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Unit 4单元质量检测（四）
(时间：100分钟 满分：120分)
选择题部分
Ⅰ.阅读理解(共10小题；每小题2.5分，满分25分)
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
A
Thirteen can be a challenging age. Not only did I have to adapt to my changing body, but I also had to deal with my parents' bitter divorce, a new family and the upsetting move from my country home to a crowded town.
When we moved, my beloved companion, a small brown pony had to be sold. I was heartbroken and terribly lonely. I couldn't eat or sleep and cried all the time. Finally, realizing how much I missed my pony, my father bought me another horse, Cowboy.
Cowboy was without doubt the ugliest horse in the world. But I didn't care. I loved him beyond all reason.
I joined a riding club. When Cowboy and I entered the events where the horse was judged by appearance, we were quickly “shown the gate”. I knew nothing could turn Cowboy into a beauty. My only chance to compete would be in the timed speed events. I chose the jumping race.
For the whole next month we practiced running and jumping for hours in the hot sun and then I would walk Cowboy home, totally exhausted.
All of our hard work didn't make me feel confident by the time the show came. One girl named Becky rode a big brown horse in the race events. She always won the blue ribbons. I sat at the gate and sweated all out while I watched Becky and her horse charge through the court and finish in first place.
My turn finally came. At the signal, we dashed toward the first fence, jumped over it without trouble and raced on to the next one. Cowboy then flew over the second, third and fourth fences like a bird and I turned him toward the finish line.
No cheers filled the air. The end of our run was met with surprising silence. Cowboy and I had beaten Becky and her fancy horse by two seconds.
I gained much more than a blue ribbon that day. At thirteen, I realized that no matter what the odds are, I'd always come out a winner if I wanted something badly enough to work for it. I can be the owner of my fate.
1．Why did the author like Cowboy so much in spite of its ugliness
A．Because she loved horses more than anything else.
B．Because Cowboy was a strong and smart young horse.
C．Because Cowboy had a lot in common with her pony.
D．Because she was sad and lonely and needed a companion.
2．The audience fell into silence at the end of the run probably because ________.
A．they didn't expect Cowboy would win the event
B．they were unhappy that Becky was beaten in the event
C．they didn't like Cowboy, for it was too ugly
D．they never saw a horse running as fast as Cowboy
3．After the competition, the author came to realize that ________.
A．she ought to gather the courage to solve all the problems
B．it was time to forget her pony and treat Cowboy better
C．she needed to work harder to win more blue ribbons
D．she could be the god of her own fate if she tried hard enough
B
So much of body language is influenced by our culture. Whether we meet each other with a handshake, a kiss on the cheek, or a forehead touch, each greeting is completely dependent on culture.
These cultural expressions are dictated by what are called “display rules”， the specific expectations every group has about body language behavior. For example, you only have to stand on line for a bus in San Francisco to see an interesting difference in cultural display rules about personal space. If you queue (排队) up for a bus on Market Street in the business district at rush hour, you'll stand in a very orderly line, with a three foot bubble of personal space, your fellow passengers busily tapping their BlackBerries without so much as a glance at you. But if you board the bus in Chinatown, you might find yourself a part of a group of people, stomachs pressed against backs, each person vying for a seat at the same time on that same bus.
Cultural display rules differ from country to country, state to state, even city to city. For example, in the United States as well as in most other countries, nodding your head up and down is a signal explained as “yes”. We use it to emphasize (强调) a point when we say yes, or we simply use it nonverbally to show agreement. In Bulgaria, however, shaking your head from side to side means “yes” and nodding your head up and down means “no”. That would be an important difference to be aware of if you were stuck at a Bulgarian train station in the middle of the night.
As we become a global society, different cultural norms inch closer and closer to each other with each generation. The more exposure kids have to people of different cultures, the more likely they are to recognize a variety of people as “like me” as well. And we can show a great deal of respect by learning those different display rules before we do business with people in other cultures. Knowing each others' display rules, and respecting them, is a huge step toward bridging cultural gaps with body language.
4．The underlined word “vying” in Paragraph 2 means “________”．
A．competing B．looking
C．asking D．failing
5．What's the main idea of Paragraph 3
A．Nodding head has several meanings.
B．People use kinds of ways to show agreement.
C．Cultural display rules are the same in Europe.
D．Cultural display rules are different in different places.
6．What's the author's opinion on learning different display rules
A．It helps hand down cultures.
B．It's the requirement of global economy.
C．It outweighs learning foreign languages.
D．It's important for communication across cultures.
