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It was Mother's Day morning last year and I was doing shopping at our local supermarket with my five­year­old son, Tenyson. As we were leaving, we found that only minutes earlier an elderly woman had fallen over at the entrance and had hit her head on the concrete. Her husband was with her, but there was blood everywhere and the woman was embarrassed and clearly in shock.

Walking towards the scene, Tenyson became very upset about what had happened to the couple. He said to me, “Mum, it's not much fun falling over in front of everyone.”

At the front of the supermarket, a charity(慈善) group had set up a stand selling cooked sausages and flowers to raise funds. Tenyson suggested that we should buy the lady a flower. “It will make her feel better，” he said. I was amazed that he'd come up with this sweet idea. So we went over to the flower seller and asked her if we could buy a flower for the lady to cheer her up. “Just take it，” she replied. “I can't take your money for such a wonderful gesture.”

By now paramedics(急救人员) had arrived, and were attending to the injured woman. As we walked up to her, my son became intimidated by all the blood and medical equipment. He said he was just too scared to go up to her.

Instead I gave the flower to the woman's husband and told him, “My son was very upset for your wife and wanted to give her this flower to make her feel better.”

At that, the old man started crying and said, “Thank you so much, you have a wonderful son. Happy Mother's Day to you.”

The man then bent down and gave his wife the flower, telling her who it was from. Though badly hurt and shaken, the old lady looked up at Tenyson with love in her eyes and gave him a little smile.

56．What does the author intend to tell us? A．One can never be too careful. B．Actions speak louder than words. C．Love begins with a little smile.

D．A small act of kindness brings a great joy.

57．Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage? A．The elderly woman was knocked down by Tenyson.

B．Tenyson's idea of buying a flower gained his mother's support. C．Tenyson's care for the elderly woman puzzled the flower seller. D．The elderly woman was moved to tears by Tenyson's gesture.

58．The underlined word “intimidated” in the fourth paragraph probably means “________”．

A．astonished B．struck C．frightened D．excited

59．What would be the best title for the passage? A．Flower power B．Mother's Day

C．An accidental injury

D．An embarrassing moment

【要点综述】 本文是一篇记叙文。文章讲述了去年母亲节的早上，“我”带着五岁大的儿子购物要离开时，一位老太太在超市入口处摔倒了，流了很多血。这时儿子提议去超市

前面的慈善义卖处给这位老太太买朵花，安慰她一下。后来，作者请老太太的丈夫转交了花并转达了孩子对她的关爱之心，老人非常高兴。

56．D 推理判断题。A项意为“一个人无论怎样小心都不过分”；B项意为“事实胜于雄辩”；C项意为“爱开始于微笑”；D项意为“一个小小的善行会带来巨大的喜悦”。综合全文可知，D项最符合文章主旨。

57．B 细节理解题。根据第一段中的“As we were leaving, we found„on the concrete.”可知，A项是错误的；根据第三段中的“I was amazed that he'd come up with this sweet idea. So we went over to the flower seller„”可知，B项是正确的；根据第三段中的最后一句可知，卖花的人非常认同作者母子的做法，故C项是错误的；根据最后一段可知，老太太并没有感动得落泪，故D项是错误的。

58．C 词义猜测题。根据文章第四段中的“He said he was just too scared to go up to her.”可知，儿子被鲜血和医生救助的场景吓到了，他害怕了，故选择C项。astonished 惊讶的，震惊的；struck被打击的；excited激动的，兴奋的。

59．A 主旨大意题。B项只是个时间点，在本文中并没有详尽表述；C项只是文中的一个小细节；D项在文中没有具体描述。综合全文可知，只有A项概括了全文的事实和主旨，故选择A项。

B

It was a cold winter day. A woman drove up to the Rainbow Bridge tollbooth(收费站). “I'm paying for myself, and for the six cars behind me，” she said with a smile, handing over seven tickets. One after another, the next six drivers arriving at the tollbooth were informed, “Some lady up ahead already paid your fare.”

It turned out that the woman, Natalie Smith, had read something on a friend's refrigerator: “Practise random kindness and senseless acts of beauty.” The phrase impressed her so much that she copied it down.

Judy Foreman spotted the same phrase on a warehouse wall far away from home. When it stayed on her mind for days, she gave up and drove all the way back to copy it down. “I thought it was beautiful，” she said, explaining why she'd taken to writing it at the bottom of all her letters, “like a message from above.” Her husband, Frank, liked the phrase so much that he put it up on the classroom wall for his students, one of whom was the daughter of Alice Johnson, a local news reporter. Alice put it in the newspaper, admitting that though she liked it, she didn't know where it came from or what it really meant.

Two days later, Alice got a call from Anne Herbert, a woman living in Marin. It was in a restaurant that Anne wrote the phrase down on a piece of paper, after turning it around in her mind for days.

“Here's the idea，” Anne says. “Anything you think there should be more of, do it randomly.” Her fantasies include painting the classrooms of shabby schools, leaving hot meals on kitchen tables in the poor part of town, and giving money secretly to a proud old lady. Anne says, “Kindness_can_build_on_itself_as_much_as_violence_can.”

The acts of random kindness spread. If you were one of those drivers who found your fare paid, who knows what you might have been inspired to do for someone else later. Like all great events, kindness begins slowly, with every single act. Let it be yours!

31. Why did Natalie Smith pay for the six cars behind her? A. She knew the car drivers well.

B. She wanted to show kindness. C. She hoped to please others. D. She had seven tickets.

32. Judy Foreman copied down the phrase because she ________. A. thought it was beautifully written B. wanted to know what it really meant C. decided to write it on a warehouse wall

D. wanted her husband to put it up in the classroom

33. Who came up with the phrase according to the passage? A. Judy Foreman. B. Natalie Smith. C. Alice Johnson. D. Anne Herbert.

34. Which of the following statements is closest in meaning to the underlined sentence above?

A. Kindness and violence can change the world. B. Kindness and violence can affect one's behaviour. C. Kindness and violence can reproduce themselves. D. Kindness and violence can shape one's character. 35. What can we infer from the last paragraph?

A. People should practise random kindness to those in need. B. People who receive kindness are likely to offer it to others. C. People should practise random kindness to strangers they meet. D. People who receive kindness are likely to pay it back to the giver.

【要点综述】 这是一篇记叙文。文章主要讲述了在收费站，一位女士给六位司机付款的善举。因为她在朋友家里的冰箱上看到了一句关于善举的美句，她认为非常有意义，促使她去帮助别人。并且此美句激发了更多的人来做善事，把爱心传递下去。

31. B 推理判断题。根据第二段的“Natalie Smith, had read something on a friend's refrigerator: ‘Practise random kindness and senseless acts of beauty.’ The phrase impressed her so much that she copied it down.”可知Natalie因为被一句话所感动，想要传递爱心。故选B。

32. A 细节理解题。根据第三段的“‘I thought it was beautiful，’she said„”可知Judy Foreman是由于被此美句所打动，所以将它记下来。故选A。

33. D 细节理解题。根据第四段的“„Alice got a call from Anne Herbert, a woman living in Marin. It was in a restaurant that Anne wrote the phrase down on a piece of paper, after turning it around in her mind for days.”可知这句话的原创者是Anne Herbert。故选D。

34. C 句意猜测题。画线句子中的build on和选项中的单词reproduce属于同义转换，意为“扩大，扩展”。故选C。

35. B 推理判断题。根据最后一段的“If you were one of those drivers who found your fare paid, who knows what you might have been inspired to do for someone else later.”可知，当人们受到别人的帮助时，很有可能会将这样的善意以各种形式传递给其他人。故选B。D选项只表示接受帮助的人会将善意回报给帮助他的人，与原文意思不符。

C

Like many new graduates, I left university full of hope for the future but with no real idea of what I wanted to do. My degree, with honours, in English literature had not really prepared me for anything practical. I knew I wanted to make a difference in the world somehow, but I had no idea how to do that. That's when I learned about the Lighthouse Project.

I started my journey as a Lighthouse Project volunteer by reading as much as I could about the experiences of previous volunteers. I knew it would be a lot of hard work, and that I would be away from my family and friends for a very long time. In short, I did not take my decision to apply for the Lighthouse Project lightly. Neither did my family.

Eventually, however, I won the support of my family, and I sent in all the paperwork needed for application. After countless interviews and presentations, I managed to stand out among the candidates and survive the test alone. Several months later, I finally received a call asking me to report for duty. I would be going to a small village near Abuja, Nigeria. Where? What? Nigeria? I had no idea. But I was about to find out.

After completing my training, I was sent to the village that was small and desperately in need of proper accommodation. Though the local villagers were poor, they offered their homes, hearts, and food as if I were their own family. I was asked to lead a small team of local people in building a new schoolhouse. For the next year or so, I taught in that same schoolhouse. But I sometimes think I learned more from my students than they did from me.

Sometime during that period, I realized that all those things that had seemed so strange or unusual to me no longer did, though I did not get anywhere with the local language, and I returned to the United States a different man. The Lighthouse Project had changed my life forever.

36. What do we know about the author?

A. His university education focused on theoretical knowledge. B. His dream at university was to become a volunteer. C. He took pride in having contributed to the world. D. He felt honoured to study English literature.

37. According to Paragraph 2, it is most likely that the author ________． A. discussed his decision with his family

B. asked previous volunteers about voluntary work C. attended special training to perform difficult tasks D. felt sad about having to leave his family and friends

38. In his application for the volunteer job, the author ________． A. participated in many discussions

B. went through challenging survival tests C. wrote quite a few papers on voluntary work

D. faced strong competition from other candidates 39. On arrival at the village, the author was ________． A. asked to lead a farming team B. sent to teach in a schoolhouse

C. received warmly by local villagers D. arranged to live in a separate house

40. What can we infer from the author's experiences in Nigeria? A. He found some difficulty adapting to the local culture. B. He had learned to communicate in the local language.

C. He had overcome all his weaknesses before he left for home. D. He was chosen as the most respectable teacher by his students.

【要点综述】 这是一篇记叙文。文章主要讲述了作者在大学只是学习理论的东西，而毕业后不知自己要干什么。后来作者通过了一项参加志愿者活动的申请，是志愿者活动改变

了作者的人生。

36. A 细节理解题。根据第一段的“My degree, with honours, in English literature had not really prepared me for anything practical.”可知作者在大学里所学的不是实践的(practical)，而是理论上的(theoretical)东西。故选A。

37. A 推理判断题。根据第二段的“In short, I did not take my decision to apply for the Lighthouse Project lightly. Neither did my family.”和第三段的“Eventually, however, I won the support of my family, and I sent in all the paperwork needed for application.”可知，作者跟家人商量了是否参加志愿者活动。故选A。

38. D 细节理解题。根据第三段的“After countless interviews and presentations, I managed to stand out among the candidates and survive the test alone.”可知最后只有一个人可以胜出，因此作者经历了激烈的竞争。故选D。

39. C 细节理解题。根据第四段的“Though the local villagers were poor, they offered their homes, hearts, and food as if I were their own family.”可知作者受到了村民们的热情招待。故选C。

40. A 推理判断题。根据最后一段的“„I realized that all those things that had seemed so strange or unusual to me no longer did„and I returned to the United States a different man.”可知选A。

A

Before I had my son, I spent two years working with children with disabilities. I learnt that shouting and threats of punishment would result in a disaster. Coming up against their behaviour could only make the job harder and their behaviour more extreme. I found something that worked, though.

There was a very naughty boy in the nursery and a teacher who was generally very confident with the children was asked to take charge of him. One day the boy joined a session in the room next to mine. His appearance created an atmosphere of tension. He spent the entire session running around, hitting and kicking, and destroying property.

I was in the craft room working with some other children when my co­worker told me that this boy's teacher was in tears, and could not get control of the situation. As we were talking, the boy ran in. I told my co­worker that I would take care of him.

I closed the door. He was full of energy, throwing things around and making a huge mess. But I could see that he was doing all these to annoy me. He needed connection, and this was the only way he knew how to ask for it. So I sat back down and kept quiet. Then he slowed down and began making a rocket. I talked to him about it. We continued like this for a few minutes before I slipped into the conversation：

“So what happened today？”

It was purely a question, no blame or anger in my tone. I believe that if I had criticized him, the gate that was slowly opening would have shut firmly closed. He told me that the teacher didn't let him do what he knew well due to safety but asked him to do what he disliked. He also admitted that he had enjoyed making her run around and saw it as a game. I explained that his teacher had not seen it as a game and was very upset. This again was stated simply as a fact. I suggested that next time he had a session, he talk about what he hoped to do at the start, which might be easier for everyone. He agreed and was quiet for a moment. Then he looked at me with tears in his eyes before quietly asking if he could go to find his teacher to apologize.

51. The boy made trouble for his teacher because he ________．

A. was accused of destroying property B. was told not to yell at other children C. was made to do things against his will D. was blamed for creating an air of tension

52. Why didn't the author do anything about the boy's bad behaviour at first? A. She didn't want to make it worse. B. She didn't mind the huge mess at all. C. She was tired of shouting and threats. D. She hadn't thought of a coping strategy.

53. The author managed to get the boy to talk to her by ________. A. playing games with him

B. giving him a good suggestion C. describing his teacher's feelings D. avoiding making critical remarks

54. Why did the boy have tears in his eyes in the end? A. He was sorry about his reputation. B. He was regretful about his behaviour. C. He was fearful of the author's warning.

D. He was sad for the author's misunderstanding.

【要点概述】 本文是一篇记叙文。作者在幼儿园工作时，通过教育一个小男孩，让他认识到自己的错误，告诉我们人与人之间需要的是沟通和理解。只有正确的沟通和理解才可以解决一切问题。

51. C 细节理解题。根据最后一段中的第三句 “„asked him to do what he disliked.”可知，男孩是因为老师让他做不喜欢的事情他才捣乱的。所以C项正确。

52. A 推理判断题。根据文章第四段中的“But I could see that he was doing all these to annoy me. He needed connection, and this was the only way he knew how to ask for it. So I sat back down and kept quiet. Then he slowed down and began making a rocket.”可知，作者知道他捣乱是想激怒自己。如果作者没加以了解情况就立刻采取措施，可能会让事情更糟糕，所以作者很冷静。故A项正确。

53. D 推理判断题。根据最后一段前两句“It was purely a question, no blame or anger in my tone. I believe that if I had criticized him, the gate that was slowly opening would have shut firmly closed.” 可知，如果作者批评他，那么他对作者打开的那扇门就又要关闭上了。这说明作者在和他沟通的时候，避免使用批评的语气。所以D项正确。

54. B 推理判断题。根据文章最后一句“Then he looked at me with tears in his eyes before quietly asking if he could go to find his teacher to apologize.”可知，男孩对于自己所犯的错误感到后悔和自责。所以B项正确。

B

In the mid­1950s, I was a somewhat bored early-adolescent male student who believed that

doing_any_more_than_necessary_was_wasted_effort. One day, this approach threw me into embarrassment.

In Mrs Totten's eighth­grade maths class at Central Avenue School in Anderson, Indiana, we were learning to add and subtract decimals(小数)．

Our teacher typically assigned daily homework, which would be recited in class the following day. On most days, our grades were based on our oral answers to homework questions.

Mrs Totten usually walked up and down the rows of desks requesting answers from student after student in the order the questions had appeared on our homework sheets. She would start either at the front or the back of the classroom and work towards the other end.

Since I was seated near the middle of about 35 students, it was easy to figure out which questions I might have to answer. This particular time, I had completed my usual two or three problems according to my calculations.

What I failed to expect was that several students were absent, which threw off my estimate. As Mrs Totten made her way from the beginning of the class, I desperately tried to determine which maths problem I would get. I tried to work it out before she got to me, but I had brain freeze and couldn't function.

When Mrs Totten reached my desk, she asked what answer I'd got for problem No. 14. “I„I didn't get anything，” I answered, and my face felt warm.

“Correct，” she said.

It turned out that the correct answer was zero.

What did I learn that day? First, always do all your homework. Second, in real life it isn't always what you say but how you say it that matters. Third，I would never make it as a mathematician.

If I could choose one school day that taught me the most, it would be that one. 61. What does the underlined part in Paragraph 1 indicate? A. It is wise to value one's time. B. It is important to make an effort. C. It is right to stick to one's belief. D. It is enough to do the necessary.

