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　　完形填空

　　1. Decide which of the choices given below would best complete the passage if inserted in the corresponding blanks. Mark the best choice for each blank on ANSWER SHEET TWO.

　　The effect of the baby boom on the schools helped to make possible a shift in thinking about the role of public education in the 1920s. In the 1920s, but especially in the Depression of the 1930s, the United States experienced a(n) (1) birth rate. Then with the prosperity (2) by the Second World War and the economic boom that followed, young people married and (3) households earlier and began to (4) larger families than had their (5) during the Depression. Birth rates rose to 102 per thousand in 1946, 106.2 in 1950, and 118 in 1955. (6) economics was probably the most important (7) , it is not the only explanation for the baby boom. The increased value placed (8) the idea of the family also helps to (9) this rise in birth rates. The baby boomers began streaming (10) the first grade by the mid-1940s and became a (11) by 1950. The public school system suddenly found itself (12) .The wartime economy meant that few new schools were built between 1940 and 1945. (13) large numbers of teachers left their profession during that period for better-paid jobs elsewhere. (14) , in the 1950s, the baby boom hit an antiquated and (15) school system. Consequently, the cus-todial rhetoric of the 1930s no longer made (16) ; keeping youths aged sixteen and older out of the labor market by keeping them in school could no longer be a high (17) for an institution unable to find space and staff to teach younger children. With the baby boom, the focus of educators (18) turned toward the lower grades and back to basic academic skills and (19)

　　The system no longer had much (20) in offering nontraditional, new, and extra services to the older youths.

　　2. [A] accelerating [B] strengthening

　　[C] declining [D] fluctuating

　　3. [A] aroused from [B] took on

　　[C] brought on [D] carried off

　　4. [A] adopted [B] incorporated

　　[C] administered [D] established

　　5. [A] increase [B] raise

　　[C] erect [D] generate

　　6. [A] predecessors [B] successors

　　[C] processors [D] dominators

　　7. [A] Since [B] Despite

　　[C] Although [D] Unless

　　8. [A] dominance [B] determinant

　　[C] determiner [D] premise

　　9. [A] at [B] on

　　[C] for [D] with

　　10. [A] demonstrate [B] interpret

　　[C] exhibit [D] explain

　　11. [A] through [B] across

　　[C] into [D] towards

　　12. [A] creek [B] flood

　　[C] torment [D] torrent

　　13. [A] overtaxed [B] overdosed

　　[C] overweighed [D] overlapped

　　14. [A] Moreover [B] However

　　[C] Otherwise [D] Thus

　　15. [A] Nevertheless [B] Therefore

　　[C] Furthermore [D] However

　　16. [A] deficient [B] incomplete

　　[C] inadequate [D] partial

　　17. [A] sense [B] meaning

　　[C] conception [D] cognition

　　18. A] notoriety [B] compatibility

　　C] proximity [D] priority

　　19. [A] refutably [B] indispensably

　　[C] inevitably [D] irrationally

　　20. [A] conference [B] symposium

　　[C] seminar [D] discipline

　　21. [A] ability [B] interest

　　[C] benefit [D] advantage

　　语法&词汇

　　1. It is the first American movie of this kind ______I've ever seen.

　　[A] which [B] that

　　[C] what [D] when

　　2. I could never understand______.

　　[A] why did Jane do such a crazy thing [B] why Jane does such a crazy thing

　　[C] why Jane has done such a crazy thing [D] why Jane did such a crazy thing

　　3. It is not until midnight ______he finished the report.

　　[A] before [B] when

　　[C] after [D] that

　　4. Three pints ______enough to get me drunk.

　　[A] aren't [B] isn't

　　[C] hadn't [D] haven't

　　5. It is high time that we ______some measures to deal with the water pollution.

　　[A] will take [B] must take

　　[C] took [D] shall take

　　6. Which of the following is INCORRECT?

　　[A] What we need at the moment is trucks, bulldozers and drills.

　　[B] Half of the students has signed up for the new course—Public Relations.

　　[C] The number of DINKs seems to be increasing in big cities.

　　[D] John as well as I wants to go boating.

