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单元质量检测（三）
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
South Korea
While many South Koreans prefer Western style weddings in which the bride wears a white wedding dress, some couples are still carrying out the “Pyebaek” — a South Korean wedding custom.
The Pyebaek is held after the official ceremony, and is when the bride pays respects to her parents in law for the first time. The new couple bow deeply before the parents, and they exchange jujube (枣) and chestnuts (栗子) — symbols for children and good fortune.
— Sujean Park, HuffPost South Korea
Japan
For Japanese weddings, it's customary for guests to bring cash as a gift for the new couples. The amount depends on the guest's relationship to the couple — on average, friends would give D|S300, and family members may give up to D|S1,000.
The bills should be unfolded, freshly printed. They're typically put in a special envelope signed by the guest. Guests leave the envelopes at a reception desk at the ceremony and receive wedding favors in return.
— Ryan Takeshita, HuffPost Japan
Brazil
In Brazilian weddings, the best man cuts the groom's tie into several pieces and sells them to the wedding guests at whatever price they choose to pay for it. The money that's collected usually goes toward the couple's honeymoon.
Brazilian weddings wouldn't be complete without pastries called “bem casados”， or “happily married”. These are tiny sweet cakes with a condensed milk (炼乳) filling that are meant to bring good luck to the new couple.
— Andrea Martinelli, HuffPost Brazil
1．In South Korean weddings, ________.
A．only Western style weddings are favored
B．the couple must both wear a white dress
C．the bride shows respects to her parents
D．some couples still observe their traditions
2．Why do people make pastries in Brazilian weddings
A．To share the new couple's stories.
B．To raise money for the new couple.
C．To show their excellent cooking skills.
D．To express good wishes to the new couple.
3．What's the purpose of writing this text
A．To share some wedding customs around the world.
B．To tell people how to make preparations for weddings.
C．To show the different customs between different countries.
D．To check how much you know about wedding customs.
B
Bars are very important in providing a place where people can meet and make friends. People who enjoy a drink in a local bar are happier and have more friends. They are more likely to be engaged in conversations in small community pubs, and social skills are improved after a drink.
Professor Robin Dunbar of Oxford University said, “Friendship and communities are probably the two most important factors influencing our health and well being. Making and maintaining friendships is something that has to be done in the real world. The digital world is simply no substitute. Given the increasing tendency for our social life to be on the Internet rather than in real life, having relaxed, accessible places where people can meet old friends and make new ones becomes even more necessary.”
Tim Page, chief executive of CAMRA, said, “Bars offer a social environment to enjoy a drink with friends in a responsible community setting. The role of community bars in ensuring well being cannot be overstated. For that reason, we all need to do what we can to ensure that everyone has a ‘local’ near to where they live or work.”
Bars have long been part of British society and have played a key role in British social life since the 16th century. Bars came to represent the heart and soul of a community, providing both a place of entertainment and an engine for community bonding. In a world before the arrival of the motor car, the bar provided a venue in which people could get friendships and a sense of community.
But the closing decades of the 20th century witnessed major changes in both the style of bars (for example, themed bars) and their numbers. As of 2015, the number of bars declines sharply, with bars continuing to close at an average rate of 29 a week.
4．What does a regular at a local bar having more friends prove
A．The benefits brought by pub cultures.
B．The popularity of local bars in Britain.
C．The relation between friendships and bars.
D．The importance of face to face communication.
5．What does Robin think is the tendency for social life
A．More people will go to bars.
B．People will maintain friendships.
C．People will trust the digital world.
D．People will communicate more online.
6．Why does Tim Page value the role of local bars
A．They contribute to people's social happiness.
B．They are a place common people can afford.
C．They are a good place to spread cultural values.
D．They are accessible to people in the community.
7．What can we infer about bars nowadays
A．Themed bars have held the market.
B．Some bars have a hard time surviving.
C．They become the heart of a community.
D．Measures should be taken to save them.
C
Sunitha Suresh was a college student when her grandmother had a major operation and was put in intensive care (特别护理) with three other patients. This meant her family couldn't always be with her. They decided to put her favorite Indian music on an iPod, so she could listen around the clock.
Sunitha could see the music relaxed her grandmother and made her feel less anxious, but she wondered if she also felt less pain. That would make sense because anxiety can make people more sensitive to pain. At the time Sunitha was majoring in biomedical engineering at Northwestern University where her father, Santhanam Suresh, is a professor. So father and daughter decided to work together on a study.
It was a small study, with 60 patients between 9 and 14 years old taking part in it. All the patients, who were children, had big operations that required them to stay in hospital for at least a couple of days. Right after their operations, the patients took medicine to control pain. The next day they were divided into three groups. One group listened to 30 minutes of music of their choice, one listened to 30 minutes of stories of their choice and one listened to 30 minutes of silence via noise canceling headphones.
