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
Greeting Gesture — Bowing is the traditional form for both greeting and departing. Western and Korean male friends usually greet with both a slight bow and shaking hands. When shaking hands, both hands are sometimes used. Women usually do not shake hands, especially with men, but usually just nod lightly. The senior person offers to shake hands first, but the junior person bows first.
Avoid hugging and kissing when greeting. Long direct eye contact is considered impolite. When saying good bye, the traditional gesture is the bow.
Touching Gestures
Generally speaking, the Koreans are not a touching society. So avoid touching or any long form of body contact.
You seldom see public display of affection. On the other hand, you may note people of the same sex walking hand in hand, which is simply a gesture of friendship. Don't worry about a bit of pushing in stores or when groups board public buses or trains. Apologies are neither offered nor expected.
Beckoning Gestures
The open hand or the middle finger is used for pointing: To beckon (招手) someone, the palm (手掌) faces downward and the fingers are moved. Using the arm and hand up, with palm toward the face, is used only for calling dogs or children.
Other Gestures
Respect is always shown to elderly people, so it is common to stand up when a person, especially an elderly man enters the room. However, an elder may not give up a seat for a young boy. Men generally have priority (特权) in Korea: go through a door first, walk ahead of women, and women may help them with their coats.
1．The text is mainly about ________.
A．politeness of Korea
B．customs in Korea
C．body languages in Korea
D．relations between Koreans
2．How does a westerner usually greet his male Korean friend
A．With bowing.
B．With hugging and kissing.
C．With shaking hands.
D．With a slight bow and shaking hands.
3．From the first part of the text we can know that ________.
A．shaking hands is a must for visitors
B．kissing each other is polite when two people meet
C．long direct eye contact should be avoided
D．the old often nod towards the young
B
Chuck McCarthy, a young actor from Los Angeles, was in need of a second job to pay his bills. Then he thought of a way to supplement his income. He became a people walker. At first, Chuck McCarthy considered becoming a dog walker to earn some extra cash, but soon he realized that the job required more than walking dogs on a leash (链条). However, walking people didn't require much when they were out on walks. Chuck realized there was money to be made if he walked people around Los Angeles instead.
It might sound like a joke, but the People Walker, as he calls himself, is very serious about his new job. For $7 per mile, he offers to walk with his clients (客户) around Los Angeles. He listens to their problems and encourages them, or simply makes conversation. Sometimes, he just offers them a sense of security (安全). Chuck doesn't look like the kind of guy you'd want to be angry with.
Chuck's services are aimed at people who don't feel safe when walking alone in some areas, and those who are afraid that people might see them walking by themselves and think that they have no friends. “I wear my The People Walker shirt upon request，” McCarthy says. However, he admits some people are a bit uncomfortable with this policy, as they don't necessarily want everyone to know that they're being walked.
So far, Chuck McCarthy has already had another five people walkers employed. They work in areas, like downtown L．A., Hollywood, Eagle Rock, or Fairfax. Once he posted signs around the city, his phone started ringing and more requests were coming. While he hopes that his acting career will pick up soon, in the meantime Chuck is very happy with his people walking business.
4．What does the underlined word “supplement” in Paragraph 1 mean
A．Save. B．Increase.
C．Calculate. D．Spend.
5．What does Paragraph 4 mainly tell us
A．Chuck plans to employ more people walkers.
B．Many people are lonely nowadays.
C．Chuck's business is a great success.
D．Chuck hopes to expand his business in the future.
6．What can we know about Chuck McCarthy from the passage
A．He has lost confidence in his acting career.
B．He hopes to find happiness from people walking.
C．He earns more as a people walker than as an actor.
D．He has encouraged other people to be more creative.
7．Which of the following is the best title of this passage
A．A Guard for Los Angeles
B．A Funny Job in Los Angeles
C．A Good Actor in Los Angeles
D．The People Walker of Los Angeles
C
Why do some people live to be older than others You know the standard explanations: keeping a moderate diet, engaging in regular exercise, etc. But what effect does your personality have on your longevity Do some kinds of personalities lead to longer lives A new study in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society looked at this question by examining the personality characteristics of 246 children of people who had lived to be at least 100.
The study shows that those living the longest are more outgoing, more active and less neurotic (神经质的) than other people. Long living women are also more likely to be sympathetic and cooperative than women with a normal life span. These findings are in agreement with what you would expect from the evolutionary theory: those who like to make friends and help others can gather enough resources to make it through tough time.
Interestingly, however, other characteristics that you might consider advantageous have no impact on whether study participants are likely to live longer. Those who are more self disciplined, for instance, are no more likely to live to be very old. Also, being open to new ideas have no relationship with long life, which might explain all those bad tempered old people who are fixed in their ways.
Whether you can successfully change your personality as an adult is the subject of a longstanding psychological debate. But the new paper suggests that if you want long life, you should strive to be as outgoing as possible.
