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理工大学附属闵行科技高中2020学年第一学期中考试试卷
高二试卷
满分：150分 完卷时间：120分钟
II Grammar and Vocabulary
Section A
Directions: After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the passages coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank.
I was standing in the checkout line behind a woman who looked to be in her 60s. When it was her turn to pay, the cashier greeted her by name and asked her how she was doing.
The woman, (21) (shake) her head and said: "Not so good. My husband just lost his job and my son is up to his old tricks again. The truth is, I don't know (22) I'm going to get through the holidays."
Then she gave the cashier food stamps (食品券).
My heart ached. I wanted to help but didn't know how. Should I offer to pay for her groceries, ask for her husband's resume?
As I walked into the parking lot, I found the women (23) (return) her shopping cart. I remembered something in my purse (24) I thought could help her. It wasn't a handful of cash or an offer of a job for her husband, (25) maybe it would make her life (26) (good).
My heart pounded as I approached the woman.
"Excuse me,” I said, my voice (27) (tremble) a bit. “I couldn't help overhearing what you said to the cashier. It sounds like you're going through a really hard time right now, I'm so sorry, I'd like to give you something."
I handed (28) the small card from my purse.
When the woman read the card's only two words, she began to cry. And through her tears, she said, “You have no idea how much this means to me."
The words on the card?
“You Matter."
Please mind the silence
Despite being used by L34 billion people each year, travelling on the Tube (伦敦的地下铁)in London can actually be quite lonely. An unwritten rule encouraging silence, mixed with classic British reserve, means that
(29) you're packed into an enclosed space (封闭空间)with hundreds of other people, the morning commute (上 下班)can leave you feeling somewhat isolated.
One London resident, however, is trying to change this.
“You get on the Tube here and it's completely silent and weird," says Jonathan Dunne, 42, an American living in London, who has, ironically, started(30) worldwide dialogue after giving out badges (徽章)with the slogan "Tube chat?" last month, encouraging commuters in London to get talking to one another. "I handed out 500 badges during rush hours in a city of 8 million, expecting many refusals and most of them(31) (throw) away, but after about 24 hours it completely snowballed," he says.
Dunne and his "Tube chat" campaign(32) (feature) in media across the world ever since, seeing TV interviews in Sweden, Brazil and the UK, as well as countless website, newspaper and magazine appearances.
Although Dunne says he's received mostly positive feedback, not everyone agree with his Sentiment (观 点). Londoner Brian Wilson responded with a campaign of(33) own, handing out 500 badges with the words "Don't even think about it" on them.
"I (34) hardly stand the idea of having to talk to strangers on the Tube on my way to work," he told the BBC. Michael Robinson, 24, a student from London, agrees. "Being on the Tube is the only peace and quiet some people get on their journeys to and(36) work. It doesn't need to be spoiled by people coming up and chatting to you" he says. While London has its seemingly antisocial set of regulations to follow, not everywhere lacks a sense of community.
Section B
Directions: Fill in each blank with a proper word chosen from the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.
A. likelihood B. promising C. overtook D. ridiculous E. shared F. controlled
G. beliefs H. reasonable L trend J. tracked K. demonstrated
The rise in stories describing events that never happened, often involving fake people in fake places, has led to Facebook and Google's(36) to deal with them. But are we really so easy to fool? According to several studies, the answer is yes: even the most obvious fake news starts to become believable if it's(37) enough times.
In the months running up to the US election there was a great many fake news. According to an analysis by Craig Silver-man, a journalist, during this time the top 20 fake stories in circulation (38) the top 20 stories from 19 mainstream publishers.
Paul Homer, a creative publisher of fake news, has said he believed Donald Trump was elected because of him. "My sites were picked up by Trump supporters all the time …His followers don't fad-check anything — they'll post everything, believe anything," he told the Washington Post.
Silver-man previously(39) rumours circulating online in 2014 and found that shares and social interactions around fake news articles dwarfed (使…相形见拙)those of the articles that exposed them. According to Silver-man, fake news stories are engineered (设计)to appeal to people's hopes and fears, and aren't(40) by reality, which gives them the advantage in creating share-able content.
You might think you're immune (有免疫的)to being cheated by these lies, but a wealth of research disagrees. Back in the 1940s, researchers found that "the more a rumour is told, the more (41) it sounds". They suggested this means that a rumour born out of mild suspicion can, by gaining currency, shift public thinking and opinion.
This false impression of truth was(42) practically in 1977 when researchers in the US quizzed college students on the actuality of statements that they were told may be true or false. The researchers found that simply repeating the statements at a later date was enough to increase the (43) of the students believing them.
Last year, Lisa Fazio at Vanderbilt University in Tennessee and her team found that students become more likely to believe a statement that they know must be false if it is repeated.
“Our research suggests that false news can and likely does affect people’s (44) . Even if people are conscious that a headline is false, reading it multiple times will make it seem more trust-worthy," Fazio says.