To measure pain, the researchers presented a smiling, frowning (皱眉) and crying face. The children pointed to which picture best showed their level of pain before and after they listened to music, stories and silence. After a 30 minute session, the children who listened to music or stories reduced their pain burden by 1 point on a 10 point scale (级别) compared to the children who listened to silence. That might not sound like much, but Sunitha says it equals to pain medication like Advil or Tylenol.
Children don't tolerate such medication as well as adults. They are smaller and are more likely to suffer side effects from pain medication such as trouble breathing and feeling of disgust. So the less pain medication, the better.
8．What made Sunitha start the study
A．Her grandmother's desire for music.
B．Her majoring in biomedical engineering.
C．Her grandmother's listening to music after the operation.
D．Her sympathy for patients who suffered from illnesses.
9．How did Sunitha and her father draw the conclusion
A．By observing. B．By making comparison.
C．By asking questions. D．By analyzing causes.
10．What do we know about the research
A．It is of greater benefit to children.
B．It should also be conducted on adults.
C．It shows children suffer more from pain medication.
D．It finds more and more children are on pain medication.
11．What may be the best title for the text
A．Reaching for your playlist to ease pain
B．Sunitha does an experiment with her father
C．Sunitha's grandmother likes to listen to music
D．Stopping using pain medication on children
D
A school where 60% of pupils speak English as a second language has equipped electronic translators for every child so they can communicate with teachers. Manor Park Primary in Birmingham, which has 384 pupils, is the first school in Britain to provide translators for all of its children and to make the tools a part of every lesson.
The technology can allow teachers to type messages to pupils which are then translated into the 19 native tongues of children, with no English. Another 11 languages are spoken by pupils who have some English. In Britain, with figures showing that one in six primary pupils speaks a different language at home — double the number ten years ago — the technology could soon become popular in many more schools.
Talking Tutor can translate English into many languages including Polish, Urdu and Chinese. The teacher types a message into a computer and it then reads the message out to the pupils in their native tongues. The pupils type the answer which is read to the teacher by Talking Tutor. Headmaster Jason Smith said the software had transformed his school and given staff the opportunity to communicate with children. The school pays ￡700 a year for the software. The software, developed by EMAS UK, cost more than ￡2.5 million to produce.
Dawn Holt, a teacher at the school, admitted she had struggled in the past to communicate with pupils who had recently arrived in Britain. But some say giving pupils the translators could be “damaging and dangerous”．“Surely it would be better to give all these teenagers an intensive course in English，” said Nick Seaton, a father.“My boy says teachers are spending more time using the computer than teaching. He came home last week and said he felt pushed aside.”
12．What is the name of the electronic translator
A．Talking Tutor. B．EMAS UK.
C．Nick Seaton. D．Dawn Holt.
13．Manor Park Primary decided to use electronic translators in order to ________.
A．help the pupils to learn English well in a short time
B．make the teachers and the students understand each other
C．let the students master foreign languages quickly
D．attract more and more pupils to the school
14．From the text we can infer that ________.
A．EMAS UK can't make a lot of money from the software
B．more and more pupils begin to choose to study in Britain
C．there are many schools which have already used the software
D．the teachers had no difficulty talking with the students before
15．Why do some people say giving pupils the translators could be “damaging and dangerous”？
A．Because the students will pay more money to the school.
B．Because the students won't get enough care from the teachers.
C．Because the students can't use the translators properly.
D．Because the students won't speak to the teachers any more.
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。
In our fast world of phones, fax machines and computers, the old fashioned art of letter writing is at risk of disappearing altogether. __16__ There is the excitement of its arrival, the pleasure of seeing who it is from and, finally, the enjoyment of the contents.
Letter writing has been part of my life for as long as I can remember. It probably began with the little notes I would write to my mother. My mother, also, always insisted I write my own thank you letters for Christmas and birthday presents. __17__
When I left home at 18 to train as a doctor in London, I would write once a week, and so would my mother. Occasionally my father would write and it was always a joy to receive his long, amusing letters. __18__ Of course, we also made phone calls but it is the letters I remember most.
There were also letters from my boyfriends. In my youth I seemed to attract people who had to work or study away at some time and I was only able to stay in touch with them by letter. __19__ I found that I could often express myself more easily in writing than by talking.
I love the letters that come with birthday or Christmas cards. Notes are appreciated, but how much better to have a year's supply of news! And it's better still when it's an airmail envelope with beautiful stamps.