Unfortunately, another recent study shows that your mother's personality may also help determine your longevity. That study looked at nearly 28,000 Norwegian mothers and found that those moms who were more anxious, depressed and angry were more likely to feed their kids unhealthy diets. Patterns of childhood eating can be hard to break when we're adults, which may mean that kids of depressed moms end up dying younger.
Personality isn't destiny, and everyone knows that individuals can learn to change. But both studies show that long life isn't just a matter of your physical health but of your mental health.
8．According to the author, outgoing and sympathetic people ________.
A．have a good understanding of evolution
B．are probably more active and neurotic
C．are more likely to recover from hardship
D．generally appear more resourceful
9．What finding of the study might be out of our expectation
A．Helpful people can live a relatively long life.
B．Being self disciplined makes no difference to longevity.
C．Readiness to accept new ideas offers more possibility to enjoy longevity.
D．Personality characteristics that prove advantageous actually vary with times.
10．What does the recent study of Norwegian mothers show
A．Mothers' depression may affect their children's life spans.
B．People with unhealthy eating habits are likely to die at a young age.
C．Mothers may have a longer influence on children than fathers.
D．Children's personality characteristics are always shaped by their mothers.
11．What can we learn from the findings of the two new studies
A．Anxiety and depression more often than not cut short one's life span.
B．A person's lifestyle is largely related to his or her health.
C．Personality plays a decisive and significant role in how healthy one is.
D．A mixture of mental and physical health produces longevity.
D
Most of us line up a large number of times during our lives. Think about it. Banks. Restaurants. Doctors. Waiting lines are such a thorn in our sides at popular destinations (目的地) — Disney World, the Empire State Building — that many of us are willing to pay to avoid lines.
Culture has much to do with how we handle waiting lines. The British are the best people in the world at waiting in lines. I've never seen a people less concerned with lines than the British.
If you've been to Wimbledon you know what I mean. There are no online ticket sales for this fortnight of tennis. You queue up for hours, often a halfday or more with 8,000 others on a golf course near the stadium, suffering whatever rain, wind or sun.
It is an unwritten but ever present rule at Wimbledon that you never talk about or even admit that the queue exists. You'll hear and participate in every conversation imaginable while waiting. It's not really possible to jump or break in a queue at Wimbledon because of the stewards and the time dated stamps they hand out, but it's considered bad behavior anywhere by the British.
Some places such as restaurants in Canada and in the States are getting wise. The host or hostess greets you, and says almost apologetically (道歉地). “Sorry, but it will be about 45 minutes！” Almost always you'll be seated in just 20 to 30 minutes. It's called managing_expectations. But, now you're very happy as if you had something to do with getting a table earlier.
Finally, technology promises to save some queuing time. In the years ahead, stores will adopt Apple's methods, with every salesperson capable of taking payments. Then the lines will disappear.
With age, perhaps, comes wisdom. I do whatever I can to avoid activities where queues are quite common. But you can't always avoid lines, so I make the best of them. I usually start conversations with total strangers in a queue ... at the very least you open yourself up to an opportunity for an engaging conversation. Queues, like life, have a lot to do with attitudes.
12．Why does the author say that waiting lines are a thorn in our sides
A．Lining up makes us hurt.
B．We have to pay to avoid lines.
C．We spend most of our life queuing.
D．Waiting lines are unavoidable in our life.
13．While queuing in Wimbledon, ________.
A．you will be fined if you break in
B．everybody is used to waiting long
C．people prove the existence of queues
D．the waiting time depends on the weather
14．What does the underlined part “managing expectations” in Paragraph 5 refer to
A．Reducing waiting times at queue lines.
B．Having high expectations for customers.
C．Trying to live up to customers' expectations.
D．Letting customers wait shorter than they expected.
15．What is the author's attitude towards lines
A．Annoyed. B．Unclear.
C．Positive. D．Indifferent.
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。
Are you expecting better results in your life Do you want to achieve more in your career and relationships __16__ Here I'd like to share something you should change in your life to get what you want.
Change your priorities (优先顺序)．
This is important if you want to live a balanced life. Many people are successful in their career but don't have good relationships with their companions or families because of wrong priorities. They put things like money and reputation above their relationships. Don't let it happen to you. __17__
Change your motivation.
Motivation is the reason why we do things. __18__ You can significantly change the way you do things simply by changing your motivation.
The way to change your motivation is to upgrade your motivation to higher levels. For example, if your motivation to work is money, you can upgrade it to helping others.
Change your habits.
Is there any bad habit that holds you back __19__ For instance, perhaps you have the habit of rising late. But — since many people agree that early morning is the most productive time — that means that you lose the most productive time of the day. You can get better results simply by replacing the old habit with a new habit of rising early.
__20__
Your inputs determine your outputs. There is no way you can get high quality outputs if you feed your mind with low quality inputs. So watch your inputs carefully. What programs do you watch on TV What books, magazines, or blogs do you read Get rid of the low quality inputs and replace them with high quality ones.
