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阅读下面短文，根据小题的具体要求，简要回答问题。
The north magnetic pole(磁极)is no longer a resident of Canada.It has drifted across the Canadian Arctic and is now angling toward Siberia.
Not to be confused with the geographic North Pole—the northern extremity of the Earth’s axis(地轴),the north magnetic pole(where the Earth’s magnetic field is directed downward)is moving due to natural changes in the Earth’s magnetic field,a process that originates about 3000 kilometers below our feet,in the outer core(核心)of the planet.But scientists are now noticing that the magnetic pole has picked up its pace.
Over the past century,the pole has been migrating at an average speed of about 10 kilometers per year,says Larry Newitt,head of Geomagnetic Laboratory at Natural Resources Canada in Ottawa.Since the 1970s,this speed has increased to about 50 kilometers per year.
Scientists are wondering why the speed is increasing,says Newitt.One hypothesis(假说)relates it to “magnetic jerks”,sudden shifts(变化)in the rate of change of the magnetic field.There have been three jerks in the past four decades,each one correlating to an increases in speed.
If the north magnetic pole continues at its current rate,it could reach Siberia by 2056.
“For most of recorded history,the pole has been a part of Canada,and now it’s not,”says Newitt.“It may be a blow to our collective psyche,but other than that,it doesn’t have a major effect on most people’s existence.”
1.Find in the passage a word closest in meaning to the underlined word “angling”.
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2.What could happen to the north magnetic pole by the middle of the 21st century?(回答词数不超过8个)
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3.What is the main idea of the passage?(回答词数不超过8个)
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回答问题（共3小题；每小题2分，满分6分）
阅读下面短文，根据第58至第60小题的具体要求，尽可能简要回答问题，并将答案转写到答题卡上。
Playing is serous business for children. In fact, it’s what they do best! Ask them why they do it, and kids will probably say, “Because it’s fun!” But it’s much more than that. It’s also good for them.
Studies show that from birth babies begin learning through play. They use their five senses to get know their new world. Touching allows them to discover how different things feel. Brightly colored toys and clothing help develop a baby’s sense of sight.
When small children choose which toy to play with, they begin developing their abilities in making decisions.
Children love toys that allow them to use their imagination. Sometimes an empty box is more fun than a high-tech toy. That’s because a box can become anything a child imagines it to be.
Crayons, paints and Play-Doh(彩色塑泥) are also good because they allow children to create. Traditional building blocks teach important pre-math skills like problem-solving.
Playing doesn’t become any less important once children start school. Many valuable lessons about life are learned on the school playground. Kids learn how to share, take turns and play by the rules.
58 What can children do best in their childhood? (回答词数不超过1个)
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59 What do colored toys and clothing help develop? (回答词数不超过5个)
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60 Children like toys to develop their imagination. Do you think so? (回答词数不超过5个)
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阅读下面短文，根据第58至第60小题的具体要求，简要回答问题，并将答案转写到答题卡上。
For Americans, a mosquito bite is an itchy(使人发痒的) bother, but for many in Africa, a tiny bite can be deadly. One million people die each year of malaria, a disease spread by infected mosquitoes. Most of these people live in Africa, and are under age 5.
Malaria can be prevented and treated. However, many African nations don’t have the funds to fight it. Nothing but Nets (NBN) hopes to change that. The United Nations Foundation created the campaign in 2006. The mission: Squash(压制) malaria by covering sleeping areas with nets. Hanging bed nets treated with insecticide(杀虫剂) is the simplest way to stop mosquitoes from biting at night. The chemical lasts four to five years. For $10, anyone can send a net to Africa and help save a life.
So far, NBN has raised $19 million and delivered 700,000 nets to seven countries. Families are taught how to use the nets. Kids also get vaccines(疫苗) and vitamins. “Women line up for miles to get these interventions(干预措施) for their kids,” says NBN director Elizabeth McKee Gore. “They understand the importance.” So do kids in this country. “They get so excited thinking of ways to raise money,” says NBN spokesperson and basketball star Ruth Riley.
NBN’s biggest fund-raiser is Katherine Commale, 7. She’s been spreading the buzz(嗡嗡声) about bed nets for the past two years. To show how they work, she and her brother made a picture. “We teach that bed nets can save lives,” she told TFK.
Katherine has raised $42,000 for NBN. “She just wants those who need a net to have one,” says her mom, Lynda. “It’s pretty simple to her.” To find out how you can help, visit nothingbutnets.net.
