论文部分内容阅读
第一卷(共115分)
第一部分:听力(略)(20分)
第二部分:英语知识运用(共两节,满分45分)
第一节: 单项填空(共15小题;每小题1分,满分15分)
从A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项.
1. There is an island ____ the coast of France.
A. on B. off C. at D. away from
2. ____ of the city stands a huge mountain.
A. East B. In east C. To east D. At the east
3. Officials used to have trouble with the foreign names of people ____ through Ellis
Island.
A. pass B. passed C. passing D. having passed
4. I have a lot of books, ____ are about economy.
A. most B. some C. some of which D. most of them
5. Bamboo is used ____ a lot of things, such as chairs, pots and so on.
A. of making B. to making C. to make D. for make
6. After living in Paris for 50 years he returned to the small town ____ he grew up as a child.
A. which B. where C. that D. when
7. Dorothy was always speaking highly of her role in the play, ____ of course, made the others unhappy.
A. who B. that C. what D. which
8. He is the only person ____ you can turn for help.
A. for whom B. about whom C. whom D. to whom
9. The thieves took nothing ____.
A. of value B. good value C. of no value D. about value
10. The ____ news made her ____.
A. surprising; surprising B. surprising; surprised
C. surprised; surprised D. surprised; surprising
11. Twenty ____ cattle are feeding.
A. heads B. head C. head of D. heads of
12. The child stood on the sands, ____ in wonder at her first sight of the sea.
A. losing B. lose C. lost D. who lost
13. When I came in, I found him ____ at table eating.
A. sat B. seated C. to sit D. seating
14. The new bridge is ____ the one built last year.
A. three times width of B. three times that of
C. three times the width D. three times the width of
15. Mary, ____ like a naughty boy, appeared on the stage, singing at the same time.
A. dressed B. dressing C. wore D. wearing
第二节:完形填空 (共20小题;每小题1.5分,满分30分)
What do we do at the dinner table? We eat, of course. But is that __1__? A recent study in Spain showed that sharing family meals helps keep young people healthy __2__, too. That’s because dinner time is one of the best __3__ for good old-fashioned chitchat.
We all know that good communication __4__ stronger families and well-adjusted people. __5__ it, family members become isolated. They don’t trust each other. When children or teens misbehave at school or get into trouble, parents often ask, “Why didn’t you __6__ to us?”
__7__, our fast-paced living can crowd out time for __8__. People come and go at different hours. In fact, in our modern societies, fewer and fewer families __9__ time to eat their main meal together every day.
How can we ensure that our family __10__ fit? To begin with, we can make it a priority to eat together as __11__ as possible. And together means together! The TV and radio are __12__. Newspapers and magazines are put away. Eating together is pointless if no one is even __13__ anyone else.
Finding time to communicate isn’t __14__. But we can use everyday opportunities to keep our family fit. We can chat while sharing the __15__. And parent can take children with them on errands. Why waste valuable __16__ time listening to the radio? Talk!
Even watching TV can __17__ conversations if we view programs together. Some people discuss plans and solve problems at family meeting. This way, children see their family working together as a __18__. True, many of us may struggle to find time just for the family. But it’s crucial that we do.
Real communication, especially, listening takes practice. Do we react before we have heard someone out? We sometimes assume we know what someone will say. If we are wrong, we can hurt someone or make him angry. But if we wait, we might be __19__ surprised. Talking, listening, involvement—these together can make home a family fitness __20__.
1. A. all B. right C. OK D. so
2. A. physically B. mentally C. perfectly D. morally
3. A. choices B. rules C. chances D. kinds
4. A. leads to B. results in C. makes for D. makes up
5. A. Besides B. Except C. Within D. Without
6. A. talk B. belong C. explain D. turn
7. A. Fortunately B. Unfortunately C. Surprisingly D. Unexpectedly
8. A. work B. conversation C. dialogue D. play
9. A. spend B. use C. spare D. take
10. A. looks B. stays C. turns D. becomes
11. A. much B. soon C. necessary D. often
12. A. out B. off C. on D. away
13. A. telling B. disturbing C. noticing D. hearing
14. A. easy B. difficult C. convenient D. troublesome
15. A. topic B. homework C. meal D. housework
16. A. driving B. chatting C. sleeping D. reading
17. A. set up B. open up C. find out D. bring out
18. A. member B. team C. class D. group
19. A. pleasantly B. disappointedly C. angrily D. regretfully
20. A. spot B. area C. focus D. center
第三部分:阅读理解(共25小题;每小题2分,满分50分)
阅读下列短文,从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳选项。
(A)
For more than two days in September 1974, the people of Honduras shut their windows, locked their doors and covered in their homes. Fifi was outside, and they were frightened.