62. Usually, Mrs Totten asked her students to ________． A. recite their homework together B. grade their homework themselves

C. answer their homework questions orally

D. check the answers to their homework questions

63. The author could work out which questions to answer since the teacher always ________． A. asked questions in a regular way

B. walked up and down when asking questions C. chose two or three questions for the students

D. requested her students to finish their usual questions

64. The author failed to get the questions he had expected because ________． A. the class didn't begin as usual

B. several students didn't come to school C. he didn't try hard to make his estimate

D. Mrs Totten didn't start from the back of the class

65. Which of the following can be the best title for the passage? A. An unforgettable teacher B. A future mathematician C. An effective approach D. A valuable lesson

【要点综述】 经过一次做数学作业投机取巧而遭遇尴尬的经历后，作者明白了三个重

要的道理。

61. D 句意理解题。作者在文章中提到自己做数学作业投机取巧，只记认为老师会问到自己的问题，因此他认为做好必要的事情就足够了。

62. C 细节理解题。根据文章第三段的内容可知作者的数学老师总是以学生口头回答作业的情况来确定学生的分数，因此C项正确。

63. A 推理判断题。文章第四段提到作者的老师总是按照学生坐的顺序来问问题，因此A项正确。

64. B 细节理解题。文章第六段提到当天有几个学生没有来，因此他的预定计划落空了，从而没有回答出老师的问题。

65. D 主旨大意题。作者讲述这堂数学课的原因是这堂课给他带来了有价值的教训，因此D是最佳选项。

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A

Larry was on another of his underwater expeditions(探险) but this time, it was different. He decided to take his daughter along with him. She was only ten years old. This would be her first trip with her father on what he had always been famous for.

Larry first began diving when he was his daughter's age. Similarly, his father had taken him along on one of his expeditions. Since then, he had never looked back. Larry started out by renting diving suits from the small diving shop just along the shore. He had hated them. They were either too big or too small. Then, there was the instructor. He gave him a short lesson before allowing him into the water with his father. He had made an exception. Larry would never have been able to go down without at least five hours of theory and another similar number of hours on practical lessons with a guide. Children his age were not even allowed to dive.

After the first expedition, Larry's later diving adventures only got better and better. There was never a dull moment. In his black and blue suit and with an oxygen tank fastened on his back, Larry dived from boats into the middle of the ocean. Dangerous areas did not prevent him from continuing his search. Sometimes, he was limited to a cage underwater but that did not bother him. At least, he was still able to take photographs of the underwater creatures.

Larry's first expedition without his father was in the Cayman Islands.There were numerous diving spots in the area and Larry was determined to visit all of them.Fortunately for him, a man offered to take him around the different spots for free. Larry_did_not_even_know_what_the_time_was,_how_many_spots_he_dived_into_or_how_many_photographs_he_had_taken. The diving spots afforded such a wide array of fish and sea creatures that Larry saw more than thirty varieties of creatures.

Larry looked at his daughter.She looked as excited as he had been when he was her age.He hoped she would be able to continue the family tradition.Already, she looked like she was much braver than Larry had been then.This was the key to a successful underwater expedition.

56. In what way was this expedition different for Larry? A. His daughter had grown up. B. He had become a famous diver. C. His father would dive with him. D. His daughter would dive with him.

57. What can be inferred from Paragraph 2? A. Larry had some privileges.

B. Larry liked the rented diving suits. C. Divers had to buy diving equipment.

D. Ten­year­old children were permitted to dive.

58. Why did Larry have to stay in a cage underwater sometimes? A. To protect himself from danger. B. To dive into the deep water. C. To admire the underwater view. D. To take photo more conveniently.

59. What can be learned from the underlined sentence? A. Larry didn't wear a watch. B. Larry was not good at maths. C. Larry had a poor memory. D. Larry enjoyed the adventure.

60. What did Larry expect his daughter to do? A. Become a successful diver. B. Make a good diving guide.

C. Take a lot of photos underwater. D. Have longer hours of training.

【要点综述】 本文是一篇记叙文，主要讲述了一位名叫Larry的海底探险家准备带他的女儿去海底探险以及他的海底探险经历。

56．D 细节理解题。根据第一段第二句“He decided to take his daughter along with him.”可知，这一次的不同之处在于他的女儿将与他一起潜水，故选D项。

57.A 推理判断题。根据第二段最后两句“Larry would never have been able to go down without at least five hours of theory and another similar number of hours on practical lessons with a guide. Children his age were not even been allowed to dive.”可知，潜水前有导师指导并训练他，在他那个年龄的孩子甚至不允许潜水，由此可推断，他有一些特权，故选A项，同时可知D项有误。根据第四、五句“„by renting diving suits from the small diving shop just along the shore. He had hated them.”可知B项有误。C项在本段找不到相关信息。

58. A 细节理解题。根据第三段第四、五句“Dangerous areas did not prevent him from continuing his research. Sometimes, he was limited to a cage underwater but that did not bother him.”可知，他待在笼子里应该是为了保护自己，故选A项。第三段最后一句只是对待在笼子里的补充，而不是其原因，故不能选C或D项。

59．D 句意理解题。根据画线句以及后一句“The diving spots afforded such a wide array of fish and sea creatures that Larry saw more than thirty varieties of creatures.”可知，Larry喜欢这些探险以至于忘却了时间，沉浸于其中。

60. A 细节理解题。根据本文最后一句“This was the key to a successful underwater expedition.”可知，Larry期望他的女儿成为一位成功的潜水员。

D

Travis is the manager of G&G where he is responsible for forty employees(雇员) and profits(利润) of over $2 million per year.He's never late to work.He does not get upset on the job.When one of his employees started crying after a customer screamed at her，Travis took her away.“Your working uniform is your shelter，”he told her.“Nothing anyone says will ever hurt you.You will always be as strong as you want to be.”

Travis picked up that lecture in one of his G&G training courses，an education programme

that began on his first day and continues throughout an employee's occupation.The training has，Travis says，changed his life.G&G has taught him how to live，how to focus，how to get to work on time，and how to master his emotions(情绪)．Most importantly，it taught him willpower.

At the centre of that education is an extreme focus on an all­important habit：willpower.Dozens of cases show that willpower is the single most important habit for a person's success.

And the best way to strengthen willpower is to make it into a habit.“Sometimes it looks like people with great self­control aren't working hard—but that's because they've made it automatic，”Angela Duckworth，one of the University of Pennsylvania researchers said.“Their willpower occurs without them having to think about it.”

The company spent millions of dollars developing programmes of study to train employees on self­control.Managers wrote workbooks that serve as guides to how to make willpower a habit in workers' lives.Those courses are，in part，why G&G has grown from a sleepy company into a large one with more than seventeen thousand stores and profits of more than $10 billion a year.

33．We learn from Paragraph 2 that employees in G&G must ________. A．learn to give lectures

B．attend education programmes C．design a working uniform D．develop a common hobby

34．Willpower will become a habit when employees can ________. A．focus on the profits B．benefit from the job C．protect themselves well D．control their feelings well

35．What can we infer from the passage? A．G&G has grown into a large company.

B．G&G will spend half its profits training employees. C．G&G may become more successful in the future. D．G&G has to produce more workbooks for managers.

【要点综述】 本文是一篇记叙文，主要介绍一家公司使willpower在员工生活中成为习惯，所以公司取得了巨大成功的故事。

33．B 细节理解题。根据第二段“„an education programme that began on his first day and continues throughout an employee's occupation.”可判断员工从入职第一天开始直到整个职业生涯中，都必须接受教育培训。

34．D 推理判断题。根据倒数第二段中“‘Sometimes it looks like people with great„they've made it automatic，’„”可知答案。

35．C 推理判断题。根据文章最后一句可知，公司使willpower在员工生活中成为习惯，所以公司取得了巨大成功，以此类推，公司可能在将来更加成功。

D

A city child's summer is spent in the street in front of his home，and all through the long summer vacations I sat on the edge of the street and watched enviously the other boys on the block play baseball.I was never asked to take part even when one team had a member missing—not out of special cruelty, but because they took it for granted，I would be no good at it.They were right，

of course.

I would never forget the wonderful evening when something changed.The baseball ended about eight or eight thirty when it grew dark.Then it was the custom of the boys to retire to a little stoop(门廊) that stuck out from the candy store on the corner and that somehow had become theirs.No grownup ever sat there or attempted to.There the boys would sit，mostly talking about the games played during the day and of the game to be played tomorrow.Then long silences would fall and the boys would wander off one by one.It was just after one of those long silences that my life as an outsider changed.I can no longer remember which boy it was that summer evening who broke the silence with a question；but whoever he was，I nod to him gratefully now.“What's in those books you're always reading？” he asked casually. “Stories，” I answered.“What kind？”asked somebody else without much interest.

Nor do I know what drove me to behave as I did，for usually I just sat there in silence，glad enough to be allowed to remain among them；but instead of answering his question，I told them for two hours the story I was reading at the moment.The book was Sister Carrie.They listened bug­eyed and breathless.I must have told it well，but I think there was another and deeper reason that made them so keen an audience.Listening to a tale being told in the dark is one of the most ancient of man's entertainments，but I was offering them as well，without being aware of doing it，a new and exciting experience.

The books they themselves read were the Rover Boys or Tom Swift or G．A. Henry. I had read them too，but at thirteen I had long since left them behind.Since I was much alone I had become an enthusiastic reader and I had gone through the books-for-boys series.In those days there was no

reading material between children's and grownups' books，or I could find none.I had gone right from Tom Swift and His Flying Machine to Theodore Dreiser and Sister Carrie.Dreiser had hit my young mind，and they listened to me tell the story with some of the wonder that I had had in reading it.

The next night and many nights thereafter，a kind of unspoken ritual(仪式) took place.As it grew dark，I would take my place in the centre of the stoop and begin the evening's tale.Some nights，in order to taste my victory more completely，I cheated.I would stop at the most exciting part of a story by Jack London or Bret Harte，and without warning tell them that that was as far as I had gone in the book and it would have to be continued the following evening.It was not true，of course；but I had to make certain of my new-found power and position.I enjoyed the long summer

evenings until school began in the fall.Other words of mine have been listened to by larger and more fashionable audiences，but for that tough and athletic one that sat close on the stoop outside the candy store，I have an unreasoning love that will last forever.

55．Watching the boys playing baseball，the writer must have felt ________. A．bitter and lonely B．special and different C．pleased and excited D．disturbed and annoyed

56．The writer feels grateful even now to the boy who asked the question because the boy ________.

A．invited him to join in their game B．liked the book that he was reading

C．broke the long silence of that summer evening

D．offered him an opportunity that changed his life 57．According to Paragraph 3，story-telling was popular among the boys basically because

________.

A．the story was from a children's book B．listening to tales was an age-old practice

C．the boys had few entertainments after dark D．the boys didn't read books by themselves

58．The boys were attracted to Sister Carrie because ________. A．it was written by Theodore Dreiser B．it was specifically targeted at boys

C．it gave them a deeper feeling of pleasure D．it talked about the wonders of the world

59．Sometimes the writer stopped at the most exciting part of a story to ________. A．play a mean trick on the boys

B．experience more joy of achievement C．add his own imagination to the story D．help the boys understand the story better 60．What is the message conveyed in the story? A．One can find his position in life in his own way. B．Friendship is built upon respect for each other. C．Reading is more important than playing games. D．Adult habits are developed from childhood. 【要点综述】 这是一篇感人的文章。作者是一位很喜欢文学阅读的学生，在很多时候，他受到了其他小伙伴的冷落，他们想当然地认为作者不擅长打棒球。但终于有一天转机出现了，在某一天晚上，有个小伙伴与作者搭了话，从此，作者开始给他们讲故事，并由此找到了自己的位置。

55. A 推理判断题。 从文章第一段的watched enviously the other boys和“I was never asked to take part„not out of special cruelty„”推断知，作者受到了其他小伙伴的冷落，他感到很孤单和痛苦。故选A项。

56. D 推理判断题。 从文章第二段的“It was just after one of those long silences that my life as an outsider changed. I can no longer remember which boy„”可推断出，当一个男孩子与“我”搭话的时候，“我”的生活从此发生了改变。故选D项。

57. B 细节理解题。 从第三段的“Listening to a tale being told in the dark is one of the most ancient of man's entertainments„”知，听人讲故事是一个古老而又传统的娱乐方式。故选B项。

58. C 推理判断题。 从第四段的“Dreiser had hit my young mind, and they listened to me tell the story with some of the wonder„”知，这些小伙伴被“我”的《嘉莉妹妹》故事深深吸引住了，感受到了无比的愉悦之情。故选C项。

59. B 推理判断题。 从文章最后一段的“„in order to taste my victory more completely, I cheated. I would stop at the most exciting part of a story by Jack London„”推断知，“我”有时候故意在精彩的地方停下来，这样“我”就能体会到一种前所未有的成就感和愉悦感。故选B项。

60. A 主旨大意题。 从最后一段的“„but I had to make certain of my new-found power

and position.”知，作者通过给其他小朋友讲故事，感受到了自己身份和价值的变化。故选A

项。

Compassion is a desire within us to help others. With effort, we can translate compassion into actions. An experience last weekend showed me this is true. I work part－time in a supermarket across from a building for the elderly. These old people are our main customers, and it's not hard to lose patience over their slowness. But last Sunday, one aged gentleman appeared to teach me a valuable lesson. This untidy man walked up to my register(收款机) with a box of biscuits. He said he was out of cash(现金), had just moved into his room, and had nothing in his cupboards. He asked if we could let him have the food on trust. He promised to repay me the next day.

I couldn't help staring at him. I wondered what kind of person he had been ten or twenty years ago, and what he would be like if luck had gone his way. I had a hurt in my heart for this kind of human soul, all alone in the world. I told him that I was sorry, but the store rules didn't allow me to do so. I felt stupid and unkind saying this, but I valued my job.

Just then, another man, standing behind the first, spoke up. If anything, he looked more pitiable. “Change it to me, ” was all he said.

What I had been feeling was pity. Pity is soft, safe and easy. Compassion, on the other hand, is caring in action. I thanked the second man but told him that was not allowed either. Then I reached into my pocket and paid for the biscuits myself. I reached into my pocket because these two men had reached into my heart and taught me compassion.

16．The aged gentleman who wanted to buy the biscuits________ . A．hoped to have the food first and pay later B. promised to obey the store rules C. forgot to take any money with him

D. could not afford anything more expensive

17．Which of the following best describes the old gentleman?

A．Kind and lucky.

B．Friendly and helpful. C．Poor and lonely.

D．Hurt and disappointed.

18．The writer acted upon the store rules because ________． A．he felt no pity for the old gentleman B．he considered the old man dishonest

C．he expected someone else to pay for the old man D．he wanted to keep his present job

19．What does the writer learn from his experience? A．Wealth is more important than anything else. B. Experience is better gained through practice. C. Obeying the rules means more than compassion. D. Helping others is easier said than done.

【文章大意】 本文是一篇记叙文，主要讲述了作者如何把对老人的同情转化为行动的故事。

16．A 推理判断题。根据文章第一段的最后一句“He promised to repay me the next day.” 可推知，老人当时想赊账，之后再来还钱，故选A项。

17．C 推理判断题。根据文章第一段的倒数第三句“He said he was out of cash(现金), had just moved into his room, and had nothing in his cupboards.”并结合第二段的第三句“I had a hurt in my heart for this kind of human soul, all alone in the world.”可推知，那个老人又穷又孤独，故选C项。

18．D 推理判断题。根据文章的第二段的最后一句“I felt stupid and unkind saying this, but I valued my job.”可推知，作者遵守超市规定是想保住自己目前作为收银员的工作，故选D项。

19．D 推理判断题。根据文章最后一段第二句和第三句“Pity is soft, safe and easy. Compassion, on the other hand, is caring in action.”可推知，同情很容易，而怜悯并付出行动并不易，故选D项。

B

London's newest skyscraper(摩天大楼) is called the Shard and it cost about 430 million pounds to build. At a height of almost 310 metres, it is the tallest building in Europe. The Shard has completely changed the appearance of London. However, not everyone thinks that it is a change for the better.

The Shard was designed by the famous Italian architect Renzo Piano. When he began designing the Shard for London, Piano wanted a very tall building that looked like a spire (尖顶). He wanted the glass surfaces to reflect the sky and the city. The sides of the building aren't regular. So the building has an unusual shape. It looks like a very thin, sharp piece of broken glass. And that is how the building got the name: the Shard. Piano says that the spire shape of the Shard is part of a great London tradition. The shape reminds him of the spires of the churches of London or the tall masts(桅杆) of the ships that were once on the river Thames.

The Shard has 87 floors. At the top, there is an observatory. At the moment the building is empty, but eventually there will be a five-star hotel. There will also be top quality restaurants,

apartments and offices.

Before building work began, a lot of people didn't want the Shard though the plans were approved. Now they are still unhappy about the Shard. Some critics say that such a tall skyscraper might be good in a city like New York, but not in London. They say that the best thing about the Shard is its spire shape. But that is the only thing. There is no decoration, only flat surfaces. The Egyptians did that 4，500 years ago. They also think the Shard is too big for London. It destroys the beauty of the city.

Other critics don't like what the Shard seems to represent. They say that the Shard shows how London is becoming more unequal. Only very rich people can afford to buy the expensive private apartments and stay in the hotel. But the people who live near the Shard are among the poorest in London. So the Shard seems a symbol of the division in society between the very rich and the poor.

