阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从1～15各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Carmen’s mother Maria had just survived a serious heart attack. But without a heart transplant(移植)her life was in constant .
Both the mother and daughter knew that the chances were very small: finding a donor heart that Maria’s blood type could take years. However, Carmen was determined to save her mother. She kept hospitals all over the country.
Days stretched out. By Christmas, Maria had trouble from one end of the room to the other. Carmen lost all hope. She fell into a of the hospital, crying.
“Are you okay?” a man asked.
Carmen sobbed as she told the stranger her story. This middle-aged man was named Frank, whose wife, Cheryl, a tender and devoted mother of four lovely children, had been in hospital with a brain disease and wouldn’t it through the night. Suddenly, an idea came to Frank’s mind. He knew Cheryl had always wanted to something from herself. Could her go to Carmen’s mother?
After reviewing the data, doctors Frank that his wife’s heart was by some miracle a perfect fit for Carmen’s mother. They were able to the transplant.
That cold night, when Cheryl was dead, Frank came to knock at Maria’s door. She was for Frank’s family as she had been doing every day recently. Though Maria had never met Frank before, they both felt a strange bond as they hugged and cried.
On New Year’s Eve, Carmen attended Cheryl’s with Frank’s family, who were singing their favorite song “My heart will go on.”
One day later, on New Year’s Day, Maria with Cheryl’s heart. Yes, Cheryl’s loving heart would go on, for it was in another loving mother’s chest.
1.A. change B. danger C. disorder D. pain
2.A. matched B. replaced C. controlled D. cooperated
3.A. finding B. interrupting C. touring D. phoning
4.A. rolling B. running C. walking D. jumping
5.A. corner B. bed C. man D. nurse
6.A. put B. support C. pass D. make
7.A. save B. recycle C. donate D. separate
8.A. heart B. brain C. husband D. spirit
9.A. informed B. warned C. congratulated D. reminded
10.A. give up B. carry out C. search after D. put off
11.A. noticed B. predicted C. found D. declared
12.A. praying B. begging C. decorating D. singing
13.A. funeral B. operation C. performance D. anniversary
14.A. passed away B. left behind C. woke up D. dressed up
15.A. active B. alive C. necessary D. changeable
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It feels like every time my mother and I start to have a conversation, it turns into an argument. We talk about something as simple as dinner plans and suddenly, my mother will push the conversation into World War 3. She’ll talk about my lack of bright future because I don’t plan to be a doctor. And much to her disappointment, I don’t want to do any job related to science, either. In fact, when I was pushed to say that I planned to major(主修) in English and communications, she nearly had a heart attack.
“Why can’t you be like my co-worker’s son?” she bemoans all the time. Her coworker’s son received a four-year scholarship and is now earning 70,000 dollars a year as an engineer. I don’t know what to answer except that I simply can’t be like Mr. Perfect as I’ve called the unnamed co-worker’s son. I can’t be like him. I am the type of the person who loved to help out in the community, write until the sun goes down, and most of all, wants to achieve a career because I love it, not because of a fame or salary.
I understand why my mother is worried about my future major. I’ve seen my mother struggle to raise me on her small salary and work long hours. She leaves the house around 6:30 am and usually comes home around 5 pm or even 6pm. However, I want her to know that by becoming a doctor, it doesn’t mean I’ll be successful. I’d rather follow my dreams and create my own future.
1.Which of the following topics do the writer and his mother often talk about?
A. the writer’s dreams B. the writer’s future job
C. dinner plans D. wars around the world
2.We can infer from Paragraph 1 that the writer’s mother _____.
A. doesn’t want the writer to major English
B. doesn’t think the writer should be a doctor
C. gets along very well with the writer
D. doesn’t think in the scientific field is a good idea
3.The underlined word “bemoans” in Paragraph 2 most probably means “________”
A. agrees B. shouts C. complains D. smiles
4.Which of the following statements is probably TRUE about the writer?
A. He wants to be like his mother’s co-worker’s son.
B. He wants to find a job in his community in the future.
C. He doesn’t think his mother’s co-worker’s son is perfect.
D. He wants to do something he really likes in the future.
5.We can know from the last paragraph that ____.
A. the writer doesn’t know what his future will be like
B. the writer’s mother works very hard for the family
C. the writer doesn’t think being a doctor is a good job
D. the writer sometimes thinks his mother’s advice is very good.
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We use both words and gestures to express our feelings, but the problem is that these words and gestures can be understood in different ways. It is true that a smile means the same thing in any language. So does laughter or crying. There are also a number of striking similarities in the way different animals show the same feelings. Dogs, tigers and humans, for example, often show their teeth when they are angry. This is probably because they are born with those behavior patterns.
