2012-2013学年新人教版高一英语必修一单元综合能力评估卷 Unit 3 Travel journal
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单元综合能力评估三(Unit 3)
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。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。
1．What do you learn from the conversation?
A．John Smith isn't in right now.
B．John Smith can't come to the phone.
C．The caller dialled the wrong number.
2．What happens to the cup?
A．It is missing.
B．It is broken.
C．It is somewhere in the room.
3．When was the fire put out?
A．At 2 o'clock. B．At 5 o'clock. C．At 3 o'clock.
4．Which word can be used to describe the man?
A．Poor. B．Greedy. C．Forgetful.
5．To whom is the man closer?
A．His mom. B．His dad. C．Both.
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。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。
听第6段材料，回答第6～8题。
6．How often does the man visit his aunt?
A．Almost once a week.
B．Twice a week.
C．Every other day.
7．Where does his aunt live?
A．Far away from the shops.
B．Near the shopping centre.
C．In the countryside.
8．What doesn't the man do for his aunt?
A．Walking with her.
B．Doing some shopping.
C．Helping her carry heavy things.
听第7段材料，回答第9～11题。
9．What does the man want to learn?
A．Computer science. B．Driving. C．English.
10．How long does the course last?
A．About 20 days. B．About 35 days. C．About 30 days.
11．When can he take the final exams?
A．From September 15 to 17.
B．From August 16 to 18.
C．From July 12 to 16.
听第8段材料，回答第12～14题。
12．What is the relationship between the two speakers?
A．Neighbour. B．Doctor and patient. C．Friends.
13．When did the woman cough most seriously?
A．In the morning. B．In the afternoon. C．At night.
14．What did the man do for the woman?
A．He examined the woman carefully.
B．He gave her some medicine and some advice as well.
C．He just told her not to worry too much.
听第9段材料，回答第15～17题。
15．What's wrong with the woman?
A．She feels lonely though having many friends.
B．She spends most of her time studying.
C．She doesn't have a good friend.
16．Which kind of classmates may the woman learn to talk to?
A．Those who have characters similar to the woman.
B．Those who are interested in the woman's life.
C．Those who are ready to help the woman.
17．How can the woman solve the problem?
A．By believing others.
B．By talking more with her classmates.
C．By helping friends.
听第10段材料，回答第18～20题。
18．When was the Beatles' first hit song recorded?
A．in 1962. B．in 1952. C．in 1965.
19．Which of the following is NOT true?
A．The Beatles was formed in England.
B．The Beatles got a great achievement in movie career.
C．The Beatles is regarded as one of the finest jazz groups.
20．How many of the Beatles' songs reached number one on the record charts?
A．Seventeen. B．Twenty－eight. C．Twenty－one.
附：听力参考材料
Text 1
W: Hello，may I speak to John Smith，please?
M：I'm sorry.Nobody named John Smith here.
Text 2
M: I can't find the cup.Do you know where it is?
W: I dropped it on the floor yesterday.
Text 3
W: I heard the fire broke out at two in the morning.
M: That's right.And it took the firemen three hours to put it out.
Text 4
W：What's the most embarrassing experience that you've ever had?
M：I invited a friend to a meal in an expensive restaurant and I left all my money at home.
Text 5
W：And so were you close to your parents?
M：Yeah，with my mum，not so much with my dad.
W：Why not?
M：I don't know.I guess there's just always been this distance.I mean we both try to pretend it is not there，but it is.
Text 6
W：Are you doing anything special on Saturday?
M：Well，I usually visit my aunt.She lives alone and hasn't many friends.She looks forward to my visit.
W：Do you visit her every Saturday?
M：I tried to.She's quite old and can't walk very far，so I often do some shopping for her.
W：Does she live near the shop?
M：Yes，but she finds it difficult to carry heavy things because of her poor health.She also has a lot of pain in one leg.
W：What's wrong with her leg？Did she have an accident?
M：Oh，no.I think it's just because she's old.Quite a lot of old people have aches and pains.
W：Yes，I suppose they do.I'm glad I'm still young.
Text 7
M：Good morning，madam.
W：Good morning.May I help you?
M：Yes.I'd like to get some information about the summer course at the English training centre.
W：What can I tell you?
M：Can you tell me the starting and finishing time of the course，please?
W：Yes，the course begins on July 15 and runs until August 20.
M：What courses will we study?
W：Well，you will have listening，speaking，reading and writing courses.There are classes in audio－visual training as well.
M：OK，and what time will the classes be held?
W：Well，most of them are in the morning.There are only a few classes in the afternoon.
M：When will the final exams be held?
W：At the end of the term.They begin on August 16 and run until August 18.
M：OK，thank you.
W：Not at all.
Text 8
M：Good morning，Mrs Adams.How are you today?
W：Oh，not very well.I've got a bad cold.
M：Have you got a temperature?
W：Yes，I've got a fever.
M：Are you coughing?
W：Yes，especially at night.It's quite bad then.And I can't go to sleep.
M：Oh，I see.I can understand that.Um，I think you've got the flu.I suggest you don't go to work，and take this medicine once every four hours.
W：What else should I do?
M：Drink some water and have a good rest.
W：OK，thank you.Goodbye.
M：Goodbye.
Text 9
W：Can I have a talk with you，now，Mr Smith?
M：Sure，what is it?
W：Well，I feel so lonely.How I wish I had a good friend! Could you give me some advice?
M：Sit here，please.Take it easy.
W：I spend most of my time studying.I hardly talk to my classmates.
M：I see.Your problem is common among middle school students.First of all，believe in yourself.You just lack self－confidence.The first thing you must do is to smile at your classmates.Your smile will show that you are friendly to them.
W：But I do want to talk.I just don't know what to talk about and how to begin a conversation.
M：You may try talking with a student who is as shy as yourself or who shares the same interests as you.You can ask a classmate about your studies，and you can also talk about the hobbies in common with him or her.If a classmate is in trouble in life or study，you should be ready to help.Once you have more confidence，you can make as many friends as you want.
W：I'm feeling much better now.Thank you very much，Mr Smith.
Text 10
M：The world of music has never been the same since the formation of a band in Liverpool，England in 1956.The Beatles was formed by George Harrison，Ringo Starr，Paul Mc－Cartney，and John Lennon.Their first hit song Love me do was recorded in 1962.The Beatles quickly became the world's best－known pop music group and many people today still regard them as the finest band in the history of pop music.
Lennon and Mc－Cartney were the authors of the songs the group recorded.Harrison also wrote songs，often using ideas from Indian music.The drummer of the group was the famous Ringo Starr and he occasionally sang.For six years The Beatles had hit after hit songs.Twenty－eight of their songs were on the Top twenty record charts and seventeen of these songs reached number one on the charts.
The group also had a successfully movie career.The comedies A hard day's night and Yellow submarine became very successful movies.People imitated their hairstyles，clothing，and humour.Almost all later pop bands learned from the Beatles.Beatlemania is the word used to describe how strong and loyal the fans were.
答案
1－5 CBBCA 6－10 ABACB
11－15 BBCBC 16－20 ABACA
第二部分：英语知识运用(共两节，满分45分)
第一节：单项填空(共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分)
从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
21．Even on a cold day my father prefers ________ out to play football ________ at home.
A．going; rather than stay B．going; to staying
C．to go; rather than staying D．to go; rather than to stay
解析：考查固定搭配。根据句意可以使用prefer to do sth. rather than do sth.和prefer doing sth. to doing sth.这两种搭配。
答案：B
22．Alice trusts you; only you can ________ her to give up the foolish dream of climbing the tallest tower.
A．suggest B．advise
C．persuade D．organise
解析：考查动词辨析。句中the foolish dream暗示了答案，即应“说服”她放弃这一梦想，因而使用persuade。advise仅仅表示“建议，劝说”，不强调是否成功；无suggest sb. to do sth.这一用法。
答案：C
23．(2012·金华十校期末)You'd better put on heavy coat.Sometimes it ________be very cold here at night.
A．should B．can
C．will D．must
解析：考查情态动词的用法。句意：你最好穿上大衣。在这里晚上有时很冷。这里表示客观可能性，意思是可能会。
答案：B
24．(2012·太原市测评)Alice is fond of playing________piano while Henry is interested in listening to________music.
A．/；the B．the；the
C．the；/ D．/；/
解析：play the piano弹钢琴；第二空为泛指，不需冠词。
答案：C
25．After the earthquake, the injured were ________ in the local hospital or taken by air to larger hospitals in the neighbouring cities.
A．cared for B．cared about
C．looking after D．taken care
解析：考查动词短语辨析。由句意看，care for, look after, take care of这三个短语均表示“照顾”，文中应是被照顾，所以C项错， 而D项缺少of，故选A。
答案：A
26．(2012·黑龙江大庆实验中学期末考试)________I think disappoints the Smiths is that their child is crazy about online games.
A．That B．Why
C．What D．Whether
解析：what引出主语从句，作从句中的主语。
答案：C
27．In China for most people, the bicycle is still their main ________ of transport.
A．way B．method
C．means D．purpose
解析：考查固定搭配。means of transport是固定用法。
答案：C
28．They ________ to give up the opportunity.
A．made up their mind B．made up their minds
C．took their minds D．changed their minds
解析：考查固定短语。make up one's mind中的mind随主语的形式而变化；表示“改变某人做某事的主意”应使用change one's mind of doing sth.这一结构。
答案：B
29．—Have you known each other for long?