The Shard now dominates the London skyline. It is not certain, however, that ordinary London citizens will ever accept it as a valuable addition to the city.

55. London's newest skyscraper is called the Shard because of ________． A. its cost B. its size C. its shape D. its height

56. When he designed the Shard, Piano wanted it to ________． A. change London's skyline

B. inherit London's tradition C. imitate the Egyptian style D. attract potential visitors

57. The critics who refer to social division think the Shard ________. A. is only preferred by the rich B. is intended for wealthy people C. is far away from the poor area D. is popular only with Londoners

58. Which would be the best title for the passage? A. The Shard: cheers and claps

B. The Shard: work of a great architect C. The Shard: new symbol of london? D. The Shard: a change for the better?

【要点概述】 本文是一篇新闻报道，报道了伦敦最新的摩天大楼the Shard，介绍了它的形状和设计理念。同时，还讲述了人们对于这栋大楼的不同的看法：很多人都反对建这栋大楼，说它并没有向一个好的方向改变。

55. C 细节理解题。根据第二段的“The sides of the building aren't regular. So the building has an unusual shape. It looks like a very thin, sharp piece of broken glass. And that is how the building got the name: the Shard.”可知，摩天大楼the Shard的得名是因为它的形状。所以C项正确。

56. B 推理判断题。根据第二段的倒数第一、二句“Piano says that the spire shape of the Shard is part of a great London tradition. The shape reminds him of the spires of the churches of London or the tall masts(桅杆) of the ships that were once on the river Thames.”可知，他把这座摩天大楼设计成这个形状是为了让它成为伦敦的传统的一部分，也就是说让它继承伦敦的传统。所以B项正确。

57. B 推理判断题。根据倒数第二段中的“They say that the Shard shows how London is becoming more unequal. Only very rich people can afford to buy the expensive private apartments and stay in the hotel. But the people who live near the Shard are among the poorest in London.”可知，一些批评家认为这座大楼只是为那些富有的人而设计的，而居住在这栋大楼附近的人是伦敦人中最贫穷的那些人，这座大楼是社会不公平的代表。所以B项正确。

58. D 主旨大意题。本文是一篇新闻报道，报道了伦敦最新的摩天大楼the Shard，介绍了它的形状和设计理念，同时还讲述了人们对于这栋大楼的不同的看法。根据第一段最后一句“However, not everyone thinks that it is a change for the better.”可知，很多人都反对建这栋大楼，说它并没有向一个好的方向改变。所以D项正确。

Recently a study, led by Pedro Hallal of the Federal University, suggests that nearly a third of adults, 31%, are not getting enough exercise. That rates of exercise have declined is hardly a new discovery. Since the beginning of the industrial revolution, technology and economic growth have helped to create a world in which taking exercise is more and more an option rather than a necessity. But only recently has enough good data been collected from enough places to carry out the sort of analysis Dr Hallal and his colleagues have engaged in.

There are common themes in different places. Unsurprisingly, people in rich countries are less active than those in poor ones, and old people are less active than young ones. Less obviously, women tend to exercise less than men—34% are inactive, compared with 28% of men. But there are exceptions. The women of Croatia, Finland, Iraq and Luxembourg, for example, move more

than their male countrymen.

Malta wins the race for the most slothful country, with 72% of adults getting too little exercise, and Swaziland and Saudi Arabia are in close behind, with 69%. In Bangladesh, just 5% of adults fail to exercise enough. Surprisingly, six Americans in ten are active enough according to Dr Hallal's study, compared with fewer than four in ten British.

These high rates of inactivity are worrying. Human beings seem to have evolved(进化) to benefit from exercise while deliberately avoiding it whenever they can. In a state of nature it would be impossible to live a life that did not provide enough of it. But that is no longer the case. Actually lack of enough activity these days has nearly the same effect on life span(寿命) as smoking.

20．We may learn from Paragraph 1 that________． A．the decline of exercise rates is newly discovered

B．the study suggests 31% of female adults get too little exercise C．the good enough data has been collected from only one country

D．the industrial revolution has changed the way people live to some degree 21．According to the study, women of Luxembourg ________． A．have little time to exercise B．hate to get regular exercise

C．take more exercise to lose weight

D．exercise more than men in their country

22．The underlined word “slothful” in Paragraph 3 most probably means “________”． A．powerful B．rich C．lazy D．unpopular

23．What can be the best title for the text? A．Worldwide lack of enough exercise B．A new health discovery

C．Evolvement of human beings D．Benefits of taking exercise

【文章大意】 本文是一篇科研报告。研究发现世界范围内人们缺乏锻炼这一事实。 20．D 推理判断题。根据文章第一段的第三句“Since the beginning of the industrial revolution, technology and economic growth have helped to create a world in which taking exercise is more and more an option rather than a necessity.”可推知，工业革命使人们的生活方式发生了巨大的变化，故选D项。

21．D 细节理解题。根据文章第二段的整体理解可知，人们不经常锻炼已经成了普遍现象。但是根据该段最后两句“But there are exceptions. The women of Croatia, Finland, Iraq and Luxembourg, for example, move more than their male countrymen.”可知，Luxembourg女性比男性活动量要大，故选D项。

22．C 词义猜测题。根据文章第三段第一句“„with 72% of adults getting too little exercise„”可推知，大多数国家的人都比较懒于运动，故选C项。

23．A 主旨大意题。根据文章第一段第一句“Recently a study, led by Pedro Hallal of the Federal University, suggests that nearly a third of adults, 31%, are not getting enough exercise.”可知，本文主要讲的是世界范围内人们缺乏锻炼的这种状况，故选A。

D

You've flown halfway around the world; you've sniffed out this place that nobody in Falongland or Thailand seems to have ever heard of; so what on earth is there to do here? You consider this question as you sink into an old wooden beach chair that holds you above the sand.

It was a long journey from Bangkok to Huaplee. By the time you found the bus station and got yourself sorted out, it took almost as long as the flight from Falongland.

Huaplee is located just south of Hua Hin, about two hundred kilometres from Bangkok, down the west side of the Gulf of Thailand. Not many tourists find this place, and the ones that do wonder if finding it has been their purpose all along.

There's an apparent laziness that surrounds you here. It's what this place offers, and it's free of charge. The small waves that tap the shoreline seem to slow everything down. You settle into your beach chair in preparation for a long rest. You sit there and watch the sea.

It's early afternoon, so the cook comes out and asks what you'd like to eat this evening. Before long he's rushed off to the market to buy the ingredients for whatever it was that you ordered—every meal fresh and to order. No menu here.

There is no poolside noise here but just that wonderfully warm, clear blue sea. There's no street noise. The only sounds are the murmurs of nature.

For now you just count your blessings(福祉), listing them in the sand with your toe(脚趾). You don't have to worry about being late for work. You don't have to do anything.

The beach to your right stretches off to the horizon(地平线), slowly narrowing to nothingness only to re-emerge again on your left, now steadily widening until it covers the chair

beneath you. Sand to your left and sand to your right; it's unbroken, endless. No start, no end, just sand, sun, and peace. Step off it, and you re-enter the world of traffic, stress, work, and hurry.

Normally you're the type who can't sit still for more than ten minutes, but you're on Huaplee Lazy Beach now and, in the right frame of mind, it stretches all the way around the world.

“How could it take me so long to find it？” you wonder. 63. When the author first went to Huaplee Beach, ________． A. he found it unworthwhile B. he failed to sort himself out C. he became sensitive to smell D. he had difficulty in finding it

64. What is special about the food service at Huaplee Beach? A. No menu. B. Free food.

C. Self service. D. Quick delivery.

65. In the author's opinion, a tourist can enjoy Huaplee Beach most when he ________． A. sits in a beach chair B. forgets his daily routine C. plans a detailed schedule D. draws pictures in the sand

66. What does the author imply by his question at the end of the passage? A. He shouldn't have counted his blessings.

B. He should have understood the wonder of nature. C. He shouldn't have spent so much time on the trip. D. He should have come to the place earlier.

【要点概述】 本文是一则广告。文章主要叙述了泰国美丽的海滨度假胜地Huaplee

Beach，描述了这里美丽的景色、可口的饭菜以及缓慢的生活节奏，目的在于吸引更多的人来到这里。

63. D 推理判断题。根据文章二段中的内容可知从曼谷去那里要花很长的时间，而且很少有游客能够找到这个地方。作者第一次去也花了很长的时间。所以D项正确。

64. A 细节理解题。根据文章第五段中的“No menu here.”可知在这里吃饭是没有菜单的，都是量身定做的。所以A项正确。

65. B 推理判断题。根据文章倒数第二段的内容可知，正常情况下，如果你是一个很难停下来并且很忙碌的人，那么来到这里，你就应该忘记一切，享受大自然的美丽。所以B项正确。

66. D 推理判断题。根据全文的描述可知这里风景迷人、饭菜可口、生活惬意，作者后悔很晚才发现有这样的地方。所以D项正确。

August 1990, Boston Dear Maya Shao­ming，

To me, June 6，1990 is a special day. My long-awaited dream came true the minute your

father cried, “A girl！” You are more than just a second child, more than just a girl to match our boy. You, little daughter, are the link to our female line, the legacy of another woman's pain and sacrifice 31 years ago.

Let me tell you about your Chinese grandmother. Somewhere in Hong Kong, in the late fifties, a young waitress found herself pregnant(怀孕) by a cook, probably a co­worker at her restaurant. She carried the baby to term, suffered to give it birth, and kept the little girl for the first three months of her life. I like to think that my mother—your grandmother—loved me and fought to raise me on her own, but that the daily struggle was too hard. Worn down by the demands of the new baby and perhaps the constant threat of starvation, she made the painful decision to give away her girl so that both of us might have a chance for a better life.

More likely, I was dropped at the orphanage(孤儿院) steps or somewhere else. I will probably never know the truth. Having a baby in her unmarried state would have brought shame on the family in China, so she probably kept my existence a secret. Once I was out of her life, it was as if I had never been born. And so you and your brother and I are the missing leaves on a family tree.

Do they ever wonder if we exist?

Before I was two, I was adopted by an Anglo couple. Fed three square meals a day, I grew like a wild weed and grasped all the opportunities they had to offer—books, music, education, church life and community activities. In a family of blue-eyed blonds, though,

I_stood_out_like_a_sore_thumb. Whether from jealousy or fear of someone who looked so different, my older brothers sometimes teased me about my unpleasing skin, or made fun of my clumsy walk. Moody and impatient, burdened by fears that none of us realized resulted from my early years of need, I was not an easy child to love. My mother and I conflicted countless times over the years, but gradually came to see one another as real human beings with faults and talents, and as women of strength in our own right. Lacking a mirror image in the mother who raised me, I had to seek my identity as a woman on my own. The Asian American community has helped me regain my double identity.

But part of me will always be missing: my beginnings, my personal history, all the delicate details that give a person her origin. Nevertheless, someone gave me a lucky name “Siu Wai”. “Siu” means “little”， and “Wai” means “clever”. Therefore, my baby name was “Clever little

one”. Who chose those words? Who cared enough to note my arrival in the world?

I lost my Chinese name for 18 years. It was Americanized for convenience to “Sue”. But like an ill­fitting coat, it made me uncomfortable. I hated the name. But even more, I hated being Chinese. It took many years to become proud of my Asian origin and work up the courage to take back my birth-name. That, plus a little knowledge of classroom Cantonese, is all the Chinese

culture I have to offer you. Not white, certainly, but not really Asian, I try to pave the way between the two worlds and bridge the gap for you. Your name, “Shao-ming”， is very much like

mine—“Shao” means “little”. And “ming” is “bright”， as in a shining sun or moon. Whose lives will you brighten, little Maya? Your_past_is_more_complete_than_mine,_and each day I cradle you in your babyhood, generously giving you the loving care I lacked for my first two years. When I pat you, I comfort the lost baby inside me who still cries for her mother.

Sweet Maya, it doesn't matter what you “become” later on. You have already fulfilled my wildest dreams.

I love you， Mummy

65．Why is June 6, 1990 a special day for Mummy? A．Her dream of being a mother came true.

B．She found her origin from her Chinese mother. C．She wrote the letter to her daughter. D．Her female line was well linked.

66．How does Mummy feel about her being given away? A．It is bitter and disappointing. B．It is painful but understandable. C．She feels sorry but sympathetic. D．She feels hurt and angry.

67．What does “I stood out like a sore thumb” in Paragraph 5 mean? A．I walked clumsily out of pains.

B．I was not easy to love due to jealousy. C．I was impatient out of fear. D．I looked different from others.

68．What can be inferred from Mummy's Anglo family life? A．She used to experience an identity crisis. B．She fought against her American identity. C．She forgot the pains of her early years. D．She kept her love for Asia from childhood. 69．Why did Mummy name her daughter “Shao-ming”？

A．To match her own birth-name.

B．To brighten the lives of the family. C．To identify her with Chinese origin. D．To justify her pride in Chinese culture.

70．By “Your past is more complete than mine，” Mummy means ________． A．her past was completed earlier than Shao-ming's

B．Shao­ming has got motherly care and a sense of roots C．her mother didn't comfort her the way she did Shao-ming

D．her past was spent brokenly, first in Asia, then in the US

【要点综述】 本文是一篇书信。作者给自己深爱的女儿写信，此时她还是一个婴儿。在信中作者回忆往事，并憧憬着女儿的未来。

65．D 细节理解题。A项说她成为母亲的梦想实现了，由首段的“You are more than just a second child „”可知她已经有个儿子了；B项说从她中国妈妈那儿她找到了根源，文中没有提及；C项说她写信给她的女儿，这和题干所问没有联系；D项说她与母系一脉相承。由首段的the link to our female line可知答案选D。

66．B 推理判断题。根据第二段的“She carried the baby to term, suffered to give it birth„”可以推断出本句表达的是对母亲的理解；再根据此段最后一句中“„she made the painful decision to give away her girl„”可知这是一个痛苦的决定，故B项正确。

67．D 推理判断题。根据此句后的“„someone who looked so different„”可知，这里的someone指的就是作者本人，这句话是对画线句的补充和解释，故只有D项符合题意。

68．A 推理判断题。根据第五段中“„I was not an easy child to love.”和倒数第二句“Lacking a mirror image in the mother who raised me, I had to seek my identity as a woman on my own.”可知作者因为不知道身世来源而感到困惑，进而使得自己不受人喜欢，即她过去经历了身份危机，故A项正确。

69．C 细节理解题。根据倒数第二段的“Your name, ‘Shao-ming’ is very much like

mine„”和“It took many years to become proud of my Asian origin„”可知女儿的名字和作者的很像，而作者的名字和亚洲的来源相关，故C项“把她和中国的来源联系起来”符合文意。

70．B 推理判断题。根据此句后的解释“„and each day I cradle you in your babyhood, generously giving you the loving care I lacked for my first two years.”可知她女儿得到了母爱，得到了一种归属感，即B项正确。

D

Everyone looks forward to progress, whether in one's personal life or in the general society. Progress indicates a person's ability to change the way he is living at the moment. Progress must lead to a better life and a better way of doing things. All these, however, remain true only in so far as people want to accept technology and move forwards by finding new and more efficient ways of doing things.

However, at the back of the minds of many people, especially those who miss the “good old days”， efficiency_comes_with_a_price. When communication becomes more efficient, people are able to contact one another no matter where they are and at whatever time they wish to. The click of a button allows people miles apart to talk or to see each other without even leaving their homes. With the communication gadgets,_such as mobile phones and iPads, people often do not take the effort to visit one another personally.A personal visit carries with it the additional feature of having to be in the person's presence for as long as the visit lasts. We cannot unnecessarily excuse ourselves or turn the other person off.

With efficiency also comes mass production.Such is the nature of factories and the success of industrialization today.Factories and have improved efficiency. Unskilful tasks are left to machines and products are better made and produced with greater accuracy than any human hand could ever have done. However, with the improvements in efficiency also comes the loss of the personal touch when making these products. For example, many handicrafts(手工艺品) are now produced in a factory. Although this means that supply is better able to increase demand, now that the supply is quick and efficient, the demand might fall because mass production lowers the quality of

the handicraft and it is difficult to find unique designs on each item.

Nevertheless, we must not commit the mistake of analysing progress only from one point of view. In fact, progress has allowed tradition to keep up. It is only with progress and the invention of new technology that many old products can be brought back to their old state. New technology is required for old products to stay old.

It is people's attitude towards progress that causes the type of influence that technology has on society. Technology is flexible. There is no fixed way of making use of it. Everything depends on people's attitude. The worst effects of progress will fall on those who are unable to rethink their attitudes and views of society. When we accept progress and adapt it to suit our needs, a new “past” is created.