Reassuringly, the team found that a person's knowledge still has a large influence over their beliefs, but it's still a worrying (45) , considering that falsehoods appear repeatedly in our News-feeds (新闻)every day.
III. Reading Comprehensions
Section A
Directions: For each blank in the following passage, there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.
More Parents Shifting Career to Achieve Work-life Balance
As a television news host, Cynthia Demos' schedule made her home life a challenge. Working nights and weekends meant she rarely put her 3-year-old son and 5-year-old daughter to bed, or spent Saturdays at the park, So, three years ago. Demos began testing the waters to see if operating her own business making marketing videos would create an option for more _46_ time.
Last month. Demos took a leap. Instead of renegotiating her _47_, she left her job to take her venture to the next level — building her own video production. media training company. It's a career shift on a path to work-life balance that more _48_ are making.
New research shows the top reason why people leave their jobs is to _49_ opportunities with a better work-life balance. Those who make the _50_ say there almost always is a main cause, either work- or home-related. It could be a life-changing event like the birth of a child, or it could be a new could be a new demanding boss, change in job responsibilities, or too many missed milestone events. It might ever be a more _51_ job offer.
For Denie Harris, the main cause was the attraction of a better _52_ situation for a mom with young daughters. Harris had been marketing director for two companies in South Florida when an opportunity came her way to hold a similar position at her daughter's school. It was a decision that required _53_ all factors. The upside included seeing her children during the workday and sharing the same _54_ with them. The downside was leaving the corporate world and earning less, "Everything in life a give-and-take," Harris says. "For a mom, working at your children's school is the best possible place to be."
In the _55_ to achieve work-life balance, working mothers having been "quitting" jobs for more than a decade, choosing to stay at home with their children when _56_ possible. But today, both men and women are making job changes, choosing work options that better fit their _57_ lifestyle. The shift often means serious consideration of _58_, including salary, advancement and fulfillment.
Doug Bartel, who left his job as a TV news producer more than a decade ago, says that what working fathers often look for is predictability and control over their schedules. They are starting their own law firms or becoming self-employed consultants to gain that _59_.
Big salaries aren't necessarily the golden handcuffs （手铐）they used to be. With the traditional 40-hour workweek becoming out of date, a survey of nearly 9,700 full-time workers by the global firm of Ernst & Young found that most parents are willing to make _60_ and financial concessions （让步）for work-life balance.
46. A. balance
B. business
C. family
D. entertainment
47. A. issue
B. contract
C. future
D. contribution
48. A. employers
B. employees
C. children
D. parents
49. A. give up
B. seek out
C. act on
D. substitute for
50. A. change
B. mistake
C. difference
D. effort
51. A. budget-friendly
B. female-friendly
C. family-friendly
D. business-friendly
52. A. work
B. living
C. security
D. education
53. A. identifying
B. understanding
C. describing
D. weighting
54. A. idea
B. feeling
C. value
D. schedule
55. A. struggle
B. permission
C. decision
D. ability
56. A. physically
B. medically
C. financially
D. logically
57. A. past
B. desired
C. interesting
D. modem
58. A. jobs
B. hobbies
C. sacrifices
D. partners
59. A. power
B. support
C. skill
D. control
60. A. identity
B. career
C. mental
D. considerate
Section B
Directions: Read the following two passage. Each passage is followed by several questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage you have just read.
(A)
I live in a second-floor flat with an ancient tree right on the comer of the house. House and tree have been here, side by side, for well over a century. No one really knows old the tree is, but it was already there when builders started on the house at the beginning of the 1900s.
It was still rather young and flexible back then, so it easily welcomed the new structure into its path. It bent and adjusted itself to make room, and to find the space to grow big and strong and wise. Which means that some hundred years later, the solid, strong branches of the tree reach around two full sides of my home. It's covered in moss (苔藓), which is, in turn, crawling with all sorts of insects. I have never seen the insects, by the way, I just know that they're there because of all the birds trying to pick them out. They are always hopping around, looking for this and that and singing songs.
I feel like I have become part of the ecosystem. When I'm eating breakfast or making dinner in the kitchen, I can look out and see a bird hopping around skillfully, gathering its own meal while I tend to mine. When I'm sitting in the living room, reading or drinking tea, I can suddenly find myself face to face with another bird. We’ll be staring at each other and, after some time, decide we can both carry on with our business. Living side by side. Even as I write this — the large windows open to lovely, soft evening — a white feather comes floating down by my side. Probably from one of the resident pigeons.
As I don't have the luxury of a garden, this tree makes me feel connected to the outdoors. Such an ancient tree, a tree that is itself home to many other creatures — that feels different. It is as if it has adopted me and made me a part of its world, without ever asking for something in return. But if needs be, I know that it can count on me and I will protect it with all my strength.
