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25. The students in the camp are lying on the ground, listening to the heavy rain beating ________ the window A. to B. against C. by D. in
26. There is only one dress of this kind left here. I wonder if you still want to buy ________. A. one B. it C. some D. any
27. George Washington was born in 1732 in a rich family in ________ is now the state of Virginia. A. which B. where C. that D. what
28. As a new teacher, he often thinks of ________ he can react more appropriately on such occasions. A. what B. which C. that D. how 29. The cause he had been devoted to ________ a great success. A. proved B. was proved C. has been proved D. proving
30. The government admitted that it had reached a point in history ________ some action on petroleum products had become essential. A. how B. where C. why D. which
31. The school is famous for such strict rules ________ good for students in forming good habits. A. that are B. as is C. as are D. that is
32. With the real name policy introduced, we may increase the risks of ________, which may lead to the abuse of the information. A. leaked personal information B. personal information being leaked C. personal information leaked D. personal information leaking 33. Hearing the dog barking fiercely at the entrance gat, away ________. A. did the thief flee B. fleeing the thief C. fled the thief D. the thief fled 34. ________ many times, the boy still couldn't understand the meaning of the sentence. A. Having explained B. Explaining C. Since he explained D. Though is was explained
35. One of the few things you ________ say about English people with certainty is that they talk a lot about the weather. A. need B. mush C. should D. can
36. On stepping into the classroom, she was astonished to find the desk ________ with something unknown. A. covered B. covering C. to cover D. to be covered 37. The secretary asked her boss whether he had anything more ________ before she went back home. A. to type B. typed C. to be typed D. has typed 38. ________ their real economic situations, they got some relief fund from the government. A. Considering B. Considered C. Being considered D. Having been considered
39. I don't imagine Russ and his poor dog had a good time on the deserted island, ________? A. didn't they B. do I C. did they D. hadn‟t they
40. The fire was finally brought under control, but not ________ extensive damage had been caused. A. after B. before C. since D. as Keys:
BBDDA BCBCD DACAC B
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A. existing B. incredibly C. historic D. relatively E. powering F. replace G. least H. lost I. protect J. most
When we think of green buildings, we tend to think of new ones – the kind of high-tech, solar-paneled masterpieces that make the covers of architecture magazines. But the U.S. has more than 100 million existing homes, and it would be __41__ wasteful to tear them all down and __42__ them with greener versions. An enormous amount of energy and resources went into the construction of those houses. And it would take an average of 65 years for the reduced carbon emissions from a new energy-efficient home to make up for the resources __43__ by destroying an old one. So in the broadest sense, the greenest home is the one that has already been built. But at the same time, nearly half of U. S. carbon emissions come from heating, cooling and __44__ our homes, offices and other buildings. \"You can't deal with climate change without dealing with __45__ buildings,\" says Richard Moe, the president of the National Trust.
With some exceptions, the oldest homes tend to be the __46__ energy-efficient. Houses built before 1939 use about 50% more energy per square foot than those built after 2000, mainly due to the tiny cracks and gaps that expand over time and let in more outside air.
Fortunately, there are a __47__ number of relatively simple changes that can green older homes, from __48__ ones like Lincoln's Cottage to your own postwar home. And efficiency upgrades can save more than just the earth; they can help __49__ property owners from rising power costs.
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III Reading comprehension Section A 15%
Kimiyuki Suda should be a perfect customer for Japan‟s car-makers. He‟s a young, successful executive at an Internet-services company in Tokyo and has plenty of disposable income. He used to own Toyota‟s Hilux Surf, a sport utility vehicle. But now he uses 50 subways and grains . “It‟s not inconvenient at all ,” he says 51 , “having a car is so 20th century.”
Suda reflects a worrisome 52 in Japan; the automobile is losing its emotional__53____, particularly among the young ,who prefer to spend their money on the latest electronic devices. 54 mini-cars and luxury foreign brands are still popular ,everything in between is slipping. .Last years sales _55___6.7 percent, 7.6 percent 56 you don‟t count the mini-car market . There have been larger one-year drops in other nations :sales in Germany fell 9 percent in 2007 57 a tax increase . But experts say Japan is
58 in that sales have been decreasing steadily over time. Since 1990, yearly new-car sales have fallen from 7.8 million to 5.4 million units in 2007.