—Not really. ________ we started to work in the company.
A．Just after B．Just when
C．Ever since D．Just before
解析：考查状语从句。问句中的现在完成时暗示答语应使用ever since(自从……以来)，即We have known each other ever since...。
答案：C
30．—What about the person?
—Seldom in all my life ________ such a ________ person.
A．I met; determining B．I have met; determining
C．did I meet; determined D．have I met; determined
解析：考查时态和倒装。seldom位于句首时，句子使用倒装语序；in all my life暗示使用现在完成时；表示“坚决的，有决心的”应使用形容词determined。
答案：D
31．(2012·唐山市期末考试)He was about to leave________some of his friends came to visit him.
A．before B．as
C．while D．when
解析：be about to do...when...正要做某事突然……。
答案：D
32．The man insisted ________ a taxi for me even though I told him I lived nearby.
A．find B．to find
C．on finding D．in finding
解析：考查固定短语。insist on doing sth.是固定搭配。
答案：C
33．These are the basic rules, which you should learn ________.
A．by memory B．by heart
C．in mind D．for good
解析：考查固定短语。learn sth. by heart为固定用法。
答案：B
34．He tried to keep up a calm appearance, but his trembling voice ________ him ________.
A．showed; off B．cleared; up
C．gave; away D．gave; out
解析：考查短语辨析。句意：他试图想保持镇静的样子，但他那颤抖的声音却泄露了他的心情。show off炫耀；clear up转晴；give away泄露；give out分发，发出。
答案：C
35．(2012·浙江台州中学期中考试)—Don't forget to go to the football match tomorrow.
—I ________.
A．don't B．won't
C．shouldn't D．mustn't
解析：否定祈使句的回答通常为I won't。
答案：B
第二节：完形填空(共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30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。
You've been away from us for one year; you told us a lie which I came to know not long ago.
On this special day for teachers across the country, I can __36__ keep myself from telling your white lie to those who would lend me an ear.
Do you still remember the happy __37__ about six years ago? We fixed our eyes upon you at your __38__. You, a beautiful young lady, __39__ us that you would live in our village.
Soon after, we began to find you were part of your students and their simple honest parents. The villagers found their children __40__ more time on their books __41__ after doing their homework and housework. Yet they still __42__ that one day you might leave. You __43__ a smile all the time, which reduced to some degree their __44__ of your leaving. You went all out in the __45__ of your students, helping them not only in their studies but also in their tuition (学费). You often emphasised to us the __46__ of one's life, so that must have been what you were __47__ in those five years!
One cold morning when class began, you entered the room __48__ you had been crying __49__. In your class, we __50__ but looked away from your eyes. You __51__ for some time as if you were __52__ to find this right word…you said you would go away and would never be back to teach because your boyfriend wanted you more…
On the following morning, we __53__ you the very best and the villagers gave you their __54__. The train took you away and your broken __55__. The other day I happened to hear my parents chatting that you had lung cancer and left the world soon after you waved goodbye.
36．A.forever B．seldom
C．hardly D．soon
37．A.scene B．condition
C．sign D．sight
38．A.report B．arrival
C．explanation D．speech
39．A.promised B．answered
C．permitted D．agreed
40．A.shared B．spent
C．paid D．devoted
41．A.even B．ever
C．soon D．still
42．A.considered B．feared
C．supposed D．doubted
43．A.wore B．pretended
C．gained D．presented
44．A.problem B．trouble
C．question D．fear
45．A.teaching B．middle
C．course D．field
46．A.way B．wealth
C．value D．cost
47．A.after B．for
C．with D．against
48．A.as if B．because
C．even though D．before
49．A.happily B．bitterly
C．anxiously D．angrily
50．A.listened B．talked
C．discussed D．studied
51．A.explained B．stopped
C．talked D．spoke
52．A.thinking B．worrying
C．crying D．trying
53．A.hoped B．expected
C．wished D．brought
54．A.thanks B．satisfactions
C．expressions D．rewards
55．A.boy B．class
C．heart D．memory
答案与解析
36．C hardly相当于almost not，这里指作者情难自抑，要告诉人们一个善意的谎言。
37．A scene情景，场面。
38．B 这里指六年前她刚刚到来。
39．A 根据语意可知，她一来就向我们许诺：要和我们一起居住在这个村庄里。
40．B sb. spends some time on sth.为固定结构。
41．A 句意：村民们发现他们的孩子甚至做完了家庭作业和家务活以后，还要花更多的时间读书。
42．B 这里指孩子们害怕老师有一天会走。
43．A 表示“面带微笑”动词要用wear。wear还可表示“戴首饰，穿鞋、袜等”。
44．D 根据上文可知，应指“担心她离开”。
45．A go all out in sth.在某一个方面全力以赴。
46．C value of one's life意为“人生的价值”。
47．A be after意为“追求”。此处指“因此那(人生的价值)一定是你在那五年中所追求的东西！”
48．A as if似乎，好像。
49．B 这里指疾病和情感折磨着她，使她很痛苦。
50．A 在课堂上，我们听她讲课。
51．B stop停下。
52．D 这里指或许她在设法寻求合适的理由。
53．C wish sb. the very best意为“祝愿某人万事如意”。
54．A 村民们表达了对她的感谢之情。
55．C 这里指火车带走了她和她那颗破碎的心。
第三部分：阅读理解(共两节，满分40分)
第一节(共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分)
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项。
A
Ask someone what they have done to help the environment recently and they will almost certainly mention recycling. Recycling in the home is very important of course. However, being forced to recycle often means we already have more material than we need. We are dealing with the results of that_over－consumption in the greenest way possible, but it would be far better if we did not need to bring so much material home in the first place.
The total amount of packaging increased by 12% between 1999 and 2005. It now makes up a third of a typical household's waste in the UK. In many supermarkets nowadays food items are packaged twice with plastic and cardboard.
Too much packaging is doing serious damage to the environment. The UK, for example, is running out of areas for burying this unnecessary waste. If such packaging is burnt, it gives off greenhouse gases which go on to cause the greenhouse effect. Recycling helps, but the process itself uses energy. The solution is not to produce such items in the first place. Food waste is a serious problem, too. Too many supermarkets encourage customers to buy more than they need.However，a few of them are coming round to the idea that this cannot continue, encouraging customers to reuse their plastic bags, for example.
But this is not just about supermarkets. It is about all of us. We have learned to associate packaging with quality. We have learned to think that something unpackaged is of poor quality. This is especially true of food. But it also applies to a wide range of consumer products, which often have far more packaging than necessary.
There are signs of hope. As more of us recycle, we are beginning to realize just how much unnecessary material we are collecting. We need to face the wastefulness of our consumer culture，but we have a mountain to climb.
56. What does the underlined phrase “that over－consumption” refer to?
A. Using too much packaging.
B. Recycling too many wastes.
C. Making more products than necessary.
D. Having more material than is needed.
57. The author uses figures in Paragraph 2 to show________.
A. the tendency of cutting household waste
B. the increase of packaging recycling
C. the rapid growth of supermarkets
D. the fact of packaging overuse
58. According to the text，recycling________.
A. helps control the greenhouse effect
B. means burning packaging for energy
C. is the solution to gas shortage
D. leads to a waste of land
59. What can we learn from the last paragraph?
A. Fighting wastefulness is difficult.
B. Needless material is mostly recycled.
C. People like collecting recyclable wastes.
D. The author is proud of their consumer culture.
答案与解析
56．D 词义猜测题。根据文中的“We are dealing with the results of that over－consumption in the greenest way possible, but it would be far better if we did not need to bring so much material home in the first place.”可知画线部分意义应为“过度消费”，所以D项正确。
57．D 作者意图题。根据作者在文中使用的数字可知，作者使用数字的目的是为了让读者清楚地了解过度包装这一现状，所以D项正确。
58．A 细节理解题。根据“If such packaging is burnt, it gives off greenhouse gases which go on to cause the greenhouse effect. Recycling helps, but the process itself uses energy.”可知A项正确。
59．A 推理判断题。文章讲述了对过度包装的危害的认识及人们应有的积极态度，由最后一段中“...，but we have a mountain to climb.”可知，事情不会一蹴而就，所以A项正确。
B
Sandeep Mukerji was on his first visit to Thailand but would leave the “Land of Smiles” with a frown (皱眉头) and an empty pocket.
A stone's throw from the Grand Palace in Bangkok, the 26－year－old Canadian ran into a monk in a robe (穿长袍的和尚). The monk told him that the attraction he was hoping to visit had been closed.
The monk then introduced Mukerji to a jewellery store instead. On the way there, three different people told him that it was the last day of a once－a－year, taxfree jewellery promotion to encourage tourism.
They said that tourists can make a lot of money by buying gems (宝石) in Thailand and selling them once at home.
Two hours later, Mukerji had spent US $1,250 on a set of almost worthless jewellery.
“The whole process took me by surprise. They take_advantage_of your greed.” he said.
In fact, Mukerji is just one of a huge number of tourists who are cheated by the promise of making a fortune.The scam (骗局) brings Thailand more than US $10 million each year.
Although tourist police stations have displayed posters to warn of the scam, many fresh－faced tourists still fall prey to the trick.
The police say they receive 5 to 10 complaints a day. Many more may not realize they have been cheated until they go back home.
Thai authorities say that the jewellery scam is harmful to Thailand's image (形象), but getting rid of the cheats is hard.
Sanit Miphan, head of the police, said the scam has been running for about 15 years but not one jewellery shop owner has been arrested.