70. According to Paragraph 1, progress can benefit people when they are willing to ________． A. live a better life

B. look for better methods C. change ways of living

D. accept technology and advance steadily

71. The underlined word “gadgets” is closest in meaning to “________”． A. tools B. messages C. barriers D. skills

72. The author explains “efficiency comes with a price” by ________. A. describing a process B. using examples

C. following time order D. making classification

73. Compared with home­made handicrafts, machine-made products ________．

A. lack great accuracy B. lack the personal touch C. are of high value D. are quite welcome

74. What can be learned about technology from Paragraph 4? A. It can destroy old traditions. B. It can lead to social progress.

C. It can be used to correct mistakes. D. It can be used to preserve old products.

75. What can be concluded from the last paragraph? A. Progress can suit the needs of daily life. B. People review the past with great regret.

C. Technology should be introduced in a fixed way. D. People's attitude decides the use of technology.

【要点综述】 本文为一篇议论文。文章主要介绍了对进步的看法。作者认为进步有利有弊，但是不管怎样，人们对进步的态度决定技术的使用。

70. D 细节理解题。根据第一段最后一句“„people want to accept technology and move forwards by finding new and more efficient ways of doing things.”可知，当人们想要接受技术并前进时，进步才是有利的。

71. A 词义猜测题。根据后面的例子mobile phones 和 iPads可猜出gadget指的是交流

的工具。

72. B 推理判断题。画线句后作者主要是通过举例来说明一些进步在交流方面带来的不利之处，故选B项。

73. B 细节理解题。根据第三段第五句“However, with the improvements in efficiency also comes the loss of the personal touch when making these products.”可知，机器使得产品缺乏个人接触；根据第四句“„produced with greater accuracy„”可知A项错误；根据最后一句“„the demand might fall because mass production lowers the quality„”可知C、D错误。

74. D 推理判断题。根据第四段最后一句“New technology is required for old products to stay old.”可知，新技术应该能用于保存旧的产品。

75. D 推理判断题。根据最后一段“It is people's attitude towards progress that causes the type of influence that technology has on society„There is no fixed way of making use of it. Everything depends on people's attitude.”可知，人们的态度决定技术的使用，故选D项。

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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 Educational, 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 Their 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 such documents, found in libraries and stores around 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 speakers. 34. What is Turin's book based on? A. The cultural studies in India.

B. The documents available at Yale. C. His language research in Bhutan. D. His personal experience in Nepal.

35. Which of the following best describes Turin's work? A. Write, sell and donate. B. Record, repair and reward.

C. Collect, protect and reconnect. D. Design, experiment and report.

【要点综述】 本文是一篇记叙文。文章叙述了学者们正在努力记录濒临消失的语言和文化，以挽救这些语言和文化。耶鲁大学的科学家Mark Turin专门研究喜马拉雅山脉的语言和口述传统，并根据他自己在尼泊尔一个村庄的生活经历写了一本书。他不只是满足于把这些语言在灭绝前记录下来，他还要把它们挽救下来，和使用某种语言的社区进行重新连接。

32. B 细节理解题。根据第二段中的“In an effort to prevent language loss„”可知，许多学者正在努力记录濒临消失的语言和文化，以挽救这些语言和文化。故选B。

33. A 词义猜测题。根据第四段中的“But he is not content to simply record these voices before they disappear without record.”可知Mark Turin对这些语言做的是全面的记录。故选A。

34. D 推理判断题。根据第三段的“His recently published book, A Grammer of Thangmi with an Ethnolinguistic Introduction to the Speakers and Their Culture, grows out of his experience living, working and raising a family in a village in Nepal.”可知，他的书是根据他在尼泊尔一个村庄的生活经历写的。故选D。

35. C 推理判断题。根据最后一段的“„generations of communities from whom the materials were originally collected.”和“„Turin notes，the endangered languages can be saved and reconnected with speech communities.”可知，Turin的作品是从最初的材料上进行的收集，且其作品使濒临危险的语言得到了保护，并且与使用某种语言的社区重新连接。故选C。

E

You may not have heard of Ashoka, but for the past 27 years, this association，founded by Bill Drayton, has fought poverty(贫困) and sickness, promoted education and encouraged small businesses. To support these worthy causes, Ashoka provides money for the world's most promising“changemakers” seeking to solve(解决) urgent problems and would like to create a world in which every citizen is a changemaker.

Drayton believes that anyone can become an agent for change. The important thing is to simply give yourself permission. If you see a problem that you care about, you can help solve it. The young in particular are willing to accept this concept because at heart every child wants to grow into a happy, healthy contributing adult. In fact, it is many young people's ambition to set up programmes or businesses that improve social conditions. An excellent example is an Ashoka project started in 1995 in Dhaka，which handled the rubbish problem facing the city, helped local farmers and provided an income for poor people there.

When Masqsood and Iftekhar began to study the problem of all the uncollected rubbish that

lay in Dhaka's streets, attracting rats and disease, they discovered that 80% of it was natural waste. So they educated the poor people in the city to compost(把„„制成堆肥) this waste. They knew that they would have a market for the end product because local farmers were struggling with chemical fertilizers(化肥) which were expensive and had reduced the natural minerals in the soil over the years. At first, they were refused, but once they were able to persuade them that there was money to be made, the project took off. In 2009 sales were $14，000.

Drayton is optimistic that in ten years Ashoka will be making really serious, practical progress in bringing about social change by changing the way we look at economic development.

72．Which of the following could be the best title for the passage? A．Changemakers B．Businessmen

C．Social conditions D．Rubbish problems

73．The underlined word “them” in Paragraph 3 probably refers to “________”． A．the local farmers

B．Masqsood and Iftekhar C．Drayton and his team D．the poor people in Dhaka

74．It can be concluded from the passage that anyone can become a changemaker if he________．

A．considers Drayton's concept B．gets permission from Ashoka C．tries to improve social conditions D．is a young, happy and healthy adult

75．The author's attitude towards Ashoka's programme can be described as “________”． A．changing B．forgiving C．cautious D．positive 【要点综述】 本文为一篇说明文。文章介绍了Bill Drayton创办的名叫“阿育王”的扶贫济困机构。

72. A 主旨大意题。本文主要介绍的是Ashoka这个扶贫济困机构，该机构旨在让每一个公民都成为changemaker。第一段两次出现changemaker，第二段首句为主题句。故选A。

73. D 代词指代题。 根据第三段“At first, they were refused, but once they were able to persuade them„”中有三个人称代词，前两个为they，均指代Masqsood and Iftekhar。故画线的them指代上文的the poor people in the city。故选D。

74. C 推理判断题。根据第二段中“In fact, it is many young people's ambition to set up programmes or businesses that improve social conditions.”可推知尽力改善社会环境的任何人都可以成为changemaker。

75. D 观点态度题。文章对Ashoka's programme—changemakers自始至终充满着赞赏之词，显然作者对此是持积极态度的。故选D。

D

Store scent(香味)

What is the first thing you notice when you walk into a shop? The products displayed(展示) at the entrance? Or the soft background music?

But have you ever noticed the smell? Unless it is bad, the answer is likely to be no.But while a shop's scent may not be outstanding compared with sights and sounds, it is certainly there. And it is proving to be an increasingly powerful tool in encouraging people to purchase.

A brand store has become famous for its distinctive scent which floats through the fairly dark hall and out to the entrance, via scent machines. A smell may be attractive but it may not just be used for freshening air. One sports goods company once reported that when it first introduced scent into its stores, customers' intention to purchase increased by 80 per cent.

When it comes to the best shopping streets in Paris, scent is just as important to a brand's success as the quality of its window displays and goods on sale. That is mainly because shopping is a very different experience to what it used to be.

Some years ago, the focus for bread name shopping was on a few people with sales assistants' disproving attitude and don't-touch-what-you-can't-afford displays. Now the rise of electronic

commerce (e-commerce)has opened up famous brands to a wider audience. But while e-shops can

use sights and sounds, only bricks-and-mortar stores(实体店) can offer a full experience from the

minute customers step through the door to the moment they leave. Another brand store seeks to be much more than a shop, but rather a destination．And scent is just one way to achieve this.

Now, a famous store uses complex man-made smell to make sure that the soft scent of baby

powder floats through the kid department, and coconut(椰子) scent in the swimsuit section. A department store has even opened a new lab, inviting customers on a journey into the store's windows to smell books，pots and drawers, in search of their perfect scent.

67. According to the passage, what is an increasingly powerful tool in the success of some brand stores?

A. Friendly assistants. B. Unique scents.

C. Soft background music. D. Attractive window display.

68. E­shops are mentioned in the passage to ________． A. show the advantages of bricks-and-mortar stores

B. urge shop assistants to change their attitude C. push stores to use sights and sounds D. introduce the rise of e­commerce

69. The underlined word “destination” in Paragraph 5 means ________． A. a platform that exhibits goods B. a spot where travellers like to stay C. a place where customers love to go D. a target that a store expects to meet

70. The main purpose of the passage is to ________． A. compare and evaluate B. examine and assess C. argue and discuss D. inform and explain

【要点综述】 本文主要介绍了香味对于传统实体店的影响。各大品牌店都加强了味觉对顾客消费欲求的刺激，并根据商品的不同而调节香味。

67. B 细节理解题。根据第二段中“And it is proving to be an increasing powerful tool in encouraging people to purchase.”可知，此句中的it指的是前面的scent，故选B。

68. A 推理判断题。根据第五段中“But while e-shops„only bricks­and­mortar stores

(实体店) can offer a full experience„”可知作者的倾向非常明显，认为实体店能提供完整的

购物体验，即强调传统实体店的优势。故选A。

69. C 词义猜测题。destination的本意是“目的地”，与上文提到的shop场地相通，但意义迥异，不仅是购物的地方，更多的是一种购物的完整体验，有视觉、听觉和味觉的多重享受。这里的意义是针对消费者而言的，而不是商店或商家。A、D选项都是针对商家的，而B项跟文章没有关系。故选C。

70. D 主旨大意题。这篇文章主要是谈论香味对购物心理的影响，是一篇说明文，所以重在介绍和解释香味对于实体店的影响。A项意为“对比和评估”，对比谈到了，而评价涉及较少；B意为“检测和评估”，科学检测意味太浓，跟本文大意不符。C项意为“争辩”，没有批评靶子的情况下，这种说法不成立。所以本题选D，介绍并解释了“香味”，而没有进行科学试验。

E

For most city people, the elevator is an unremarkable machine that inspires none of the enthusiasm or interest that Americans afford trains, jets, and even bicycles. Dr Christopher Wilk is a member of a small group of elevator experts who consider this a misunderstanding. Without the elevator, they point out, there could be no downtown skyscrapers or tall buildings, and city life as we know it would be impossible. In that sense, they argue, the elevator's role in American history has been no less significant than that of cars. In fact, according to Wilk, the car and the elevator have been locked in a “secret war” for over a century, with cars making it possible for people to spread horizontally(水平地), and elevators pushing them towards life in close groups of towering vertical(垂直的) columns.

If we tend to ignore the significance of elevators, it might be because riding in them tends to be such a brief, boring, and even awkward experience—one that can involve unexpectedly meeting people with whom we have nothing in common, and an unpleasant awareness of the fact that we're hanging from a cable in a long passage.

In a new book, Lifted, German journalist and cultural studies professor Andreas Bernard directed all his attention to this experience, studying the origins of elevator and its relationship to humankind and finding that riding in an elevator has never been a totally comfortable experience. “After 150 years, we are still not used to it，” Bernard said. “We still have not exactly learnt to cope with the mixture of closeness and displeasure.” That mixture, according to Bernard, sets the elevator ride apart from just about every other situation we find ourselves in as we go about our lives.

Today, as the world's urban population explodes, and cities become more crowded, taller, and more crowded, America's total number of elevators—900，000 at last count, according to Elevator World magazine's “2012 Vertical Transportation Industry”—are a force that's becoming more important than ever. And for the people who really, really love them, it seems like high time that we looked seriously at just what kind of force they are.

67. What does the underlined word “this” in Paragraph 1 refer to? A. The general view of elevators. B. The particular interests of experts. C. The desire for a remarkable machine. D. The enthusiasm for transport vehicles.

68. The author's purpose in mentioning cars is ________． A. to contrast their functions with elevators' B. to emphasize the importance of elevators

C. to reveal their secret war against elevators D. to explain people's preference for elevators

69. According to Prof Bernard, what has made the elevator ride different from other life experiences?

A. Vertical direction. B. Lack of excitement. C. Little physical space.

D. Uncomfortable conditions.

70. The author urges readers to consider ________． A. the exact number of elevator lovers B. the serious future situation of elevators C. the role of elevators in city development D. the relationship between cars and elevators

【要点概述】 本文是一篇议论文。文章告诉我们，电梯在美国人的生活中是非常重要的，它使人们向垂直方向发展。随着城市规模的扩大，电梯的使用越来越多，人们要更加关注电梯的作用。

67. A 推理判断题。根据第一段的第一句“For most city people, the elevator is an unremarkable machine that inspires none of the enthusiasm or interest that Americans afford trains, jets, and even bicycles.”可知，大部分人都认为电梯是不值得关注的机器，而Dr Christopher Wilk认为这是一种错误的想法，他认为电梯和汽车几乎同样重要。故this是指大众对于电梯的错误的看法，所以A项正确。

68. B 推理判断题。作者在第一段中提到汽车，提到了它的作用“„with cars making it possible for people to spread horizontally(水平地)„”，然后提到电梯的作用“„elevators pushing them towards life in close groups of towering vertical(垂直的) columns.”，其目的是用汽车的作用说明电梯的作用及它的重要性。 所以B项正确。

69. C 推理判断题。根据第三段中的“„that riding in an elevator has never been a totally comfortable experience.”以及“‘We still have not exactly learnt to cope with the mixture of closeness and displeasure.’”可知人们乘坐电梯的时候感觉是拥挤的、不愉快的，而这主要是因为电梯里的空间太小，给人压抑感。所以C项正确。

70. C 推理判断题。根据文章最后一段第一句“Today, as the world's urban population explodes, and cities become more crowded, taller, and more crowded, America's total number of elevators—900，000 at last count, according to Elevator World magazine's ‘2012 Vertical Transportation Industry’—are a force that's becoming more important than ever.”可知，随着城市规模的扩大，电梯的使用越来越多，它起的作用比以往更重要了，所以人们要更加关注电梯的作用。所以C项正确。

C

A typical lion tamer(驯兽师) in people's mind is an entertainer holding a whip(鞭) and a chair. The whip gets all of the attention, but it's mostly for show. In reality, it's the chair that does the important work. When a lion tamer holds a chair in front of the lion's face, the lion tries to focus on all four legs of the chair at the same time. With its focus divided, the lion becomes confused and is unsure about what to do next. When faced with so many options, the lion chooses to freeze and wait instead of attacking the man holding the chair.

How often do you find yourself in the same position as the lion? How often do you have something you want to achieve (e.g. lose weight, start a business, travel more)—only to end up

confused by all of the options in front of you and never make progress?

This upsets me to no end because while all the experts are busy debating about which option is best, the people who want to improve their lives are left confused by all of the conflicting information. The end result is that we feel like we can't focus or that we're focused on the wrong things, and so we take less action, make less progress, and stay the same when we could be improving.

It doesn't have to be that way. Anytime you find the world waving a chair in your face, remember this: all you need to do is focus on one thing. You just need to get started. Starting before you feel 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 experts mentioned in Paragraph 3? 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

【要点综述】 本文是一篇议论文。本文作者利用驯兽师对待狮子的例子说明了人们在面临多种选择感到困惑时该如何做。当我们面对多种选择时，我们常常不知该选哪一种，因此进展较少，或保持原样。实际上，我们应该专注于一件事，然后下决心做下去。

28. A 细节理解题。根据首段中的“When a lion tamer holds a chair in front of the lion's face, the lion tries to focus on all four legs of the chair at the same time.”可知，当驯兽师拿着椅子在狮子面前时，狮子会关注椅子的四条腿，故可知椅子用是用来戏耍狮子的。故选A。

29. A 推理判断题。根据首段中的“With its focus divided, the lion becomes confused and is unsure about what to do next.”可知，当关注的东西很分散时，狮子开始变得困惑，人们与狮子相似，在面临很多选择时也会感到困惑，不知道该怎么做。故选A。

30. B 推理判断题。根据第三段中的“This upsets me to no end because while all the experts are busy debating about which option is best„”可知，专家们正忙于讨论哪一种选择是最好的，这令作者苦恼，由此推断作者对专家的态度是怀疑的。故选B。

31. C 推理判断题。根据最后一段中的“Anytime you find the world waving a chair in your face, remember this: all you need to do is focus on one thing. You just need to get started.”可知，

当世界在你面前挥舞着一把椅子时，你要集中精力做一件事。故选C。

C

Working with a group of baboons(狒狒) in the Namibian desert, Dr Alecia Carter of the Department of Zoology, Cambridge University set baboons learning tasks involving a novel food and a familiar food hidden in a box. Some baboons were given the chance to watch another baboon who already knew how to solve the task, while others had to learn for themselves. To work out how brave or anxious the baboons were, Dr Carter presented them either with a novel food or a threat in the form of a model of a poisonous snake.

