11. —It's said that scientists have made ______ big breakthrough in the cancer treatment. —If so, many people can have been brought back to ______ life!
A.a; /
B./; a
C.the; the
D.a; the
A B C D
A
[解析] 句意:一据说,科学家已经在癌症治疗上取得了重大突破。一假如这样,很多人都能被救活。make a breakthrough意为“突破,取得突破性成就”;bring back to life意为“复活,活跃起来”都是固定短语,所以选A。
12. Tom went to open the door ______ his father began to wash dishes.
20. —That's the third time he's won the award in this field. —Yes. He ______ his maximum potential in the past decade.
A.explored
B.is exploring
C.has been exploring
D.has explored
A B C D
C
[解析] 句意:一这是他在该项目上第三次得奖。一过去十年来他一直都在发掘他最大的潜能。从“in the past decade”可知应该用现在完成时,同时此处强调十年来他一直保持的状态,所以用现在完成进行时,故选C。
Ⅱ.完形填空/Cloze (30分) Mr. Glen is a millionaire. Five years ago, after returning from abroad to his motherland, he 1 his small company. Speaking of success, Glen often tells us a story about his extra expensive "school" fee. He always 2 his success to it. At that time, Glen, who already got a Ph. D. degree, 3 to return to the homeland, starting a company. Before leaving, he bought a Rolex watch with the 4 made through years of work after school and the scholarships. At the airport he had to accept the 5 customs check. The watch on his wrist was also demanded to be taken down for 6 . Glen knew that carrying the specific goods out had to pay the tax, and he worried about paying 7 for his watch. So when he was checked, he told a lie that his watch was a 8 fake (假货). When he was 9 of his "smarts", immediately, in the presence of Glen, the officers hit the watch, 10 cost nearly 100,000, into pieces 11 hearing Glen's words. Glen was 12 . Before he understood why, he was taken to the office to be examined 13 . For many times of entry-exit 14 he knew that only those people in the "blacklist" would "enjoy" this special treatment. The officers looked over everything carefully in the box, and 15 him no matter what time of entry and exit he must accept the check and if 16 reusing and carrying fake and shoddy goods, he would be 17 according to law! Suddenly, his face turned red, and he had nothing in mind after boarding the plane for long. After returning to the homeland, he often told the story to his family, and his employees, too. He said that this made a deep 18 on him, because the additional high "school" fee that he had ever paid made him realize the value of 19 , which he would remember as the 20 of his success forever.
1.
A.set up
B.took up
C.went up
D.picked up
A B C D
A
[解析] set up建立,成立;take up拿起,开始从事;go up上升,被兴建;pick up恢复,拾起。由下文starting a company可知是Glen归国成立了一家公司。
A The dyed bun scandal (染色馒头丑闻) deals another blow to shoppers' confidence in buying food products, as well as the reputation of local sellers. Li Zhen reports on shoppers' reactions in Shanghai. An investigation by the municipal government revealed that Shanghai Shenglu Food Company produced more than 3,000 steamed buns daily. These were then sold across the city, including large supermarkets such as Hualian, Lianhua and Dia. Fewer steamed buns were for sale at this Lianhua Supermarket. More than 32,000 buns were taken off store shelves when the scandal emerged. Mr. Wang, Sales Manager of Lianhua Supermarket, said, "We removed the dyed steamed buns produced by Shenglu as soon as we learned of the incident. We gave customers who had bought the steamed buns from our outlets refunds with their receipts. Despite the scandal, our sales volume has been fine so far." However, most customers we met remained concerned about food safety. Steamed buns are a regular breakfast food for Ms. Gao. She used to buy them mostly from supermarkets because she felt it was in a clean and safe environment. But now, she has second thoughts about buying the popular snack. Ms. Gao, Shanghai shopper, said, "I can't believe that even steamed buns from the supermarkets are no longer safe. The only places I trusted to shop at were major supermarkets and specialist shops. But now even there, product quality cannot be guaranteed. I really don't know where to buy my goods from in the future." Shoppers at supermarkets who still bought steamed buns said they had few options. "I feel like giving up supermarkets. But I really don't know where to do my food shopping. I can't make these things myself." said Ms. Tang, Shanghai shopper.