By the time Fifi had left, 8,000 people were dead. Fifi wasn’t a pet dog as the name suggests. It was a hurricane, one of the most destructive natural phenomena in the world.
Why do we give human names to storms and hurricanes?
We didn’t always. Two hundred years ago, many hurricanes in the Caribbean were named after the saint’s(基督徒的) day on which the storm occurred. Later, storms were known by the name of the city where they came ashore.
Meteorologists(气象学家) then tried naming storms after the latitude (纬度) and longitude (经度) where they occurred.
Finally, in 1953, hurricanes started getting people’s names—specifically, female names. Male names were added in 1979.
There are six sets of names for what the experts call “Atlantic tropical cyclones”( 热带风暴).
Each list is used every six years and consists of 21 names, starting with every letter but Q, U, X, Y, Z. The names alternate(交替) between male and female.
A storm won’t get a name until its winds reach 39 mph or about 62.4 kph, at which point it becomes a tropical storm. At 74 mph or 118.4 kph it’s declared a hurricane.
The 126 names on the list are used only for storms that form off the Atlantic coast of the US. There are separate lists for the Pacific.
So what happens if a hurricane should cross from the Atlantic to the Pacific? It’s happened before. The storm just gets a new name and sometimes a new sex.
Max Mayfield is the director of the National Hurricane Centre, headquartered in Miami, Florida. He is in charge of picking new names for storms off the Atlantic coast.
He doesn’t do it alone, though. His counterparts in two dozen other countries in the Caribbean, Central America and North America vote on what names will replace retired names.
1. From the first paragraph we can find that ____.
A. Honduras is a country which was destroyed by Fifi
B. Honduras is a country which has no mountains
C. Honduras is a country which faces the ocean
D. Honduras is a country which lies at high latitude
2. Which of the following is true according to the passage? ____.
A. There were no hurricanes two centuries ago
B. The Caribbean is a state of the United States
C. The Caribbean is a place where hurricanes occur often
D. Fifi was formed off the Pacific
3. The names for storms and hurricanes, as this passage shows, ____.
A. are set for use B. are all from American English
C. are difficult to spell D. are easy to fix
4. The underlined word “counterparts” in the last paragraph means ____.
A. citizens holding the same opinion B. people with a similar position or function
C. passengers traveling by sea D. assistants working abroad
5. Which list could be used to name the five storms from the Atlantic in a year? ____.
A. David, Helen, Jack, Mike, Lucy B. Lucy, Mary, Owen, Nina, Peter
C. Sam, Tina, Victor, Wanda, Yeats D. Peter, Rose, Sam, Tereasa, Victor
(B)
Are you short? Tall? Do you like pumpkins but hate mayonnaise(蛋黄酱)? Whatever your interests, there’s a club, society, or group for you.
America is home to about 25,000 clubs, associations, societies, organizations, and other groups that all sorts of people join. If you are very short, there are the “Short Stature Foundation” and the “Little People of America.” If you are tall, there are dozens of clubs for tall people.
If you can’t stand mayo, there’s the “I Hate Mayonnaise” club: members get the No Mayo newsletter, and a list of mayo-free restaurants.
Many people claim to have seen the rock star Elvis Presley, even after his death in 1977. Maybe that’s because so many people dress up and act like Elvis. Some of them formed the “Elvis Presley Impersonators Association International”.
If you like to sing along through a microphone as you listen to music, you might consider the “Karaoke International Sing-Along Association”.
The “International Organization of Nerds” has more than 10,000 members. It is led by a man in Cincinnati, Ohio, who calls himself the Supreme Archnerd. He says membership may be for you if your eyeglasses are held together with tape, you keep at least 37 ball-point pens in a plastic pocket protector, and you wear slacks and shirts of clashing plaids(方格呢).
Many clubs are devoted to food. The “International Banana Club” wants people everywhere to smile in a world that is “going bananas”. The club has a library and museum of about 12,000 important banana artifacts. The “International Pumpkin Association” is devoted to growing huge pumpkins. “Slow Food Foundation” is a club that objects to fast-food places and promotes the joy of leisurely dining.
Because so many people love animals, there are many clubs to protect favored creatures. For instance, “Bat Conversation International” wants people to know about the many good points of bats. One example: Bats eat tons of insects, which would otherwise bother people.