The shops usually open for two weeks and then, close. They reopen and register (注册) under a new name. What's more, overcharging (要价过高) itself is not breaking the law.
Yet, to keep the tourism business alive, the police said they would take action against any shop receiving more than 10 complaints.
60．Sandeep Mukerji was cheated probably because of all the following EXCEPT that ________.
A．he was young
B．he believed that the monk wouldn't cheat others
C．he had more or less the wish to try his fortune
D．the cheat scam was too skilful to be found out
61．How many people at least together cheated Sandeep Mukerji?
A．Two. B．Three.
C．Four. D．Five.
62．Suppose everyone who was cheated lost as much as Mukerji did, how many visitors to Bangkok would be cheated each year?
A．About 6,000. B．About 8,000.
C．About 10,000. D．More than 10,000.
63．Which of the following statements is TRUE?
A．Thai tourist police are carrying out their task very efficiently.
B．The management of Thai tourist market is very strict.
C．Any shop receiving complaints will be punished as seriously as possible.
D．It is hard for the police to crack down the cheats efficiently partly because many cheats' deeds seem not to break the law.
答案与解析
60．A 推理判断题。从第六、七两段可知Mukerji有想发一笔横财的心理(C项正确)；第六段第一句说明骗子策划周密，令人防不胜防(D项正确)；由和尚“当托”，正是利用大众对僧人的信任(B项正确)。而身为年轻人并非受骗的主要原因。所以答案为 A项。
61．D 细节理解题。骗Mukerji的人最少包括和尚、路途中遇到的三个人以及商店老板。
62．B 数字计算题。Mukerji被骗了1,250美元；泰国每年从旅游者那里骗得的钱超过10,000,000美元。10,000,000除以1,250，结果为8,000。
63．D 正误判断题。从倒数第二、三段可知，泰国的骗子15年来一直未得到遏制，原因之一就是很多人的行为表面上看去只是价格高低之争，并未触犯法律，所以很难给予制裁。
C
Paris is the capital city of the European nation of France. It is also one of the most beautiful and most famous cities in the world.
Pairs is called the City of Light. It is also an international fashion centre. What women are wearing in Paris will be worn by women all over the world. Paris is also a famous world centre of education. For example, it is where the headquarters of UNESCO, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization.
The Seine River divides the city into two parts. Thirty－two bridges cross this beautiful river. The oldest and perhaps most well－known is the Point Neuf, which was built in the sixteenth century. The Sorbonne, a famous university, stands on the left bank (south side) of the river. The beautiful white church Sacre Coeur lies on top of the hill called Montmartre on the right bank (north side) of the Seine.
There are many other famous places in Paris, such as the famous museum, the Louvre, as well as the Notre Dame. However, the most famous building in this city is Eiffel Tower.
Paris as well as the Cathedral of Notre Dame is named after a group of people called the Parisaii. They built a small village on an island in the middle of the Seine River about two thousand years ago. This island, called the He de la Cite, is where Notre Dame lies. Today around eight million people live in the Paris area.
64．Why is Paris regarded as a fashion centre in the world?
A．Because the clothes there are the most expensive in the world.
B．Because there is the largest collection of the clothes in Paris.
C．Because Paris has the most beautiful clothes in the world.
D．Because Paris plays a leading role in the fashion world.
65．The Point Neuf was built in ________.
A．the 1500s B．the 1600s
C．the 1700s D．the 1800s
66．From the passage we know Paris is named after ________.
A．a group of people B．a famous river
C．a famous museum D．a famous writer
67．We can conclude that Notre Dame is ________.
A．on the left bank of the Seine River
B．on the right bank of the Seine River
C．on neither bank of the Seine River
D．in Louvre
答案与解析
64．D 推理判断题。根据第二段第三句“What women are wearing in Paris will be worn by women all over the world.”可知，巴黎在时装方面起着引领时尚的作用。
65．A 细节理解题。根据第三段第三句中的定语从句“which was built in the sixteenth century”可得出答案。
66．A 细节理解题。根据最后一段第一句可知答案。
67．C 推理判断题。根据最后一段倒数第二句可知，Notre Dame(巴黎圣母院)被建在塞纳河中心的一个小岛上。
D
(2011·北京)
As the railroads and the highways shaped the American West in the past centuries, a new electrical generating (发电) and transmission (输送) system for the 21st century will leave a lasting mark on the West, for better or worse. Much of the real significance of railroads and highways is not in their direct physical effect on the scenery, but in the ways that they affect the surrounding community. The same is true of big solar plants and the power lines that will be laid down to move electricity around.
The 19th century saw land grants (政府拨地) offered to railroad companies to build the transcontinental railroads, leaving public land in between privately owned land. In much of the West, some of the railroad sections were developed while others remained undeveloped, and in both cases the landownership has presented unique challenges to land management. With the completion of the interstate highway system, many of the small towns, which sprang up as railway stops and developed well, have lost their lifeblood and died.
Big solar plants and their power lines will also have effects far beyond their direct footprint in the West. This is not an argument against building them. We need alternative energy badly, and to really take advantage of it we need to be able to move electricity around far more readily than we can now.
So trade－offs will have to be made. Some scenic spots will be sacrificed. Some species (物种) will be forced to move, or will be carefully moved to special accommodations. Deals will be struck to reduce the immediate effects.
The lasting effects of these trade－offs are another matter. The 21st century development of the American West as an ideal place for alternative energy is going to throw off a lot of power and money in the region. There are chances for that power and money to do a lot of good. But it is just as likely that they will be spent wastefully and will leave new problems behind, just like the railroads and the highways.
The money set aside in negotiated trade－offs and the institutions that control it will shape the West far beyond the immediate footprint of power plants and transmission lines. So let's remember the effects of the railroads and the highways as we construct these new power plants in the West.
68. What was the problem caused by the construction of the railways?
A．Small towns along the railways became abandoned.
B．Some railroad stops remained underused.
C．Land in the West was hard to manage.
D．Land grants went into private hands.
69. What is the major concern in the development of alternative energy according to the last two paragraphs?
A. The transmission of power.
B. The use of money and power.
C. The conservation of solar energy.
D. The selection of an ideal place.
70. Which is the best title for the passage?
A. How the Railways Have Affected the West
B. How Solar Energy Could Reshape the West
C. How the Effects of Power Plants Can Be Reduced
D. How the Problems of the Highways Have Been Settled
答案与解析
68．C 细节理解题。根据第二段的“...and in both cases the landownership has presented unique challenges to land management.”可知，建铁路导致的问题是“土地所有权给土地管理带来了挑战”。所以C项符合题意。
69．B 推理判断题。细读最后两段可知，对于可替代能源的发展主要的担忧是money和power，它们可能带来一些好处，但也可能被浪费掉，并且带来一些其他的问题。
70．B 主旨大意题。文章借助铁路和公路对美国的影响，说明新的电力系统对美国西部地区将会产生的影响，故B项正确。
第二节(共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分)
根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
The Ups and Downs of the Erie Canal (伊利运河)
The Erie Canal, America's first national waterway (水路), which joins the Great Lakes with the Atlantic Ocean, was completed in October, 1825. To mark the completion, Governor Clinton dropped some water from Lake Erie into the Hudson River.
Only a few years later, however, trains had become an easier and cheaper way to carry goods. __71__ Difficult repairs were needed. But few people in the town seemed sad about the breaks. Many were pleased, in fact. Almost 20,000 men were brought in to repair the damage, more than the normal population of Forestport. People brought a lot of business, eating, drinking, and playing games of chance. The town had money again. __72__ New York Governor Theodore Roosevelt became worried, and state officials punished several men from Forestport for damaging canal on purpose.
Newspaper reporter Michael Doyle wrote a book called “The Forestport Breaks” after talking with people who had lived in Forestport. __73__ He warns local officials, and in this way prevents more severe damage. But some of the townspeople were angry with the farmer for what he'd done.
By 1903, some businesses were asking the New York government to build a whole system of canals. __74__ In 1991, people who cared about the historic canal held a big public event, making the same trip that had celebrated the completion of the Erie Canal in 1825. __75__
A few days later, people decided to take measures to redevelop the canal system. Today, boats still use the system to transport heavy goods.
A．Life became as profitable and wild as it had been during the best days of trade on the canal.
B．At the beginning of the book, a farmer describes seeing water flooding over a levee (堤岸) in Forestport.
C．The Erie Canal and other parts of the New York canal system received government help.
D．As Governor and Mrs Clinton had done, the group travelled from Buffalo, New York to the Hudson River.
E．Mr Doyle said he learned that his great－grandfather had taken part in the wrongdoing.
F．The Erie Canal could not have been completed without the hard and dangerous labour of many workers.
G．The Erie Canal was losing business, and some of its levees began to break.
答案
71．G 72.A 73.B 74.C 75.D
第四部分：写作(共两节，满分35分)
第一节：短文改错(共10小题；每小题1分，共10分)
假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧)，并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线()划掉。
修改：在错的词下画一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：
1．每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2．只允许修改10处，多者(从第11处起)不计分。
Last winter vacation, some of my classmates decide to travel with their friends, while I chose to take part－time job to gain experience and earn some money. I learned from my teacher that a nearby company was looking after students with good handwriting to write addresses on envelope. The pay were 10 cents per envelope. I headed for the company, feeling sure I would easy finish 300 envelopes in five hours and to earn the money. At fact, I only finished 200. Now, I fully understand how hard is to earn money. Getting out of the classroom is indeed necessary for we all.
