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单元质量检测（一）
(时间：100分钟 满分：120分)
Ⅰ.阅读理解(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A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
A
It's Friday morning in the year 2025, and you're running late. You got distracted (分散) watching the music video that was playing in the corner of your bathroom mirror while you were brushing your teeth. How will you get to your office at Mega Giga Industries on time
A quick check of your Internet?connected refrigerator magnet tells you your train which travels at speeds up to 250 miles an hour — is a bit behind schedule, too. So you decide to drive your environmentally?friendly hydrogen fuel cell car instead — or rather, let your car drive you. It's programmed to know the way, and it will get you there without speeding, getting lost, or crashing.
Settling into your office chair, which changes colour to match what you're wearing, you pick up yesterday morning's newspaper. Printed on reusable electronic paper, it instantly rewrites itself with today's headlines. Now it's time for your big meeting. Uh?oh！You've left your handwritten notes at home. No problem. The digital ink pen you used has stored an electronic copy of what you wrote.
Your wristwatch videophone suddenly rings. Your best friend's face pops up on the screen asking what you're doing this weekend. Will you slap on your 3?D contact lenses and play virtual soccer with the U．S. Olympic team？No, no. Your friend says, so you have to take the new elevator (made of microscopic fibers many times stronger than steel) 60,000 miles into space.
Could this scene really take place in just a couple of decades？The researchers who are currently developing all this stuff think so. These gadgets may be as common in 20 years as cell phones and DVD players are today.
1．The environmentally?friendly hydrogen fuel cell car can drive you to work because ________.
A．it is good for environment
B．it is a small newly?designed car
C．it is friendly to you
D．it is safe and knows the way
2．The underlined word “reusable” in Para. 3 means ________.
A．that is advanced
B．that can be used again
C．that is specially?programmed
D．that can be written by readers
3．Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage
A．If what you wear is red, then the chair will change to red after you sit on it.
B．The digital ink pen can't be written with because it is used for storing copies.
C．The refrigerator magnet is connected with your computer in the future.
D．We can wear newly?designed glasses to play a game with whoever you want.
4．What is the best title of the passage
A．Future World
B．Transportation in the Future
C．Developing Technology
D．The New Life
B
If you saw another kid ride her bike too fast around a corner and fall down, you might ride your bike more slowly on that turn. Yes, we humans are very sensitive to others' mistakes. And the same is true for other animals. Animals mess up all the time. They might eat poisonous leaves, fall off a tree or let their prey (猎物) escape. By watching others fail, an animal can avoid making the same mistakes, thus improving its chance of survival.
Scientists believe that one part of the brain helps animals process information about others' mistakes. Cells (细胞) in that part appear to become more active when a person sees someone else making a mistake. But researchers didn't know whether individual cells in this part of the brain play different roles in discovering mistakes.
To investigate (调查) the brain's response (反应) to mistakes in more detail, the researchers taught a game to two macaques, a type of monkey. One monkey could press a yellow or green button while the other watched. If the first monkey pressed the right button, the team gave both animals a treat. Every couple of rounds, the two monkeys switched roles. Meanwhile, the scientists watched individual cells in the animal's brains.
When the first monkey messed up the game by pressing the wrong button, a group of cells in the second monkey's brain fired. But if the second monkey also made the wrong choice during its turn, some of the cells in that group didn't respond. Those unresponsive cells reacted specifically to mistakes made by others, not to the monkey's own mistakes.
Scientists believe other parts of the brain also might help people process information about another's mistakes.“You start to think about this other person and see things from his angle.”Ellen de Brujin, told Science News. She studies the brain at the University of Leiden in the Netherlands.
5．According to Paragraph 1, animals' ability to learn from others' mistakes________.
A．helps them to survive better
B．used to be ignored by humans
C．is being lost because of humans
D．ensures that they will never fail
6．From the game the scientists taught to two macaques, we can see ________.
A．animals can avoid the same mistakes
B．which part of the brain is more active
C．how the brain processes information
D．how the brain responds to mistakes
7．In the experiment mentioned, those unresponsive cells are only sensitive to ________.
A．the same buttons
B．the monkey's brain
C．others' mistakes
D．one's own mistakes
C
TOURNAMENT OF ROSES — 5 Days Los Angeles
Day 1 Los Angeles. (Sun. Dec. 30)
Welcome to Los Angeles! This evening mixes with your traveling friends at the welcome reception.
Day 2 Los Angeles. (Mon. Dec. 31)
Head to Pasadena for the always colorful ROSE BOWL FAMILY FESTIVAL and watch the floats (彩车)decorated with tens of thousands of flowers. This afternoon, you can take the included visit to the GETTY MUSEUM. This evening, join your travelling friends at a special New Year's Eve DINNER AND DANCE GALA (盛会), complete with hats, party favors and live music. You'll toast the New Year a little early tonight to consider an early morning departure (离开) to the Rose Parade.
