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案
题
答案
应用文,作者以书信的形式对自己的牙齿保持器表达不满
推理判断题。根据文章开篇的两句话以及全文的内容可以判断出作者写这封信的目的就是表达
理解题。根据第三段倒数第
细节理解題。根据倒数第二段的最后两
friends is almost unbearable."以及
内容可知作者被朋友嘲笑是因为自己的
发音不标准
导读】这是一篇说明文。文章主要说明
琴专业的学生提供公平的竞争环境,一位教
琴
C。细节理解题。根据第
spend
难把肖邦协奏
好是因为她的手跨度
这一段不
段落的总结,也没有对钢琴家提出建
此段也没有成为
添加一些背景信
选B
理判断题。根据倒数第二段
果你弹
多得是人能弹
及最后一段中“TI
推知,这位维也纳教授不支持小琴键。故
选A
大意题。根振
力改变这
0年前,这所大学成为
所主要大学,将更小的琴键引入其音乐课程,为李和其他钢琴专
提供了公平的竞争环
结
为钢琴专业的学生提供
竟可知,D选项“小琴键
故
合文章标题。故
英语参考答案(雅
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茅草屋村庄
Sato(美山町的小乡村),因
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段的第
题
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small woode
这些自动化的喷水器隐藏
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屋的
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件盛事,并被
的主题主要是在介
estival是什
在其起源和影响上,故C
项不对
语篇导读】本
是老年痴呆症的早期征兆。相关研
现更严
神
降的几年
会
上的细微变化
解题。根据第
d spee
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知,随着
的推移,里根在演讲中开始岀现独特词汇使用频
复的现象。他还开始频繁使用填充词
题。根据第四段
知,答案选
推理判断题。根据最后一段“So
o pus
ection period
究可能有助于老年痴呆症的治疗。故答案
语篇导读】本文是记叙文。雨
Jones因身体原因
行梦想
过努力,最终在跳伞
感
断出癫痫
因为医生告诉
的身体状况根本拿不到飞行员执照。故G项符
境
丁知,癲痫患者
的转折
知,B项
参考答案(雅时量:100分钟 满分:135分
第一部分 听力（共两节，满分 30分）
第一节（共 5小题;每小题 1.5 分，满分 7.5 分）
听下面 5段对话。每段对话仅读一遍。
1. What will the man probably do
A. Visit the woman this weekend.
B. Help the woman write an essay.
C. Lend his book to the woman.
2. What do we know about the apartment
A. It's no longer available.
B. It's only for rent, not for sale.
C. It's not as good as advertised.
3.What did the woman do today
A. She went to a multicultural fair.
B. She had dinner in a Thai restaurant.
C. She learned a native American dance.
4. Where does the conversation most probably take place
A. In a restaurant. B. At a tailor's shop. C. At a barber's shop.
5. When did Sam leave home
A. At 7:30. B. At 8:00. C. At 8:10.
第二节（共 15小题;每小题 1.5 分，满分 22.5 分）
听下面 5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白读两遍。
听第 6段材料，回答第 6、7题。
6. What happened to the old man
A. He was hit by a car. B. His leg was broken. C. He fell off his bike.
7. What are the two speakers going to do next
A. Move the man to the roadside.
B. Wait for doctors to arrive.
C. Send the man to the hospital.
听第 7段材料，回答第 8至 10题。
8. Why does Mr. Wang want to get a visa for the United States
A. He wants to settle there. B. He wants to study there. C. He wants to do business there.
9. Which of the following didn't the woman ask Mr. Wang to provide
A. His ID card. B. An admission letter. C. A letter from the bank.
10. Why does the woman give Mr. Wang a one-year visa instead of a three-year visa
A. It's a one-year program.
B. It's their usual procedure.
C. He can stay there for one year only.
听第 8段材料，回答第 11 至 13题。
11. Why doesn't the man like cooking
A. He thinks it is the job of women.
B. He hates having to clean up after the meal.
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C. He thinks it troublesome to prepare the ingredients.
12. What kind of food is the woman more interested in now
A. Chinese food. B. Indian food. C. Italian food.
13. How long does it take the woman to cook a meal for five or six people
A. Over 2 hours. B. About 1.5 hours. C. Within one hour.
听第 9段材料，回答第 14 至 17题。
14. What is the woman most probably
A.A university student. B. A shopkeeper. C.A shopping guide.