答案
Last winter vacation, some of my classmates to travel with their friends, while I chose to take part－time job to gain experience and earn some money. I learned from my teacher that a nearby company was looking students with good handwriting to write addresses on . The pay 10 cents per envelope. I headed for the company, feeling sure I would finish 300 envelopes in five hours and earn the money. fact, I only finished 200. Now, I fully understand how hard is to earn money. Getting out of the classroom is indeed necessary for all.
第二节：书面表达(满分25分)
(2012·福建六校联考)
近年来，由食品安全卫生引发的问题在校园内外时有发生；你校上周就发生了一次食物中毒事件，两名学生在校外吃了一种油炸食品而引起胃痛。请你以李华的名义用英文给英语报社编辑写一封信，谈谈你对这一现象的看法。词数：120左右，内容必须包括：
1．有些商家只顾赚钱，无视人们的健康和安全；
2．学生应尽量在校园内吃饭，不要到校外乱吃；
3．为了防止类似事件发生，提出你的建议。
Editor，
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Yours，
Li Hua
答案
Editor，
Last week, two students of our school suffered from stomachache because they ate some poisonous fried food outside campus.
Nowadays in our country, some business people care little about people's health and safety as long as they can make money. Some even sell polluted or poisonous food to consumers and this often leads to serious health problems.
In order to prevent such tragedy happening again, we students should try to avoid buying food from the stores or stalls out of the school, and have meals in school dining rooms. Only in this way can we protect ourselves. Besides, the local government and the school should take practical measures to ensure students' health and life security.
I'm expecting your advice and ideas.
Yours，
Li_Hua
自主选做题
Ⅰ.任务型阅读
阅读下面短文，根据所读内容在表格中的空白处填入恰当的单词。注意：每个空格只填一个词。
Many people need guidance in choosing a career (职业). Fortunately, there is much information on the Web about job opportunities (机会). With all the information available, it's not surprising that people can feel confused. So if you're ready to start your first job or change careers, where do you begin?
The Occupation Handbook is a good resource. Regularly updated, the Handbook is available as a book and on－line. Not only is information provided about the United States as a whole, but readers can easily search for information about their particular state. You can read about the fastest－growing occupations in the area where you live and find out what they are like. You can also learn how to apply for jobs.
Take, for example, Nadia's situation. Nadia was a doctor's assistant in Iran, and her goal in the United States is to become a nurse. However, she needs to work while she is studying nursing. She is interested in becoming a medical assistant to help work her way through college. When going online to the Handbook and searching under “medical assisant”， Nadia is happy to read that this is expected to be one of the fastest－growing careers through 2011. Besides, job opportunities are even better for people with experience. She discovers that medical assistants not only have to do some office work, but have medical responsibilities as well. Nadia decides this job will be interesting and will also provide excellent experience for her nursing career.
The Occupation Handbook is just an example of websites that can help you plan a new career.When you have found information about some different careers, you will be ready to talk to career advisers. Choosing your future career is an extremely important decision. It's worth taking the time and finding as much information as you can.
Title
Finding Information on the 1.______ for Tomorrow's Job
Introduction
◇There is a lot of job information online, but too much of it may sometimes be 2.______
Facts of the
Handbook
◇The information is updated in a 3.______ manner.
◇Its vast resources include ways of job
4．______.
Nadia's
5．______
◇She wants to become a nurse in the United States.
◇She needs to work to make 6.______ for her college study.
◇Her previous 7.______ may help her to get the job.
◇If she's a medical assistant, she'll also take medical 8.______
Conclusion
◇Find some information online before 9.____ career advisers.
◇The time you spend and the efforts you make will be 10.______
答案
1．Web/Website/Net/Internet 2.confusing 3.regular
4．application 5.Situation 6.money 7.experience 8.responsibilities 9.consulting/asking 10.worthwhile
Ⅱ.信息匹配
(2012·浙江台州期中考试)
A．Use business recordings
B．Speak slowly and clearly
C．Learn telephone manners
D．Practise often with a friend
E．Always be considerate of your friends
F．Make sure you understand the other speaker
Telephone tips
If the phone rings and someone speaks in English, don't be afraid to answer it! The fear of talking on the phone in a second language will disappear if you practise often. Here are a few tips for helping you improve your ability to answer a call in English.
1．________
Listening to someone speaking in a second language over the telephone can be very challenging because you cannot see the person you are trying to hear. However, it may be even more difficult for the person you are talking with to understand you. You may not realize that your pronunciation isn't clear because your teacher and fellow students know and understand you. Pay special attention to your weak areas of your pronunciation when you are on the phone.
2．________
Don't pretend to understand everything you hear over the telephone. Even native speakers ask each other to repeat and confirm information from time to time. This is especially important if you are taking a message for someone else. Learn the appropriate expressions that English speakers use when they don't hear something properly. Don't be afraid to remind the person to slow down more than once. Keep your telephone in an area that is away from other noise distractions such as a radio or television.
3．________
Ask another student to practise talking on the phone with you. You might choose one night a week and take turns phoning each other at a certain time. Try to talk for at least fifteen minutes. You can talk socially, or role play different scenarios in a business environment. The most important thing about practising telephone English is that you are not able to see each other's mouths.
4．________
There are many ways to get free telephone English practice. After business hours, you can call and listen to recorded messages. Write down what you hear the first time, and then call back and check if your notes are accurate. Make sure you have a pen handy so that you can repeat the information and check your comprehension.
5．________
The way that you speak to your best friend on the phone is very different from the way you should speak to someone in a business setting. Many speakers make the mistake of being too direct on the telephone. It is possible that the person on the other line will think that you are being rude on purpose if you don't use formal language in certain situations. Sometimes just one word such as could or may is necessary in order to sound polite. Take the time to learn how to answer the phone and say goodbye in a polite manner, as well as all the various ways one can start and end a conversation casually.
Listening to someone on the telephone is like listening to a taped recording in class. The only difference is that you have to talk back! Follow the tips above and remember that practice makes perfect!
答案
1．B 2.F 3.D 4.A 5.C
Ⅲ.阅读表达
[1]Every year, whenever Spring Festival arrives, a lot of Chinese people cannot wait to go home. They queue for long hours in front of the ticket offices in railway stations, or do whatever they can in order to get a ticket. They tolerate the long journey on the train only to want to ________ with their near and dear ones.
[2]According to the Beijing Youth Daily, most Chinese celebrate the Spring Festival not only because they want to follow tradition, there are also some practical reasons to explain Chinese people's fever for the holiday.
[3]Compared with one's workplace, home provides a more humane environment for one to relax oneself.
[4]Society may do with or without you, but at home, you become unique and indispensable. You may be the father or mother, daughter or son, grandfather or grandmother in the family and the family will be incomplete if anyone is absent, because every member in the family is bound together, and everyone in the family is pleased with the feeling that he or she is unique and irreplaceable.
[5]In addition, family provides an ideal environment for one to fully relax oneself. At home, one can take one's time do whatever he or she wants, and one can spend money whenever one likes. In society, however, one needs to do everything fast and with high efficiency, because society always requires efficiency and maximum profits. Such company principles make people merely a tool in modern society.
[6]Chinese people's strong desire for Spring Festival shows that they feel oppressed and have a sense of predicament (困境) of existence in modern society. The Spring Festival provides a chance for them to escape from such anxiety and treasure the long－lost tradition of community spirit. With the Spring Festival, people can find back the warm, family atmosphere often seen in days gone by.
1．What's the passage mainly talking about? (no more than 10 words)
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2．Fill in the blank with proper words to complete the sentence.(no more than 10 words)
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3．Why should we need to do everything fast and with high efficiency？(no more than 10 words)
_______________________________________________________
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4．Do you think home is important for Chinese to celebrate the Spring Festival? Why or why not? (no more than 30 words)
_______________________________________________________
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5．What does “they”(Para.6)refer to？(no more than 3 words)
_______________________________________________________
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答案
1．Why Spring Festival is so important to Chinese people./Why so many Chinese go home during Spring Festival./Why Chinese get together for Spring Festival.
2．have a family reunion/have a get－together/have a wonderful time/get together/gather
3．Because society always requires efficiency and maximum profits.
4．Yes. For a Chinese, family provides an ideal environment to fully relax oneself and the family gives you the feeling of being unique and irreplaceable.
5．Chinese people.
Ⅳ.完成句子
1．My sister ________ while I like skating.(fond)
我妹妹喜欢游泳而我喜欢滑冰。
2．I ________ when I was young.(prefer)
我年轻时喜欢唱歌胜于跳舞。
3．No one can ________ .(persuade)
没有人能说服他放弃吸烟。
4．My father is a person ________ . (care)
我父亲是一个不拘小节的人。
5．She insisted we ________ .(set)
她坚持让我们记下所看到的事。
6．We should ________ the development of society.(pace)
我们应该跟上社会发展的步伐。
7．I got my son ________ by taking him to get close to nature.(interest)
通过带着儿子去接近大自然我让他对科学感兴趣。
8．My father ________.(insist)
父亲坚持开车送我去火车站。
9．He kept ________for half an hour. (wait)
他持续等火车半个小时。
10．________ , she looked more beautiful.(dress)
穿着新裙子，她看上去更漂亮。
答案
1．is fond of swimming
2．preferred singing to dancing
3．persuade him to give up smoking
4．who doesn't care about details
5．(should) set down what we saw
6．keep pace with
7．interested in science
8．insisted on driving me to the station
9．waiting for the train
10．Dressed in a new skirt
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。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。
1．What do you learn from the conversation?