Day 3 Los Angeles. Tournament of Roses Parade (Tue. Jan.1)
Happy New Year! Get ready for one of the world's most popular parades, and you'll see it live! Globus has booked the GRANDSTAND SEATS at the beginning of the parade route for a good view. See the wonderful colorful floats, marching bands from around the world, and the famous people.
Day 4 Los Angeles. (Wed. Jan. 2)
This morning view the individual floats in the POST PARADE VIEWING AREA.For many this is the most exciting part of the entire event. Be sure to bring your camera and plenty of film! Another special dinner tonight — a special GLOBUS FAREWELL CELEBRATION DINNER.
Day 5 Los Angeles. (Thu. Jan. 3)
The tour ends today, with tour guests departing on individual schedules.
8．What activity can visitors enjoy on Dec. 31
A．Tournament of Rose Parade.
B．A farewell celebration dinner.
C．Post parade viewing area.
D．A dinner and dance gala.
9．The underlined word “Globus” in Paragraph 3 refers to ________.
A．the travel agency B．the local government
C．Los Angeles D．Roses Parade
10．According to the passage, you should bring your camera on ________.
A．Day 2 B．Day 4
C．Day 3 D．Day 5
11．You can most probably read the passage in a ________.
A．textbook B．news report
C．travel guide D．history magazine
D
Let's face it: Teenagers spend hours texting, socializing on Facebook and playing video games. And it's driving their parents nuts.
Sure, there are real dangers connected with all this screen time — everything from cyberbullying (网络欺凌) to couch?potato obesity. Not to mention driving while texting, and shortened attention spans (持续时间)．
Douglas Gentile, who studies the effects of media on children, says texting, Facebook and video games are not naturally bad. Nor are they naturally better or worse than watching TV, although they do lead to different risks, such as cyberbullying.
But research has shown that the more time kids spend in front of screens — whether it's TV or instant?messaging — the worse their school performances are.“That doesn't mean it's true for every kid, but it makes sense, that for every hour a kid is playing video games, it's an hour that they're not doing homework or reading or exploring or creating，” he said. If screen time is taking the place of doing their homework, that's bad. But if their homework is done, well, so what
The study also found that the more time kids spend with media, the lower their grades and levels of personal satisfaction are. Gentile said the influence of screen time on school work can be reduced by what he calls “protective factors”. Those might include good teachers and a high?performing school, love of reading, coming from a family where education is valued.“If you had all these protective factors, then that one little risk factor, who cares？”
One thing parents should worry about is the way electronic devices encourage multitasking (多任务处理).
“As adults, your response speeds up, you're quicker to look over your shoulder and notice little noises or lights. However this is not what the kids need when they get to the classroom. Scanning to see when the next message comes may not be good for kids. The more distractions (分心的事物) you have, the worse your performance is.” Getting kids to turn off their phones, iPods in order to let them concentrate (集中) on homework is a fight worth having.
12．What statement may Gentile agree to
A．Kids get bad marks when using Facebook.
B．TV or texting affects kids equally.
C．Kids prefer video games to books.
D．Watching TV is better than playing video games.
13．By saying “one little risk factor”， Gentile referred to ________.
A．love for reading B．valuing education
C．screen time D．good teachers
14．It can be inferred from the last paragraph that________.
A．kids can give quick answer to questions if texting
B．multitasks aren't really good for every kid
C．electric devices increase the attention of kids
D．kids perform well if doing many tasks together
15．What might be the most suitable title for the passage
A．Are kids suffering cyber bullying on Facebook
B．Are texting and Facebook worse for teens than TV
C．Are kids willing to turn off their electric devices
D．Are texting causing kids to lose interest in reading
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。
__16__
Home can be a great place for children to study. It's important to provide a workspace of their own where they can read books or just write a letter to their friends.
·Location (位置)
__17__ Kitchen and dining room are not so well suited for regular study, since books and pens get in the way of the day?to?day uses of those areas. Set up a place where a child can settle in and leave papers and pens at hand without having to clear everything away each night. For a child that likes being alone, set aside a corner of his bedroom, but keep it separate from things like games, music and other hobbies not related to studying.
·Keeping Things in Order
Parents should encourage their child to spread out, but to leave it neat and orderly when he isn't using his workspace. Ownership is very important for self?respect __18__ The workplace should be personal, but not another part of the playroom.
·__19__
Encourage the whole family to help build a supportive environment that children need for success in school. Give them a good example of how to deal with problems, how to manage time and get things done in the right way. __20__ Study will be more enjoyable and effective when supported by the whole family.
A．Attitude Is Everything
B．Bring Organization into Your Home
C．Here are several ways to choose a location.
D．Building a Good Home Learning Environment
E．Hold a can?do attitude and your child will follow your example.
F．Setting up a space in a common area of your home can be a good idea for children.
G．A child who learns to organize his space will carry organization into every corner of his life.