She found that personality had a major impact on learning. The braver baboons learnt, but the shy ones did not learn the task although they watched the baboon perform the task of finding the novel food just as long as the brave ones did. In effect, despite being made aware of what to do, they were still too shy to do what the experienced baboon did.

The same held true for anxious baboons compared with calm ones. The anxious individuals learnt the task by observing others while those who were relaxed did not, even though they spent more time watching.

This mismatch between collecting social information and using it shows that personality plays a key role in social learning in animals, something that has previously been ignored in studies on how animals learn to do things. The findings are significant because they suggest that animals may perform poorly in cognitive(认知的) tasks not because they aren't clever enough to solve them, but because they are too shy or nervous to use the social information.

The findings may impact how we understand the formation of culture in societies through social learning. If some individuals are unable to get information from others because they don't associate with the knowledgeable individuals, or they are too shy to use the information once they have it, information may not travel between all group members, preventing the formation of a culture based on social learning.

59. What is the first paragraph mainly about? A. The design of Dr Carter's research. B. The results of Dr Carter's research. C. The purpose of Dr Carter's research. D. The significance of Dr Carter's research.

60. According to the research, which baboons are more likely to complete a new learning task?

A. Those that have more experience. B. Those that can avoid potential risks. C. Those that like to work independently. D. Those that feel anxious about learning.

61. Which best illustrates the “mismatch” mentioned in Paragraph 4? A. Some baboons are intelligent but slow in learning. B. Some baboons are shy but active in social activities. C. Some baboons observe others but don't follow them. D. Some baboons perform new tasks but don't concentrate.

62. Dr Carter's findings indicate that our culture might be formed through ________． A. storing information

B. learning from each other

C. understanding different people D. travelling between social groups

【要点概述】 本文是一篇科普类文章。文章通过叙述Dr Alecia Carter在狒狒身上进行的一项研究显示，动物的性格在社会化的学习中起着很重要的作用。勇敢的、急躁的狒狒乐于学习，而胆小的、安静的狒狒不乐于学习。同样，人类也与此相似，我们的文化的形成正是通过交换信息等社会化的学习活动来实现的。

59. A 主旨大意题。根据第一段中的“„Dr Alecia Carter of the Department of Zoology, Cambridge University set baboons learning tasks involving a novel food and a familiar food hidden in a box. Some baboons were given the chance to watch another baboon who already knew how to solve the task, while others had to learn for themselves.”可知，本段主要描述她进行的这项研究的设计方案，也就是她在这项研究里是如何做的。所以A项正确。

60. D 细节理解题。根据第三段第二句“The anxious individuals learnt the task by observing others while those who were relaxed did not, even though they spent more time watching.”可知，那些很急切想学习的狒狒学得更快、更好，而那些害羞的狒狒却没能做到。所以D项正确。

61. C 推理判断题。根据第三段中的“The anxious individuals learnt the task by observing others while those who were relaxed did not, even though they spent more time watching.”可知，一些狒狒虽然观察了很长时间，但是并没有采取行动。这说明性格在动物的社会行为中起着很重要的作用。第四段里的mismatch就是指第三段最后一句“„while those who were relaxed did not, even though they spent more time watching.”的内容。所以C项正确。

62. B 细节理解题。根据文章最后一段中的第一句“The findings may impact how we understand the formation of culture in societies through social learning.”可知，人们是通过社会学习来理解我们文化的形成的，也就是说人们需要相互交换信息、相互学习。所以B项正确。

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C

Most damagingly, anger weakens a person's ability to think clearly and keep control over his behaviour. The angry person loses objectivity in evaluating the emotional significance of the person or situation that arouses his anger.

Not everyone experiences anger in the same way; what angers one person may amuse another. The specific expression of anger also differs from person to person based on biological and cultural forces. In contemporary culture, physical expressions of anger are generally considered too socially harmful to be tolerated. We no longer regard duels(决斗) as an appropriate expression of anger resulting from one person's awareness of insulting behaviour on the part of another.

Anger can be identified in the brain, where the electrical activity changes. Under most conditions EEG(脑电图) measures of electrical activity show balanced activity between the right and left prefrontal(额叶前部) areas. Behaviourally this corresponds to the general even-handed

disposition(意向) that most of us possess most of the time. But when we are angry the EEG of the right and left prefrontal areas aren't balanced and, as a result of this, we're likely to react. And our behavioural response to anger is different from our response to other emotions, whether positive or negative.

Most positive emotions are associated with approach behaviour: we move closer to people we like. Most negative emotions, in contrast, are associated with avoidance behaviour: we move away from people and things that we dislike or that make us anxious. But anger is an exception to this pattern. The angrier we are, the more likely we are to move towards the object of our anger.

This corresponds to what psychologists refer to as offensive anger: the angry person moves closer in order to influence and control the person or situation causing his anger. This approach-and-confront behaviour is accompanied by a leftward prefrontal asymmetry(不对称) of

EEG activity. Interestingly, this asymmetry lessens if the angry person can experience empathy(同感) towards the individual who is bringing forth the angry response. In defensive anger, in contrast, the EEG asymmetry is directed to the right and the angry person feels helpless in the face of the anger-inspiring situation. 61．The “duels” example in Paragraph 2 proves that the expression of anger ________． A．usually has a biological basis B．varies among people

C．is socially and culturally shaped

D．influences one's thinking and evaluation

62．What changes can be found in an angry brain? A．Balanced electrical activity can be spotted.

B．Unbalanced patterns are found in prefrontal areas. C．Electrical activity corresponds to one's behaviour. D．Electrical activity agrees with one's disposition.

63．Which of the following is typical of offensive anger? A．Approaching the source of anger. B．Trying to control what is disliked. C．Moving away from what is disliked. D．Feeling helpless in the face of anger.

64．What is the key message of the last paragraph? A．How anger differs from other emotions. B．How anger relates to other emotions. C．Behavioural responses to anger. D．Behavioural patterns of anger.

【要点综述】 本文是一篇医学类说明文，介绍了人们生气的危害、不同原因、生气时大脑的状态以及其行为模式等。最后心理学家又分别对进攻型的愤怒和防守型的愤怒做了具体阐述。

61．C 推理判断题。根据第二段第二、三句“The specific expression of anger also differs from person to person based on biological and cultural forces. In contemporary culture, physical expressions of anger are generally considered too socially harmful to be tolerated.”可知，表达愤怒的方式不尽相同，受生理、文化和社会驱使的影响，故C项正确。

62．B 细节理解题。根据第三段中“But when we are angry the EEG of the right and left prefrontal areas aren't balanced „”可知当我们生气时，脑电图反映出在左、右前额叶脑区活动不均衡，由此确定B项正确。

63．A 推理判断题。根据最后一段中“The angrier we are, the more likely we are to move towards the object of our anger. This corresponds to what psychologists refer to as offensive anger: the angry person moves closer in order to influence and control the person or situation causing his anger.”可知，我们越生气，离生气的对象就越近，这和心理学家提到的offensive anger相呼应，即越生气，就越接近生气的根源，故A项正确。

64．D 段落大意题。文章最后一段的前两句“Most positive emotions are associated with„negative emotions, in contrast„”引领整段，介绍了生气的不同行为模式，故D项正确。

C

Would it surprise you to learn that，like animals，trees communicate with each other and pass on their wealth to the next generation?

UBC Professor Simard explains how trees are much more complex than most of us ever imagined.Although Charles Darwin thought that trees are competing for survival of the fittest，Simard shows just how wrong he was.In fact，the_opposite_is_true：trees survive through their co-operation and support，passing around necessary nutrition “depending on who needs it”． Nitrogen(氮) and carbon are shared through miles of underground fungi(真菌) networks，making sure that all trees in the forest ecological system give and receive just the right amount to keep them all healthy.This hidden system works in a very similar way to the networks of neurons(神经元) in our brains，and when one tree is destroyed，it affects all.

Simard talks about “mother trees”，usually the largest and oldest plants on which all other trees depend.She explains how dying trees pass on the wealth to the next generation，transporting important minerals to young trees so they may continue to grow.When humans cut down “mother trees” with no awareness of these highly complex “tree societies” or the networks on which they feed，we are reducing the chances of survival for the entire forest.

“We didn't take any notice of it，” Simard says sadly.“Dying trees move nutrition into the young trees before dying，but we never give them chance.” If we could put across the message to the forestry industry，we could make a huge difference towards our environmental protection efforts for the future.

29．The underlined sentence “the opposite is true” in Paragraph 2 probably means that trees ________.

A．compete for survival B．protect their own wealth C．depend on each other

D．provide support for dying trees 30．“Mother trees” are extremely important because they ________. A．look the largest in size in the forest B．pass on nutrition to young trees

C．seem more likely to be cut down by humans D．know more about the complex “tree societies”

31．The underlined word “it” in the last paragraph refers to ________. A．how “tree societies” work B．how trees grow old

C．how forestry industry develops D．how young trees survive

32．What would be the best title for the passage? A．Old trees communicate like humans B．Young trees are in need of protection C．Trees are more awesome than you think D．Trees contribute to our society

【要点综述】 本文是一篇议论文，主要介绍Simard的观点：认为树与树之间相互合作和支持，传递相互需要的营养来生存。

29．C 句意理解题。Simard 不同意达尔文“适者生存”的观点，Simard的观点和达

尔文“适者生存”观点相反：树通过它们之间的合作和支持，传递相互需要的营养来生存。故C项正确。

30．B 推理判断题。根据第四段前两句“„pass on the wealth to the next generation„”可推知B项正确。

31．A 词义猜测题。这里it指第四段中mother trees运输营养给年轻的树，以便年轻的树能够继续生长的树生态社会工作原理。

32．C 主旨大意题。Simard认为树与树之间相互合作和支持，传递相互需要的营养来生存，这比我们以前认为的“适者生存”的观点更令人敬畏。

E

Women are friendly. But men are more competitive. Why? Researchers have found it's all down to the hormone oxytocin(荷尔蒙催生素). Although known as the love hormone, it affects the sexes differently.

“Women tend to be social in their behaviour. They often share with others. But men lend to be competitive. They are trying to improve their social status，” said Professor Ryan.

Generally, people believe that the hormone oxytocin is let out in our body in various social situations and our body creates a large amount of it during positive social interactions (互动) such as falling in love or giving birth.

But in a previous experiment Professor Ryan found that the hormone is also let out in our body during negative social interactions such as envy.

Further researches showed that in men the hormone oxytocin improves the ability to recognize competitive relationships, but in women it raises the ability to recognize friendship.

Professor Ryan's recent experiment used 62 men and women aged 20 to 37.

Half of the participants(参与者) received oxytocin. The other half received placebo(安慰剂)． After a week, the two groups switched with participants. They went through the same procedure with the other material.

Following each treatment, they were shown some video pictures with different social interactions. Then they were asked to analyze the relationships by answering some questions. The questions were about telling friendship from competition. And their answers should be based on gestures, body language and facial expressions.

The results indicated that, after treatment with oxytocin, men's ability to correctly recognize competitive relationships improved, but in women it was the ability to correctly recognize friendship that got better.

Professor Ryan thus concluded, “Our experiment proves that the hormone oxytocin can raise people's abilities to better distinguish different social interactions. And the behaviour differences between men and women are caused by biological factors(因素) that are mainly hormonal.”

47. What causes men and women to behave differently according to the text? A. Placebo. B. Oxytocin.

C. The gesture. D. The social status.

48. What can we learn from Professor Ryan's previous experiment? A. Oxytocin affects our behaviour in a different way. B. Our body lets out oxytocin when we are deep in love.

C. Our body produces oxytocin when we feel unhappy about others' success. D. Oxytocin improves our abilities to understand people's behaviour differences.

49. Why did Professor Ryan conduct the recent experiment?

A. To test the effect of oxytocin on the ability to recognize social interactions. B. To know the differences between friendship and competition. C. To know people's different abilities to answer questions. D. To test people's understanding of body language. 50. The author develops the text by ________． A. explaining people's behaviours B. describing his own experiences C. distinguishing sexual differences D. discussing research experiments

【要点综述】本文是一篇科普类文章。文章通过瑞安教授所做的调查实验发现，荷尔蒙催生素能提高人们更好地辨认不同的社会交往的能力；男女之间行为的差异主要是由荷尔蒙的生物因素引起的。

47. B 细节理解题。根据文章首段的“Women are friendly. But men are more competitive. Why? Researchers have found it's all down to the hormone oxytocin(荷尔蒙催生素)．”可知，男女之间行为表现的不同是由于荷尔蒙催生素引起的。

48. C 推理判断题。根据文章第四段“But in a previous experiment Professor Ryan found that the hormone is also let out in our body during negative social interactions such as envy.”可知，在消极情绪的社会交往中，我们身体也释放荷尔蒙。

49. A 推理判断题。根据瑞安教授所做的实验的过程及最后所得出的实验结论“‘Our experiment proves that the hormone oxytocin can raise people's abilities to better distinguish different social interactions„’”可知，最近这次实验是想测试一下荷尔蒙催生素对辨认社交能力的效果，而结果证实了荷尔蒙催生素能提高人们的这种能力。

50. D 推理判断题。文章是通过讨论所做的不同的实验而展开的，故选D。

You may not pay much attention to your daily lift ride. Many of us use a lift several times during the day without really thinking about it. But Lee Gray, PhD, of the University of North Carolina, the US, has made it his business to examine this overlooked form of public transport. He is known as the “Lift Guy”．

“The lift becomes this interesting social space where etiquette(礼仪) is sort of odd(奇怪的)，” Gray told the BBC. “They (Lifts) are socially very interesting but often very awkward places.”

We walk in and usually turn around to face the door. If someone else comes in, we may have to move. And here, according to Gray, lift users unthinkingly go through a set pattern of movements. He told the BBC what he had observed.

He explained that when you are the only one inside a lift, you can do whatever you want—it's your own little box.

If there are two of you, you go into different corners, standing diagonally(对角线地) across from each other to create distance.

When a third person enters, you will unconsciously form a triangle. And when there is a fourth person, it becomes a square, with someone in every corner. A fifth person is probably going to have to stand in the middle.

New entrants to the lift will need to size_up the situation when the doors slide open and then act decisively. Once in, for most people the rule is simple—look down, or look at their phones.

Why are we so awkward in lifts?

“You don't have enough space，” Professor Babette Renneberg, a clinical psychologist at the Free University of Berlin, told the BBC. “Usually when we meet other people, we have about an arm's length of distance between us. And that's not possible in most lifts.”

In such a small, enclosed space it becomes very important to act in a way that cannot be construed(解释) as threatening or odd. “The easiest way to do this is to avoid eye contact，” she said.

19．The main purpose of the article is to ________． A．remind us to enjoy ourselves in the lift B．tell us some unwritten rules of lift etiquette C．share an interesting but awkward lift ride

D．analyse what makes people feel awkward in a lift

20．According to Gray, when people enter a lift, they usually ________． A．turn around and greet one another B．look around or examine their phones C．make eye contact with those in the lift D．try to keep a distance from other people

21．Which of the following describes how people usually stand when there are at least two people in a lift? (The point in the chart refers to one person)

22．The underlined phrase “size up” in Paragraph 7 is closest in meaning to “________”． A．judge B．ignore

C．put up with D．make the best of

【文章大意】 本文是一篇小品文。乘电梯已经是现代人生活中司空见惯的事情了， 然而其中有些小细节你注意到了吗？如果没有，有可能会引起一些不必要的尴尬！

19．B 主旨大意题。根据第二段以及全文的整体理解可知，本文主要是讲人们乘电梯时的一些潜规则，故选B项。

20．D 推理判断题。根据文章第五段到第七段中所举例子可推知，乘电梯时，人们潜意识地与他人要隔开一些距离，故选D项。

21．C 细节理解题。根据第五段到第七段中所举例子可知，当电梯里有三人时，他们会呈三角形状站立；四人时，他们会各占一角；五人时，第五个人在四人组合的前提下，只好站在电梯的正中间，故选C项。

22．A 词义猜测题。根据文章第七段第一句“„and then act decisively„”可推知，新进电梯的人要对电梯内的状况做一个判断，然后才决定站在什么样的位置上，故选A项。ignore忽略；put up with容忍；make the best of充分利用。

Charlie came from a poor village. His parents had __1__ money to send him to school when he was young. The boy was very sad. Mr. King lived next to him. He found the boy __2__ and had pity on him and lent some money to him. So the boy could go to school. He studied hard and __3__ all his lessons. When he finished middle school, the man introduced him to his friend in the town. And he began to work.