1. The purpose of this article is to show ____.
A. most clubs in the United States are for young people
B. there are many different kinds of clubs in the U.S.
C. most Americans join clubs
D. how to choose a club that fits you
2. The clubs mentioned in this article are ____.
A. for serious people only B. for fun
C. expensive to join D. for the people who have nothing to do
3. Members of the Slow Food Foundation ____.
A. never eat at home
B. don’t like fast-food restaurants
C. rarely go to restaurants
D. only enjoy the food that is prepared very slowly
4. If you are a person who likes to sing, which club should you choose? ____.
A. Little People of America
B. International Organization of Nerds
C. Slow Food Foundation
D. Karaoke International Sing-Along Association
5. If you are a person who has no interest in everything, you should attend ____.
A. Slow Food Foundation
B. Karaoke International Sing-Along Association
C. International Organization of Nerds
D. Little People of America
(C)
“Keep your eyes on the ball.” That is good advice when you are on the playing field, and good advice for everyday life. “Keep your mind on what’s important,” is the way I’d put it. But people are funny, they think too much about the details.
I had a secretary once. She was very hardworking. I ran a school and people used to call up to enroll for courses. Berry used to get angry at the phone. “If they keep on ringing, I’ll never get my typing done!” she’d shout.
People just don’t see the big picture. One evening, after leaving work, I was sitting next to a man on the train. I was feeling tired. My eyes fell on the paper he had spread out in front of him. You know how you feel to read over someone’s shoulder?
I read the page and leaned back. I guessed I was waiting for him to turn it. After a while, I realized he wasn’t turning the page. He just kept on reading.
Now if you knew the paper he was reading, you’d know that there weren’t many words on the page to read anyway. The layout was mostly pictures. So I turned to the man and said, “You know, you really read very slowly.”
“What do you mean?” he asked. “Well,” I told him, “I read the page in about a minute, and you have taken about ten. And you are still reading. You know,” I went on. “If you learned to read faster, you could get more reading done.” He remained silent for a minute or two, “If I read too fast, my paper wouldn’t last me to my station.”
1. The passage is mainly about the writer’s opinion on people’s ____.
A. judgement B. work C. life D. habits
2. What did the secretary think of the students calling up to enroll? ____.
A. She thought they needed her help
B. She thought getting more students enrolled was more important
C. She thought her work was more important
D. She thought her boss needed her typing finished soon
3. The writer wasn’t satisfied with his secretary because ____.
A. she didn’t put first thing first B. she was too busy
C. she was easy to get angry D. she couldn’t finish her work on time
4. The train rider read newspaper ____.
A. to absorb information B. to enjoy pictures
C. to save time D. to kill time
5. The writer thinks that people seem to need a sense of ____.
A. what to read first B. how to read fast
C. what is important D. what is funny
(D)
Notices have been put up here and there in the village for the last fortnight announcing a meeting to discuss the yearly Flower Show, which has not been held in Fairacre for a number of years. Before I became the village schoolmistress here, the Flower Show appeared to have been an event of some importance and people came from miles around to enjoy a day at Fairacre. It was normally held in a field at the side of the church. I decided to go to the meeting, as the children in my school, I know, used to play quite a large part in this village excitement and there were a number of special competitions, such as collecting wild flowers, making dolls, house decorations or little gardens and so on, included in the program. Also, with the example of Mr. Annett’s gardening efforts at Beech Green in mind, I had been considering for some time a school garden of our own, and village show should give our efforts additional encouragement.
It was a frosty, starlit night and the usually muddy approach to the village hall was hard and rough underfoot. By the time I arrived there were about ten people already in the hall. The doctor was chairman of the meeting. Mrs. Partridge was in the front row and Mr. Willer and a few other men were warming their hand over the rather smoky old stove which was trying somewhat inefficiently, to warm the room. There was a strong smell of oil. Mixed with the smoke from coarse tobacco.