58. Why can a tiny mosquito bite be deadly in Africa? (within 10 words)
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59. List the ways to prevent malaria. (not more than 8 words)
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60. Paraphrase(用英语重述) the underlined sentence. (not more than 12 words)
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阅读下面短文，根据小题的具体要求，简要回答问题，并将答案转写到答题卡上。
Deep in the forest in the northern part of the Republic of Congo, scientists have made a surprising discovery．Researchers discovered more than 125,000 critically endangered western lowland gorillas．
In the 1980’s,scientists estimated that the total population of western lowland gorillas in Central Africa was fewer than 100,000．Since then, however, the scientists believed this number had been reduced by at least half．They thought the animals were being killed off by hunters and diseasses, especially the deadly Ebola virus．
The new population count was the result of intensive work by the Wildlife Conservation Society and scientists of the Republic of Congo．They searched rainforests, looking for gorilla nests．Gorillas build beds, or nests, for sleeping each night．The researchers use the number of nests they find to help estimate the local gorilla population．They found some forests had population densities that were among the highest ever recorded．The researchers studied an area of 47,000 square kilometers．
The scientists say the higher number of gorilla is the result of efforts by the Republic of Congo to take care of its protected areas．The gorillas have also done well because they live in areas far away from people．And they have plenty to eat．Wildlife Conservation Society president Steven Sanderson said the success of the gorillas is the proof that humans can help protect animal species in danger of disappearing．
Western lowland gorillas are one of four recognized gorilla subspecies(亚种)。 Other subspecies include mountain gorillas,eastern lowlang gorillas, and Cross River gorillas．The International Union for Conservation of Nature considers all of the subspecies to be critically endangered, except for the eastern lowland gorillas．That subspecies is considered endangered．
1.How do the researchers decide the local gorilla population? (No more than eight words)
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2.What’s the researchers’attitude towards the present western lowland gorilla population? (No more than seven words)
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3.What is the main idea of the fourth paragraph?(No more than eight words)
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阅读下面短文，根据题的具体要求，简要回答问题，并将答案转写到答题卡上。
A long time ago, Milton S. Hershey, the creator of the popular chocolate bars, was dipped in warm chocolate. I know all about it. My grandfather was there!
At nineteen, Hershey established a candy business in Philadelphia. Although it failed, he tried again in several other cities and succeeded with Crystal A Caramels. But Hershey was not content. He began experimenting with chocolate and managed to sell his first chocolate bars in 1900. They were an instant success. In 1903, Hershey built a factory.
Hershey was usually pleasant and kind and enjoyed a good joke. However, in his chocolate factory, he held high standards for all the workers. He was both respected and feared. His anger would burst out when things didn’t go as he’d expected, and workers were fired for mistakes.
My grandfather began working in the factory as a young man. His job was to push the vats （大桶） of warm chocolate to a storage area. To do this, he had to push the heavy vats up a ramp （斜坡） and across the walkway. One day, Hershey was walking backward on the walkway while my grandfather was pushing a vat of chocolate up the ramp. Bump. Clunk. Ker-plop! Hershey fell backward into the vat. Everyone else held their breath and ran up to pull him out. Grandfather froze in fear. Was he going to lose his job?
Hershey stood stiffly with his hands on his hips. Color rose in his face. He said something in a low voice. Then he smiled. “It’s not your fault, son,” he said. “I need to watch where I’m going.” He put some chocolate in his mouth. “Mmm, that’s good,” he said. Everyone laughed. The tour continued, with Hershey dripping chocolate as he went. And Grandfather kept his job.
1.What did Grandfather do in Hershey’s factory? （回答词数不超过12个）
He pushed the vats of warm chocolate to a storage area.
2.Why didn’t Hershey fire Grandfather? （回答词数不超过10个）
Because he realized it was his own fault.
Because he realized it was not Grandfather’s fault/mistake.
3.What does the incident show us about Hershey? （回答词数不超过15个）
（It shows us that） Hershey was pleasant, humorous, kind （to others） and really respectable.
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第三节回答问题（共3小题；每小题2分，满分6分）
阅读下面短文，根据第58至第60小题的具体要求，简要回答问题，并将答案转写到答题卡上。
In choosing a friend, one should be very careful. A good friend can help you study. But how do I know when I have found a good friend? I look for certain qualities(品质) of character, especially understanding, honesty and reliability(可靠).
Above all else, I look for understanding in a friend. A good friend tries to understand how another person is feeling. He puts himself in the other person’s place, and he tries to think of ways to be helpful. He is also a good listener.
At the same time, however, a good friend is honest. He does not look for faults(过错) in others. He notices their good points. In short, a friend will try to understand me and accept me.
Sometimes you will meet “fair weather friends”. They will be with you as long as you have money or luck, but when you are down, they will run away. So, I think another quality of a friend is reliability. I can always depend on(信赖) a good friend. If I need a favor, he will do his best to help me. If I am in trouble, he will not run away from me.
There is a fourth quality that makes a friend special. A special friend is someone with whom we can have fun. A good friend likes the same things I like. He likes to laugh with me. That is how we share in the joy of being friends. And I know that he is looking for the same quality in me.
When I meet someone who is reliable, honest, and understanding, I know I’ve found a friend!
58. According to the author, what good characters should a good friend have? (回答词数不超过9
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59. What’s the Chinese meaning of “fair weather friends”? (回答词数不超过4个)
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60.What will you do when your good friend is in trouble? (回答词数不超过8个)
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回答问题（共3小题；每小题2分，满分6分）
阅读下面短文，根据第57至第60小题的具体要求，尽可能简要回答问题，并将答案转写到答题卡上。
Before a new type of plane goes into service, every part of it is tested again and again. But there are two tests that are more important than all the others.