A．Change your inputs.
B．Change your outputs.
C．It gives us the power to move and work.
D．If so, we must change the way we do things.
E．You should put relationships as your top priority.
F．If the answer is yes, then you should replace it with a good one.
G．Take one new habit you want to build and do it every day for at least 30 days.
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。
Born in America, I spoke English, not Chinese, the language of my ancestors. When I was three, my parents flashed cards with Chinese __21__ at my face, but I pushed them __22__. My mom believed I would learn __23__ I was ready. But the __24__ never came. On a Chinese New Year's Eve, my uncle spoke to me in Chinese, but all I could do was __25__ at him, confused, scratching my head. “Still can't speak Chinese？” He __26__ me, “You can't even buy a fish in Chinatown.” “Hey, this is America, not China. I'll get some __27__ with or without Chinese.” I replied and turned to my mom for __28__. “Remember to ask for fresh fish, Xin Xian Yu，” she said, handing over a $20 bill. I __29__ the words running downstairs into the streets of Chinatown. I found the fish __30__ surrounded in a sea of customers. “I'd like to buy some fresh fish，” I shouted to the fishman. But he __31__ my English words and turned to serve the next customer. The laugh of the people behind increased __32__ their impatience. With every __33__， the breath of the dragons (龙) on my back grew stronger my blood was boiling — __34__ me to cry out, “Xian Sheng Yu, please.” “Very Xian Sheng，” I repeated. The crowd erupted into laughter. My face turned __35__ and I ran back home __36__， except for the $20 bill I held tightly in my pocket. Should I laugh or cry They're Chinese. I'm Chinese. I should feel right at __37__. Instead, I was the joke, a disgrace (丢脸) to the language. Sometimes, I laugh at my fish __38__， but, in the end, the joke is on __39__. Every laugh is a culture __40__； every laugh is my heritage (传统) fading away.
21．A.custom B．games
C．characters D．language
22．A.ahead B．around
C．along D．aside
23．A.when B．before
C．unless D．until
24．A.success B．study
C．time D．attempt
25．A.aim B．joke
C．nod D．stare
26．A.cared about B．laughed at
C．argued with D．asked after
27．A.right now B．from now
C．at times D．in time
28．A.decision B．permission
C．information D．preparation
29．A.repeated B．reviewed
C．spelled D．kept
30．A.farm B．stand
C．pond D．market
31．A.guessed B．forgot
C．doubted D．ignored
32．A.by B．as
C．with D．from
33．A.second B．effort
C．desire D．movement
34．A.forcing B．allowing
C．persuading D．leading
35．A.bright B．blank
C．pale D．red
36．A.open mouthed B．tongue tied
C．empty handed D．broken hearted
37．A.service B．home
C．risk D．root
38．A.trade B．deed
C．challenge D．incident
39．A.it B．us
C．me D．them
40．A.thrown B．lost
C．divided D．reflected
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。
Most people agree that the best way __41__ (improve) your skills in any endeavor is to practice and practice and then practice some more. This applies __42__ (equal) to playing sports or becoming a good musician, painter or doctor. Of course, natural talent also plays a part in high __43__ (achieve), but learning the correct techniques and then practicing them will improve anyone's performance.
The same principle __44__ (apply) to competent readers. There are certain __45__ (technique) you can learn and then __46__ is up to you to practice. The texts you choose to practice with should not be too difficult or you will soon get frustrated and bored. One way to test __47__ a text is at the right level or not is to read the first page. If the percentage of new words is __48__ (high) than 3%, you will not be able to read the text easily and so will probably not enjoy it.
Reading will also be enjoyable if the subject interests you or you believe it is useful. For example, suppose in biology you were studying how plants reproduce, then you could find an English text about this __49__ the Internet. That way you would be practicing reading in English as well as __50__ (study) biology.
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：在错的词下划一横线，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。
Dear Peter，
I will go to study at university, so I don't know what to adapt myself to university life. I hear many students are at loss what to do when they were at university. Feel lonely and homesick, they can't take care of yourselves in their everyday life. Clothes, money or mobile phones are sometimes going. And because of different kind of food and climates, they often fall into ill. Some even rent rooms out of the school. Could you tell me how to deal with these commonly problems so that I will be able to adapt myself to university life
Yours，
Li Hua
Ⅵ.书面表达(满分25分)
假定你是李华。请根据以下要点提示，给你的英国笔友Martin写一封电子邮件，介绍你校在暑假期间将为外国交换生举办的汉语夏令营活动。内容包括：
1．活动时间和地点；
2．活动的主要安排。
注意：1.词数100左右；
2．可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。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
Greeting Gesture — Bowing is the traditional form for both greeting and departing. Western and Korean male friends usually greet with both a slight bow and shaking hands. When shaking hands, both hands are sometimes used. Women usually do not shake hands, especially with men, but usually just nod lightly. The senior person offers to shake hands first, but the junior person bows first.