C
Wearable sensors (传感器) could one day interpret the gestures in sign language and translate them into English, providing a high tech solution to communication problems between deaf people and those who don't understand sign language.
Engineers at Texas A&M University are developing a wearable device that can sense movement and muscle activity in a person's arms. The device works by figuring out the gestures a person is making by using two sets of sensors: one that responds to the motion of the wrist and the other to the muscular movements in the arm. A program then wirelessly receives this information and changes the data into the English translation. “Most of the technology was based on vision or camera based solutions，” said study lead researcher Roozbeh Jafari, an associate professor of biomedical engineering at Texas A&M University.
These existing designs, Jafari said, are not enough, because often when someone is talking with sign language, he or she is using hand gestures combined with specific finger movements. “I thought maybe we should look into combining motion sensors and muscle activation，” Jafari told Live Science. “And the idea here was to build a wearable device.”
The researchers built a system that can recognize words that people use most commonly in their daily conversations. Jafari said that once the team starts expanding the program, the engineers will include more words that are less frequently used, in order to build up a more substantial vocabulary.
One drawback of it is that the system has to be “trained” to respond to each individual that wears the device, Jafari said. This training process involves asking the user to repeat or do each hand gesture a couple of times, which can take up to 30 minutes to complete.
7．How does the new device work
A．By figuring out gestures from fingers.
B．By connecting the wrist and the fingers.
C．By linking the arm and the fingers.
D．By collecting information from the wrist and the arm.
8．The researchers eventually decided on a wearable device to________.
A．make it easier to monitor the gestures when people are talking
B．make the translation process faster
C．compete with existing designs
D．make it user friendly
9．We can replace the underlined word in Paragraph 4 by “________”．
A．necessary B．influential
C．extensive D．essential
10．What can we infer from the text
A．The device has greatly increased in sales.
B．The device still requires much improvement.
C．We should work out of 30 minutes.
D．We should be trained to respond quickly.
Ⅱ.阅读七选五(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。
Stop Eating Yourself Stupid
We all know that poor nutrition can lead to bad health and even weight gain. Now add “lack of intelligence” to the growing list. A recent study has found that what you eat could very likely play a role in how smart you are.
According to the study, rats fed with a high fat diet for 10 days showed signs of weakness and even had trouble finding food that was waiting for them. __11__ Actually a high fat diet could weaken our intelligence — but so can a low calorie diet. The trick appears to lie in finding a nice balance.
Here are ways to achieve that happy balance and make you smarter through diet, exercise and improving your brain power.
Figure out how many calories you need to maintain your weight. __12__ If you need to drop a few pounds, take away the number you get by 400, and consume that number of calories each day until you drop the weight.
__13__ Aim for healthy foods that include good amounts of protein, fiber, fruits and vegetables, healthy whole grains, healthy fats and plenty of water. Well! Don't forget to exercise your mind while doing so. Read a book. Try a new recipe. Do some puzzles. __14__
Exercise regularly with a positive attitude. Aim for at least three 30 minute training sessions a week (but more is better). I like simple exercise such as walking, but anything that raises the heart rate is good. __15__ Combine them! Some people like to listen to classical music such as Bach or Mozart, but rock music lovers will be happy to learn that this kind of music can help make them smarter as well.
A．You may be fond of music, too.
B．Your health depends on your exercise plan.
C．Aim to get this amount of calories each day.
D．Don't forget to exercise your mind while playing.
E．You may be wondering what this has to do with us.
F．These are all good ways to help increase your intelligence.
G．Eat the right foods in addition to getting the right amount of calories.
Ⅲ.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A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
In an old city of Hungary, there used to be a boy who was very rich and clever but nothing could make him feel happy. He had almost everything a boy could ever want, so he was only __16__ in the most rare objects. One day his parents bought him a very strange __17__. When the boy went to see his reflection (影像) in it, he looked very __18__. He tried smiling, __19__ his reflection continued with its sad expression.
The boy went off to buy sweets and lots of toys. __20__， he came home as happy as he could be, but he __21__ looked sad in that mirror，“What a(n) __22__ mirror! It's the first time I've seen a mirror that didn't __23__ properly！”
That afternoon he went out to buy some toys and on his way he saw a little girl who was __24__. The boy went over to see what had __25__ to her. The little girl said that she couldn't find her parents. Together the two children set off __26__ them. As the little girl wouldn't stop crying, the boy spent all of his money buying her sweets to __27__ her up. After much walking, they __28__ her parents who were looking for her, very worried.