1. The purpose of the meeting was ____.
A. making arrangements for the next Flower Show
B. getting people’s idea about the next Flower Show
C. finding out whether people wanted to have a Flower Show again
D. finding out whether people would help with the Flower Show
2. The meeting took place on a ____.
A. clear warm evening B. cold cloudy evening
C. very dark winter evening D. clear cold evening
3. As the writer went along the path to the hall ____.
A. her feet sank into the wet earth
B. she found the ground firm to walk on
C. she slipped about on a frozen path
D. she had difficulty in finding her way in the darkness
4. One reason for the writer’s attendance was that ____.
A. the school students had always take part in the Flower Show
B. she wanted to find out what the children could do to help
C. she wanted to know what special lessons to give the children
D. she had ideas for what the children could do in the Flower Show
5. Another reason why she felt interested was that ____.
A. the children might be more interested in a school garden afterwards
B. the children wanted to learn more about gardens
C. the children might study harder than before
D. the children could learn a lot from making various things
(E)
Children start out as natural scientists, eager to look into the world around them. Helping them enjoy science can be easy; there’s no need for a lot of scientific terms or expensive lab equipment. You only have to share your children’s curiosity(好奇). Firstly, listen to their questions. I once visited a classroom of seven-year-olds to talk about science as a job. The children asked me “textbook questions” about schooling, salary(薪水) and whether I liked my job. When I finished answering, we sat facing one another in silence. Finally I said, “Now that we’re finished with your lists, do you have questions of your own about science?”
After a long pause, a boy raised his hand, “Have you ever seen a grasshopper(蚱蜢) eat? When I try eating leaves like that, I get a stomachache. Why?”
This began a set of questions that lasted nearly two hours.
Secondly, give them time to think. Studies over the past 30 years have shown that, after asking a question, adults typically wait only one second or less for an answer, no time for a child to think. When adults increase their “wait time” to three seconds or more, children give more logical(符合逻辑的), complete and creative answers.
Thirdly, watch your language. Once you have a child involved in a science discussion, don’t jump in with “That’s right” or “Very good”. These words work well when it comes to encouraging good behavior(行为). But in talking about science, quick praise can signal that discussion is over. Instead, keep things going by saying, “That’s interesting” or “I’d never thought of it that way before”, or coming up with more questions or ideas.
Never push a child to “think”. It doesn’t make sense, children are always thinking, without your telling them to. What’s more, this can turn a conversation into a performance. The child will try to find the answer you want, in as few words as possible, so that he will be a smaller target (目标) for your disagreement.
Lastly, show; don’t tell. Real-life impressions of nature are far more impressive than any lesson children can learn from a book or a television program. Let children look at their fingertips through a magnifying glass(放大镜), and they’ll understand why you want them to wash before dinner. Rather than saying that water evaporates(蒸发), set a pot of water to boil and let them watch the water level drop.
1. According to the passage, children are natural scientists, and to raise their interest, the most important thing for adults to do is ____.
A. to let them see the world around
B. to share the children’s curiosity
C. to explain difficult phrases about science
D. to supply the children with lab equipment
2. In the last sentence of the first paragraph, the word “lists” could best be replaced by ____.
A. any questions B. any problems
C. questions from textbooks D. any number of questions
3. According to the passage, children can answer questions in a more logical, complete and creative way if adults ____.
A. ask them to answer quickly
B. wait for one or two seconds after a question
C. tell them to answer the next day
D. wait at least for three seconds after a question
4. In which of the following paragraph(s) does the author tell us what to say to encourage children in a science discussion? ____.
A. The second and third B. The fourth and fifth
C. The fifth and sixth D. The seventh
5. The author mentions all of the following techniques for adults to share with their
children’s curiosity except that adults should ____.
A. tell their children stories instead of reciting(背诵) facts
B. offer their children chances to see things for themselves
C. be patient enough when their children answer questions
D. encourage their children to ask questions of their own
第二卷(共35分)
第四部分:写作(共两节,满分35分)
第一节:短文改错( 共10小题;每小题1分,满分10分)
此题要求改正所给短文的错误。对标有题号的每一行作出判断:如无错误,在该行右边横线上划一个勾(√);如有错误(每行只有一个错误),则按下列情况改正:
该行多一个词:把多余的词用斜线(\)划掉,在该行右边横线上写出该词,并也用斜线划掉。该行缺一个词:在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧),在该行右边横线上写出该加的词。该行错一个词:在错的词下划一横线,在该行右边横线上写出改正后的词。
注意:原行没有错的不要改。
Nowadays, paper still come from trees. Unfortunately, we use a 1.____
lot of paper every day. We must not waste paper and there will 2.____
not be any tree leaving on earth. No tree means no paper. We 3.____
need 17 trees make a ton of paper. We must start using less 4.____
paper now because it takes about 100 years of a tree to grow. 5.____
How can we save paper? Firstly, we can use both the sides 6.____
of every sheet of paper. We can reuse envelope. We can choose7.____
drinks in bottles instead of drinks in cardboard cartons. We can 8.____
use plastic cups and plates instead of paper one. We can also use 9.____
handkerchiefs instead of paper tissues. We can use less paper 10.____
shopping bags and reuse them later as well.