Avoid hugging and kissing when greeting. Long direct eye contact is considered impolite. When saying good bye, the traditional gesture is the bow.
Touching Gestures
Generally speaking, the Koreans are not a touching society. So avoid touching or any long form of body contact.
You seldom see public display of affection. On the other hand, you may note people of the same sex walking hand in hand, which is simply a gesture of friendship. Don't worry about a bit of pushing in stores or when groups board public buses or trains. Apologies are neither offered nor expected.
Beckoning Gestures
The open hand or the middle finger is used for pointing: To beckon (招手) someone, the palm (手掌) faces downward and the fingers are moved. Using the arm and hand up, with palm toward the face, is used only for calling dogs or children.
Other Gestures
Respect is always shown to elderly people, so it is common to stand up when a person, especially an elderly man enters the room. However, an elder may not give up a seat for a young boy. Men generally have priority (特权) in Korea: go through a door first, walk ahead of women, and women may help them with their coats.
语篇解读：了解一个国家首先要了解这个国家的文化，本文主要向我们介绍了韩国的一些肢体语言。
1．The text is mainly about ________.
A．politeness of Korea
B．customs in Korea
C．body languages in Korea
D．relations between Koreans
解析：选C 主旨大意题。从本文的各个小标题可知，本文主要是介绍韩国的一些身势语，故C项正确。
2．How does a westerner usually greet his male Korean friend
A．With bowing.
B．With hugging and kissing.
C．With shaking hands.
D．With a slight bow and shaking hands.
解析：选D 细节理解题。根据第一部分的第二句可知，他们通常以微微点头并握手表示问候。
3．From the first part of the text we can know that ________.
A．shaking hands is a must for visitors
B．kissing each other is polite when two people meet
C．long direct eye contact should be avoided
D．the old often nod towards the young
解析：选C 细节理解题。从文章第二段“Long direct eye contact is considered impolite.”可知C项正确。
B
Chuck McCarthy, a young actor from Los Angeles, was in need of a second job to pay his bills. Then he thought of a way to supplement his income. He became a people walker. At first, Chuck McCarthy considered becoming a dog walker to earn some extra cash, but soon he realized that the job required more than walking dogs on a leash (链条). However, walking people didn't require much when they were out on walks. Chuck realized there was money to be made if he walked people around Los Angeles instead.
It might sound like a joke, but the People Walker, as he calls himself, is very serious about his new job. For $7 per mile, he offers to walk with his clients (客户) around Los Angeles. He listens to their problems and encourages them, or simply makes conversation. Sometimes, he just offers them a sense of security (安全). Chuck doesn't look like the kind of guy you'd want to be angry with.
Chuck's services are aimed at people who don't feel safe when walking alone in some areas, and those who are afraid that people might see them walking by themselves and think that they have no friends. “I wear my The People Walker shirt upon request，” McCarthy says. However, he admits some people are a bit uncomfortable with this policy, as they don't necessarily want everyone to know that they're being walked.
So far, Chuck McCarthy has already had another five people walkers employed. They work in areas, like downtown L．A., Hollywood, Eagle Rock, or Fairfax. Once he posted signs around the city, his phone started ringing and more requests were coming. While he hopes that his acting career will pick up soon, in the meantime Chuck is very happy with his people walking business.
语篇解读：本文是一篇记叙文。Chuck McCarthy的演艺收入不高，入不敷出，他想出了一个赚钱的好主意：陪人散步。目前，他的业务已经受到很多客户的喜欢。
4．What does the underlined word “supplement” in Paragraph 1 mean
A．Save. B．Increase.
C．Calculate. D．Spend.
解析：选B 词义猜测题。根据第一段的“... was in need of a second job to pay his bills.”可知，该词意为“增补，补充，增加”。
5．What does Paragraph 4 mainly tell us
A．Chuck plans to employ more people walkers.
B．Many people are lonely nowadays.
C．Chuck's business is a great success.
D．Chuck hopes to expand his business in the future.
解析：选C 段落大意题。根据末段的内容可知，Chuck McCarthy目前已经雇用了五个人，并且覆盖更多地方。这说明他的业务已经非常成功。
6．What can we know about Chuck McCarthy from the passage
A．He has lost confidence in his acting career.
B．He hopes to find happiness from people walking.
C．He earns more as a people walker than as an actor.
D．He has encouraged other people to be more creative.
解析：选C 推理判断题。根据第一段的“... was in need of a second job to pay his bills.”和末段的“While he hopes that his acting career will pick up soon ...”可知，Chuck McCarthy的演艺事业并不成功，相反，他陪人散步的业务非常成功。
7．Which of the following is the best title of this passage
A．A Guard for Los Angeles
B．A Funny Job in Los Angeles
C．A Good Actor in Los Angeles
D．The People Walker of Los Angeles
解析：选D 主旨大意题。Chuck McCarthy的演艺收入不高，为了支付账单，他想出了一个赚钱的好主意：陪人散步。目前，他的业务已经受到很多客户的喜欢。
C
Why do some people live to be older than others You know the standard explanations: keeping a moderate diet, engaging in regular exercise, etc. But what effect does your personality have on your longevity Do some kinds of personalities lead to longer lives A new study in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society looked at this question by examining the personality characteristics of 246 children of people who had lived to be at least 100.
