近五年全国卷1英语高考真题汇总 33页

第二部分 英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）‎ 第一节　单选填空（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，并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。‎ 例：It is generally considered unwise to give a child ____ be or she wants.‎ A. however B. whatever C. whichever D. whenever 答案是B。‎ ‎21. —We could invite John and Barbara to the Friday night party.‎ ‎—Yes, ____? I’ll give them a call right now.‎ A. why not B. What for C. why D. what ‎ ‎22. Try ____ she might, Sue couldn’t get the door open.‎ A. if B. when C. since D. as ‎ ‎23. Planing so far ahead ____ no sense-so many things will have changed by next year.‎ A. made B. is making C. makes D. has made ‎24. I wasn’t sure if he was really interested or if he ____ polite.‎ A. was just being B. will just be C. had just been D. would just be ‎ ‎25. —Someone wants you on the phone.‎ ‎—____ nobody knows I am here.‎ A. Although B. And C. But D. So ‎26. I can ____ the house being untidy, but I hate it if it’s not clean.‎ A. come up with B. put up with C. turn to D. stick to ‎27. The next thing he saw was smoke ____ from behind the house.‎ A. rose B. rising C. to rise D. risen ‎28. Only when he reached the tea-house ____ it was the same place he’d been in last year.‎ A. he realized B. he did realize C. realized he D. did he realize ‎29. When Alice came to, she did not know how long she ____ there.‎ A. had been lying B. has been lying C. was lying D. has lain ‎30. The form cannot be signed by anyone ____ yourself.‎ A. rather than B. other than C. more than D. better than ‎31. The prize will go to the writer ____ story shows the most imagination.‎ A. that B. which C. whose D. what ‎32. They ____ have arrived at lunchtime but their flight was delayed.‎ A. will B. can C. must D. should ‎33. It is generally accepted that ____ boy must learn to stand up and fight like ____ man.‎ A. a; a B. a; the C. the; the D. a; 不填 ‎34. William found it increasingly difficult to read, for his eyesight was beginning to ____.‎ A. disappear B. fall C. fail D. damage ‎35. —Artistic people can be very difficult sometimes.‎ ‎—Well, you married one. ____.‎ A. You name it B. I’ve got it C. I can’t agree more D. You should know 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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。‎ ‎21. — Which one of these do you want?‎ ‎ — . Either will do.‎ A. I don't mind B. I'm sure C. No problem D. Go ahead ‎22. Sarah looked at finished painting with satisfaction.‎ A. 不填; a B. a; the C. the; 不填 D. the; a ‎23. "Life is like walking in the snow", Granny used to say," because every step .‎ A. has shown B. is showing C. shows D. showed ‎24. It is by no means clear the president can do to end the strike.‎ A. how B. which C. that D. what ‎25. I don't believe we've met before, I must say you do look familiar.‎ A. therefore B. although C. since D. unless ‎26. The result is not very important to us, but if we do win, then so much . ‎ A. the best B. best C. better D. the better ‎27. Mary is really good at taking notes in class. She can almost every word her teacher says.‎ A. put out B. put down C. put away D. put together ‎28. The party will be held in the garden, weather .‎ A. permitting B. to permit C. permitted D. permit ‎29. This restaurant wasn't that other restaurant we went to.‎ A. half as good as B. as half good as C. as good as half D. good as half as ‎30. I use a clock to wake me up because at six o'clock each morning the train comes by my house. ‎ A. couldn't B. mustn't C. shouldn't D. needn't ‎31. Larry asks Bill and Peter to go on a picnic with him, but of them wants to, because they have work to do.‎ A. either B. any C. neither D. none ‎32. Film has a much shorter history, especially when such art forms as music and painting.‎ A. having compared to B. comparing to C. compare to D. compared to ‎33. I had been working on math for the whole afternoon and the numbers before my eyes.‎ A. swim B. swum C. swam D. had swum ‎34. You have to move out of the way the truck cannot get past you.‎ A. so B. or C. and D. but ‎35. If she doesn't want to go, nothing you can say will her.‎ A. persuade B. promise C. invite D. support 第一节 单项天空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）‎ ‎21. -Wly, this is nothing but common vegetable soup!‎ A.Let me see Bso it is CDon ‘t mention it D Neither do I ‎22. .They might just have a place ______on the writing course一why don't you give it a try?‎ A.Leave B.Left C. leaving D. to leave ‎23. Try not to sough more than you can since it may cause problems to your lungs.‎ A. check B. allow C.stop D.help ‎24. If we now to protect the environment, we’ll live to regret it.‎ A. hadn't acted B. haven't acted C. don't act D. won't act ‎25. Tony can hardly boil an egg，still cook dinner.‎ ‎ A.less B.little C.much D.more ‎26. Police have found appears to be the lost ancient statue.‎ ‎ A. which B. where C. how D.what ‎27.When I first met Bryan I didn’t like him, but I my mind.‎ ‎ A. have changed B. change C. had changed D.would change ‎28. The driver wanted to park his car near the roadside but was asked by}the police .‎ ‎ A .not to do B. not to C. not do D. do not ‎29.The door open , no matter how hard she pushed.‎ ‎ A. shouldn’t B. couldn't C. wouldn't D. mightn't ‎30. At the last moment Tom-decided to a new character to make the story seem more likely.‎ ‎ A. put up B. put in C. put on D. put off ‎31. India attained independence in 1947, after long struggle.‎ ‎ A.不填;a B. the; a C. an;不填 D. an; the ‎32.There’s no way of knowing why one man makes an important discovery another man, also intelligent, fails.‎ ‎ A. since B: if C. as D. while ‎33.”You can’t judge a book by its cover,” .‎ ‎ A. as the saying goes old B. goes as the old saying C. as the old saying goes D. goes as old the saying ‎34.It was a real race time to get the project done. Luckily, we made it.‎ ‎ A. over B. by C. for D. against ‎35. The sunlight is white and blinding, hard-edged shadows on the ground.‎ ‎ A. throwing B.being thrown C.to throw D.to be thrown 第二节 完形填空（共20小题：每小题1.5分，满分30分） 阅读下面的短文，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。 In our discussion with people on how education can help them succeed in life, a woman remembered the first meeting of an introductory 36 course about 20 years ago. The professor 37 the lecture hall, placed upon his desk a large jar filled with dried beans（豆）, and invited the students to 38 how many beans the jar contained. After 39 shouts of wildly wrong guesses the professor smiled a thin, dry smile, announced the 40 answer, and went on saying,” You have just 41 an important lesson about science. That is: Never 42 your own senses.” Twenty years later, the 43 could guess what the professor had in mind. He 44 himself, perhaps, as inviting his students to start an exciting 45 into an unknown world Invisible（无形的）to the 46 , which can be discovered only through scientific 47 . But the seventeen-year-old girl could not accept or even 48 the invitation. She was just 49 to ‎ understand the world. And she 50 that her firsthand experience could be the 51 .The professor, however, said that it was 52 . he was taking away her only 53 for knowing and was providing her with no substitute. “I remember feeling small and 54 ,” the women says, “and I did the only thing I could do. I 55 the course that afternoon, and I haven’t gone near science since.”‎ ‎36. A. art B. history C. science D. math ‎37. A. searched for B. looked at C. got through D. marched into ‎38. A. count B. guess C. report D. watch ‎39. A. warning B. giving C. turning away D. listening to ‎40. A. ready B. possible C. correct D. difficult ‎41. A. learned B. prepared C. taught D. taken ‎42. A. lose B. trust C. sharpen D. show ‎43. A. lecturer B. scientist C. speaker D. woman ‎44. A. described B. respected C. saw D. served ‎45. A. voyage B. movement C. change D. rush ‎46. A. professor B. eye C. knowledge D. light ‎47. A. model B. senses C. spirit D. methods ‎48. A. hear B. make C. present D. refuse ‎49. A. suggesting B. beginning C. pretending D. waiting ‎50. A. believed B. doubted C. proved D. explained ‎51. A. growth B. strength C. faith D. truth ‎52. A. firm B. interesting C. wrong D. acceptable ‎53. A. task B. tool C. success D. connection ‎54. A. cruel B. proud C. frightened D. brave ‎55. A. dropped B. started C. passed D. missed 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。‎ Body language is the quiet, secret and most powerful language of all! It speaks 36 ‎ than words. According to specialists, our bodies send out more 37 than we realize. In fact, non-verbal (非言语) communication takes up about 50% of what we really 38 . And body language is particularly 39 when we attempt to communicate across cultures.‎ Indeed, what is called body language is so 40 a part of us that it's actually often unnoticed. And misunderstandings occur as a result of it. 41 , different societies treat the ‎ 42 between people differently. Northern Europeans usually do not like having 43 ‎ contact (接触) even with friends, and certainly not with 44 . People from Latin American countries, 45 , touch each other quite a lot. Therefore, it's possible that in 46 , it may look like a Latino is 47 a Norwegian all over the room. The Latino, trying to express friendship, will keep moving 48 . The Norwegian, very probably seeing this as pushiness,‎ will keep 49 — which the Latino will in return regard as 50 .‎ Clearly, a great deal is going on when people 51 . And only a part of it is in the words themselves. And when parties are from 52 cultures, there's a strong possibility of ‎ 53 . But whatever the situation, the best 54 is to obey the Golden Rule: treat others as you would like to be 55 .