__20__ Like my mother before me, I insist they write their own thank you letters. My daughter writes to me little letters, just as I did to my mother. I strongly urge readers not to allow letter writing to become another “lost art”．
A．Poor handwriting can spoil (破坏) your enjoyment of a letter.
B．We had been corresponding (通信) for 29 years but had never met.
C．I am pleased that my children are carrying on the tradition.
D．It didn't matter how short or untidy they were as long as they were letters.
E．But instead of harming the relationships, letter writing seemed to improve them.
F．Yet, to me, receiving a letter cannot be matched by any other form of communication.
G．The letters from home contained just everyday events concerning my parents and their friends.
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。
Some friends and I ran a glass studio together. A couple of years ago we experienced a __21__ winter we had a lot of snow and ice. To make a long story __22__ the weight of the ice and snow destroyed the roof of our studio, taking with it one of our sources of __23__.Before it did happen, we got on the roof and tried to __24__ the snow and ice. But when you have 5 feet of ice and temperatures of －20℃， it was pretty __25__ to do.
We had a contractor (承包商) come in to help us try and __26__ the roof by bracing (用支架支住). In the end, there was __27__ that could be done. The roof came down. __28__ we had moved a lot of our goods and tools from the studio, we lost a lot.
Here we were in the middle of winter with our studio fallen down. We couldn't __29__. We could have done one of two things: we could simply say that we could __30__ carry on our glass business — let me tell you that this was certainly a thought that __31__ our minds. Or we could find a way to get our studio back up and __32__.
We __33__ the second choice. We had a large barn that we were not using. So we repaired the barn, __34__ our working area and today we have a nicer studio than we __35__ had.
Who hasn't __36__ difficulty in their lives We all have __37__ about facing difficulty in our lives. The __38__ is what we did to overcome it. We all have two choices: to do nothing, and just __39__ or to look at the difficulty as a(n) __40__.
21．A.meaningful B．cold
C．special D．tough
22．A.short B．true
C．interesting D．typical
23．A.love B．concern
C．income D．experience
24．A.look down upon B．get rid of
C．make use of D．look forward to
25．A.challenging B．boring
C．appropriate D．possible
26．A.examine B．rebuild
C．secure D．break
27．A.everything B．anything
C．something D．nothing
28．A.If B．Though
C．Unless D．Since
29．A.understand B．escape
C．work D．think
30．A.no longer B．once again
C．at first D．at last
31．A.expressed B．crossed
C．determined D．changed
32．A.spreading B．benefiting
C．moving D．running
33．A.overcame B．banned
C．picked D．offered
34．A.preserved B．redesigned
C．compared D．abandoned
35．A.previously B．usually
C．frequently D．eventually
36．A.attempted B．faced
C．accepted D．created
37．A.stories B．news
C．opinions D．doubts
38．A.suggestion B．importance
C．necessity D．difference
39．A.struggle B．play
C．quit D．rest
40．A.prize B．failure
C．cause D．opportunity
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。
I spent the summer of 2010 living in South Africa. If you asked me what I __41__ (real) did in South Africa, I would tell you one thing：I __42__ (listen). I listened to a Nigerian taxi driver's memories of his fifth birthday；I listened to a German kite surfer's description of the beaches of Brazil；I listened to __43__ British friend's description of his grandmother's abusive __44__ (marry). I listened, and I listened. And sometimes I spoke ... __45__ mostly I listened.
And had I not spent two months listening, I __46__ (miss) the moment a little girl at one of Noah's community __47__ (center), whispered after a long silence, “I love you.” I might have missed that, had I not learned to listen.
After that summer, I knew how __48__ (hear)．I could sit down with anyone and hear their stories and nod and respond at the right time — but most of the time I was contemplating (沉思) the next words out of my own mouth. Ever since my summer in South Africa, I've noticed that it's in those moments when my mouth is closed and my mind is wide open __49__ I've learned more about other people, and perhaps about __50__ (me)．
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。
The summer holiday is coming.My classmates and I are talking about how to do during the holiday.We can chose between staying at home and take a trip.If we stay at home, it is comfortable but there is no need to spend money.But in that case, we will learn little about world.If we go on a trip abroad, we can broaden your view and gain knowledges we cannot get from books.Some classmates suggest we can go to places of interest nearby.I thought that it is a good idea.It does not cost many, yet we can still learn a lot.
Ⅵ.书面表达(满分25分)
目前，一些诸如“scared to death(吓死宝宝了)”“55(呜呜)”等网络语言在青少年中极为盛行，甚至出现在家庭作业中。假定你是李华，请你以“Should Internet Slang Be Prohibited？”为题写一篇短文，并谈谈你自己的看法。
注意：1.词数100左右；
2．短文题目已经给出，不计入总词数。
参考词汇：生动的vivid 智慧intelligence
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单元质量检测（三）
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
South Korea
While many South Koreans prefer Western style weddings in which the bride wears a white wedding dress, some couples are still carrying out the “Pyebaek” — a South Korean wedding custom.