A．John Smith isn't in right now.
B．John Smith can't come to the phone.
C．The caller dialled the wrong number.
2．What happens to the cup?
A．It is missing.
B．It is broken.
C．It is somewhere in the room.
3．When was the fire put out?
A．At 2 o'clock. B．At 5 o'clock. C．At 3 o'clock.
4．Which word can be used to describe the man?
A．Poor. B．Greedy. C．Forgetful.
5．To whom is the man closer?
A．His mom. B．His dad. C．Both.
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。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。
听第6段材料，回答第6～8题。
6．How often does the man visit his aunt?
A．Almost once a week.
B．Twice a week.
C．Every other day.
7．Where does his aunt live?
A．Far away from the shops.
B．Near the shopping centre.
C．In the countryside.
8．What doesn't the man do for his aunt?
A．Walking with her.
B．Doing some shopping.
C．Helping her carry heavy things.
听第7段材料，回答第9～11题。
9．What does the man want to learn?
A．Computer science. B．Driving. C．English.
10．How long does the course last?
A．About 20 days. B．About 35 days. C．About 30 days.
11．When can he take the final exams?
A．From September 15 to 17.
B．From August 16 to 18.
C．From July 12 to 16.
听第8段材料，回答第12～14题。
12．What is the relationship between the two speakers?
A．Neighbour. B．Doctor and patient. C．Friends.
13．When did the woman cough most seriously?
A．In the morning. B．In the afternoon. C．At night.
14．What did the man do for the woman?
A．He examined the woman carefully.
B．He gave her some medicine and some advice as well.
C．He just told her not to worry too much.
听第9段材料，回答第15～17题。
15．What's wrong with the woman?
A．She feels lonely though having many friends.
B．She spends most of her time studying.
C．She doesn't have a good friend.
16．Which kind of classmates may the woman learn to talk to?
A．Those who have characters similar to the woman.
B．Those who are interested in the woman's life.
C．Those who are ready to help the woman.
17．How can the woman solve the problem?
A．By believing others.
B．By talking more with her classmates.
C．By helping friends.
听第10段材料，回答第18～20题。
18．When was the Beatles' first hit song recorded?
A．in 1962. B．in 1952. C．in 1965.
19．Which of the following is NOT true?
A．The Beatles was formed in England.
B．The Beatles got a great achievement in movie career.
C．The Beatles is regarded as one of the finest jazz groups.
20．How many of the Beatles' songs reached number one on the record charts?
A．Seventeen. B．Twenty－eight. C．Twenty－one.
附：听力参考材料
Text 1
W: Hello，may I speak to John Smith，please?
M：I'm sorry.Nobody named John Smith here.
Text 2
M: I can't find the cup.Do you know where it is?
W: I dropped it on the floor yesterday.
Text 3
W: I heard the fire broke out at two in the morning.
M: That's right.And it took the firemen three hours to put it out.
Text 4
W：What's the most embarrassing experience that you've ever had?
M：I invited a friend to a meal in an expensive restaurant and I left all my money at home.
Text 5
W：And so were you close to your parents?
M：Yeah，with my mum，not so much with my dad.
W：Why not?
M：I don't know.I guess there's just always been this distance.I mean we both try to pretend it is not there，but it is.
Text 6
W：Are you doing anything special on Saturday?
M：Well，I usually visit my aunt.She lives alone and hasn't many friends.She looks forward to my visit.
W：Do you visit her every Saturday?
M：I tried to.She's quite old and can't walk very far，so I often do some shopping for her.
W：Does she live near the shop?
M：Yes，but she finds it difficult to carry heavy things because of her poor health.She also has a lot of pain in one leg.
W：What's wrong with her leg？Did she have an accident?
M：Oh，no.I think it's just because she's old.Quite a lot of old people have aches and pains.
W：Yes，I suppose they do.I'm glad I'm still young.
Text 7
M：Good morning，madam.
W：Good morning.May I help you?
M：Yes.I'd like to get some information about the summer course at the English training centre.
W：What can I tell you?
M：Can you tell me the starting and finishing time of the course，please?
W：Yes，the course begins on July 15 and runs until August 20.
M：What courses will we study?
W：Well，you will have listening，speaking，reading and writing courses.There are classes in audio－visual training as well.
M：OK，and what time will the classes be held?
W：Well，most of them are in the morning.There are only a few classes in the afternoon.
M：When will the final exams be held?
W：At the end of the term.They begin on August 16 and run until August 18.
M：OK，thank you.
W：Not at all.
Text 8
M：Good morning，Mrs Adams.How are you today?
W：Oh，not very well.I've got a bad cold.
M：Have you got a temperature?
W：Yes，I've got a fever.
M：Are you coughing?
W：Yes，especially at night.It's quite bad then.And I can't go to sleep.
M：Oh，I see.I can understand that.Um，I think you've got the flu.I suggest you don't go to work，and take this medicine once every four hours.
W：What else should I do?
M：Drink some water and have a good rest.
W：OK，thank you.Goodbye.
M：Goodbye.
Text 9
W：Can I have a talk with you，now，Mr Smith?
M：Sure，what is it?
W：Well，I feel so lonely.How I wish I had a good friend! Could you give me some advice?
M：Sit here，please.Take it easy.
W：I spend most of my time studying.I hardly talk to my classmates.
M：I see.Your problem is common among middle school students.First of all，believe in yourself.You just lack self－confidence.The first thing you must do is to smile at your classmates.Your smile will show that you are friendly to them.
W：But I do want to talk.I just don't know what to talk about and how to begin a conversation.
M：You may try talking with a student who is as shy as yourself or who shares the same interests as you.You can ask a classmate about your studies，and you can also talk about the hobbies in common with him or her.If a classmate is in trouble in life or study，you should be ready to help.Once you have more confidence，you can make as many friends as you want.
W：I'm feeling much better now.Thank you very much，Mr Smith.
Text 10
M：The world of music has never been the same since the formation of a band in Liverpool，England in 1956.The Beatles was formed by George Harrison，Ringo Starr，Paul Mc－Cartney，and John Lennon.Their first hit song Love me do was recorded in 1962.The Beatles quickly became the world's best－known pop music group and many people today still regard them as the finest band in the history of pop music.
Lennon and Mc－Cartney were the authors of the songs the group recorded.Harrison also wrote songs，often using ideas from Indian music.The drummer of the group was the famous Ringo Starr and he occasionally sang.For six years The Beatles had hit after hit songs.Twenty－eight of their songs were on the Top twenty record charts and seventeen of these songs reached number one on the charts.
The group also had a successfully movie career.The comedies A hard day's night and Yellow submarine became very successful movies.People imitated their hairstyles，clothing，and humour.Almost all later pop bands learned from the Beatles.Beatlemania is the word used to describe how strong and loyal the fans were.
答案
1－5 CBBCA 6－10 ABACB
11－15 BBCBC 16－20 ABACA
第二部分：英语知识运用(共两节，满分45分)
第一节：单项填空(共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分)
从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
21．Even on a cold day my father prefers ________ out to play football ________ at home.
A．going; rather than stay B．going; to staying
C．to go; rather than staying D．to go; rather than to stay
解析：考查固定搭配。根据句意可以使用prefer to do sth. rather than do sth.和prefer doing sth. to doing sth.这两种搭配。
答案：B
22．Alice trusts you; only you can ________ her to give up the foolish dream of climbing the tallest tower.
A．suggest B．advise
C．persuade D．organise
解析：考查动词辨析。句中the foolish dream暗示了答案，即应“说服”她放弃这一梦想，因而使用persuade。advise仅仅表示“建议，劝说”，不强调是否成功；无suggest sb. to do sth.这一用法。
答案：C
23．(2012·金华十校期末)You'd better put on heavy coat.Sometimes it ________be very cold here at night.
A．should B．can
C．will D．must
解析：考查情态动词的用法。句意：你最好穿上大衣。在这里晚上有时很冷。这里表示客观可能性，意思是可能会。
答案：B
24．(2012·太原市测评)Alice is fond of playing________piano while Henry is interested in listening to________music.
A．/；the B．the；the
C．the；/ D．/；/
解析：play the piano弹钢琴；第二空为泛指，不需冠词。
答案：C
25．After the earthquake, the injured were ________ in the local hospital or taken by air to larger hospitals in the neighbouring cities.
A．cared for B．cared about
C．looking after D．taken care
解析：考查动词短语辨析。由句意看，care for, look after, take care of这三个短语均表示“照顾”，文中应是被照顾，所以C项错， 而D项缺少of，故选A。
答案：A
26．(2012·黑龙江大庆实验中学期末考试)________I think disappoints the Smiths is that their child is crazy about online games.
A．That B．Why
C．What D．Whether
解析：what引出主语从句，作从句中的主语。
答案：C
27．In China for most people, the bicycle is still their main ________ of transport.
A．way B．method
C．means D．purpose
解析：考查固定搭配。means of transport是固定用法。
答案：C
28．They ________ to give up the opportunity.
A．made up their mind B．made up their minds
C．took their minds D．changed their minds
解析：考查固定短语。make up one's mind中的mind随主语的形式而变化；表示“改变某人做某事的主意”应使用change one's mind of doing sth.这一结构。
答案：B
29．—Have you known each other for long?
—Not really. ________ we started to work in the company.