‎ ‎36. A. straighter B. louder C. harder D. further ‎37. A. sounds B. invitations C. feelings D. messages ‎38. A. hope B. receive C. discover D. mean ‎39. A. immediate B. misleading C. important D. difficult ‎40. A. well B. far C. much D. long ‎41. A. For example B. Thus C. However D. In short ‎42. A. trade B. distance C. connection D. greetings ‎43. A. eye B. verbal C. bodily D. telephone ‎44. A. strangers B. relatives C. neighbours D. enemies ‎45. A. in other words B. on the other hand C. in a similar way D. by all means ‎46. A. trouble B. conversation C. silence D. experiment ‎47. A. disturbing B. helping C. guiding D. following ‎48. A. closer B. faster C. in D. away ‎49. A. stepping forward B. going on C. backing away D. coming out ‎50. A. weakness B. carelessness C. friendliness D. coldness ‎51. A. talk B. travel C. laugh D. think ‎52. A. different B. European C. Latino D. rich ‎ ‎53. A. curiosity B. excitement C. misunderstanding D. nervousness ‎54. A. chance B. time C. result D. advice ‎55. A. noticed B. treated C respected D. pleased 第二节 完形填空（共20小题：每小题1.5分，满分30分）‎ I went to a group activity,“Sensitivity Sunday”which was to make us more 36 The ‎ problem faced by disabled people,We where asked asked to “ 37 a disability”for sever hours one Sunday,Some member 38 chose the wheel chair,Other wore sound-blocking carplug(耳塞)or bilndfold(眼罩).‎ ‎ Just sitting in the wheelchair was a 39 experience,I had never considered before how 40 it would be to use one ,As soon as I sat down my 41 made the chair begin to roll ,Its wheel were not 42 Then I wondered where to put my 43 ，It took me quite a while to get the metal footrest into 44 ,I took my first uneasy look at what was to be my only means of 45 for serveral hours,For disabled people,“adoping a wheelchair”is not a tempoarty(临时的) 46 I tried to find a 47 position and thought it might be restful, 48 kind of nice to be 49 around for a while, Looking around,I 50 would have to handle the thing myself!My hands statred to ache as I 51 the heavy wheels,I came to know that controlling the 52 of the wheelchair as not going to be 53 task, My wheelchair experment was soon 54 It made a deep impression on me ,A few hours of “disability” gave me only a taste of the 55 ,both physical and mental,that disbled people must overcome ‎36.A.curious about ‎37.A.cure ‎38.A.inserted ‎39.A.learning ‎40.A.convening ‎41.A.height ‎42.A.locked ‎43.A.hands ‎44.A.place ‎45.A.operation ‎46.A.exploration ‎47.A.flexble ‎48.A. yet ‎49.A.shown ‎50.A.realized ‎51.A. lifted ‎52.A. path ‎53.A. easy ‎54.A. forgotten ‎55.A. weaknesses B. interested in B.prevent B.strangely B.working B.awkward B.force B.repaired B.feet B.action B.ecommunication B.edcation B. safe B. just B. pushed B. suggested B. turned B. position B. heavy B. repeated B. challenges C. aware on C.adopt C.as usual C.satrstying C.boring C.skill C.powered C.keys C.play C.transportation C.experiment C. starting C. still C. driven C. agreed C. pressed C. direction C. major C. conducted C. anxieties D. careful with ‎ D.analyze ‎ D.like me D.relaxing D.exciting D.weight D.grasped D.handles D.effect D.production D.entertainment D. comfortable D. even D. guided D. admitted D. seized D. way D. extra D. finished D. illnesses 第三部分英语知识运用（共两节，满分55分）‎ 第一节完形填空（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40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，选出可以填人空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。‎ As a general rule, all forms of activity lead to boredom when they aare performed on a routine(常规)basis. As a matter of fact, we can see this 41 at work in people of all 42 . For example, on Christmas morning, children are excited about 43 with their new toys. But their 44 soon wears off and by January those 45 toys can be found put away in the basement. The world is full of 46 stamp albums and unfinished models, each standing as a monument to someone’s 47 interest. When parents bring home a pet, their child 48 bathes it and brushes its fur. Within a short time, however, the 49 of caring for the animal is handed over to the parents. Adolescents enter high school with great 50 but are soon looking forward to 51 . The same is true of the young adults going to college. And then, how many 52 , who now complain (抱怨) about the long drives to work, 53 drove for hours at a time when they first 54 their driver’s license (执照)? Before people retire, they usually 55 to do a lot of 56 things, which they never had 57 to do while working. But 58 after retirement , the golfing, the fishing, the reading and all of the other pastimes become as boring as the jobs they 59 . And , like the child in January, they go searching for new 60 .‎ ‎41. A. principle B. habit C. weaker D. power ‎42. A. parties B. races C. countries D. ages ‎ ‎43. A. working B. living C. playing D. going ‎44. A. confidence B. interest C. anxiety D. sorrow ‎45. A. same B. extra C. funny D. expensive ‎46. A. well-organized B. colorfully-printed C. newly- collected D. half-filled ‎47. A. broad B. passing C. different D. main ‎48. A. silently B. impatiently C. gladly D. worriedly ‎49. A. promise B. burden C. right D. game ‎50. A. courage B. calmness C. confusion D. excitement ‎51. A. graduation B. independence C. responsibility D. success ‎52. A. children B. students C. adults D. retirees ‎53. A. carefully B. eagerly C. nervously D. bravely ‎54. A. required B. obtained C. noticed D.discovered ‎55. A. need B. learn C. start D. plan ‎56. A. great B. strong C. difficult D. correct ‎57. A. time B. money C. skills D. knowledge ‎58. A. only B. well C. even D. soon.‎ ‎59. A. lost B. chose C. left D. quit ‎60. A. pets B. toys C. friends D. colleagues 第三部分 英语知识运用 （共两节，满分45）‎ 第一节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题15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。‎ My kids and I were heading into the supermarket over the weekend. On the way ,we spotted a man holding a piece of paper that said, “ __41___ my job. Family to Feed.”‎ At this store, a __42___ like this is not normal. My 10-year-old noticed him and make a __43____ on how bad it must be to have to stand ___44____ in the cold wind.[来源:Zxxk.Com]‎ In the store, I asked each of my kids to __45___ something they thought our “friend” there would ___46___. They got apples, a sandwich and a bottle of juice. Then my 17-year-old suggested giving him a ___47____. I thought about it. We were ___48__ on cash ourselves, but… well, sometimes __49___ from our need instead of our abundance is ___50__ what we need to do! All the kids __51____ something they could do away with for the week.‎ When we handed him the bag of __52__, he lit up and thanked us with ___53__ eyes. When I handed him the gift card, saying he could use it for __54____his family might need, he burst into tears.‎ This has been a wonderful ___55__ for our family. For days the kids have been looking for others we can __56___! Things would have played out so __57____ if I had simply said, “No, we really don’t have ___58___ to give more.” Stepping out not only helped a brother in __59___, it also gave my kids the __60____ taste of helping others. It’ll go a long way with them.‎ ‎41. A. Lost B. Changed C. Quit D. Finished ‎42. A condition B. place C. sight D. show ‎43. A. suggestion B. comment C. decision D. call ‎44. A. outside B. proudly C. by D. angrily ‎45. A. draw B. say C. arrange D. pick ‎46. A. order B. supply C. appreciate D. discover ‎47. A. dollar B. job C. hot meal D. gift card ‎48. A. easy B. low C. soft D. loose ‎49. A. giving B. saving C. spending D. begging ‎50. A. yet B. even C. still D. just ‎51. A. declared B. shared C. ignored D. expected ‎52. A . toys B. medicine C. food D. clothes ‎53. A. sleepy B. watery C. curious D. sharp ‎54. A. whoever B. whatever C. whichever D. whenever ‎55. A. experience B. example C. message D. adventure ‎56. A. rely on B. respect C. learn from D. help ‎57. A. suddenly B. vividly C. differently D. perfectly ‎58. A. time B. power C. patience D. money ‎59. A. fear B. love C. need D. memory ‎60. A. strong B. sweet C. strange D. simple 第三部分 英语知识运用（共两节，满分55分）‎ 第二节（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）‎ ‎ 阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（不多于3个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。 ‎ ‎ Are you facing a situation that looks impossible to fix?‎ In 1969,the pollution was terrible along the Cuyahoga River Cleveland, Ohio. It __61____（be）unimaginable that it could ever be cleaned up. The river was so polluted that it ____62____(actual)caught fire and burned. Now, ears later, this river is one of _63___most outstanding examples of environmental cleanup.‎ ‎ But the river wasn’t changed in a few days __64____even a few months. It took years of work__65______(reduce ) the industrial pollution and clean the water. Finally, that hard work paid off and now the water in the river is___66_____(clean) than ever.‎ ‎ Maybe you are facing an impossible situation. Maybe you leave a habit __67___is driving ‎ your family crazy. Possibly you drink too much or don’t know how to control your credit card use. When you face such an impossible situation ,don’t you want a quick fix and something to change immediately?‎ ‎ While there are ___68_______(amaze) stories of instant transformation, for most of us the___69_______(change) are gradual and require a lot of effort and work, like cleaning up a polluted river. Just be 70 (patience) ‎ 第三部分 英语知识运用（共两节 满分55）‎ 第二节 ‎ 阅读下面材料，用不多于1个单词的正确形式填空 Yangshuo‎, ‎China It was raining lightly when I__61__(arrive) in Yangshuo just before dawn. But I didn’t care. A few hours__62__, I’d been at home in Hong Kong, with __63_(it) choking smog. Here, the air was clean and fresh, even with the rain.‎ I’d skipped nearby Guilin, a dream place for tourists seeking the limestone mountain tops and dark waters of the Li River_64__are pictured by artists in so many Chinese _65__(painting). Instead, I ‘d head straight for Yangshuo. For those who fly to Guilin, it’s only an hour away__66_ car and offers all the scenery of the better-known city.