　　7. Much of the boy's free time ______the Internet.

　　[A] spends surfing [B] is spent surfing

　　[C] spent surfing [D] is spent to surf

　　8. The new student is quite reserved. Never ______him talking with his classmates.

　　[A] did I find [B] I found

　　[C] have I found [D] I have found

　　9. I quite understand ______to discuss the matter before so many people.

　　[A] you not want [B] you to not want

　　[C] not your wanting [D] your not wanting

　　10. If the man is only interested in your looks, ______just Shows how shallow he is.

　　[A] as [B] which

　　[C] what [D] that

　　11. Leukemia is ______disease that the very mention of it strikes terror into our heart.

　　[A] a so dreadful [B] so dreadful a

　　[C] such dreadful a [D] a such dreadful

　　12. You must have got up late this morning, ______?

　　[A] mustn't you [B] haven't you

　　[C] have you [D] didn't you

　　13. If you had taken his advice, this ______.

　　[A] will not have happened [B] did not happen

　　[C] would not have happened [D] had not happened

　　14. He thinks that Hemingway's stories are not as humorous as______.

　　[A] Mark Twain [B] Mark Twain's

　　[C] that of Mark Twain [D] those Mark Twain wrote

　　15. ______the road, and you will come to the post office.

　　[A] If you were to turn off [S] Turn off

　　[C] Turning off [D] Having turned off

　　16. ______criticism is important for the development of literature.

　　[A] Literal [B] Illiterate

　　[C] Literate [D] Literary

　　17. The prices of the cars are about 30% ______and the manufacturers are almost selling their products ______cost.

　　[A] off; at [B] down; at

　　[C] less ; for [D] lower ; on

　　18. Their refusal to sign the international treaty was ______by many countries in the world.

　　[A] announced [B] denounced

　　[C] renounced [D] pronounced

　　19. No ______person would spend so much money just on a meal.

　　[A] sensitive [B] sensible

　　[C] sentimental [D] sensational

　　20. Eye contact is important in relationship because it ______to show attention and interest.

　　[A] assists [B] promotes

　　[C] serves [D] tends

　　21. A university is not just a place to ______knowledge passed on to us from the past, it should be a place to explore new ideas.

　　[A] inquire [B] require

　　[C] acquire [D] squire

　　22. The young couple ______the child to the care of their neighbour for evening schools.

　　[A] trusted [B] entrusted

　　[C] distrusted [D] mistrusted

　　23. He is a very ______person. He will be sorry for what he said just now when he calms down.

　　[A] exciting [B] excited

　　[C] excitatory [D] excitable

　　24. hen she saw how frightened he was at his mistake, her anger began to______.

　　[A] fade away [B] die away

　　[C] fall down [D] die down

　　25. The purpose of installing electric eyes along the main roads is to make sure that all vehicles ______follow traffic rules.

　　[A] cautiously [B] dutifully

　　[C] dubiously [D] skillfully

　　26. Dr. Lee has just received an invitation from Tsinghua University to join the ______as a full-time professor.

　　[A] committee [B] association

　　[C] institution [D] faculty

　　27. Listening to thrilling stories made my flesh______.

　　[A] climb [B] itchy

　　[C] creep [D] move

　　28. In the eyes of many ordinary people , scholars are by ______very unpractical.

　　[A] accident [B] nature

　　[C] anticipation [D] heart

　　29. The little boy is very ambitious; he's filled with ______for knowledge.

　　[A] aspiration [B] inspiration

　　[C] respiration [D] expiration

　　30. "You look so great today in this dress," she made a ______remark.

　　[A] complementary [B] complimentary

　　[C] supplementary [D] implementary

　　阅读理解

　　1. TEXT A

　　It was New Year's night. An aged man was standing at a window. He raised his mournful eyes towards the deep blue sky, where the stars were floating like white lilies on the surface of a clear calm lake. Then he east them on the earth, where few more hopeless people than himself now moved towards their certain goal—the tomb. He had already passed sixty of the stages leading to it, and he had brought from his journey nothing but errors and regret. Now his health was poor, his mind vacant, his heart sorrowful, and his old age short of comforts.

　　He looked towards the sky and cried painfully, "O youth, return! O my father, place me once more at the entrance to life, and I'll choose the better way ! " But both his father and the days of his youth had passed away.