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。
It was Mother's Day, but our mother was far away from us. I decided to drive to the __21__ with my wife and our children to __22__ flowers.
After we arrived, we went hiking, played games, and collected all kinds of flowers and so on. How happy we were! Finally, though, we had to __23__ our car and got ready to go back home. While the kids chatted and I drove, my wife sat behind me, surrounded by her flowers, a(n) __24__ look in her eyes.
Suddenly my wife __25__to me，“Stop the car. Stop right here！”__26__ I could ask her what had happened, she was out and __27__ up a nearby grassy hill with the lilacs (丁香花) still in her arms. At the __28__ of the hill was a nursing home and, because it was such a beautiful spring day, the __29__ were outdoors talking with relatives.
My wife went up the hill, where an elderly patient was sitting in her __30__， alone with her back to most of the others. My wife __31__ the flowers to her and said something. The patient __32__ her head and smiled. They talked for a few __33__ before my wife ran back. As the car __34__ away, I found in the mirror the woman __35__ with the lilacs.
“Mom，” the kids asked, “Who was that Why did you give her our __36__？ Is she somebody's mother？” My wife said，“I didn't know the old woman. But it is Mother's Day. And she seemed so __37__. Who wouldn't be cheered by flowers __38__，” she added，“I have all of you, and I still have my __39__， even if she is far away. That woman needed those flowers more than I did.”
Now, every May, our own yard is __40__ with lilacs. Every Mother's Day we drive to the countryside to gather flowers and sow more seeds in our yard. And every year I remember that lonely old woman in her wheelchair, and her smile on her face.
21．A.downtown B．street
C．supermarket D．countryside
22．A.plant B．gather
C．buy D．send
23．A.push B．run
C．take D．start
24．A.amazed B．bored
C．tired D．pleased
25．A.apologized B．called
C．shouted D．talked
26．A.As B．Before
C．When D．Until
27．A.went B．fell
C．rolled D．jumped
28．A.back B．foot
C．top D．edge
29．A.doctors B．villagers
C．visitors D．patients
30．A.yard B．wheelchair
C．garden D．room
31．A.packed B．threw
C．handed D．showed
32．A.raised B．dropped
C．shook D．swung
33．A.years B．weeks
C．minutes D．days
34．A.put B．sped
C．pulled D．dragged
35．A.waved B．danced
C．circled D．ran
36．A.money B．food
C．gifts D．flowers
37．A.sick B．weak
C．kind D．lonely
38．A.Surely B．Besides
C．However D．Generally
39．A.daughter B．aunt
C．mother D．sister
40．A.grown B．planted
C．decorated D．painted
Ⅳ.语法填空(共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分)
阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
Many Chinese students studying abroad like to stay with host families to learn their language and culture. Nowadays, many Shanghai white?collar workers have received native English speaking __41__(nation) students as their host families, too, in order to learn English from them.
It is usually free for a foreign student to stay in a host family in Shanghai, but he/she must take __42__the responsibility of teaching English to at least one certain member of the family. Miss Li has always worried about her __43__(limit) English.“I never knew what to say to an English?speaking person，” she said. She has taken a number of English courses, but __44__ has proved to be useful. Last year, she saw __45__advertisement recruiting (征募) host families for foreign students, and that was how Carey (from Chicago, U．S.) came to her home. Carey is actually not a student, but a __46__(manage). She stays in Li's apartment for free, __47__ has to teach Li oral English for an hour every day.“She could hardly speak Chinese at the beginning, and we had to guess __48__each other meant through gestures，” said Li.
Two months later, they could talk to each other __49__ gesticulating. Now, Li can communicate with any English?speaking person freely. About 100 Shanghai families have received foreign boarding students, and the figure __50__(rise). However, foreign boarding students can not only help improve oral English, but examination skills.
Ⅴ.短文改错(共10小题；每小题1分，满分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。
We'll never forget the day which my classmates and I paid a visit to a chemistry factory last week. It was a larger one with nearly 2,000 workers. It looked a garden and we could see colourful flowers, grass and trees anywhere. We also visited some workshops and saw workers worked very hard. We talked with them and learned a lot. We understood them further. On the way home we felt tiring. So we all thought that we had a very good day. We really hoped that we can get more chances to leave the school and learn social experiences.
Ⅵ.书面表达(满分25分)
根据以下内容，通过合理想象，用英语写一篇100词左右的短文来展望未来科技新生活。
提示：
1．某些人可以到月球上度假。
2．某些科学家可能在海底生活。
3．每家都有可视电话(videophone)，通过可视电话可以体检(have a medical examination)或购物。
4．孩子可以在家通过电视和广播接受教育。
5．机器人为你做家务。
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单元质量检测（一）
(时间：100分钟 满分：120分)
Ⅰ.阅读理解(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A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
A
It's Friday morning in the year 2025, and you're running late. You got distracted (分散) watching the music video that was playing in the corner of your bathroom mirror while you were brushing your teeth. How will you get to your office at Mega Giga Industries on time
A quick check of your Internet?connected refrigerator magnet tells you your train which travels at speeds up to 250 miles an hour — is a bit behind schedule, too. So you decide to drive your environmentally?friendly hydrogen fuel cell car instead — or rather, let your car drive you. It's programmed to know the way, and it will get you there without speeding, getting lost, or crashing.