第二节:书面表达(满分25分)
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Key(3)
第一部分:听力(略)(20分)
第二部分:英语知识运用(共两节,满分45分)
第一节: 单项填空(共15小题;每小题1分,满分15分)
从A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项.
1. There is an island ____ the coast of France.
A. on B. off C. at D. away from
2. ____ of the city stands a huge mountain.
A. East B. In east C. To east D. At the east
3. Officials used to have trouble with the foreign names of people ____ through Ellis
Island.
A. pass B. passed C. passing D. having passed
4. I have a lot of books, ____ are about economy.
A. most B. some C. some of which D. most of them
5. Bamboo is used ____ a lot of things, such as chairs, pots and so on.
A. of making B. to making C. to make D. for make
6. After living in Paris for 50 years he returned to the small town ____ he grew up as a child.
A. which B. where C. that D. when
7. Dorothy was always speaking highly of her role in the play, ____ of course, made the others unhappy.
A. who B. that C. what D. which
8. He is the only person ____ you can turn for help.
A. for whom B. about whom C. whom D. to whom
9. The thieves took nothing ____.
A. of value B. good value C. of no value D. about value
10. The ____ news made her ____.
A. surprising; surprising B. surprising; surprised
C. surprised; surprised D. surprised; surprising
11. Twenty ____ cattle are feeding.
A. heads B. head C. head of D. heads of
12. The child stood on the sands, ____ in wonder at her first sight of the sea.
A. losing B. lose C. lost D. who lost
13. When I came in, I found him ____ at table eating.
A. sat B. seated C. to sit D. seating
14. The new bridge is ____ the one built last year.
A. three times width of B. three times that of
C. three times the width D. three times the width of
15. Mary, ____ like a naughty boy, appeared on the stage, singing at the same time.
A. dressed B. dressing C. wore D. wearing
第二节:完形填空 (共20小题;每小题1.5分,满分30分)
What do we do at the dinner table? We eat, of course. But is that __1__? A recent study in Spain showed that sharing family meals helps keep young people healthy __2__, too. That’s because dinner time is one of the best __3__ for good old-fashioned chitchat.
We all know that good communication __4__ stronger families and well-adjusted people. __5__ it, family members become isolated. They don’t trust each other. When children or teens misbehave at school or get into trouble, parents often ask, “Why didn’t you __6__ to us?”
__7__, our fast-paced living can crowd out time for __8__. People come and go at different hours. In fact, in our modern societies, fewer and fewer families __9__ time to eat their main meal together every day.
How can we ensure that our family __10__ fit? To begin with, we can make it a priority to eat together as __11__ as possible. And together means together! The TV and radio are __12__. Newspapers and magazines are put away. Eating together is pointless if no one is even __13__ anyone else.
Finding time to communicate isn’t __14__. But we can use everyday opportunities to keep our family fit. We can chat while sharing the __15__. And parent can take children with them on errands. Why waste valuable __16__ time listening to the radio? Talk!
Even watching TV can __17__ conversations if we view programs together. Some people discuss plans and solve problems at family meeting. This way, children see their family working together as a __18__. True, many of us may struggle to find time just for the family. But it’s crucial that we do.
Real communication, especially, listening takes practice. Do we react before we have heard someone out? We sometimes assume we know what someone will say. If we are wrong, we can hurt someone or make him angry. But if we wait, we might be __19__ surprised. Talking, listening, involvement—these together can make home a family fitness __20__.
1. A. all B. right C. OK D. so
2. A. physically B. mentally C. perfectly D. morally
3. A. choices B. rules C. chances D. kinds
4. A. leads to B. results in C. makes for D. makes up
5. A. Besides B. Except C. Within D. Without
6. A. talk B. belong C. explain D. turn
7. A. Fortunately B. Unfortunately C. Surprisingly D. Unexpectedly
8. A. work B. conversation C. dialogue D. play
9. A. spend B. use C. spare D. take
10. A. looks B. stays C. turns D. becomes
11. A. much B. soon C. necessary D. often
12. A. out B. off C. on D. away
13. A. telling B. disturbing C. noticing D. hearing
14. A. easy B. difficult C. convenient D. troublesome
15. A. topic B. homework C. meal D. housework
16. A. driving B. chatting C. sleeping D. reading
17. A. set up B. open up C. find out D. bring out
18. A. member B. team C. class D. group
19. A. pleasantly B. disappointedly C. angrily D. regretfully
20. A. spot B. area C. focus D. center
第三部分:阅读理解(共25小题;每小题2分,满分50分)
阅读下列短文,从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳选项。
(A)
For more than two days in September 1974, the people of Honduras shut their windows, locked their doors and covered in their homes. Fifi was outside, and they were frightened.
