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阅读下面的短文,掌握其大意, 然后从1-15各题所给出的A、B、C、D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 Once a young man was in deep love with a girl. This man folded 1,000 pieces of paper cranes (纸鹤) as a gift to his girl. Although he was a small branch manager in a company, and his __1__ didn’t seem too bright, they were very __2__ together until one day, his girl told him she was going to Paris and would never come back. She also told him that she couldn’t see any future for both of them, “so let’s go our own __3__ from now on…” The young man was __4__, but he agreed. When he regained his __5__, he worked hard day and night, just to make something out of himself. Finally with all the __6__ work, this man set up his own __7__. One rainy day, while this man was __8__, he saw an elderly couple sharing an umbrella in the rain, walking to somewhere. He __9__ that they were his ex-girlfriend’s (前女友)parents, so he drove slowly beside the couple, wanting them to find him in his expensive car and to know that he had his own company, car, etc. To the man’s surprise, the couple were walking towards a cemetery (墓地). He got out of his car and followed them. And there he saw his ex-girlfriend — a photograph of her __10__ as sweetly as ever at him from her tombstone, and those precious paper cranes in a glass bottle! He walked over and asked the couple why this had happened. They explained that __11__ she did not leave for France at all. She fell ill with cancer. In her heart, she had believed that he would __12__ some day. She didn’t not want her __13__ to be his barrier(障碍). Therefore, she chose to leave him. She asked her __14__ to put his paper cranes beside her, because if the day comes when fate brings him to her again he can take some of those back with him. The man just cried __15__. He was heartbroken once again.
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阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空，并将答案填写在答题卡标号为16-25的相应位置上。 Christopher Reeve was born in September, 1952. He was in his first school play when he was eight and he started 16 (act) in TV shows and films while he was still in college. He made many successful films and TV shows but he is 17 (famous) for his Superman films. Unfortunately, disaster came in 1995 18 he fell from his horse and broke his back. The doctors did not expect him to live. 19 , he made 20 (amaze) progress. At first, he couldn’t breathe 21 a machine, but he learnt to breathe on his own. He would never walk again but he started a new life with great 22 (courageous). The second year after his accident, Christopher returned to film making. He also raised a lot of money to promote medical research into back injuries. He made speeches all over the USA about 23 experiences. This not only drew public attention 24 research into back injuries but also encouraged a lot of people 25 (live) with all kinds of problems.
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We were standing at the top of a church tower. My father had brought me to this spot in a small town not far from our home in Rome. I wondered why. “Look down, Elsa,” father said. I gathered all my courage and looked down. I saw the square in the center of the village. And I saw the crisscross (十字形) of twisting, turning streets leading to the square. “See, my dear,” father said gently. “There is more than one way to the square. Life is like that. If you can’t get to the place where you want to go by one road, try another.” Now I understood why I was there. Earlier that day I had begged my mother to do something about the awful lunches that were served at school. But she refused because she could not believe the lunches were as bad as I said. When I turned to father for help, he didn’t say anything. Instead, he brought me to this high tower to give me a lesson. By the time we reached home, I had a plan. At school the next day, I secretly poured my luncheon（午餐）soup into a bottle and brought it home. Then I asked our cook to serve it to mother at dinner. The plan worked perfectly. She swallowed one spoonful and sputtered（喷溅出）“ The cook must have gone mad！” Quickly I told her what I had done, and Mother stated firmly that she would take up the matter of lunches at school the next day! In the years that followed I often remembered the lesson father taught me. I began to work as a fashion designer two years ago. I wouldn’t stop working until I tried every possible means to my goal. Father’s wise words always remind me that there is more than one way to the square. 1.The author’s father took her to the top of a church tower to ____________.
2.What did the author want her mother to do earlier that day?.
3.The underlined sentence in the fifth paragraph suggests that__________________.
4.What did the author’s mother think of her luncheon soup after she tasted it?
5.By sharing her own experiences, the author tries to tell us ____________.
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Scholars and researchers have tried to discover what personality characteristics go along with success in intercultural(跨文化的)experiences. Their findings have often been unclear or incomplete. But three characteristics stand out in their reports: patience, a sense of humor, and the awareness (意识, 认识)of being unclear. Patience, of course, is the ability to keep calm even when things do not go as one wants them to, or hopes they will, or has even been sure they will. Impatience sometimes brings improvements in relations with other people, but usually it does not. A person with a sense of humor is less likely to take things too seriously and more ready to see the humor in his own reactions than a humorless person. The value of a sense of humor really needs to be paid more attention to. The awareness of being unclear is a more difficult concept than patience or a sense of humor. Foreigners often find themselves in situations that are unclear to the newcomers. That is, they do not know what is happening in the situation. Perhaps they do not understand the local language well enough, or they do not know how some system or organization works, or they can’t be sure of different people’s roles in what is going on. “It’s like I just got here from the moon,” a Chinese graduate student who newly arrived in the United States said, “things are just so different here.” 1.The passage mainly tells us .