The study shows that those living the longest are more outgoing, more active and less neurotic (神经质的) than other people. Long living women are also more likely to be sympathetic and cooperative than women with a normal life span. These findings are in agreement with what you would expect from the evolutionary theory: those who like to make friends and help others can gather enough resources to make it through tough time.
Interestingly, however, other characteristics that you might consider advantageous have no impact on whether study participants are likely to live longer. Those who are more self disciplined, for instance, are no more likely to live to be very old. Also, being open to new ideas have no relationship with long life, which might explain all those bad tempered old people who are fixed in their ways.
Whether you can successfully change your personality as an adult is the subject of a longstanding psychological debate. But the new paper suggests that if you want long life, you should strive to be as outgoing as possible.
Unfortunately, another recent study shows that your mother's personality may also help determine your longevity. That study looked at nearly 28,000 Norwegian mothers and found that those moms who were more anxious, depressed and angry were more likely to feed their kids unhealthy diets. Patterns of childhood eating can be hard to break when we're adults, which may mean that kids of depressed moms end up dying younger.
Personality isn't destiny, and everyone knows that individuals can learn to change. But both studies show that long life isn't just a matter of your physical health but of your mental health.
语篇解读：文章介绍了与长寿相关的研究，探究了影响长寿的因素。
8．According to the author, outgoing and sympathetic people ________.
A．have a good understanding of evolution
B．are probably more active and neurotic
C．are more likely to recover from hardship
D．generally appear more resourceful
解析：选C 细节理解题。根据第二段最后一句“These findings ... those who like to make friends and help others can gather enough resources to make it through tough time.”可知，爱交友(外向)及乐于助人(有同情心)的人在困难时会有足够的资源助其渡过难关。故选C项。
9．What finding of the study might be out of our expectation
A．Helpful people can live a relatively long life.
B．Being self disciplined makes no difference to longevity.
C．Readiness to accept new ideas offers more possibility to enjoy longevity.
D．Personality characteristics that prove advantageous actually vary with times.
解析：选B 细节理解题。根据第三段第一、二句可知，我们认为某些性格特征可能有益于长寿，然而事实并非如此，比如自律和长寿无关，这点出乎我们的意料。故选B项。
10．What does the recent study of Norwegian mothers show
A．Mothers' depression may affect their children's life spans.
B．People with unhealthy eating habits are likely to die at a young age.
C．Mothers may have a longer influence on children than fathers.
D．Children's personality characteristics are always shaped by their mothers.
解析：选A 细节理解题。根据第五段最后一句“Patterns of childhood ... kids of depressed moms end up dying younger.”可知，母亲的抑郁情绪会影响孩子的寿命。故选A项。
11．What can we learn from the findings of the two new studies
A．Anxiety and depression more often than not cut short one's life span.
B．A person's lifestyle is largely related to his or her health.
C．Personality plays a decisive and significant role in how healthy one is.
D．A mixture of mental and physical health produces longevity.
解析：选D 推理判断题。根据文章最后一句可知，长寿与否受身体健康和心理健康两方面的影响。由此可知选D项。
D
Most of us line up a large number of times during our lives. Think about it. Banks. Restaurants. Doctors. Waiting lines are such a thorn in our sides at popular destinations (目的地) — Disney World, the Empire State Building — that many of us are willing to pay to avoid lines.
Culture has much to do with how we handle waiting lines. The British are the best people in the world at waiting in lines. I've never seen a people less concerned with lines than the British.
If you've been to Wimbledon you know what I mean. There are no online ticket sales for this fortnight of tennis. You queue up for hours, often a halfday or more with 8,000 others on a golf course near the stadium, suffering whatever rain, wind or sun.
It is an unwritten but ever present rule at Wimbledon that you never talk about or even admit that the queue exists. You'll hear and participate in every conversation imaginable while waiting. It's not really possible to jump or break in a queue at Wimbledon because of the stewards and the time dated stamps they hand out, but it's considered bad behavior anywhere by the British.
Some places such as restaurants in Canada and in the States are getting wise. The host or hostess greets you, and says almost apologetically (道歉地). “Sorry, but it will be about 45 minutes！” Almost always you'll be seated in just 20 to 30 minutes. It's called managing_expectations. But, now you're very happy as if you had something to do with getting a table earlier.
Finally, technology promises to save some queuing time. In the years ahead, stores will adopt Apple's methods, with every salesperson capable of taking payments. Then the lines will disappear.
With age, perhaps, comes wisdom. I do whatever I can to avoid activities where queues are quite common. But you can't always avoid lines, so I make the best of them. I usually start conversations with total strangers in a queue ... at the very least you open yourself up to an opportunity for an engaging conversation. Queues, like life, have a lot to do with attitudes.