Fear is another emotion that is shown in much the same way all over the world. In Chinese and in English literature, a phrase like "he went pale and begin to tremble" suggests that the man is either very afraid or he has just got a very big shock. However, "he opened his eyes wide" is used to suggest anger in Chinese whereas in English it means surprise. In Chinese "surprise" can be described in a phrase like 'they stretched out their tongues!' Sticking out your tongue in English is an insulting gesture or expresses strong dislike.
Even in the same culture, people differ in ability to understand and express feelings. Experiments in America have shown that women are usually better than men at recognizing fear, anger, love and happiness on people's faces. Other studies show that older people usually find it easier to recognize or understand body language than younger people do.
1.According to the passage, __________.
A. we can hardly understand what people's gestures mean
B. we can not often be sure what people mean when they describe their feelings in words or gestures
C. words can be better understood by older people
D. gestures can be understood by most of the people while words can not
2.People's facial expressions may be misunderstood because __________.
A. people of different ages may have different understanding
B. people of different countries speak different languages
C. people of different sex may understand a gesture in a different way
D. people have different cultures
3.In the same culture, __________.
A. people have different ability to understand and express feelings
B. people have the same understanding of something
C. people never fail to understand each other
D. people are equally intelligent
4.From this passage, we can conclude __________.
A. words are used as frequently as gestures
B. words are often found difficult to understand
C. words and gestures are both used in expressing feelings
D. gestures are more efficiently used than words
5.The best title for this passage may be __________.
A. Words and Feelings B. Words, Gestures and Feelings
C. Gestures and Feelings D. Culture and Understanding
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As any homemaker who has tried to keep order at the dinner table knows， there is far more to a family meal than food. Sociologist Michael Lewis has been studying 50 families to find out just how much more.
Lewis and his co-worker carried out their study by videotaping (录像) the families while they are having ordinary meals in their own homes. They found that parents with small families talk actively with each other and their children. But as the number of children gets larger，conversation gives way to the parents’ efforts to control the loud noise they make. That can have an important effect on the children. "In general the more question-asking the parents do， the higher the children's IQ scores，"Lewis says. " And the more children there are， the less question-asking there is. "
The study also provides an explanation for why middle children often seem to have a harder time in life than their siblings (兄弟姐妹) . Lewis found that in families with three or four children， dinner conversation is likely to center on the oldest child， who has the most to talk about, and the youngest， who needs the most attention. “Middle children are invisible,”says Lewis. When you see someone get up from the table and walk around during dinner，chances are for the middle child. "There is, however，one thing that stops all conversation and prevents anyone from having attention: ”When the TV is on，"Lewis says, “dinner is a non-event ".
1.The writer's purpose in writing the text is to______.
A. show the relationship between parents and children
B. teach parents ways to keep order at the dinner table
C. report on the findings of a study
D. give information about family problems
2. Parents with large families ask fewer questions at dinner because______.
A. they are busy serving food to their children
B. they are busy keeping order at the dinner table
C. they have to pay more attention to younger children
D. they are tired out having prepared food for the whole family
3. By saying" Middle children are invisible" in paragraph 3, Lewis means that middle children______.
A. get the least attention from the family
B. have to help their parents to serve dinner
C. are often kept away from the dinner table
D. find it hard to keep up with other children
4.Lewis' research provides an answer to the question______.
A. why TV is important in family life
B. why parents should keep good order
C. why children in small families seem to be quieter
D. why middle children seem to have more difficulties in life
5.Which of the following statements would the writer agree to?
A. It is important to have the right food for children.
B. It is a good idea to have the TV on during dinner.
C. Parents should talk to each of their children frequently.
D. Elder children should help the younger ones at dinner.
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Barditch High School decided to have an All-School Reunion. Over 450 people came to the event. There were tours of the old school building and a picnic at Confederate Park. Several former teachers were on hands to tell stories about the old days. Ms. Mabel Yates, the English teacher for fifty years, was wheeled to the Park.
Some eyes rolled and there were a few low groans (嘟嚷声) when Ms. Yates was about to speak. Many started looking at their watches and coming up with excuses to be anywhere instead of preparing to listen to a lecture from an old woman who had few kind words for her students and made them work harder than all the other teachers combined.
Then Ms. Yates started to speak:
“I can’t tell you how pleased I am to be here. I haven’t seen many of you since your graduation, but I have followed your careers and enjoyed your victories as well as crying for your tragedies. I have a large collection of newspaper photographs of my students. Although I haven’t appeared in person, I have attended your college graduations, weddings and even the birth of your children, in my imagination. ”
Ms. Yates paused and started crying a bit. Then she continued：
“It was my belief that if I pushed you as hard as I could, some of you would succeed to please me and others would succeed to annoy me. Regardless of our motives, I can see that you have all been successful in your chosen path. ”
There was a silence over the crowd for a few seconds and then someone started clapping. The clapping turned into cheering, then into a deafening roar. Lawyers, truck drivers, bankers and models were rubbing their eyes or crying openly with no shame all because of the words from a long forgotten English teacher from their hometown.
