第I卷 (共105分)
I. Listening Comprehension
Section A
Section B
Section C
II. Grammar and Vocabulary
Section A
25. More emphasis should be placed, as you have suggested, ______ the development of the products for the children between 3years old to 10 years old.
A. with B. on C. For D. about
26. –Which of those electronic dictionaries do you like most?
--______. They are both expensive and of little use.
A. Both B. Neither C. None D. No one
27. –Oh, no, look at this red paint on my dress. Why did the park paint the chairs?
--Oh, that’s too bad. They ______ put a sign there.
A. could B. should have C. may D. must have
28. Animals in the wild have to devote most of their time and energy ______ enough food to survive.
A. to obtain B. to obtaining C. obtaining D. obtained
29. I’m examining the article he has just finished ______ the possible mistakes in it.
A. correct B. to correct C. corrected D. being corrected
30. Apple fans are wondering how long it will be ______ iPhone 6 hits mainland China.
A. when B. until C. that D. before
31. This kind of face cream promises ______ it uses natural ingredients ______ it will make your skin smoother and brighter.
A. that; and that B. that; that C. /; / D. /; that
32. Despite the rule ______ mobile phones are forbidden in class my deskmate can’t help playing phone games occasionally.
A. which B. what C. that D. where
33. The light in Emma’s room is still on. I guess she must be preparing for the exam, ______?
A. mustn’t she B. don’t I C. isn’t she D. mustn’t I
34. Water-filtration technology has advanced to the point ______ wastewater can be made safe for drinking, according to a new report.
A. whether B. that C. where D. how
35. Up till now, the residents who had close contact with the three sick people ______ under medical observation.
A. put B. have put C. had been put D. have been put
36. The return of toys ______ a generation ago, say experts, is largely a generational effect.
A. introducing B. was introduced C. being introduced D. introduced
37. Regular morning exercise makes your mind clear, thus ______ you to stay healthy and optimistic for the whole day.
A. allowed B. allows C. has allowed D. allowing
38. The police are looking into the accident, hoping to find out ______ that caused it.
A. what it was B. what was it C. how it was D. how was it
39. “You are very selfish. It’s high time you ______ that you are not the most important person in the world,” Edgar said angrily to his boss.
A. realized B. have realized C. had realized D. are to realize
40. In India more than one hundred languages are spoken, _______ only fourteen are recognized as official.
A. whose B. which C. of which D. with which
Section B
(CNN) -- A former Microsoft executive and his son were aboard a turboprop airline that crashed Friday morning into two houses in East Haven, Connecticut, a family member told CNN.
There has been "no official confirmation or ____41____ identification" that Bill Henningsgaard and his son were on board, but there is no reason to believe that it was not the two of them, his brother, Blair Henningsgaard, said.
Also feared dead in the crash were two children -- ages 1 and 13 -- in one house, East Haven Mayor Joseph Maturo Jr. said. The other house was ____42____.
National Transportation Safety Board investigators cannot ____43____ he number of people killed, saying there are reports of four to six people dead.
Two bodies were seen inside the home but haven't been recovered because the home is ____44____, East Haven Fire Chief Douglas Jackson said at a press conference Friday afternoon.
Fire ____45____ both houses, preventing firefighters from searching for victims, Jackson said, and the basement in the home ____46____ at least two victims was filled with water.
Maturo said the children were in one house with their mother when the plane ____47____ shortly before 11:30 a.m. The mother escaped, he said.
The fuselage entered one of the homes, Malloy said. The right wing of the airplane could be seen in the smoldering ____48____ of one house, and the left wing was in another house.
NTSB investigators will examine whether the weather played a role in the crash. It was raining at the time of the crash.
Bill Henningsgaard worked for Microsoft for 14 years, beginning in 1988. He ____49____ as vice president of sales for the western United States, Australia and New Zealand
III. Reading Comprehension
Section A
American presidents seem to age before our eyes. But common belief that high-office stress grays our leaders faster than ____50____ may be a myth, new research finds. ____51____, the majority of American presidents have lived longer than typical men of their times. The findings ____52____ to a body of research linking high status to better health:
____53____,Oscar winners live longer than those who were only nominated; and the longevity (长寿) effect is also seen in Nobel Prize winners.
The new study, which was published in the Journal of the American Medical Association ____54____ the dates of birth, inauguration and death of all 34 past presidents who died of natural causes. The ____55____ lifespan for these men should have been 68 years,____56____ they'd aged twice as fast during their years in ____57____ as the popular wisdom suggests they do.
____58____, the study found, these presidents lived an average 73 years. And indeed, 23 of the 34 presidents who died of natural causes lived longer than ____59____, compared with other men their age during their lifetimes.