Alarmed by this state of decay, the Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association (JAMA)
59 a comprehensive study of the market in 2006. It found that a 60 wealth gap, demographic(人口结构的) changes and 61 lack of interest in cars led Japanese to hold their Vehicles longer , replace their cars with smaller ones or__62___ car ownership altogether .JAMA 63 a further sales decline of 1.2 percent this year. Some experts believe that if the trend continues for much longer , further consolidation (合并) in the automotive sector is 64 . 50. A) mostly C) occasionally B) partially D) rarely Key: A
51. A) Therefore C) Otherwise B) Besides D) Consequently Key: B
52. A) drift C) current B) tide D) trend Key: D
53. A) function C) connection B) appeal D )value Key: B
54. A) While C) When B) Because D) Since Key: A
55. A) fell C)rose B) topped D) failed Key:A
56. A) unless C) as B) if D) after Key: B
57. A) in spite of C) in terms of B) as to D) due to Key: D
58. A) unique C) mysterious B) similar D) strange Key:A
59. A) proceeded C) launched B)relieved D) revised Key: C
60. A) quickening C) strengthening B) widening D) lengthening Key：B
61. A) average C) abundant B) massive D) general Key: D
62. A) take over C) give up B) engage in D) switch to
Key：C
63. A) concludes C) reckons B) predicts D) prescribes Key:B
64. A) distant C) likely B) temporary D) immediate Key:C
Section B 22%
(A)
Years ago, when I started looking for my first job, wise advisers urged, \"Barbara, be enthusiastic! Enthusiasm will take you further than any amount of experience.\" How right they were!
\"Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm,\" wrote Ralph Waldo Emerson. It is the paste that helps you hang on there when the going gets tough. It is the inner voice that whispers, \"I can do it!\" when others shout, \"No, you can't.\" It took years and years for the early work of Barbara McClintock, a geneticist who won the 1983 Nobel Prize in medicine, to be generally accepted. Yet she didn't let up on her experiments. Work was such a deep pleasure for her that she never thought of stopping.
We are all born with wide-eyed, enthusiastic wonder and it is this childlike wonder that gives enthusiastic people such a youthful air, whatever their age. At 90, cellist Pablo Casals would start his day by playing Bach. As the music flowed through his fingers, joy would reappear, in his eyes. As author and poet Samuel Ulman once wrote, \"Years wrinkle the skin, but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul.\"
Enthusiastic people also love what they do, regardless of money or title or power. Patricia Mellratl, retired director of the Missouri Repertory Theater in Kansas City, was once asked where she got her enthusiasm. She replied, “My father, long ago, told me, „I never made a penny until I stopped working for money.”
If we cannot do what we love as a full-time career, we can as a hobby. Elizabeth Layton of Wellsville, Kan, was 68 before she began to draw. This activity ended bouts of depression that had plagued her for at least 30 years, and the quality of her work led one critic to say, \"I am tempted to call Layton a genius.\"
We can't afford to waste tears on \"might-have-been.\" We need to turn the tears into sweat as we go after \"what-can-be.\" We need to live each moment wholeheartedly, with all our senses -- finding pleasure in the fragrance of a back-yard garden, the crayoned picture of a six-year-old, the enchanting beauty of a rainbow.
65. How many examples are given in the passage to show the importance of enthusiasm? A. Four B. Five C. Six D. Seven
66. Which of the following can best explain the underlined sentence in the second paragraph? A. Enthusiastic people never consider money and fame.
B. Enthusiasm can give you courage and strength in difficult times. C. Enthusiastic people can gain great wealth, honor and power. D. Enthusiasm will surely lead you to success.
67. The author mentions pianist Pablo Casals in the third paragraph to show that _________.
A. enthusiasm can give people inspiration B. music can arouse people‟s enthusiasm C. enthusiasm can make people feel young D. enthusiasm can keep people healthy
68. The author holds the view that _________. A. enthusiasm is more important than experience
B. enthusiasm can give people more success and fame C. enthusiasm will keep people young forever D. enthusiasm can make people enjoy life 【难度分析】：本篇文章难度中等，但着重于考查学生的理解推理能力，需要找到相应的细节句子进行分析。
(B)
The heavy snowstorm in China has damaged farmland, houses, roads and power lines, forcing many people to survive without food and electricity. World Vision has been working tirelessly to carry out relief（援助） work in worst-hit provinces to help affected villagers resume(重新开始) their livelihoods（生计）.