1. The colored buns were sold in some large supermarkets EXCEPT ______.
A.Hualian
B.Lianhua
C.Shenglu
D.Dia
A B C D
C
[解析] 由第二段第二句“...includling large supermarkets such as Hualian, Lianhua and Dia”可知,答案选C。
2. What Ms. Gao and Ms. Tang said suggests that ______.
A.they still trust major supermarkets when shopping
B.they will make food by themselves
C.they will never go to supermarkets
D.they feel confused about where to buy safe food
A B C D
D
[解析] 从“I really don't know where to buy my goods from in the future”和“But I really don't know where to do my food shopping”两句话可以推知,这两位顾客对于到哪里能够买到安全的食品感到非常困惑。
3. The underlined word in the last paragraph can be replaced by ______.
A.Major supermarkets removed the dyed steamed buns.
B.Dyed steamed buns brought great loss to major supermarkets.
C.Famous supermarkets are involved in the bun scandal.
D.Dyed bun scandal hurts consumers' confidence.
A B C D
D
[解析] 根据第一段中第一句“The dyed bun scandal (染色馒头丑闻) deals another blow to shoppers' confidence in buying food products”一句可推知答案。
5. Where can you most probably read the passage?
A.In a fashion magazine.
B.In a newspaper.
C.In a guideline book.
D.In an official document.
A B C D
B
[解析] 根据第一段的“Li Zhen reports on shoppers' reactions in Shanghai”可知,该文是一篇新闻报道。
B US researchers have found traces of an ancient lake on Mars recently, increasing hopes of discovering evidence that billions of years ago the Red planet hosted life. The lake, which dates back some 3.4 billion years, appears to have covered as much as 80 square miles and was up to 1,500 feet deep, said the team from the University of Colorado. "This is the first clear evidence of shorelines on the surface of Mars," said Boulder's research associate, Gaetano Di Achille, in a study published in the latest edition of Geophysical Research Letters. "The identification of the shorelines and accompanying geological evidence allows us to calculate the size and volume of the lake, which appears to have formed about 3.4 billion years ago." Analysis of the images has shown the water carved out the canyon (溪谷) in which it was found, which then opened out into a valley depositing (使淤积) sediment (沉积) which formed a delta (三角洲). "Finding shorelines is a great discovery to us," said assistant professor Brian Hynek, adding it showed the lake existed at a time when Mars was thought to have been cold and dry. Scientists believe the oldest surfaces on Mars formed during the wet and warm era known as the Noachan epoch, about 4.1 billion to 3.7 billion years ago. The newly discovered lake is believed to date from the Hesperian era and postdates the end of the warm and wet period on Mars by 300 million years, according to the study. Scientists believe deltas next to the lake may well hold secrets about past life on Mars as such places on Earth have become the natural deposits of organic carbon and other markers of life.
1. The size of the lake found on Mars is ______.
A.80 square miles
B.1,500 square miles
C.3.4 billion square miles
D.300 million square miles
A B C D
A
[解析] 根据第二段中“The lake, which dates back some 3.4 billion years, appears to have covered as much as 80 square miles”一句,可推知答案。
2. When the lake existed, the weather on Mars was ______.
A.hot and wet
B.wet and warm
C.cold and dry
D.cold and wet
A B C D
C
[解析] 根据第六段中“it showed the lake existed at a time when Mars was thought to have been cold and dry”可知,答案为C。
3. Why do scientists think deltas near the lake may hold secrets about past life on Mars?
A.Because similar places on Earth have become natural deposits of markers of life.
B.Because someone has put secrets about past life on Mars there.
C.Because past life has been found in other deltas on Mars.
D.Because some people are said to have already seen life marks there.
A B C D
A
[解析] 由原文最后一句可知,答案选A。
4. How many researchers does the passage mention?
A.Two.
B.Three.
C.Four.
D.Five.
A B C D
A
[解析] 通读全文,可知共有两个研究人员,即Gaetano Di Achille和Brian Hynek。
5. Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage?
A.The Noachan epoch was a wet and warm era.
B.The lake might have existed 3.4 billion years.
C.The discovery can't fully prove that the Mars once hosted life.