The Pyebaek is held after the official ceremony, and is when the bride pays respects to her parents in law for the first time. The new couple bow deeply before the parents, and they exchange jujube (枣) and chestnuts (栗子) — symbols for children and good fortune.
— Sujean Park, HuffPost South Korea
Japan
For Japanese weddings, it's customary for guests to bring cash as a gift for the new couples. The amount depends on the guest's relationship to the couple — on average, friends would give D|S300, and family members may give up to D|S1,000.
The bills should be unfolded, freshly printed. They're typically put in a special envelope signed by the guest. Guests leave the envelopes at a reception desk at the ceremony and receive wedding favors in return.
— Ryan Takeshita, HuffPost Japan
Brazil
In Brazilian weddings, the best man cuts the groom's tie into several pieces and sells them to the wedding guests at whatever price they choose to pay for it. The money that's collected usually goes toward the couple's honeymoon.
Brazilian weddings wouldn't be complete without pastries called “bem casados”， or “happily married”. These are tiny sweet cakes with a condensed milk (炼乳) filling that are meant to bring good luck to the new couple.
— Andrea Martinelli, HuffPost Brazil
语篇解读：本文主要介绍了韩国、日本、巴西三个国家的婚礼习俗，其中包括新娘的穿着、礼金的数额以及婚礼的必备食品等。
1．In South Korean weddings, ________.
A．only Western style weddings are favored
B．the couple must both wear a white dress
C．the bride shows respects to her parents
D．some couples still observe their traditions
解析：选D 细节理解题。根据South Korea的内容第一段中的“... some couples are still carrying out the ‘Pyebaek’ — a South Korean wedding custom.”可知，尽管西式婚礼受到推崇，但是一些人仍然遵循韩国的婚礼习俗，故选D项。
2．Why do people make pastries in Brazilian weddings
A．To share the new couple's stories.
B．To raise money for the new couple.
C．To show their excellent cooking skills.
D．To express good wishes to the new couple.
解析：选D 细节理解题。根据Brazil的内容第二段“... wouldn't be complete without pastries ... are meant to bring good luck to the new couple.”可知，在巴西人们制作这些糕点是为了向新人表示祝福。
3．What's the purpose of writing this text
A．To share some wedding customs around the world.
B．To tell people how to make preparations for weddings.
C．To show the different customs between different countries.
D．To check how much you know about wedding customs.
解析：选A 写作意图题。本文主要介绍的是世界上三个国家不同婚礼上的不同习俗，是为了传播知识，故A项正确。
B
Bars are very important in providing a place where people can meet and make friends. People who enjoy a drink in a local bar are happier and have more friends. They are more likely to be engaged in conversations in small community pubs, and social skills are improved after a drink.
Professor Robin Dunbar of Oxford University said, “Friendship and communities are probably the two most important factors influencing our health and well being. Making and maintaining friendships is something that has to be done in the real world. The digital world is simply no substitute. Given the increasing tendency for our social life to be on the Internet rather than in real life, having relaxed, accessible places where people can meet old friends and make new ones becomes even more necessary.”
Tim Page, chief executive of CAMRA, said, “Bars offer a social environment to enjoy a drink with friends in a responsible community setting. The role of community bars in ensuring well being cannot be overstated. For that reason, we all need to do what we can to ensure that everyone has a ‘local’ near to where they live or work.”
Bars have long been part of British society and have played a key role in British social life since the 16th century. Bars came to represent the heart and soul of a community, providing both a place of entertainment and an engine for community bonding. In a world before the arrival of the motor car, the bar provided a venue in which people could get friendships and a sense of community.
But the closing decades of the 20th century witnessed major changes in both the style of bars (for example, themed bars) and their numbers. As of 2015, the number of bars declines sharply, with bars continuing to close at an average rate of 29 a week.
语篇解读：本文是说明文。酒吧是人们生活中一个重要的社交场合，经常光顾酒吧的人比其他人更快乐，拥有更多的朋友。
4．What does a regular at a local bar having more friends prove
A．The benefits brought by pub cultures.
B．The popularity of local bars in Britain.
C．The relation between friendships and bars.
D．The importance of face to face communication.
解析：选D 推理判断题。第一段提到(经常)光顾当地酒吧的人会比其他人更快乐，能结交更多的朋友，第二段提到“Making and maintaining friendships is something that has to be done in the real world. The digital world is simply no substitute”，由此推知，这证明了面对面交流的重要性。
5．What does Robin think is the tendency for social life
A．More people will go to bars.
