Ⅱ.完形填空/Close (20分) Volunteering is often so meaningful to people who try it that they are inspired to share their experiences with others. Read the personal 1 below to see how people who volunteer, are people 2 you. I've been singing and 3 poetry for four years. I've 4 since I was eight. I 5 to sing for my mother's friends, and then I started singing for charity galas 6 by church groups, women's clubs, the Lions Club, and stuff like that. I have three books of poetry and songs. A fourth is in 7 . I 8 all of the money from the books to children's charities.Money from my first book went to a school for deaf and blind kids in Great Falls, Montana, and to the Lions Club. They did a 9 called Sight First to help the blind. Money from the second book went to Home on the Range, a 10 for abused children and to the Feed the Children Fund for orphans in Bosnia. I 11 people at a local nursing home. I 12 the women's hair and they ask me to come by on Sundays and perform for them. I also sing for homebound hospice (临终安养院) 12 . I visit them and sing for them. I guess that's what's really 14 to me, when I sing to someone who is 15 , someone who is really sick, and who isn't 16 of much of what's happening, 17 when I've done these there's a smile on that person's face. I find that everyone needs love, everyone can give love, and that love is 18 everyone wants. Love is a 19 of giving.You change when you get older, but love is 20 . Love is the same when you are 7, 13, or 102.
[解析] 根据前面的“I find that everyone needs love, everyone can give love”可知,此处表示作者把love比喻成一个“链条”,总有人不断地付出爱,这种方式会持续下去。
20.
A.endless
B.temporary
C.contemporary
D.ageless
A B C D
D
[解析] endless无休止的,无穷尽的;temporary临时的,暂时的;contemporary当代的,同时代的;ageless青春永驻的,永恒的。根据前而的“You change when you get older”可以推知,此处文意为“随着时间的推移爱是永恒的”,所以选D。
Ⅲ.阅读理解/Reading comprehension (40分)
A Henry was an office worker in a big city. He worked very hard and enjoyed traveling in his holidays. He usually went to the seaside, but one year he saw an advertisement in a newspaper. "Enjoy country life. Spend a few weeks at West Hill Farm. Good food. Fresh air. Horse riding. Walking. Fishing. Cheap and interesting." "This sounds a good idea," he thought. "I'll spend a month at West Hill Farm. I think I can enjoy horse riding, walking and fishing. They'll make a change from sitting by the seaside and swimming." He wrote to the farmer. In the letter he said that he would like to spend all of July there. Then on the first of July, he left for West Hill Farm. But four days later, he returned home. "What was wrong with West Hill Farm?" his best friend, Ed, asked him. "Didn't you enjoy country life?" "Country life was very good," Henry said. "But there was another problem." "Oh. What?" "Well," he said, "the first day I was there a sheep died, and we had roast mutton for dinner." "What's wrong with that?" Ed asked. "Fresh meat is the best." "I know, but on the second day a cow died, and we had roast beef for dinner." "Lucky you!" "You don't understand," Henry said. "on the third day a pig died and We had roast pork for dinner." "A different meat every day," Ed said loudly, "and you are complaining!" "Let me finish," Henry said, "on the fourth day the farmer died, and I didn't dare (敢) stay for dinner!"
1. How did Henry find out about the farm?
A.He saw it in a newspaper advertisement.
B.His best friend told him.
C.He wrote to the farmer.
D.Maybe he learned it from the radio.
A B C D
A
[解析] 第二段的首句“...but one year he saw an advertisement in a newspaper. ”即是答案的出处。
2. Henry came back home several days later because ______.
A.he didn't like the country life at all
B.the farmer wasn't friendly to him
C.his holiday was over
D.he thought he might have to eat the farmer
A B C D
D
[解析] 根据第六段“Country life was very good...”可知,A项错误;B项文中没有提及;C项说法错误,题中说到Henry的假期是一个月,可他四天就回家了,因此假期没有结束。只有D项符合,故选D。
3. "...and you are complaining!" the word "complain" means ______.
A.夸奖
B.说三道四
C.抱怨
D.故弄玄虚
A B C D
C
[解析] 根据亨利的叙述可得出答案选C。
4. Which of the following sentences is TRUE?
A.Ed could eat a different kind of meat every day.
B.Henry thought he could enjoy a change.
C.Henry couldn't think of anything else to do, so he went to the farm.
D.The farmer died because of the bad meat he ate.