A．Just after B．Just when
C．Ever since D．Just before
解析：考查状语从句。问句中的现在完成时暗示答语应使用ever since(自从……以来)，即We have known each other ever since...。
答案：C
30．—What about the person?
—Seldom in all my life ________ such a ________ person.
A．I met; determining B．I have met; determining
C．did I meet; determined D．have I met; determined
解析：考查时态和倒装。seldom位于句首时，句子使用倒装语序；in all my life暗示使用现在完成时；表示“坚决的，有决心的”应使用形容词determined。
答案：D
31．(2012·唐山市期末考试)He was about to leave________some of his friends came to visit him.
A．before B．as
C．while D．when
解析：be about to do...when...正要做某事突然……。
答案：D
32．The man insisted ________ a taxi for me even though I told him I lived nearby.
A．find B．to find
C．on finding D．in finding
解析：考查固定短语。insist on doing sth.是固定搭配。
答案：C
33．These are the basic rules, which you should learn ________.
A．by memory B．by heart
C．in mind D．for good
解析：考查固定短语。learn sth. by heart为固定用法。
答案：B
34．He tried to keep up a calm appearance, but his trembling voice ________ him ________.
A．showed; off B．cleared; up
C．gave; away D．gave; out
解析：考查短语辨析。句意：他试图想保持镇静的样子，但他那颤抖的声音却泄露了他的心情。show off炫耀；clear up转晴；give away泄露；give out分发，发出。
答案：C
35．(2012·浙江台州中学期中考试)—Don't forget to go to the football match tomorrow.
—I ________.
A．don't B．won't
C．shouldn't D．mustn't
解析：否定祈使句的回答通常为I won't。
答案：B
第二节：完形填空(共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30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。
You've been away from us for one year; you told us a lie which I came to know not long ago.
On this special day for teachers across the country, I can __36__ keep myself from telling your white lie to those who would lend me an ear.
Do you still remember the happy __37__ about six years ago? We fixed our eyes upon you at your __38__. You, a beautiful young lady, __39__ us that you would live in our village.
Soon after, we began to find you were part of your students and their simple honest parents. The villagers found their children __40__ more time on their books __41__ after doing their homework and housework. Yet they still __42__ that one day you might leave. You __43__ a smile all the time, which reduced to some degree their __44__ of your leaving. You went all out in the __45__ of your students, helping them not only in their studies but also in their tuition (学费). You often emphasised to us the __46__ of one's life, so that must have been what you were __47__ in those five years!
One cold morning when class began, you entered the room __48__ you had been crying __49__. In your class, we __50__ but looked away from your eyes. You __51__ for some time as if you were __52__ to find this right word…you said you would go away and would never be back to teach because your boyfriend wanted you more…
On the following morning, we __53__ you the very best and the villagers gave you their __54__. The train took you away and your broken __55__. The other day I happened to hear my parents chatting that you had lung cancer and left the world soon after you waved goodbye.
36．A.forever B．seldom
C．hardly D．soon
37．A.scene B．condition
C．sign D．sight
38．A.report B．arrival
C．explanation D．speech
39．A.promised B．answered
C．permitted D．agreed
40．A.shared B．spent
C．paid D．devoted
41．A.even B．ever
C．soon D．still
42．A.considered B．feared
C．supposed D．doubted
43．A.wore B．pretended
C．gained D．presented
44．A.problem B．trouble
C．question D．fear
45．A.teaching B．middle
C．course D．field
46．A.way B．wealth
C．value D．cost
47．A.after B．for
C．with D．against
48．A.as if B．because
C．even though D．before
49．A.happily B．bitterly
C．anxiously D．angrily
50．A.listened B．talked
C．discussed D．studied
51．A.explained B．stopped
C．talked D．spoke
52．A.thinking B．worrying
C．crying D．trying
53．A.hoped B．expected
C．wished D．brought
54．A.thanks B．satisfactions
C．expressions D．rewards
55．A.boy B．class
C．heart D．memory
答案与解析
36．C hardly相当于almost not，这里指作者情难自抑，要告诉人们一个善意的谎言。
37．A scene情景，场面。
38．B 这里指六年前她刚刚到来。
39．A 根据语意可知，她一来就向我们许诺：要和我们一起居住在这个村庄里。
40．B sb. spends some time on sth.为固定结构。
41．A 句意：村民们发现他们的孩子甚至做完了家庭作业和家务活以后，还要花更多的时间读书。
42．B 这里指孩子们害怕老师有一天会走。
43．A 表示“面带微笑”动词要用wear。wear还可表示“戴首饰，穿鞋、袜等”。
44．D 根据上文可知，应指“担心她离开”。
45．A go all out in sth.在某一个方面全力以赴。
46．C value of one's life意为“人生的价值”。
47．A be after意为“追求”。此处指“因此那(人生的价值)一定是你在那五年中所追求的东西！”
48．A as if似乎，好像。
49．B 这里指疾病和情感折磨着她，使她很痛苦。
50．A 在课堂上，我们听她讲课。
51．B stop停下。
52．D 这里指或许她在设法寻求合适的理由。
53．C wish sb. the very best意为“祝愿某人万事如意”。
54．A 村民们表达了对她的感谢之情。
55．C 这里指火车带走了她和她那颗破碎的心。
第三部分：阅读理解(共两节，满分40分)
第一节(共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分)
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项。
A
Ask someone what they have done to help the environment recently and they will almost certainly mention recycling. Recycling in the home is very important of course. However, being forced to recycle often means we already have more material than we need. We are dealing with the results of that_over－consumption in the greenest way possible, but it would be far better if we did not need to bring so much material home in the first place.
The total amount of packaging increased by 12% between 1999 and 2005. It now makes up a third of a typical household's waste in the UK. In many supermarkets nowadays food items are packaged twice with plastic and cardboard.
Too much packaging is doing serious damage to the environment. The UK, for example, is running out of areas for burying this unnecessary waste. If such packaging is burnt, it gives off greenhouse gases which go on to cause the greenhouse effect. Recycling helps, but the process itself uses energy. The solution is not to produce such items in the first place. Food waste is a serious problem, too. Too many supermarkets encourage customers to buy more than they need.However，a few of them are coming round to the idea that this cannot continue, encouraging customers to reuse their plastic bags, for example.
But this is not just about supermarkets. It is about all of us. We have learned to associate packaging with quality. We have learned to think that something unpackaged is of poor quality. This is especially true of food. But it also applies to a wide range of consumer products, which often have far more packaging than necessary.
There are signs of hope. As more of us recycle, we are beginning to realize just how much unnecessary material we are collecting. We need to face the wastefulness of our consumer culture，but we have a mountain to climb.
56. What does the underlined phrase “that over－consumption” refer to?
A. Using too much packaging.
B. Recycling too many wastes.
C. Making more products than necessary.
D. Having more material than is needed.
57. The author uses figures in Paragraph 2 to show________.
A. the tendency of cutting household waste
B. the increase of packaging recycling
C. the rapid growth of supermarkets
D. the fact of packaging overuse
58. According to the text，recycling________.
A. helps control the greenhouse effect
B. means burning packaging for energy
C. is the solution to gas shortage
D. leads to a waste of land
59. What can we learn from the last paragraph?
A. Fighting wastefulness is difficult.
B. Needless material is mostly recycled.
C. People like collecting recyclable wastes.
D. The author is proud of their consumer culture.
答案与解析
56．D 词义猜测题。根据文中的“We are dealing with the results of that over－consumption in the greenest way possible, but it would be far better if we did not need to bring so much material home in the first place.”可知画线部分意义应为“过度消费”，所以D项正确。
57．D 作者意图题。根据作者在文中使用的数字可知，作者使用数字的目的是为了让读者清楚地了解过度包装这一现状，所以D项正确。
58．A 细节理解题。根据“If such packaging is burnt, it gives off greenhouse gases which go on to cause the greenhouse effect. Recycling helps, but the process itself uses energy.”可知A项正确。
59．A 推理判断题。文章讲述了对过度包装的危害的认识及人们应有的积极态度，由最后一段中“...，but we have a mountain to climb.”可知，事情不会一蹴而就，所以A项正确。
B
Sandeep Mukerji was on his first visit to Thailand but would leave the “Land of Smiles” with a frown (皱眉头) and an empty pocket.
A stone's throw from the Grand Palace in Bangkok, the 26－year－old Canadian ran into a monk in a robe (穿长袍的和尚). The monk told him that the attraction he was hoping to visit had been closed.
The monk then introduced Mukerji to a jewellery store instead. On the way there, three different people told him that it was the last day of a once－a－year, taxfree jewellery promotion to encourage tourism.
They said that tourists can make a lot of money by buying gems (宝石) in Thailand and selling them once at home.
Two hours later, Mukerji had spent US $1,250 on a set of almost worthless jewellery.
“The whole process took me by surprise. They take_advantage_of your greed.” he said.
In fact, Mukerji is just one of a huge number of tourists who are cheated by the promise of making a fortune.The scam (骗局) brings Thailand more than US $10 million each year.
Although tourist police stations have displayed posters to warn of the scam, many fresh－faced tourists still fall prey to the trick.
The police say they receive 5 to 10 complaints a day. Many more may not realize they have been cheated until they go back home.
Thai authorities say that the jewellery scam is harmful to Thailand's image (形象), but getting rid of the cheats is hard.
Sanit Miphan, head of the police, said the scam has been running for about 15 years but not one jewellery shop owner has been arrested.