　　The days of his youth appeared like dreams before him, and he recalled the serious moment when his father placed him at the entrance of the two roads—one leading to a peaceful, sunny place, covered with flowers, fruits and resounding with soft, sweet songs; the other leading to a deep, dark cave, which was endless, where poison flowed instead of water and where devils and poisonous snakes hissed and crawled. ①

　　He was the lights flowing away in the darkness. These were the days of his wasted life; he saw a star fall from the sky and disappeared, and this was the symbol of himself. His remorse, which was like a sharp arrow, struck deeply into his heart. Then he remembered his friends in his childhood, who entered on life together with him. But they had made their way to success and were now honoured and happy on this New Year's night.

　　The clock in the high church tower struck and the sound made him remember his parents' early love for him. They had taught him and prayed to God for his good. But he chose the wrong way. With shame and grief he dared no longer look towards that heaven where his father lived. His darkened eyes were full of tears, and with a despairing effort, he burst out a cry: "Come back, my early days! Come back!"

　　And his youth did return, for all this was only a dream which he had on New Year's night. He was still young though his faults were real; he had not yet entered the deep, dark cave, and he was still free to walk on the road which leads to the peaceful and sunny land.

　　Those who still linger on the entrance of life, hesitating to choose the bright road, remember that when years are passed and your feet stumble on the dark mountains, you will cry bitterly, but in vain: "O youth, return! Oh give me back my early days!"②

　　2. Which of the following adjectives can best describe the man in Paragraph One?

　　[A] Sinister. [B] Melancholy.

　　[C] Naive. [D] Desperate.

　　3. It can be inferred from the passage that the man was______.

　　[A] regretting the days of his youth. [B] dwelling on what he had done.

　　[C] repenting the choice he had made. [D] lingering on the thought of his father.

　　4. The word "remorse" in Paragraph Four probably means ______.

　　[A] serf-reproach [B] serf-awareness

　　[C] selfishness [D] self-esteem

　　5. What do we know about the man?

　　[A] His parents died when he was young. [B] Lack of love led him to the wrong way.

　　[C] He desperately hoped to return to youth. [D] He looked back to his past calmly.

　　6. At the end of the passage, the author

　　[A] urges people to make a wise choice

　　[B] reminds people of the bitterness of a wasted life

　　[C] warns people not to choose the dark road

　　[D] teaches people how to make a right choice

　　7. TEXT B

　　Clothing was not in any way a practical necessity in ancient Egypt. Egypt ( and most of the rest of North Africa) was not the mainly desert country it is today, subject to the temperature extremes that a dry climate generates. Then it was a lush, food-producing country,' subject to annual flooding, and a warm, humid climate. Clothing was therefore a luxury item of no great practical value. Slaves and the poor in surviving ancient Egyptian art are therefore usually depicted in little more than loincloths. As people went up the social scale more clothing and jewelry was worn, but even .then the fabric of the clothing is light and designed more to accentuate the shape of the body than conceal it.①The most elaborate Egyptian clothing was worn by the Pharaohs and their queens as symbols of power.

　　It is thought by some that royal Egyptians practiced body modification by wrapping the skulls of infants and altering the head shape to be more egg-like than rounded in adulthood, others ascribe this to a natural genetic fluke in the royal family. Aristocratic Egyptians also often shaved their heads (and other body hair) and wore wigs instead of natural hair to formal occasions. Kohl eye makeup was worn by both sexes, as were perfumes and body oils. During banquets, guests wore small mounds of beeswax impregnated with perfumed oil on top of their wigs ; these mounds would melt into the wigs with the heat of the room, releasing scent, during the course of the party. Jewelry was the dominant costume focus, worn by both sexes; numerous examples of ancient Egyptian jewelry survive in museums. Clothing has been less fortunate in survival, but linen textile scraps remain to indicate that the mostly white pleated materials that are shown in ancient drawings were probably fine linens. These pleated linen garments are usually depicted as straight pieces of cloth, pleated to give a body-hugging stretch that are wrapped in a variety of ways and tied or tucked in front.