The first is called the “tank test”. A modern plane must fly very high in the sky. Air must be pumped into the plane so that the passengers can breathe. To test whether the plane is strong enough, it is put into a huge tank of water. If the plane can accept the pressure in the water tank, it proves that it is strong enough. If the plane is not strong enough, there will be an explosion（爆炸）in the water. Engineers can discover which part of the plane has broken. Then that part should be made stronger.
The most dangerous test happens when the new plane is going through flight tests in the air. In the test, the pilot must find out exactly what happens when the engines are all shut off at once. The plane begins to fall like a stone. It is the pilot’s job to find out how he can get control of the plane again.
These two tests are examples of how planes are made before they ever carry passengers.
58. How many kinds of tests of a new-type plane are introduced in the text? (回答词数不超过2个)
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59. Where is the “tank test” carried out? (回答词数不超过7个)
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60. When does the most dangerous new plane test happen? (回答词数不超过13个)
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第一节 回答问题（共3小题；每小题2分，满分6分）
阅读下面短文，根据第58至第60小题的具体要求，尽可能简要回答问题，并将答案转写到答题卡上。
If you do not use your arm or your legs for some time, they become weak; when you start using them again, they slowly become strong again. Everybody knows that. Yet many people do not seem to know that memory works in the same way. When someone says that he has a good memory, he really means that he keeps his memory in practice by using it. When someone else says that his memory is poor, he really means that he does not give it enough chance to become strong. If a friend says that his arms and legs are weak, we know that it is his own fault. But if he tells us that he has a poor memory, many of us think that his parents are to blame, and few of us know that it is just his own fault. Have you ever found that some people can’t read or write but usually they have better memories? This is because they cannot read or write and they have to remember things; they cannot write down in a little notebook. They have to remember days, names, songs and stories; so their memory is the whole time being exercised. So if you want to have a good memory, learn from the people: Practice remembering.
58. What is the main reason for one is poor memory? (回答词数不超过8个)
59. What will happen if you do not use your arms or legs for some time? (回答词数不超过5个)
60. What is the best title for this passage? (回答词数不超过6个)
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阅读下面短文，根据小题的具体要求，尽可能简要回答问题，并将答案转写到答题卡上。
Do you have a goal for life? What's it? Do you want to become a writer, singer or just become a rich person?
A recent survey shows that in modern society, most people pick up practical goals, such as “earning money to buy a house and a car”, “to improve one's life quality”, “finding a good job”.
Wang You worked in a small firm (商行) in Nanjing. The job was good and he didn't have to work for extra hours. However, he felt the work was not exciting at all and the life was boring. So he gave up his job and went to Beijing in February, 2007. When he arrived in Beijing, he set his new goal as finding a good job.
Nowadays more and more people want to live a better life. This fact shows that the society is making progress and people's life goals have become more practical. One researcher says, “Everybody has his/her own life goal, which will be surely different from people to people. If one is poor, one's life goal will be to earn more money; if one doesn't have a diploma, studying hard to get a diploma will become his life goal; and if one doesn't have love, his life goal will be to look for it. But if one has no life goal, he will idle away (虚度) his lifetime. {007}”
1.What will a poor man’s life goal be according to this passage? ( 回答词数不超过4个)
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2.Why does the writer mention Wang You? ( 回答词数不超过12个)
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3.Give a short title for this article. （回答词数不超过6个）
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阅读下面短文和问题，根据短文内容和每个题后的具体要求，在答题卡相应题号后的横线上写下相关信息，完成对该问题的回答。答语要意思清楚，结构正确，书写工整。
It’s 2010, outside the gate of a school somewhere in the UK. Some teenagers are talking. One says to another,” I’m tired of jamming after school---it’s really vanilla. Let’s go for a za, OK?” Two adults are walking past. They hear what the teenagers are saying, but they don’t understand a word. (What the teenagers said was,” I’m tired of hanging around after school---it’s really boring. Let’s go for a pizza.”)
This is nothing new---teenagers always invent new words and phrases. They create words for everyday things---words that mean good or porents or bad or good-looking, and so on. Look at these different ways of saying good in recent decades:
1960s---groovy (or fab)
1970s---neat
1980s---ace
1990s---wicked
2000s---cool
But, of course, the words you use depend on your interests, your friends, the music you listen to and the part of the country you live in. Different groups of teenagers have different likes and dislikes, and so they also have different expressions.
So why do teenagers invent new words, or invent new meanings for old words? Many people think it’s because they don’t want adults to understand, but that probably isn’t true---the real reason is that teenagers like to be creative and play with language, so they have fun creating new words.
And what do parents and old people think about it all? Most of them don’t worry about it---after all, they had their own special words when they teenagers too. But, some adults complain about “teen talk” and get quite annoyed by it. But that’s all part of the fun for the teenagers!
1.What is the way of teenagers’ saying good in the 2000s?（只用一个单词）
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2.Why do teenagers invent new words? （不多于七个单词）
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3.What is the topic of the passage? （不多于四个单词）
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