论文部分内容阅读
第一部分:听力部分(略)
第二部分:词汇知识运用(共两节,满分40分)
第一节:多项选择(共10小题;每小题1分,满分10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,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
21. Apart from on some formal ___________such as official reception, our manager usually wears casually.
A. conditions B. cases C. occasions D. situations
22. — When can we meet again, Mr. Smith?
— I will be___________next Tuesday if you want to meet me.
A. present B. convenient C. useful D. available
23. She was wearing a brown dress with a tie, a hat and gloves to ___________.
A. fit B. match C. suit D. meet
24. You are driving me mad, Jam! My patience is ___________ .
A. breaking out B. working out
C. giving out D. making out
25. When the travelers went to the inn, the innkeeper___________comfortably for the night.
A. keep them up B. put them up C. take them up D. hold them up
26. As a___________actor, he can now perform, sing, dance and play several kinds of musical instruments as well.
A. particular B. skillful C. responsible D. flexible
27. He continued with his plan to build a flying machine,___________the lack of support from the government.
A. in want of B. in honor of
C. in case of D. in spite of
28. Professor Wang is well-known in this field, who has published a lot of new books on international___________.
A. issues B. topics
C. debates D. images
29. — Where is the plane?I can’t see it.
— It went off its___________to keep away from the sudden storm.
A. road B. course
C. flight D. direction
30. If you keep on working like this, you will___________sooner or later.
A. break down B. break out
C. break off D. break away
第二节:完形填空(共20小题;每小题1.5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。
Mr. Robinson had to travel somewhere on business. ___________31___________ he was in a hurry, he decided to go by ____32____. He liked sitting beside a window when he was flying,____33 ____ when he got on to the plane, he looked for a window seat. He found____34____of them had already been ____35____except for one. There was a soldier sitting in the seat beside this one, and Mr. Robinson was____36____that the one by the window was free; but,____37____, he at once went towards it.
When he reached it,____38____ , he saw that there was a notice on it. It was____39____in ink and said, “This seat is ____ 40____ for proper load balance, thank you.” Mr. Robinson had never seen such a(n)____ 41 ____notice in a plane before, but he thought that the plane must be carrying something ____ 42____ heavy in it, so he walked on and found another____43 ____seat, not beside a window, to sit in.
Two or three people____44 ____to sit in the window seat beside the soldier, but they,45 ,read the notice and ____ 46____. When the plane was nearly____ 47____, a very beautiful girl hurried into the plane. The soldier, who was ____ 48____ the passengers coming in, quickly took the notice____ 49____ the seat beside himself and in this way succeeded having the ____ 50____ of the girl during the whole trip.
31. A. As B. While C. When D. For
32. A. bus B. air C. train D. car
33. A. therefore B. accordingly C. so D. naturally
34. A. both B. every C. neither D. all
35. A. booked B. taken C. presentedD. spared
36. A. surprised B. doubtful C. happy D. excited
37. A. though B. then C. anyhow D. instead
38. A. similarly B. meanwhile C. nevertheless D. however
39. A. made B. written C. printed D. typed
40. A. preserved B. covered
C. held D. remained
41. A. funny B. available C. unusual D. important
42. A. terribly B. narrowly
C. particularlyD. slightly
43. A. empty B. comfortable
C. enjoyableD. suitable
44. A. expected B. managed
C. tried D. failed
45. A.either B. too C. already D. yet
46. A. went away B. went out C. went on D. went off
47. A. full B. crowded C. busy D. ready
48. A. seeing B. glancing C. spying D. watching
49. A. off B. away C. down D. over
50. A. partner B. friends C. company D. help
第三部分:阅读理解(共20小题;每小题2分,满分40分)
阅读下列短文,从每篇短文所给各题的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A
People joke that no one in Los Angeles reads; everyone watches TV, rents videos, or goes to the movies. The most popular reading material is comic books, movie magazines, and TV guides. City libraries have only 10 percent of the traffic that car washes have. But how do you explain this? An annual book festival in west Los Angeles is “sold out” year after year. People wait half an hour for a parking space to become available.
This outdoor festival, sponsored by a newspaper, occurs every April for one weekend. This year’s attendance was estimated at 70,000 on Saturday and 75,000 on Sunday. The festival featured 280 exhibitors. There were about 90 talks given by authors, with an audience question-and-answer period following each talk. Autograph(亲笔签名) seekers sought out more than 150 authors. A food court sold all kinds of popular and ethnic foods, from American hamburgers to Hawaiian shave ice drinks. Except for a $7 parking fee, the festival was free. Even so, some people avoided the food court prices by sneaking (潜行) in their own sandwiches and drinks.