Once Mr. King was seriously hurt in an accident. Dying, he asked Charlie to take care of his daughter, Sharon. The young man __4__ and several years later he married the girl. He loved her very much and tried his best to make her happy. He often bought beautiful clothes and delicious food for her. He was good at cooking and he cooked __5__ for her. So she became very fat and she felt it difficult to walk. And one day she found there was something wrong with her heart. Her husband wasn’t at home and she had to go to __6__ at once. The doctors looked her over and told her __7__ eat meat, sugar, chocolate and things like these. She was afraid __8__ the doctor’s words and wrote all the names of the food on the paper. When she got home, she put the list on the table and __9__. When she returned home that afternoon, she found many kinds of food: meat, sugar and chocolate in the kitchen. Charlie was busy __10__ there. As soon as he saw her, he said happily, “I’ve bought all the food you like, dear!” 1. A. no B. some C. much D. enough 2. A. lazy B. clever C. careful D. hard 3. A. did well in B. was poor at C. was working D. was good for 4. A. was angry B. thought hard C. agreed D. said “No.” 5. A. a little B. a few C. many D. a lot 6. A. rest B. sleep C. hospital D. work 7. A. should B. would C. to D. not to 8. A. to remember B. to forget C. to catch D. to teach 9. A. slept B. went out C. cooked D. ate 10. A. reading B. seeing C. cooking D. writing 名师点评

本文讲述了查理为报答金先生生前对自己的大恩大德，在娶了金先生女儿为妻之后精心照料她，却导致妻子营养过剩而患病去医院检查。医生列出她不能吃的食物，深爱妻子的查理不明情况，反而照单为妻子买了上面的各种食物。 答案简析

1. A。查理家境贫困，父母没有钱资助他上学，故选no。

2. B。根据下文，查理不负众望，说明他聪明好学，故选clever。

3. A。查理学习刻苦，并顺利完成了学业，说明他各门功课成绩较好，故选did well in。D选项介词用错，正确词组为was good at。

4. C。根据下文查理娶了金先生女儿为妻并精心呵护她，说明查理同意了金先生的请求，故选agreed。

5. D。根据下文妻子胖得不能走路，说明她食物吃得多。此外食物为不可数名词，因此只能用a lot of来修饰。

6. C。心脏不好，应去医院检查，下文指出为她检查的正是医生，故选hospital。 7. D。由于她的病是因营养过剩引起的，医生应让她不要吃肉，糖果之类的食物，故选not to。 8. B。她害怕忘了医生的指示，因此将其写在纸上，故选to forget。 9. B。与下文相对应，这里应填went out。

10. C。擅长烹饪的查理将菜买回之后，肯定要忙着为爱妻做饭，故cooking为正确答案。 Rosa liked making up stories. She was so __1__ that her classmates believed her from time to time. In fact, the whole class believed her! At first she supposed it was __2__. Now, as she got up to __3__ before the class, She knew that make –believe stories had some way of coming back to make you sad.

Rosa’s parents were separated. Nine months out of the year, Rosa lived with her mother in an

apartment on Anderson Street. But when summer __4__, she went to her father’s farm in Arizona.

The farm was great! Rosa rode horses and __5__ with some farm work. Her father, however, was so __6__ that he couldn’t find time to go places with her. When she arrived each summer, her father would __7__ her at the airport and take her out to eat. And the day she went back to the __8__ he would always buy her a present.

When summer came to a close, Rosa __9__ to her mother. At school she heard lots of stories her friends told about their family trips. Rosa wished she had a __10__ to talk about.

Not long after __11__ began, Rosa was looking through travel magazines in the school library. They talked about many exciting __12__, like England and Germany. When Rosa’s friends asked what she had done that summer, she made up something that was not __13__. Remembering the travel magazines she had looked at, she told her classmates that she and her father had gone to __14__.

When the class began studying England, Mr. Thomas asked Rosa to tell all the things she could __15__ about her trip to England! 1. A. afraid B. worried C. sure D. happy 2. A. joke B. fun C. turn D. game 3. A. talk B. teach C. show D. travel 4. A. passed B. arrived C. lasted D. changed 5. A. made B. played C. helped D. did 6. A. weak B. pleased C. busy D. lonely 7. A. show B. visit C. meet D. send 8. A. farm B. city C. family D. school 9. A. wrote B. called C. moved D. returned 10. A. family B. school C. teacher D. farm 11. A. meeting B. school C. summer D. talk 12. A. people B. cities C. languages D. places 13. A interesting B. true C. long D. same 14. A. England B. Germany C. farm D. home 15. A. think B. see C. remember D. read 名师点评

本文讲述了父母已离异的罗莎喜欢编谎言骗人，从中获得乐趣。暑假过后其他同学都在谈假期中的家庭旅游时，罗莎只得自欺欺人，骗大家说她与爸爸去了英国。结果上课时，老师让她谈英国的情况时，她无话可说了。 答案简析

1. C。罗莎的谎言经常让同学们信以为真，说明她骗人时自信心强，把握大。故选择sure.。 2. B。与下文罗莎自欺欺人相对应，一开始她认为骗人是件快乐的事，故选择fun。

3. A。根据文意，经过这件事后她意识到骗人其实就是骗自己，这种意识在平时与大伙交谈时更为强烈，故选talk。

4. B。夏天到时，罗莎就会到爸爸农场去度假，故选arrive。 5. C。help with sth. 意为“帮助干些事情”。

6. C。爸爸没时间陪她去其它地方游玩，说明爸爸很忙，故选busy。 7. C。这里meet表示爸爸去机场接她。

8. B。在农场度假结束后，罗莎应返回城里，故选city.

9. D。根据文意暑假结束了，罗莎要返回到妈妈身边。故选 returned.

10. A。与上文相对应，她的朋友都在谈假期与家人的旅游，罗莎因此希望拥有一个完整的家庭。

11. B。假期结束了，新学期又开始了，且下文讲到了学校里的事情，故选school。 12. D。下文的例子既不是城市也不是人或语言而是两个国家，只有选places。

13. B。别人问起她夏天的旅游情况时，她只有编织一些不真实的事情骗大家，故选true。 14. A。下文老师让她讲在英国旅行的情况，说明她骗大家去了英国，故选England。 15. C。老师让罗莎对过去的事情进行回忆并讲述，故选remember。 1

My husband and I arrived in a new country just a month ago. We were sort of 11 about what was waiting for us. However, when we 12 at the airport, a tall man with smiling eyes greeted us. The days and months were 13 made easy for us by this kind man.

He greeted us every day with his smiling face. He 14 us in going to the bank, in buying our groceries, in telling us 15 to buy almost everything. He told us he is our big brother.

16 , we watched the match in a coffee shop. During the first get-together, he 17 us that we’ re lucky—my husband and I are 18 in this foreign land. He said he has been 19 for eight years now because he rarely sees his family, 20 they are in his home country. During the second get-together, he 21 told us that we are his family. He said that he loves us and that he will 22 us because he has been given a 23 of 45 days to go back to his home country. That night, he spoke these words which 24 a great impact in my life: “You changed my life…”

That night deep in our hearts we were 25 by our friend’s words. We texted him upon reaching home, 26 him for being a Big Brother to us in the foreign land. We told him 27 that we feel safe in going out when we are with him, to which he 28 , “You are my family here.”

On the first week of October, we’re going to 29 him back from his vacation. We’ll watch the football match again in that 30 shop that holds dear memories.

11. A. curious B. worried C. certain D. crazy 12. A. checked B. dropped C. landed D. settled 13. A. therefore B. instead C. anyhow D. otherwise

14. A. expected B. troubled C. comforted D. accompanied 15. A. when B. where C. why D. whether 16. A. Once B. So C. Twice D. Finally 17. A. informed B. warned C. blamed D. convinced 18. A. together B. nearby C. around D. apart 19. A. sick B. lonely C. cheerful D. scared 20. A. if B. unless C. as D. although 21. A. secretly B. jokingly C. proudly D. sincerely 22. A. remember B. miss C. forget D. respect

23. A. delay B. right C. vacation D. date 24. A. created B. designed C. solved D. received 25. A. puzzled B. touched C. astonished D. flattered 26. A. thanking B. forgiving C. repaying D. punishing 27. A. after all B. as well C. in return D. in advance 28. A. agreed B. objected C. added D. replied 29. A. see B. pick C. call D. force 30. A. book B. grocery C. coffee D. sports 【答案】【知识点】B1 记叙文

【文章综述】文章讲述了作者和妻子来到异国他乡时，遇到了一个“大哥哥”的帮助，他给了他们亲人般的关怀和照顾，陪着他们购物、去银行、帮助他们办理各项事务，使他们很容易地适应了的新环境，因此他们也成了亲密的朋友。 【答案解析】

11.B A. curious 好奇的B. worried 担心的C. certain肯定的D. crazy疯狂的；由情理可知当人们初到异国他乡，在举目无亲的情况下，面对陌生的环境心里是担忧的，不安的。

12.C A. checked 检查 B. dropped 下降C. landed 着陆D. settled定居；根据at the airport可知他们是乘飞机去的，所以用land“着陆，降落”。

13.A A. therefore 因此B. instead取代C. anyhow 无论如何D. otherwise否则；从下文可知因为有了这个和善的 “大哥哥”的帮助，他们在这个新地方的生活变得很容易，所以此处表示因果关系，故选A。

14.D A. expected 期待 B. troubled麻烦C. comforted 安慰D. accompanied 陪伴。根据下文going to the bank, in buying our groceries,可以判断作者和她丈夫是在他的陪同下购物，办理一切手续等。

15.B A. when 何时B. where 何地 C. why 为什么D. whether是否。根据语境in showing us__ __to buy almost everything.判断他指给我们去哪里买东西，此处指买东西的地方，故答案选B。

16.C A. Once 一次；一旦B. So 因此 C. Twice 两次D. Finally最终；根据下文During the first get-together, During the second get-togethe可知是两次。

17.D A. informed 通知 B. warned 警告 C. blamed责备 D. convinced使信服；从下文的讲述可知这位好心的“大哥哥”独自在国外八年，通过这种对比可知因为有着丈夫的陪伴，作者深信自己是幸运的。

18.A A. together 一起B. nearby附近C. around四处 D. apart分开；根据上下文可以判断此处侧重与那位好心人孤身一人在国外居住的对比，所以答案选A。

19.B A. sick 生病的B. lonely 孤独的C. cheerful 欢呼D. scared害怕；根据下文he hardly sees his family… they are in his home country.判断他是独自一人居住在国外，所以用lonely“孤独的”，选B。

20.C A. if 如果B. unless 除非C. as由于D. although尽管；从he hardly sees his family,和they are in his home country判断前后句是因果关系，答案选C。

21.D A. secretly秘密地B. jokingly开玩笑地C. proudly 自豪地D. sincerely真诚地。由情理可知当他说He said that he loves us….的时候应该是发自内心、真诚地说，故答案选D。 22.B A. remember 记得B. miss 错过；想念C. forget 忘记D. respect尊重；根据后句because he has been given a __ ___of 45 days to go back to his home country可知他要回国，由情理可知在此他表示在此期间他会想念作者和他丈夫。答案选B。 23.C A. delay 推迟B. right 权力C. vacation假期D. date日期。根据下文……from his vacation可以判断他获得了一个45天的假期，选C。

24.A A. created 创造；造成 B. designed 设计C. solved解决 D. received受到；那天晚上，他的话对我们的生活产生重大影响。

25.B A. puzzled迷惑B. touched 感动C. astonished震惊D. flattered奉承；谄媚；由上文He said that he loves us等可知这位热心人的坦诚让作者非常感动，答案选B。 26.A A. thanking感谢B. forgiving 原谅C. repaying 报答 D. punishing惩罚。在上文中作者提到这位热心人给予他们无私的帮助，由此推断作者在此是表示对他的感激， thank sb for sth/doing sth，“因……而感激”，选A。

27.B A. after all 毕竟；终究B. as well也C. in return 回报D. in advance预先。上文作者发短信表示对这位好人的感激，所以此处再提到其他内容时可以用as well，意思是“也”，答案选B，其他选项不合语境。

28.D A. agreed 同意 B. objected 反对C. added 加D. replied回复。根据下文“You are my family here.”可知这是“大哥哥”所回短信的内容，reply to “对……做出回复、回答”，故答案选D。

29.A A. see 看B. pick捡C. call 叫D. force从下文We ’ll watch the football match again可知作者是去见刚刚探亲回来的这位朋友，故答案选A。

30.C A. book 书B. grocery杂货C. coffee 咖啡D. sports运动。根据上文the match in a coffee shop.可以推断他们会再次去那家有着美好回忆的咖啡店去看球赛，答案选C。

【英语卷（解析）·2015届湖北省荆门市高三元月调研考试（201501）】第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20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。

“I wouldn’t buy that woman a Mother’s Day card, even if my life depended upon it,” said the woman standing by the card shelf at Wal-Mart. I looked up and saw a(n) 31 of total complaint and dislike.

Having been 32 at a Florida orphanage at age four, I never knew what it felt like to have a mother or a father. Never once had I received a hug or a kiss from my parents. That part of my life is a total 33 .

She looked up, saw me looking at her and 34 angrily, “Just what are you looking at, you fool?”

“Sorry Ma’am. I never had a mother, and I was 35 by your words.” I reached over and picked up a nice-looking 36 , opened it and began to read, “Thank you 37 for being my mother.”

“Do you think your mother would like that card? Mine would, I think,” I said.

“Do you know what it is like to be 38 at for years, and never be told that you are loved?” she asked.

“My mother didn’t 39 me, let alone shout. She just took me to the orphanage where I stayed until I grew up,” I replied.

“Don’t you 40 her?” she asked.

“Oh, I can’t. She’s my mother. Being a mother is a position to be 41 , even if she is not a very nice person,” I told her. The woman stood there 42 her head.

I looked down at the floor and said, “I know your mother might have done a lot of things that 43 you. It appears as if you hate her. But I can tell you this from my 44 that disliking her, or even hating her, feels nowhere near as 45 as never having known a mother at all—good or bad. At least, you feel 46 . For me, it’s all just a large blank of loneliness inside my heart, and that’s 47 I’ll feel until I die.”

The woman stood there for a moment. 48 , she reached out, took the card from my hand, smelled it, and placed it in her cart.

After she left, I 49 a nice card for my mother. I took it home, 50 it, and placed it with the other Mother and Father’s Days cards bought all these years, each marked “Address Unknown”. 31. A. idea B. appearance C. expression D. impression 32. A. deserted B. lost C. reserved D. rescued 33. A. dark B. pain C. misfortune D. blank 34. A. requested B. considered C. screamed D. refused 35. A. relieved B. annoyed C. disappointed D. shocked 36. A. cart B. card C. book D. magazine 37. A. simply B. largely C. originally D. basically 38. A. shouted B. glared C. laughed D. pointed 39. A. set aside B. leave behind C. care about D. know about 40. A. miss B. love C. accuse D. hate 41. A. depended B. obeyed C. respected D. observed 42. A. shaking B. dropping C. raising D. nodding 43. A. hurt B. blamed C. disturbed D. punished 44. A. conscience B. efforts C. experiences D. nature 45. A. fragile B. lonely C. hateful D. anxious 46. A. anything B. everything C. nothing D. something 47. A. whether B. how C. where D. why 48. A. Cheerfully B. Eagerly C. Hesitantly D. Seriously 49. A. picked out B. packed up C. brought out D. took up 50. A. mended B. exposed C. addressed D. signed 【答案】【知识点】B1 记叙文 【文章综述】文章讲述了一位女士在沃尔玛摆放卡片的货架前说“再不会买一张母亲节贺卡送给那个女人”展开，通过和身为孤儿的作者的对话，这位女士最终给母亲买了节日卡片。通过这篇文章告诉我们，有母亲是幸福的，母亲应该被尊重。 【答案解析】

31.C A. idea 想法B. appearance 外貌C. expression 表达D. impression印象；一位女士这样说道，她站在沃尔玛商场里摆放贺卡的架子前。

32.A A. deserted舍弃；遗弃B. lost丢失C. reserved 储备D. rescued救援；四岁那年，我被遗弃在佛罗里达州的一家孤儿院里。

33.D A. dark 黑暗B. pain疼痛C. misfortune 不幸D. blank空白；我从未得到过父母的一个拥抱、一个亲吻。我生命的这部分完全是一片空白。

34.C A. requested 要求B. considered考虑C. screamed 尖叫D. refused拒绝；看见我在注视着她，便尖叫起来：“你这个傻子在看什么？ 35.D A. relieved减轻B. annoyed 打扰C. disappointed失望D. shocked震惊；我没有母亲，你说的话让我大吃一惊。

36.B A. cart马车B. card卡片C. book书D. magazine杂志；根据上文可知，谈论的是卡片。 37.A A. simply简单地；仅仅B. largely大部分地C. originally 最初地D. basically基本地；“谢谢您，就因为您是我的母亲。”