By the time Fifi had left, 8,000 people were dead. Fifi wasn’t a pet dog as the name suggests. It was a hurricane, one of the most destructive natural phenomena in the world.
Why do we give human names to storms and hurricanes?
We didn’t always. Two hundred years ago, many hurricanes in the Caribbean were named after the saint’s(基督徒的) day on which the storm occurred. Later, storms were known by the name of the city where they came ashore.
Meteorologists(气象学家) then tried naming storms after the latitude (纬度) and longitude (经度) where they occurred.
Finally, in 1953, hurricanes started getting people’s names—specifically, female names. Male names were added in 1979.
There are six sets of names for what the experts call “Atlantic tropical cyclones”( 热带风暴).
Each list is used every six years and consists of 21 names, starting with every letter but Q, U, X, Y, Z. The names alternate(交替) between male and female.
A storm won’t get a name until its winds reach 39 mph or about 62.4 kph, at which point it becomes a tropical storm. At 74 mph or 118.4 kph it’s declared a hurricane.
The 126 names on the list are used only for storms that form off the Atlantic coast of the US. There are separate lists for the Pacific.
So what happens if a hurricane should cross from the Atlantic to the Pacific? It’s happened before. The storm just gets a new name and sometimes a new sex.
Max Mayfield is the director of the National Hurricane Centre, headquartered in Miami, Florida. He is in charge of picking new names for storms off the Atlantic coast.
He doesn’t do it alone, though. His counterparts in two dozen other countries in the Caribbean, Central America and North America vote on what names will replace retired names.
1. From the first paragraph we can find that ____.
A. Honduras is a country which was destroyed by Fifi
B. Honduras is a country which has no mountains
C. Honduras is a country which faces the ocean
D. Honduras is a country which lies at high latitude
2. Which of the following is true according to the passage? ____.
A. There were no hurricanes two centuries ago
B. The Caribbean is a state of the United States
C. The Caribbean is a place where hurricanes occur often
D. Fifi was formed off the Pacific
3. The names for storms and hurricanes, as this passage shows, ____.
A. are set for use B. are all from American English
C. are difficult to spell D. are easy to fix
4. The underlined word “counterparts” in the last paragraph means ____.
A. citizens holding the same opinion B. people with a similar position or function
C. passengers traveling by sea D. assistants working abroad
5. Which list could be used to name the five storms from the Atlantic in a year? ____.
A. David, Helen, Jack, Mike, Lucy B. Lucy, Mary, Owen, Nina, Peter
C. Sam, Tina, Victor, Wanda, Yeats D. Peter, Rose, Sam, Tereasa, Victor
(B)
Are you short? Tall? Do you like pumpkins but hate mayonnaise(蛋黄酱)? Whatever your interests, there’s a club, society, or group for you.
America is home to about 25,000 clubs, associations, societies, organizations, and other groups that all sorts of people join. If you are very short, there are the “Short Stature Foundation” and the “Little People of America.” If you are tall, there are dozens of clubs for tall people.
If you can’t stand mayo, there’s the “I Hate Mayonnaise” club: members get the No Mayo newsletter, and a list of mayo-free restaurants.
Many people claim to have seen the rock star Elvis Presley, even after his death in 1977. Maybe that’s because so many people dress up and act like Elvis. Some of them formed the “Elvis Presley Impersonators Association International”.
If you like to sing along through a microphone as you listen to music, you might consider the “Karaoke International Sing-Along Association”.
The “International Organization of Nerds” has more than 10,000 members. It is led by a man in Cincinnati, Ohio, who calls himself the Supreme Archnerd. He says membership may be for you if your eyeglasses are held together with tape, you keep at least 37 ball-point pens in a plastic pocket protector, and you wear slacks and shirts of clashing plaids(方格呢).
Many clubs are devoted to food. The “International Banana Club” wants people everywhere to smile in a world that is “going bananas”. The club has a library and museum of about 12,000 important banana artifacts. The “International Pumpkin Association” is devoted to growing huge pumpkins. “Slow Food Foundation” is a club that objects to fast-food places and promotes the joy of leisurely dining.
Because so many people love animals, there are many clubs to protect favored creatures. For instance, “Bat Conversation International” wants people to know about the many good points of bats. One example: Bats eat tons of insects, which would otherwise bother people.