语篇解读：本文是议论文。作者在文中叙述了个别国家对于“排队等候”的态度，并表明了自己对此的观点和态度。
12．Why does the author say that waiting lines are a thorn in our sides
A．Lining up makes us hurt.
B．We have to pay to avoid lines.
C．We spend most of our life queuing.
D．Waiting lines are unavoidable in our life.
解析：选A 细节理解题。由第一段可知，受欢迎的景点的长队让人很痛苦，以至于我们宁愿花钱去避免排队。
13．While queuing in Wimbledon, ________.
A．you will be fined if you break in
B．everybody is used to waiting long
C．people prove the existence of queues
D．the waiting time depends on the weather
解析：选B 推理判断题。由第二段和第四段“It is an unwritten but ever present rule at Wimbledon that you never talk about or even admit that the queue exists”可知，在Wimbledon，甚至人们都看不到“队伍”的存在，这里的人们都已经习惯了排队等候。
14．What does the underlined part “managing expectations” in Paragraph 5 refer to
A．Reducing waiting times at queue lines.
B．Having high expectations for customers.
C．Trying to live up to customers' expectations.
D．Letting customers wait shorter than they expected.
解析：选D 词义猜测题。由第五段可知，在加拿大和美国的一些餐馆，服务生会告诉人们一个比实际等待时间要长的时间，这样顾客会早于他们期待的时间落座，这被称为“管理期待”。
15．What is the author's attitude towards lines
A．Annoyed. B．Unclear.
C．Positive. D．Indifferent.
解析：选C 观点态度题。由最后一段可知，作者学着用智慧来解决排队问题，即使躲避不过，也会很好地利用“排队等候时间”。故作者对排队持有积极的态度。
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。
Are you expecting better results in your life Do you want to achieve more in your career and relationships __16__ Here I'd like to share something you should change in your life to get what you want.
Change your priorities (优先顺序)．
This is important if you want to live a balanced life. Many people are successful in their career but don't have good relationships with their companions or families because of wrong priorities. They put things like money and reputation above their relationships. Don't let it happen to you. __17__
Change your motivation.
Motivation is the reason why we do things. __18__ You can significantly change the way you do things simply by changing your motivation.
The way to change your motivation is to upgrade your motivation to higher levels. For example, if your motivation to work is money, you can upgrade it to helping others.
Change your habits.
Is there any bad habit that holds you back __19__ For instance, perhaps you have the habit of rising late. But — since many people agree that early morning is the most productive time — that means that you lose the most productive time of the day. You can get better results simply by replacing the old habit with a new habit of rising early.
__20__
Your inputs determine your outputs. There is no way you can get high quality outputs if you feed your mind with low quality inputs. So watch your inputs carefully. What programs do you watch on TV What books, magazines, or blogs do you read Get rid of the low quality inputs and replace them with high quality ones.
A．Change your inputs.
B．Change your outputs.
C．It gives us the power to move and work.
D．If so, we must change the way we do things.
E．You should put relationships as your top priority.
F．If the answer is yes, then you should replace it with a good one.
G．Take one new habit you want to build and do it every day for at least 30 days.
语篇解读：文章就促进事业和人际关系的发展提出了几点建议，认为人们应当在生活中做出适当的改变。
16．选D 根据设空前的问句以及设空后的“share something you should change”可知，D项符合语境，If so承接了前句的问题，又引出了后文的should change.。
17．选E 根据“Change your priorities(优先顺序)．”标题中的priorities和这一标题下内容的中心词relationships及设空前的“They put things like money and reputation above their relationships. Don't let it happen to you.”可知，本段建议改变你的优先顺序，不要让金钱和名誉之类的事情凌驾于与家人和朋友的关系之上，故E项符合语境。
18．选C 根据“Change your motivation.”标题中的motivation可知，这一标题下的内容强调内在动力，故C项“它赋予你前进和工作的力量”符合语境。
19．选F 根据小标题“Change your habits.”及设空前的“Is there any bad habit that holds you back？”可知，这一标题下的内容强调坏习惯的改正，由此可知，F项符合语境，“If the answer is yes”恰好回答了前句的问题。
20．选A 本空为最后一段的小标题，观察前面的小标题格式可知，A、B两项符合；根据本段中的“So watch your inputs carefully.”及“Get rid of the low quality inputs and replace them with high quality ones.”可知，本段强调的是inputs，故选A项。
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。
Born in America, I spoke English, not Chinese, the language of my ancestors. When I was three, my parents flashed cards with Chinese __21__ at my face, but I pushed them __22__. My mom believed I would learn __23__ I was ready. But the __24__ never came. On a Chinese New Year's Eve, my uncle spoke to me in Chinese, but all I could do was __25__ at him, confused, scratching my head. “Still can't speak Chinese？” He __26__ me, “You can't even buy a fish in Chinatown.” “Hey, this is America, not China. I'll get some __27__ with or without Chinese.” I replied and turned to my mom for __28__. “Remember to ask for fresh fish, Xin Xian Yu，” she said, handing over a $20 bill. I __29__ the words running downstairs into the streets of Chinatown. I found the fish __30__ surrounded in a sea of customers. “I'd like to buy some fresh fish，” I shouted to the fishman. But he __31__ my English words and turned to serve the next customer. The laugh of the people behind increased __32__ their impatience. With every __33__， the breath of the dragons (龙) on my back grew stronger my blood was boiling — __34__ me to cry out, “Xian Sheng Yu, please.” “Very Xian Sheng，” I repeated. The crowd erupted into laughter. My face turned __35__ and I ran back home __36__， except for the $20 bill I held tightly in my pocket. Should I laugh or cry They're Chinese. I'm Chinese. I should feel right at __37__. Instead, I was the joke, a disgrace (丢脸) to the language. Sometimes, I laugh at my fish __38__， but, in the end, the joke is on __39__. Every laugh is a culture __40__； every laugh is my heritage (传统) fading away.