15. Where does the conversation most probably take place
A. At a university. B. At the woman's house. C. At a supermarket.
16. Why does the man always shop at the supermarket
A. It is near his home. B. The price is reasonable. C. There are fewer people.
17. What do we know about the man
A. He works five days a week.
B. He always goes shopping alone.
C. He thinks shopping online inconvenient.
听第 10段材料，回答第 18 至 20题。
18. What does Peter dream that night
A. It keeps snowing all day. B. The sun melts the snow. C. He makes a snowman.
19. What do we know about the book
A. The hero is an adult. B. The plot is complex. C. the language is simple
20. Why does the speaker give the talk
A. To describe a snowy day.
B. To introduce his favorite story.
C. To encourage people to buy a book.
第二部分 阅读（共两节，满分 50 分）
第一节 （共 15 小题;每小题 2.5 分，满分 37.5 分）
A
Dear Retainers (保持器),
I thought you were supposed to be keeping my teeth straight with the benefit of no braces(牙箍)!
Yet I wake up every morning to see that my overbite is slowly coming back and the rows of teeth
aren't aligned (使对齐).Now I don't think you're even helping me anymore. Do you have any idea
what I went through to get you
First of all, I wasted two precious years of my life waiting for your arrival. Those braces were
murder on my teeth. You didn't experience the pain I had to go through! Almost every week ,I
replaced my old wires. By getting braces , I had the" wonderful" opportunity to choose from a wide
variety of soups . For two years,104 weeks, soup became more than 90 percent of my diet.
I will admit that you kept my teeth in order for a few months. However, recently I think you're
snoozing（打盹）on the job. After brushing my teeth and slipping you on，I see that you don't even fit
correctly over my teeth anymore. During some nights, you don't even stay on the whole time. I wake
up some days and feel nothing in my mouth. Then I have to take more time to thoroughly search my
bed to see where you've hidden yourself. Do you realize how frustrated I am
Don't even get me started on how you affect my language. If I were to say this sentence " Can
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you pass me the bottle of water ", it would come out sounding like "Ken you peth me-the ball of
wudu "Now I don't even attempt saying words like" rewind""reconnect""replay "or anything else
that starts with" re". In general, you steal my ability to talk efficiently. The ridicule I get from my
friends is almost unbearable.
You had better shape up or I'll have to replace you with something better.
Hana
21. What is Hana's purpose in writing the letter
A. To express her dissatisfaction. B. To seek help from her dentist.
C. To describe her interesting experiences. D. To explain the process of straightening her teeth.
22. What makes Hana annoyed at night
A. Her retainers hurt her. B. Her retainers affect her diet.
C. She has to brush her retainers. D. She has to look for her retainers.
23. Why do Hana's friends laugh at her
A. Because of her ugly face. B. Because of her poor English.
C. Because of her limited understanding. D. Because of her incorrect pronunciation.
B
Elena Yi dreamed of pursuing piano performance in college, never minding that her fingers
could barely reach the length of an octave(八度音阶).Unable to fully play many works by
Romantic-era composers including Beethoven and Brahms, she tried anyway— and in her
determination to spend hours practicing a Chopin concerto, wound up injuring herself.
The efforts of Professor Carol Leone from the Southern Methodist University (SMU)are
changing all that: twenty years ago, the school became the first major university in the U.S. to
introduce smaller keyboards into its music program, leveling the playing field for Yi and other piano
majors.
Yi,21, tried one of the smaller keyboards, " I remember being really excited, because my hands
could actually reach and play all the right notes," she said.
For decades, few questioned the size of the traditional piano. For those with small hand spans
（掌距），it's difficult to properly play many works of Beethoven and Brahms. Those who attempt to
play them either get used to skipping notes or risk injury with repeated play. Leone is familiar with
such challenges. Born into a family of musicians, she favored classical music and pursued piano
despite her small hand span and earned a degree as a doctor in musical arts.
The idea of smaller keyboards first met resistance from some traditionalists. Leone also said
that when she raised the issue with one Viennese professor, he told her there were already too many
pianists anyway.
Though such resistance is fading, there are some very traditional people who think of piano as a
competitive thing. Leone said," This is art, not sport. It's about making as much beautiful art as
possible, and we should give everybody the opportunity to do that."
24.Why did Elena Yi find it hard to play a Chopin concerto so well
A. Her fingers got injured. B. It was time-consuming.
C. Her hand spans were small D. The traditional piano was out of tune.
25. What is paragraph 4 intended to do
A. Summarize the previous paragraphs. B. Add some background information.
C. Introduce a new topic for discussion. D. Provide some advice for pianists.
26. What is the Viennese professor's attitude towards smaller keyboards
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A. Disapproving. B. Objective. C. Unclear. D. Positive.