B．People will maintain friendships.
C．People will trust the digital world.
D．People will communicate more online.
解析：选D 细节理解题。根据第二段中Robin教授所说的“the increasing tendency for our social life to be on the Internet rather than in real life”可知，他认为我们的社交生活的趋势是有更多的网络社交而不是现实生活中的社交，故选D。
6．Why does Tim Page value the role of local bars
A．They contribute to people's social happiness.
B．They are a place common people can afford.
C．They are a good place to spread cultural values.
D．They are accessible to people in the community.
解析：选A 细节理解题。根据第三段Tim Page所说的“The role of community bars in ensuring well being cannot be overstated”可知，他认为社区酒吧在确保人们的幸福方面是有一定作用的，故选A。
7．What can we infer about bars nowadays
A．Themed bars have held the market.
B．Some bars have a hard time surviving.
C．They become the heart of a community.
D．Measures should be taken to save them.
解析：选B 推理判断题。根据最后一段的“As of 2015, the number of bars declines sharply, with bars continuing to close at an average rate of 29 a week”可知，从2015年开始酒吧的数量锐减，并且平均每周有29家酒吧停业，由此可知，一些酒吧处境艰难，甚至生存下去都是问题，因此选B。
C
Sunitha Suresh was a college student when her grandmother had a major operation and was put in intensive care (特别护理) with three other patients. This meant her family couldn't always be with her. They decided to put her favorite Indian music on an iPod, so she could listen around the clock.
Sunitha could see the music relaxed her grandmother and made her feel less anxious, but she wondered if she also felt less pain. That would make sense because anxiety can make people more sensitive to pain. At the time Sunitha was majoring in biomedical engineering at Northwestern University where her father, Santhanam Suresh, is a professor. So father and daughter decided to work together on a study.
It was a small study, with 60 patients between 9 and 14 years old taking part in it. All the patients, who were children, had big operations that required them to stay in hospital for at least a couple of days. Right after their operations, the patients took medicine to control pain. The next day they were divided into three groups. One group listened to 30 minutes of music of their choice, one listened to 30 minutes of stories of their choice and one listened to 30 minutes of silence via noise canceling headphones.
To measure pain, the researchers presented a smiling, frowning (皱眉) and crying face. The children pointed to which picture best showed their level of pain before and after they listened to music, stories and silence. After a 30 minute session, the children who listened to music or stories reduced their pain burden by 1 point on a 10 point scale (级别) compared to the children who listened to silence. That might not sound like much, but Sunitha says it equals to pain medication like Advil or Tylenol.
Children don't tolerate such medication as well as adults. They are smaller and are more likely to suffer side effects from pain medication such as trouble breathing and feeling of disgust. So the less pain medication, the better.
语篇解读：本文是说明文。听音乐可以让人们减轻焦虑，从而减轻手术后的痛苦。
8．What made Sunitha start the study
A．Her grandmother's desire for music.
B．Her majoring in biomedical engineering.
C．Her grandmother's listening to music after the operation.
D．Her sympathy for patients who suffered from illnesses.
解析：选C 细节理解题。根据第二段中的“Sunitha could see the music relaxed her grandmother and made her feel less anxious, but she wondered if she also felt less pain”可知，她祖母在手术后听音乐的经历使她开始做这项研究。
9．How did Sunitha and her father draw the conclusion
A．By observing. B．By making comparison.
C．By asking questions. D．By analyzing causes.
解析：选B 推理判断题。根据倒数第二段可知，研究者主要是通过对比三组实验对象在听了音乐、故事或静音后对疼痛的感知程度来判断他们所采取的方式是否有助于减轻痛苦来得出结论的。
10．What do we know about the research
A．It is of greater benefit to children.
B．It should also be conducted on adults.
C．It shows children suffer more from pain medication.
D．It finds more and more children are on pain medication.
解析：选A 推理判断题。根据最后一段可知，孩子们从该研究中受益更多。
11．What may be the best title for the text
A．Reaching for your playlist to ease pain
B．Sunitha does an experiment with her father
C．Sunitha's grandmother likes to listen to music
D．Stopping using pain medication on children
解析：选A 标题归纳题。本文主要介绍了Sunitha和她父亲的一项研究表明，听音乐可以帮助减轻痛苦。
D
A school where 60% of pupils speak English as a second language has equipped electronic translators for every child so they can communicate with teachers. Manor Park Primary in Birmingham, which has 384 pupils, is the first school in Britain to provide translators for all of its children and to make the tools a part of every lesson.
The technology can allow teachers to type messages to pupils which are then translated into the 19 native tongues of children, with no English. Another 11 languages are spoken by pupils who have some English. In Britain, with figures showing that one in six primary pupils speaks a different language at home — double the number ten years ago — the technology could soon become popular in many more schools.