语篇解读：作者作为一个从小在美国长大的中国孩子，不能讲一口流利的汉语，以致闹出笑话。因此作者反思自己应该继承中国的文化传统。
21．A.custom B．games
C．characters D．language
解析：选C 根据上下文可知，作者出生在美国，他的父母很想让他学会母语，所以经常拿汉字卡片教他识字。character“文字”。
22．A.ahead B．around
C．along D．aside
解析：选D 根据下文可知，作者不愿学习汉语，故此处用push aside，意为“把……放一边不考虑”。
23．A.when B．before
C．unless D．until
解析：选A 此处是when引导的时间状语从句。
24．A.success B．study
C．time D．attempt
解析：选C 承接上文，此处意为“我准备好学汉语的时刻一直没有到来”。
25．A.aim B．joke
C．nod D．stare
解析：选D 由上文可知，作者一直不愿意学汉语，自然也听不懂汉语，所以在他叔叔用汉语跟他说话的时候，他只能迷惑地看着他。stare at“凝视，注视”。
26．A.cared about B．laughed at
C．argued with D．asked after
解析：选B 根据作者的叔叔所说的话可以看出，他在“嘲笑”作者不懂母语。
27．A.right now B．from now
C．at times D．in time
解析：选A 面对叔叔的嘲笑，作者自然是不服气，故在话语中用right now“立刻，马上”强调自己可以做到叔叔所说的事。
28．A.decision B．permission
C．information D．preparation
解析：选B 根据下文可知，作者征得母亲的“同意”去唐人街买鱼。
29．A.repeated B．reviewed
C．spelled D．kept
解析：选A 根据常识可知，作者不会说汉语，母亲教给他的话，他要重复几遍才能勉强记住。repeat“重复”；review“复习”；spell“拼写”；keep“保留，遵守”。
30．A.farm B．stand
C．pond D．market
解析：选B 根据上下文语境可知，作者到了唐人街菜市场某家卖鱼的货摊前买鱼。stand在此处为名词“货摊”；farm“农场”；pond“池塘”；market“市场”，词义范围太大，不符合题意。B项符合题意。
31．A.guessed B．forgot
C．doubted D．ignored
解析：选D 根据下文可知，卖鱼的人接着接待下一位顾客，并没有搭理作者，所以此处应用ignore。
32．A.by B．as
C．with D．from
解析：选C 本句意为“随着作者身后的人的不耐烦，他们的笑声也增大了”。with引导伴随状语。
33．A.second B．effort
C．desire D．movement
解析：选A 根据语境可知，随着时间一秒一秒的流逝，卖鱼的人不理会作者，而身后的人又越排越多，作者焦急的心情可想而知。故此处用second表现出作者当时的心情非常焦急。
34．A.forcing B．allowing
C．persuading D．leading
解析：选A 根据当时语境可知，情况紧急，“迫使”作者不得不用生涩的汉语大声喊出自己的要求。
35．A.bright B．blank
C．pale D．red
解析：选D 根据上文可知，作者蹩脚的汉语惹得周围的人大笑起来，作者自然会害羞脸“红”。
36．A.open mouthed B．tongue tied
C．empty handed D．broken hearted
解析：选C 根据上文可知，周围人的笑声使得作者感觉非常尴尬，鱼也没买就“两手空空”地回家了。
37．A.service B．home
C．risk D．root
解析：选B 联系上文，作者在反思自己的遭遇，周围的人跟自己一样是中国人，他们说的都是母语——汉语，故此处意为“我应该像在家一样感到非常自在”。但是事实并非如此，作者因为语言问题闹了一个大笑话。
38．A.trade B．deed
C．challenge D．incident
解析：选D 此处意为“有时候想起来买鱼的那次遭遇，作者还会嘲笑自己”。incident“发生的事情(尤指不寻常的或讨厌的)”。
39．A.it B．us
C．me D．them
解析：选C 由下文可知，作者此处意为“笑话出在我自己身上”。
40．A.thrown B．lost
C．divided D．reflected
解析：选B 根据空格所在句子的后半句可知，作者认为每一个笑声都是在嘲笑自己文化的“缺失”，嘲笑自己与传统的分离。
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。
Most people agree that the best way __41__ (improve) your skills in any endeavor is to practice and practice and then practice some more. This applies __42__ (equal) to playing sports or becoming a good musician, painter or doctor. Of course, natural talent also plays a part in high __43__ (achieve), but learning the correct techniques and then practicing them will improve anyone's performance.