Then the boy said __29__ to the family. When seeing the time, he __30__ to head for home without toys and __31__. In his room, to his great surprise, he found a(n) __32__ face in the mirror. And so he understood the __33__ of that mirror. The mirror could only reflect the __34__ feelings of its owner. He felt really happy at having __35__ that little girl.
16．A.confident B．interested
C．skilled D．rich
17．A.mirror B．book
C．sweet D．toy
18．A.shy B．excited
C．sad D．beautiful
19．A.for B．or
C．and D．but
20．A.Proudly B．Hungrily
C．Surprisingly D．Gratefully
21．A.already B．still
C．once D．never
22．A.terrible B．nice
C．big D．expensive
23．A.work B．move
C．change D．appear
24．A.studying B．playing
C．sleeping D．crying
25．A.devoted B．referred
C．happened D．turned
26．A.in need of B．in honor of
C．in search of D．in charge of
27．A.put B．cheer
C．dress D．bring
28．A.found B．recognized
C．left D．accepted
29．A.goodbye B．hello
C．sorry D．no
30．A.refused B．agreed
C．pretended D．decided
31．A.effort B．hope
C．money D．doubt
32．A.red B．dirty
C．angry D．happy
33．A.meaning B．wonder
C．game D．reason
34．A.true B．strange
C．general D．good
35．A.introduced B．helped
C．invited D．saved
非选择题部分
Ⅳ.语法填空(共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分)
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。
I was in trouble in overcoming my addiction to alcohol, and __36__ was my friend Mike. We never met each other until we came __37__ in the same treatment facility. Then we __38__ (be) out of the treatment center for about a year and returned to our life. Finally we became inseparable friends like brothers.
There was never a time __39__ I called him and he did not call me right back within a couple of __40__ (hour). We valued every chance we have to keep __41__ (we) both on the right track.
One day, I called Mike but he wasn't in. As usual, I had to leave a message, fully __42__ (expect) to hear from him later that evening or the next day. But I had not heard from him for nearly two days, and I became very __43__ (anxiety). On the third day, I received a message from Mike's wife that she said Mike had been killed in __44__ unexplained truck crash on the morning of my call.
I attended my friend's funeral, and even though I could __45__ (hard) walk, I helped carry my friend to his final resting place. Mike is still here too, in my heart and my soul.
Ⅴ.应用文写作(满分15分)
假定你是李华，一个美国学生代表团要到你所在的学校进行为期一周的参观学习，学校需要一些志愿者来陪同这些学生。请你根据以下提示，写一封申请信。
1．志愿者要有丰富的文化知识；
2．志愿者要有为国际友人服务的热情；
3．志愿者要具有一定的英语水平，能够做好沟通工作。
注意：1.词数80左右；
2．可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
3．信的开头和结尾已经给出，不计入总词数。
Dear sir or madam，
Thank you for taking time to read my letter. I'd like to be a volunteer to serve those students from the USA.
Looking forward to your reply! Thank you!
Yours，
Li Hua
Ⅵ.概要写作(满分25分)
阅读下面短文，根据其内容写一篇60词左右的内容概要。
According to a study at the University of Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore, researchers found that people who had a good sense of humor and laughed a lot, not only at home but also at work, had fewer heart problems than people who laughed less, and people who laughed a lot tended to live a longer life than the ones who did not.
After reading plenty of information about the benefits of laughing and a careful study of previous papers in this area, a doctor in India started a Laughter Club. Dr. Mandan Kataria's Laughter Club quickly grew into 1,800 groups throughout India and over 6,000 around the world. The Laughter Club had even inspired World Laughter Day, which people celebrate on the first Sunday of May every year. Instructors at the clubs get people laughing not only through jokes but through simple laughing exercises. For example, instructors and participants repeat the chant “ho?ho?ho” and “ha?ha?ha” together. What's more, participants also do the “Lion Laughter” by sticking out their tongues and waving their hands around their ears. Other exercises focus on breathing and simple yoga exercises. In a word, all the activities that can cause laugh are included in the clubs.
These Laughter Clubs are very popular in hospitals and nursing homes nowadays in India, where participants can forget about their aches and pains while laughing. It seems that laughing may be just as important as eating right and exercising.
Not everyone can join a Laughter Club, but we all can take part in the same practice. According to the doctor, besides taking part in the clubs, everyone can do something to make themselves laugh. How can you make laughing a part of your daily routine If you feel funny about joining a Laughter Club, you can rent a funny movie, remember a funny experience, do some sports, go to the zoo, watch the monkeys or even just make yourself laugh. You will not be able to keep a straight face all the time.
