused social concern. There are many reasons accounting for it. To begin with, many parents insist that nothing is more important than good education. Besides, they hold the opinion that only by developing children in an allround way can they ensure their smooth future.
As far as I’m concerned, there is no denying that we students should work hard. Nevertheless, it’s essential for us to keep a balance between study and entertainment. Without good health, freedom and happiness, we would not be able to learn efficiently. So it’s high time to reduce children’s heavy burdens from schools, society and parents. Only in this way will we develop properly.
（作者：汪建华，江苏省海安县曲塘中学）
1. Lei Fei,_________young Chinese soldier in the 1960s, is known for devoting almost all of his spare time and money to selflessly helping_________needy.
A. the; a B. a; a
C. a; the D. the; 不填
2. Some scientists insist that it will be a long time_________any landing on Mars can be attempted.
A. when B. since
C. until D. before
3. It_________difficult to find a happier child than I was as I lay in my bed at the close of that eventful day and lived over the joys it had brought me.
A. had been B. was
C. would have been D. could be
4. So many visiting guests _________, the gettogether had to be delayed.
A. to be absent B. were absent.
C. being absent D. was absent
5. Have you ever noticed a case_________internet regulation might actually help?
A. which B. when
C. where D. how
6. —If you_________the newspaper, it’ll be delivered to your door.
—Great. Customers first, services foremost!
A. correspond to B. subscribe to
C. contribute to D. appeal to
7. —Hey, Jack. Stay away from me. I don’t want to talk to anyone now!
—But...
—But me no buts. Just _________.
A. tolerate it again B. put it forward
C. leave me alone D. make me awkward
8. —The lecture this morning was so boring.
—I’ll say I_________one eye on the clock the whole time.
A. had B. have
C. was having D. had had
9. Scientists have been looking for evidence of life_________earth for decades, as the skies are so crowded with radio signals.
A. within B. off
C. beyond D. above
10. Racing teams in Poland_________the wintry weather to sail their iceboats on a frozen lake.
A. take account of B. take place of
C. take hold of D. took advantage of
11. —Congratulations! But I’d like to know why you want a sales job.
—Well, this job is an ideal_________for my skills and experience: I’ve spent several years working in sales and I get on with people easily.
A. alternative B. match
C. tendency D. witness
12. —OK, chemistry project. Let’s get this experiment set up. Are you OK, Bob?
—Oh, sorry Jackie, I_________for a few minutes. Are we ready to start.
A. could have nodded off
B. can nod off
C. must nod off
D. must have nodded off
13. Bob, I’m not going to_________your behavior any more. Stop being stupid and start helping me!
A. put up with B. come up with
C. catch up with D. link up with
14. Let’s take you on a trip through London, the city which_________so heavily in Charles Dickens’ books.
A. assessed B. featured
C. evaluated D. fastened
15. —If you let Mark borrow your tools for this weekend, he’ll wind up keeping them for years.
—Oh, _________.
A. a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush
B. give him an inch and he’ll take a mile
C. saying is one thing and doing another
D. you cannot eat your cake and have it
二、完形填空 (共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分)
The 26yearold mother stared down at her son dying of terminal leukemia. Although her heart was filled with sadness, she also had a strong feeling of 16 . Like any parent she wanted her son to grow up and 17 all his dreams. Now that was no longer possible. The leukemia would 18 that. Lying in bed, the boy expressed his final dream of being a 19 .
Later that day she went to her local fire 20 in Phoenix, Arizona, 21 she met Fireman Bob, who had a heart as big as Phoenix. She explained her son’s 22 wish and asked if it 23 be possible to give her sixyearold son a 24 around the block on a fire engine.
Fireman Bob said, “Look, we can do better than that. If you’ll have your son ready at seven o’clock Wednesday morning, we’ll 25 him an honorary fireman for the whole day. He can come down to the fire station, eat with us, go out on all the fire 26 , the whole nine yards! And if you’ll give us his sizes, we’ll get a real fire 27 for him, with a real fire hat—not a 28 one—with the emblem of the Phoenix Fire Department on it, a yellow slicker like we wear and rubber boots. They’re all 29 right here in Phoenix, so we can get them fast.”