People came from all over California. One couple drove down from San Francisco. “This is our sixth year here now. We love it,” said the husband. “It’s just fantastic to be in the great outdoors, to be among so many books and authors, and to get some very good deals, too.”
The idea for the festival occurred years ago, but nobody knew if it would succeed. Although book festivals were already popular in other US cities, would Los Angeles residents embrace one? “Angelenos are very unpredictable,” said one of the festival founders.
51. Which of the following about the book festival is true?
A. It happens every April for one week.
B. The founders were sure of the success of the festival.
C. Popular foods and drinks can be tasted for free.
D. The exhibitors are charged little.
52. It can be concluded that the Angelenos____________.
A. like joking B. like washing their cars in the libraries
C. are curious about new things D. like reading
53. The underlined sentence in paragraph 1 infers that____________.
A. libraries are popular than car washes
B. libraries are not so popular
C. people have their cars washed inlibraries
D. people like parking their cars in libraries
54. What’s followed after one talk?
A. Asking for autograph.
B. An audience question-and-answer period.
C. A face to face interview.
D. Getting some very good deals.
B
Surfing the Internet, playing games and hanging out on social networks are important for teen development, a large study of online use has revealed(揭示). The report counters the stereotypical view held by many parents and teachers that such activity is a waste of time.
More than 800 teenagers and parents took part in the three-year US project. “They are learning the technological skills and literacy (能力) needed for the contemporary world,” said the report’s author, Dr Mimi Ito. “They are learning how to communicate online, craft (制作) a public identity, create a home page, and post links.” All these things were regarded as sophisticated (复杂,精密的) 10 years ago but young people today take them for granted,” Dr Ito told the BBC.
The study, sponsored by the MacArthur Foundation, was part of a $50m (£31m) project on digital media and learning. Over the period of the study, researchers observed users for more than 5,000 hours. The aim of the Digital Youth Project was to provide an view of how children use social media to socialise, learn and relax.
Dr Ito said that connecting online with friends via social networks such as MySpace and Facebook was where teens now “hang out”, compared to the usual public places like shopping malls, the street and parks. She also said the Internet provided a core (核心) group of teens the opportunity to explore their own creativity and “take a deep dive into a subject”.
As for parents and teachers, she urged them to get up to speed with what children are doing on the Internet, as the rapid pace of change presents challenges ranging from stranger danger to teenagers spending too long online.
“While most parents know very little about what their kids are doing online, they are struggling to give real guidance and help. At the more social ‘hanging out’ layer, young people don’t want their parents or teachers on their MySpace or Facebook page. But in the interest-driven side, there is a more productive role for parents and teachers to play that will help them connect with kids and their lives,” said Dr Ito.
The MacArthur Foundation’s education director, Connie Yowell, concluded that the work creates a new way to look at how young people are being taught.
55. The underlined word “them” in paragraph 2 refers to ____________.
A. playing games B. social networks
C. technological skills and literacy D. online use
56. Which of the following would the author____________ agree?
A. Parents and teachers held online use useful.
B. The study is to give parents some advice on how to teach teenagers.
C. The teenagers’ communicating ways remain the same as before.
D. Using social media to socialise, learn and relax needs reconsidering by parents.
57. Online use has showed importance for teen development in ____________ .
①the technological skills and literacy ②connecting online with friends
③explore their own creativity ④take a deep dive into a subject
⑤the interest-driven
A. ①②④ B. ①③⑤ C. ②③④⑤ D. ①②③④
58. The parents and teachers are supposed to____________.
A. know what teenagers are doing online
B. protect the teenagers from suffering dangers
C. build a good connection with teenagers
D. pay attention to the time the teenagers spend online
C
Strategies or tactics (策略) are ways and methods of doing things and advertisement promotion strategies will vary according to the product. Obviously, the promotion of a new make of car will be different from basic food products under a new brand label. Ordinary people seldom buy a new car but food is a daily necessary.
One approach to sell food under a new brand name might be to make the packaging as similar as is legally possible to that of a well-known brand leader and, in fact, imitate(模仿) it. Of course the packaging would have to be slightly different or the other company could take you to court and bring a case against you for stealing their label. The customer could easily pick up the product under the new label by mistake and perhaps think the contents of two bottles are the same but one has a cheaper price label and that they will be saving money if they buy that one.