Settling into your office chair, which changes colour to match what you're wearing, you pick up yesterday morning's newspaper. Printed on reusable electronic paper, it instantly rewrites itself with today's headlines. Now it's time for your big meeting. Uh?oh！You've left your handwritten notes at home. No problem. The digital ink pen you used has stored an electronic copy of what you wrote.
Your wristwatch videophone suddenly rings. Your best friend's face pops up on the screen asking what you're doing this weekend. Will you slap on your 3?D contact lenses and play virtual soccer with the U．S. Olympic team？No, no. Your friend says, so you have to take the new elevator (made of microscopic fibers many times stronger than steel) 60,000 miles into space.
Could this scene really take place in just a couple of decades？The researchers who are currently developing all this stuff think so. These gadgets may be as common in 20 years as cell phones and DVD players are today.
语篇解读：本文描述了未来世界的一些变化。
1．The environmentally?friendly hydrogen fuel cell car can drive you to work because ________.
A．it is good for environment
B．it is a small newly?designed car
C．it is friendly to you
D．it is safe and knows the way
解析：选D 细节理解题。根据第二段最后一句话可知答案为D项。
2．The underlined word “reusable” in Para. 3 means ________.
A．that is advanced
B．that can be used again
C．that is specially?programmed
D．that can be written by readers
解析：选B 词义猜测题。根据第三段第二句话及构词法可知“reusable”意为“可重复利用的”。
3．Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage
A．If what you wear is red, then the chair will change to red after you sit on it.
B．The digital ink pen can't be written with because it is used for storing copies.
C．The refrigerator magnet is connected with your computer in the future.
D．We can wear newly?designed glasses to play a game with whoever you want.
解析：选B 细节理解题。根据第三段最后一句可知B项表述不正确；A、C、D三项可分别在文中的第三段第一句、第二段第一句和第四段第三句中找到对应信息。
4．What is the best title of the passage
A．Future World
B．Transportation in the Future
C．Developing Technology
D．The New Life
解析：选A 标题归纳题。文章通篇讲述的是未来的一些变化，结合文章最后一段可知标题为Future World最为合适。
B
If you saw another kid ride her bike too fast around a corner and fall down, you might ride your bike more slowly on that turn. Yes, we humans are very sensitive to others' mistakes. And the same is true for other animals. Animals mess up all the time. They might eat poisonous leaves, fall off a tree or let their prey (猎物) escape. By watching others fail, an animal can avoid making the same mistakes, thus improving its chance of survival.
Scientists believe that one part of the brain helps animals process information about others' mistakes. Cells (细胞) in that part appear to become more active when a person sees someone else making a mistake. But researchers didn't know whether individual cells in this part of the brain play different roles in discovering mistakes.
To investigate (调查) the brain's response (反应) to mistakes in more detail, the researchers taught a game to two macaques, a type of monkey. One monkey could press a yellow or green button while the other watched. If the first monkey pressed the right button, the team gave both animals a treat. Every couple of rounds, the two monkeys switched roles. Meanwhile, the scientists watched individual cells in the animal's brains.
When the first monkey messed up the game by pressing the wrong button, a group of cells in the second monkey's brain fired. But if the second monkey also made the wrong choice during its turn, some of the cells in that group didn't respond. Those unresponsive cells reacted specifically to mistakes made by others, not to the monkey's own mistakes.
Scientists believe other parts of the brain also might help people process information about another's mistakes.“You start to think about this other person and see things from his angle.”Ellen de Brujin, told Science News. She studies the brain at the University of Leiden in the Netherlands.
语篇解读：我们人类对其他人的错误是非常敏感的，动物也是一样的。科学家怀疑大脑的一部分帮助动物处理关于其他动物错误的信息。
5．According to Paragraph 1, animals' ability to learn from others' mistakes________.
A．helps them to survive better
B．used to be ignored by humans
C．is being lost because of humans
D．ensures that they will never fail
解析：选A 细节理解题。根据第一段最后一句“By watching others fail, an animal can avoid making the same mistakes, thus improving its chance of survival.”通过观察其他人的失败，动物能避开犯同样的错误，故选A项。
6．From the game the scientists taught to two macaques, we can see ________.