D.The lake traces prove that there exists life on Mars now.
C You wake up in the morning, the day is beautiful and the plans for the day are what you have been looking forward to for a long time. Then the telephone rings, you say hello, and the drama starts. The person on the other end has a depressing tone in his voice as he starts to tell you how terrible his morning is and that there is nothing to look forward to. You are still in a wonderful mood? Impossible! Communicating with negative people can wash out your happiness. It may not change what you think, but communicating long enough with them will make you feel depressed for a moment or a long time. Life brings ups and downs, but some people are stuck in the wrong idea that life has no happiness to offer. They only feel glad when they make others feel bad. No wonder they can hardly win others' pity or respect. When you communicate with positive people, your spirit stays happy and therefore more positive things are attracted. When the dagger (匕首) of a negative person is put in you, you feel the heavy feeling that all in all, brings you down. Sometimes we have no choice but to communicate with negative people. This could be a coworker, or a relative. In this case, say what needs to be said as little as possible. Sometimes it feels good to let out your anger back to the negative person, but all this does is to lower you to that same negative level and they won't feel ashamed of themselves about that. Negativity often affects happiness without even being realized. The negative words of another at the start of the day can cling to (附着) you throughout the rest of your day, which makes you feel bad and steals your happiness. Life is too short to feel negative. Stay positive and avoid negativity as much as possible.
1. The purpose of the first paragraph is to ______.
A.make a comparison
B.offer an evidence
C.introduce a topic
D.describe a daily scene
A B C D
C
[解析] 由第一段可以概括得知,这是用一个电话的实例来引出下文要谈论的话题。
2. How can negative people have effect on us?
A.By influencing our emotion.
B.By telling us the nature of life.
C.By changing our ways of thinking.
D.By comparing their attitudes to life with ours.
A B C D
A
[解析] 由文章第二段第二句“It may not change what you think, but communicating long enough with them will make you feel depressed for a moment or a long time”可知,消极的人是通过改变我们的情绪来影响我们。
3. Some negative people base their happiness on ______.
A.other people's pity for them
B.making other people unhappy
C.building up a positive attitude
D.other people's respect for them
A B C D
B
[解析] 由文章第三段“They only feel glad when they make others feel bad”呵知,消极的人是把自己的快乐建立在别人的痛苦之上的,故B是正确的。
4. According to the passage, to reduce negative people's influence on us, we are advised to ______.
A.change negative people's attitudes to life
B.show our dissatisfaction to negative people
C.make negative people feel ashamed of themselves
D.communicate with negative people as little as possible
A B C D
D
[解析] 由文章第五段“Sometimes we have no choice but to communicate with negative people及say what needs to be said as little as possible”可知,与消极的人尽量少说活,故D项正确。
5. What is the author's attitude towards negative people?
D I once had a friend that was diagnosed with terminal cancer, and the news that he might only live up to six months was a great shock to him, his family, and his friends. However, in spite of the serious illness, he was initially determined to look into all available treatments that might cure or extend his life. I think that when you find yourself in such situations, you tend to look up every possible way for hope of saving your life. As months went on and his health grew worse, I noticed an unexpected change in attitude that came over him. He had also been a happy person with a cheerful personality, but rather than give in to discouragement and self-pity, he took comfort in God and humanity. His talks focused on others rather than himself, and he spoke of the afterlife as something he was prepared for, believing that his concerned ancestors, including his mother and father, were there waiting for him. During the last few months, weeks, and days of his life, he was kindly cared for by family, friends, his loving wife, who looked after both his physical and emotional needs, and workers from a local hospice (安养院) came to the home to regulate his medication and provide any other needed support. He didn't complain about his fate, and he willingly allowed others to serve him. Indeed, one might think why God allows death and suffering in our world, but for me, such experiences taught me to value family more and kindness for others. You often can't learn these important attributes in the lap of luxury, and perhaps, such an experience is the greatest and final gift the illness can give those left behind.
1. Which word can best describe the man's initial reaction as soon as he was diagnosed with cancer?
A.Satisfied.
B.Surprised.
C.Terrified.
D.Confused.