Another tactic might be more honest and utilitarian (i.e. more basic and useful) and that is to sell the product in very plain packaging, simple lettering and no “frills”—nothing extra to make the packaging attractive to look at. The company then hopes to sell the product because of their honesty. The public buy it because of its basic goodness and quality and think they are getting exceptional value (超值) for money without paying for extra packaging and frills.
A third strategy might be to widen the scale of the utilitarian(功利主义的) tactic and compete very obviously and directly—a “head-on” approach. You make the packaging look attractive in its own right and give it a very clear identity of its own so that there is no possibility of mistaking it for another brand. If you were selling coffee, for example, you might change the shape of the jar so that it looked very different from a Nestcafe jar, and have quite different colors on the label. The last approach is possibly the most difficult one, but if the company gets the packaging right first time, it is the best one in the long run.
59. What is obviously different about buying a car and buying a bag of rice?
A. Food is people’s basic need of every-day life while a car is not.
B. Buying a car costs people much morethan buying a bag of rice.
C. Using a car asks for knowledge andskills while eating food does not.
D. A bag of rice can satisfy much more people than a car.
60. According to the passage, one company____________.
A. should always avoid making the sameproduct as that other companies have already made
B. will surely get into trouble if its prod-ucts have the same name as that of others
C. may produce the same product as oth-ers but it must have completely different packaging
D. is allowed to make products of the same name but not the completely same packaging
61. Customers would like to buy products that are sold under the no-frill (低成本的) approach because ____________ .
A. these products always bear high quality
B. they think they would get real value they need
C. these products are often at low price
D. they think the company are honest
enough not to make profit from them
62. The main point of a head-on approach is____________.
A. to make the most of all attractive packaging look
B. to make your product one that no oneelse can make
C. to make your product unique and declare its first right
D. to make the best of your product andmake it different from others
D
As a kid, I can remember going to the supermarket and grabbing any random cardboard carton of eggs off the shelf. I would run them home(top speed!) to my mother because they were usually going into a delicious coffee cake or batch of corn bread. Times have changed. Cage-free? Organic? Brown? White? Omega-3s? Help! Here are some tips to help you figure out which eggs you should be eating:
◇Brown or white? In actuality, color is simply an indication of the breed (品种) of hen. Find the freshest egg with the most flavor and let color be a secondary concern.
◇Extra Omega-3s? Omega-3 eggs come from a hen whose diet has added flaxseed (亚麻籽), which yields an egg containing an average of 225 mg of Omega-3 fatty acids and vitamin E. The countless health benefits for humans make these eggs a tempting purchase. My opinion? Eat a piece of fresh fish — salmon or sardines or Atlantic mackerel, for example — and get a pure dose of Omega-3’s. Let eggs be eggs.
◇Does your egg need exercise? Cage-free and free-range eggs are from hens raised without the confines (限制) of a cage, though they may or may not have spent much time outdoors. Organic eggs are from hens that are raised with the most holistic (全面的) approach: their feed must meet organic standards, they must be raised humanely (人道地) and sustainably, and they must be given access to the outdoors. Hey, happier hens do lay tastier eggs.
◇Does local make a difference? Nothing is better than local eggs. They may have a feather or two stuck to them or a slightly imperfect shape and they may or may not be certified organic; however, they have one quality I prize: I know exactly where my food came from and how it came to be! In some cases I can even ask the farmer when the eggs were laid and what they were fed. At $2.20 for a dozen large eggs and all the information I could want about my food, I call it a bargain! I refrigerate the eggs the minute I return from the market.
63. The author seems to think highly of the local eggs just for their ____________ .
A. colour B. shape C. exercise D. quality
64. What’s the author’s attitude towards Omega-3s?
A. Positive. B. Negative. C. Doubtful. D. Objective.
65. The underlined sentence in paragraph 2 mostly means____________.
A. colour really matters a lot B. colour isn’t so important
C. colour is as important as its’ flavour D. colour is less important than its’
flavour
66. In which book can you probably find thearticle?
A. Shopping skills B. Cooking
C. Healthy diet D. Hens raising
E
Global warming will cause sea levels to rise up to 34 centimeters by the end of the century, causing more flooding and coastal erosion(侵蚀), according to a new study by Australian researchers.