So, don't worry; be happy. Laugh a little and live longer.
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Unit 4单元质量检测（四）
(时间：100分钟 满分：120分)
选择题部分
Ⅰ.阅读理解(共10小题；每小题2.5分，满分25分)
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
A
Thirteen can be a challenging age. Not only did I have to adapt to my changing body, but I also had to deal with my parents' bitter divorce, a new family and the upsetting move from my country home to a crowded town.
When we moved, my beloved companion, a small brown pony had to be sold. I was heartbroken and terribly lonely. I couldn't eat or sleep and cried all the time. Finally, realizing how much I missed my pony, my father bought me another horse, Cowboy.
Cowboy was without doubt the ugliest horse in the world. But I didn't care. I loved him beyond all reason.
I joined a riding club. When Cowboy and I entered the events where the horse was judged by appearance, we were quickly “shown the gate”. I knew nothing could turn Cowboy into a beauty. My only chance to compete would be in the timed speed events. I chose the jumping race.
For the whole next month we practiced running and jumping for hours in the hot sun and then I would walk Cowboy home, totally exhausted.
All of our hard work didn't make me feel confident by the time the show came. One girl named Becky rode a big brown horse in the race events. She always won the blue ribbons. I sat at the gate and sweated all out while I watched Becky and her horse charge through the court and finish in first place.
My turn finally came. At the signal, we dashed toward the first fence, jumped over it without trouble and raced on to the next one. Cowboy then flew over the second, third and fourth fences like a bird and I turned him toward the finish line.
No cheers filled the air. The end of our run was met with surprising silence. Cowboy and I had beaten Becky and her fancy horse by two seconds.
I gained much more than a blue ribbon that day. At thirteen, I realized that no matter what the odds are, I'd always come out a winner if I wanted something badly enough to work for it. I can be the owner of my fate.
语篇解读：年仅13岁的作者承受着家庭的变故且失去了自己心爱的小马，她感到痛苦、孤独。后来，父亲又给她买了一匹马Cowboy，它虽长得丑却给作者带来了许多安慰。在一场比赛中作者明白：只要努力奋斗，每个人都可以主宰自己的命运。
1．Why did the author like Cowboy so much in spite of its ugliness
A．Because she loved horses more than anything else.
B．Because Cowboy was a strong and smart young horse.
C．Because Cowboy had a lot in common with her pony.
D．Because she was sad and lonely and needed a companion.
解析：选D 推理判断题。根据第一段可知，13岁的作者承受着家庭的变故；第二段中介绍作者失去棕色的小矮种马后的伤心与孤独，由此可推知，尽管父亲给她新买的马Cowboy很丑，她还是喜欢有它的陪伴，故选择D项。
2．The audience fell into silence at the end of the run probably because ________.
A．they didn't expect Cowboy would win the event
B．they were unhappy that Becky was beaten in the event
C．they didn't like Cowboy, for it was too ugly
D．they never saw a horse running as fast as Cowboy
解析：选A 推理判断题。根据第六段中的“One girl named Becky rode a big brown horse in the race events. She always won the blue ribbons”和倒数第二段中的“The end of our run was met with surprising silence”可知，Becky夺冠是众望所归，所以当作者和其貌不扬的Cowboy获胜时，人们感到非常意外，一下都变得沉默了。
3．After the competition, the author came to realize that ________.
A．she ought to gather the courage to solve all the problems
B．it was time to forget her pony and treat Cowboy better
C．she needed to work harder to win more blue ribbons
D．she could be the god of her own fate if she tried hard enough
解析：选D 细节理解题。根据最后一段中的“At thirteen, I realized that no matter what the odds are, I'd always come out a winner if I wanted something badly enough to work for it. I can be the owner of my fate”可知，作者意识到自己通过足够的努力可以主宰自己的命运。
B
So much of body language is influenced by our culture. Whether we meet each other with a handshake, a kiss on the cheek, or a forehead touch, each greeting is completely dependent on culture.
These cultural expressions are dictated by what are called “display rules”， the specific expectations every group has about body language behavior. For example, you only have to stand on line for a bus in San Francisco to see an interesting difference in cultural display rules about personal space. If you queue (排队) up for a bus on Market Street in the business district at rush hour, you'll stand in a very orderly line, with a three foot bubble of personal space, your fellow passengers busily tapping their BlackBerries without so much as a glance at you. But if you board the bus in Chinatown, you might find yourself a part of a group of people, stomachs pressed against backs, each person vying for a seat at the same time on that same bus.