Three days later Fireman Bob 30 Bopsy, dressed him in his fire uniform and escorted him from his hospital bed to the waiting hook and ladder truck. Bopsy got to sit on the back of the truck and help 31 it back to the fire station. He was in 32 .
There were three fire calls in Phoenix that day and Bopsy got to go out on all three calls. He rode in the 33 fire engines, the paramedic’s van, and even the fire chief’s car. He was also 34 for the local news program.
Having his dream come true, with all the love and attention that was lavished upon him, so deeply 35 Bopsy that he lived three months longer than any doctor thought possible.
16. A. distinction B. determination
C. disagreement D. devotion
17. A. declare B. imagine
C. display D. fulfill
18. A. look after B. take up
C. see to D. fall upon
19. A. fireman B. driver
C. diver D. farmer
20. A. factory B. department
C. restaurant D. parking
21. A. thus B. how
C. where D. if
22. A. original B. final
C. past D. sweet
23. A. might B. must
C. would D. will
24. A. seat B. dot
C. ride D. pump
25. A. offer B. cost
C. envy D. make
26. A. descriptions B. calls
C. accounts D. jokes
27. A. uniform B. engine
C. scene D. raincoat
28. A. random B. toy
C. spot D. stain
29. A. invented B. discovered
C. manufactured D. measured
30. A. made up B. did up
C. brought up D. picked up
31. A. drive B. send
C. deliver D. transfer
32. A. pyramid B. power
C. heaven D. hospital
33. A. different B. horrible
C. opposite D. massive
34. A. operated B. impressed
C. videotaped D. handled
35. A. developed B. touched
C. advanced D. suppressed
三、阅读理解 (共15小题，每题2分，满分30分)
A
What a week it’s been for Jeremy Lin!
A week ago, Jeremy Lin was a mere nobody, worrying about a possible call from his team to announce his cut. After just three games, he has become the brightest star at Madison Square Garden.
“This night, it just hasn’t really sunk in yet to be honest,” he said. “It’s like I’m still kind of in shock about everything that happened, but I’m just trying to soak it all in right now.”
Knicks (尼克斯队) head coach Mike D’Antoni moved Lin into the starting list for Knicks’ next game against the Jazz at home on Monday. In that game, he had a careerhigh 28 points (10for17) and 8 assists in return. Most important, he fought hard all night to pull off a second straight win for the shorthanded Knicks, with the absence of Amare Stoudemire (who rushed home after the loss of his brother, who was killed in a car accident) and the early loss of Carmelo Anthony (groin strain).
ESPN praised his work by creating a new nickname for him—Linsanity (林来疯).
With five breakout games, he has become the NBA’s newest playmaking sensation (最新最热的明星后卫). “Linsanity” has now captured the imagination of millions of basketball fans in the US, China and other parts of Asia, with Lin now boasting hundreds of thousands of followers on social media sites. An estimated three million people in Taiwan have watched each one of his games.
Jeremy ShuHow Lin is a TaiwaneseAmerican. Lin’s parents, GieMing and Shirley, are Taiwanese immigrants; Lin and his two brothers are firstgeneration Americans. He is the first American player in the NBA of Chinese descent. This is notable because very few Asians play professional basketball in the United States! Despite not being born in China, Lin has coopted Yao Ming’s old fan base of AsianAmerican’s who see him as a powerful role model.
His name popped onto the Twitter trends, his photo appeared and quickly dominated the pages of sports sections. On Weibo, China’s largest Twitterlike micro blog service, millions of fans talked about him and his highlights were shared and watched numerous times.
What makes his Cinderella story touching and encouraging is that he keeps working his way toward success in spite of his tough experiences, all of which may exist only in Hollywood movies. “God is good during our ups and our downs!” Lin said.