The study, published in the journal Geophysical Research Letters, said that global warming was expected to further heat up the world’s oceans and cause glaciers(冰川) in the Himalayas and ice sheets in Greenland to melt.
The study estimated that sea levels would rise between 28 centimeters and 34 centimeters by 2100.
“What we found is that sea levels are rising slowly over time,” said John Church, a co-author of the study by the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization, the Australian government’s main research body.
“It means there will be more flooding in lower areas,” he said. “It means more coastal erosion on sandy beaches. We’re also going to see more flooding on island nations.”
Most scientists believe greenhouse gases from human activities such as coal-burning power plants cause global warming by holding the sun’s heat in the atmosphere.
“Greenhouse gas emissions(排放) should be reduced by 50 percent by 2050,” Church said.
“If not, climate change will continue and increase,” he said. “I think governments around the world, including Australia, have started the process, but there is a long way to go and I would argue that it’s urgent.”
Clive Wilkinson, an expert of the Global Coral Reef(珊瑚礁) Monitoring Network, a non-government group that closely follows developments on rising seas, said the findings were the same as what many scientists had predicted about global warming.
“It fits a pattern that everyone is coming up with,” Wilkinson said. “It means that we are in real trouble. If you add another meter over the coral reefs, they won’t notice it. But the rising water will flood the lower areas. People won’t be able to live on some coral islands like Tuvalu, Maldives, and Kiribati.”
By examining tidal(潮汐的) data. Church said that sea levels rose by 19.5 centimeters between 1870 and 2008.
Many island nations are already feeling the effects of rising seas. In Vanuatu and Papua New Guinea in the Southwest Pacific, increased sea levels have forced hundreds of islanders to leave their coastal homes for higher ground, according to the United Nations and news reports.
“We do have to reduce air pollution, but we also have to recognize that climate changes are happening, and we have to adapt as well,” Church said.
67. What’s the direct cause of the rising of sea levels?
A. Flood. B. Coastal erosion.
C. Glaciers. D. High temperature around the world.
68. According to John Church,____________ .
A. the speed of sea level rising is faster than ever before
B. there will be more floods all over the world
C. island nations will suffer from flood more frequently
D. coastal erosion will not cause more sandy beaches
69. Clive Wilkinson’s conclusion may bebased on ____________.
A. many people’s opinions about global warming
B. the fact that many island people have moved away from their living places
C. what scientists had once predicted about climate change
D. his observation about coral reef in the Southwest Pacific
70. It can be inferred from the passage that____________.
A. the author holds an optimistic attitude to global warming and the rising seas
B. global warming now is not serious enough to attract governments’ attention
C. Church has always had debates aboutglobal warming with government officials
D. tide offers the information to peoplethat the sea level is on the rise all theway
第四部分:书面表达(共两节,满分40分)
第一节:完成句子(共10小题;每小题1.5分,满分15分)
阅读下列各个小题,根据括号内的汉语提示,用句末括号内的英语单词完成句子。
71.____________(不管下不下雨), we will set off for Shanghai tomorrow. (whether)
72. Only by discovering what we do best ____________(我们才能实现目标)and truly make a difference. (goal)
73. E-mail, as well as telephones,____________(起着重要的作用) in today’s daily life. (part)
74. Mike____________(一定还没有找回他的车), for he came to work by bus this morning. (find)
75. If we reject the ideas that provide a complete answer, we____________(就会束手无策). (stick)
76. The____________(越不紧张) the learners, the better their language acquisition. (anxious)
77. My wife____________(比其他的任何人都急于去) there again. (eager)
78. My friend Tony told me his address and telephone number, but I____________(遗忘) them, so I cannot get in touch with him. (forget)
79. Susan decided not to work on the program at home because she didn’t want her parents to know____________(她在做的事情). (what)
80.____________(用……衡量) the ordinary standards, Jack did rather well in this field. (judge)
第二节:短文写作(共1题,满分25分)
请你围绕以下要点、合理想象,写一篇日记,记叙在今天上午第四节英语课堂上发生的一件难忘的趣事。要点如下:
1. 李老师讲课风趣,虽缺乏经验,但很受学生欢迎;
2. 以前从未回答过问题的学生站起来,她颇为惊讶;
3. 学生的回答是:我站起来只是紧紧腰带。
注意:
1. 不要逐条翻译,请展开想象,写成英语短文;
2. 词数100左右。开头已给出,不计入总词数。
参考词汇:tighten勒紧
March 10th, Fine
I’ll never forget the story happened this morning in the English class.