A B C D
B
[解析] 由文章第三段的最后一句“They'll make a change...”可知,答案选B。
B Paragraph 1 Scientists have learned a lot about the kinds of people need. They say that there are several kinds of food that people should eat every day, they are: (1) green and yellow vegetables of all kinds; (2) citrus (柑橘) fruits and tomatoes; (3) potatoes and other fruits and vegetables; (4) meat of all kinds, fish and eggs; (5) milk and foods made from milk; (6) bread or cereal (谷类), rice is also in this kind of food; (7) butter, or something like butter. Paragraph 2 People in different countries and different places of the world eat different kinds of things. Foods are cooked and eaten in many different kinds of ways. People in different countries eat at different times of the day. In some places people eat once or twice a day; In other countries people eat three or four times a day. Scientists say that none of the differences is really important. It doesn't matter whether foods are eaten raw or cooked, canned (罐装的) or frozen (冷冻的). It doesn't matter if a person eats dinner at 4 o'clock in the afternoon or at eleven o'clock at night. The important thing is what you eat every day. Paragraph 3 There are two problems, then, in feeding the large number of people on the earth. The first is to find some way to feed the world's population so that no one is hungry. The second is to make sure that people everywhere have the right kinds of food to make them grow to be strong and healthy.
1. According to (依据) the scientists, which of the following groups of food is the healthiest for your lunch?
A.Chicken, apples, cereal and cabbages.
B.Potatoes, carrots, rice and bread.
C.Oranges, bananas, fish and tomatoes.
D.Beef, pork, fish and milk.
A B C D
A
[解析] 由第一段科学家所建议的七大类食品可知,答案为A项。
2. It is important for people to eat ______.
A.three times a day
B.dinner at twelve o'clock
C.cooked food all the time
D.something from each of the seven kinds of food every day
A B C D
D
[解析] 由“The important thing is what you eat every day. ”及第一段的内容可知D项是正确答案。
3. People in different countries and different places of the world ______.
A.have the right kinds of food to eat
B.cook their food in the same way
C.have their meals at the same time
D.eat food in different ways
A B C D
D
[解析] 根据第二段第一句“People in different countries and different places of the world eat different kinds of things. Foods are cooked and eaten in many different kinds of ways. ”可知,D项是正确答案。
4. Which of the following is NOT true?
A.People in some places don't have enough to eat.
B.There are too many people in the world.
C.One of the problems is that no one is hungry.
D.The scientists are trying to make people grow to be strong and healthy.
A B C D
C
[解析] 根据第三段所讲的内容可知,C项是错误的。
5. If there is the Paragraph 4, what do you think is going to be talked about?
A.When people eat their lunch.
B.What to do with the two problems.
C.How to cook food in different ways.
D.Why people eat different kinds of food.
A B C D
B
[解析] A、C、D三项都是上文刚刚谈论过的,且根据第三段第一句“There are two problems, then, in feeding the large number of people on the earth. ”所提的两个问题,可以推知下文可能要谈论如何解决这两个问题。故答案为B。
C People often say, "Children can't do math problem, it's because parents can't do their children's homework." Here's an example to show what I mean. The other day my daughter brought home her math homework. "I have to subtract (减) 179 from 202," she said. "It's quite easy," I said. "You put the 202 over the 179." "But we need a 10 here. Where is the 107" "I don't know where the 10 is. Let's just subtract 179 from 202. Nine from two is three. You carry one and add it to seven. Eight from zero is two. The answer is 23." "We can't do it that way. We have to use the 10." "Well, I'm going to call your teacher to see how she subtracts 179 from 202." Over the telephone, I said that I was having a bit of trouble with the homework she had given to my daughter. The teacher said, "In the right-hand column (栏) we have units of one. The two in that column counts for two ones. The zero in the center counts for zero tens. The two in the left-hand column counts for hundreds. Are you clear?" But I didn't think I was clear. I hung up and found my way to the medicine box. My head was now hurting. I started putting pills of medicine into my mouth. "How many did you take?" My wife asked. "I took one and then I took another...I know one and one was two, but don't ask me what it is now."
1. The daughter wanted ______ the other day.
A.to give her father a lesson
B.to show how difficult math was
C.her father to phone her teacher
D.her father to help her with her homework
A B C D
D
[解析] 细读第二段,再联系父女俩的谈话即可得出答案为D。
2. Which of the following sentences is NOT true?
A.The father had a different way to do the math problem.
B.The father couldn't do his daughter's homework.
C.The daughter couldn't understand her father's way.
D.The daughter had some trouble doing the math problem.