A．animals can avoid the same mistakes
B．which part of the brain is more active
C．how the brain processes information
D．how the brain responds to mistakes
解析：选D 细节理解题。根据第三段提到“To investigate (调查) the brain's response (反应) to mistake in more detail, the researchers taught a game to two macaques, a type of monkey.”实验的目的是详细地调查大脑对错误的反应，故选D项。
7．In the experiment mentioned, those unresponsive cells are only sensitive to ________.
A．the same buttons
B．the monkey's brain
C．others' mistakes
D．one's own mistakes
解析：选C 细节理解题。根据倒数第二段最后一句“Those unresponsive cells reacted specifically to mistakes made by others, not to the monkey's own mistakes.”那些反应迟钝的细胞由别人的错误发生特异性反应，不是对猴子自己的错误，故选C。
C
TOURNAMENT OF ROSES — 5 Days Los Angeles
Day 1 Los Angeles. (Sun. Dec. 30)
Welcome to Los Angeles! This evening mixes with your traveling friends at the welcome reception.
Day 2 Los Angeles. (Mon. Dec. 31)
Head to Pasadena for the always colorful ROSE BOWL FAMILY FESTIVAL and watch the floats (彩车)decorated with tens of thousands of flowers. This afternoon, you can take the included visit to the GETTY MUSEUM. This evening, join your travelling friends at a special New Year's Eve DINNER AND DANCE GALA (盛会), complete with hats, party favors and live music. You'll toast the New Year a little early tonight to consider an early morning departure (离开) to the Rose Parade.
Day 3 Los Angeles. Tournament of Roses Parade (Tue. Jan.1)
Happy New Year! Get ready for one of the world's most popular parades, and you'll see it live! Globus has booked the GRANDSTAND SEATS at the beginning of the parade route for a good view. See the wonderful colorful floats, marching bands from around the world, and the famous people.
Day 4 Los Angeles. (Wed. Jan. 2)
This morning view the individual floats in the POST PARADE VIEWING AREA.For many this is the most exciting part of the entire event. Be sure to bring your camera and plenty of film! Another special dinner tonight — a special GLOBUS FAREWELL CELEBRATION DINNER.
Day 5 Los Angeles. (Thu. Jan. 3)
The tour ends today, with tour guests departing on individual schedules.
语篇解读：本文讲述了五天的洛杉矶之旅。
8．What activity can visitors enjoy on Dec. 31
A．Tournament of Rose Parade.
B．A farewell celebration dinner.
C．Post parade viewing area.
D．A dinner and dance gala.
解析：选D 细节理解题。根据Day 2 Los Angeles.(Mon. Dec. 31)提到上午有游行，下午去博物馆，晚上有盛会和晚餐，故选D项。
9．The underlined word “Globus” in Paragraph 3 refers to ________.
A．the travel agency B．the local government
C．Los Angeles D．Roses Parade
解析：选A 词义猜测题。根据第三段提到“Get ready for one of the world's most popular parades, and you'll see it live! Globus has booked the GRANDSTAND SEATS at the beginning of the parade route for a good view.”参加世界上最受欢迎的游行，你会看到现场直播，旅行社会给你预订座位，故选A项。
10．According to the passage, you should bring your camera on ________.
A．Day 2 B．Day 4
C．Day 3 D．Day 5
解析：选B 细节理解题。根据第四段提到“For many this is the most exciting part of the entire event. Be sure to bring your camera and plenty of film！”因为有许多令人兴奋的活动，请带相机来，故选B项。
11．You can most probably read the passage in a ________.
A．textbook B．news report
C．travel guide D．history magazine
解析：选C 文章出处题。本文讲述了五天的洛杉矶之旅，故应该出现在旅游杂志上，故选C项。
D
Let's face it: Teenagers spend hours texting, socializing on Facebook and playing video games. And it's driving their parents nuts.
Sure, there are real dangers connected with all this screen time — everything from cyberbullying (网络欺凌) to couch?potato obesity. Not to mention driving while texting, and shortened attention spans (持续时间)．
Douglas Gentile, who studies the effects of media on children, says texting, Facebook and video games are not naturally bad. Nor are they naturally better or worse than watching TV, although they do lead to different risks, such as cyberbullying.
But research has shown that the more time kids spend in front of screens — whether it's TV or instant?messaging — the worse their school performances are.“That doesn't mean it's true for every kid, but it makes sense, that for every hour a kid is playing video games, it's an hour that they're not doing homework or reading or exploring or creating，” he said. If screen time is taking the place of doing their homework, that's bad. But if their homework is done, well, so what
The study also found that the more time kids spend with media, the lower their grades and levels of personal satisfaction are. Gentile said the influence of screen time on school work can be reduced by what he calls “protective factors”. Those might include good teachers and a high?performing school, love of reading, coming from a family where education is valued.“If you had all these protective factors, then that one little risk factor, who cares？”
One thing parents should worry about is the way electronic devices encourage multitasking (多任务处理).
