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1、paintings 一 15 一1 Aagain2ALiving3Acounted4 ApicturesBgiftsC 】 animalsDservants5AtheseBJ otherCsmallDhappy6AchargeBcostCearningDspending7AimagesBprintsCpages8AreadersBsellersCwritersDcopies【Dspeakers9AincomeBwagesCpay Dreceipt1 0 AtellingBspeakingCsayingDtalking1 1 AviewsBideasCJ opinionsDbeliefs1 2

2、AinvolvedBcontinued fCtookDspent第二部分英语知识运用（一）阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的4 4个选项 A A、B B、C C、D D 中选出能填入相应空白处的最佳选项。A Famous Story WriterBeatrix Potter was a story writer whose books about animals have been translated into many languages and read by both children and adults（成人）.Being an author（作者）1 she was 一 1 一 r

3、egarded as a very successful farmerj in London in l 866 ， Beatrix was looked after at home by various servants Every year she 一 3 一 the days to her annual holiday in the countryside She would give to her London home small _4 一，which she saw and drew. As she grew up , she enterlained使快乐）一 5_children

4、with drawings and stories about these animalsIn l 901 ， she printed a book with her own 6 called The Tale ofPeter 尺 abbitSo many 7 were sold that she bought a farm， where over the next eight years she wrote many other stories They all sold very well and 8 liked their beautiful color drawingsWilh her

5、 growin9 一 9 一， Beatrix started buying more farmland ， animals and properfy After her marriage， at the age of 47， Beatrix stopped writin9 ，一 l0 一 that she had run out of l l She became a farmer and l2 the rest of her life working with her sheep and awarding prizes at sheep fairs where people often a

6、sked for her 一 13 一 on farming methods Today， you can visit her house and l 4 see the originals of her books and in a special gallery（ 陈列室 ）Balso Ceither D1 tooBBorn CFamous DOnlyBnumbered Cimagined Dconsidered1 3 AadviceDstatementsBmind Cdecisions14AjustBeven Cyet Dalready1 5 Aopened Bpainted tel d

7、isplayed Ddirected（二）阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A A、B B、C C、D D 4 4 个选项中选出最佳选项。Benjamin Franklin was born in l 706 and died in l 790 The philosopher（ 哲学家 ） and writer was one of the most imIportant men in the early days of the United States He believed strongly in the importance of hard work ，and he himself worke

8、d hard all his life ， from the time he Ieft school at the age of ten“Poor Richard ， ?a character Franklin created， summarized Franklin?s ideas in short sayingsM any of Poor Richard?S sayings are still remembered today One of the most famous is “ Early to be, and early to rise, makes a man healthy, w

9、ealthy and wise . ” from the essay散 文）“The WaY of Wealth.”In the same essaY， Franklin talkS about the danger of laziness and the value of ambitiousness（抱负）.He asks what is accomplished by “ wishing and hoping for better timessays that we can make these times better if we try hard enough . People who

10、 spend afl their time just hoping wilt die without food . They shouldn?t expect everything to be easy，or as Poor Richard says，“ There are no gainS without pain.s ” Franklin also says that we shouId work today. not wait until tomorrow .“ 0netoday is worth two tomorrow . ?saysPoor Richard.“ Neverleave

11、 thatt tomorrow, which you can do todaY . ?1. The main idea of the text iS that .Al one should have a clever mind Bone should get up very earlyCl one should work hard all one?S lireD1 0ne should make everything hard to do2. The sayings mentioned in the text were written by .fAone of Franklin?S frien

12、dS B 】Fralklin himselfCFranklin and Poor Richard I Dl various writers3. According to the text ， Poor Richard is a person wh0 .Aused to help FranklinB1 appears in Franklin?S books Cknows a lot of old sayings D works very hmd all his life4.“ 0ne today is worth two tomorrow” means.that 【Aif you want to

13、 do something valuable， do it at once Bone shouldn?t hope for better timesCeveryone can have a bright future【Dwe have to enjoy ourselves today ， not tomorrow（三）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A A、B B、C C、D D 4 4 个选项中选出最佳选项 。At the beginning of the twentieth century ，many people thought that the American family was fal

14、ling apart in other words ，they thought it was dyin9 A century later ，we knoW that this was not the caseHowever ，although the family is still alive in the United States its size and shape are very different from l 00 years a90 In the late l 800s and early l 900s ，there were mainly two types of famil