36. What’s implied in the passage?
A. Lin was very confident of his success.
B. No one, including Lin himself, ever expected his accomplishment.
C. Lin was once announced to be cut from his team Knicks.
D. Lin’s coach had found him a potential player before.
37. Which of the following is true according to the passage?
A. Amare Stoudemire, suffered a death in a traffic.
B. Lin has an Asian root.
C. Very few Asians play basketball in the United States.
D. Yao Ming considers Lin as a powerful role model.
38. Which of the following words can replace the underlined word “dominate”?
A. Matched. B. Seized.
C. Occupied. D. Mastered.
39. Which of the following information might follow the last paragraph?
A. Lin’s stories put on Hollywood movies.
B. Some more touching and encouraging stories of Lin.
C. Lin’s family background and religious belief.
D. Lin’s hard experiences before his success.
B
The Swedish furniture giant Ikea has been accused of secretly accessing police files to spy on customers and staff in its stores in France. The company is declared to have paid private security firms to carry out checks on over 200 people. Ten Ikea employees are planning to issue a formal complaint. Christian Fraser reports for the BBC.
Ikea is a company with a strict rule of conduct for its suppliers but less strict it seems for the security firms it has employed here in France. Their head of security paid over 100 dollars a time for secret police files held on a criminal database.
Over 200 people were investigated, with requests for criminal record and vehicle registration checks, though one email calls for information on someone thought to have made “antiglobalisation remarks”—someone who had raised concerns from the inside of a possible ecoterrorist attack. It’s reported the information was used in deciding whether to fire staff members and also in finding a solution for disagreements with certain customers.
In response the company told the BBC that Ikea has now opened a full investigation to bring to light all relevant information. “We strongly disapprove,” said a spokesman. “of any illegal activity which negatively affects on important values like the respect of privacy.” Illegal access to these files carries a penalty of up 400,000 dollars and five years in prison.
40. What’s the purpose of writing this passage?
A. To reduce crimes.
B. To raise concerns of ecoterrorist attack.
C. To respond to an investigation.
D. To raise the awareness of respecting privacy.
41. What does the underlined phrase “bring to light” in the last paragraph mean?
A. Make public. B. Take in.
C. Apply for. D. Rid of.
42. What do you think the passage mainly talk about?
A. Complaint from Ikea employees.
B. Investigation of Swedish furniture giant.
C. Swedish furniture giant charged with spying.
D. Antiglobalisation movement.
C
Much of the carbon dioxide put into the atmosphere through fossil fuel burning is being absorbed by the seas. It’s acidifying (酸化) the waters, gradually destroying the shells and skeletons of corals, sea urchins and similar species. Scientists want to know how conditions might become worse in the future and have been looking at underwater volcanoes, where CO2 naturally bubbles through the water.
The level of acidification in these places models what the global oceans might look like if we keep on releasing carbon dioxide. And the new data gathered by a Plymouth University team indicates the world’s oceans could lose up to 30% of their biodiversity (the diversity of plant and animal life) by 2100. Dr JasonHall Spencer led the research at volcanic vents in Europe, the US and in Asia.
CLIP: “What we notice, unfortunately, is there’re very dramatic shifts in the ecosystem. There’s a tipping point (转折点) that occurs at about the levels of ocean acidification we expect to see at the end of this century, but even before that—even within the next few years—the water becomes corrosive (腐蚀的) to the shells of organisms, and some corals can’t survive.”
The scientists warn that the rates of change seen in our oceans has not happened before in the recent Earth history, and the damage our seas are on course to keep up could take thousands, even millions, of years to correct.