____________________________________________________________
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第二部分:词汇知识运用(共两节,满分40分)
第一节:多项选择(共10小题;每小题1分,满分10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,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
21. Apart from on some formal ___________such as official reception, our manager usually wears casually.
A. conditions B. cases C. occasions D. situations
22. — When can we meet again, Mr. Smith?
— I will be___________next Tuesday if you want to meet me.
A. present B. convenient C. useful D. available
23. She was wearing a brown dress with a tie, a hat and gloves to ___________.
A. fit B. match C. suit D. meet
24. You are driving me mad, Jam! My patience is ___________ .
A. breaking out B. working out
C. giving out D. making out
25. When the travelers went to the inn, the innkeeper___________comfortably for the night.
A. keep them up B. put them up C. take them up D. hold them up
26. As a___________actor, he can now perform, sing, dance and play several kinds of musical instruments as well.
A. particular B. skillful C. responsible D. flexible
27. He continued with his plan to build a flying machine,___________the lack of support from the government.
A. in want of B. in honor of
C. in case of D. in spite of
28. Professor Wang is well-known in this field, who has published a lot of new books on international___________.
A. issues B. topics
C. debates D. images
29. — Where is the plane?I can’t see it.
— It went off its___________to keep away from the sudden storm.
A. road B. course
C. flight D. direction
30. If you keep on working like this, you will___________sooner or later.
A. break down B. break out
C. break off D. break away
第二节:完形填空(共20小题;每小题1.5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。
Mr. Robinson had to travel somewhere on business. ___________31___________ he was in a hurry, he decided to go by ____32____. He liked sitting beside a window when he was flying,____33 ____ when he got on to the plane, he looked for a window seat. He found____34____of them had already been ____35____except for one. There was a soldier sitting in the seat beside this one, and Mr. Robinson was____36____that the one by the window was free; but,____37____, he at once went towards it.
When he reached it,____38____ , he saw that there was a notice on it. It was____39____in ink and said, “This seat is ____ 40____ for proper load balance, thank you.” Mr. Robinson had never seen such a(n)____ 41 ____notice in a plane before, but he thought that the plane must be carrying something ____ 42____ heavy in it, so he walked on and found another____43 ____seat, not beside a window, to sit in.
Two or three people____44 ____to sit in the window seat beside the soldier, but they,45 ,read the notice and ____ 46____. When the plane was nearly____ 47____, a very beautiful girl hurried into the plane. The soldier, who was ____ 48____ the passengers coming in, quickly took the notice____ 49____ the seat beside himself and in this way succeeded having the ____ 50____ of the girl during the whole trip.
31. A. As B. While C. When D. For
32. A. bus B. air C. train D. car
33. A. therefore B. accordingly C. so D. naturally
34. A. both B. every C. neither D. all
35. A. booked B. taken C. presentedD. spared
36. A. surprised B. doubtful C. happy D. excited
37. A. though B. then C. anyhow D. instead
38. A. similarly B. meanwhile C. nevertheless D. however
39. A. made B. written C. printed D. typed
40. A. preserved B. covered
C. held D. remained
41. A. funny B. available C. unusual D. important
42. A. terribly B. narrowly
C. particularlyD. slightly
43. A. empty B. comfortable
C. enjoyableD. suitable
44. A. expected B. managed
C. tried D. failed
45. A.either B. too C. already D. yet
46. A. went away B. went out C. went on D. went off
47. A. full B. crowded C. busy D. ready
48. A. seeing B. glancing C. spying D. watching
49. A. off B. away C. down D. over
50. A. partner B. friends C. company D. help
第三部分:阅读理解(共20小题;每小题2分,满分40分)
阅读下列短文,从每篇短文所给各题的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A
People joke that no one in Los Angeles reads; everyone watches TV, rents videos, or goes to the movies. The most popular reading material is comic books, movie magazines, and TV guides. City libraries have only 10 percent of the traffic that car washes have. But how do you explain this? An annual book festival in west Los Angeles is “sold out” year after year. People wait half an hour for a parking space to become available.
This outdoor festival, sponsored by a newspaper, occurs every April for one weekend. This year’s attendance was estimated at 70,000 on Saturday and 75,000 on Sunday. The festival featured 280 exhibitors. There were about 90 talks given by authors, with an audience question-and-answer period following each talk. Autograph(亲笔签名) seekers sought out more than 150 authors. A food court sold all kinds of popular and ethnic foods, from American hamburgers to Hawaiian shave ice drinks. Except for a $7 parking fee, the festival was free. Even so, some people avoided the food court prices by sneaking (潜行) in their own sandwiches and drinks.