15、ies in the United States：the extended and the nuclearThe extended family（ 大家庭 ）usually includes grandparents ， parents，and children living under the same roof 1 he nuclear family（ 核心家庭 ）consists of only parents and childrenAs people began to move to other parts of the country to find better jobs ，th

16、e nuclear family became the most common family structure ， or unit Today there are many different kinds of families Some people live in “ traditional? families that is，a stay home mother，a working father ，and their own biological children 0lthers live in tw0 paycheck families（where both parents work

17、 outside the home） ，single? parent familieS fa mother or father living with the children） ，adoptive（ 收养的 ）or foster families（where adults take qare of children that are not biologically theirs） ，blended families（where men and women who were married before marry again and combine the children from pr

18、evious marriages into new famIjies） childless families ，and SO OnWhat caused the structure of the family to change?In the early l 900s the birthrate began to decline and the divorce rate began to rise Women were suddenly choosing to go to college and take iobs outside the home The l 930s and l 940s

19、were difficult years fOr most families in the United StatesMany families faced serious financial ， or moneyproblems during the Great Depression ， when many people lost their jobs During World War I|（1 939 1 945） ， 5 million women were left alone to take care of their homes and their children Because

20、 many men were at war ， thousands of these“war widows?had to go to workoutside the homeMost women worked long hours at hard jobs ， especially in factories During the next decades，the situation changedThere were fewer divorces， and peeple married at a younger age and had more children than the previo

21、us generation It was unusual for a mother to work outside the home during the years when her children were growing up Familiesbegan leaving cities and moving into single family homes in the suburbs（ 郊区） The traditional family seemed to be returnin9 In the years between l 960 and the l 990s，there wer

22、e many important changes in the structure of the family From the l 960s to the early l 970s ，the divorce rate doubled and the birthrate fell by half. The number of single parent families tripled（使成 3 倍）,and the number of Couples living together without being married quadrupled（ 使成 4 倍）. There are ma

23、ny people today who would like the “traditional ”family.toHorewteuvrner， less than l o percent of families in the l 990s fall into this category . In fact， the single parent householdonce unusualhas replaced the “traditional |y Oanthe typical（典型的）fam y in the United States. If we can judge from hist

24、ory，however，this will probablY change again in the twenty first century1. According to the author the American familyA is falling apartB is disappearing graduallyCis changing greatly【Dl is dying bit by bit2 Tom?S father works for IBM and his mother works for another big company . ?rom hasA l a blend

25、ed familyBa tw0 paycheck fam 订 y Can adoptive familyD 】 a traditional family3. Today the inain type of American family is 。A the traditional fami ly B I the nuclear family fCthe single-parent familY Dthe extended familY4. The title of the article is most likely to be .A】Two Types of American FamilyB

26、 The American Family Is Falling Apalt（四）阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A A、B B、C C、D D 4 4 个选项中选出最佳选项。The famoUS Johnson house was designed and built in l 949 i 九 New Canaan. Connecticut by Philip C Johnson This house has a clear,simple design. It is a rectangular glasS structure Because its four walls are glass，旦 ny

27、 view of the house includes the countryside around it . The house is about l 800 square feet The interior space is entirely 鱼幽 except for the three dividersThe kitchen is separated from the dining and living areas by a 3 5-foot high wood cabinet The bedroom is separated by a 6-foot high wood storage

28、 wall The only divider which goes from the floor to the ceiling is a bj_jck cylinder（ 圆柱体 ）which surrounds the bathroom The brick cylinder is l o feet in diameter（直径）.The living room has only five simple pieces of furniture on a white wool ru9 This interior design along with the glass walls give the

29、 Johnson house a sense of openness1. The design of the Johnson house mainly tries to express the idea of bein9。Abright BJ sunn ，C 】flat fDsimple2, The statement any view of the house includes the COuntrysidt.aOund it ” meanSA J one can see the outside view from anywhere jnside the house Bone call se

30、e b0 【 ）the outside and inside view at the sallle time fCthe design of the house matches well with the country al ound itDthe inside scene has been designed by copying the outside view3 Which of the following phrases is closest in meaning to the underlined word“ openAWithout cover,【 BJ With llo sepa