So far, World Vision has raised HK$23 million dollars (including government funding) in Hong Kong to help snowstorm victims. Apart from the distribution(分发) of relief items, World Vision continues to provide much needed assistance to affected families. Also, we are drawing plans to rebuild houses and schools.
Our relief operations are highlighted as follows:
Act now! Join us to help snowstorm-stricken villagers rebuild their livelihoods!
69. From the passage we can learn that “World Vision” is a(n) ______.
A. news agency located in Hong Kong B. organization serving people in need C. educational broadcast program D. international climate research center
Key:B
70. Which of the following is NOT one of the relief operations carried out by World Vision? A. They distributed rice and quilts to affected villagers. B. They raised fund to help those worst-hit provinces. C. They purchased power generators to affected villagers. D. They rebuilt houses and schools in worst-hit areas. 分析：D
71. This passage aims to ______.
A. inform us about the serious situation in China after the snowstorm B. report to us what has been done to help those snowstorm victims C. appeal to us to provide our assistance to the snowstorm victims
D. encourage us to go to the snowstorm-stricken villages to offer help
Key: C
(C)
About six years ago I was eating lunch in a restaurant in New York City when a woman and a young boy sat down at the next table, I couldn‟t help overhearing parts of their conversation. At one point the woman asked: \"So, how have you been?\" And the boy--who could not have been more than seven or eight years old--replied. \"Frankly, I've been feeling a little depressed lately.''
This incident stuck in my mind because it confirmed my growing belief that children are changing. As far as I can remember, my friends and I didn‟t find out we were “depressed” until we were in high school.
The evidence of a change in children has increased steadily in recent years. Children don‟t seem childlike anymore. Children speak more like adults, dress more like adults and behave more like adults than they used to.
Whether this is good or bad is difficult to say, but it certainly is different. Childhood as it once was no longer exists, Why?
Human development is based not only on innate (天生的) biological states, but also on patterns of access to social knowledge. Movement from one social role to another usually involves learning the secrets of the new status. Children have always been taught adult secrets, but slowly and in stages: traditionally, we tell sixth graders things we keep hidden from fifth graders.
In the last 30 years. however, a secret-revelation (揭示) machine has been installed in 98 percent of American homes. It is called television, Television passes information, and indiscriminately (不加区分地), to all viewers alike, be they children or adults. Unable to resist the temptation, many children turn their attention from printed texts to the less challenging, more vivid moving pictures.
Communication through print, as a matter of fact, allows for a great deal of control over the social information to which children have access. Reading and writing involve a complex code of symbols that must be memorized and practices. Children must read simple books before they can read complex materials.
72. According to the author, feeling depressed is ________.
A) a sure sign of a psychological problem in a child B) something hardly to be expected in a young child C) an inevitable has of children's mental development
D) a mental scale present in all humans, including children Key: B
73. Traditionally, a child is supposed to learn about the adult world ________.
A) through contact with society B) gradually and under guidance
C) naturally and by biological instinct D) through exposure to social information Key: B
74. The phenomenon that today‟s children seem adult
like is attributed by the author to ________.
A) the widespread influence of television B) the poor arrangement of teaching content
C) the fast pace of human intellectual development D) the constantly rising standard of living Key: A
75. Why is the author in favor of communication through print for children?
A) It enables children to gain more social information. B) It develops children's interest in reading and writing. C) It helps children to memorize and practice more. D) It can control what children are to learn. Key: C
Section C ５％ A. Online education saves money B. Using information online at home C. A new approach to learning D. Online life is unavoidable E. Education plays a very important role F. The convenience of getting Internet education _______ The Internet is a new approach to learning. Many people believe learning by means of the Internet is more successful than the traditional form of teaching. The Internet allows schools to develop a large amount of learning material that is accessible for students online anything. There are so many choices of courses and subjects or time frames that completing a program is not an issue for students anymore. We found that online education gives us excellent sources of information, saves our time, money and it is extremely convenient.