A B C D
B
[解析] 由文章第一段“the news that he might only live up to six months was a great shock to him, his family, and his friends”可知,他最初的反应是“震惊”,故选surprised。
2. What did the man do after he first learned of his illness?
A.He was operated on immediately.
B.He retired from his job.
C.He researched cancer treatments.
D.He felt sad, doing nothing.
A B C D
C
[解析] 由文章第一段“he was initially determined to look into all available treatments that might cure or extend his life”可知,他去寻找所有能够治疗疾病或延续他生命的方法。
3. What was the man's main source of comfort after several months with the disease?
A.His family and friends.
B.His belief in humanity.
C.His doctors' encouragement.
D.The care from others.
A B C D
B
[解析] 由文章第二段第二句“rather than give in to discouragement and self-pity, he took comfort in God and humanity”及整个第二段可知,他主要的安慰是对上帝及人性的信仰。
4. What did the author learn from his friend's story?
A.Giving more respect to friends.
B.Extending life as possible.
C.Caring for yourself and enjoying luxury.
D.Getting comfort from God.
A B C D
A
[解析] 由最后一段“but for me, such experiences taught me to value family more and kindness for others”可以推断出,A项正确。
5. What does the author mainly want to tell?
A.All people will face death, and thus, we must prepare for it spiritually.
B.Our characters can be strengthened by such an unpleasant situation.
C.Families provide the best support system during such a crisis.
D.People should help those who have got serious illness.
4. 我很忙,我有许多衣服要洗。 I'm very busy. I have a lot of ______.
clothes to wash
5. 不知道为什么那么早就出发。 I don't know ______ so early.
why we'll start
6. 为什么不把窗户关上? Why ______ the window?
not close/shut
7. 他要我在外面等了一个小时。 He ______ me ______ outside for an hour.
made had waited
8. 老师说他有一个重要的会议要参加。 The teacher said that he ______ an important meeting ______.
had to attend
9. 要及时完成这项工作很难。 ______ very difficult ______ the work in time.
It is to finish
10. 他老了,不能做工作了。 He is not ______ do any work.
young enough to
Ⅴ.补全对话/Completing (10分) —Hi. May I help you? —Yeah. 1 How much are movie rentals? —Well, new movies are $3.50, and other movies are $2, 2 —Oh, well, I'll just take these...and these tonight. 3 —Ok, let's see...your total tonight comes to $11. — 4 —They are due back the day after tomorrow by 10 o'clock p. m . —Thursday, OK. —And you have to pay an extra fee equal to the rental fee of the video if you return them late. — 5 —Ok. A. and you can rent up to 6 movies at a time. B. Do you have any new movies for rent? C. I'd like to rent these movies. D. And when do I need to return them? E. Any discount? F. How much is the rentals in all? G. So be sure to return them on time.
1.
C
2.
A
3.
F
4.
D
5.
G
Ⅵ.书面表达/Writing (10分)
1. 假如你是李涵,收到朋友张斌的来信,询问超级月亮的事情。请你就以下内容给你的朋友张斌写一封回信,并谈谈自己的看法。 一些天文爱好者在中国西南部的云南省观测到3月份的月亮比平时要大一些,人们称它为超级月亮。有人传言说超级月亮的出现,给人类带来了灾难:日本地震是超级月亮引起的。专家们却说超级月亮引起地震一说是没有根据的。月亮离地球38万千米,超级月亮只是比平时离地球近一些,与平均距离时的月亮相比稍微大了一些。就历史而言,超级月亮和自然灾害是没有关系的。 [注意]: (1)词数:120左右。 (2)参考词汇:天文爱好者astrophile;谣言rumor;超级月亮the super moon。
One possible version: Dear Zhang Bin, I'm glad to receive your letter. As for the super moon, I have got some information to share with you. In March, some astrophiles observed the moon that was bigger than usual. And it was called the super moon. It was said that the super moon can bring disasters to man—Japan's massive earthquake was an example. However, in reference to the rumor, experts said it had no factual basis. The moon is 380 thousand kilometers away from earth, and the super moon is just a little nearer than usual, compared with the average distance. As far as history is concerned, the super moon has nothing to do with disasters. In my opinion, it is the equipment that brings the moon closer to tile earth than before. Rumors can never cover the truth. Best wishes and good luck!