2. According to the passage, what characteristic should be most focused on?
3.“The awareness of being unclear” refers to .
4.According to the writer, the Chinese students are .
5.Which of the following can best sum up the passage?
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Many teenagers feel that the most important people in their lives are their friends. They believe that their family members, especially their parents, don't know them as well as their friends do. In large families, it is often for brothers and sisters to fight with each other and then they can only go to their friends for advice. It is very important for teenagers to have one good friend or many friends. Even when they are not with their friends, they usually spend a lot of time talking among themselves on the phone. This communication is very important in children's growing up, because friends can discuss something difficult to say to their family members. However, parents often try to choose their children's friends for them. Some parents may even stop their children from meeting their good friends. The question of "choice" is an interesting one. Have you ever thought of the following questions? Who choose your friends? Do you choose your friends or your friends choose you? Have you got a good friend your parents don't like? 1.Many teenagers think their know them better than their parents do.
2. When teenagers stay alone, the usual way of communication is to .
3.Which of the following is different in meaning from the sentence "Some parents may even stop their children from meeting their good friends."?
4.The passage suggests (暗示) that _______.
5.Which of the following do you think is right according to the passage?
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In many parts of the world，cars play an important role in daily life and many societies would not exist without them. So the idea that in 20 years’ time, no one will own cars may be hard to believe. But this is the prediction made by a team of transport researchers who are taken seriously, not only by government but also by car manufacturers. The Human Science and Advanced Technology Institute at Loughborough in the UK is part of an international research program. The team there believes that by 2020 all cars will be computerized, which will mean much saving，no accidents and better use of roads. The super-intelligent car of the 21st century will drive itself, and it will not be owned by one individual. Instead, we will have a choice of cars and change them as frequently as we change our clothing. According to Dr. David Davis，who leads the research team, these predictions are based on the rising cost of the car culture, which had blocked up our cities, polluted our air, and caused more deaths than both world wars put together. Davis says cars will be fitted with some intelligent devices to regulate the distance between one car and another. The car will automatically speed up, or slow down, to match the speed of the car in front. Computers are much safer drivers than people, so cars in a road train will be able to drive much closer together than cars driven by people. By 2010, Dr. David Davis believes, car technology will give motorists a clear view of the road, whatever the weather conditions, by projecting an image of the road ahead on to the car’s windscreen. And by 2020, cars will travel in convoy linked to each other electronically. Cars will be connected by an electronic tow bar to the car in front to form “road-trains”. “The front vehicle in such a train burns the normal amount.” says Davis. “But all the others in the train would bum about ten percent 0f the normal amount, and so produce about ten percent of the pollution.” 1. We know from the passage that governments and car manufacturers .
2. Which of the following will be the characteristic of the cars of 2020?
3.The leader of the research team believes that the present car culture will change because .
4.The expression closest in meaning to the phrase “in convoy” in the last paragraph is .
5. What will happen if cars are joined to each other electronically in 2020？
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OLYMPIA, March 24—Luo Xuejuan, a swimming gold medalist at the Athens 2004 Olympic Games, became the first Chinese person to relay the Olympic Flame in Greece on Monday, receiving the flame from the first Olympic torchbearer(火炬手), Greek Alexandros Nikolaidis. Despite her previous experience as a torchbearer in the Beijing leg of the Athens 2004 torch relay, Luo felt honored and proud of being chosen as the first Chinese torchbearer, the Xihua News Agency reported Luo as saying in an interview. She talked about the great responsibility that she felt, as she believed she was representing every Chinese athlete and even Chinese person by running her leg of the relay. Regarding missing the torch lighting ceremony because she had to be in an assigned location to wait for the flame, Luo felt no regret. “Even though I couldn’t see it, I was able to feel the flame light and knew that it was happening at a place nearby,” she said. Luo expressed her belief that even if people couldn’t communicate with words, the Olympic Flame enables the transmission of the Olympic spirit and brings smiles wherever it might go. In Luo’s mind, the Olympic spirit represents purity, competition, friendship, enthusiasm, peace and harmony. 1.Why didn’t Luo see the torch lighting ceremony?
2. Choose the best explanation for the underlined word “leg” in Paragraph Three.
3.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
4.What’s the best title of the passage?
5.This passage is most likely to be seen in a .