“As adults, your response speeds up, you're quicker to look over your shoulder and notice little noises or lights. However this is not what the kids need when they get to the classroom. Scanning to see when the next message comes may not be good for kids. The more distractions (分心的事物) you have, the worse your performance is.” Getting kids to turn off their phones, iPods in order to let them concentrate (集中) on homework is a fight worth having.
语篇解读：本文讲述的是孩子花了大量的时间在脸书和网络游戏，它的危害并不亚于电视带来的坏影响。
12．What statement may Gentile agree to
A．Kids get bad marks when using Facebook.
B．TV or texting affects kids equally.
C．Kids prefer video games to books.
D．Watching TV is better than playing video games.
解析：选B 细节理解题。根据第三段提到“Douglas Gentile, who studies the effects of media on children, says texting, Facebook and video games are not naturally bad. Nor are they naturally better or worse than watching TV”可知研究媒体对于孩子影响的Douglas Gentile说，短信、脸书和网络游戏并没有那么恶劣的影响，和看电视的影响是一样严重的，故选B项。
13．By saying “one little risk factor”， Gentile referred to ________.
A．love for reading B．valuing education
C．screen time D．good teachers
解析：选C 细节理解题。根据倒数第三段提到“Gentile said the influence of screen time on school work can be reduced by what he calls‘protective factors’．”和“If you had all these protective factors, then that one little risk factor, who cares？”可知Gentile说作业所需要的屏幕时间会由于保护因素而减少，如果你拥有所有的保护因素，这就成一个危险的因素，故选C项。
14．It can be inferred from the last paragraph that________.
A．kids can give quick answer to questions if texting
B．multitasks aren't really good for every kid
C．electric devices increase the attention of kids
D．kids perform well if doing many tasks together
解析：选B 细节理解题。根据最后一段提到“Scanning to see when the next message comes may not be good for kids.”当有新消息来时浏览就对孩子没有好处了，多任务并不是对每个孩子有好处，故选B项。
15．What might be the most suitable title for the passage
A．Are kids suffering cyber bullying on Facebook
B．Are texting and Facebook worse for teens than TV
C．Are kids willing to turn off their electric devices
D．Are texting causing kids to lose interest in reading
解析：选B 标题归纳题。本文讲述的是孩子花了大量的时间在脸书和网络游戏，它的危害并不亚于电视带来的坏影响，故B项贴近文章大意。
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。
__16__
Home can be a great place for children to study. It's important to provide a workspace of their own where they can read books or just write a letter to their friends.
·Location (位置)
__17__ Kitchen and dining room are not so well suited for regular study, since books and pens get in the way of the day?to?day uses of those areas. Set up a place where a child can settle in and leave papers and pens at hand without having to clear everything away each night. For a child that likes being alone, set aside a corner of his bedroom, but keep it separate from things like games, music and other hobbies not related to studying.
·Keeping Things in Order
Parents should encourage their child to spread out, but to leave it neat and orderly when he isn't using his workspace. Ownership is very important for self?respect __18__ The workplace should be personal, but not another part of the playroom.
·__19__
Encourage the whole family to help build a supportive environment that children need for success in school. Give them a good example of how to deal with problems, how to manage time and get things done in the right way. __20__ Study will be more enjoyable and effective when supported by the whole family.
A．Attitude Is Everything
B．Bring Organization into Your Home
C．Here are several ways to choose a location.
D．Building a Good Home Learning Environment
E．Hold a can?do attitude and your child will follow your example.
F．Setting up a space in a common area of your home can be a good idea for children.
G．A child who learns to organize his space will carry organization into every corner of his life.
语篇解读：文章讲的是如何给孩子提供一个良好的家庭学习环境。
16．选D 通读全文可知主题为探讨如何让孩子在家好好学习，关键词Learning Environment可知答案，D选项构建一个好的家庭学习环境，符合，故选D。
17．选F 由Location(位置)，Set up a place等可知给孩子找个空间有利于学习，F选项符合，故选F。
18．选G 由“Ownership is very important for self respect”可知孩子学会管理自己的空间，也对自己的人生产生影响。G选项符合，故选G。
19．选A 由“Encourage the whole family to help build a supportive environment that children need for success in school.”可以看出家庭，家长对孩子的态度、做法有利于孩子的学习和成长，A选项“Attitude Is Everything”符合，故选A。
20．选E 由“Give them a good example of how to deal with problems”可知你要给孩子提供一个解决问题的榜样，E选项符合，故选E。
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。
It was Mother's Day, but our mother was far away from us. I decided to drive to the __21__ with my wife and our children to __22__ flowers.
After we arrived, we went hiking, played games, and collected all kinds of flowers and so on. How happy we were! Finally, though, we had to __23__ our car and got ready to go back home. While the kids chatted and I drove, my wife sat behind me, surrounded by her flowers, a(n) __24__ look in her eyes.