Some presidents ____60____ an exceptionally long time: Gerald Ford died at 93. 5 years, and Ronald Reagan at 93.3. All ____61____ living presidents have already exceeded their life expectancy, or are likely to do so.
So why do people at the top of the hierarchy fare better than those below? ____62____ to wealth, education and the best health care of their times would seem to be obvious factors ____63____ medical attention seems to have actually killed President Garfield, who died from a fatal ____64____--introduced by his doctors' unsterilized (未消过毒的) treatment techniques after he was shot by an assassin.
50. A) usual B) regular C) typical D) standard
51. A) In brief B) In addition C) In fact D) In consequence
52. A) tend B) point C) devote D) add
53. A) For instance B) By contrast C) In essence D) Above all
54. A) signified B) regulated C) testified D) analyzed
55. A) universal B) average C) appropriate D) maximum
56 .A) if B) lest C) for D) until
57. A) duty B) place C) office D) force
58. A) Instead B) Therefore C) Hence D) Meanwhile
59. A) suspected B) expected C) identified D) confirmed
60. A) survived B) covered C) lasted D) extended
61. A) persistently B) virtually C) formally D) currently
62. A) Appeal B) Access C) Entrance D) Channel
63. A) unless B) because C) although D) since
64 .A) syndrome B) diagnosis C) prescription D) infection
Section B
A
You’re busy filling out the application form for a position you really need. Let’s assume you once actually completed a couple of years of college work or even that you completed your degree. Isn’t it tempting to lie just a little, to claim on the form that your diploma represents a Harvard degree? Or that you finished an extra couple of years back at State University?
More and more people are turning to utter deception like this to land their job or to move ahead in their careers, for personnel officers, like most Americans, value degrees from famous schools. A job applicant may have a good education anyway, but he or she assumes that chances of being hired are better with a diploma from a well-known university. Registrars at most well-known colleges say they deal with deceitful claims like these at the rate of about one per week.
Personnel officers do check up on degrees listed on application forms, then. If it turns out that an applicant is lying, most colleges are reluctant to accuse the applicant directly. One Ivy League school calls them “impostors (骗子)” ; another refers to them as “ special cases”. One well-known West Coast school, in perhaps the most delicate phrase of all, says that these claims are made by “no such people”.
To avoid complete lies, some job-seekers claim that they “ attended” or “ were associated with” a college or university. After carefully checking, a personnel officer may discover that “attending” means being dismissed after one semester. It may be that “being associated with” a college means that the job-seeker visited his younger brother for a football weekend. One school that keeps records of false claims says that the practice dates back at least to the turn of the century—that’s when they began keeping records, anyhow.
If you don’t want to lie or even stretch the truth, there are companies that will sell you a phony diploma. One company, with offices in New York and on the West Coast, will put your name on a diploma from any number of nonexistent colleges. The price begins at around twenty dollars for a diploma from “Smoot State University”. The prices increase rapidly for a degree from the “University of Purdue”. As there is no Smoot State and the real school in Indiana is properly called Purdue University, the prices seem rather high for one sheet of paper.
65. The writer mainly wants to tell us that _____________
A. college degrees can now be purchased easily
B. nowadays it is very hard for people to find jobs
C. lying about college degrees is becoming a widespread problem
D. employers are no longer interested in applicants’ actual performances
66. The underlined word “utter” in the second paragraph means _______.
A. thorough B. careful C. incomplete D. spoken
67. Once finding applicants with false diplomas, most colleges would _______.
A. keep the records of them B. drive them out of college
C. avoid direct conflicts with them D. accuse them of such behavior
68. We can learn from the passage that ________.
A. US employers value their job applicants with a degree from top universities.
B. University of Purdue and Purdue University are the same school.
C. people with fake diplomas can get their first jobs in the US easily.
D. people pay the same price for a fake diploma from different universities.
B
Chasing Dinosaurs
School is out and summer begins. But instead of spending the long hot months at home, Curtis, Eileen and Malcolm are whisked away by their parents to an old dark mansion in the mountains. Through the power of the bookshelf, they unlock the gateway to another world. Back in time, the children discover the wonder of time-travel isn’t just all fun and games. During the prehistoric times, they see the beauty and danger of a world where dinosaurs rule.
Chasing the Dinosaurs is the first of a series that combines family, magic and a little bit of suspense in stories that celebrate art, history, and the pleasures of discovery.
Katelyn Palmer never believed any harm could come from using someone in her college as the hero of her first romance novel—the novel that jump-started her writing career. However, when Shane Hunter storms into town, demanding to meet the writer who used his identity, Katelyn is faced with more than her long-silent emotions. If Shane takes her to court for invasion of privacy, her career would be over. But Shane does not expect to be attracted to Katelyn.