61. The flat the author lives in is.
A. hugged by a giant tree B. built in an ancient tree
C. decorated with branches D. surrounded by a garden
62. In the author's description, she implies that.
A. she has been living on tree products B. birds keep her warm company
C. moss makes her flat nice and cool D. she has been bothered by the insects
63. What does the author really treasure?
A. A close — to — nature life. B. A luxurious garden.
C. A spacious house. D. A sociable neighbor
64. Which of the following can be used to express the author's feeling?
A. Jealous B. Inferior C. Satisfied D. Passionate
(B)
Shipping containers are gaining popularity as an alternative to traditional houses. These 20-or 40-foot containers can be obtained for a little as several hundred US dollars apiece, and it's not surprising that some industry professionals and even city planners consider them the future of home building. Below are details of some amazing homes made out of shipping containers.
London Container City (I and II)
London's Container City first sprang up in the heart of the docklands in 2001. It took just five months to complete the original 12 work studios. Shortly after that, a fourth floor of studios and living apartments was built on top of these. The first container city was so successful that another — Container City II — was added to it.
Los Angeles Redondo Beach house
With its modem lines and appealing spaces, the award-winning Redondo Beach House is a luxury beach-side showpiece built from eight recycled steel shipping containers, along with some traditional building materials. According to the architects, the modified containers are "nearly indestructible".
Amsterdam Keetwonen
Amsterdam's massive Keetwonen complex houses 1,000 students and it is the largest container city in the world. The hosing project is roaring success and feature units that are quiet and comfortable. Each resident enjoys a bathroom, kitchen and separate sleeping and studying quarters. The complex even has central heating and high-speed internet as well as areas for parking bikes.
Mexico M2ATK Container House
M2ATK designed this unique container house for an artist. It's fully equipped with heating and cooling, a kitchen and bathroom. On the bottom floor of the house are "public spaces" such as the kitchen and living room. The second floor is the bedroom, and the top floor is a studio space in which to work, read and "let fly the imagination".
65. Compared to traditional houses, container houses are.
A. easier to maintain B. less expensive to build
C. more comfortable to live in D. more fashionable in style
66. What can be learned about Amsterdam's Keetwonen complex?
A. It is the first container city in the world B. It features a luxury and unique style.
C. It's equipped with modem facilities. D. It includes living space and car parks.
67. Which of the following is the best title for the poster?
A. Recycled material for Ideal Home B. Home in a Steel Box
C. Shipping Container Home Challenges D. Housing Solutions
（C）
Culture can affect not just language and customs, but also how people experience the world on surprisingly basic levels.
Researchers, with the help of brain scans, have uncovered shocking differences in perception （感知）between Westerners and Asians, what they see when they look at a city street, for example, or even how they perceive a simple line in a square, according to findings published in a leading science journal.
In western countries, culture makes people think of themselves as highly independent entities （实体）.When looking at scenes. Westerners tend to focus more on central objects than on their surroundings. East Asian cultures, however, emphasize inter-dependence. When Easterners look at a scene, they tend focus on surroundings as well as the object.
Using an experiment involving two tasks, DrHedden asked subjects to look at a line simply to estimate its length, a task that is played to American strengths. In another, they estimated the line's length relative to the size of a square, an easier task for the Asians.
The level of brain activity, by tracking blood flow, was then measured by Brain Scanners. The experiment found that although there was no difference in performance, and the tasks were very easy, the levels of activity in the subjects' brains were different. For the Americans, areas linked to attention lit up more, when they worked on the task they tended to find more difficult - estimating the line's size relative to the square. For the Asians, the attention areas lit up more during the harder task also — estimating the line's length without comparing it to the square. The findings are a reflection of more than ten years of previous experimental research into east-west differences.
In one study, for instance, researchers offered people a choice among five pens; four red and one green. Easters were more likely to choose a red pen while Westerners were more likely to choose the green one.
Culture is not affecting how you see the world, but how you choose to understand and internalize （使内化）it. But such habits can be changed. Some psychological studies suggest that when an Easterner goes to the West or vice versa, habits of thought and perception also begin to change. Such research gives us clues on how out brain works and is hopeful for us to develop programs to improve our memory, memory techniques and enhance and accelerate our learning skills.
68. According to the passage, Chinese people are most likely to.
A. more emphasize independent thinking
B. always focus more on their surroundings
C. focus more on the context as well as the object
D. think of Westerners as highly independent entities
69. We know from the passage that people's brains will be more active when.
A. the task is much easier B. the blood flow is tracked
C. people begin to choose colors D. the task is more difficult
70. What do the findings of the experiments mentioned in the passage indicate?
A. They indicate that culture has a great impact on the way people talk and behave.
B. They show that Easterners and Westerners have great differences in perceiving the world.
C. They suggest that people's habits of thought and perception can be changed in different cultures.
D. They make it clear that Easterners and Westerners lay emphasis on different things.
71. It can be inferred from the passage that
A. Easterners prefer collectivism to individualism
B. East Asian cultures lay more emphasis on independence
C. It took over ten years to find out how to improve our brainpower
D. Americans will change their habits of perception when they're in Britain
Section C
Directions: Read the passage carefully. Fill in each blank with a proper sentence given in the box. Each sentence can be used only once. Note that there are two more sentences than you need.