Cultural display rules differ from country to country, state to state, even city to city. For example, in the United States as well as in most other countries, nodding your head up and down is a signal explained as “yes”. We use it to emphasize (强调) a point when we say yes, or we simply use it nonverbally to show agreement. In Bulgaria, however, shaking your head from side to side means “yes” and nodding your head up and down means “no”. That would be an important difference to be aware of if you were stuck at a Bulgarian train station in the middle of the night.
As we become a global society, different cultural norms inch closer and closer to each other with each generation. The more exposure kids have to people of different cultures, the more likely they are to recognize a variety of people as “like me” as well. And we can show a great deal of respect by learning those different display rules before we do business with people in other cultures. Knowing each others' display rules, and respecting them, is a huge step toward bridging cultural gaps with body language.
语篇解读：本文是说明文。文章主要介绍了文化对身体语言的影响。
4．The underlined word “vying” in Paragraph 2 means “________”．
A．competing B．looking
C．asking D．failing
解析：选A 词义猜测题。根据第二段中的“stomachs pressed against backs”及“for a seat at the same time on that same bus”可知，此处是说人们为了一个座位“竞争(competing)”。
5．What's the main idea of Paragraph 3
A．Nodding head has several meanings.
B．People use kinds of ways to show agreement.
C．Cultural display rules are the same in Europe.
D．Cultural display rules are different in different places.
解析：选D 段落大意题。第三段的首句“Cultural display rules differ from country to country, state to state, even city to city”是该段的主题句，下文所举的例子都是为了说明这一主题。
6．What's the author's opinion on learning different display rules
A．It helps hand down cultures.
B．It's the requirement of global economy.
C．It outweighs learning foreign languages.
D．It's important for communication across cultures.
解析：选D 细节理解题。根据最后一段中的“show a great deal of respect”和“a huge step toward bridging cultural gaps with language”可知，了解不同的文化表现规则意义重大。
C
Wearable sensors (传感器) could one day interpret the gestures in sign language and translate them into English, providing a high tech solution to communication problems between deaf people and those who don't understand sign language.
Engineers at Texas A&M University are developing a wearable device that can sense movement and muscle activity in a person's arms. The device works by figuring out the gestures a person is making by using two sets of sensors: one that responds to the motion of the wrist and the other to the muscular movements in the arm. A program then wirelessly receives this information and changes the data into the English translation. “Most of the technology was based on vision or camera based solutions，” said study lead researcher Roozbeh Jafari, an associate professor of biomedical engineering at Texas A&M University.
These existing designs, Jafari said, are not enough, because often when someone is talking with sign language, he or she is using hand gestures combined with specific finger movements. “I thought maybe we should look into combining motion sensors and muscle activation，” Jafari told Live Science. “And the idea here was to build a wearable device.”
The researchers built a system that can recognize words that people use most commonly in their daily conversations. Jafari said that once the team starts expanding the program, the engineers will include more words that are less frequently used, in order to build up a more substantial vocabulary.
One drawback of it is that the system has to be “trained” to respond to each individual that wears the device, Jafari said. This training process involves asking the user to repeat or do each hand gesture a couple of times, which can take up to 30 minutes to complete.
语篇解读：得克萨斯农工大学的工程师正在研发一种可穿戴设备：它能利用传感器感应腕部和手臂的动作，并将其转译成英语。这将为失聪者和不懂手语的人提供方便。
7．How does the new device work
A．By figuring out gestures from fingers.
B．By connecting the wrist and the fingers.
C．By linking the arm and the fingers.
D．By collecting information from the wrist and the arm.
解析：选D 细节理解题。根据第二段第二句可知，该设备配有两套传感装置：一套感应腕部的动作，另一套感应手臂肌肉的动作。故选D项。
8．The researchers eventually decided on a wearable device to________.
A．make it easier to monitor the gestures when people are talking
B．make the translation process faster
C．compete with existing designs
D．make it user friendly
解析：选A 细节理解题。根据第一段内容和第二段第一句可知，研究人员决定研制可穿戴设备是为了使失聪者和不懂手语的人交流时更方便监测各种手势。
9．We can replace the underlined word in Paragraph 4 by “________”．
A．necessary B．influential
C．extensive D．essential
解析：选C 词义猜测题。根据第四段中的“... expanding the program, ... used ...”可知，目前这一设备只收录了最常用的词汇，将来还会收录更多低频使用的词汇，由此可知，substantial在此表示“大量的”。extensive意为“广泛的；大量的”。故选C项。
10．What can we infer from the text
A．The device has greatly increased in sales.