31、rate l ooms【 CCan be seen fi,Olil outside D 】 Being vast and spacious（五）阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A A、B B、C C、D D 4 4仑选项中选出最佳选项。A|I the World AsksOn my first day in a college classroom ，I felt like an overgrown child returning to civilization after having been lost in the forest for thirty years There I sat ， ol

32、d enough tobe a father to most of the students in the room， yet insecure enough to be their baby brotherWe were crowded elbow（肘）to elbow、listening to a Professor who looked even younger than the studentsI felt awkward and out of place as the professor carefully explained what she expected us to lear

33、nAs I listened I COUIdn?t help but think of my OWN oldest daughter who was now beginning her freshman year in coilege, just like me. 1 recalled（回忆）how hard I had tried to insti （逐步培养）selfconfidence in her and my other children . So why did f suddenly feel like a scared chitd myself?When f walked out

34、 of that classroom 1 had serious doLIbts about my ability to make it through college Not until late that night did my thinking change It was a lon9 distanee telephone call from my daughter ， my fellow college freshman that did the trick She spoke orl thephone about the doubts， worries， and anxieties

35、 she was experiencin9She was certain that she?d never succeed at collegeHow familiar her worries soundedI|n my most self, assured parentaI voice， I said， “Doing your best is all the world asks”The next daY in class， those words still echoed in my head. When the professor posed（提出）a question for the

36、class, nobody , inctuding me， dared answer. When f looked around at the fear and uncertainty on the young faces in that room, l knew exactly what I had to d0 ：my best. That?s all the world asks So I raised my hand. and the professor called on me。 1 spoke。1 . The main purpose of the writer in w ritin

37、g the stol,Y is t0 .Atell us how he overcame his self-doubt and anxiety as a college freshman BJ recall the poor conditions of the coilege when he was a studentfCdescribe his feeling of being frightened in class when asked a question fDl talk about thetime when a class had students of very different

38、 ages2。What have you lea-ned about the writer as a student?【AHe was a college freshman who came from the remote country. f Bl He went to the salIle college where his daughter goes.Cm was all average student who continued to studyafter 忸协昏 ng up his family D1 He was a student and at the same time a p

39、arent taking care of his children 3 When the writer says “ that did the trick， he me”ans A I the telephone call worked to help him change his thinking fBhis daughter played a trick on him by pretending to leave collegeCthe telephone call reminded him of his previous school expe?ienceDhis daughter?s

40、difficulties made him realize his parental responsibilities4. The underlined word “ echoed?,meartsA】 understoodB1 . epeated 。 CimaginedDl warned（六）阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A A、B B、C C、D D 4 4 个选项中选出最佳选项Modem conveniences have made our lives easier， but offen at the expense of our environment. Science and societ

41、y，which have been SO quick to create and adopt（ 接受 ）new consumer goods， have been stOW in creating and adopting practices to protect the environment from the same COnsumer goods. As a result， just through everyday“，vwine9are damaging theenvironment we depend on and wasting our resourcesFor one thin9

42、 ，we pollute the land and ou r water supply with the by products of modern life. We fill our garbage dumps and landfills with throwaway plastic products that will not disintegrate（降解）for hundreds of years , if ever. Industries accidentally or willfully spill（ 洒）oil and chemicals into the ground or s

43、treams and pollute our water supply .For another thin9 , we poison（使中毒）the air with exhaust（尾气 from the cars and ai rpIanes that have become such an important part of our liveS.In some areas.the exhaust from cars creates smog that poisons our lungs and causes serious disease.sAir pollution also caus

44、es acid rain that， in turn ， destroys rivers， Iakes， woods， and farm cropsFinally,we are wasting our resources shamefully . For example， we use far more water than we need to in brushing our teeth and taking showers Even sometimes as“ harmless ”leatsting dripping（滴水）taps go unrepaired wastes a（九）of

45、valuable-water. We water our lawns through automatic sprinkler systems that run even in rainstorms We also waste oil by driving miliions of cars hundreds of millions of needless miles each year and by keeping OU r houses warmer than we need to We are even dangerously close to reducing our“ renewable

46、”Werecsuotudrcoewsn ourforests with abandonment in order to eat from paper plates ， drink from paper cups， and carry products home frOm the store Yes， we have come to depend on technology to fulfill our needs ， but we still need0ur naturalenvironmentUnless we start developing technology to protect o