1.What activity was organized for the school reunion?
A. Sightseeing in the park.
B. A picnic on the school playground.
C. Telling stories about past events.
D. Graduates’ report in the old building.
2.What can be inferred from Paragraph 2?
A. Some graduates were too busy to listen to Ms. Yates’ speech.
B. Many graduates disliked Ms. Yates’ ways of teaching.
C. Some people got tired from the reunion activities.
D. Most people had little interest in the reunion.
3.We can learn from Ms. Yates’ speech that she .
A. keep track of her students’ progress
B. gave her students advice on their careers
C. attended her students’ college graduations
D. went to her students’ wedding ceremonies
4.What was Ms. Yates’ belief in teaching teenagers?
A. Teachers’ knowledge is the key to students’ achievement.
B. Pressure on students from teachers should be reduced.
C. Hard-pushed students are more likely to succeed.
D. Students’ respect is the best reward for teachers.
5.Which of the following can best describe Ms. Yates?
A. Reliable and devoted. B. Tough and generous.
C. Proud but patient. D. Strict but caring.
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The temperature of the sun is over 5,000 degrees Fahrenheit at the surface, but it rises to perhaps more than 16 million degrees at the center. The sun is so much hotter than the earth that matter can exist only as a gas, except at the core. In the core of the sun, the pressures are so great against the gases that, despite the high temperature, there may be a small solid core. However, no one really knows, since the center of the sun can never be directly observed.
Solar astronomers do know that the sun is divided into five layers or zones. Starting at the outside and going down into the sun, the zones are the corona, chromosphere, photosphere, convection zone and finally the core. The first three zones are regarded as the sun’s atmosphere ends and the main body of the sun begins.
The sun’s outermost layer begins about 10,000 miles above the visible surface and goes outward for millions of miles. This is the only part of the sun that can be seen during an eclipse such as the one in February 1979. At any other time, the corona can be seen only when special instruments are used on cameras and telescopes to shut out the glare of the sun’s rays.
The corona is a brilliant, pearly white, filmy light, about as bright as the full moon. Its beautiful rays are a sensational sight during an eclipse. The corona’s rays flash out in a brilliant fan that has wispy spikelike (一束束穗状) rays near the sun’s north and south poles. The corona is thickest at the sun’s equator.
The corona rays are made up of gases streaming outward at tremendous speeds and reaching a temperature of more than 2 million degrees Fahrenheit. The rays of gas thin out as they reach the space around the planets. By the time the sun’s corona rays reach the earth, they are weak and invisible.
1.Matter on the sun can exist only in the form of gas because of the sun’s ______.
A. size B. age C. location D. temperature
2.With what topic is the second paragraph mainly concerned?
A. How the sun evolved.
B. The structure of the sun.
C. Why scientists study the sun.
D. The distance of the sun from the planets.
3.All of the following are parts of the sun’s atmosphere EXCEPT the _______.
A. corona B. chromospheres
C. photosphere D. core
4.According to the passage, as the corona rays reach the planets, they become _______.
A. hotter B. clearer
C. thinner D. stronger
5.The paragraph following the passage most likely discusses which of the following?
A. The remaining layers of the sun.
B. The evolution of the sun to its present form.
C. The eclipse of February 1979.
D. Scientists will cost more money on researching the corona.
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语法填空(共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分)
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1～10的相应位置上。
The first rescue team sent by China arrived in Nepal on Sunday at the scene of the devastating earthquake that has killed more than 2,000 people, with more (rescue) on their way to the Himalayan nation. The magnitude-8.1 quake hit the landlocked country Saturday afternoon and also shook part of China's Tibet autonomous region.
It is said that so far the death toll (cause) by the quake has reached 2152. In Tibet, the quake left at least 18 people (die) and had affected more than 200,000 by Sunday, Xinhua reported. Shortly after the disaster, President Xi Jinping, Premier Li Keqiang and Foreign Minister Wang Yi offered deep condolences(慰问) to victims. Xi also expressed his confidence the government in Nepal will tackle the disaster and said China is willing to provide all necessary assistance. 62-strong China International Search and Rescue Team left for Nepal early on Sunday morning and later arrived in Kathmandu, the capital. Shankar Koirala, Nepal's joint secretary in the Office of the Prime Minister , described the team's arrival "timely assistance". Later on Sunday, the team spent about four hours in the northwest of Kathmandu and rescued its first survivor, a 20-year-old man.