B．The device still requires much improvement.
C．We should work out of 30 minutes.
D．We should be trained to respond quickly.
解析：选B 推理判断题。根据最后一段第二句“This training process involves ... to complete.”可知，要使用这一设备，使用者需要先把所有的手势做几遍，这是该设备的缺陷，由此可推测，该设备还有改进的空间。
Ⅱ.阅读七选五(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。
Stop Eating Yourself Stupid
We all know that poor nutrition can lead to bad health and even weight gain. Now add “lack of intelligence” to the growing list. A recent study has found that what you eat could very likely play a role in how smart you are.
According to the study, rats fed with a high fat diet for 10 days showed signs of weakness and even had trouble finding food that was waiting for them. __11__ Actually a high fat diet could weaken our intelligence — but so can a low calorie diet. The trick appears to lie in finding a nice balance.
Here are ways to achieve that happy balance and make you smarter through diet, exercise and improving your brain power.
Figure out how many calories you need to maintain your weight. __12__ If you need to drop a few pounds, take away the number you get by 400, and consume that number of calories each day until you drop the weight.
__13__ Aim for healthy foods that include good amounts of protein, fiber, fruits and vegetables, healthy whole grains, healthy fats and plenty of water. Well! Don't forget to exercise your mind while doing so. Read a book. Try a new recipe. Do some puzzles. __14__
Exercise regularly with a positive attitude. Aim for at least three 30 minute training sessions a week (but more is better). I like simple exercise such as walking, but anything that raises the heart rate is good. __15__ Combine them! Some people like to listen to classical music such as Bach or Mozart, but rock music lovers will be happy to learn that this kind of music can help make them smarter as well.
A．You may be fond of music, too.
B．Your health depends on your exercise plan.
C．Aim to get this amount of calories each day.
D．Don't forget to exercise your mind while playing.
E．You may be wondering what this has to do with us.
F．These are all good ways to help increase your intelligence.
G．Eat the right foods in addition to getting the right amount of calories.
答案：11～15 ECGFA
Ⅲ.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A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
In an old city of Hungary, there used to be a boy who was very rich and clever but nothing could make him feel happy. He had almost everything a boy could ever want, so he was only __16__ in the most rare objects. One day his parents bought him a very strange __17__. When the boy went to see his reflection (影像) in it, he looked very __18__. He tried smiling, __19__ his reflection continued with its sad expression.
The boy went off to buy sweets and lots of toys. __20__， he came home as happy as he could be, but he __21__ looked sad in that mirror，“What a(n) __22__ mirror! It's the first time I've seen a mirror that didn't __23__ properly！”
That afternoon he went out to buy some toys and on his way he saw a little girl who was __24__. The boy went over to see what had __25__ to her. The little girl said that she couldn't find her parents. Together the two children set off __26__ them. As the little girl wouldn't stop crying, the boy spent all of his money buying her sweets to __27__ her up. After much walking, they __28__ her parents who were looking for her, very worried.
Then the boy said __29__ to the family. When seeing the time, he __30__ to head for home without toys and __31__. In his room, to his great surprise, he found a(n) __32__ face in the mirror. And so he understood the __33__ of that mirror. The mirror could only reflect the __34__ feelings of its owner. He felt really happy at having __35__ that little girl.