People came from all over California. One couple drove down from San Francisco. “This is our sixth year here now. We love it,” said the husband. “It’s just fantastic to be in the great outdoors, to be among so many books and authors, and to get some very good deals, too.”
The idea for the festival occurred years ago, but nobody knew if it would succeed. Although book festivals were already popular in other US cities, would Los Angeles residents embrace one? “Angelenos are very unpredictable,” said one of the festival founders.
51. Which of the following about the book festival is true?
A. It happens every April for one week.
B. The founders were sure of the success of the festival.
C. Popular foods and drinks can be tasted for free.
D. The exhibitors are charged little.
52. It can be concluded that the Angelenos____________.
A. like joking B. like washing their cars in the libraries
C. are curious about new things D. like reading
53. The underlined sentence in paragraph 1 infers that____________.
A. libraries are popular than car washes
B. libraries are not so popular
C. people have their cars washed inlibraries
D. people like parking their cars in libraries
54. What’s followed after one talk?
A. Asking for autograph.
B. An audience question-and-answer period.
C. A face to face interview.
D. Getting some very good deals.
B
Surfing the Internet, playing games and hanging out on social networks are important for teen development, a large study of online use has revealed(揭示). The report counters the stereotypical view held by many parents and teachers that such activity is a waste of time.
More than 800 teenagers and parents took part in the three-year US project. “They are learning the technological skills and literacy (能力) needed for the contemporary world,” said the report’s author, Dr Mimi Ito. “They are learning how to communicate online, craft (制作) a public identity, create a home page, and post links.” All these things were regarded as sophisticated (复杂,精密的) 10 years ago but young people today take them for granted,” Dr Ito told the BBC.
The study, sponsored by the MacArthur Foundation, was part of a $50m (£31m) project on digital media and learning. Over the period of the study, researchers observed users for more than 5,000 hours. The aim of the Digital Youth Project was to provide an view of how children use social media to socialise, learn and relax.
Dr Ito said that connecting online with friends via social networks such as MySpace and Facebook was where teens now “hang out”, compared to the usual public places like shopping malls, the street and parks. She also said the Internet provided a core (核心) group of teens the opportunity to explore their own creativity and “take a deep dive into a subject”.
As for parents and teachers, she urged them to get up to speed with what children are doing on the Internet, as the rapid pace of change presents challenges ranging from stranger danger to teenagers spending too long online.
“While most parents know very little about what their kids are doing online, they are struggling to give real guidance and help. At the more social ‘hanging out’ layer, young people don’t want their parents or teachers on their MySpace or Facebook page. But in the interest-driven side, there is a more productive role for parents and teachers to play that will help them connect with kids and their lives,” said Dr Ito.
The MacArthur Foundation’s education director, Connie Yowell, concluded that the work creates a new way to look at how young people are being taught.
55. The underlined word “them” in paragraph 2 refers to ____________.
A. playing games B. social networks
C. technological skills and literacy D. online use
56. Which of the following would the author____________ agree?
A. Parents and teachers held online use useful.
B. The study is to give parents some advice on how to teach teenagers.
C. The teenagers’ communicating ways remain the same as before.
D. Using social media to socialise, learn and relax needs reconsidering by parents.
57. Online use has showed importance for teen development in ____________ .
①the technological skills and literacy ②connecting online with friends
③explore their own creativity ④take a deep dive into a subject
⑤the interest-driven
A. ①②④ B. ①③⑤ C. ②③④⑤ D. ①②③④
58. The parents and teachers are supposed to____________.
A. know what teenagers are doing online
B. protect the teenagers from suffering dangers
C. build a good connection with teenagers
D. pay attention to the time the teenagers spend online
C
Strategies or tactics (策略) are ways and methods of doing things and advertisement promotion strategies will vary according to the product. Obviously, the promotion of a new make of car will be different from basic food products under a new brand label. Ordinary people seldom buy a new car but food is a daily necessary.
One approach to sell food under a new brand name might be to make the packaging as similar as is legally possible to that of a well-known brand leader and, in fact, imitate(模仿) it. Of course the packaging would have to be slightly different or the other company could take you to court and bring a case against you for stealing their label. The customer could easily pick up the product under the new label by mistake and perhaps think the contents of two bottles are the same but one has a cheaper price label and that they will be saving money if they buy that one.