27. Which is the most suitable title for the text
A. Yi's Road to a Brilliant Artist B. Hard-working SMU Professor
C. Traditional Piano: A Competitive Thing D. The Story Behind Smaller Keyboard Pianos.
C
Kayabuki no Sato，a small village in Kyoto famous for its traditional thatched(茅草的) roof
houses，features a hidden sprinkler（洒水器）system that turns the whole place into a water fountain.
Known as Miyama's Thatched Village, Kayabuki no Sato has a higher percentage of thatched
roof farmhouses than any other place in Japan. This makes it very popular with tourists, who love
walking among the over 40 traditional thatched roof houses and even spending the night in one of
them, but it is also easy for the houses to catch fire. Local officials realized this in the year 2000,
when a fire burned down the archive（档案）centre，so apart from asking people to be alert at all time，
they decided to install a special sprinkler system to cover the whole village. They test it twice a year,
usually in May and December, and people from all over Japan and beyond come to see the powerful
sprinklers in action.
You might think that dozens of automated sprinklers dotting a traditional Japanese village
would be an eyesore, and you would be right. That is why local authorities decided to maintain the
picturesque look of Kayabuki no Sato by hiding the 62 metal sprinklers in small wooden houses
similar to the authentic ones. When the system is activated, the roofs of these houses open up like
tiny transformers, clearing the way for sprinklers inside to shoot jets of water high into the sky.
The testing of the sprinkler system is such an impressive event that it has become known as the
Kayabuki no Sato water hose festival. Strong jets of water are shot into the air by all 62
strategically-placed sprinklers, at the same time, to cover all the thatched roof houses. And if that
isn't an impressive enough sight ,on sunny days, the sprinklers also create rainbows over the village.
So if you're ever in Kyoto during the months of May and December and want to see something
truly unique ,head over to Kayabuki no Sato, in the Miyama rural area, for the water hose festival.
You won't regret it!
28. What do we know about Kayabuki no Sato from the passage
A. It is famous for its water fountain.
B. Its archive center was once destroyed by floods.
C. Visitors go there mainly to see its sprinkler system.
D. It has the highest percentage of thatched roof farmhouses in Japan.
29. What does the underlined word " eyesore" in the third paragraph refer to
A. An unpleasant sight. B.A creative idea.
C. An attractive spot. D. A dangerous situation.
30. What can we learn from the passage
A. The sprinklers are tested once every year.
B. The sprinkler system was installed to create rainbows.
C. The sprinklers are kept in small wooden houses resembling real ones.
D. The roofs of the farmhouses open when the sprinkler system is started.
31. What is the last paragraph but one mainly about
A. How the sprinkler system works.
B. What the Kayabuki no Sato water hose festival is like.
C. The origin of the Kayabuki no Sato water hose festival.
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D. The influence of the Kayabuki no Sato water hose festival.
D
Long-winded speech could be an early sign of Alzheimer's（老年痴呆症）disease，according to
research that suggests slight changes in speech style occur years before the more serious mental
decline takes hold.
Speaking at the American Association for the Advancement of Science in Boston, Janet Cohen
Sherman, clinical director of the Psychology Assessment Center at Massachusetts General Hospital,
listed new findings that revealed distinctive language problems in people with mild cognitive
impairment (MCD) (认知障碍)."Many of the studies so far have looked at changes in memory, but
we also know changes occur in language," she said. Sherman cites studies of the vocabulary in Iris
Murdoch's later works, which showed signs of Alzheimer's years before her diagnosis. Another study,
based on White House press conference transcripts, found striking changes in Ronald Reagan's
speech over the course of his presidency, while George HW Bush, who was a similar age when
president, showed no such decline."Ronald Reagan started to have a decline in the number of unique
words with repetitions of statements over time," said Sherman."He started using more fillers ,more
empty phrases, like ‘thing’, or‘ something’, or things like ‘basically’ or ‘actually’ or ‘well’.”
Sherman and her colleagues had initially set out to test the" regression hypothesis (退化假设)"，
the idea that language is lost in a reverse direction to how it was acquired during childhood, with
long and difficult vocabulary being the first thing to go. The hypothesis turned out to be wrong, but
the team did find that Alzheimer's is accompanied by characteristic language problems. In a study,
the scientists compared the language abilities of 22 healthy young individuals,24 healthy older
individuals and 22 people with MCI.
When given an exercise in which they had to join up three words, for instance " pen" "ink" and
"paper", the healthy volunteers typically joined the three in a simple sentence, while the MCI group
gave more complex accounts of going to the shop and buying a pen."The sentences they produced
were much longer, they had a hard time staying on point and I guess you could say they were much
more roundabout in getting their point across, "said Sherman. "It was a very significant difference."