　　8. As described in the passage, both sexes of ancient Egypt did the following things EXCEPT

　　[A] using perfumes [B] wearing jewelry

　　[C] wearing eye makeup [D] wearing skirts

　　9. According to the passage, which of the following statements is CORRECT?

　　[A] There is more clothing than jewelry in today's museums.

　　[B] The materials of ancient Egyptian clothes were of poor quality.

　　[C] Ancient Egyptians wore wigs on official occasions.

　　[D] In ancient Egypt, people wore clothes in order to cover their bodies.

　　10. In ancient Egypt, which of the following people did NOT wear more clothes than others?

　　[A] Upper class people. [B] Old people.

　　[C] Richer people. [D] Royal people.

　　11. Which of the following can be inferred from the passage?

　　[A] There is no definite explanation to the altering of royal Egyptians' heads when they grow up.

　　[B] Ancient Egyptians understood how to take care of their skins and hairs.

　　[C] Ancient Egyptians wore clothing in the same way as today's people.

　　[D] Wigs and jewelry were widely used among common people in ancient Egypt.

　　12. Which of the following is the most likely topic of the passage?

　　[A] Life style in ancient Egypt. [B] Art of ancient Egypt.

　　[C] Trends in ancient Egypt. [D] Ancient Egypt society.

　　13. am stricken with the peculiar curse of being a 21st-century woman who makes more than the man she's living with—first with a husband for 13 years and now with a new partner. It's an increasingly common situation, according to a study that found that the, proportion of American marriages in which the wife makes more money rose to 22 percent in 2007 from 4 percent in 1970. ①

　　I don't know how it's going for my sisters, but as my 40s and Verizon bills and mortgage payments roll on, I seem to have an ever more recurring 1950s housewife, fantasy. Fast forward to 2010. When husbands and wives not only co-work but try to co-homemake, as post-feminist and well-intentioned as it is, out goes the clear delineation of spheres, out goes the calm-of unquestioned authority, and of course out goes the gratitude. ②

　　Aside from the irritation of never being able to reach the knife ( men tend to place items on shelves that are a foot higher than women can manage), ! have found co-homemaking inefficient. With21 st-century technology, it's a straightforward matter to run a modern home. Sheep don't need to be sheared; the wash is not done on a board by the creek; nothing needs canning, because we have Costco. Even someone who works 40 hours a week can keep a home standing, and food in the fridge, by himself.

　　What can turn into a second shift is not just negotiating the splitting of this labor with another person, but the splitting of decision-making authority. Two co-workers in the home also have the opportunity to regularly evaluate each other's handiwork, not always to a positive effect. In short, as the Tupperware totters lopsidedly about, in the domestic equation, the work I do at home is no longer a gift, but the labor of a mediocre colleague whose performance could be better.

　　Still, a return to a life more like the 1950s, with one breadwinner and one homemaker, is an unreasonable expectation. It is particularly so since, as the breadwinner, I wish to be the husband, and hence what I'm looking for is a wife—a loyal helpmeet who keeps the home fires burning and offers uncritical emotional support when I, the gladiator, return exhausted from the arena. ~Who are the men without money who can adapt to such a role?

　　14. We know from the first paragraph that the 21st-century woman______.

　　[A] earns less money than her new patter

　　[B] broke up with her first husband and divorced

　　[C] carries out a study analyzing couples' earnings

　　[D] is not satisfied with her husband's earnings

　　15. Which of the following might NOT be a characteristic of a 1950s husband-wife relationship?

　　[A] There was a clear division of work between husband and wife.

　　[B] The wife possibly demanded more rights in the family.

　　[C] In the family, the wife was humble and submissive.

　　[D] In the family, one appreciated the other's work.

　　16. The author thinks the housework of a modern home is______.

　　[A] toilsome [B] irritating

　　[C] unfulfilling [D] undemanding

　　17. One of the disadvantages of co-homemaking is that husband and wife tend to______.

　　[A] ask the other to do housework [B] be particular about the other's work

　　[C] argue about who to do the washing [D] show less affection for each other

　　18. It can be inferred from the passage that ______.

　　[A] men provide their wives with less emotional support than women do

　　[B] financially a family can keep a good balance with one breadwinner

　　[C] women feel more exhausted than men when working outside

　　[D] men would like to be the homemaker rather than the breadwinner

　　19. It all began with a stop at a red light. Kevin Salwen, a writer and entrepreneur in Atlanta, was driving his 14-year-old daughter, Hannah, back from a sleepover in 2006. While waiting at a traffic light, they saw a black Mercedes coupe on one side and a homeless man begging for food on the other.