Suddenly my wife __25__to me，“Stop the car. Stop right here！”__26__ I could ask her what had happened, she was out and __27__ up a nearby grassy hill with the lilacs (丁香花) still in her arms. At the __28__ of the hill was a nursing home and, because it was such a beautiful spring day, the __29__ were outdoors talking with relatives.
My wife went up the hill, where an elderly patient was sitting in her __30__， alone with her back to most of the others. My wife __31__ the flowers to her and said something. The patient __32__ her head and smiled. They talked for a few __33__ before my wife ran back. As the car __34__ away, I found in the mirror the woman __35__ with the lilacs.
“Mom，” the kids asked, “Who was that Why did you give her our __36__？ Is she somebody's mother？” My wife said，“I didn't know the old woman. But it is Mother's Day. And she seemed so __37__. Who wouldn't be cheered by flowers __38__，” she added，“I have all of you, and I still have my __39__， even if she is far away. That woman needed those flowers more than I did.”
Now, every May, our own yard is __40__ with lilacs. Every Mother's Day we drive to the countryside to gather flowers and sow more seeds in our yard. And every year I remember that lonely old woman in her wheelchair, and her smile on her face.
语篇解读：文章讲述了作者与家人去乡下采花，半路看到疗养院一位孤独的病人，妻子把采摘的丁香花给了她，那位病人的笑容令人铭记。
21．A.downtown B．street
C．supermarket D．countryside
解析：选D 考查名词辨析。downtown“商业区”；street“街”；supermarket“超市”；countryside“乡村”。句意：我跟妻子和孩子们开车去乡下决定开车去摘花。根据最后一段提到“Every Mother's Day we drive to the countryside to gather flowers and sow more seeds in our yard”可知选D项。
22．A.plant B．gather
C．buy D．send
解析：选B 考查动词辨析。plant“种植”；gather“聚集”；buy“买”；send“送”。句意：我跟妻子和孩子们开车去乡下决定开车去摘花。根据最后一段提到“Every Mother's Day we drive to the countryside to gather flowers and sow more seeds in our yard”可知选B项。
23．A.push B．run
C．take D．start
解析：选D 考查动词辨析。push“推”；run“跑”；take“带走”；start“开始”。句意：最后，我们开始准备回家。根据语境可知选D项。
24．A.amazed B．bored
C．tired D．pleased
解析：选D 考查形容词辨析。amazed“吃惊的”；bored“无聊的”；tired“累的”；pleased“高兴的”。句意：孩子们聊天，我在开车，我的妻子坐在身边，眼里充满了快乐。根据语境可知选D项。
25．A.apologized B．called
C．shouted D．talked
解析：选C 考查动词辨析。apologize“道歉”；call“打电话”；shout“叫喊”；talk“说”。句意：突然我的妻子跟我说，停车，就停在这。根据语境可知选C项。
26．A.As B．Before
C．When D．Until
解析：选B 考查连词辨析。as“由于”；before“之前”；when“当……时候”；until“直到”。句意：在我问发生什么事情之前，她已经下车，走到一个长满丁香花的小山。根据语境可知选B项。
27．A.went B．fell
C．rolled D．jumped
解析：选A 考查动词辨析。go“去”；feel“感觉”；roll“滚”；jump“跳”。句意：在我问发生什么事情之前，她已经下车，走到一个小山，还带着采摘的花。go up“前往”，故选A项。
28．A.back B．foot
C．top D．edge
解析：选C 考查名词辨析。back“背”；foot“脚”；top“顶部”； edge“边缘”。句意：在山顶是一个疗养院，因为这是一个美丽的春天，病人在与家属聊天。根据语境可知选C项。
29．A.doctors B．villagers
C．visitors D．patients
解析：选D 考查名词辨析。doctor“医生”；villager“村民”；visitor“访问者”；patient“病人”。句意：在山顶是一个疗养院，因为这是一个美丽的春天，病人在与家属聊天。根据语境可知选D项。
30．A.yard B．wheelchair
C．garden D．room
解析：选B 考查名词辨析。yard“院子”；wheelchair“轮椅”；garden“公园”；room“房间”。句意：我的妻子走上山，在那一个老人坐在轮椅里，背对着大家。只有B项符合语境。
31．A.packed B．threw
C．handed D．showed
解析：选C 考查动词辨析。pack“整理”；throw“扔”；hand“交”；show“展示”。句意：我的妻子把花给了他，说了些什么。hand sth. to sb.“把某物给某人”，故选C项。
32．A.raised B．dropped
C．shook D．swung
解析：选A 考查动词辨析。raise“抬起”；drop“掉”；shock“震惊”；swang“摇摆”。句意：这个病人抬起头，微笑着。根据语境可知选A项。
33．A.years B．weeks
C．minutes D．days
解析：选C 考查名词辨析。year“年”；week“周”；minute“分钟”；day“天”。句意：她们谈了一会，我的妻子就回来了。根据语境可知只有C项符合语境。
34．A.put B．sped
C．pulled D．dragged
解析：选C 考查动词辨析。put“放”；speed“加速”；pull“拉”；drag“拽”。句意：当车离开时，我从镜子里看到那个抱着花的妇女在挥手。pull away“开车离开”，故选C项。
35．A.waved B．danced
C．circled D．ran
解析：选A 考查动词辨析。wave“挥手”；dance“跳舞”；circle“盘旋”；run“跑”。句意：当车离开时，我从镜子里看到那个抱着花的妇女在挥手。根据语境可知选A项。
36．A.money B．food
C．gifts D．flowers
解析：选D 考查名词辨析。money“钱”；food“食物”；gift“礼物”；flower“花”。句意：她是谁，为什么把我们的花给了她。根据语境可知选D项。
37．A.sick B．weak
C．kind D．lonely
解析：选D 考查形容词辨析。sick“生病的”；weak“虚弱的”；kind“善良的”；lonely“孤独的”。句意：她好像很孤独。作者的妻子正是因为看到她一个人才决定把花送给她，故选D项。
38．A.Surely B．Besides