Another tactic might be more honest and utilitarian (i.e. more basic and useful) and that is to sell the product in very plain packaging, simple lettering and no “frills”—nothing extra to make the packaging attractive to look at. The company then hopes to sell the product because of their honesty. The public buy it because of its basic goodness and quality and think they are getting exceptional value (超值) for money without paying for extra packaging and frills.
A third strategy might be to widen the scale of the utilitarian(功利主义的) tactic and compete very obviously and directly—a “head-on” approach. You make the packaging look attractive in its own right and give it a very clear identity of its own so that there is no possibility of mistaking it for another brand. If you were selling coffee, for example, you might change the shape of the jar so that it looked very different from a Nestcafe jar, and have quite different colors on the label. The last approach is possibly the most difficult one, but if the company gets the packaging right first time, it is the best one in the long run.
59. What is obviously different about buying a car and buying a bag of rice?
A. Food is people’s basic need of every-day life while a car is not.
B. Buying a car costs people much morethan buying a bag of rice.
C. Using a car asks for knowledge andskills while eating food does not.
D. A bag of rice can satisfy much more people than a car.
60. According to the passage, one company____________.
A. should always avoid making the sameproduct as that other companies have already made
B. will surely get into trouble if its prod-ucts have the same name as that of others
C. may produce the same product as oth-ers but it must have completely different packaging
D. is allowed to make products of the same name but not the completely same packaging
61. Customers would like to buy products that are sold under the no-frill (低成本的) approach because ____________ .
A. these products always bear high quality
B. they think they would get real value they need
C. these products are often at low price
D. they think the company are honest
enough not to make profit from them
62. The main point of a head-on approach is____________.
A. to make the most of all attractive packaging look
B. to make your product one that no oneelse can make
C. to make your product unique and declare its first right
D. to make the best of your product andmake it different from others
D
As a kid, I can remember going to the supermarket and grabbing any random cardboard carton of eggs off the shelf. I would run them home(top speed!) to my mother because they were usually going into a delicious coffee cake or batch of corn bread. Times have changed. Cage-free? Organic? Brown? White? Omega-3s? Help! Here are some tips to help you figure out which eggs you should be eating:
◇Brown or white? In actuality, color is simply an indication of the breed (品种) of hen. Find the freshest egg with the most flavor and let color be a secondary concern.
◇Extra Omega-3s? Omega-3 eggs come from a hen whose diet has added flaxseed (亚麻籽), which yields an egg containing an average of 225 mg of Omega-3 fatty acids and vitamin E. The countless health benefits for humans make these eggs a tempting purchase. My opinion? Eat a piece of fresh fish — salmon or sardines or Atlantic mackerel, for example — and get a pure dose of Omega-3’s. Let eggs be eggs.
◇Does your egg need exercise? Cage-free and free-range eggs are from hens raised without the confines (限制) of a cage, though they may or may not have spent much time outdoors. Organic eggs are from hens that are raised with the most holistic (全面的) approach: their feed must meet organic standards, they must be raised humanely (人道地) and sustainably, and they must be given access to the outdoors. Hey, happier hens do lay tastier eggs.
◇Does local make a difference? Nothing is better than local eggs. They may have a feather or two stuck to them or a slightly imperfect shape and they may or may not be certified organic; however, they have one quality I prize: I know exactly where my food came from and how it came to be! In some cases I can even ask the farmer when the eggs were laid and what they were fed. At $2.20 for a dozen large eggs and all the information I could want about my food, I call it a bargain! I refrigerate the eggs the minute I return from the market.
63. The author seems to think highly of the local eggs just for their ____________ .
A. colour B. shape C. exercise D. quality
64. What’s the author’s attitude towards Omega-3s?
A. Positive. B. Negative. C. Doubtful. D. Objective.
65. The underlined sentence in paragraph 2 mostly means____________.
A. colour really matters a lot B. colour isn’t so important
C. colour is as important as its’ flavour D. colour is less important than its’
flavour
66. In which book can you probably find thearticle?
A. Shopping skills B. Cooking
C. Healthy diet D. Hens raising
E
Global warming will cause sea levels to rise up to 34 centimeters by the end of the century, causing more flooding and coastal erosion(侵蚀), according to a new study by Australian researchers.
The study, published in the journal Geophysical Research Letters, said that global warming was expected to further heat up the world’s oceans and cause glaciers(冰川) in the Himalayas and ice sheets in Greenland to melt.