Talking Tutor can translate English into many languages including Polish, Urdu and Chinese. The teacher types a message into a computer and it then reads the message out to the pupils in their native tongues. The pupils type the answer which is read to the teacher by Talking Tutor. Headmaster Jason Smith said the software had transformed his school and given staff the opportunity to communicate with children. The school pays ￡700 a year for the software. The software, developed by EMAS UK, cost more than ￡2.5 million to produce.
Dawn Holt, a teacher at the school, admitted she had struggled in the past to communicate with pupils who had recently arrived in Britain. But some say giving pupils the translators could be “damaging and dangerous”．“Surely it would be better to give all these teenagers an intensive course in English，” said Nick Seaton, a father.“My boy says teachers are spending more time using the computer than teaching. He came home last week and said he felt pushed aside.”
语篇解读：学校里60%的学生的母语不是英语，教师怎么上课、怎么和学生交流呢？一种新发明的电脑软件能帮助解决这个问题。
12．What is the name of the electronic translator
A．Talking Tutor. B．EMAS UK.
C．Nick Seaton. D．Dawn Holt.
解析：选A 细节理解题。根据文章第三段第一句可知，该软件的名称为Talking Tutor。
13．Manor Park Primary decided to use electronic translators in order to ________.
A．help the pupils to learn English well in a short time
B．make the teachers and the students understand each other
C．let the students master foreign languages quickly
D．attract more and more pupils to the school
解析：选B 细节理解题。根据文章第一段第一句可知，该校配备这个软件的目的是帮助师生更好地交流。
14．From the text we can infer that ________.
A．EMAS UK can't make a lot of money from the software
B．more and more pupils begin to choose to study in Britain
C．there are many schools which have already used the software
D．the teachers had no difficulty talking with the students before
解析：选B 推理判断题。根据第二段第三句可知，在英国，有六分之一的小学生的母语不是英语，这一比例是十年前的两倍。由此可以推知，越来越多的国外的小学生选择到英国去上学。
15．Why do some people say giving pupils the translators could be “damaging and dangerous”？
A．Because the students will pay more money to the school.
B．Because the students won't get enough care from the teachers.
C．Because the students can't use the translators properly.
D．Because the students won't speak to the teachers any more.
解析：选B 细节理解题。根据文章最后一段最后两句可知，其原因在于这会导致老师把过多的时间用在电脑操作上，学生感觉老师不够关心自己。
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。
In our fast world of phones, fax machines and computers, the old fashioned art of letter writing is at risk of disappearing altogether. __16__ There is the excitement of its arrival, the pleasure of seeing who it is from and, finally, the enjoyment of the contents.
Letter writing has been part of my life for as long as I can remember. It probably began with the little notes I would write to my mother. My mother, also, always insisted I write my own thank you letters for Christmas and birthday presents. __17__
When I left home at 18 to train as a doctor in London, I would write once a week, and so would my mother. Occasionally my father would write and it was always a joy to receive his long, amusing letters. __18__ Of course, we also made phone calls but it is the letters I remember most.
There were also letters from my boyfriends. In my youth I seemed to attract people who had to work or study away at some time and I was only able to stay in touch with them by letter. __19__ I found that I could often express myself more easily in writing than by talking.
I love the letters that come with birthday or Christmas cards. Notes are appreciated, but how much better to have a year's supply of news! And it's better still when it's an airmail envelope with beautiful stamps.
__20__ Like my mother before me, I insist they write their own thank you letters. My daughter writes to me little letters, just as I did to my mother. I strongly urge readers not to allow letter writing to become another “lost art”．
A．Poor handwriting can spoil (破坏) your enjoyment of a letter.
B．We had been corresponding (通信) for 29 years but had never met.
C．I am pleased that my children are carrying on the tradition.
D．It didn't matter how short or untidy they were as long as they were letters.
E．But instead of harming the relationships, letter writing seemed to improve them.
F．Yet, to me, receiving a letter cannot be matched by any other form of communication.
G．The letters from home contained just everyday events concerning my parents and their friends.