‎ Yangshuo__67__(be) really beautiful. A study of travelers_68__(conduct) by the website Trip Advisor names Yangshuo as one of the top 10 destinations in the world. And the town is fast becoming a popular weekend destination for people in Asia. Abercrombie & Kent, a travel company in Hong Kong, says it___(regular) arranges quick getaways here for people_70__(live) in Shanghai and Hong Kong.‎ 第三部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）‎ 第一节（共15小题：每小题2分，满分30分）‎ 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C、D)中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。‎ A When milk arrived on the doorstep When I was a boy growing up in New Jersey in the 1960s, we had a milkman delivering milk to our doorstep. His name was Mr. Basille. He wore a white cap and drove a white truck. As a 5-year-old boy, I couldn’t take my eyes off the coin changer fixed to his belt. He noticed this one day during a delivery and gave me a quarter out of his coin changer.‎ Of course, he delivered more than milk. There was cheese, eggs and so on. If we needed to change our order, my mother would pen a note - “Please add a bottle of buttermilk next delivery” - and place it in the box along with the empty bottles. And then, the buttermilk would magically appear.‎ All of this was about more than convenience. There existed a close relationship between families and their milkmen. Mr. Basille even had a key to out house, for those times when it was so cold outside that we put the box indoors, so that the milk wouldn’t freeze. And I remember Mr. Basille from time to time taking a break at our kitchen table, having a cup of tea and telling stories about his delivery.‎ There is sadly no home milk delivery today. Big companies allowed the production of cheaper milk, thus making it difficult for milkmen to compete. Besides, milk is for sale everywhere, and it may just not have been practical to have a delivery service.‎ Recently, an old milk box in the countryside I saw brought back my childhood memories. I took it home and planted it on the back porch （门廊）. Every so often my son’s friends will ask what it is. So I start telling stories of my boyhood, and of the milkman who brought us friendship along with his milk.‎ ‎56. Mr Basille gave the boy a quarter out of his coin changer _____.‎ A. to show his magical power. B. to pay for the delivery.‎ C. to satisfy his curiosity. D. to please his mother.‎ ‎57. What can be inferred from the fact that the milkman had the key to the boy’s house?‎ A. He wanted to have tea there. B. He was a respectable person.‎ C. He was treated as a family member. D. He was fully trusted by the family.‎ ‎58. Why does home milk delivery no longer exist?‎ A. Nobody wants to be a milkman now. B. It has been driven out of the market.‎ C. Its service is getting poor. D. It is forbidden by law.‎ ‎59. Why did the author bring back home an old milk box?‎ A. He missed the good old days. B. He wanted to tell interesting stories.‎ C. He needed it for his milk bottles. D. He planted flowers in it.‎ B The word advertising refers to any kind of public announcement that brings products and services to the attention of people.Throughout history, advertising has been all effective way to ‎ promote (促进) the trading and selling of goods. In the Middle Ages, merchants employed “town criers” to read public messages aloud to promote their goods. When printing was invented in the fifteenth century, pages of advertisements (ads) could be printed easily and were either hung in public places or put in books.‎ By the end of the seventeenth century , when newspapers were beginning to be read by more people, printed materials became all important way to promote products and services.The London Gazette was the first newspaper to set aside a place just for advertising. This was so successful that by the end of the century several companies started businesses for the purpose of making newspaper ads for merchants.‎ ‎ Advertising spread quickly throughout the eighteenth century. Ad writers were starting to pay more attention to the design of the ad text.Everything，from clothes to drinks，was promoted with clever methods such as repetition of the firm’s name or product, words organized in eye-catching patterns，the use of pretty pictures and expressions easy to remember.‎ ‎ Near the end of the nineteenth century, companies that were devoted to the production of ads came to be known as “advertising agencies (广告商).” The agencies developed new ways to get people to think of themselves as members of a group.Throughout the twentieth century, advertising agencies promoted consumerism (消费主义) as a way of life，spreading the belief that people could be happy only if they bought the “righ” products.‎ ‎60. What was advertising like in the Middle Ages?‎ A. Merchants were employed to promote products.‎ B. Ad messages were shouted out in public places.‎ C. Product information was included in books.‎ D. Ad signs were put up in towns.‎ ‎61. What does the word “This” in Paragraph 2 refer to?‎ A. Advertising in newspapers. B. Including pictures in ads.‎ C. Selling goods in markets. D. Working with ad agencies.‎ ‎62. The l8th century advertising was special in its _____.‎ A. growing spending B. printing materials C. advertising companies D. attractive designs ‎63 Which of the following might be the best title for the text?‎ A. The Story of Advertising B. The Value of Advertising Designs C. The Role of Newspaper Advertising D. The Development of Printing for Advertising C While small may be beautiful, tall is just plain uncomfortable it seems, particularly when it comes to staying in hotels and eating in restaurants.‎ The Tall Persons Club Great Britain (TPCGB), which was formed six months ago to campaign (发起运动) for the needs of the tall, has turned its attention to hotels and restaurants. Beds that are too small, shower heads that are too low, and restaurant tables with hardly any leg-room all make life difficult for those of above average height, it says.‎ But it is not just the extra-tall whose needs are not being met. The average height of the population has been increasing yet the standard size of beds, doorways, and chairs has remained unchanged.‎ ‎“The bedding industry says a bed should be six inches larger than the person using it, so even ‎ a king-size bed at 6′6″ (6 feet and 6 inches) is falling short for 25% of men, while the standard 6′3″ bed caters for (满足需要) less than half of the male (男性) population.” Said TPCGB president Phil Heinricy, “Seven-foot beds would work fine.”‎ Similarly, restaurant tables can cause no end of problems. Small tables, which mean the long-legged have to sit a foot or so away from them, are enough to make tall customers go elsewhere.‎ Some have already taken note, however. At Queens Moat Houses′ Caledonian Hotel in Edinburgh, 6′6″ beds are now put in as standard after requests for longer beds from taller visitors, particularly Americans.‎ ‎64. What is the purpose of the TPCGB campaign?‎ A. To provide better services. B. To rebuild hotels and restaurants.‎ C. To draw public attention to the needs of the tall. ‎ D. To attract more people to become its members.‎ ‎65. Which of the following might be a bed of proper length according to Phil Heinricy?‎ A. 7′2″. B. 7′ . C. 6′6″ . D. 6′3″.‎ ‎66. What may happen to restaurants with small tables?‎ A. They may lose some customers. B. They may start businesses elsewhere.‎ C. They have to find easy chairs to match the tables.‎ D. They have to provide enough space for the long-legged.‎ ‎67. What change has already been made in a hotel in Edinburgh?‎ A. Tall people pay more for larger beds. B. 6′6″ beds have taken the place of 6′3″ beds.‎ C. Special rooms are kept for Americans. D. Guest rooms are standardized.‎ D Cassandra Feeley finds it hard to manage on her husband’s income. So this year she did something more than a hobby (业余爱好): She planted vegetables in her yard. For her fist garden, Ms Feeley has put in 15 tomato plants, and five rows of a variety of vegetables. The family’s old farm house has become a chicken house, its residents arriving next month. Last year, Ms. Rita Gartin kept a small garden. This year she has made it much larger because, she said ,“The cost of everything is going up and I was looking to lose a few pounds, too; so it’s a win-win situation all around.”‎ They are among the growing number of Americans who, driven by higher living costs and a falling economy(经济), have taken up vegetable gardening for the first time. Others have increased the size of their existing gardens. Seed companies and garden shops say that not since the 1970s has there been such an increase in interest in growing food at home. Now many gardens across the country have been sold out for several months. In Austin‎, ‎Tex.‎, some of the gardens have a three-year waiting list.‎ George C. Ball Jr., owner of a company, said sales of vegetable seeds and plants are up by 40% over last year, double the average growth of the last five years. Mr. Ball argues that some of the reasons have been building for the last few years. The big one is striking rise in the cost of food like bread and milk, together with the increases in the price of fruit and vegetables. Food prices have increase because of higher oil prices. People are now driving less, taking fewer vacations, so there more time to garden.‎ ‎68. What does the word “residents” in Paragraph 1 probably refer to?‎ A. chickens B. tomatoes C. gardens D. people ‎69. By saying “a win-win situation all around”，Ms.Gartin means that ______.‎ ‎ A. she is happier and her garden bigger B. she may spend less and lose weight ‎ C. she is selling more and buying less D. she has grown more varieties of vegetables ‎70. 