A. There seem few ways for parents to deal with the problems.
B. What doesn't work, parenting experts say, is constant lectures, verbal threats or getting very angry.
C. Parents are all angry at it.
D. Humor can help, too.
E. Parenting experts also recommend that parents first ask children in a nice way to clean up and agree on a reasonable time limit.
F. The mess can disturb the whole household.
An 18-year-giri Kayla Perkins explains what is in her bedroom, "I throw something on the floor and I know right where it is." However, her parents, Steve and Deborah Perkins, of McKinney, Texas, haven't caught on. Even Kayla admits that, at the worst, her room is a mess.
Most families at some point have at least one child whose room looks like a landfill 72 Dirty
clothes pile up; dirty dishes get lost in the mess and smell bad: homework is lost; and valuable things are ruined.
Some parents let it go, believing that a bedroom is private space for children to manage as they wish. Others lecture their children, offer rewards for cleaning, or punish them when they don't.73
Mrs. Perkins says that picked up all the clothes on Kayla's floor and hid them. They cleaned everything up. When Kayla came back to a bare bedroom, there was screaming and shouting, "How can I live without my clothes?" Mrs. Perkins asked Kayla to earn her clothes back by doing housework. These days, she keeps her room clean.
74 For example, since Jessica, the 14-year-old daughter wasn't bothered by the dirty clothes
all over her floor, the whole family started using her room as a place to store dirty clothes. Her attitude changed after her family did that. By the time she gave in and cleaned up her room a few days later, even she was laughing.
75 Children often behave better if you treat them in the way you would want to be treated by
your boss at work — with respect and high expectation.
IV. Summary Writing
Directions: Read the following three passages. Summarize the main idea and the main point(s) of the passage in no more than 60 words. Use your own words as far as possible.
The advantages of social networking
Why do most people sign up to social networking sites? The main reason is to stay in touch with other people. These sites also help people to find their childhood friends that they have lost touch with. Renewing these long-lost friendships is just a click away. It is very exciting to be able to catch up with friends and keep up with their news on am almost daily basis thanks to frequent updates.
Keep up-to-date, however, doesn't have to be restricted to friends and acquaintances (相识的人), What many people tend to forget is that they can also use networking sites for professional reasons. It is actually a great way of finding out about upcoming job opportunities. Friends might know about job vacancies that may not be advertised elsewhere or they can even recommend their friends for certain jobs. Even people already employed can promote their business online. This is particularly important for artists, actors and musicians who can create pages devoted to their band or theatre company, and inform fans about their gigs (现场演唱会)or least exhibitions. In addition, the sites can be used to allow the public to give instant feedback on the artists' work and to interact with their favourite artist.
Another great advantage of social networking sites is how easy it is to organize an event with your friends. Thanks to different settings people can organize their friends by different criteria (标准).These criteria (标准)could be how close friends they are, common interests and hobbies or where they live. This means if a certain event takes place, for example, an open-air concert or a football match, all they have to do is invite the right group of friends to attend. Some networking sites offer a range of quizzes and games, so friends living on opposite sides of the globe can invite each other to participate and compete in a variety of games without leaving their homes.
V. Translation
Directions: Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in the brackets.
77.他不仅精通英语，而且对法语也有信心。(confidence)
78.如果方便的话，请协助我们搜寻那个犯罪。(search)
79.即使作为一位奥运冠军为大众所熟知，他还是天天乘区间车去体育馆。(well-known)
80.能适应自主学习是好的，但必要时，你要向老师寻求帮助。(manage)
VI. Guided Writing
Directions: Write an English composition in 120-150 words according to the instructions given below in Chinese.
你校准备为高三学生开展一次普及上海历史知识的活动，现有两个方案征求大家意见：
1.学校组织学生集体驱车前往上海市历史博物馆(Shanghai History Museum),现场参观并聆听专业讲解员 (professional museum guide)介绍上海历史，共计五小时；
2.学校邀请某知名大学历史教授到校以“上海历史”为主题做讲座，共计两小时。
请你以李华的名义向王校长写一封信，在信中谈谈你更偏向哪个方案，并说明理由。
参考答案：
语法填空
21. shook 22. if whether 23. returning 24. that 25. but
26. better 27. trembling 28. her
29. even if 30. a 31. to be thrown 32. have featured 33. his 34. can 35. from
选词填空
36. B 37. E 38. C 39. J 40. F 41.H 42. K 43. A 44. G 45.I
完形填空
46-50 CBDBA 51-55 CADDA 56-60 CBCDB
阅读理解
61. A 62. B 63. A 64. C
65. B 66. C 67. B
68. C 69. D 70, B 7k A
72. F 73. B 74. D 75. E
高二试卷
满分：150分 完卷时间：120分钟
II Grammar and Vocabulary
Section A
Directions: After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the passages coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank.