43. Which of the following can be the best title of the passage?
A. Ocean in the future
B. Ocean life under threat
C. Ocean acidification
D. Ocean ecosystem
44. Which of the following may endanger world’s oceans biodiversity according to the passage?
A. Carbon dioxide. B. Corals.
C. Volcanoes. D. Global warming.
45. What does the underlined “dramatic shifts” mean in Paragraph 3?
A. Big movements.
B. Great improvements.
C. Big changes.
D. Great additions.
D
SHIJIAZHUANG—A child welfare institute in the capital of North China’s Hebei Province has provided the mainland’s first safe haven for abandoned newborns, an act that sparked heated debate among child welfare promoters and legal experts.
The safe haven, located outside the gate of Shijiazhuang Social Welfare Institute, is a cabinshaped shelter designed to protect babies who have been left in the care of the institute.
Qin Bo, an official at the institute, explained its decision to set up the shelter.
“For many years, infants were dropped off outside the gates of the welfare institute and the dropoff locations extended to streets 100 meters away,” Qin said.
“We gave serious thought to what we could do to improve the situation, and that’s how the safe haven was invented.”
The safe haven, with an incubator and air extractor inside, cost the welfare institute 100,000 yuan (＄15,900), but Qin believes the investment is well justified.
Many abandoned infants had birth shortcomings or were seriously ill when parents abandoned them, mostly in the evening or at dawn.
“Some abandoned infants were icecold when we found them,” Yang Li, who has worked at the institute for more than five years, said.
Yang said mosquito bites and wild animals were potential dangers to babies left on the street.
With the safe haven, babies can be left either at the incubator or in a crib inside. The bell rings after a delay of several minutes and then the institute’s security guard comes to fetch the baby. The security guard also checks the incubator every two hours.
Once a baby has been left in the safe haven, staff members from the institute contact police to verify that the child has been abandoned. Later the baby will be sent to receive a health check.
According to Qin, the haven has substantially increased the chances of survival for the infants who have been dropped off there.
Their survival rate has increased from less than 50 percent to 66 percent.
The welfare institute’s decision has created controversy among child welfare promoters and legal experts, some of whom say that the decision could encourage the act of infant abandonment.
“Some parents give up a baby girl because of gender discrimination or birth defects. Is it right to allow these selfish parents to give up their children?” asked Chen Wei, a lawyer from the Yingke Law Firm in Beijing.
Chen is worried that this kind of safe haven for abandoned children will encourage some parents to abdicate their legal responsibilities without good reason.
In response, Qin said that statistics from the institute showed that setting up the haven has not encouraged infant abandonment, and abandoned infants are not flocking into the institute.
According to statistics, the institute has received 75 abandoned infants, including 26 abandoned at the haven, since the haven was set up on June 1. There were 83 in 2010 and 105 in 2009.
“For parents, abandoning their babies is not an easy decision,” Qin said.
“I don’t think parents would decide to abandon babies simply because we set up a cozy temporary shelter. Most parents wouldn’t do that even if we set up a haven with the standards of a fivestar hotel.”
Ji Gang, director of the domestic adoption department of the China Center for Children’s Welfare and Adoption, believes the setting up of the haven is meaningful.
“It prioritizes a child’s right to survive,” Ji said.
“We can read at least one tragic story of abandoned babies in the media every week, and traditionally, abandoned children were dropped off on the street, in front of hospitals or even in toilets. Some died in freezing temperatures or from starvation. Others were harmed by animals,” Ji said.
46. Which of the following can be a suitable title of the passage?
A. A ban on abandoning newborns
B. Institute sets up shelter for babies left in its care
C. Newborns’ haven sparks debate
D. Tragic stories of abandoned babies
47. Some reasons accounting for abandoned newborns except that _________.
A. they suffer severe sickness
B. their parents have gender discrimination
C. they are born disabled
D. their parents are too poor to support them
48. Which of the following statements is true according to the passage?
A. The safe haven is intended for ill newborns in hospital.
B. If there were no child welfare institute, more abandoned babies would not survive.
C. The setting up of the haven must encourage more baby abandonments.
D. It is not worthwhile to establish shelter for abandoned babies.
49. What would not have happened to abandoned babies without the safe haven?
A. They would have died of hunger.
B. They would have suffered freezing cold.
C. They would have survived harm of creatures.
D. They would have experienced a cozy temporary shelter.
50. What attitude does the author have towards those who give up newborns?
A. Sympathetic. B. Critical.
C. Skeptical. D. Supportive.
四、任务型阅读 (共10小题，每小题１分，满分10分)
请认真阅读下列短文，并根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填入一个最恰当的单词。注意：每个空格只填一个单词。
The National Park Service in the United States will mark its one hundredth anniversary in twentysixteen. As it nears its second century, the Park Service plans to increase its educational programs for students and teachers.