语篇解读：本文主要阐述了在数码时代的背景下，作者对书信的怀念，并庆幸写书信成为家庭传统。
16．选F 上一句提到现代数码通信使书信到了要完全消失的危险境地，下一句又说收到书信的美妙感受，所以此处过渡要有转折含义且体现出书信对作者的吸引力，故选F项(但是，对我来说，收到一封信是其他任何通信方式都比不了的)。
17．选D 上文提到母亲坚持让作者在圣诞节和生日写感谢信，D项(无论长短，无论工整与否，只要写信就可以)符合语境。
18．选G 本段提到作者18岁时离家和父母书信联系，此处应该侧重家书的意义。G项(家书里面包含关于我的父母和他们的朋友日常的事情)符合语境，故选G项。
19．选E 空格前一句提到我只能用书信和他们保持联系，空格后一句意思是“我发现比起谈话，书信经常能让我更轻松地表达自己的观点”，所以空格处应侧重体现这种书信联系对维系友谊的作用及意义，故选E项(但写信不仅没有毁掉我们的关系，反而似乎促进了我们的友谊)。
20．选C 根据最后一段中的“Like ...I insist they write their own thank you letters. My daughter writes to me little letters, just as I did to my mother.”可知，作者成为母亲后坚持让儿女自己写感谢信，这一传统被沿用，故C项(我很高兴我的孩子正在沿用这个传统)符合语境。
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。
Some friends and I ran a glass studio together. A couple of years ago we experienced a __21__ winter we had a lot of snow and ice. To make a long story __22__ the weight of the ice and snow destroyed the roof of our studio, taking with it one of our sources of __23__.Before it did happen, we got on the roof and tried to __24__ the snow and ice. But when you have 5 feet of ice and temperatures of －20℃， it was pretty __25__ to do.
We had a contractor (承包商) come in to help us try and __26__ the roof by bracing (用支架支住). In the end, there was __27__ that could be done. The roof came down. __28__ we had moved a lot of our goods and tools from the studio, we lost a lot.
Here we were in the middle of winter with our studio fallen down. We couldn't __29__. We could have done one of two things: we could simply say that we could __30__ carry on our glass business — let me tell you that this was certainly a thought that __31__ our minds. Or we could find a way to get our studio back up and __32__.
We __33__ the second choice. We had a large barn that we were not using. So we repaired the barn, __34__ our working area and today we have a nicer studio than we __35__ had.
Who hasn't __36__ difficulty in their lives We all have __37__ about facing difficulty in our lives. The __38__ is what we did to overcome it. We all have two choices: to do nothing, and just __39__ or to look at the difficulty as a(n) __40__.
语篇解读：本文是夹叙夹议文。我们面对困难时该怎么做？放弃还是坚持？选择权在我们自己手里。
21．A.meaningful B．cold
C．special D．tough
解析：选D 由“we had a lot of snow and ice”及“the weight of the ice and snow destroyed the roof of our studio”可知，那个冬天非常艰难。
22．A.short B．true
C．interesting D．typical
解析：选A 作者用一句话解释了那个冬天的情况，故选A，意为“长话短说”。
23．A.love B．concern
C．income D．experience
解析：选C 他们的工作室被毁坏了，所以少了一个收入来源。
24．A.look down upon B．get rid of
C．make use of D．look forward to
解析：选B 由“Before it did happen”可知，在房顶被大雪压坏之前，他们曾试图清除压在房顶的积雪。
25．A.challenging B．boring
C．appropriate D．possible
解析：选A 由“when you have 5 feet of ice and temperatures of －20℃”可知，这项工作很有挑战。
26．A.examine B．rebuild
C．secure D．break
解析：选C 由“a contractor”以及“by bracing”可知，这里是指在想办法让房顶安全。
27．A.everything B．anything
C．something D．nothing
解析：选D 由“The roof came down”可知，最后实在无能为力了。
28．A.If B．Though
C．Unless D．Since
解析：选B 由“we lost a lot”可知，尽管已经搬离了许多物品和工具，但是作者和朋友依然损失惨重。
29．A.understand B．escape
C．work D．think
解析：选C 由“in the middle of winter with our studio fallen down”可知，在这种情况下他们无法工作。
30．A.no longer B．once again
C．at first D．at last
解析：选A 他们面临两种选择，一种是不能再进行这方面的工作了。
31．A.expressed B．crossed
C．determined D．changed
解析：选B 这里是指这个想法曾在他们头脑里出现过。
32．A.spreading B．benefiting
C．moving D．running
解析：选D 由“to get our studio back up”可知，让这个工作室再次运转起来。
33．A.overcame B．banned
C．picked D．offered
解析：选C 由下文可知，他们选择了第二种。
34．A.preserved B．redesigned
C．compared D．abandoned
解析：选B 原来的工作室被摧毁了，他们需要重新设计工作的地方。
35．A.previously B．usually
C．frequently D．eventually
解析：选A 这里是在跟以前的那个工作室进行比较。
36．A.attempted B．faced
C．accepted D．created
解析：选B 作者在问：谁曾经没有面对过困难？
37．A.stories B．news
C．opinions D．doubts
解析：选A 我们都有面对过困难的经历。
38．A.suggestion B．importance
C．necessity D．difference
解析：选D 这里是指面对困难不同的做法会导致不同的结果。
39．A.struggle B．play
C．quit D．rest
解析：选C 由“to do nothing”可知，这里是指放弃。
40．A.prize B．failure
C．cause D．opportunity
解析：选D 我们可以选择放弃，也可以把这当作是一次机遇。
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。
I spent the summer of 2010 living in South Africa. If you asked me what I __41__ (real) did in South Africa, I would tell you one thing：I __42__ (listen). I listened to a Nigerian taxi driver's memories of his fifth birthday；I listened to a German kite surfer's description of the beaches of Brazil；I listened to __43__ British friend's description of his grandmother's abusive __44__ (marry). I listened, and I listened. And sometimes I spoke ... __45__ mostly I listened.