The prospect of an effective treatment for Alzheimer's has had knockbacks（打击）the past year
as drugs have each been shown to make no difference to the rate of cognitive decline in trials.
Between 2002 and 2012,99.6%of drugs studies aimed at preventing, curing or improving Alzheimer's
symptoms were discontinued.
Some believe that these failures may be, in part ,because by the time Alzheimer's is diagnosed,
the disease has already caused irreparable damage to the brain, making it too late for treatment to
help."So we are trying to push the detection period back to the very slight, early changes in
Alzheimer's disease," said Sherman.
32. What did Janet Cohen Sherman and her team find in their research
A. Mild cognitive impairment is caused by failing language abilities in most cases.
B. Memory decline is a major sign of Alzheimer's and should be paid attention to.
C. People with Alzheimer's may show a change in speech style at an early stage.
D. People can avoid MCI by making long-winded speech short and meaningful.
33. Which of the following statements is TRUE about Ronald Reagan
A. He made more powerful speeches than George HW Bush.
B. He relied on empty phrases to avoid any potential conflict.
C. He used more inaccurate words in speech over time when president.
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D. He had a decline in the number of repetitions of statements in his later life.
34. What can be concluded from the MCI group's performance in the word-joining exercise
A. They had difficulty in making clear their meaning briefly.
B. They failed to tell the difference between different accounts.
C. They would like to ask their audience to guess what they meant.
D. They tended to think a lot before coming up with a suitable sentence.
35.What can be inferred from the passage
A. Most previous drugs are no longer on the market because of their side effects.
B. The findings of Sherman's research may lead to effective treatment of Alzheimer's.
C. The" regression hypothesis "proved to be partially true, especially with MCI people.
D. Mental decline doesn't always happen before people are diagnosed with Alzheimer's.
第二节 （共 5 小题;每小题 2.5 分，满分 12.5 分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后的选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
Jones fell in love with flying after going out in his uncle's small airplane. He adored it so much
that he'd planned to become a pilot when he grew up. But his hopes were dashed when he was
diagnosed with epilepsy（癫痫）at age 12. 36
Years later, after skydiving with an instructor in Europe, he went crazy about the sport.
Free-falling through the sky was exciting, almost like flying. He was hooked on it. 37 But Jones
hadn't had a seizure（发作）in more than six years， so his doctor gave him a letter stating that he was
fit to sign up for lessons.
38 Other staffers agreed. So today, at last, he's about to step out of an airplane by himself.
All told, the jump should take about two minutes, from leaving the shelter of the airplane to landing
on the ground some 12,000 feet, or two miles, below. This is how it goes:
As Jones prepares to jump, he missteps and nearly slips out of the airplane. That's a bit messy,
thinks instructor McFarlane, though this kind of mistake is not unusual for first timers. 39 He
shouts to McFarlane," Up! Down! Hard arch!"which means "Ready, set, go!"and jumps out of the
airplane.
Jumping just seconds behind Jones, McFarlane reaches him and is relieved to see that he has
recovered from his clumsy exit and is free-falling in the perfect" box man "position: belly to the
ground, his body arches upward with arms and legs spread for stability and control. 40 He flashes
a thumbs-up.
A. So far, so good, thinks McFarlane.
B."A star pupil," one of the instructors called Jones.
C. As a rule, epileptics aren't allowed to skydive alone.
D. Jones continues to fall ,spinning helplessly on his back.
E. Still, McFarlane decides to dive again to try to reach Jones.
F. Jones immediately catches his balance and arches his back into the jump position.
G. Doctors told him that his condition would prevent him from ever obtaining a pilot's license.
第三部分 语言运用（共两节 ，满分 30 分）
第一节 （共 15 小题;每小题 1分，满分 15 分）
阅读下面短文，从每题所给的 A.B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
My mother and I are making spring rolls in her kitchen. This is my favorite 41 from her
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native Vietnam, and we've been making them together since I was a child. As she works, she sings a
song in Vietnamese .As usual, I don't 42 a word. The song reminds me of another one she used
to sing when I was a child. I begged her to sing it over and over, but I 43 asked her what the
words meant.
My mother was 44 to become an American. Except for making spring rolls, she acted like a
typical American and insisted that we should speak only English at home. I didn't realize then that
she was 45 me having an opportunity to learn Vietnamese, and thus to be 46 to my roots. As
a child, I didn't care to 47 my mother better. She took care of me ,and that was 48 . As an
adult ,I can't know her well enough. 49 her still heavily accented English, my mother often
seems to summarize her 50 ,editing out things that are too difficult to say. When I ask why she
didn't speak Vietnamese to me when I was young, she says, " Why 51 You're American!"