1. The purpose of this article is to show ____.
A. most clubs in the United States are for young people
B. there are many different kinds of clubs in the U.S.
C. most Americans join clubs
D. how to choose a club that fits you
2. The clubs mentioned in this article are ____.
A. for serious people only B. for fun
C. expensive to join D. for the people who have nothing to do
3. Members of the Slow Food Foundation ____.
A. never eat at home
B. don’t like fast-food restaurants
C. rarely go to restaurants
D. only enjoy the food that is prepared very slowly
4. If you are a person who likes to sing, which club should you choose? ____.
A. Little People of America
B. International Organization of Nerds
C. Slow Food Foundation
D. Karaoke International Sing-Along Association
5. If you are a person who has no interest in everything, you should attend ____.
A. Slow Food Foundation
B. Karaoke International Sing-Along Association
C. International Organization of Nerds
D. Little People of America
(C)
“Keep your eyes on the ball.” That is good advice when you are on the playing field, and good advice for everyday life. “Keep your mind on what’s important,” is the way I’d put it. But people are funny, they think too much about the details.
I had a secretary once. She was very hardworking. I ran a school and people used to call up to enroll for courses. Berry used to get angry at the phone. “If they keep on ringing, I’ll never get my typing done!” she’d shout.
People just don’t see the big picture. One evening, after leaving work, I was sitting next to a man on the train. I was feeling tired. My eyes fell on the paper he had spread out in front of him. You know how you feel to read over someone’s shoulder?
I read the page and leaned back. I guessed I was waiting for him to turn it. After a while, I realized he wasn’t turning the page. He just kept on reading.
Now if you knew the paper he was reading, you’d know that there weren’t many words on the page to read anyway. The layout was mostly pictures. So I turned to the man and said, “You know, you really read very slowly.”
“What do you mean?” he asked. “Well,” I told him, “I read the page in about a minute, and you have taken about ten. And you are still reading. You know,” I went on. “If you learned to read faster, you could get more reading done.” He remained silent for a minute or two, “If I read too fast, my paper wouldn’t last me to my station.”
1. The passage is mainly about the writer’s opinion on people’s ____.
A. judgement B. work C. life D. habits
2. What did the secretary think of the students calling up to enroll? ____.
A. She thought they needed her help
B. She thought getting more students enrolled was more important
C. She thought her work was more important
D. She thought her boss needed her typing finished soon
3. The writer wasn’t satisfied with his secretary because ____.
A. she didn’t put first thing first B. she was too busy
C. she was easy to get angry D. she couldn’t finish her work on time
4. The train rider read newspaper ____.
A. to absorb information B. to enjoy pictures
C. to save time D. to kill time
5. The writer thinks that people seem to need a sense of ____.
A. what to read first B. how to read fast
C. what is important D. what is funny
(D)
Notices have been put up here and there in the village for the last fortnight announcing a meeting to discuss the yearly Flower Show, which has not been held in Fairacre for a number of years. Before I became the village schoolmistress here, the Flower Show appeared to have been an event of some importance and people came from miles around to enjoy a day at Fairacre. It was normally held in a field at the side of the church. I decided to go to the meeting, as the children in my school, I know, used to play quite a large part in this village excitement and there were a number of special competitions, such as collecting wild flowers, making dolls, house decorations or little gardens and so on, included in the program. Also, with the example of Mr. Annett’s gardening efforts at Beech Green in mind, I had been considering for some time a school garden of our own, and village show should give our efforts additional encouragement.
It was a frosty, starlit night and the usually muddy approach to the village hall was hard and rough underfoot. By the time I arrived there were about ten people already in the hall. The doctor was chairman of the meeting. Mrs. Partridge was in the front row and Mr. Willer and a few other men were warming their hand over the rather smoky old stove which was trying somewhat inefficiently, to warm the room. There was a strong smell of oil. Mixed with the smoke from coarse tobacco.