I was standing in the checkout line behind a woman who looked to be in her 60s. When it was her turn to pay, the cashier greeted her by name and asked her how she was doing.
The woman, (21) (shake) her head and said: "Not so good. My husband just lost his job and my son is up to his old tricks again. The truth is, I don't know (22) I'm going to get through the holidays."
Then she gave the cashier food stamps (食品券).
My heart ached. I wanted to help but didn't know how. Should I offer to pay for her groceries, ask for her husband's resume?
As I walked into the parking lot, I found the women (23) (return) her shopping cart. I remembered something in my purse (24) I thought could help her. It wasn't a handful of cash or an offer of a job for her husband, (25) maybe it would make her life (26) (good).
My heart pounded as I approached the woman.
"Excuse me,” I said, my voice (27) (tremble) a bit. “I couldn't help overhearing what you said to the cashier. It sounds like you're going through a really hard time right now, I'm so sorry, I'd like to give you something."
I handed (28) the small card from my purse.
When the woman read the card's only two words, she began to cry. And through her tears, she said, “You have no idea how much this means to me."
The words on the card?
“You Matter."
Please mind the silence
Despite being used by L34 billion people each year, travelling on the Tube (伦敦的地下铁)in London can actually be quite lonely. An unwritten rule encouraging silence, mixed with classic British reserve, means that
(29) you're packed into an enclosed space (封闭空间)with hundreds of other people, the morning commute (上 下班)can leave you feeling somewhat isolated.
One London resident, however, is trying to change this.
“You get on the Tube here and it's completely silent and weird," says Jonathan Dunne, 42, an American living in London, who has, ironically, started(30) worldwide dialogue after giving out badges (徽章)with the slogan "Tube chat?" last month, encouraging commuters in London to get talking to one another. "I handed out 500 badges during rush hours in a city of 8 million, expecting many refusals and most of them(31) (throw) away, but after about 24 hours it completely snowballed," he says.
Dunne and his "Tube chat" campaign(32) (feature) in media across the world ever since, seeing TV interviews in Sweden, Brazil and the UK, as well as countless website, newspaper and magazine appearances.
Although Dunne says he's received mostly positive feedback, not everyone agree with his Sentiment (观 点). Londoner Brian Wilson responded with a campaign of(33) own, handing out 500 badges with the words "Don't even think about it" on them.
"I (34) hardly stand the idea of having to talk to strangers on the Tube on my way to work," he told the BBC. Michael Robinson, 24, a student from London, agrees. "Being on the Tube is the only peace and quiet some people get on their journeys to and(36) work. It doesn't need to be spoiled by people coming up and chatting to you" he says. While London has its seemingly antisocial set of regulations to follow, not everywhere lacks a sense of community.
Section B
Directions: Fill in each blank with a proper word chosen from the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.
A. likelihood B. promising C. overtook D. ridiculous E. shared F. controlled
G. beliefs H. reasonable L trend J. tracked K. demonstrated
The rise in stories describing events that never happened, often involving fake people in fake places, has led to Facebook and Google's(36) to deal with them. But are we really so easy to fool? According to several studies, the answer is yes: even the most obvious fake news starts to become believable if it's(37) enough times.
In the months running up to the US election there was a great many fake news. According to an analysis by Craig Silver-man, a journalist, during this time the top 20 fake stories in circulation (38) the top 20 stories from 19 mainstream publishers.
Paul Homer, a creative publisher of fake news, has said he believed Donald Trump was elected because of him. "My sites were picked up by Trump supporters all the time …His followers don't fad-check anything — they'll post everything, believe anything," he told the Washington Post.
Silver-man previously(39) rumours circulating online in 2014 and found that shares and social interactions around fake news articles dwarfed (使…相形见拙)those of the articles that exposed them. According to Silver-man, fake news stories are engineered (设计)to appeal to people's hopes and fears, and aren't(40) by reality, which gives them the advantage in creating share-able content.
You might think you're immune (有免疫的)to being cheated by these lies, but a wealth of research disagrees. Back in the 1940s, researchers found that "the more a rumour is told, the more (41) it sounds". They suggested this means that a rumour born out of mild suspicion can, by gaining currency, shift public thinking and opinion.
This false impression of truth was(42) practically in 1977 when researchers in the US quizzed college students on the actuality of statements that they were told may be true or false. The researchers found that simply repeating the statements at a later date was enough to increase the (43) of the students believing them.
Last year, Lisa Fazio at Vanderbilt University in Tennessee and her team found that students become more likely to believe a statement that they know must be false if it is repeated.
“Our research suggests that false news can and likely does affect people’s (44) . Even if people are conscious that a headline is false, reading it multiple times will make it seem more trust-worthy," Fazio says.