Yes, but I am also half-Vietnamese. Without the 52 , I am strongly aware that I am only
half—never any more. Lately, I've been asking my mother to translate phrases into Vietnamese so I
can 53 them.
Back in her kitchen, our first batch (炉) of spring rolls is 54 ." Count them, " my mother
commands, " so I know how many more to make." I shake my head and ask, "Can you do it in
Vietnamese "She smiles and 55 , “ Mt, hai, ba ,bón ...” With that, we are back where we began.
41. A. song B. picture C. treat D. gift
42. A. write B. understand C. miss D. believe
43. A. always B. already C. ever D. never
44. A. determined B. embarrassed C. scared D. confused
45. A. preventing B. protecting C. imagining D. minding
46. A. sent B. compared C. connected D. added
47. A. help B. describe C. thank D. know
48. A. all B. hard C. true D. cool.
49. A. Trying out B. Referring to C. Relying on D. Laughing at
50. A. strengths B. thoughts C. course D. life
51. A. continue B. bother C. fight D. hesitate
52. A. goal B. approval C. language D. knowledge
53. A. accept B. discuss C. guess D. learn
54. A. sold B. done C. eaten D. damaged
55. A. leaves B. turns C. stops D. agrees
第二节 （共 10 小题;每小题 1.5 分，满分 15 分）
阅读下面短文，在空白处填入 1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
Lonely and single middle-aged men are at an increased risk of developing cancer than those in a
relationship with people around them, according to a new study.
A team from the University of Eastern Finland worked with 2,570 middle-aged men，monitoring
their 56 （healthy）and mortality（死亡率）from 57 1980s to the present day. Over the
course of the study 25% of participants had developed cancer, with 11% of the Finnish men involved
58 (die) from the condition.
There was a 'clear link 'between loneliness and an increased risk of cancer, the team explained,
with being lonely increasing the risk of cancer 59 about ten percent. 60 (global), cancer is the
second leading cause of death. Loneliness has been suggested as a risk factor for cancer mortality.
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However, connections between loneliness, social isolation and cancer 61 (understand) poorly.
Recent 62 (study) have suggested that loneliness could be as significant a health risk as
smoking or being overweight, according to the researchers. Their findings support the idea 63
attention should be paid to this issue. In addition, cancer mortality was much 64 (high) in cancer
patients who were unmarried, widowed or divorced.
Awareness of the health effects of loneliness is constantly increasing. Therefore, it is important
to examine, in more detail, the mechanisms (机制) by 65 loneliness causes harmful health effects.
第四部分 写作第二节（满分 25 分）
阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。
Karie checked the words on her spelling test again. If she got full marks today, she'd win her
class' First-Quarter Spelling Challenge and a brand-new dictionary. Plus, Ms.McCormack had
promised to do a handstand if anyone got a perfect score.
Three more words to go. N-i-c-e-l-y. Q-u-i-c-k-l-y. H-O-n-e-s-t-y. Wait! Should spelled honestly,
not honesty. She hurriedly erased the t-y and wrote l-y before handing in her paper.
Ms. McCormack graded the test papers at the break. Meanwhile, Karie sat restlessly in her seat
with her fingers crossed. Then, Ms. McCormack walked to the front of the room and cleared her
throat. As if she were an Olympic gymnast, Ms. McCormack's feet flipped (空翻) into the
air."Congratulations! Karie! You did it!"she announced while upside down.
The whole class burst into applause! Ms. McCormack righted herself and presented Karie with
her prize. Karie grinned as she read the label on the box: To Karie Carter, for her perfect first-quarter
score in spelling.
"Everything OK "Mom asked as Karie burst through the front door after school. Karie didn't
answer. As if by magic, she took out her spelling test paper and prize and showed them to her mother.
Mom hugged her, asking her to put the test paper on the fridge so that Dad could see it when he got
home.
Karie took another look at the test paper before putting it on the fridge. Her hands stopped in
midair. She just couldn't believe her own eyes. Honesly YES! H-O-N-E-S-L-Y
Mom sensed something unusual and asked why. Karie stuffed the test paper into backpack and
explained that she was just too excited. Mom brought her some tea. Yes, a" t " is exactly what she
needed.
After drinking a little，Karie plodded (重步走) down the hall, lost in thought. How could she
tell the class she hadn't earned the prize after all That Ms. McCormack did the handstand for
nothing
注意∶1.续写词数应为 150 左右;
2.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
Later Dad came in with excitement.
The next morning, Karie went to school earlier than usual.
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