_______ Not long ago we used to go to the library every time we needed information and spent hours searching for the right sources. Today there is a \"library\" in our house and it is available 24 hours a day. From my personal experience, as a first time mother, I found that using information online is very helpful. While I am at home with my baby, I am still able to connect to the world and search for any educational materials I need. I am also able to exchange thoughts, opinions and information with my classmates without leaving my house.
_______ The Internet is not only a big information provider but also saves us money and time. People are predicting that education will be much cheaper in the future because of Internet access to information. The cost of land, buildings and wages for teachers are continuously increasing and that makes conventional education more expensive than online education. In addition, regular courses (offline) depend heavily on books and other traditional paper-based materials while online education posts lectures, notes, and assignments electronically and that saves thousands of dollars every year. There is also no need for the classroom itself because most programs online require participation in discussion and group projects via e-mail.
_______ The Internet classes and courses are also very convenient because there are no physical restrictions as in conventional education like space and time limitations. First, in classroom-based
education there is a limitation on the number of students that are allowed in each class while Internet education is available to everyone because a classroom is not an issue there. Students don't have to struggle in order to register for the classes they like. In addition, there is no time limitation so students can repeat exercises as many times as they need.
_______ Education will spread out more and more online and students will have more choices on how and when to take their courses and classes. They will easily be able to take the classes they want and repeat material on the Internet as many times as they need. The Internet is a wonderful opportunity to have a good time but also to learn something in a convenient and less expensive way. In my opinion online life in the future is simply inevitable. KEYS: CBAFD Section D 8%
What personal qualities are desirable in a teacher? I think the following would be generally accepted.
First, the teacher‟s personality should be lively and attractive. This does not rule out people who are plain-looking, or even ugly, because many such people have great personal charm.
Secondly, it is not merely desirable but essential for a teacher to have a genuine capacity for sympathy, a capacity to tune in to the minds and feelings of other people, especially the minds and feelings of children. Closely related with this is the capacity to be tolerant--not, indeed, of what is wrong, but of the weaknesses and immaturity of human nature which induce (诱导) people, and again especially children, to make mistakes.
Thirdly, I hold it essential for a teacher to be both intellectually and morally honest. This means that he will be aware of his intellectual strengths and limitations, and will have thought about and decided upon the moral principles by which his life shall be guided. There is no contradiction (矛盾) in my going on to say that a teacher should be a bit of an actor. That is part of the technique of teaching, which demands that every now and then a teacher should be able to put on an act to enliven (使生动) a lesson, correct a fault, or award praise.
A teacher must be capable of infinite patience. This, I may say, is largely a matter of self-discipline and self-training for we are none of us born like that.
Finally, I think a teacher should have the kind of mind which always wants to go on learning. Teaching is a job at which one will never be perfect; there is always something more to learn about it. There are three principal objects of study: the subjects which the teacher is teaching; the methods by which the subjects can best be taught to the particular pupils in the classes he is teaching; and---by far the most important---the children, young people, or adults to whom they are to be taught. The two foundational principles of British education today are that education is education of the whole person, and that it is best acquired through full and active co-operation between two persons, the teacher and the learner.
(Note: Answer the questions or complete the statements in NO MORE THAN TEN WORDS.)
81. Plain-looking teachers can also be admired by their students if they have . Key: great personal charm. 82. How can a teacher acquire infinite
patience? . Key: Through self-discipline and self-training.
83. According to the passage, what are the three main objects of study for teacher?
.
Key: The subjects, the teaching methods and the learners. 84. Education cannot be best acquired if the teacher and the learner . Key: do not co-operate fully and actively. I translation
1、再来一杯咖啡怎么样？（have）
2、很清楚这样事情意味着浪费时间。（mean）
3、我们在出国旅游时应遵守当地风俗，以避免冲突。（avoid）
4、直到发生了一系列自然灾害，人们才意识到保护环境有多么重要。（Not until）
5、尽管政府已经做出了不懈的努力，但更要应对日益上升的房价还要采取更有效的措施。（despite） Keys:
1、 How about having another cup of coffee ? 2、 It‟s clear that doing such thing means wasting time.
3、 When we go abroad for a trip, we should follow the local customs to avoid conflicts. 4、 Not until a series of natural disasters happened did people realize the importance of protecting
environment.
5、 Despite the continuous efforts that the government has made, more effective measures should
be taken to deal with the problem of increasing housing prices.
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