38.A A. shouted大喊B. glared瞪C. laughed 笑D. pointed指出；你知道多年来一直忍受她的吼叫，并且从未听她说过她爱我，那是什么感觉吗？

39.C A. set aside 不理会B. leave behind留下C. care about 关心D. know about了解；我母亲根本不在乎我，更没有对我吼叫过

40.D A. miss 错过；想念B. love 爱C. accuse 指责；谴责D. hate憎恨；难道你不恨她吗？ 41.C A. depended 依靠B. obeyed服从C. respected 尊重D. observed观察；身为母亲，就应该受到尊重。

42.A A. shaking 摇头B. dropping 下降C. raising筹集；出现D. nodding点头；女人站在那里，摇头。

43.A A. hurt 使伤心B. blamed 责备C. disturbed 打扰D. punished惩罚；我知道，你母亲也许做了很多令你不开心的事。

44.C A. conscience 良心B. efforts 努力C. experiences 经历D. nature自然；但是，我可以凭我的经历告诉你，讨厌她，甚至是恨她，可也比根本不知道自己的母亲是谁那么孤独。 45.B A. fragile 易碎的B. lonely 孤独的C. hateful 憎恨的D. anxious担心的；根据下文lonliness可知，选B。

46.D 至少你会感觉到一些东西，而我什么都感觉不到。

47.B A. whether是否B. how 怎样C. where 哪儿D. why为什么; 这种感觉会一直持续到我死去的那一刻。

48.C A. Cheerfully 欢呼地B. Eagerly渴望地C. Hesitantly 犹豫地D. Seriously严重地; 女人在那里站了好几秒钟，犹豫了一会，她慢慢地伸过手来，拿走我手上的贺卡，闻了一下 49.A A. picked out 挑出B. packed up 打包C. brought out公布D. took up开始从事；我又挑了一张漂亮的卡片，准备送给我的母亲。

50.D A. mended 修理B. exposed 揭露C. addressed 写地址D. signed签字；我把它带回家，签上名字。

【英语卷（解析）·2015届黑龙江省哈六中高三上学期期末考试（201501）】第三部分：英语知识运用(共两节，满分45分)第一节：完形填空 (共20小题，每小题.1.5分, 满分30分)

On a weekday evening, Jane was at home as usual. As her __41__swung between what she was going to do with her life and their dinner plans for the evening, she was unexpectedly __42__by an urgent call from her sister “Get over here! Turn on NBC and check these guys out. They are just like you…..” One facebook message and a phone interview later, Jane __43__herself on a bus with 8 strangers in the middle of the sweltering (令人发昏的)desert heat of Utah, picking up trash and __44___ awareness(意识)about zero-waste and climate change.

With a deep __45__ of the environment and a desire to make a __46__, Jane, Davey, and a group of self __47__ “environmental pick-up artists” went on a coast to coast road side trash pick-up. As they walked, sometimes only __48__0.9 miles in an entire day, they __49__ and steadily made their way across the United States for three years, picking up a total of 201,678 pounds of trash.

Jane and Davey _50__ with us wonderful stories of hope and inspiration that fueled their __51__to continue their journey. After spending weeks silently __52__how she would have enough __53__ to fly home for their two-week spring break, Jane found a blank, unidentified envelope __54__with $850 cash in the desert. Just enough to get her home and back. After their bus __55__ outside of Denver, they unexpectedly got __56__and arrived in Yosemite National Park three weeks later, just in time for the “Yosemite Facelift” where __57__from all over the state came together with a __58__of cleaning up trash all over the park.

Being at the right place at the right time became almost normal, and they realized that much of what they __59__was more than just a coincidence. Together, their team learned to simply __60__

themselves to their task, and surrender to the journey.

41. A. hands B. thoughts C. balance D. position 42. A. blamed B. frightened C. moved D. interrupted 43. A. found B. cheered C. dropped D. taught 44. A. abandoning B. raising C. shaking D. hiding 45. A. pride B. trust C. love D. fear 46. A. plan B. promise C. mistake D. difference 47. A. described B. corrected C. repeated D. discovered 48. A. driving B. covering C. riding D. fixing 49. A. slowly B. secretly C. helplessly D. frequently 50. A. heard B. read C. wrote D. shared 51. A. problems B. costs C. efforts D. choices 52. A. depending on B. replying to C. worrying about D. meeting with 53. A. time B. money C. food D. room 54. A. filled B. supplied C. decorated D. equipped 55. A. set off B. held on C. headed for D. broke down 56. A. rest B. practice C. help D. understanding 57. A. volunteers B. members C. tourists D. reporters 58. A. question B. purpose C. decision D. lesson 59. A. introduced B. expected C. examined D. experienced 60. A. turn B. limit C. devote D. compare 【答案】【知识点】B1 记叙文

【文章综述】文章通过简和同伴捡拾垃圾的志愿活动来告诉我们要热爱环境。 【答案解析】

41.B A. hands手B. thoughts 想法C. balance 平衡D. position 位置；当她的想法在打算过什么样的生活和晚餐计划间摇摆不定时。

42.D A. blamed 责备B. frightened惊吓C. moved 移动；感动 D. interrupted 打断；意外地被妹妹紧急的电话声打断了。

43.A A. found 找到B. cheered欢呼C. dropped 下降D. taught 教；简发现自己和8个陌生人坐在一辆公交车上…….

44.B A. abandoning 放弃B. raising 提升；提高C. shaking摇，抖D. hiding 藏；捡拾垃圾并且提升人们的认识。

45.C A. pride 自豪B. trust 信任C. love 爱D. fear 害怕；对环境的热爱和强烈的希望产生作用……

46.D A. plan 计划B. promise诺言C. mistake错误D. difference 差别 ；make a difference有影响；起作用。

47.A A. described 描述B. corrected改正C. repeated 重复D. discovered 发现；他们把自己描述为“环保的检拾艺术家”。

48.B A. driving 开车B. covering走（完一段路）C. riding骑D. fixing 修理；他们一天走的路程只有0.9英里。

49.A A. slowly 慢地B. secretly 秘密地C. helplessly无助地D. frequently 经常地；slowly and steadily 平稳缓慢地。

50.D A. heard 听说B. read读C. wrote 写D. shared 分享；share…with 和…….分享 51.C A. problems 问题B. costs花费 C. efforts努力D. choices 选择；他们和我们分享他们精彩的故事：希望和灵感,推动他们继续前行的努力。

52.C A. depending on 依靠；依赖B. replying to 回复C. worrying about 担心D. meeting with

要去见某人；她为如何飞回家过为期2周的春节担心了几周后，发现了一个空白的、身份不明的信封，里面装有850美元现金。

53.B A. time 时间B. money 金钱C. food食物D. room 房间；空间；根据下文的_with $850 cash in the desert. Just enough to get her home and back，可推出，这里是钱。

54.A A. filled 装满B. supplied提供C. decorated 装饰；装饰D. equipped 装备；配备；钱装在信封里，故用A 。

55.D A. set off 出发B. held on 坚持，等一等 C. headed for 出发D. broke down 出故障，坏了；根据下文的three weeks later, just in time for，及时赶上，可推出他们的车坏了。

56.C A. rest 休息B. practice 练习C. help 帮助 D. understanding 理解；意想不到的是他们得到帮助并于三周后到达约塞米特蒂国家公园。

57.A A. volunteers 志愿者B. members成员C. tourists游客D. reporters 记者；来自本国各地的志愿者…..

58.B A. question 问题 B. purpose目的C. decision决定 D. lesson 课；志愿者共同的目的就是清扫干净整座公园的垃圾。

59.D A. introduced 介绍B. expected期望C. examined检查D. experienced 经历；在恰当的时间，恰当的地点，一切都变得正常，他们意识到他们所经历的不仅仅是和巧合。

60.C A. turn 变得；转B. limit限制C. devote 奉献；致力于D. compare与……相比；devote oneself to…致力于

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从21一40各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该选项标号涂黑。

My class and I visited Chris Care Center in Phoenix, Arizona to comfort the old people who needed a little cheering up during the holiday season.

The first two __21__ there were for persons requiring help in taking care of themselves. We sang __22__ for them. They loved our sweet songs and the flowers that we left with them.

As we were __23__ on the third floor for old people with Alzheimer (老年痴呆症), most of them __24__ off at the walls or floor. However, one lady __25__ my eye. She was sitting by the door, in a wheelchair, singing songs to herself. They weren’t the songs that we were singing, at least they didn’t __26__ like that. As we got __27__ with each festive song, she did as well. The louder we got, the louder she got. __28__ she was singing, she was also __29__ out to us with her hands and body. I knew that I should have gone over to her, but I thought that my __30__ were to my students. People who worked at the care center could __31__ to her, I thought. Just when I stopped feeling __32__ about not giving her the attention she needed, one of my students, Justin, showed me what the holiday season is really about.

Justin also __33__ the same lady. The difference between us is that he __34__ on her needs, but I didn’t. During the last song, “Silent Night,” Justin walked over to her and held her hand. He looked this aged lady in her __35__ and with his actions said, “You are important, and I will take my __36__ to let you know that.”

This tired, elderly lady stopped singing and held his hand. Then she touched his cheek with the other hand. Tears began to fall down her face. No __37__ can completely describe that touching moment...

It __38__ a boy to teach me, a man, about kindness and love. Justin’s example of a complete, selfless attitude toward another was a __39__ that I will never forget. He was the teacher that day, and I consider myself __40__ to have witnessed his lesson. 21. A. rooms B. buildings C. floors D. groups 22. A. bravely B. shyly C. madly D. beautifully

23. A. dancing B. meeting C. gathering D. singing 24. A. stared B. shut C. paid D. glared 25. A. looked B. caught C. escaped D. hurt 26. A. appear B. hear C. sound D. feel 27. A. louder B. nearer C. faster D. higher 28. A. Because B. As C. Since D. Though 29. A. moving B. reaching C. coming D. spreading 30. A. interests B. abilities C. feeling s D. responsibilities 31. A. speak B. object C. attend D. compare 32. A. afraid B. sure C. guilty D. scary 33. A. feared B. avoided C. helped D. noticed 34. A. called B. acted C. insisted D. kept 35. A. tears B. hands C. eyes D. face 36. A. time B. flower C. body D. cheek 37. A. words B. poems C. expressions D. songs 38. A. took B. wasted C. caused D. made 39. A. message B. lesson C. activity D. class 40. A. clever B. foolish C. right D. lucky 【答案】【知识点】B1 记叙文

【文章综述】文章讲述了老师带学生去养老院安慰老人的事情。其中学生Justin对一位老年痴呆患者的全心全意的关爱给我们上了终生难忘的一课。 【答案解析】

21.C A. rooms 房间B. buildings 建筑C. floors 地板D. groups小组；根据第三段中As we were 23 on the third floor for old people with Alzheimer (老年痴呆症),可知这一空是前两层故答案选C

22.D A. bravely勇敢地B. shyly 害羞地C. madly疯地D. beautifully美丽地；根据后一句中our sweet songs可知我们唱着动人的歌曲。

23. D A. dancing 跳舞B. meeting遇见C. gathering收集D. singing唱歌；根据上下文可知我们在一层二层唱完之后去三楼唱歌. 24.A A. stared 凝视 B. shut 关上C. paid 付款D. glared怒目而视；因为三层的老人是老年痴呆症患者,因此当我们唱歌的时候他们看着墙或者是地板。

25.B A. looked看B. caught 抓住C. escaped逃脱D. hurt受伤；一位女士引起了我的注意。caught my eye : 引起了我的注意

26.C A. appear 出现B. hear 听说C. sound 听起来D. feel感觉；根据句意她唱的歌和我们唱的不一样，至少听起来不一样。

27.A A. louder 大声的B. nearer附近的C. faster 快的D. higher高的；根据后一句The louder we got, the louder she got.可知本句话讲当我们唱歌声音变大时，她的声音也变大了。

28.B A. Because因为B. As 当……时候C. Since自从D. Though尽管；根据句意可知当她唱歌的时候。

29.B A. moving 移动B. reaching 伸C. coming 来D. spreading传播；reach out to us with her hands :伸手去够

30.D A. interests兴趣爱好B. abilities 能力C. feelings感觉D. responsibilities责任；根据上下文可知我应该走过去，但我认为我的责任是负责我的学生，和后一句这个中心的工作人员应该照顾她。

31.C A. speak 说B. object反对C. attend参加D. compare与…..相比；attend to : 照顾

32.C A. afraid 害怕的B. sure肯定的C. guilty内疚的D. scary可怕的；根据上下文因为作者认为是中心的工作人员应该照顾她，所以本句话意思是当我不在内疚的时候… 33.D A. feared 恐惧B. avoided避免C. helped帮助D. noticed 注意；根据上下文可知Justin也注意到了她。

34.B A. called 叫B. acted行动C. insisted坚持D. kept保持；act on her needs :根据她的需要做出了行动。

35.C A. tears 眼泪B. hands 手C. eyes眼镜D. face脸；为是看故用eyes。 36.A A. time 时间B. flower 花C. body 身体D. cheek脸颊；你很重要，我会花时间慢慢让你知道的。take my time :从容不迫。

37.A A. words 话B. poems诗C. expressions表达D. songs歌；没有话可以表达我此刻的感动。 38.A A. took 花费B. wasted浪费C. caused引起D. made使；通常情况下take 后面加时间。本句中it took a boy to teach me …take在这里意为 need

39. BA. message信息B. lesson课C. activity行动D. class班级；他对待别人全心全意豪不利己的态度给我上了终生难忘的一课。

40.D A. clever聪明的B. foolish愚蠢的C. right对的D. lucky幸运的；那一刻他成为了我的老

师，并且我很幸运看到了这一刻。 “When we feel love and kindness toward others, it not only makes others feel loved and cared for, but it helps us also to develop inner happiness and peace.”

As we live through life, we tend to get caught up in our individual world, our problems — our life. When we 31 our world to include others in a meaningful way, by making a 32 difference in their life, we increase our experience at the same time. Think back on a time when someone made a difference in your life.

Here is one of mine: I was going to college, working part-time, and just 33 getting by financially. Standing in line at a local supermarket, I 34 a woman in the same line, thinking that she was not very attractive. As I was 35 , I discovered that I did not have enough money to pay; without 36 , that same woman I had been judging offered to 37 the difference. It wasn’t 38 , but what that person did made a lasting impression on me. She was a beautiful, caring soul who was willing to help a stranger in a(an) 39 situation. That happened over forty years ago and I remember it as 40 as if it was yesterday.

Other examples are the numerous times I have had people smile at me, which 41 my day. I've often wondered if it was because I was smiling, which I 42 to do all the time, or because they were smiling to be 43 , which encouraged me to smile as well. It has probably been some of both. In 44 case, that simple gesture (a smile) makes a difference in my day.

There are 45 ways to make a significant difference in another's life. The question is: Are we doing it? It does not 46 anything, but it does require some effort on our part. I have found that as I do this consistently, the 47 go far beyond the energy required to do the deed. Looking for ways to brighten another person's day raises our vibration(共鸣),and when we act on it, we 48 the other person to raise their vibration aS well — it is 49 to each other.

