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第Ⅰ卷

第一部分听力（略）

第二部分英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）

第一节单项填空 （共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）

从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

21．The realname system in whichtrain tickets will be sold based on real names is aimed at fighting ticketscalping, which has long beenheadache for Chinese travelers.

A./；/B. the；a

C. the；/D. /；a

22．Histo become a pilot was held back by his poor eyesight.

A. destinationB. inspiration

C. ambitionD. promotion

23．—How did your final examination go?

—I couldnt feel anyabout it! And my parents have been proud of me, too.

A. worseB. best

C. betterD. worst

24．This young man is very clever; he may beEdison.

A. the oneB. the other

C. anotherD. one

25．Your understanding on the theory issatisfactory. You must read more after class.

A. far fromB. up to

C. along withD. free of

26．—I wonder how much you charge for your services.

—The first two are freethe third costs 30.

A. whileB. until

C. whenD. before

27．One primary goal of UNESCO is tomodern knowledge societies in which all people can participate in information and knowledge.

A. make upB. polish up

C. build upD. take up

28．—I wonder if you could go to the movie with me.

—Oh, just leave me alone. Ia composition all the morning and havent finished yet.

A. write

B. was writing

C. have written

D. have been writing

29．Theythe computer problem, which in turn helped us get back online.

A. have solvedB. had solved

C. solveD. solved

30．Not having worked out the problem,leave the office.

A. so he was not allowed to

B. and the didnt want to

C. the teacher couldnt make him

D. he couldnt free himself to

31．—Be careful! Dont forget you are on a ladder.

—But you are holding it for me, nothing

.

A. worry aboutB. to worry about

C. is worried aboutD. worrying about

32．Were still at the airport. If it werent for the delayed flight, wethe concert right now.

A. can be enjoying

B. must have enjoyed

C. would be enjoying

D. should have enjoyed

33．The Gate of Fortune, fromtop tourists can enjoy a wonderful sea view, will attract lots of people.

A. whichB. whose

C. whereD. it

34．—Why are you staring at me?

—You look stupid! The way you wear isannoys me most.

A. whichB. where

C. howD. what

35．Nobody would stand out admitting the fact, for some reason,they lost the game.

A. thatB. which

C. for whichD. why

第二节完形填空（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四个选项（A、B、 C和D）中, 选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

The great whales are among the most fascinating creatures that have ever lived on earth, and one of them, the blue whale, is the largest. People in ancient times thought of whales36fearsome monsters of the ocean depths. 37 to hunt a whale, when one occasionally swam toward shore, 38 high adventure. People found the adventure was 39 too, for the oil and meat from one whale alone could heat and feed a village for a whole winter.

Whales40 huge fish. They were 41 to by the ancient people as “great fish”, and any whale beached along the coasts of England was 42 “the Kings fish” because it automatically belonged to the Crown. But whales are not fish. They are warmblooded,43mammals44 from a thinly haired, fourfooted creature that lived on dry land.

About 60,000,000 years ago the whales ancestors45 the sea by stages and46developed a streamlined47 and other characteristics 48enabled them 49 survive in their new environment. They became marine mammals, 50, though they live 51in the water, function and behave in many ways that are usually 52 with land animals. For example, whales bear live offspring, 53 their young, and breathe through lungs. Because they are lung breathers, they must surface at 54 intervals to take 55 air, and, like land mammals, they can drown.

36．A. areB. as

C. forD. like

37．A. SoB. Because

C. HowD. When

38．A. isB. being

C. was D. was being

39．A. awardingB. interesting

C. rewardingD. tiring

40．A. likeB. similar

C. equalD. resemble

41．A. referredB. regarded

C. looked upD. thought

42．A. engaged toB. located in

C. designed forD. offered as

43．A. flesheatingB. airbreathing

C. shortfootedD. twotailed

44．A. decliningB. coming

C. evolvingD. disappearing

45．A. took toB. took out

C. took upD. took on

46．A. occasionallyB. accidentally

C. graduallyD. suddenly

47．A. lineB. shape

C. blockD. class

48．A. thatB. where

C. whoD. as

49．A. forB. and

C. inD. to

50．A. thatB. who

C. whoseD. when

51．A. entirelyB. partly

C. additionallyD. deliberately

52．A. communicatedB. associated

C. combinedD. related

53．A. nursingB. or nurse

C. nurseD. to nurse

54．A. specialB. particular

C. generalD. regular

55．A. throughB. out

C. inD. on

第三部分阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）

第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A, B, C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A