Reassuringly, the team found that a person's knowledge still has a large influence over their beliefs, but it's still a worrying (45) , considering that falsehoods appear repeatedly in our News-feeds (新闻)every day.
III. Reading Comprehensions
Section A
Directions: For each blank in the following passage, there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.
More Parents Shifting Career to Achieve Work-life Balance
As a television news host, Cynthia Demos' schedule made her home life a challenge. Working nights and weekends meant she rarely put her 3-year-old son and 5-year-old daughter to bed, or spent Saturdays at the park, So, three years ago. Demos began testing the waters to see if operating her own business making marketing videos would create an option for more _46_ time.
Last month. Demos took a leap. Instead of renegotiating her _47_, she left her job to take her venture to the next level — building her own video production. media training company. It's a career shift on a path to work-life balance that more _48_ are making.
New research shows the top reason why people leave their jobs is to _49_ opportunities with a better work-life balance. Those who make the _50_ say there almost always is a main cause, either work- or home-related. It could be a life-changing event like the birth of a child, or it could be a new could be a new demanding boss, change in job responsibilities, or too many missed milestone events. It might ever be a more _51_ job offer.
For Denie Harris, the main cause was the attraction of a better _52_ situation for a mom with young daughters. Harris had been marketing director for two companies in South Florida when an opportunity came her way to hold a similar position at her daughter's school. It was a decision that required _53_ all factors. The upside included seeing her children during the workday and sharing the same _54_ with them. The downside was leaving the corporate world and earning less, "Everything in life a give-and-take," Harris says. "For a mom, working at your children's school is the best possible place to be."
In the _55_ to achieve work-life balance, working mothers having been "quitting" jobs for more than a decade, choosing to stay at home with their children when _56_ possible. But today, both men and women are making job changes, choosing work options that better fit their _57_ lifestyle. The shift often means serious consideration of _58_, including salary, advancement and fulfillment.
Doug Bartel, who left his job as a TV news producer more than a decade ago, says that what working fathers often look for is predictability and control over their schedules. They are starting their own law firms or becoming self-employed consultants to gain that _59_.
Big salaries aren't necessarily the golden handcuffs （手铐）they used to be. With the traditional 40-hour workweek becoming out of date, a survey of nearly 9,700 full-time workers by the global firm of Ernst & Young found that most parents are willing to make _60_ and financial concessions （让步）for work-life balance.
46. A. balance
B. business
C. family
D. entertainment
47. A. issue
B. contract
C. future
D. contribution
48. A. employers
B. employees
C. children
D. parents
49. A. give up
B. seek out
C. act on
D. substitute for
50. A. change
B. mistake
C. difference
D. effort
51. A. budget-friendly
B. female-friendly
C. family-friendly
D. business-friendly
52. A. work
B. living
C. security
D. education
53. A. identifying
B. understanding
C. describing
D. weighting
54. A. idea
B. feeling
C. value
D. schedule
55. A. struggle
B. permission
C. decision
D. ability
56. A. physically
B. medically
C. financially
D. logically
57. A. past
B. desired
C. interesting
D. modem
58. A. jobs
B. hobbies
C. sacrifices
D. partners
59. A. power
B. support
C. skill
D. control
60. A. identity
B. career
C. mental
D. considerate
Section B
Directions: Read the following two passage. Each passage is followed by several questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage you have just read.
(A)
I live in a second-floor flat with an ancient tree right on the comer of the house. House and tree have been here, side by side, for well over a century. No one really knows old the tree is, but it was already there when builders started on the house at the beginning of the 1900s.
It was still rather young and flexible back then, so it easily welcomed the new structure into its path. It bent and adjusted itself to make room, and to find the space to grow big and strong and wise. Which means that some hundred years later, the solid, strong branches of the tree reach around two full sides of my home. It's covered in moss (苔藓), which is, in turn, crawling with all sorts of insects. I have never seen the insects, by the way, I just know that they're there because of all the birds trying to pick them out. They are always hopping around, looking for this and that and singing songs.
I feel like I have become part of the ecosystem. When I'm eating breakfast or making dinner in the kitchen, I can look out and see a bird hopping around skillfully, gathering its own meal while I tend to mine. When I'm sitting in the living room, reading or drinking tea, I can suddenly find myself face to face with another bird. We’ll be staring at each other and, after some time, decide we can both carry on with our business. Living side by side. Even as I write this — the large windows open to lovely, soft evening — a white feather comes floating down by my side. Probably from one of the resident pigeons.
As I don't have the luxury of a garden, this tree makes me feel connected to the outdoors. Such an ancient tree, a tree that is itself home to many other creatures — that feels different. It is as if it has adopted me and made me a part of its world, without ever asking for something in return. But if needs be, I know that it can count on me and I will protect it with all my strength.