As the death toll rose, the United States and European nations began to send emergency teams to find survivors in Kathmandu and in rural areas that (strike) and cut off. A search and rescue team from Singapore was heading for Nepal, a 70-strong emergency service team from Japan also departed on Sunday.
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单词拼写 请根据首字母及汉语提示填写所缺单词。
（共30小题；每小题0.5分，满分15分）
1.Paris, l_____________(坐落)on the River Seine, is regarded as the capital of Europe.
2.It is important that we keep positive when f____________(面对)difficulties and challenges.
3. In the earthquake, many a_____________ (古代) buildings in the country were ruined.
4.Both sides had o_________(相反) views on the question, so they failed to reach an agreement.
5.Athens, the capital of Greece, is known as the birthplace of western c____________(文明).
6.Currently, many people in Africa are still living in p____________ (贫穷).
7.All the r___________ (代表)from different countries voiced their opinions on global warming.
8.I have offered to do the cooking in e____________ (交换) for a week’s accommodation.
9.Surprisingly, there are lots of s____________ (相似点) between most twins.
10.During holidays, all the scenic spots in China are c_________ (拥挤) with people.
11.The economy in this region experienced fast growth in the p___________ (以前的)5 years.
12.The Tsunami caused great d___________ (破坏) to the city and lots of people were homeless.
13.To help the poor children in western parts of the country, we held a c__________(慈善) evening last week to collect money.
14.The international society is actively taking m_____________(措施) to offer assistance to the people in Nepal.
15.These products will be t_____________(运输) to Shanghai by ship next Monday.
16.We had a heated discussion in a relaxed a___________ (气氛) yesterday.
17.The earthquake victims are in u____________ (紧急的) need of medicine and food.
18.Immediate action must be taken to deal with the pollution of e_____________ (环境).
19.H___________(满怀希望), all the kids across the world have the chance to receive education.
20.Being caught in a sandstorm is really a t____________(可怕的) experience.
21.As for me, there is much p___________(可能性) of my passing the exams.
22.This Hollywood movie has successfully enjoyed w______________ (全世界的) popularity.
23.Sandstorms have been a m__________ (主要的) problem for centuries in China.
24.Ancient China has given the world lots of i___________(有影响力的) philosophers.
25.All the governments should work together to make a c__________(贡献) to the improvement of the environment.
26.The firm has received some letters c___________(投诉) about the quality of their products.
27.All the countries in the world, big or small, should enjoy the e___________(平等).
28.At present, many new subway lines are under c_____________(建设) in Shenzhen.
29.The 5-star hotel can a_____________(容纳) up to 5,000 guests at a time.
30.Driving on the highway is extremely dangerous when it’s f___________ (有浓雾的).
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根据汉语完成句子，每空一词。（共10题；每小题1分，满分10分）
1. Shanghai is the largest city and the center of finance and commerce in China, _________ __________ ____________ ________ 20 million. 上海是中国最大的城市和金融商业中心， 有着2000万人口。
2.The old temple, ________ ________ the Song Dynasty, attracts tourists from all over the world every day. 这座寺庙每年吸引来自世界各地的游客，它的历史可以追溯到宋朝时期。
3.His parents went to work in cities when he was a child, so he was __________ __________ by his grandparents.
他的父母在他很小的时候就去城里打工了，所以他是祖父母带大的。
4.It never _________ __________me that he should have failed the interview yesterday.
我怎么也不会想到他昨天竟然没有通过面试。
5.To put it __________ ________ ________, the show was a total disaster.
一句话，这场演出糟糕透了。
6.__________ __________, there are 800 tornadoes in the US each year.
平均而言，在美国， 每年有800次龙卷风。
7.It is believed that lung cancer __________ ___________ ___________smoking.
人们相信肺癌和抽烟有关系。
8. It does ___________ ___________if more and more people live a low-carbon lifestyle.
如果越来越多的人选择低碳的生活方式，那就是很有意义了。
9.I suggest that you ____________ ___________ ________the fine weather to plant some trees in the garden. 我建议你们利用这好天气在花园里种些树。
10.__________ __________ __________ __________ continuous rain in the past week, part of the city has been submerged.
由于上周连续下雨，部分城区已被淹没。
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上个月，你和你班的一些同学对市空气质量进行了一项调查。调查的内容如下：
写作内容：
空气质量：污染严重，特别是上下班的高峰期，情况更加糟糕。
原因分析：1. 私家车太多，近三年来以10%的速度增加；
2. 路面窄，车流速度慢，因为产生大量的尾气；
3. 道路附近的工厂排放的废气也是空气污染的原因之一。
呼 吁： 政府有责任控制私家车的数量；大力发展公共交通；市民踩单车上下班
注意：1．词数100-120左右；
2．可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
参考词汇： rush hours 上下班高峰期
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