Thats the golden rule of brainpower. The brain functions like a muscle in that the more you use it, the stronger it gets. Watching lots of unstimulating（无刺激的）TV, having a job routine, cooking, cleaning, and shopping the same way over and over—all contribute to brainpower loss. Learning new things, varying your routines, having provocative discussions, going on adventurous vacations, and playing a musical instrument all cause your brain to make new connections and function better.

Feed your brain whole grain. If youve been following a highprotein, lowcarb diet and at the same time finding your memory going, its probably not a coincidence. One study of 22 older people from the University of Toronto found that those whose diets contained the greatest percentage of calories as carbohydrates performed best on memory and task tests. Make sure youre getting your carbs from fruits, vegetables, and whole grains, not ice cream, candy, and cake.

Skip dessert tonight and tomorrow night as well. It might just help you drop a few pounds—a good thing when it comes to memory. Thats because Swedish researchers found that older women diagnosed with memory problems tended to be an average of 11~17 pounds overweight compared to women who had fewer memory failures.

Switch the television station to public broadcasting.The higherlevel programming on public television will do more to engage your brain than any reality show or sitcom（情景喜剧）ever could. As we said, the more engaged your brain, the healthier your brain functions, including memory.

Read for an hour every day. But forget Jackie Collins novels. Pick a topic about which you know very little and read five books on that topic. Then move on to the next topic. Your brain will soak up the knowledge like a rosebush, sending out blooms in the form of neurons（神经元）that help maintain a healthy memory.

56．Which of the following is Not beneficial for your brainpower according to the first paragraph?

A.Taking an adventurous trip with friends.

B.Playing different music on the piano every day.

C. Learning how to drive a car from an experienced driver.

D. Watching lots of TV plays about love.

57．If you want to improve your brainpower, youd better eat more.

A. chocolate and oranges

B. apples and cabbages

C. ice cream and fried rice

D. mooncake and nut candy

58．Our brain will be engaged more when we .

A. read the novels you like best for an hour every day

B. watch the high level programming on public television

C. discuss the same simple topic with different friends

D. do some shopping and cooking every day

59．From the passage we can infer .

A. having a job routine increases

brainpower

B. old people, generally, having the same memory as before

C. women with overweight watch many more TV programs

D. if we absorb knowledge all the time, we may keep our brain powerful

B

Washington—Almost half of todays US ceremonies are “encore weddings,” in which one or both members of the happy couple have been married before. Many other weddings unite people from different cultures with different ideas about gifts, all of which means more research for anyone who used to give pans and toaster ovens.

“The symbolism of wedding gifts has changed,” says etiquette consultant Peggy Post. “In the past, gifts helped set up a couples home. Now its important that a wedding gift be something a couple can enjoy.”

Todays bride often is a woman in her 30s who already has a wellequipped home and kitchen. She and her groom, who already have such traditional gifts as china, crystal and silver, may prefer camping equipment. Or hope for contributions toward a giant flatscreen TV or their dream honeymoon in Venice. Their Internet registry site might suggest guests book a gondola （威尼斯游船） ride, or a dinner for two overlooking the Grand Canal.

“Often a couple will use the wedding as an opportunity to upgrade what they already have, including their reputations and their living standards, ” says Carley Roney of theknot.com Internet wedding service. “So you can give them an antique fork, or something else extravagant （奢侈的） they really like.” And theyd always be happy to take a check.

60．Traditional wedding gifts are the following except .

A. chinaB. toaster ovens

C. ski sticksD. frying pans

61．Todays brides and grooms often take advantage of their weddings to .

A. get favorite antique forks

B. raise their reputations and living standards

C. invite guests as many as possible from different cultures

D. improve their free tours abroad

62．What can we learn about weddings from the passage?