The shops usually open for two weeks and then, close. They reopen and register (注册) under a new name. What's more, overcharging (要价过高) itself is not breaking the law.
Yet, to keep the tourism business alive, the police said they would take action against any shop receiving more than 10 complaints.
60．Sandeep Mukerji was cheated probably because of all the following EXCEPT that ________.
A．he was young
B．he believed that the monk wouldn't cheat others
C．he had more or less the wish to try his fortune
D．the cheat scam was too skilful to be found out
61．How many people at least together cheated Sandeep Mukerji?
A．Two. B．Three.
C．Four. D．Five.
62．Suppose everyone who was cheated lost as much as Mukerji did, how many visitors to Bangkok would be cheated each year?
A．About 6,000. B．About 8,000.
C．About 10,000. D．More than 10,000.
63．Which of the following statements is TRUE?
A．Thai tourist police are carrying out their task very efficiently.
B．The management of Thai tourist market is very strict.
C．Any shop receiving complaints will be punished as seriously as possible.
D．It is hard for the police to crack down the cheats efficiently partly because many cheats' deeds seem not to break the law.
答案与解析
60．A 推理判断题。从第六、七两段可知Mukerji有想发一笔横财的心理(C项正确)；第六段第一句说明骗子策划周密，令人防不胜防(D项正确)；由和尚“当托”，正是利用大众对僧人的信任(B项正确)。而身为年轻人并非受骗的主要原因。所以答案为 A项。
61．D 细节理解题。骗Mukerji的人最少包括和尚、路途中遇到的三个人以及商店老板。
62．B 数字计算题。Mukerji被骗了1,250美元；泰国每年从旅游者那里骗得的钱超过10,000,000美元。10,000,000除以1,250，结果为8,000。
63．D 正误判断题。从倒数第二、三段可知，泰国的骗子15年来一直未得到遏制，原因之一就是很多人的行为表面上看去只是价格高低之争，并未触犯法律，所以很难给予制裁。
C
Paris is the capital city of the European nation of France. It is also one of the most beautiful and most famous cities in the world.
Pairs is called the City of Light. It is also an international fashion centre. What women are wearing in Paris will be worn by women all over the world. Paris is also a famous world centre of education. For example, it is where the headquarters of UNESCO, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization.
The Seine River divides the city into two parts. Thirty－two bridges cross this beautiful river. The oldest and perhaps most well－known is the Point Neuf, which was built in the sixteenth century. The Sorbonne, a famous university, stands on the left bank (south side) of the river. The beautiful white church Sacre Coeur lies on top of the hill called Montmartre on the right bank (north side) of the Seine.
There are many other famous places in Paris, such as the famous museum, the Louvre, as well as the Notre Dame. However, the most famous building in this city is Eiffel Tower.
Paris as well as the Cathedral of Notre Dame is named after a group of people called the Parisaii. They built a small village on an island in the middle of the Seine River about two thousand years ago. This island, called the He de la Cite, is where Notre Dame lies. Today around eight million people live in the Paris area.
64．Why is Paris regarded as a fashion centre in the world?
A．Because the clothes there are the most expensive in the world.
B．Because there is the largest collection of the clothes in Paris.
C．Because Paris has the most beautiful clothes in the world.
D．Because Paris plays a leading role in the fashion world.
65．The Point Neuf was built in ________.
A．the 1500s B．the 1600s
C．the 1700s D．the 1800s
66．From the passage we know Paris is named after ________.
A．a group of people B．a famous river
C．a famous museum D．a famous writer
67．We can conclude that Notre Dame is ________.
A．on the left bank of the Seine River
B．on the right bank of the Seine River
C．on neither bank of the Seine River
D．in Louvre
答案与解析
64．D 推理判断题。根据第二段第三句“What women are wearing in Paris will be worn by women all over the world.”可知，巴黎在时装方面起着引领时尚的作用。
65．A 细节理解题。根据第三段第三句中的定语从句“which was built in the sixteenth century”可得出答案。
66．A 细节理解题。根据最后一段第一句可知答案。
67．C 推理判断题。根据最后一段倒数第二句可知，Notre Dame(巴黎圣母院)被建在塞纳河中心的一个小岛上。
D
(2011·北京)
As the railroads and the highways shaped the American West in the past centuries, a new electrical generating (发电) and transmission (输送) system for the 21st century will leave a lasting mark on the West, for better or worse. Much of the real significance of railroads and highways is not in their direct physical effect on the scenery, but in the ways that they affect the surrounding community. The same is true of big solar plants and the power lines that will be laid down to move electricity around.
The 19th century saw land grants (政府拨地) offered to railroad companies to build the transcontinental railroads, leaving public land in between privately owned land. In much of the West, some of the railroad sections were developed while others remained undeveloped, and in both cases the landownership has presented unique challenges to land management. With the completion of the interstate highway system, many of the small towns, which sprang up as railway stops and developed well, have lost their lifeblood and died.
Big solar plants and their power lines will also have effects far beyond their direct footprint in the West. This is not an argument against building them. We need alternative energy badly, and to really take advantage of it we need to be able to move electricity around far more readily than we can now.
So trade－offs will have to be made. Some scenic spots will be sacrificed. Some species (物种) will be forced to move, or will be carefully moved to special accommodations. Deals will be struck to reduce the immediate effects.
The lasting effects of these trade－offs are another matter. The 21st century development of the American West as an ideal place for alternative energy is going to throw off a lot of power and money in the region. There are chances for that power and money to do a lot of good. But it is just as likely that they will be spent wastefully and will leave new problems behind, just like the railroads and the highways.
The money set aside in negotiated trade－offs and the institutions that control it will shape the West far beyond the immediate footprint of power plants and transmission lines. So let's remember the effects of the railroads and the highways as we construct these new power plants in the West.
68. What was the problem caused by the construction of the railways?
A．Small towns along the railways became abandoned.
B．Some railroad stops remained underused.
C．Land in the West was hard to manage.
D．Land grants went into private hands.
69. What is the major concern in the development of alternative energy according to the last two paragraphs?
A. The transmission of power.
B. The use of money and power.
C. The conservation of solar energy.
D. The selection of an ideal place.
70. Which is the best title for the passage?
A. How the Railways Have Affected the West
B. How Solar Energy Could Reshape the West
C. How the Effects of Power Plants Can Be Reduced
D. How the Problems of the Highways Have Been Settled
答案与解析
68．C 细节理解题。根据第二段的“...and in both cases the landownership has presented unique challenges to land management.”可知，建铁路导致的问题是“土地所有权给土地管理带来了挑战”。所以C项符合题意。
69．B 推理判断题。细读最后两段可知，对于可替代能源的发展主要的担忧是money和power，它们可能带来一些好处，但也可能被浪费掉，并且带来一些其他的问题。
70．B 主旨大意题。文章借助铁路和公路对美国的影响，说明新的电力系统对美国西部地区将会产生的影响，故B项正确。
第二节(共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分)
根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
The Ups and Downs of the Erie Canal (伊利运河)
The Erie Canal, America's first national waterway (水路), which joins the Great Lakes with the Atlantic Ocean, was completed in October, 1825. To mark the completion, Governor Clinton dropped some water from Lake Erie into the Hudson River.
Only a few years later, however, trains had become an easier and cheaper way to carry goods. __71__ Difficult repairs were needed. But few people in the town seemed sad about the breaks. Many were pleased, in fact. Almost 20,000 men were brought in to repair the damage, more than the normal population of Forestport. People brought a lot of business, eating, drinking, and playing games of chance. The town had money again. __72__ New York Governor Theodore Roosevelt became worried, and state officials punished several men from Forestport for damaging canal on purpose.
Newspaper reporter Michael Doyle wrote a book called “The Forestport Breaks” after talking with people who had lived in Forestport. __73__ He warns local officials, and in this way prevents more severe damage. But some of the townspeople were angry with the farmer for what he'd done.
By 1903, some businesses were asking the New York government to build a whole system of canals. __74__ In 1991, people who cared about the historic canal held a big public event, making the same trip that had celebrated the completion of the Erie Canal in 1825. __75__
A few days later, people decided to take measures to redevelop the canal system. Today, boats still use the system to transport heavy goods.
A．Life became as profitable and wild as it had been during the best days of trade on the canal.
B．At the beginning of the book, a farmer describes seeing water flooding over a levee (堤岸) in Forestport.
C．The Erie Canal and other parts of the New York canal system received government help.
D．As Governor and Mrs Clinton had done, the group travelled from Buffalo, New York to the Hudson River.
E．Mr Doyle said he learned that his great－grandfather had taken part in the wrongdoing.
F．The Erie Canal could not have been completed without the hard and dangerous labour of many workers.
G．The Erie Canal was losing business, and some of its levees began to break.
答案
71．G 72.A 73.B 74.C 75.D
第四部分：写作(共两节，满分35分)
第一节：短文改错(共10小题；每小题1分，共10分)
假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧)，并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线()划掉。
修改：在错的词下画一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：
1．每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2．只允许修改10处，多者(从第11处起)不计分。
Last winter vacation, some of my classmates decide to travel with their friends, while I chose to take part－time job to gain experience and earn some money. I learned from my teacher that a nearby company was looking after students with good handwriting to write addresses on envelope. The pay were 10 cents per envelope. I headed for the company, feeling sure I would easy finish 300 envelopes in five hours and to earn the money. At fact, I only finished 200. Now, I fully understand how hard is to earn money. Getting out of the classroom is indeed necessary for we all.