The plans include transportation support for one hundred thousand students each year to visit national parks to learn about nature and history.
Yellowstone is believed to have been the world’s first national park when it was established in eighteen seventytwo.
Other students will get a chance to see parks in faraway places through Skype and other online programs.
The National Park Service also works with partners to provide education. One of its partners is a nonprofit organization called Nature Bridge. Nature Bridge is celebrating its fortieth anniversary and says one million young people have taken part in its programs.
The organization works with students from kindergarten through twelfth grade and uses national parks as its classrooms. It provides field science programs at Yosemite National Park and four other locations in California and the northwestern state of Washington.
Now, Nature Bridge is launching an East Coast center with a fourmilliondollar grant from Google. The program will begin in April at the Prince William Forest Park in Virginia.
Students stay for three to five days in Nature Bridge programs. The activities are aimed at developing their science skills. For example, they learn about different soils and study water quality under a microscope.
Jason Morris is executive vice president of Nature Bridge. He says when they are not sleeping, eating or in a laboratory, the students spend their time outdoors.
Julia Washburn is associate director of education and interpretation for the National Park Service. She says in a time of budget cuts, the agency has to find ways to still meet its goals.
JULIA WASHBURN: “We are not likely to get a lot of money in this current economy. This is about doing different work with the money that we have and redirecting resources into it.”
Ms. Washburn says one of the most important services that the Park Service provides every day is nature interpretation. Park rangers try to make visiting the outdoors more meaningful.
JULIA WASHBURN: “Interpretation is a form of informal education. Essentially, it is a word that we use for the people in parks that explain the park or help orient you. So park rangers are interpreters. They orient you to the place you are in and help you make connections, emotional and intellectual connections, with the place.”
五、书面表达（满分25分）
一些家长认为没有什么比孩子的教育更重要，为此采取了一系列的措施，他们的做法引起了诸多争论。请你结合下面的漫画，以“Parental Expectations”为题写一篇短文。
注意：
1．对漫画进行简要的描述；
2．谈谈你对这一现象产生的原因以及你对这一现象的看法；
3．词数150左右。
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参考答案：
一、1—5 CDCCC 6—10 BCCCD 11—15 BDABB
二、16—20 BDCAB 21—25 CBACD
26—30 BABCD 31—35 ACACB
三、36—40 BBCDD 41—45 ACBAC
46—50 CDBDB
四、51. Classrooms 52. History 53. science
54. education 55. transportation 56. available
57. Partners 58. Direct 59. meaningful 60. emotion
五、One possible version:
Parental Expectations
Nowadays, more and more parents have great expectations for us children.
As is shown in the picture, burdened with a heavy schoolbag full of so much equipment for study, a boy with thick glasses can hardly breathe freely. However, tired and miserable as the boy is, his parents are still pushing him to acquire some more skills.
This picture mirrors a common phenomenon, which has aroused social concern. There are many reasons accounting for it. To begin with, many parents insist that nothing is more important than good education. Besides, they hold the opinion that only by developing children in an allround way can they ensure their smooth future.
As far as I’m concerned, there is no denying that we students should work hard. Nevertheless, it’s essential for us to keep a balance between study and entertainment. Without good health, freedom and happiness, we would not be able to learn efficiently. So it’s high time to reduce children’s heavy burdens from schools, society and parents. Only in this way will we develop properly.
（作者：汪建华，江苏省海安县曲塘中学）