65. Why is vegetable gardening becoming increasingly popular?‎ A. More Americans are dong it for fun. B. The price of oil is lower than before.‎ C. There’s a growing need for fruits. D. The cost of living is on the rise.‎ ‎71. Which of the following might be the best title for the text?‎ A. Family Food Planning B. Banking on Gardening C. A Belt-tightening Move D. Gardening as a Hobby E Wanted, Someone for a Kiss We’re looking for producers to join us in the sound of London 100 FM. You’ll work on the station’s music programmes. Music production experience in radio is necessary, along with rich knowledge of modern dance music. Please apply in writing to Producer Vacancies, Kiss 100.‎ Father Christmas We’re looking for a very special person, preferably over 40, to fill our Father Christmas suit.‎ Working days: Every Saturday from November 24 to December 15 and every day from December 17 to December 24 except Sunday, 10:30—16:00‎ Excellent pay.‎ Please contact (联系) the Enterprise Shopping Centre, Station Parade, Eastbourne.‎ Accountants Assistant ‎ When you join the them in our Revenue Administration Unit, you will be providing assistance within all parts of the Revenue Division, dealing with post and other general duties. If you are educated to GCSE grade C level we would like to talk to you. This position is equally suitable for a school leaver or for somebody who has office experience.‎ Wealden District Council Software Trainer ‎ If you are aged 24-45 and have experience in teaching and training, you could be the person we are looking for. You should be good at the computer and have some experience in programme writing. You will be allowed to make your own decisions, and to design courses as well as present them. Pay upwards of ￡15,000 for the right person. Please apply by sending your CV (简历) to Mrs R. Oglivie, Palmlace Limited.‎ ‎72. Who should you get in touch with if you hope to work in a radio station?‎ A. Producer Vacancies, Kiss 100. B. Mrs Oglivie, Palmlace Limited. ‎ C. The Enterprise Shopping Centre. D. Wealden District Council.‎ ‎73. We learn from the ads that the Enterprise Shopping Centre needs a person who ______.‎ A. is aged between 24 and 40 B. may do some training work ‎ C. should deal with general duties D. can work for about a month ‎74. which position is open to recent school graduates?‎ A. Producer, London Kiss. B. Father Christmas.‎ C. Accountants Assistant D. Software Trainer ‎75.What kind of person would probably apply to Palmlace Limited?‎ A. One with GCSE grade C level. B. One with some office experience.‎ C. One having good computer knowledge D. One trained in producing music programmes.‎ 第三部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）‎ 第一节 （共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）‎ ‎ 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在 答题卡上将该项涂黑。‎ A Are you looking for some new and exciting places to take your kids to? Try some of these places:‎ ‎·Visit art museums. They offer a variety of activities to excite your kids' interest. Many offer workshops for making hand-made pieces, traveling exhibits, book signings (签名) by children's favorite writers, and even musical performances and other arts.‎ ‎·Head to a natural history museum. This is where kids can discover the past from dinosaur models to rock collections and pictures of stars in the sky. Also, ask what kind of workshops and educational programs are prepared for kids and any special events that are coming up.‎ ‎·Go to a Youtheater. Look for one in your area offering plays for child and family visitors. Pre-show play shops are conducted by area artists and educators where kids can discover the secret about performing arts. Puppet (木偶) making and stage make-up are just a couple of the special offerings you might find. ‎ ‎·Try hands-on science. Visit one of the many hands-on science museums around the country. These science play-lands are great fun for kids and grown-ups alike. They'll keep your child mentally and physically active the whole day through while pushing buttons, experimenting, and building. When everyone is tired, enjoy a fun family science show, commonly found in these museums.‎ ‎56. If a child is interested in the universe, he probably will visit _______.‎ A. a Youtheater B. an art museum ‎ C. a natural history museum D. a hands-on science museum ‎57. What can kids do at a Youtheater?‎ A. Look at rock collections.‎ B. See dinosaur models.‎ C. Watch puppet making.‎ D. Give performances.‎ ‎58. What does "hands-on science" mean in the last paragraph?‎ A. Science games designed by kids.‎ B. Learning science by doing things.‎ C. A show of kids' science work.‎ D. Reading science books.‎ ‎59. Where does this text probably come from?‎ A. A science textbook.‎ B. A tourist map.‎ C. A museum guide.‎ D. A news report.‎ B Honey from the African forest is not only a kind of natural sugar, it is also delicious. Most people, and many animals, like eating it. However, the only way for them to get that honey is to find a wild bees' nest and take the honey from it. Often, these nests are high up in trees, and it is difficult to find them. In parts of Africa, though, people and animals looking for honey have a strange and unexpected helper - a little bird called a honey guide.‎ The honey guide does not actually like honey, but it does like the wax in the beehives (蜂房). The little bird cannot reach this wax, which is deep inside the bees' nest. So, when it finds a suitable nest, it looks for someone to help it. The honey guide gives a loud cry that attracts the attention of both passing animals and people. Once it has their attention, it flies through the forest, waiting from time to time for the curious animal or person as it leads them to the nest. When they finally arrive at the nest, the follower reaches in to get at the delicious honey as the bird patiently waits and watches. Some of the honey, and the wax, always falls to the ground, and this is when the honey guide takes its share.‎ Scientists do not know why the honey guide likes eating the wax, but it is very determined in its efforts to get it. The birds seem to be able to smell wax from a long distance away. They will quickly arrive whenever a beekeeper is taking honey from his beehives, and will even enter churches when beeswax candles are being lit.‎ ‎60. Why is it difficult to find a wild bees' nest?‎ A. It's small in size.‎ B. It's hidden in trees.‎ C. It's covered with wax.‎ D. It's hard to recognize.‎ ‎61. What do the words "the follower" in Paragraph 2 refer to?‎ A. A bee.‎ B. A bird.‎ C. A honey seeker.‎ D. A beekeeper.‎ ‎62. The honey guide is special in the way _______.‎ A. it gets its food B. it goes to church C. it sings in the forest D. it reaches into bees' nests ‎63. What can be the best title for the text?‎ A. Wild Bees B. Wax and Honey C. Beekeeping in ‎Africa D. Honey-Lover's Helper C About twenty of us had been fortunate enough to receive invitations to a film-studio (影棚) to take part in a crowd-scene. Although our "act" would last only for a short time, we could see quite a number of interesting things.‎ We all stood at the far end of the studio as workmen prepared the scene, setting up trees at the edge of a winding path. Very soon, bright lights were turned on and the big movie-camera was wheeled into position. The director shouted something to the camera operator and then went to speak to the two famous actors nearby. Since it was hot in the studio, it came as a surprise to us to see one of the actors put on a heavy overcoat and start walking along the path. A big fan began blowing tiny white feathers down on him, and soon the trees were covered in "snow". Two more fans were turned on, and a "strong wind" blew through the trees. The picture looked so real that it made us feel cold.‎ The next scene was a complete contrast (对比).The way it was filmed was quite unusual. Pictures taken on an island in the Pacific were shown on a glass screen. An actor and actress stood in front of the scene so that they looked as if they were at the water's edge on an island. By a simple trick like this, palm trees, sandy beaches, and blue, clear skies had been brought into the studio!‎ Since it was our turn next, we were left wondering what scene would be prepared for us. For a full three minutes in our lives we would be experiencing the excitement of being film "Stars"!‎ ‎64. Who is the author?‎ A. A cameraman.‎ B. A film director.‎ C. A crowd-scene actor.‎ D. A workman for scene setting.‎ ‎65. What made the author feel cold?‎ A. The heavy snowfall.‎ B. The man-made scene.‎ C. The low temperature.‎ D. The film being shown.‎ ‎66. What would happen in the "three minutes" mentioned, in the last paragraph?‎ A. A new scene would be filmed.‎ B. More stars would act in the film.‎ C. The author would leave the studio.‎ D. The next scene would be prepared.‎ D Grown-ups are often surprised by how well they remember something they learned as children but have never practiced ever since. A man who has not had a chance to go swimming for years can still swim as well as ever when he gets back in the water. He can get on a bicycle after many years and still ride away. He can play catch and hit a ball as well as his son. A mother who has not thought about the words for years can teach her daughter the poem that begins "Twinkle, twinkle, little star" or remember the story of Cinderella or Goldilocks and the Three Bears.‎ One explanation is the law of overlearning, which can be stated as follows: Once we have learned something, additional learning trials increase the length of time we will remember it. ‎ In childhood we usually continue to practice such skills as swimming, bicycle riding, and playing baseball long after we have learned them. We continue to listen to and remind ourselves of words such as "Twinkle, twinkle, little star" and childhood tales such as Cinderella and Goldilocks. We not only learn but overlearn.