语篇解读：一个男孩儿几乎可以拥有他想要的一切东西，可一面神奇的镜子告诉他，他并不快乐。有一天男孩儿帮助一位小女孩儿找到父母后，他在镜子里看到了快乐的自己。
16．A.confident B．interested
C．skilled D．rich
解析：选B 这个男孩儿几乎拥有了男孩儿想要的一切东西，所以他只对最罕见的东西感兴趣。be interested in“对……感兴趣”，选B项。confident意为“自信的”；skilled意为“熟练的，有技能的”；rich意为“富有的”。
17．A.mirror B．book
C．sweet D．toy
解析：选A 根据下文中的“When the boy went to see his reflection (影像) in it”可知，此处表示他的父母给他买了一面奇怪的镜子，故选A项。下文中的“What a(n) ______ mirror”也是提示。
18．A.shy B．excited
C．sad D．beautiful
解析：选C 根据下文中的“______ his reflection continued with its sad expression”可知，此处表示当他照镜子时，里面的影像显示他很难过，故选C项。
19．A.for B．or
C．and D．but
解析：选D 他尝试着笑，但是他的影像仍然是难过的表情。根据语境可知，前后表示转折关系，故用but。
20．A.Proudly B．Hungrily
C．Surprisingly D．Gratefully
解析：选C 使人吃惊的是，他回家尽力表现得很快乐，但是在那面镜子中，他仍然看上去很难过。surprisingly意为“惊人地，使人吃惊地”，符合语境。proudly意为“自豪地”；hungrily意为“饥饿地”；gratefully意为“感激地”。
21．A.already B．still
C．once D．never
解析：选B 参见上题解析。根据语境可知，此处用still“仍然”，故选B项。
22．A.terrible B．nice
C．big D．expensive
解析：选A 多么可怕的镜子啊！terrible意为“可怕的”，符合语境。
23．A.work B．move
C．change D．appear
解析：选A 这是“我”第一次见不能正确起作用的镜子。此处用work意为“有效，起作用”。
24．A.studying B．playing
C．sleeping D．crying
解析：选D 根据下文中的“The little girl said that she couldn't find her parents”可推断，此处表示小女孩儿在哭，故选D项。下文中的“As the little girl wouldn't stop crying”也是提示。
25．A.devoted B．referred
C．happened D．turned
解析：选C 男孩儿过去看小女孩儿发生了什么事。根据语境可知，选C项。
26．A.in need of B．in honor of
C．in search of D．in charge of
解析：选C 两个小孩儿一起出发去找女孩的父母。in search of 意为“寻找”，符合语境。in need of意为“需要”；in honor of意为“为向……表示敬意”；in charge of意为“负责，主管”。
27．A.put B．cheer
C．dress D．bring
解析：选B 小女孩儿还在哭，男孩儿花了他所有的钱买糖让小女孩儿高兴。cheer sb. up“使某人高兴起来，使某人振作起来”，符合语境。
28．A.found B．recognized
C．left D．accepted
解析：选A 走了很久后，他们发现小女孩儿的父母也正在焦急地找小女孩儿。根据语境可知，选A项。recognize意为“认出”；leave意为“离开”；accept意为“接受”。
29．A.goodbye B．hello
C．sorry D．no
解析：选A 后来男孩儿和这家人告别了。say goodbye to sb.“和某人告别”，为固定短语。故选A项。
30．A.refused B．agreed
C．pretended D．decided
解析：选D 看了一下时间，男孩儿决定回家。decide to do sth.“决定做某事”，符合语境。refuse意为“拒绝”；agree意为“同意”；pretend意为“假装”。
31．A.effort B．hope
C．money D．doubt
解析：选C 根据上文中的“the boy spent all of his money buying her sweets”可知，此处表示没有钱，故选C项。
32．A.red B．dirty
C．angry D．happy
解析：选D 在房间里，令他惊讶的是，他在镜子里发现了一张快乐的脸。根据“great surprise”可知，选D项。
33．A.meaning B．wonder
C．game D．reason
解析：选B 他明白了那面镜子的神奇之处。wonder“奇妙之处”，符合语境。
34．A.true B．strange
C．general D．good
解析：选A 这面镜子只能反映它的主人的真实感觉。true意为“真实的”，符合语境。
35．A.introduced B．helped
C．invited D．saved
解析：选B 帮助那个小女孩儿让他感到真的很开心。help意为“帮助”，符合语境。
非选择题部分
Ⅳ.语法填空(共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分)
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。
I was in trouble in overcoming my addiction to alcohol, and __36__ was my friend Mike. We never met each other until we came __37__ in the same treatment facility. Then we __38__ (be) out of the treatment center for about a year and returned to our life. Finally we became inseparable friends like brothers.
There was never a time __39__ I called him and he did not call me right back within a couple of __40__ (hour). We valued every chance we have to keep __41__ (we) both on the right track.
One day, I called Mike but he wasn't in. As usual, I had to leave a message, fully __42__ (expect) to hear from him later that evening or the next day. But I had not heard from him for nearly two days, and I became very __43__ (anxiety). On the third day, I received a message from Mike's wife that she said Mike had been killed in __44__ unexplained truck crash on the morning of my call.
I attended my friend's funeral, and even though I could __45__ (hard) walk, I helped carry my friend to his final resting place. Mike is still here too, in my heart and my soul.