答案
Last winter vacation, some of my classmates to travel with their friends, while I chose to take part－time job to gain experience and earn some money. I learned from my teacher that a nearby company was looking students with good handwriting to write addresses on . The pay 10 cents per envelope. I headed for the company, feeling sure I would finish 300 envelopes in five hours and earn the money. fact, I only finished 200. Now, I fully understand how hard is to earn money. Getting out of the classroom is indeed necessary for all.
第二节：书面表达(满分25分)
(2012·福建六校联考)
近年来，由食品安全卫生引发的问题在校园内外时有发生；你校上周就发生了一次食物中毒事件，两名学生在校外吃了一种油炸食品而引起胃痛。请你以李华的名义用英文给英语报社编辑写一封信，谈谈你对这一现象的看法。词数：120左右，内容必须包括：
1．有些商家只顾赚钱，无视人们的健康和安全；
2．学生应尽量在校园内吃饭，不要到校外乱吃；
3．为了防止类似事件发生，提出你的建议。
Editor，
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Yours，
Li Hua
答案
Editor，
Last week, two students of our school suffered from stomachache because they ate some poisonous fried food outside campus.
Nowadays in our country, some business people care little about people's health and safety as long as they can make money. Some even sell polluted or poisonous food to consumers and this often leads to serious health problems.
In order to prevent such tragedy happening again, we students should try to avoid buying food from the stores or stalls out of the school, and have meals in school dining rooms. Only in this way can we protect ourselves. Besides, the local government and the school should take practical measures to ensure students' health and life security.
I'm expecting your advice and ideas.
Yours，
Li_Hua
自主选做题
Ⅰ.任务型阅读
阅读下面短文，根据所读内容在表格中的空白处填入恰当的单词。注意：每个空格只填一个词。
Many people need guidance in choosing a career (职业). Fortunately, there is much information on the Web about job opportunities (机会). With all the information available, it's not surprising that people can feel confused. So if you're ready to start your first job or change careers, where do you begin?
The Occupation Handbook is a good resource. Regularly updated, the Handbook is available as a book and on－line. Not only is information provided about the United States as a whole, but readers can easily search for information about their particular state. You can read about the fastest－growing occupations in the area where you live and find out what they are like. You can also learn how to apply for jobs.
Take, for example, Nadia's situation. Nadia was a doctor's assistant in Iran, and her goal in the United States is to become a nurse. However, she needs to work while she is studying nursing. She is interested in becoming a medical assistant to help work her way through college. When going online to the Handbook and searching under “medical assisant”， Nadia is happy to read that this is expected to be one of the fastest－growing careers through 2011. Besides, job opportunities are even better for people with experience. She discovers that medical assistants not only have to do some office work, but have medical responsibilities as well. Nadia decides this job will be interesting and will also provide excellent experience for her nursing career.
The Occupation Handbook is just an example of websites that can help you plan a new career.When you have found information about some different careers, you will be ready to talk to career advisers. Choosing your future career is an extremely important decision. It's worth taking the time and finding as much information as you can.
Title
Finding Information on the 1.______ for Tomorrow's Job
Introduction
◇There is a lot of job information online, but too much of it may sometimes be 2.______
Facts of the
Handbook
◇The information is updated in a 3.______ manner.
◇Its vast resources include ways of job
4．______.
Nadia's
5．______
◇She wants to become a nurse in the United States.
◇She needs to work to make 6.______ for her college study.
◇Her previous 7.______ may help her to get the job.
◇If she's a medical assistant, she'll also take medical 8.______
Conclusion
◇Find some information online before 9.____ career advisers.
◇The time you spend and the efforts you make will be 10.______
答案
1．Web/Website/Net/Internet 2.confusing 3.regular
4．application 5.Situation 6.money 7.experience 8.responsibilities 9.consulting/asking 10.worthwhile
Ⅱ.信息匹配
(2012·浙江台州期中考试)
A．Use business recordings
B．Speak slowly and clearly
C．Learn telephone manners
D．Practise often with a friend
E．Always be considerate of your friends
F．Make sure you understand the other speaker
Telephone tips
If the phone rings and someone speaks in English, don't be afraid to answer it! The fear of talking on the phone in a second language will disappear if you practise often. Here are a few tips for helping you improve your ability to answer a call in English.
1．________
Listening to someone speaking in a second language over the telephone can be very challenging because you cannot see the person you are trying to hear. However, it may be even more difficult for the person you are talking with to understand you. You may not realize that your pronunciation isn't clear because your teacher and fellow students know and understand you. Pay special attention to your weak areas of your pronunciation when you are on the phone.
2．________
Don't pretend to understand everything you hear over the telephone. Even native speakers ask each other to repeat and confirm information from time to time. This is especially important if you are taking a message for someone else. Learn the appropriate expressions that English speakers use when they don't hear something properly. Don't be afraid to remind the person to slow down more than once. Keep your telephone in an area that is away from other noise distractions such as a radio or television.
3．________
Ask another student to practise talking on the phone with you. You might choose one night a week and take turns phoning each other at a certain time. Try to talk for at least fifteen minutes. You can talk socially, or role play different scenarios in a business environment. The most important thing about practising telephone English is that you are not able to see each other's mouths.
4．________
There are many ways to get free telephone English practice. After business hours, you can call and listen to recorded messages. Write down what you hear the first time, and then call back and check if your notes are accurate. Make sure you have a pen handy so that you can repeat the information and check your comprehension.
5．________
The way that you speak to your best friend on the phone is very different from the way you should speak to someone in a business setting. Many speakers make the mistake of being too direct on the telephone. It is possible that the person on the other line will think that you are being rude on purpose if you don't use formal language in certain situations. Sometimes just one word such as could or may is necessary in order to sound polite. Take the time to learn how to answer the phone and say goodbye in a polite manner, as well as all the various ways one can start and end a conversation casually.
Listening to someone on the telephone is like listening to a taped recording in class. The only difference is that you have to talk back! Follow the tips above and remember that practice makes perfect!
答案
1．B 2.F 3.D 4.A 5.C
Ⅲ.阅读表达
[1]Every year, whenever Spring Festival arrives, a lot of Chinese people cannot wait to go home. They queue for long hours in front of the ticket offices in railway stations, or do whatever they can in order to get a ticket. They tolerate the long journey on the train only to want to ________ with their near and dear ones.
[2]According to the Beijing Youth Daily, most Chinese celebrate the Spring Festival not only because they want to follow tradition, there are also some practical reasons to explain Chinese people's fever for the holiday.
[3]Compared with one's workplace, home provides a more humane environment for one to relax oneself.
[4]Society may do with or without you, but at home, you become unique and indispensable. You may be the father or mother, daughter or son, grandfather or grandmother in the family and the family will be incomplete if anyone is absent, because every member in the family is bound together, and everyone in the family is pleased with the feeling that he or she is unique and irreplaceable.
[5]In addition, family provides an ideal environment for one to fully relax oneself. At home, one can take one's time do whatever he or she wants, and one can spend money whenever one likes. In society, however, one needs to do everything fast and with high efficiency, because society always requires efficiency and maximum profits. Such company principles make people merely a tool in modern society.
[6]Chinese people's strong desire for Spring Festival shows that they feel oppressed and have a sense of predicament (困境) of existence in modern society. The Spring Festival provides a chance for them to escape from such anxiety and treasure the long－lost tradition of community spirit. With the Spring Festival, people can find back the warm, family atmosphere often seen in days gone by.
1．What's the passage mainly talking about? (no more than 10 words)
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2．Fill in the blank with proper words to complete the sentence.(no more than 10 words)
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3．Why should we need to do everything fast and with high efficiency？(no more than 10 words)
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4．Do you think home is important for Chinese to celebrate the Spring Festival? Why or why not? (no more than 30 words)
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5．What does “they”(Para.6)refer to？(no more than 3 words)
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答案
1．Why Spring Festival is so important to Chinese people./Why so many Chinese go home during Spring Festival./Why Chinese get together for Spring Festival.
2．have a family reunion/have a get－together/have a wonderful time/get together/gather
3．Because society always requires efficiency and maximum profits.
4．Yes. For a Chinese, family provides an ideal environment to fully relax oneself and the family gives you the feeling of being unique and irreplaceable.
5．Chinese people.
Ⅳ.完成句子
1．My sister ________ while I like skating.(fond)
我妹妹喜欢游泳而我喜欢滑冰。
2．I ________ when I was young.(prefer)
我年轻时喜欢唱歌胜于跳舞。
3．No one can ________ .(persuade)
没有人能说服他放弃吸烟。
4．My father is a person ________ . (care)
我父亲是一个不拘小节的人。
5．She insisted we ________ .(set)
她坚持让我们记下所看到的事。
6．We should ________ the development of society.(pace)
我们应该跟上社会发展的步伐。
7．I got my son ________ by taking him to get close to nature.(interest)
通过带着儿子去接近大自然我让他对科学感兴趣。
8．My father ________.(insist)
父亲坚持开车送我去火车站。
9．He kept ________for half an hour. (wait)
他持续等火车半个小时。
10．________ , she looked more beautiful.(dress)
穿着新裙子，她看上去更漂亮。
答案
1．is fond of swimming
2．preferred singing to dancing
3．persuade him to give up smoking
4．who doesn't care about details
5．(should) set down what we saw
6．keep pace with
7．interested in science
8．insisted on driving me to the station
9．waiting for the train
10．Dressed in a new skirt