A B C D
B
[解析] 根据倒数第二段最后一句“But I didn't think I was clear. ”以及全文最后一句“I took one and then I took another...I know one and one was two, but don't ask me what it is now. ”可知B项是错误的。
3. From what the teacher said, we know that the word "units" means ______ here.
D I've loved my mother's desk since I was just tall enough to see above the top of it as mother sat doing letters. Standing by her chair, looking at the ink bottle, pens, and white paper, I decided that the act of writing must be the more wonderful thing in the world. Years later, during her final illness, mother kept different things for my sister and brother. "But the desk," she'd said again, "It's for Elizabeth." I never saw her angry, never saw her cry. I knew she loved me; she showed it in action. But as a young girl, I wanted heart-to-heart talks between mother and daughter. They never happened. And a gulf opened between us. I was "too emotional (易动感情的)". But she lived "on the surface (表面)" As years passed I had my own family. I loved my mother and thanked her for our happy family. I wrote to her in careful words and asked her to let me know in any way she chose that she did forgive (原谅) me. I posted the letter and waited for her answer. None came. My hope turned to disappointment (失望), then little interest and, finally, peace—it seemed that nothing happened. I couldn't be sure that the letter had even got to mother. I only knew that I had written it, and I could stop trying to make her into someone she was not. Now the present of her desk told, as she'd never been able to, that she was pleased that writing was my chosen work. I cleaned the desk carefully and found some papers inside—a photo of my father and a one-page letter, folded (折叠) and refolded many times. Give me an answer, my letter asks, in any way you choose. Mother, you always chose the act that speaks louder than words.
1. The writer began to love her mother's desk ______.
A.after Mother died
B.before she became a writer
C.when she was a child
D.when mother gave it to her
A B C D
C
[解析] 根据“I've loved my mother's desk since I was just tall enough to see above the top of it as mother sat doing letters. ”可知作者当时还是个小孩子,故选C。
2. The passage shows that ______.
A.mother was cold on the surface but kind in her heart to her daughter
B.mother was too serious about everything her daughter had done
C.mother cared much about her daughter in words
D.mother wrote to her daughter in careful words
A B C D
A
[解析] 由“But she lived 'on the surface'”和全文内容可知,作者的母亲表面上很冷漠,但心里充满了对作者的爱,正确答案是A。
3. The underlined word "gulf" in the passage means ______.
A.deep understanding between the old and the young
B.different ideas between the mother and the daughter
C.free talks between mother and daughter
D.part of the sea going far in land
A B C D
B
[解析] 从I was "'too emotional'. But she lived 'on the surface'."可知此词是指两人之间不同的看法和观点,应选B。
4. What did mother do with her daughter's letter asking forgiveness?
A.She had never received the letter.
B.For years, she often talked about the letter.
C.She didn't forgive her daughter at all in all her life.
D.She read the letter again and again till she died.
A B C D
D
[解析] 根据“...a photo of my father and a one-page letter, folded and refolded many times. ”可知应选D。
5. What's the best title of the passage?
A.My Letter to Mother.
B.Mother and Children.
C.My Mother's Desk.
D.Talks Between Mother and Me.
A B C D
C
[解析] 根据文章的开头“I've loved my mother's desk...”以及后面的“Now the present of her desk told, as she'd never been able to...”可知作者是托物思人,以表达自己对母亲的怀念之情,所以最佳标题应是C。
Ⅳ.汉英翻译/Translation (5分)
1. 瞧!树下有一位老人正在观看孩子们玩游戏。
Look! There is an old man under the tree watching the children playing games.
2. 我觉得这个问题很难回答。
I found it was very difficult to answer the question.
3. 虽然他们个子不太高,人也不太强壮,但他们是一支很好的队伍。
Though they were neither very tall nor very strong, they were a very good team.
4. 你的英语学习情况怎样?
How are you getting along (on) with your English study?
5. 当我们到达火车站时,火车已开走了。
The train had left when we got to the railway station.
Ⅴ.补全对话/Completing (10分) A: Mr. Fred, you often help children. 1 B: Yes, of course. Children often write to me and ask me how to solve their problems. A: 2 B: Many can't decide when to study and when to play. I think they should learn to achieve a balance between study and play. A: I agree. Sometimes I get too much homework and 3 B: You must feel stressed from time to time, right? A: Yes. Can you give me some advice? B: OK. 4 A: I see. Any more? B: Yes. You can also get help from youth workers at your own school. A: Thanks for your advice. B: 5 A. I don't know which to do first. B. What problems do most students have? C. What's your job? D. You can talk to your teachers, parents or friends. E. Can you tell me something about your job? F. It's so kind of you to tell me this. G. You are welcome.
One possible version: On September 16, 2013, the students in our class paid a visit to China Science and Technology Museum. At 8:00, we left for China Science and Technology Museum by school bus. At 8:30, a guide introduced it to us briefly and told us what we should pay attention to during our visit. Ten minutes later, we were divided into five groups and began our separate visits. Some students took notes carefully as they visited. All the students were amazed at the rapid achievements in science and technology. Three hour's had gone by before we knew it. At 11:30, we returned to our school. This visit not only broadened my outlook but also aroused my interest in science and technology.