Author: Marie Higgins
Publication Date: November 11, 2012
A Father’s Love
Fourteen year old David sets off to hunt the Christmas goose, a tradition that has been passed down from his grandfather. Before any geese are spotted, David and his sister, Rose, find themselves up a tree, hiding from an angry mother bear protecting her children. As night draws near, David and Rose fear for their lives. How can their father possibly find them in the dark and cold?
Author: Lorhainne Eckhart
Publication Date: November 21, 2011
The Night Before Christmas
“The Night Before Christmas is the best known poem in the English language. If someone gave us its first line, most of us could recite the second line automatically.” --Bruce David Forbes
Clement C. Moore is widely regarded as the very poet of Christmas Eve. The Night Before Christmas was originally published in the New York Troy Sentinel Newspaper in 1823.
Author: Clement C. Moore
Publication Date: August 31, 2012
69. Which of the following is TRUE about Dreaming of You?
A. Katelyn’s writing career began owing to it.
B. It described Marie Higgins’ first writing experience.
C. Katelyn is taken to court by Shane.
D. The main character of Katelyn’s novel is based on Shane Hunter.
70. What happened in the book A Father’s Love?
A. David went to the forest to cut down a Christmas tree.
B. David and Rose’s lives were threatened in the forest.
C. David and Rose’s father failed to find them.
D. David and Rose went lost in the forest.
71. We learn from the passage that _________.
A. Dreaming of You is a romantic story between Katelyn and Shane.
B. A Father’s Love is the last one to be published of the books mentioned.
C. the children go to another world through a wardrobe in Chasing Dinosaurs.
D. Bruce David Forbes is famous for his Christmas Poems
C
“I’m feeling a bit under the weather” is a common complaint in Britain, especially on Monday mornings, and it seems that weather really can be responsible for moods. Studies have shown that changeable weather can make it hard to concentrate, cloudy skies slow down reflexes, and high humidity with hot, dry winds makes many people irritable and snappy.
If you live in a place like Britain, where the weather seems to change daily if not hourly, you could be forgiven for thinking that the weather is random. In fact the weather is controlled by systems which move around areas of the globe. In the UK the weather depends on depressions, often called “lows”, and anticyclones, also known as “highs”. These systems start in the Atlantic Ocean, and make their way across the British Isles from the west to the east. Highs bring sunny weather, while lows bring rain and wind.
The human race has always tried to guess the weather, especially in areas of the world where there are frequent changes. Traditional rhymes point to early attempts to identify weather patterns, popular poems include: Red sky at night, shepherds’ delight; Red sky in the morning, shepherds’ warning, Ash leaf before the oak, then we will have a summer soak; Oak leaf before the ash, the summer comes without a splash, Flies will swarm before a storm. Rain before 7, clear by 11. Two other popular traditional ways of forecasting the weather used pine cones and seaweed. When the air has a high level of humidity there is a higher chance of rain, when the humidity is low, there is more chance of fine weather. Pine cones and seaweed react to changes in humidity - pines cones open, and seaweed feels dry when the humidity is low, while high humidity has the opposite effect. A recent study by an Australian psychologist suggests that certain people may have a special gift for predicting the weather. However it is possible that these people would use their talent in another way, since the same group had considerable success in forecasting changes in another chaotic system- the stock market.
It appears that a study of weather patterns may also enable scientists to predict the outbreak of disease. An Ebola epidemic in Uganda in the year 2000 came after the same rare weather conditions that had been present before an outbreak 6 years earlier. Efforts to limit the speed of airborne diseases such as foot and mouth, are also strongly dependent on favorable wind conditions.
72. What does “I am feeling a bit under weather” in Para. 1 mean?
A. I am feeling a bit annoyed.
B. I am feeling a bit uncomfortable.
C. I am feeling a bit worried.
D. I don’t like such weather.
73. What is true about British weather?
A. It’s changeable but can be controlled.
B. It’s controlled by depressions from Atlantic Ocean.
C. It’s completely random and unpredictable.
D. It is controlled by the alternation of highs and lows.
74. Which is the following suggests the traditional ways of forecasting the weather?
A. Using ships and balloons with monitoring equipment.
B. Open pinecones and observing.
C. Reciting traditional poems about weather.
D. Observing pine cones and the seaweed.
Section C
Some plants won't survive outside once temperatures begin to drop, so here are some tips for keeping plants healthy as you move them indoors.
76. ___________________
Because the climate varies widely across the country, the time to bring houseplants indoors in the fall also varies. As a general rule, Taylor suggests that a good time to make the move is when temperatures regularly dip below 60 degrees F. For specific plants or to determine when nighttime lows in the 50s might consistently occur in your area, contact your local agricultural extension service.