A. An encore wedding means the new couple are both remarried.

B. Almost half of todays Americans hold encore weddings.

C. Todays new couples are as rich as those in the past.

D. Modern wedding gifts might be checks.

C

The canyons（峡谷） of Americas Southwest are deep, ancient openings in the earth. They look as if they formed as the earth split apart. But the canyons did not split. They were cut by rivers.

Looking at the Grand Canyon is like looking back in time. Forty million years ago, the Colorado River began cutting through the area. At the same time, the surrounding land was pushed up by forces deep within the Earth. Rain, snow, ice, wind, and plant roots rubbed away at the top of the new canyon. Below, the flowing river continued to uncover more and more levels of ancient rock.

Some of Earths oldest rocks are seen here. There are many levels of granite （花岗岩）, schist（片岩）, limestone, and sandstone.

The Grand Canyon has several weather environments. The top is often much different from the bottom. On some winter days, for example, you may find cold winds and snow at the top. But at the bottom, you may find warm winds and flowers.

Several kinds of plants and animals are found in the canyon and nowhere else on Earth. Because the canyons environments are so different, these species did not spread beyond the canyon, or even far within it.

Native American Indians occupied the Grand Canyon three thousand years ago. Today, the Grand Canyon is known as one of the seven wonders of the natural world. About five million people visit the canyon each year. Most visitors walk along paths part way down into the canyon. It takes several hours to walk to the bottom. It takes two times as long to get back up. Some visitors ride mules to the bottom and back. Hundreds of thousands of people see the canyon by air each year. Visitors can see the Grand Canyon in still another way. A huge glass walkway, called the Skywalk, extends twentyone meters from the edge of the Grand Canyon. The Skywalk is suspended more than one thousand two hundred meters above the bottom of the canyon. It is shaped like a giant horseshoe. Visitors pay twentyfive dollars each to walk beyond the canyon walls, surrounded by the canyon, while standing at the edge of the glass bridge.

Many writers have tried to describe the wonder of the Grand Canyon. They use words like mysterious, overpowering, strange. Yet writers recognize that it is impossible to put human meaning in such a place. The Grand Canyon exists in its own space and time.

63．The main idea of the second paragraph should be .

A. the history of the Grand Canyon

B. how the Grand Canyon was formed

C. what can be seen in the Grand Canyon

D. time can rub away anything

64．Which aspect of the Grand Canyon is NOT mentioned in the passage ?

A. The weather environment.

B. The ways of traveling.

C. The geographical location.

D. Its width and length.

65．The underlined sentence in the last paragraph probably means that .

A. human being cant live in the Grand Canyon

B. people lack the words describing it

C. writers cant describe the beauty of the Grand Canyon

D. the Grand Canyon is not strange enough to describe it.

66．This passage is most probably taken from .

A. An advertisementB. A novel

C. A travel brochureD. An history book

D

The legal age for drinking alcohol in the United States is twentyone. Underage drinking is a crime but also a common part of college social life. This week in our Foreign Student Series, we look at alcohol policies at American colleges and universities. These policies differ from school to school, as do enforcement efforts. But many schools have been moving to strengthen their rules.

The United States has more than 170,000,000 students in higher education. Each year, 1,700 of them age eighteen to twentyfour die from alcoholrelated road crashes and other injuries. 600,000 more are injured while under the influence of alcohol. And almost 700,000 are attacked by another student who has been drinking. These numbers, from a 2009 report, are on a government Web site: collegedrinkingprevention.gov.

One behavior that college officials are trying to prevent is binge drinking, having four or five drinks or more in a short period of time. Some researchers have found that students who think binge drinking is normal often overestimate how much other students really drink. A person can die of alcohol poisoning.

At the University of Oklahoma, new policies went into effect after a nineteenyearold student died in 2008. He had been drinking heavily at a fraternity party.

Now alcohol is banned from all fraternity and sorority houses and university housing. Student organizations can serve alcohol at events but only on Friday and Saturday nights. And they must provide for transportation to and from offcampus parties. Other new requirements include an alcohol education program that firstyear students take online.