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信息匹配(共5小题, 每小题2分, 满分10分) 请阅读下列应用文及相关信息, 并按照要求匹配信息。请在答题卡上将对应题号的相应选项字母涂黑, E涂AB, F涂CD。 首先，请阅读下列职位招聘的信息： A. Needed: Full time secretary position available. Applicants should have at least 2 years experience and be able to type 60 words a minute. No computer skills required. Apply in person at United Business Ltd, 17 Browning Street. B. Are you looking for a part time job? We require 3 part-time shop assistants to work during the evening. No experience required. Applicants should be between 18 and 26. Call 366-76564 for more information. C. Computer trained secretaries: Do you have experience working with computers? Would you like a full time position working in an exciting new company? If your answer is yes, give us a call at 457-89654. D. Teacher needed: Tommy’s Kindergarten needs 2 teachers/trainers to help with classes from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Applicants should have appropriate licenses. For more information visit Tommy’s Kindergarten in Leicester Square No. 56. E. Part Time work available: We are looking for retired adults who would like to work part time at the weekend. Responsibilities include answering the telephone and giving customers information. For more information contact us by calling 345-674123. F. University positions open: The University of Cumberland is looking for 4 teaching assistants to help with homework correction. Applicants should have a degree in one of the following: Political Science, Religion, Economics or History. Please contact the University of Cumberland for more information. 请阅读下列应聘者的信息，然后匹配应聘者与所拟应聘的职位： 1. Jack Anderson. Jack graduated from the University of Trent with a degree in Economics two years ago. He would like an academic position. 2. Margaret Lillian. Margaret is 21 years old and would like a part time position to help her pay her university expenses. She can only work in the evenings. 3. Alice. Alice was trained as a secretary and has six years of experience. She is an excellent typist but does not know how to use a computer. She is looking for a full-time position. 4. Peter Florien. Peter went to business school and studied computer and secretarial skills. He is looking for his first job and would like a full time position. 5.Lynne Nagata. Lynne, aged 65, once worked in kindergarten. She is now a housewife, helping her daughter with her housework on weekdays. She is looking for a part-time job.
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根据所给首字母或中文意思，用单词的适当形式填空 （每个1分, 共20分.） 1.He was c__________(好奇的) to know what was going on in the neighborhood. 2.The law applies to all EU countries; Britain is no e__________ (例外). 3. It was pouring. The hunter got inside a hollow tree for s__________ (庇护). 4. This new pay-TV channel sends s__________ (信号) via satellite to cable companies. 5.They o__________(提供) him a very good job, but he turned it down. 6.The entire s__________ (员工) has done an outstanding job this year. 7. A good diet is e__________ (必不可少的) for everyone. 8. His dog became his closest c__________(同伴). 9.She a__________ (申请) for a job with the local newspaper yesterday. 10.She keeps a bottle of gin h__________ (隐藏的) behind a stack of books. 11. I want to do research on Mark Twain. Is there a b__________ (传记) about him? 12. He had a v__________(生动的) picture of her in his mind. 13. Sorry to d_________ (打扰) you, but I have an urgent message. 14. He finally won his f__________(自由) after twenty years in jail. 15.Our o__________(起初的) plan was to go camping, but it was pouring with rain. 16. Many endangered species now face e__________ (灭绝) 17.This kind of apples is more expensive because they are i__________(进口）from abroad. 18.The hotel is not modern, but it does have the a__________ (优势) of being close to the city. 19.Jordan, a talented leader, led his team to v__________(胜利) . 20. She s_________ (得分) an average of 95 in the last test.
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基础写作（满分15分） 写一篇影评,介绍下面内容. 【写作内容】 1. 《里约大冒险》(Rio)，是由美国二十世纪福克斯公司(20th Century Fox Animation in America) 出品的喜剧动画片。 2. 主要讲述了鹦鹉布鲁 (Blu)的冒险经历：布鲁一直以为自己是世界上仅存的一只金刚鹦鹉, 因此当他得知巴西还有他的同类时, 他就决定去找它。 3. 著名电影《冰川时代》(Ice Age) 制作者卡洛斯.沙尔丹哈(Carlos Saldanha)导演了这部电影。 4. 好莱坞(Hollywood) 当红明星杰西.艾森伯格(Jesse Eisenberg)、安妮.海瑟薇(Anne Hathaway) 等人为这部电影做了配音,这使得这部电影更有吸引力。 5. 这部电影聚集了3D动画、美妙的音乐和精彩的剧情，值得一看。 [写作要求] 1）请按内容要求写一篇电影评论。字数：100-130 2）必须包括所有内容要点，但不要逐条译成英语 [评分标准] 句子结构准确，信息内容完整和篇章结构连贯。 喜剧动画片: a comedy animation 金刚鹦鹉 a macaw parrot 3D 动画: 3D scenes 配音 offer one’s voice
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