77. ___________________
Decide which plants you’re going to bring indoors well ahead of moving day. One thing to consider is the health of the plant. If a plant has been struggling to stay alive outdoors, bringing it indoors to low humidity, dry heat and low light levels will increase the stress on it and you. Give priority to healthy plants and those that have the most sentimental value. If some of your plants have increased in size and are about to burst out of their pots, it’s a good idea to buy any re-potting supplies you will need for this well in advance of moving day to avoid a last-minute rush to the nursery. Taylor recommends a high-quality potting soil, appropriate containers with drainage holes and appropriately sized plastic saucers to place under the pots to avoid staining hardwood floors or carpets when watering.
78. ___________________
The first thing to do is to thoroughly check the outside of the pot, the plants and the potting medium. Look for signs of hitchhikers, moss or mold on the pots and unwanted guests such as mealy bugs or spider mites on the foliage or earthworms, snails or ants in the potting mix. Scrub the exterior of dirty pots with a solution of 10 percent household bleach and then hose off the bleach solution. Then check the plants for dead or yellowing leaves, and cut them if shaping is required. Finally, several days before bringing the plant indoors, spray the foliage with an insecticidal soap.
79. ___________________
Before “moving day,” decide where you are going to place each of the plants you will bring inside. It’s always challenging to find the best place for a particular plant, Taylor says. A guide to doing that, he advises, is to place plants that require full sun near south-facing windows and plants that only need partial sun in an east- or west-facing window. One other option he suggests homeowners consider is to use indoor plant lights, which, he adds, are a popular and affordable solution when you’re faced with less-than-ideal locations for houseplants.
80. ___________________
Pots will not dry out as fast indoors as they did in the summer heat, and plants will grow more slowly indoors than they did under strong light conditions. Therefore, they don’t need as much water in the house as they did on the patio. Make sure the soil is dry to the touch before watering. Succulents will need water less often than foliage plants.
Section D
Creative thinking is the process which we use when we come up with a new idea. Brainstorming is the name given to a situation when a group of people meet to generate new ideas around a specific area of interest. It is one form of creative thinking and works by combining someone else’s ideas with your own to create a new one. You are using the ideas of others as a stimulus for your own.
Brainstorming will help you come up with new ideas. And not only will you come up with new ideas but you will do so with surprisingly little effort. Brainstorming makes the generation of new ideas easy and is a tried-and-tested process. Exactly what you apply brainstorming techniques to depends on what you want to achieve. You can apply them to develop new products, services and processes in your job, or you can apply them to develop your personal life.
What is traditional brainstorming? The normal view of brainstorming is that a group of people sit in a room and shout out ideas as they occur to them. They are told to relax themselves and that no ideas will be judged so that people are free to shout out any ideas at all without feeling uncomfortable. The purpose of this is to gain as many ideas as possible. Out of the many ideas suggested there will be some of great value.
What is advanced brainstorming? The model we propose is an extension of the traditional brainstorming scenario and makes the whole process more effective. Advanced brainstorming builds on the current methods of brainstorming to produce more original ideas in a more efficient way. Most of the problems associated with traditional brainstorming disappear as a more effective process if used.
(Note: No more EIGHT words)
81. Brainstorming is the process which we can create a new idea by ________________________________________.
82. Brainstorming techniques can be applied to ________________________________________________________.
83. In traditional brainstorming, why are people allowed to shout out ideas freely?
84. Compared with traditional brainstorming, the advantage of advanced one is making ____________________ .
I. Translation
1. 乘客不允许携带危险品进地铁。 (permit)
2. 我们昨天参观的这所学校的面积是我们学校的三倍。 (size)
3.一向准时的她最近却总是迟到,这引起了我的注意。 (It)
4.一听说姑姑要来,他就主动提出去火车站接她。 (Hardly)
5. 尽管她很生气,但是为了不让他在他的同事们面前尴尬,她努力控制着自己的脾气。 (despite)
II. Writing
假设你是王羽,你从某商场买了一部电子词典,回家后发现它不能正常使用。当你回去退换时,售货员态度很差,而且拒绝退换。请你给该商场经
理写一份投诉信。
keys
1-10 CCDAA; BBDAC;
11-16 DBAABC
21-25 BBACD; 26-30 ABADC; 31-35 CAACC; 36-40 DDCAB; 41-45 BCABA A
47-55 DAJBH; CEGF
56-60 BDAAC; 61-65 BDDAC; 66-70 ADABA
71-73 DAC; 74-77 DBCB; 78-81 CADB; 82-85 ADAB
86-90 BFADC
1. He watches comedies to laugh away emotions every day.
2. It happened that I didn’t save the important paper.
3. Because the bubble tea has been sold out, he suggests replacing it with coffee.
4. So charming was she dressed at the banquet that she was mistaken for Queue.
5. Parents lay so much emphasis on children’s studies that they neglect children’s mental health.