61. The flat the author lives in is.
A. hugged by a giant tree B. built in an ancient tree
C. decorated with branches D. surrounded by a garden
62. In the author's description, she implies that.
A. she has been living on tree products B. birds keep her warm company
C. moss makes her flat nice and cool D. she has been bothered by the insects
63. What does the author really treasure?
A. A close — to — nature life. B. A luxurious garden.
C. A spacious house. D. A sociable neighbor
64. Which of the following can be used to express the author's feeling?
A. Jealous B. Inferior C. Satisfied D. Passionate
(B)
Shipping containers are gaining popularity as an alternative to traditional houses. These 20-or 40-foot containers can be obtained for a little as several hundred US dollars apiece, and it's not surprising that some industry professionals and even city planners consider them the future of home building. Below are details of some amazing homes made out of shipping containers.
London Container City (I and II)
London's Container City first sprang up in the heart of the docklands in 2001. It took just five months to complete the original 12 work studios. Shortly after that, a fourth floor of studios and living apartments was built on top of these. The first container city was so successful that another — Container City II — was added to it.
Los Angeles Redondo Beach house
With its modem lines and appealing spaces, the award-winning Redondo Beach House is a luxury beach-side showpiece built from eight recycled steel shipping containers, along with some traditional building materials. According to the architects, the modified containers are "nearly indestructible".
Amsterdam Keetwonen
Amsterdam's massive Keetwonen complex houses 1,000 students and it is the largest container city in the world. The hosing project is roaring success and feature units that are quiet and comfortable. Each resident enjoys a bathroom, kitchen and separate sleeping and studying quarters. The complex even has central heating and high-speed internet as well as areas for parking bikes.
Mexico M2ATK Container House
M2ATK designed this unique container house for an artist. It's fully equipped with heating and cooling, a kitchen and bathroom. On the bottom floor of the house are "public spaces" such as the kitchen and living room. The second floor is the bedroom, and the top floor is a studio space in which to work, read and "let fly the imagination".
65. Compared to traditional houses, container houses are.
A. easier to maintain B. less expensive to build
C. more comfortable to live in D. more fashionable in style
66. What can be learned about Amsterdam's Keetwonen complex?
A. It is the first container city in the world B. It features a luxury and unique style.
C. It's equipped with modem facilities. D. It includes living space and car parks.
67. Which of the following is the best title for the poster?
A. Recycled material for Ideal Home B. Home in a Steel Box
C. Shipping Container Home Challenges D. Housing Solutions
（C）
Culture can affect not just language and customs, but also how people experience the world on surprisingly basic levels.
Researchers, with the help of brain scans, have uncovered shocking differences in perception （感知）between Westerners and Asians, what they see when they look at a city street, for example, or even how they perceive a simple line in a square, according to findings published in a leading science journal.
In western countries, culture makes people think of themselves as highly independent entities （实体）.When looking at scenes. Westerners tend to focus more on central objects than on their surroundings. East Asian cultures, however, emphasize inter-dependence. When Easterners look at a scene, they tend focus on surroundings as well as the object.
Using an experiment involving two tasks, DrHedden asked subjects to look at a line simply to estimate its length, a task that is played to American strengths. In another, they estimated the line's length relative to the size of a square, an easier task for the Asians.
The level of brain activity, by tracking blood flow, was then measured by Brain Scanners. The experiment found that although there was no difference in performance, and the tasks were very easy, the levels of activity in the subjects' brains were different. For the Americans, areas linked to attention lit up more, when they worked on the task they tended to find more difficult - estimating the line's size relative to the square. For the Asians, the attention areas lit up more during the harder task also — estimating the line's length without comparing it to the square. The findings are a reflection of more than ten years of previous experimental research into east-west differences.
In one study, for instance, researchers offered people a choice among five pens; four red and one green. Easters were more likely to choose a red pen while Westerners were more likely to choose the green one.
Culture is not affecting how you see the world, but how you choose to understand and internalize （使内化）it. But such habits can be changed. Some psychological studies suggest that when an Easterner goes to the West or vice versa, habits of thought and perception also begin to change. Such research gives us clues on how out brain works and is hopeful for us to develop programs to improve our memory, memory techniques and enhance and accelerate our learning skills.
68. According to the passage, Chinese people are most likely to.
A. more emphasize independent thinking
B. always focus more on their surroundings
C. focus more on the context as well as the object
D. think of Westerners as highly independent entities
69. We know from the passage that people's brains will be more active when.
A. the task is much easier B. the blood flow is tracked
C. people begin to choose colors D. the task is more difficult
70. What do the findings of the experiments mentioned in the passage indicate?
A. They indicate that culture has a great impact on the way people talk and behave.
B. They show that Easterners and Westerners have great differences in perceiving the world.
C. They suggest that people's habits of thought and perception can be changed in different cultures.
D. They make it clear that Easterners and Westerners lay emphasis on different things.
71. It can be inferred from the passage that
A. Easterners prefer collectivism to individualism
B. East Asian cultures lay more emphasis on independence
C. It took over ten years to find out how to improve our brainpower
D. Americans will change their habits of perception when they're in Britain
Section C
Directions: Read the passage carefully. Fill in each blank with a proper sentence given in the box. Each sentence can be used only once. Note that there are two more sentences than you need.