47、ur natural world，it may soonpollute and poison US1 The writer?S main purpose of writing the text is t0 一Apersuade readers to stop harming the environmentBstate that modem technology has failed to provide a good life Cremind readers ofthe limited natural resourcesDargue that natural enviromnent is mo

48、re important for people2 Which paragraph of the text is focused on poisoning as oIle way we damage the environment7AParagraph l BParagraph 2 CParagraph 3 DParagraph 43 The writer?S examples showing people?S wastefulness are mainly due t0 Atheir careless treatment of land and riverBthe production of

49、modern consumer goods Cthe use of transportation toolsDtheir everyday life4 Which of the following proves that we ar e using up the “ renewable ” resources?AUsi 蜷 too much water BCutting down too many flees CPouring oil into lakes and rivers DFilling up the earth with plastic bags 5 The underlined w

50、ord “it ” (Paragraph5)refers t0Apollution BpoisonCtechnologyD业 e natural world(七) 阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的 4 4个选项 A A、B B、C C、D D 中选出能填入相应空白 处的最佳选项。You asked me how to take successful photos of animals?Well ，the secret is 一 1一 Unlike people，who generally are 一 2 一 to stop what they are doing and say“ cheese

51、b”efore a camera.camera.shy animals are more likely to take off in the 一 3_direction。 Patience, however, can prove worthwhile One photographer spent the better part of a hot 4 hid behind a tree，5to snap a closeup of a fawn. Despite the high 6 0f late summer and frequent attacks by mosquitoes, the ph

52、otographer kept her 7。After four hours , before sunset, she finally_8 一 her goal, shooting half a roll of film 9 her white.tailed subject disappeared into the woods.The photographer later sold three of her photos she took to a wellknownl0magazine 1.Al patienceBskill Ctechniques Dtools2 AnervousBhapp

53、yCshy Dcalm3 AsameBwrong CrightDopposite4 AmorningBafternoon Cday Dweek5 AinsistingBimagining Choping Dplanning6 AtaskBlight Cspirit 明 heat7 AwatchBanimal Ccamera Dsecret8 ArealizedBachieved Cgive up Dput off9 AwhenBsince Cbefore Dafter1 0 AbeautyBfashion Chealth Dnature八）阅读下面短文，从每题所给的 A A、B B、C C、D

54、 D 4 4 个选项中选出最佳选项。BAL TlMORE When l 5-year old Michael Thomaseft home for schcol last May ， he couldn?t have been prouderOn hs feet thankS to his mother?S hard work，were a pair of new Air Jordans 一 $1 00 worth of ieather ，rubber and status that to today?S youth are the Mercedes Benz of athletic（ 运动员

55、的 ）footwear The next day it was James David Martin 1 7 who was walking down the street 1 Thomas?new sneakers while Thomas lay dead in a field not far from his sch001 Martin wasarrested（逮捕）for murder.For the Baltimore schooI systemThomaS?death was the last straw He was the third youngster to have bee

56、n killed over his clothes in five years . Dozens of others had been robbed of name brand sneakers， designer jogging suits，leather jackets and jewelry。This falJ . the school board announced a dress code preventing leather skirts and jackets，jogging suits ，gold chains and other expensive items.Clothes

57、， said board president Joseph Smith，had just gotten out of hand.Across the nation，parents，school officials，psychologists and even some children agree They say that today?S youngsters, throughout the nation, have become clothes fixated（专注 的）.They worry about them , compete over them, neglect（忽视）schoo

58、l for lhem and sometimes even rob and kilI for themln many cases. students are so concerned about what they and their classmates are wearin9， they forget what they come to school for ， educators said.In response， many public schools， mainly in Eastern cities ， have adopted school uniforms to cut dow

59、n on competition . Educators say， in the current fashion climate ， dressing students alike allows them more freedom to be individuals .1. Whv was Michael so proud Of himself?A1is hard workin9 1110ther earned a lot of money 。 Bl He wore expensive clothes worth$1 00 CHe was in a palr of name brand sho

60、esDHe was good at playing basketball 2 Martin was arrested for Akilling ThomasBrobbing several studentsCstealing expensive thingsDmurdering three people for their clothes3 When the boardpresident said “ Clothes hadjust gotten out o，fhhaendmeant clot”heswere gotten Aby forceBtoo easilyCout of control