‎ ‎ The multiplication tables (乘法口诀表) are an exception to the general rule that we forget rather quickly the things that we learn in school, because they are another of the things we overlearn in childhood.‎ The law of overlearning explains why cramming (突击学习) for an examination, though it may result in a passing grade, is not a satisfactory way to learn a college course. By cramming, a student may learn the subject well enough to get by on the examination, but he is likely soon to forget almost everything he learned. A little overlearning, on the other hand, is really necessary for one's future development.‎ ‎67. What is the main idea of Paragraph 1?‎ A. People remember well what they learned in childhood.‎ B. Children have a better memory than grown-ups.‎ C. Poem reading is a good way to learn words.‎ D. Stories for children are easy to remember.‎ ‎68. The author explains the law of overlearning by _______.‎ ‎ A. presenting research findings B. setting down general rules ‎ C. making a comparison D. using examples ‎69. According to the author, being able to use multiplication tables is _______.‎ A. a result of overlearning ‎ B. a special case of cramming ‎ C. a skill to deal with math problems ‎ D. a basic step towards advanced studies ‎70. What is the author's opinion on cramming?‎ A. It leads to failure in college exams.‎ B. It's helpful only in a limited way.‎ C. It's possible to result in poor memory.‎ D. It increases students' learning interest.‎ 第二节 （共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）‎ 根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。‎ Kids' health: Four steps for fighting stress Everybody gets stressed time to time. 71 Some ways of dealing with stress 一like screaming or hitting someone一don't solve (解决) much. But other ways, like talking to someone you trust, can lead you to solving your problem or at least feeling better.‎ Try taking these four steps. the next time you are stressed:‎ ‎(1) Get support. When you need help, reach out to the people who care about you. Talk to a trusted adult, such as a parent or other relatives. 72 They might have had similar problems, such as dealing with a test, or the death of a beloved pet.‎ ‎ (2) Don't take it out on yourself. Sometimes when kids are stressed and upset they take it out on themselves. Oh, dear, that's not a good idea. Remember that there are always people to help you. Don't take it out on yourself. 73 ‎ ‎ (3) Try to solve the problem. After you're calm and you have support from adults and friends, it's time to get down to business. 74 Even if you can't solve it all, you can solve a piece of it.‎ ‎ (4) Be positive. Most stress is temporary(暂时的). Remember stress does go away, especially when you figure out the problem and start working on solving it. ‎ These steps aren't magic, but they do work. And if you can stay positive as you you’re your way through a tough time, you'll help yourself feel better even faster. 75 ‎ A. Ask for a helping hand to get you through the tough situation.‎ B. Notice your friends' feelings and find a way to help them.‎ C. Different people feel stress in different ways.‎ D. Ah, it feels so good when the stress is gone.‎ E. You need to figure out what the problem is.‎ F. And don't forget about your friends.‎ G. Then, find a way to calm down.‎ 第三部分 阅读理解 ‎（共两节，满分40分）‎ 第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）‎ 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。‎ ‎ A Some people will do just about anything to save money. And I am one of them .Take my family’s last vacation .It was my six-year-old son’s winter break form school ,and we were heading ‎ home form Fort Lauderdale after a weeklong trip. The flight was overbooked ,and Delta , the airline ,offered us $400 per person in credits to give up our seats and leave the next day .I had meeting in New York，So I had to get back . But that didn't mean my husband and my son couldn't stay. I took my nine-month-old and took off for home.‎ The next day my husband and son were offered more credits to take an even later flight.‎ Yes, I encouraged一okay, ordered-them to wait it out at the airport, to "earn" more Delta Dollars. Our total take: $1,600. Not bad, huh?‎ ‎ Now some people may think I'm a bad mother and not such a great wife either. But as a big-time bargain hunter, I know the value of a dollar. And these days, a good deal is some-timething few of us can afford to pass up.‎ ‎ I've made living looking for the best deals and exposing (揭露) the worst tricks .I ‎ have been the consumer reporter of NBC's Today show for over a decade. I have written a couple of books including one titled Tricks of the Trade: A Consumer Survival Guide. And I really do what I believe in.I tell you this because there is no shame in getting your money’s worth. I’m also tightfisted when it comes to shoes, clothes for my children,and expensive restaurants.But I wouldn't hesitate to spend on a good haircut. It keeps its longer, and it's the first thing people notice. And I will also spend on a classic piece of furniture. Quality lasts.‎ ‎56. Why did Delta give the author's family credits?‎ A. They took a later flight. B. They had early bookings.‎ C. Their flight had been delayed. D. Their flight had been cancelled.‎ ‎57. What can we learn about the author?‎ A. She rarely misses a good deal. B. She seldom makes a compromise.‎ C. She is very strict with her children D. She is interested in cheap products.‎ ‎58. What does the author do?‎ A. She's a teacher. B. She's a housewife.‎ C. She's a media person. D. She's a businesswoman.‎ ‎59. What does the author want to tell us?‎ A.How to expose bad tricks. B. How to reserve airline seats.‎ C. How to spend money wisely, D. How to make a business deal.‎ B ‎ They baby is just one day old and has not yet left hospital. She is quiet but alert (警觉)。Twenty centimeters from her face researchers have placed a white card with two black spots On it.She stares at it carefully . A researcher removes the card and replaces it by another, this time with the spots differently spaced. As the cards change from one to the other,her gaze(凝视) starts to lose its focus - until a third, with three black spots, is presented. Her gaze returns；she looks at it for twice as long as she did at the previous card. Can she tell that the number two is different from three, just 24 hours after coming into the world?‎ ‎ Or do newborns simply prefer more to fewer? The same experiment,but with three spots shown before two, shows the same return of interest when the number of spots changes.Perhaps it is just the newness? When slightly older babies were shown cards with pictures of objects(a comb,a key,an orange and so on),changing the number of objects had an effect separate from changing the objects themselves.Could it be the pattern that two things make,as opposed to three? No again.Babies paid more attention to squares moving randomly on a screen when their number changed from two to three, or three to two. The effect even crosses between senses.Babies who were repeatedly shown two spots became more excited when they then heard three drumbeats than when they heard just two;likewist(同样地) when the researchers started with drumbeats and moved to spots.‎ ‎60.The experiment described in Paragraph 1 is related to the baby’s__.‎ A.sense of hearing. B.sense of sight. C.sense of touch. D.sense of smell.‎ ‎61.Babies are sensitive to the change in______.‎ A.the size of cards. B.the colour of pictures. C.the shape of patterns. D.the number of objects.‎ ‎62.Why did the researchers test the babies with drumbeats?‎ A.To reduce the difficulty of the experiment. B.To see how babies recognize sounds.‎ C.To carry their experiment further. D.To keep the babies’ interest.‎ ‎63.Where does this text probably come from?‎ A.Science fiction. B.Children’s literature. C.An advertisement. D.A science report.‎ C It happened to me recently.Iwas telling someone how much Ihad enjoyed reading Barack Obama’s Dreams From My Father and how it had changed my views of our President.A friend Iwas talking to agreed with me that it was ,in his words,“a brilliantly（精彩地）written book”.however,he then went on to talk abour Mr Obama in a way which suggested he had no idea of his background at all .Isensed that Iwas talking to a book liar.‎ And it seems that my friend is not the only one.Approximately two thirds of people have lied about reading a book which they haven’t .In the World Book Day’s“Report on Guilty Secrets”,Dreams From My Father is at number 9.The report lists ten books,and various authors,which people have lied about reading,and as I’m not one to lie too often (I’d hate to be caught out ),I’lladmit here and now that I haven’t read the entire top ten .But I am pleased to say that,unlike 42 percent of peoplt,I have read the book at number one ,George Orwell’s 1984.I think it’s really brilliant.‎ The World Book Day report also has some other interesting information in it.It says that many people lie about having read jane Austen,Charles Dickens,Fyodor Dostoevsky(I haven’t read him,but haven’t lied about it either )and Herman Melville.‎ A sked why they lied,the most common reason was to“impress”someone they were speaking to.This coule be tricky if the conversation became more in –depth!‎ But when asked which authors they actually enjoy,people named J.k.Rowling,John Grisham,Sophie Kinsella(ah,the big sellers,in other words).Forty-two percent of people asked admitted they turned to the back of the book to read the end before finishing the story(I’ll come clean:I do this and am astonished that 58 percent said they had never dome so).