Make a difference in someone's life today, and 50 doing so every day. Today is a perfect time to start! If you are already doing so. bravo! 31. A. rebuild B. establish C. expand D. develop 32. A. direct B. minor C. remarkable D. positive 33. A. thoroughly B. smoothly C. barely D. actually 34. A. observed B. witnessed C. inspected D. accompanied

35. A. hanging out B. checking out C. setting out D. working out 36. A. expectation B. hesitation C. assumption D. intention 37. A. deal with B. take in C. make up D. cut down 38. A. much B. enough C. little D. awful 39. A. urgent B. absurd C. hopeless D. embarrassing 40. A. roughly B. clearly C. correctly D. dimly 41. A. brightens B. ruins C. begins D. influences 42. A. undertook B. tried C. promised D. failed 43. A. dynamic B. appealing C. friendly D. merciful 44. A. neither B. either C. no D. another 45. A. limited B. vital C. necessary D. countless 46. A. deserve B. charge C. determine D. cost 47. A. efforts B. achievements C. returns D. consequences 48. A. assist B. remind C. permit D. persuade 49. A. similar B. beneficial C. fundamental D. appropriate 50. A. admit B. prefer C. recommend D. consider 【答案】【知识点】B2 夹叙夹议文

【文章综述】本文主要讲述的是在如此繁华的社会里，做人不要忘本，要学会善良，学会表达微笑。有时候你不经意的一个微笑和善意的行为会给他人的生活带来不同的变化，甚至改变一个人的一生。因此，我们要学会表达自己的爱和善意，让世界变得更美好。 【答案解析】

31. C 动词辨析，当我们通过一个有意义的方法，把世界延伸到他人身上时„。 A重修；B建立； C 扩张，延伸；D发展。故选C。

32．D 形容词辨析。通过一种正差异扩展自己交流的范围。A直接的；B未成年的； 次要的；较小的；C卓越的；非凡的；D积极的。通过后面的increase our experience可知答案，故选D。

33．C 副词辨析。A彻底地；B平稳地；C稀少地；D确实地。根据题意“靠兼职工作挣钱勉强过日”故选C。

34．A 动词辨析，A观察；遵守；注意到；B亲眼目睹；C检查；调查；D 陪伴伴随；伴奏 。根据句意“我注意到一个女人站在同一排”，可知是无意间的看到，故选A。

35．B 动词短语辨析。句意：在我结账离开的时候，发现钱不够。A挂出；常去；B结帐；办理退房手续；C出发；D计算。故选B。

36．B 名词辨析。A期望；B犹豫的；C假设；D目的。毫不犹豫，刚才我观察的那个女人主动弥补不足。根据句意选B。

37．C 动词辨析。A处理；B吸收，欺骗；C组成；补足；化妆；编造；D削减，砍倒。此处是作者钱不够，那个女人主动帮作者补够钱。故选C。

38．A A多；B足够；C很少，几乎没有；D可怕的。虽然那个女人补得钱不多，但是这个事给我留下了很深的印象。钱是不可数名词，故选A。

39．D 考查形容词。A紧急的；B荒唐的；C无望的；D令人尴尬的。愿意帮助一个处于尴尬环境的陌生人，说明她是一个灵魂高尚的人。根据句意应选D。

40．B A粗略地；B清晰地；C正确地；D朦胧地。发生在四十年前的事，他依然记得很清楚。判断选B。

41．A 动词辨析。A使明亮；B毁掉；C开始；D影响。句意：向我微笑的人照亮了我的生活。根据句意选A。

42．B 动词辨析。A承担；B尝试；C答应；D失败。句意：微笑给他带来了光明，所以他也一直在尝试着微笑。故选B。 43．C 形容词辨析。A动态的；动力的；有活力的；B吸引人的；C友好的；D仁慈的；慈悲的；宽容的。根据上下文判断是“善意的微笑”。故选C。

44．B 代词辨析。A两者都不；B任意一者；C不；D另一个。根据句意“不管上述

的那一种，一个微笑都能给我的生活带来不同”。故选B。

45．D 形容词辨析 A限制性的；B极重要的；C必要的；D无数的；数不尽的。根据题意“想要在一个人的生活中留下不同意义的影响作用其实有无数的方法。”故选D。

46．D 动词辨析。A值得；B负责，控告；C决定；D花费。根据句意“它不需要花费任何东西，只需要我们付出点努力就行”。故选D。

47．C 短语辨析。A努力；B成就；C回报；D结果。根据句意：回报远远超出付诸行动所需的精力。故选C。

48．A 动词辨析。A帮助；B提醒；C允许；D劝服。根据句意：“我们应该经常帮助其他的人共同引起他们的共鸣，是这个精神传递下去”。故选A。

49．B 形容词辨析。A相似的B受益的；C基本的；D适合的。句意：这种精神共鸣对彼此都有益处。故选B。

50．D 短语辨析。A承认；B更喜欢；C建议；D考虑。根据句意“„考虑或打算每天这么做”。consider doing sth考虑做某事，故选D。

Every Wednesday，I go to Cantata Adult Life Services，a local retirement community，with my classmates to do community service．

Our visits last about an hour, playing board games and cards with the residents 41 we’re there．

You can watch all the movies and TV shows you want about“life back then”，but nothing 42 with talking to the people who were actually there．Just hearing their stories has 43 me in a way never thought possible．

Whether it was talking to 98-year-old“Hurricane Hilda”about her glory days 44 a roller skater or chatting with Lou about the times she danced with a famous actor, I was completely impressed by every single 45 the residents wanted to share with me．

Even the residents who don't have 46 memories make the experience fulfilling．I remember visiting Mrs．Robinson．She couldn’t 47 much about her past，but she told me she'd 48 forget how kind I was just to listen to her“rambling(漫淡）”. It made the realize that it's the 49 things that make life worth living．That’s something I won't 50 anytime. If there’s one thing I’ve realized in my three years of visiting Cantata，it's that 51 -just being there-means more than anything to many of the residents．And despite how 52 our lives are, there’s always time to make them happy．

For me，it feels great to be a 53 of happiness，a smile on a bad day or a(n) 54 for old memories．And at the end of the day，that’s all that 55．

It’s easy to feel like you don’t have much in common with the 56 -especially，when you’re a(n) 57 ．But that's not true at a11．

I hate to make much comment here，but age really is just a(n) 58 ．As young adults，it's important for us to realize this sooner 59 later．We can learn a lot from the elderly, and they can often 60 from teenagers，too． 41．A．until

B．unless

C．before

D．while D．connects D．disgusted D．towards

42．A．Compares B．competes C．combines 43．A．touched B．reached C．captured 44．A．1ike

B．as

C．about

45．A．imagination B．truth 46．A．suffering B．depressing 48．A．ever 50．A．care 52．A．messy 53．A．trend 54．A．mind 55．A．matters 57．A．adult 58．A．amount 59．A．or else

B．always B．skip B．happy B．chance B．ear B．favors

C．picture C．amazing

C．even C．major

D．memory D．1onging D．mention D．never D．sweet D．forget D．protection D．busy D．cause D．heart D．exists D．elderly D．waiter D．number D．except for

47．A．concern B．describe C．recall 49．A．important B．1ittle

C．believe C．easy C．source

51．A．presence B．appearance C．companion

C．tongue C．differs C．1onely

56．A．friendly B．1ively

B．teenager C．adolescent B．difference C．advantage B．rather than C．other than

60．A．hear B．differ C．judge D．benefit 【答案】【知识点】B2 夹叙夹议文 【文章综述】本文主要讲述了作者和同学们到养老院陪老年人聊天的过程中产生的对人生的感悟和看法。跟老人交流让作者更加明白生活的意义。 【答案解析】

41．D 连词辨析。A直到；B除非；C在„„之前；D在„„期间。“我们”在养老院期间，所以用while。

42．A 动词辨析 A比较；B竞争；C联合；D连接。not compare with是 “比不上”，这里指的是“电影，电视”都比不上听老年人们聊天。

43．A 动词辨析。A触及，感动；B到达；C捕获；D厌恶。听他们的故事“感动我”，所以用 touch。故选A。

44．B 介词辨析 A像„„一样；B作为；C关于；D朝向。Hurricane Hilda讲述她“作为”roller skater的光辉岁月，所以是as。

45．D 名词辨析。A想象力；B真相；C图画；D记忆力，储存器。他们讲述的任何的“回忆”深深的吸引了 “我”。故选D。

46．C 形容词辨析。A遭受的；B令人压抑的；C令人惊奇；D想要的。amazing这里是“very good, especially in an unexpected way”,本句的意思是，“虽然有些老年人没有“令人惊奇”的回忆，和他们交谈也很充实”。故选C。

47．C 动词辨析。A关心；B描写；C回忆；D提及。根据句意判断选C。 48．D 副词辨析。A曾经；B总是；C甚至；D从不，永远不会。“他”永远不会“忘记”我们是多么的亲切听他们漫谈。故判断选D。

49．B 形容词辨析。A重要的；B很少的，小的；C主要的；D甜蜜的。它让我意识到，正是这些“小事”使得生命是有意义的。故判断选B。

50．D 动词辨析。A介意；B跳过，遗漏；C相信；D忘记。这是 “我”不会“忘记”的事情。其他选项意思不符合整篇文章的意思。故选D。

51．A 名词辨析。A到场、在场；B出现；C陪伴；D保护。根据空格后面的“just being there”推出答案是presence，到场，在场。这里的意思是我们的 “到来（到养老院陪伴这些老年人）”让他们开心。根据题意选A。

52．D 形容词辨析。A杂乱不堪的；B幸福的；C容易的；D繁忙的。“不管我们多么忙，我们都有时间来让他们开心。”故选D。

53．C 名词辨析 A趋势；B机会；C资源，源泉；D根源，事业。根据句意：对我来

说，我成为别人开心的“源泉”是很了不起的事情。故选C。

54．B 名词辨析。A心思；B耳朵；C舌头；D心脏。根据整篇文章，作者和他的同学们到养老院“倾听”老年人的故事，所以选择B项。

55．A 动词辨析。一天结束之后，我们给他们带来快乐这件事情是 “最重要/要紧的”。只有matter有此意。A重要；B恩惠；C不同；D存在。故判断选A。

56．D 形容词辨析。A友好的；B生动的；C寂寞的；D年长的。the elderly是老年人的意思。故选D。

57．B 名词辨析。A成年人；B13-19岁之间的青少年；C18岁以上的成年人；D侍者。“尤其是青少年”。跟 “the elderly”对比来说，用 “teenagers”合适。C项adolescent侧重青春期的少年。故判断选B。

58．D 名词辨析 A数量；B差异；C优点；D数字。正确理解最后一段至关重要。本段的中心意思是作为年轻人要尽早认识到老年人的年龄只是个“数字”，不应该成为和年轻人沟通中的障碍。故选D。

59．B 短语辨析。A或者；B而不是；C除„„之外；D要不是。根据题意：青年人要尽快认识到这个问题。rather than “而不是”。故选B。

60．D 动词辨析。在我们和老年人的交流中，我们可以向他们学习，他们也会受益于我们（年轻人）。A听；B不同；C判断；D受益。故判断选D。

People often ask me how I write with four children.

More often than not, my stories are pieced together, written, and edited in a series of 36 moments. If I’m working while the kids are home, I have the added 37 of tuning out their chaos. I’ll write and write until I fall under a spell, and just when I was getting 38 , it happens—Camille will 39 into my office wearing a big smile—and a smelling diaper (尿布).

I wish I had a daily 40 , a solid time no one can interrupt, but I don’t. I may go days or even weeks without writing. I hate these 41 , but much as I like to believe the world needs my writing, my daughters need me much more. So for now I write when I can. While this arrangement works, I sometimes 42 how productive I’d be if my life wasn’t stop-and-go. With time on my side, I could be a writing machine, 43 at once what would normally take me months.

This leads me to a question I find 44 to all parents: Do kids hold back or 45 our dreams? Children are needy by nature, and regardless of how much 46 we show them, they want more. By the time we tend to them, we’re tired out—and 47 in the mood to follow our dream. They push our personal pleasures 48 and slow us down, making tortoises out of hares.

On the other hand, children add a richness to our lives that I believe inspires better work, thus 49 for time we lose. As a writer, I don’t find inspiration sitting at my computer. 50 , I

find it when I’m out living, and the 51 I take because of my children—going to the ballpark, birthday parties, even doctor visits—put me in 52 with people who constantly set off new ideas. Many ideas arise through 53 conversation, which can 54 me like thunder. Immediately, I’ll make a mental note, knowing that someday I’ll use that 55 in a story. 36．A. quiet 37．A. courage 38．A. direction 39．A. crawl 40．A. habit 41．A. breaks 42．A. doubt 43．A. operating 44．A. challenging 45．A. prevent 46．A. attention 47．A. hardly 48．A. ahead 49．A. allowing 50．A. Still 51．A. courses 52．A. harmony 53．A. brief 54．A. explode 55．A. piece

B. stolen B. challenge B. invention B. run B. method B. days B. believe B. working B. remaining B. inspire B. effort B. practically B. back B. turning B. Instead B. chances B. agreement B. normal B. hit B. talk

C. critical C. instruction C. inspiration C. jog C. technique C. weeks C. deny C. accomplishing C. relevant C. awake C. concentration C. totally C. aside C. calling C. Therefore C. risks C. line C. casual C. destroy C. scene

D. precious D. priority D. application D. tiptoe D. routine D. needs D. wonder D. running D. controversial D. interpret D. time D. fairly D. down D. compensating D. Consequently D. paths D. contact D. intelligent D. multiply D. acquaintance

【答案】【知识点】B2 夹叙夹议文

【文章综述】本文讲述在作者在照顾四个孩子的过程中还坚持自己的梦想，孩子并不是我们生活的负担。 【答案解析】

36．B考查形容词辨析A. quiet安静的；B. stolen被偷；C. critical批判的；D. precious珍贵

的；句意：往往，我的故事被拼凑，编写在一系列的挤出来的时间完成。根据语境可知时间被挤出来的，故选B项。

37．B考查名词辨析A. courage勇气；B. challenge挑战；C. instruction说明；D. priority优先；句意：如果孩子在家时我一直工作，这更增加我对于他们吵闹的挑战。根据语境可知选B项。

38．C考查名词辨析A. direction方向；B. invention发明；C. inspiration灵感；D. application申请；句意：当我得到灵感时，突然发生了事情，Camille会带着微笑爬到我的办公室，闻到尿了的尿布，根据语境当作者一有灵感就必然会发生事情，故选C项。

39．A考查动词辨析A. crawl爬行；B. run跑；C. jog慢跑；D. tiptoe踮着脚走；根据下方提到a smelling diaper尿布可知孩子还小，必然是爬着进来的，故选A项。

40．D考查名词辨析A. Habit习惯；B. Method方法；C. Technique技术；D. Routine常规；句意：我希望有个常规，有个固定的时间不被打扰，但我没有。根据a solid time no one can interrupt可知选D项。

41．A考查动词辨析A. breaks打扰，休息；B. days天；C. weeks周；D. needs需要；句意：我这些打扰，但我相信这个世界需要我的写作，我的女儿也需要我。根据提到I may go days or even weeks without writing.可知选A项。

42．D考查动词辨析A. doubt怀疑；B. believe相信；C. deny否认；D. wonder想知道；句意：当这些安排起作用时，我有时想知道如果不被打断我如何变得更有效率。根据语境可知选D项。

43．C考查动词辨析A. operating手术；B. working工作；C. accomplishing完成；D. running跑；句意：时光流逝，我成了部写作机器，立刻完成本来要花几个月的东西。根据句意选C项。

44．C考查形容词辨析A. challenging挑战性的；；B. remaining仍然；C. relevant有关的；D. controversial有争议的；句意：这使我发现一个与父母有关的问题。Relevant to 与。。有关的，故选C项。

45．B考查动词辨析A. prevent阻止；B. inspire鼓励；C. awake醒着；D. interpret解释；句意：孩子会阻挡还是会促进我们的梦想呢？根据句意hold back与inspire是反义词，故选B项。

46．A考查名词辨析A. attention注意；B. effort努力；C. concentration 集中；D. time时间；句意：孩子是天生的，不管我们投入多么的关注，他们想要的更多。根据句意选A项。

47．A考查副词辨析A. hardly几乎不；B. practically实践地；C. totally完全地；D. fairly公平地；句意：到我们照料他们时，我们已经厌倦，并且几乎没心情来继续自己的梦想，根据语境可知照料孩子花很多的时间与耐心，所以我们没有时间来顾及自己的梦想，故选A项。

48．C考查副词辨析A. ahead前面；B. back后面；C. aside旁边；D. down向下；句意：他们把我们个人的乐趣放在一边，让我们减速。Push ..aside把。。放在一边，故选C项。 49．D考查动词辨析A. allowing允许；B. turning 转向；C. calling打电话；D. compensating补偿；句意：另一方面，孩子丰富了我们的生活，鼓励我们更好的工作，因此补偿我们流失的时间。Compensate for sth 补偿某事，故选D项。

50．B考查副词辨析A. Still仍然；B. Instead反而；C. Therefore然而；D. Consequently因此；句意：在生活中和孩子一起去某些场合的路上会找到灵感。根据上一句话提到作为一个作家，有时坐在电脑前找不到灵感，故选B项。

51．D考查名词辨析A. Courses课程；B. chances 机会；C. Risks冒险；D. Paths小路；在生活中和孩子一起去某些场合的路上会找到灵感。根据going to the ballpark, birthday parties, even doctor visits因为要去某此场合，故是在路上，所以选D项。

52．D考查名词辨析A. harmony和谐；B. agreement同意；C. line线；D. contact联系；句意：使人联系上一些能给我想法的人们，根据语境可知因为孩子，所以与人进行联系，故选D项。

53．C考查形容词辨析A. brief简短的；B. normal正常的；C. casual随便的；D. intelligent聪明的；句意：许多的想法会在随意的交流中产生，这会让我突然想起某些东西，根据语境可知选C项。

54．B考查动词辨析A. explode爆炸；B. hit打击；C. destroy破坏；D. multiply增加；句意：许多的想法会在随意的交流中产生，这会让我突然想起某些东西，hit在此是使某人想起的意思，故选B项。

55．A考查名词辨析A. piece片段；B. talk说话；C. scene场景；D. acquaintance相识；句意：立刻我会写成纸条，知道日后会用得上这些片段。根据语境可知作者是作家，故这个片段，所以选A项。