The same principle __44__ (apply) to competent readers. There are certain __45__ (technique) you can learn and then __46__ is up to you to practice. The texts you choose to practice with should not be too difficult or you will soon get frustrated and bored. One way to test __47__ a text is at the right level or not is to read the first page. If the percentage of new words is __48__ (high) than 3%, you will not be able to read the text easily and so will probably not enjoy it.
Reading will also be enjoyable if the subject interests you or you believe it is useful. For example, suppose in biology you were studying how plants reproduce, then you could find an English text about this __49__ the Internet. That way you would be practicing reading in English as well as __50__ (study) biology.
语篇解读：文章向我们介绍了英语阅读练习的相关技巧，强调练习在任何领域都起着重要作用。
41．to improve 考查非谓语动词。句意：大多数人认为在任何尝试中，提升你技能最好的方式是练习，练习，再更多练习。the best way to do sth.为固定结构，意为“做某事的最佳方式”，动词不定式结构作后置定语。
42．equally 考查副词。句意：这一点同样适用于体育运动或成为一名好的音乐家、画家或医生。分析句子结构可知，applies to为动词短语，应用副词修饰。故填equally。
43．achievement(s) 考查名词。句意：当然，天赋对于取得高成就起着重要作用。设空前为介词in，故填achieve 的名词形式achievement(s)，作宾语。
44．applies 考查动词的时态和主谓一致。句意：同样的原则适用于有能力的读者。根据句意及句子结构可知，The same principle为主语，且此处阐述的是客观事实，故谓语动词应用第三人称单数形式。故填applies。
45．techniques 考查名词单复数。句意：有些特定的技巧供你学习，然后练习取决于你自己。technique在此意为“技巧”，为可数名词，根据There are可知应用复数形式。故填techniques。
46．it 考查it的用法。句意见上一题解析。It is up to sb. to do sth.为固定句型，意为“由某人决定做某事”。it为形式主语，真正的主语是动词不定式to practice。故填it。
47．whether 考查宾语从句。句意：检测一篇文章是否难度适中的一种方式是读第一页。分析句子结构可知，test为动词，后接宾语从句，结合句意和设空后的or not可知，此处填whether。
48．higher 考查形容词的比较级。句意：如果生词率高于3%，你将很难读懂文章，因此可能也不会喜欢这篇文章。根据设空后的than可知，此处应用形容词的比较级。故填higher。
49．on 考查介词。句意：……你可以在网上找到有关这一主题的英文文章。on the Internet为固定搭配，意为“在网上”。
50．studying 考查非谓语动词。句意：你可以用那种方式练习用英语阅读和学习生物。由as well as可知，practicing和设空处并列，故填studying。
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：在错的词下划一横线，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。
Dear Peter，
I will go to study at university, so I don't know what to adapt myself to university life. I hear many students are at loss what to do when they were at university. Feel lonely and homesick, they can't take care of yourselves in their everyday life. Clothes, money or mobile phones are sometimes going. And because of different kind of food and climates, they often fall into ill. Some even rent rooms out of the school. Could you tell me how to deal with these commonly problems so that I will be able to adapt myself to university life
Yours，
Li Hua
答案：第一句：so→but; what→how
第二句：loss前加a; were→are
第三句：Feel→Feeling; yourselves→themselves
第四句：going→gone
第五句：kind→kinds; 去掉into
第七句：commonly→common
Ⅵ.书面表达(满分25分)
假定你是李华。请根据以下要点提示，给你的英国笔友Martin写一封电子邮件，介绍你校在暑假期间将为外国交换生举办的汉语夏令营活动。内容包括：
1．活动时间和地点；
2．活动的主要安排。
注意：1.词数100左右；
2．可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
参考范文：
Dear Martin，
The Chinese Summer Camp is to be held in our school from July 16th to July 30th during the summer holiday. I know you want to have a chance of learning Chinese. Now I am writing to tell you something about it.
This camp offers some activities as follows. Firstly, campers will learn Chinese by communicating with Chinese teachers and students so that they can speak Chinese fluently. Secondly, there will be various parties, which help campers know Chinese history and culture well. What's more, campers will have some chances to visit some museums and places of interest to experience Chinese culture.
If you want to join, please visit our school website to find more information.
Yours，
Li Hua