‎ ‎64.How did the author find his friend a book liar?‎ A.By judging his manner of speaking. B.By looking into his background.‎ C.By mentioning a famous name. D.By discussing the book it self.‎ ‎65.Which of the following is a“guilty secret ”according to the World Book Day report?‎ A.Charles Dickens is very low on the top-ten list. B.42% of people pretended to have read 1984.‎ C.The author admitted having read 9 books. D.Dreams From My Father is hardly read.‎ ‎66.By lying about reading ,a person hopes to .‎ A.control the conversationB.appear knowledgeableC.learn about the bookD.make more friends ‎67.What is the suthor’s attitude to 58%of readers?‎ A.Favorable. B.Uncaring C.Doubtful D.Friendly D The National Gallery Description:‎ ‎ The National Gallery is the British national art museum built on the north side of European art ranging from 13th-century religious paintings to more modern ones by Renoir and Van Gogh.The older collections of the gallery are reached through the main entrance while the more modern works in the East Wing are most easily reached from Trafalgar Square by a ground floor entrance Layout:‎ The modern Sainsbury Wing on the western side of the buileing houses 13th-to15th-century paintings,and artists include Duccio,Uccello,Van Eyck,Lippi,Mantegna,Botticelli and Memling.‎ The main West Wing houses 16th-century paintings ,and artists include Leonardo ‎ da Vinci,Cranach,Michelangelo,Raphael,Bruegel,Bronzino,Titan and Veronest.‎ The North Wing houses 17th-century paintings,and artists include Caravaggio,Rubens,Poussin,Van Dyck,Velazquez,Claude and Vermeer.‎ The East Wing houses 18th-to early 20th-century paintings,and artists include Canaletto,Goya,Turner,Constable,Renoir and Van Gogh Opening Hours:‎ The Gallery is open every day from 10am to 6pm（Fridays 10anm to 9pm）and is free, but charges apply to some special exhibitions.‎ Getting There:‎ Nearest underground stations: Charing Cross（2-minute walk）. Leicester Square（3-minute walk）,Embankment（7-minute walk）,and Piccadilly Circus（8-minute walk）.‎ ‎68．In which century’s collection can you see religious paintings?‎ ‎ A．The 13th B．The 17th C．The 18th D．The 20th ‎69．Where are Leonardo da Vinci’s works shown?‎ ‎ A．In the East Wing. B．In the main West Wing. C．In the Sainsbury Wing. D．In the North Wing.‎ ‎70．Which underground station is closest to the National Gallery?‎ ‎ A．Piccadilly Circus. B．Leicester Square. C．Embankment. D．Charing Cross.‎ 第二节(共5小题:每小题2分，满分10分)‎ 根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项·‎ 选项中有两项为多余选项。‎ Business is the organized approach to providing customers with the goods and services they want.The eord business also refers yo an organization that provides these goods and services.Most business seek to make a profit(利润)-that aim to achieve income that is more than the costs of operating the business. 71 Commonly called nonprofits,these organizations areprimarily nongovernmental service providers.‎ ‎ Business management is a term used to describe the techniques of planning, direction,and control of the operations of a business. 73 One is the establishment (制定)of broad basic policies with respect to production; sales; the purchase of equipment, materials and and supplies; and accounting. 74 The third relates to the establishment of standards of word in all departments. Direction is concerned primarily with supervision(监管)and guidance by the management in authority. 75 ‎ A. Control includes the use of records and reports to compare actual work with the set standards for work.‎ B. In this connection there is the difference between top management and operative management.‎ C.Examples of nonprofit business top management and operative management.‎ D. However, some businesses only seek to enough to cover their operating costs E. The second aspect relates to the application of these policies by departments.‎ F. In the theory of business management, organization has two main aspects.‎ G Planning in business management has three main aspects.‎ 第二部分阅读理解 （共两节，满分60分）‎ 第一节 （共15小题;每小题3分，满分45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 ，并在题卡上将该项涂黑。 ‎ A ‎ The Cambridge Science Festival Curiosity Challenge ‎ Dare to Take the Curiosity Challenge!‎ The Cambridge Science Festival (CSF) is pleased to inform you of the sixth annual Curiosity Challenge. The challenge invites , even dares school students between the ages of 5 and 14 to create artwork or a piece of writing that shows their curiosity how it inspires them to explore their world.‎ Students are being dared to draw a picture, write an article, take a photo or write a poem that shows what they are curious about. To enter the challenge, all artwork or pieces of writing should be sent to the Cambridge Science Festival, MIT‎ ‎Museum, ‎265 Mass Avenue, ‎ Students who enter the Curiosity Challenge and are selected as winners will be honor at a special ceremony during the CSF on Sunday, April 21st. Guest speakers will also present prizes to the students. Winning entries will be published in a book. Student entries will exhibited and prizes will be given. Families of those who take part will be included in celebration and brunch will be served.‎ Between March 10th and March 15h, each winner will be given the specifics of the closing ceremony and the Curiosity Challenge celebration. The program guidelines and other related information are available at :http:// cambridgesciencefestival.org.‎ ‎21. Who can take part in the Curiosity Challenge?‎ A. School students. B. Cambridge locals.‎ C. CSF winners. D. MIT artists.‎ ‎22. When will the prize-giving ceremony be held?‎ A. On February 8th. B. On March 10th.‎ C. On March 15th D. On April 21st.‎ ‎23. What type of writing is this text?‎ A .An exhibition guide. B. An art show review.‎ C. An announcement. D. An official report.‎ ‎ ‎ B Passenger pigeons (旅鸽)once flew over much of the United States in unbelievable numbers. Written accounts from the 18th and 19th centuries described flocks (群)so large that they the sky for hours. It was calculated that when it populationzxxk reached its highest point ,they were more than 3billlion passenger pigeons—a number equal to 24 to 40 percent of the total bird population in the United States, making it perhaps the most abundant bird in the world. Even as late as 1870 when their numbers had already become smaller, a flock believed to be 1 mile wide and 320 miles (about 515 kilometers) long was seen near Cincinnati.‎ ‎ Sadly the abundance of passenger pigeons may have been their undoing. Where the birds were most abundant, people believed there was an ever-lasting supply and killed them by the thousands, Commercial hunters attracted them to small clearings with grain, waited until pigeons had settled to feed, then threw large nets over them, taking hundreds at a time. The birds were shipped to large cities and sold in restaurants.‎ ‎ By the closing decades of the 19th century ,the hardwood forests where passenger pigeons nested had been damaged by American’s need for wood, which scattered (驱散) the flocks and forced the birds to go farther north, where cold temperatures and storms contributed to their ‎ decline. Soon the great flocks were gone, never to be seen again.‎ ‎ In 1897, the state of Michigan passed a law prohibiting the killing of passenger pigeons but by then, no sizable flocks had been seen in the state for 10 years. The last confirmed wi pigeon in the United States was shot by a boy in Pike County‎, ‎Ohio, in 1900. For a time , a few birds survived under human care. The last of them, known affectionately as Martha, died at the Cincinnati‎ ‎Zoological Garden on September 1, 1914.‎ ‎24. In the 18th and early 19teh centuries, passenger pigeons____.‎ ‎ A. were the biggest bird in the world B. lived mainly in the south of ‎America C. did great harm to the natural environment D. were the largest bird population in the Us ‎25. The underlined word “ undoing” probably refers to the pigeons’ ____.‎ A. escape B. ruin C. liberation D. evolution ‎26. What was the main reason for people to kill passenger pigeons?‎ A. To seek pleasure. B. To save other birds.‎ C. To make money. D. To protect crops.‎ ‎27. What can we infer about the law passed in Michigan?‎ A. It was ignored by the public. B. It was declared too late.‎ C. It was unfair. D. It was strict.‎ ready is one of the habits of successful people. If you have somewhere you want to go, something you want to accomplish, someone you want to become…take immediate action. If you’re clear about where you want to go, the rest of the world will either help you get there or get out of the way.‎ ‎28. Why does the lion tamer use a chair? ‎ A. To trick the lion. B. To show off his skills.‎ C. To get ready for a fight. D. To entertain the audience.‎ ‎29. In what sense are people similar to a lion facing a chair?‎ A. They feel puzzled over choices. B. They hold on to the wrong things.‎ C. They find it hard to make changes. D. They have to do something for show ‎30. What is the author’s attitude towards the expert mentioned in Paragraph3?‎ A. Tolerant. B. Doubtful. C. Respectful. D. Supportive.‎ ‎31. When the world is “ waving a chair in your face”, you’re advised to _____‎ A. wait for a better chance B. break your old habits C. make a quick decision D. ask for clear guidance D.