And had I not spent two months listening, I __46__ (miss) the moment a little girl at one of Noah's community __47__ (center), whispered after a long silence, “I love you.” I might have missed that, had I not learned to listen.
After that summer, I knew how __48__ (hear)．I could sit down with anyone and hear their stories and nod and respond at the right time — but most of the time I was contemplating (沉思) the next words out of my own mouth. Ever since my summer in South Africa, I've noticed that it's in those moments when my mouth is closed and my mind is wide open __49__ I've learned more about other people, and perhaps about __50__ (me)．
语篇解读：2010年夏天在南非的经历教会了作者倾听，使作者获益良多。
41．really 考查副词。此处修饰动词did，应该用副词，故填really。
42．listened 考查动词的时态。结合全文时态可知，此处应填listened。
43．a 考查冠词。句意：我倾听一位英国朋友描述他的祖母的第一段屈辱的婚姻。根据句意可知，此处泛指某位英国朋友，且 British是以辅音音素开头的词，故用不定冠词 a。
44．marriage 考查名词。由空前的“his grandmother'sabusive”可知，此处应填marry的名词形式，指“屈辱的婚姻”。
45．but 考查并列连词。句意：我有时候会说话，但是大多数时候我都在倾听。根据句意可知，空处表示转折，故填 but。
46．might have missed 考查虚拟语气。空前是if引导的条件状语从句的倒装，引导词if省略，且从句是对过去情况的虚拟，所以主句用“would/might/could/should＋have done”结构，根据语境可知，此处表示不那么确定的猜测，所以填might have missed。
47．centers 考查名词。center作“活动中心”讲时为可数名词，再由前面的one of 可知，此处填centers。
48．to hear 考查非谓语动词。此处用“特殊疑问词＋不定式”结构作knew的宾语，表示“学会了如何倾听”，故填to hear。
49．that 考查强调句型。分析句子结构可知，“it's in those moments ... and perhaps about ...”是一个强调句，强调的是时间状语in those moments，故填that构成强调句型。
50．myself 考查反身代词。此处指也许“我”更了解自己了，故填反身代词myself。
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。
The summer holiday is coming.My classmates and I are talking about how to do during the holiday.We can chose between staying at home and take a trip.If we stay at home, it is comfortable but there is no need to spend money.But in that case, we will learn little about world.If we go on a trip abroad, we can broaden your view and gain knowledges we cannot get from books.Some classmates suggest we can go to places of interest nearby.I thought that it is a good idea.It does not cost many, yet we can still learn a lot.
答案：第二句：how→what
第三句：chose→choose; take→taking
第四句：but→and
第五句：world前加the
第六句：your→our; knowledges→knowledge
第七句：去掉can或can→should
第八句：thought→think
第九句：many→much
Ⅵ.书面表达(满分25分)
目前，一些诸如“scared to death(吓死宝宝了)”“55(呜呜)”等网络语言在青少年中极为盛行，甚至出现在家庭作业中。假定你是李华，请你以“Should Internet Slang Be Prohibited？”为题写一篇短文，并谈谈你自己的看法。
注意：1.词数100左右；
2．短文题目已经给出，不计入总词数。
参考词汇：生动的vivid 智慧intelligence
Should Internet Slang Be Prohibited
参考范文：
Should Internet Slang Be Prohibited
At present, Internet Slang, such as “scared to death”“55” has become popular among the teenagers.
There are different opinions on Internet Slang.Some students think Internet Slang is vivid, fashionable and full of humor and intelligence.Besides, it makes chatting on the Internet quicker.
However, some other students think Internet Slang lacks depth of thought and is too simple.Also, it is hard to understand and not accepted by most people.The words sometimes might make people confused, even resulting in misunderstanding.
Every coin has two sides.In my opinion, living in the Information Age, if we don't know Internet Slang, we seem to fall behind the times.It will be OK as long as these terms are used correctly in proper situations.