The policies govern behavior on campus and off. With a first violation（违背）, students pay seventyfive dollars and their parents are told. They must also take an alcohol education class. For a second “strike”, they have to pay one hundred fifty dollars. A third strike means a suspension（停学）for at least on semester.

Since January of 2010, six hundred thirtythree students have had a first strike. Thirty have had a second strike—and one has been suspended. An official at Oklahoma tells us the aim is not just to punish but to change behavior and the culture at the university.

67．Each year in the United States, about 1,700 young college students die.

A. from alcohol poisoning

B. from traffic accidents

C. under the influence of alcohol

D. from being attacked by other students

68．Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the above passage?

A.The deaths or injuries of the students are all because they have been drinking.

B. The numbers from collegedrinkingprevention.gov. are not accurate at all.

C. The death of a 19yearold student influenced policies in the University of Oklahoma.

D. No student organizations can offer alcohol at events in the US now.

69．The underlined word “overestimate” in Paragraph 3 probably means “”.

A. to give little attention to

B. to guess too high an amount of

C. to speak in favor of

D. to have too high an opinion of

70．Which of the following can be the best title of this article?

A. Studying in the US: Rules About Alcohol

B. The Legal Age for Drinking Alcohol in the United States.

C. Policies of Drinking Alcohol in the US Differ From School to School

D. New Policies About Alcohol Drinking At the University of Oklahoma.

第二节（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。

When you have a question about something, where do you go? For many people the answer is simple. They go online to a search engine like Google or Yahoo. But what about people in rural or underdeveloped areas who may have no way to get on the Internet? Luckily, Rose Shuman, a business and international development consultant in California, has found a way for them.

71Question Box is a service that provides answers—free of charge—for people who cannot search the Internet directly. They might not be able to read, or they simply have no access.

72 People use a metal call box with a pushtotalk button to connect to a live operator, as Rose Shuman explains, “You just push a button, a big green button, and that will connect you directly to our operators who are sitting in front of computers, and speak your language.73 And theyll look it up in English or in Hindi, or whatever the main language is, and translate the answer right back for you.”

The service is currently offered in two villages. The latest version of the box uses mobile phone technology and solar panels in case the electrical power fails. Rose Shuman says the aim was to make the box as easy as possible for users.

“Rather than try to bring a lot of infrastructure to them and expect them to learn how to use the Internet, the idea was to make a technology that even Grandma could use, figuring that Grandma could probably walk up to a box and push a button,” added Shuman.

In April, Question Box expanded to Uganda. Forty community workers with mobile phones connect villagers to call center operators in Kampala.74 They wear Tshirts that say “Ask Me.”

75 So Question Box teamed up with a local technology company to store information on a local server. That way, the researchers in Kampala can quickly search the database for answers when users ask about current events and many other subjects.

Rose Shuman continued, “When was Mahatma Gandhi born and how long is the Nile River? Whats the tallest mountain? The funniest one I think we got was, ‘Did the pyramids ever move to another place?, which we found pretty funny. But we did look it up, and they havent moved.”

A. Question Box began two years ago in India.

B. Her amazing solution is “Question Box”.

C. Some modern technologies have been used for improving the service.

D. The workers go around telling people about the service.

E. You can ask them any sort of question you want.

F. But Internet service in Uganda proved slow and undependable.

G. Those who asked questions wanted to make progress in their studies.

第Ⅱ卷

第四部分写作（共两节，满分35分）

第一节短文改错（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. 允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。

Our school has had a survey on reading. It shows that 55 percent the students spend their time reading textbooks after the school. Only 10 percent enjoy read literature. Why are so many students unwilling to read serious works? According to the survey, they have no enough time because they have too many homework to do. Some complain that literary work are so thick that they have hardly enough patient to finish them. Others who only concentrates on how to get high scores simply admit that reading literature wont help them at all with their exams. Whats more, some students show no interest in literature. In fact, books play important role in our life. Not only can reading make us relaxing, but it also helps us learn the customs and cultures in the past and at the present, at home and abroad.

第二节书面表达（满分25分）

2014年5月12日是汶川大地震六周年纪念日，你校举行了一系列活动。……