A. There seem few ways for parents to deal with the problems.
B. What doesn't work, parenting experts say, is constant lectures, verbal threats or getting very angry.
C. Parents are all angry at it.
D. Humor can help, too.
E. Parenting experts also recommend that parents first ask children in a nice way to clean up and agree on a reasonable time limit.
F. The mess can disturb the whole household.
An 18-year-giri Kayla Perkins explains what is in her bedroom, "I throw something on the floor and I know right where it is." However, her parents, Steve and Deborah Perkins, of McKinney, Texas, haven't caught on. Even Kayla admits that, at the worst, her room is a mess.
Most families at some point have at least one child whose room looks like a landfill 72 Dirty
clothes pile up; dirty dishes get lost in the mess and smell bad: homework is lost; and valuable things are ruined.
Some parents let it go, believing that a bedroom is private space for children to manage as they wish. Others lecture their children, offer rewards for cleaning, or punish them when they don't.73
Mrs. Perkins says that picked up all the clothes on Kayla's floor and hid them. They cleaned everything up. When Kayla came back to a bare bedroom, there was screaming and shouting, "How can I live without my clothes?" Mrs. Perkins asked Kayla to earn her clothes back by doing housework. These days, she keeps her room clean.
74 For example, since Jessica, the 14-year-old daughter wasn't bothered by the dirty clothes
all over her floor, the whole family started using her room as a place to store dirty clothes. Her attitude changed after her family did that. By the time she gave in and cleaned up her room a few days later, even she was laughing.
75 Children often behave better if you treat them in the way you would want to be treated by
your boss at work — with respect and high expectation.
IV. Summary Writing
Directions: Read the following three passages. Summarize the main idea and the main point(s) of the passage in no more than 60 words. Use your own words as far as possible.
The advantages of social networking
Why do most people sign up to social networking sites? The main reason is to stay in touch with other people. These sites also help people to find their childhood friends that they have lost touch with. Renewing these long-lost friendships is just a click away. It is very exciting to be able to catch up with friends and keep up with their news on am almost daily basis thanks to frequent updates.
Keep up-to-date, however, doesn't have to be restricted to friends and acquaintances (相识的人), What many people tend to forget is that they can also use networking sites for professional reasons. It is actually a great way of finding out about upcoming job opportunities. Friends might know about job vacancies that may not be advertised elsewhere or they can even recommend their friends for certain jobs. Even people already employed can promote their business online. This is particularly important for artists, actors and musicians who can create pages devoted to their band or theatre company, and inform fans about their gigs (现场演唱会)or least exhibitions. In addition, the sites can be used to allow the public to give instant feedback on the artists' work and to interact with their favourite artist.
Another great advantage of social networking sites is how easy it is to organize an event with your friends. Thanks to different settings people can organize their friends by different criteria (标准).These criteria (标准)could be how close friends they are, common interests and hobbies or where they live. This means if a certain event takes place, for example, an open-air concert or a football match, all they have to do is invite the right group of friends to attend. Some networking sites offer a range of quizzes and games, so friends living on opposite sides of the globe can invite each other to participate and compete in a variety of games without leaving their homes.
V. Translation
Directions: Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in the brackets.
77.他不仅精通英语，而且对法语也有信心。(confidence)
78.如果方便的话，请协助我们搜寻那个犯罪。(search)
79.即使作为一位奥运冠军为大众所熟知，他还是天天乘区间车去体育馆。(well-known)
80.能适应自主学习是好的，但必要时，你要向老师寻求帮助。(manage)
VI. Guided Writing
Directions: Write an English composition in 120-150 words according to the instructions given below in Chinese.
你校准备为高三学生开展一次普及上海历史知识的活动，现有两个方案征求大家意见：
1.学校组织学生集体驱车前往上海市历史博物馆(Shanghai History Museum),现场参观并聆听专业讲解员 (professional museum guide)介绍上海历史，共计五小时；
2.学校邀请某知名大学历史教授到校以“上海历史”为主题做讲座，共计两小时。
请你以李华的名义向王校长写一封信，在信中谈谈你更偏向哪个方案，并说明理由。
参考答案：
语法填空
21. shook 22. if whether 23. returning 24. that 25. but
26. better 27. trembling 28. her
29. even if 30. a 31. to be thrown 32. have featured 33. his 34. can 35. from
选词填空
36. B 37. E 38. C 39. J 40. F 41.H 42. K 43. A 44. G 45.I
完形填空
46-50 CBDBA 51-55 CADDA 56-60 CBCDB
阅读理解
61. A 62. B 63. A 64. C
65. B 66. C 67. B
68. C 69. D 70, B 7k A
72. F 73. B 74. D 75. E
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