1. The purpose of the meeting was ____.
A. making arrangements for the next Flower Show
B. getting people’s idea about the next Flower Show
C. finding out whether people wanted to have a Flower Show again
D. finding out whether people would help with the Flower Show
2. The meeting took place on a ____.
A. clear warm evening B. cold cloudy evening
C. very dark winter evening D. clear cold evening
3. As the writer went along the path to the hall ____.
A. her feet sank into the wet earth
B. she found the ground firm to walk on
C. she slipped about on a frozen path
D. she had difficulty in finding her way in the darkness
4. One reason for the writer’s attendance was that ____.
A. the school students had always take part in the Flower Show
B. she wanted to find out what the children could do to help
C. she wanted to know what special lessons to give the children
D. she had ideas for what the children could do in the Flower Show
5. Another reason why she felt interested was that ____.
A. the children might be more interested in a school garden afterwards
B. the children wanted to learn more about gardens
C. the children might study harder than before
D. the children could learn a lot from making various things
(E)
Children start out as natural scientists, eager to look into the world around them. Helping them enjoy science can be easy; there’s no need for a lot of scientific terms or expensive lab equipment. You only have to share your children’s curiosity(好奇). Firstly, listen to their questions. I once visited a classroom of seven-year-olds to talk about science as a job. The children asked me “textbook questions” about schooling, salary(薪水) and whether I liked my job. When I finished answering, we sat facing one another in silence. Finally I said, “Now that we’re finished with your lists, do you have questions of your own about science?”
After a long pause, a boy raised his hand, “Have you ever seen a grasshopper(蚱蜢) eat? When I try eating leaves like that, I get a stomachache. Why?”
This began a set of questions that lasted nearly two hours.
Secondly, give them time to think. Studies over the past 30 years have shown that, after asking a question, adults typically wait only one second or less for an answer, no time for a child to think. When adults increase their “wait time” to three seconds or more, children give more logical(符合逻辑的), complete and creative answers.
Thirdly, watch your language. Once you have a child involved in a science discussion, don’t jump in with “That’s right” or “Very good”. These words work well when it comes to encouraging good behavior(行为). But in talking about science, quick praise can signal that discussion is over. Instead, keep things going by saying, “That’s interesting” or “I’d never thought of it that way before”, or coming up with more questions or ideas.
Never push a child to “think”. It doesn’t make sense, children are always thinking, without your telling them to. What’s more, this can turn a conversation into a performance. The child will try to find the answer you want, in as few words as possible, so that he will be a smaller target (目标) for your disagreement.
Lastly, show; don’t tell. Real-life impressions of nature are far more impressive than any lesson children can learn from a book or a television program. Let children look at their fingertips through a magnifying glass(放大镜), and they’ll understand why you want them to wash before dinner. Rather than saying that water evaporates(蒸发), set a pot of water to boil and let them watch the water level drop.
1. According to the passage, children are natural scientists, and to raise their interest, the most important thing for adults to do is ____.
A. to let them see the world around
B. to share the children’s curiosity
C. to explain difficult phrases about science
D. to supply the children with lab equipment
2. In the last sentence of the first paragraph, the word “lists” could best be replaced by ____.
A. any questions B. any problems
C. questions from textbooks D. any number of questions
3. According to the passage, children can answer questions in a more logical, complete and creative way if adults ____.
A. ask them to answer quickly
B. wait for one or two seconds after a question
C. tell them to answer the next day
D. wait at least for three seconds after a question
4. In which of the following paragraph(s) does the author tell us what to say to encourage children in a science discussion? ____.
A. The second and third B. The fourth and fifth
C. The fifth and sixth D. The seventh
5. The author mentions all of the following techniques for adults to share with their
children’s curiosity except that adults should ____.
A. tell their children stories instead of reciting(背诵) facts
B. offer their children chances to see things for themselves
C. be patient enough when their children answer questions
D. encourage their children to ask questions of their own
第二卷(共35分)
第四部分:写作(共两节,满分35分)
第一节:短文改错( 共10小题;每小题1分,满分10分)
此题要求改正所给短文的错误。对标有题号的每一行作出判断:如无错误,在该行右边横线上划一个勾(√);如有错误(每行只有一个错误),则按下列情况改正:
该行多一个词:把多余的词用斜线(\)划掉,在该行右边横线上写出该词,并也用斜线划掉。该行缺一个词:在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧),在该行右边横线上写出该加的词。该行错一个词:在错的词下划一横线,在该行右边横线上写出改正后的词。
注意:原行没有错的不要改。
Nowadays, paper still come from trees. Unfortunately, we use a 1.____
lot of paper every day. We must not waste paper and there will 2.____
not be any tree leaving on earth. No tree means no paper. We 3.____
need 17 trees make a ton of paper. We must start using less 4.____
paper now because it takes about 100 years of a tree to grow. 5.____
How can we save paper? Firstly, we can use both the sides 6.____
of every sheet of paper. We can reuse envelope. We can choose7.____
drinks in bottles instead of drinks in cardboard cartons. We can 8.____
use plastic cups and plates instead of paper one. We can also use 9.____
handkerchiefs instead of paper tissues. We can use less paper 10.____
shopping bags and reuse them later as well.
第二节:书面表达(满分25分)
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Key(3)