C．However D．Generally
解析：选B 考查副词辨析。surely“确定地”；besides“况且”；however“然而”；generally“一般地”。句意：况且，我还有你们，我仍然有妈妈，即使离得很远。根据语境可知选B项。
39．A.daughter B．aunt
C．mother D．sister
解析：选C 考查名词辨析。daughter“女儿”；aunt“阿姨”；mother“妈妈”；sister“姐姐”。句意：况且，我还有你们，我仍然有妈妈，即使离得很远。根据语境可知这是母亲节，故选C项。
40．A.grown B．planted
C．decorated D．painted
解析：选B 考查动词辨析。grow“生长”；plant“种”；decorate“装饰”；paint“画”。现在，每年五月，我们的院子里种满丁香花。根据“Every Mother's Day we drive to the countryside to gather flowers and sow more seeds in our yard.”每年的母亲节我们都去乡下采花种在院子里，故选B项。
Ⅳ.语法填空(共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分)
阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
Many Chinese students studying abroad like to stay with host families to learn their language and culture. Nowadays, many Shanghai white?collar workers have received native English speaking __41__(nation) students as their host families, too, in order to learn English from them.
It is usually free for a foreign student to stay in a host family in Shanghai, but he/she must take __42__the responsibility of teaching English to at least one certain member of the family. Miss Li has always worried about her __43__(limit) English.“I never knew what to say to an English?speaking person，” she said. She has taken a number of English courses, but __44__ has proved to be useful. Last year, she saw __45__advertisement recruiting (征募) host families for foreign students, and that was how Carey (from Chicago, U．S.) came to her home. Carey is actually not a student, but a __46__(manage). She stays in Li's apartment for free, __47__ has to teach Li oral English for an hour every day.“She could hardly speak Chinese at the beginning, and we had to guess __48__each other meant through gestures，” said Li.
Two months later, they could talk to each other __49__ gesticulating. Now, Li can communicate with any English?speaking person freely. About 100 Shanghai families have received foreign boarding students, and the figure __50__(rise). However, foreign boarding students can not only help improve oral English, but examination skills.
答案：41.international 42.up 43.limited 44.none 45.an 46.manager 47.but 48.what 49.without
50．is rising
Ⅴ.短文改错(共10小题；每小题1分，满分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。
We'll never forget the day which my classmates and I paid a visit to a chemistry factory last week. It was a larger one with nearly 2,000 workers. It looked a garden and we could see colourful flowers, grass and trees anywhere. We also visited some workshops and saw workers worked very hard. We talked with them and learned a lot. We understood them further. On the way home we felt tiring. So we all thought that we had a very good day. We really hoped that we can get more chances to leave the school and learn social experiences.
答案：第一句：which→when; chemistry→chemical
第二句：larger→large
第三句：looked后加like; anywhere→everywhere
第四句：worked→working
第七句：tiring→tired
第八句：So→But
第九句：can→could; experiences→experience
Ⅵ.书面表达(满分25分)
根据以下内容，通过合理想象，用英语写一篇100词左右的短文来展望未来科技新生活。
提示：
1．某些人可以到月球上度假。
2．某些科学家可能在海底生活。
3．每家都有可视电话(videophone)，通过可视电话可以体检(have a medical examination)或购物。
4．孩子可以在家通过电视和广播接受教育。
5．机器人为你做家务。
参考范文：
Sometimes I dream of life in the future. What will it be like？Perhaps some people will go to the moon for a holiday, and some scientists will live under the sea. Maybe we will have videophones in our homes, through which we can have a medical examination or do some shopping without leaving our homes.
And now I make sure there'll be more educational programmes on the radio or TV, so perhaps some children won't need to go to school every day. They will study at home.
Maybe in the future each family will have a robot who will do what we tell them to do such as shopping, housework and so on. I believe the dream will come true someday.