语篇解读：作者在戒酒中心与Mike相遇、相知并成为朋友。后来Mike在一场事故中去世了，但他将永远活在作者的心里。
36．so 考查倒装句。根据语境可知，此处表示“我在戒酒瘾上有困难，我的朋友Mike也是如此”。“so＋助动词/情态动词/系动词＋主语”表示“……也是如此”。
37．across 考查固定短语。come across“偶然遇见”。
38．were 考查一般过去时。根据and后面的并列谓语“returned”可知，应用一般过去时。此题容易受到时间状语“for about a year”的影响而误填had been。
39．when 考查句型。There was a time when ...“曾经有一段时间……”。
40．hours 考查名词的数。a couple of后要接名词的复数形式。
41．us 考查代词。句意：我们珍惜我们拥有的每次机会，以保持我们俩在正确的人生轨道上。作keep的宾语，后面还有both，所以用us。
42．expecting 考查现在分词。句意：和以往一样，我只得留言，满心希望他会在那天晚上晚些时候或是第二天给我回信。此处应用现在分词作伴随状语。
43．anxious 考查词性转换。句意：但是将近两天没有得到他的消息，我变得非常焦急。此处应用所给名词的形容词形式。
44．an 考查冠词。Mike的妻子告诉“我”Mike在“我”打电话给他的那天早晨死于一场原因不明的卡车撞车事故。此处应用不定冠词泛指“一场”，unexplained的读音以元音音素开头，故用an。
45．hardly 考查副词。“我”出席了朋友的葬礼，即使“我”(由于悲痛)几乎难以行走，“我”还是帮着把他送到安息之所。hardly“几乎不”。
Ⅴ.应用文写作(满分15分)
假定你是李华，一个美国学生代表团要到你所在的学校进行为期一周的参观学习，学校需要一些志愿者来陪同这些学生。请你根据以下提示，写一封申请信。
1．志愿者要有丰富的文化知识；
2．志愿者要有为国际友人服务的热情；
3．志愿者要具有一定的英语水平，能够做好沟通工作。
注意：1.词数80左右；
2．可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
3．信的开头和结尾已经给出，不计入总词数。
Dear sir or madam，
Thank you for taking time to read my letter. I'd like to be a volunteer to serve those students from the USA.
Looking forward to your reply! Thank you!
Yours，
Li Hua
参考范文：
Dear sir or madam，
Thank you for taking time to read my letter. I'd like to be a volunteer to serve those students from the USA.
I have a strong desire to be a volunteer. First of all, I will serve those American students with enthusiasm. Besides, I have a rich knowledge of Chinese history and I know very well about our school. Thus, I can make them have a deep understanding of our culture and our school. At last, I have a good command of English. My oral English is very good, so I can communicate with them so well that there will be no misunderstanding between the foreign students and me.
In a word, I will do what I can to be a qualified volunteer if I could be accepted to be one.
Looking forward to your reply! Thank you!
Yours，
Li Hua
Ⅵ.概要写作(满分25分)
阅读下面短文，根据其内容写一篇60词左右的内容概要。
According to a study at the University of Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore, researchers found that people who had a good sense of humor and laughed a lot, not only at home but also at work, had fewer heart problems than people who laughed less, and people who laughed a lot tended to live a longer life than the ones who did not.
After reading plenty of information about the benefits of laughing and a careful study of previous papers in this area, a doctor in India started a Laughter Club. Dr. Mandan Kataria's Laughter Club quickly grew into 1,800 groups throughout India and over 6,000 around the world. The Laughter Club had even inspired World Laughter Day, which people celebrate on the first Sunday of May every year. Instructors at the clubs get people laughing not only through jokes but through simple laughing exercises. For example, instructors and participants repeat the chant “ho?ho?ho” and “ha?ha?ha” together. What's more, participants also do the “Lion Laughter” by sticking out their tongues and waving their hands around their ears. Other exercises focus on breathing and simple yoga exercises. In a word, all the activities that can cause laugh are included in the clubs.
These Laughter Clubs are very popular in hospitals and nursing homes nowadays in India, where participants can forget about their aches and pains while laughing. It seems that laughing may be just as important as eating right and exercising.
Not everyone can join a Laughter Club, but we all can take part in the same practice. According to the doctor, besides taking part in the clubs, everyone can do something to make themselves laugh. How can you make laughing a part of your daily routine If you feel funny about joining a Laughter Club, you can rent a funny movie, remember a funny experience, do some sports, go to the zoo, watch the monkeys or even just make yourself laugh. You will not be able to keep a straight face all the time.
So, don't worry; be happy. Laugh a little and live longer.
参考范文：
Researchers found that laughing could make people live a healthier and longer life. (要点1) Based on sufficient information, a doctor in India opened a Laughter Club to make participants laugh through various activities. (要点2)Actually, the idea of Laughter Clubs is popular in India nowadays and people attach great importance to laughing. (要点3) So it's advised that everyone should try to do more laughing in one way or another. (要点4)