‎ As more and more people speak the global languages of English, Chinese, Spanish, and Arabic, other languages are rapidly disappearing. In fact, half of the 6,000-7,000 languages spoken around the world today will likely die out by the next century, according to the United Nations zxxkEducational , Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). In an effort to prevent language loss, scholars from a number of organizations _UNESCO and National Geographic among them—have for many years been documenting dying languages and the cultures they reflect. Mark Turin, a scientist at the Macmillan Centre Yale University, who specializes in the languages and oral traditions of the Himalayas, is following in that tradition. His recently ‎ published book, A Grammar of Thangmi with an Ethnolinguistic Introduction to the Speakers and zxxkTheir Culture, grows out of his experience living, working, and raising a family in a village in Nepal. Documenting the Thangmi language and culture is just a starting point for Turin, who seeks to include other languages and oral traditions across the Himalayan reaches of India , Nepal, Bhutan, and China . But he is not content to simply record these voices before they disappear without record. At the University‎ of ‎Cambridge Turin discovered a wealth of important materials-including photographs, films, tape recordings, and field notes—which had remained unstudied and were badly in need of care and protection. Now, through the two organizations that he has founded –the Digital Himalaya Project and the World Oral Literature Project __Turin has started a campaign to make suchzxxk documents, for the world available not just to scholars but to the younger generations of communities from whom the materials were originally collected. Thanks to digital technology and the widely available Internet, Turin notes, the endangered languages can be saved and reconnected with speech communities.32. Many scholars are making efforts to ______.‎ A. promote global languages B. rescue disappearing languages C. search for language communities D. set up language research organizations.‎ ‎33. What does “that tradition’ in Paragraph 3 refer to ?‎ A. Having full records of the languages B. Writing books on language teaching.‎ C. Telling stories about language users D. Living with the native speaker.‎ ‎34. What is Turin’s book based on?‎ A. The cultual studies B. The documents available at Yale. ‎ C. His language research in Bhutan. D. His personal experience in Nepal. ‎ ‎35. Which of the following best describe Turin’s work?‎ A. Write, sell and donate. B. Record, repair and reward.‎ C. Collect, protect and reconnect. D. Design, experiment and report.‎ 第二节（共5小题；每小题3分，满分15 分） ‎ ‎ 根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。 ‎ The jobs of the future have not yet been invented. 36 . By helping them develop classic skills that will serve them well no matter what the future holds.‎ ‎1.Curiosity Your children need to be deeply curious. 37. Ask kids, “What ingredients (配料)can we add to make these pancakes even better next time ?” and then try them out. Ingredients make the pancakes better? What could we try next time?‎ ‎ 2. Creativity True creativity is the ability to take something existing and create something new 38. There are a dozen different things you can do with them. Experimenting with materials to create something new can go a long way in helping them develop their creativity.‎ ‎3.Personal skills Understanding how others feel can be a challenge for kids. We know what’s going on inside our own head, but what about others? Being able to read people helps kid from misreading a situation and jumping to false conclusions. 39 . “Why do you think she’s crying?” “Can you tell how that ‎ man is feeling by looking at his face?” “If someone were to do that to you, how would you feel?”‎ ‎4. Self Expression ‎40 there are many ways to express thoughts and ideas –music, acting, drawing,building, photography. You may find that your child is attracted by one more than another.‎ A. Encourage kids to cook with you.‎ B. And we can’t forget science education.‎ C. We can give kids chances to think about materials in new ways.‎ D. So how can we help our kids prepare for jobs that don’t yet exist?‎ E. Gardening is another great activity for helping kids develop this skill.‎ F. We can do this in real life or ask questions about characters in stories.‎ G. Being able to communicate ideas in a meaningful way is a valuable skill.‎ 第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分60分）‎ 第一节 ‎（共15小题；每小题3分，满分45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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。‎ A Monthly Talks at ‎London‎ Canal ‎Museum ‎ Our monthly talks start at 19:30 on the first Thursday of each month except August. Admission is at normal charges and you don’t need to book. They end around 21:00.‎ November 7th The Canal Pioneers, by Chris Lewis. James Brindley is recognized as one of the leading early canal engineers. He was also a major player in training others in the art of canal planning and building. Chris Lewis will explain how Brindley made such a positive contribution to the education of that group of early “civil engineers”.‎ December 5th Ice for the Metropolis, by Malcolm Tucker. Well before the arrival of freezers, there was a demand for ice for food preservation and catering, Malcolm will explain the history of importing natural ice and the technology of building ice wells, and how London’s ice trade grew.‎ February 6th An Update on the Cotsword Canals, by Liz Payne. The Stroudwater‎ ‎Canal is moving towards reopening. The Thames and Severn‎ ‎Canal will take a little longer. We will have a report on the present state of play.‎ March 6th Eyots and Aits-‎‎ Thames ‎Islands, by Miranda Vickers. The Thames had many islands. Miranda has undertaken a review of all of them. She will tell us about those of greatest interest.‎ Online bookings:www.canalmuseum.org.uk/book More into:www.canalmuseum.org.uk/whatson London‎ Canal ‎Museum ‎12-13 New Wharf Road‎, ‎London NI 9RT www.canalmuseum.org.ukwww.canalmuseum.mobi ‎ Tel:020 77130836‎ ‎21. When is the talk on James Brindley?‎ A. February 6th.‎ B. March 6th.‎ C. November 7th.‎ D. December 5th.‎ ‎22. What is the topic of the talk in February?‎ A. The Canal Pioneers.‎ B. Ice for the Metropolis C. Eyots and ‎Aits-‎‎ Thames ‎Islands D. An Update on the Cotsword Canals ‎23. Who will give the talk on the islands in the Thames.‎ A. Miranda Vickers B. Malcolm Tucker C. Chris Lewis D. Liz Payne B The freezing Northeast hasn’t been a terribly fun place to spend time this winter, so when the chance came for a weekend to Sarasota‎, ‎Florida, my bags were packed before you could say “sunshine”. I left for the land of warmth and vitamin C(维生素C), thinking of beaches and orange trees. When we touched down to blue skies and warm air, I sent up a small prayer of gratefulness. Swimming pools, wine tasting, and pink sunsets(at normal evening hours, not 4 in the afternoon)‎ ‎ filled the weekend, but the best part- particularly to my taste, dulled by months of cold- weather root vegetables- was a 7 a.m. adventure to the Sarasota farmers’ market that proved to be more than worth the early wake-up call.‎ ‎ The market, which was founded in 1979, sets up its tents every Saturday from 7:00 am to 1 p.m, rain or shine, along North Lemon and State streets. Baskets of perfect red strawberries, the red-painted sides of the Java Dawg coffee truck; and most of all, the tomatoes: amazing, large, soft and round red tomatoes.‎ Disappointed by many a broken, vine-ripened(蔓上成熟的) promise, I’ve refused to buy winter tomatoes for years. No matter how attractive they look in the store, once I get them home they’re unfailingly dry, hard, and tasteless. But I homed in, with uncertainty, on one particular table at the Brown’s Grove Farm’s stand, full of fresh and soft tomatoes the size of my fist. These were the real deal- and at that moment, I realized that the best part of Sarasota in winter was going to be eating things that back home in New York I wouldn’t be experiencing again for months.‎ ‎ Delighted as I was by the tomatoes in sight, my happiness deepened when I learned that Brown’s Grove Farm is one of the suppliers for Jack Dusty, a newly opened restaurant at the Sarasota Ritz Carlton, where- luckily for me- I was planning to have dinner that very night. Without even seeing the menu, I knew I’d be ordering every tomato on it.‎ ‎24. What did the author think of her winter life in New York?‎ A. Exciting. B. Boring. C. Relaxing. D. Annoying.‎ ‎25. What made the author’s getting up late early worthwhile?‎ A. Having a swim.‎ B. Breathing in fresh air.‎ C. Walking in the morning sun.‎ D. Visiting a local farmer’s market.‎ ‎26. What can we learn about tomatoes sold in New York in winter?‎ A. They are soft.‎ B. They look nice.‎ C. They taste great.‎ D. They are juicy.‎ ‎27. What was the author going to that evening?‎ A. Go to a farm. ‎ B. Check into a hotel.‎ C. Eat in a restaurant.‎ D. Buy fresh vegetable C Salvador Dali (1904-1989) was one of the most popular of modern artists. The Pompidou Centre in Paris is showing its respect and admiration for the artist and his powerful personality with an exhibition bringing together over 200 paintings, sculptures, drawings and more. Among the works and masterworks on exhibition the visitor will find the best pieces, most importantly The Persistence of Memory. There is also L’Enigme sans Fin from 1938, works on paper, objects, and projects for stage and screen and selected parts from television programmes reflecting the artist’s showman qualities.‎ The visitor will enter the World of Dali through an egg and is met with the beginning, the world of birth. The exhibition follows a path of time and subject with the visitor exiting through the brain.‎ The exhibition shows how Dali draws the viewer between two infinities (无限). “From the infinity small to the infinity large, contraction and expansion coming in and out of focus: amazing Flemish accuracy and the showy Baroque of old painting that he used in his museum-theatre in Figueras,” explains the Pompidou Centre.‎ The fine selection of the major works was done in close collaboration (合作)with the Museo Nacional Reina Sofia in Madrid, Spain, and with contributions from other institutions like the Salvador Dali Museum in St. Petersburg.