The study estimated that sea levels would rise between 28 centimeters and 34 centimeters by 2100.
“What we found is that sea levels are rising slowly over time,” said John Church, a co-author of the study by the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization, the Australian government’s main research body.
“It means there will be more flooding in lower areas,” he said. “It means more coastal erosion on sandy beaches. We’re also going to see more flooding on island nations.”
Most scientists believe greenhouse gases from human activities such as coal-burning power plants cause global warming by holding the sun’s heat in the atmosphere.
“Greenhouse gas emissions(排放) should be reduced by 50 percent by 2050,” Church said.
“If not, climate change will continue and increase,” he said. “I think governments around the world, including Australia, have started the process, but there is a long way to go and I would argue that it’s urgent.”
Clive Wilkinson, an expert of the Global Coral Reef(珊瑚礁) Monitoring Network, a non-government group that closely follows developments on rising seas, said the findings were the same as what many scientists had predicted about global warming.
“It fits a pattern that everyone is coming up with,” Wilkinson said. “It means that we are in real trouble. If you add another meter over the coral reefs, they won’t notice it. But the rising water will flood the lower areas. People won’t be able to live on some coral islands like Tuvalu, Maldives, and Kiribati.”
By examining tidal(潮汐的) data. Church said that sea levels rose by 19.5 centimeters between 1870 and 2008.
Many island nations are already feeling the effects of rising seas. In Vanuatu and Papua New Guinea in the Southwest Pacific, increased sea levels have forced hundreds of islanders to leave their coastal homes for higher ground, according to the United Nations and news reports.
“We do have to reduce air pollution, but we also have to recognize that climate changes are happening, and we have to adapt as well,” Church said.
67. What’s the direct cause of the rising of sea levels?
A. Flood. B. Coastal erosion.
C. Glaciers. D. High temperature around the world.
68. According to John Church,____________ .
A. the speed of sea level rising is faster than ever before
B. there will be more floods all over the world
C. island nations will suffer from flood more frequently
D. coastal erosion will not cause more sandy beaches
69. Clive Wilkinson’s conclusion may bebased on ____________.
A. many people’s opinions about global warming
B. the fact that many island people have moved away from their living places
C. what scientists had once predicted about climate change
D. his observation about coral reef in the Southwest Pacific
70. It can be inferred from the passage that____________.
A. the author holds an optimistic attitude to global warming and the rising seas
B. global warming now is not serious enough to attract governments’ attention
C. Church has always had debates aboutglobal warming with government officials
D. tide offers the information to peoplethat the sea level is on the rise all theway
第四部分:书面表达(共两节,满分40分)
第一节:完成句子(共10小题;每小题1.5分,满分15分)
阅读下列各个小题,根据括号内的汉语提示,用句末括号内的英语单词完成句子。
71.____________(不管下不下雨), we will set off for Shanghai tomorrow. (whether)
72. Only by discovering what we do best ____________(我们才能实现目标)and truly make a difference. (goal)
73. E-mail, as well as telephones,____________(起着重要的作用) in today’s daily life. (part)
74. Mike____________(一定还没有找回他的车), for he came to work by bus this morning. (find)
75. If we reject the ideas that provide a complete answer, we____________(就会束手无策). (stick)
76. The____________(越不紧张) the learners, the better their language acquisition. (anxious)
77. My wife____________(比其他的任何人都急于去) there again. (eager)
78. My friend Tony told me his address and telephone number, but I____________(遗忘) them, so I cannot get in touch with him. (forget)
79. Susan decided not to work on the program at home because she didn’t want her parents to know____________(她在做的事情). (what)
80.____________(用……衡量) the ordinary standards, Jack did rather well in this field. (judge)
第二节:短文写作(共1题,满分25分)
请你围绕以下要点、合理想象,写一篇日记,记叙在今天上午第四节英语课堂上发生的一件难忘的趣事。要点如下:
1. 李老师讲课风趣,虽缺乏经验,但很受学生欢迎;
2. 以前从未回答过问题的学生站起来,她颇为惊讶;
3. 学生的回答是:我站起来只是紧紧腰带。
注意:
1. 不要逐条翻译,请展开想象,写成英语短文;
2. 词数100左右。开头已给出,不计入总词数。
参考词汇:tighten勒紧
March 10th, Fine
I’ll never forget the story happened this morning in the English class.
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