‎ ‎28. Which of the following best describe Dali according to Paragraph 1?‎ A. Optimistic. B. Productive C. Generous. D. Traditional.‎ ‎29. What is Dali’s The Persistence of Memory considered to be?‎ ‎ A. One of his masterworks.‎ ‎ B. A successful screen adaptation.[来源:学科网]‎ ‎ C. An artistic creation for the stage.‎ ‎ D. One of the beat TV programmes.‎ ‎30. How are the exhibits arranged at the World of Dali?‎ A. By popularity.‎ B. By importance.‎ C. By size and shape.‎ D. By time and subject.‎ ‎31. What does the word “contributions” in the last paragraph refer to? ‎ ‎ A. Artworks. B. Projects. C. Donations. D. Documents.‎ D Conflict is on the menu tonight at the café La Chope. This evening, as on every Thursday night, psychologist Maud Lehanne is leading two of France’s favorite pastimes, coffee drinking and the “talking cure”. Here they are learning to get in touch with their true feelings. It isn’t always easy. They customers-some thirty Parisians who pay just under $2 (plus drinks) per session-care quick to intellectualize (高谈阔论)，slow to open up and connect. “You are forbidden to say ‘one feels,’ or ‘people think’,”Lehane told them. “Say ‘I think,’ ‘Think me’.”‎ A café society where no intellectualizing is allowed? It couldn’t seem more un-French. But Lehanne’s psychology café is about more than knowing oneself: It’s trying to help the city’s troubled neighborhood cafes. Over the years, Parisian cafes have fallen victim to changes in the French lifestyle-longer working hours, a fast food boom and a younger generation’s desire to spend more time at home. Dozens of new theme cafes appear to change the situation. Cafes focused around psychology, history, and engineering are catching on, filling tables well into the evening.‎ ‎ The city’s psychology cafes, which offer great comfort, are among the most popular places. Middle-aged homemakers, retirees, and the unemployed come to such cafes to talk about lover, anger, and dreams with a psychologist. And they come to Lehance’s group just to learn to say what they feel. There’s a strong need in Paris for communication, says Maurice Frisch, a cafe La Chope regular who works as religious instructor in a nearby church. “People have few real friends. And they need to open up” Lehanne says she’d like to see psychology cafes all over France. “If people had normal lives, these cafes would’t exist”, she says,”If life weren’t a battle, people wouln’t need a special place just to speak.” But them, it wouldn’t be France.‎ ‎32. What are people encouraged to do at the cafe La Chope?‎ A. Learn a new subject B. Keep in touch with friends.‎ C. Show off their knowledge.‎ D. Express their true feelings.‎ ‎33. How are cafes affected by French lifestyle changes?‎ A. They are less frequently visited.‎ B. They stay open for longer hours.‎ C. They have bigger night crowds.‎ D. They start to serve fast food.‎ ‎34. What are theme cafes expected to do?‎ A. Create more jobs.‎ B. Supply better drinks.‎ C. Save the cafe business.‎ D. Serve the neighborhood.‎ ‎35. Why are psychology cafes becoming popular in Paris?‎ A. They bring people true friendship.‎ B. They give people spiritual support.‎ C. They help people realize their dreams.‎ D. They offer a platform for business links.‎ 第二节 （共5小题，每小题2分，满分10分）‎ 根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，选项中有两项为多余选项。‎ Building Trust in a Relationship Again Trust is a learned behavior that we gain from past experiences, 36 .That is a risk. But you can’t be successful when there’s a lack of trust in a relationship that results from an action where the wrongdoer takes no responsibility to fix the mistake.‎ Unfortunately, we’ve all been victims of betrayal. Whether we’ve been suffer from, lied to , misled, or cheated on, there are different levels of losing trust. Sometimes people simply can’t trust anymore, 37. It’s understandable, but if you’re willing to build trust in a relationship again, we have some steps you can take to get you there.‎ l ‎38 having confidence in yourself will help you make better choices because you can see what the best outcome would be for your well-being.‎ l ‎39 If you’ve been betrayed, you are the victim of your circumstance. But there’s a difference between being a victim and living with a “victim mentality”. At some point in all of our lives, we’ll have our trust tested or violated.‎ l You didn’t lose “everything”. Once trust is lost, what is left? Instead of looking at the situation from this hopeless angle, look at everything you still have and be thankful for all of the good in your life. 40 instead, it’s a healthy way to work through the experience to allow room for positive growth and forgiveness.‎ A. Learn to really trust yourself.‎ B. It is putting confidence in someone.‎ C. Stop regarding yourself as the victim.‎ D. Remember that you can expect the best in return.‎ E. They’ve been too badly hurt and they can’t bear to let it happen again.‎ F. This knowledge carries over in their attitude toward their future relationships.‎ G. Seeing the positive side of things doesn’t mean you’re ignoring what happened.‎ ‎ 此题要求改正所给短文中的错误。对标有题号的每一行作出判断：如无错误，在该行右边横线上画一个勾(√)；如有错误(每行只有一个错误)，则按下列情况改正：‎ ‎ 此行多一个词：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。‎ ‎ 此行缺一个词：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。‎ ‎ 此行错一个词：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。‎ One of my unforgettable memory of my school in 76_______________‎ Xinjiang is that of lunches we brought from our homes. 77_______________‎ I hold my lunch-box in my hartd when I was going to 78_______________‎ school.The smell from it was very good. Since the lunch 79_______________‎ bell finally rang，my friends and I met under a tall tree 80_______________‎ and had our lunches.My best friend Aigulie Was used 81_______________‎ to share her Nang with me.Nang is a specially kind of 82_______________‎ cake in Xinjiang.I like them very much.Now Aigulie and 83. ______________‎ I study at different colleges or we can only see each other 84. ______________‎ during the summer vacation.I think over her a lot and I miss 85. ______________‎ the food and the good time we had together.‎ 第一节 短文改错（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）‎ 假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。‎ 增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（^），并在其下面写出该加的词。‎ 删除：把多余的词用斜线（）划掉。‎ 修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。‎ 注意：1. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；‎ ‎2. 只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。‎ I learned early in life that I had to be more patient and little aggressive. From the time I was about four until I was about six, I destroyed each of my toy. I was happy when the toys worked, but when things did wrong, I got angry and broke it. For a while parents bought me new toys. But before long they began to see which was happening. When I tear apart my fifth birthday toy train, my father said, "That's it. No more toys to you." My punishment lasted a year.‎ Meanwhile, I found out that with more patience I must make my toys to last.‎ My attitude changed from then on.‎ 第一节 短文改错（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）‎ ‎ 假定英语课上老师要求同桌中间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处，每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。‎ ‎ 增加：把缺词处叫个娄子符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词。‎ ‎ 删除： 把多余的词用斜线（）划掉。‎ ‎ 修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。‎ ‎ 注意：1. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；‎ ‎ 2. 只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。‎ ‎ I hardly remember my grandmother.She used to holding me on her knees and sing old songs.I was only four when she passes away.She is just a distant memory for me now.‎ ‎ I remember my grandfather very much.He was tall,with broad shoulder and a beard that turned from black toward gray over the years.He had a deep voice,which set himself apart from others in our small town,he was strong and powerful.In a fact,he even scared my classmates away during they came over to paly or do homeword with me.However, he was the gentlest man I have never known.‎ ‎ ‎ 第一节短文改错（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）‎ 假段定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。‎ 增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号()，并在其下面写出该加的词。‎ 删除：把多余的词用(＼)划掉。‎ 修改：在错的词下画一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。‎ 注意：1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；‎ ‎2． 只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。‎ ‎ Nearly five years before ,and with the help by our father, my sister and I planted some cherry tomatoes（圣女果）in our back garden, since then---for all these year---we had been allowing tomatoes to self seed where they please . As result, the plants are growing somewhere. The fruits are small in size, but juicy and taste. There are so much that we often share them with our neighbors .Although we allow tomato plants to grow in the same place year after year, but we have never had any disease or insect attack problem. We are growing wonderfully tomatoes at on cost! ‎ 第一节 短文改错（10分）‎ When I was a child, I hoped to live in the city. I think I would be happy there. Now I am living in a city ,but I miss my home in countryside. There the air is clean or the mountains are green. Unfortunately, on the development of industrialization, the environment has been polluted. Lots of studies have been shown that global warming has already become a very seriously problem. The airs we breathe in is getting dirtier and dirtier. Much rare animals are dying out . We must found ways to protect your environment. If we fail to do so ,we’ll live to regret it .‎