　　"Dad, if that man had a less nice car, that man there could have a meal," Hannah protested. The light changed and they drove on, but Hannah was too young to be reasonable. She pestered her parents about inequity, insisting that she wanted to do something. "What do you want to do?" her mom responded. "Sell our house?"

　　Warning! Never suggest a grand gesture to an idealistic teenager. Hannah seized upon the idea of selling the luxurious family home and donating half the proceeds to charity, while using the other half to buy a more modest replacement home.

　　Eventually, that's what the family did. The project—crazy, impetuous and utterly inspiring—is chronicled in a book by father and daughter scheduled to be published next month: The Power of Half. It's a book that, frankly, I'd be nervous about leaving around where my own teenage kids might find it. An impressionable child reads this, and the next thing you know your whole family is out on the street.

　　In fact, the Salwens' experience confirms the selfish pleasures of selflessness. Mr. Salwen and his wife, Joan, had always assumed that their kids would be better off in a bigger house. But after they downsized, there was much less space to retreat to, so the family members spent more time around each other. ①A smaller house unexpectedly turned out to be a more family-friendly house.

　　One reason for that togetherness was the complex process of deciding how to spend the money. The Salwens researched causes and charities, finally settling on the Hunger Project, a New York City-based international development organization that has a good record of tackling global poverty.

　　The Salwens' initiative hasn't gone entirely smoothly. Hannah promptly won over her parents, but her younger brother, Joe, was a red-blooded American boy to whom it wasn't intuitively obvious that life would improve by moving into a smaller house and giving money to poor people.② Outvoted and outmaneuvered, Joe gamely went along.

　　The Salwens also are troubled that some people are reacting negatively to their project, seeing them as showoffs. Or that people are protesting giving to Ghana when there are so many needy Americans.

　　Still, they have inspired some people. The people who sold the Salwens their new home were so impressed that they committed $ 100,000 to the project. And one of Hannah's closest friends, Blaise, pledged half of her baby-sitting savings to an environmental charity.

　　In writing the book, the Salwens say, the aim wasn't actually to get people to sell their houses. They realize that few people are quite that crazy. Rather, the aim was to encourage people to step off the treadmill of accumulation, to define themselves by what they give as well as by what they possess.

　　20. The word "pestered" in Paragraph Two probably means______.

　　[A] grumbled [B] annoyed

　　[C] moaned [D] inquired

　　21. The author's attitude to the family's behaviors seems to be______.

　　[A] admiring [B] inconsistent

　　[C] positive [D] negative

　　22. As to the book The Power of Half, the author will probably______.

　　[A] encourage his kids to read it [B] ask his kids to keep away from it

　　[C] read it in detail and again and again [D] hide it away from his kids

　　23. Which of the following statements is NOT true?

　　[A] A smaller house gives the family a sense of togetherness.

　　[B] Hannah talked her parents into donating money shortly.

　　[C] Joe agreed with the family's initiative at last.

　　[D] Joe is not sympathetic for the poor and unloving.

　　24. Some people criticize the Salwens' project because they______.

　　[A] consider them not sincere [B] doubt about the truth of it

　　[C] think it doomed to fail [D] regard it as a useless one

　　写作

　　1. Write on ANSWER SHEET THREE a note of about 50 -60 words based on the following situation :

　　You borrowed a bike from Jane, your classmate, to go to the supermarket this morning. When you came back, you left the bike outside her apartment building. Write a note, telling her where she can find the bike.

　　Marks will be awarded for content, organization, grammar and appropriateness.

　　2. Shopping is shopping, right? Well, not necessarily. At one time, the only way to shop was to leave your home and visit a store. Nowadays, the Internet has revolutionized the way in which we spend money. But how does it add up compared to traditional shopping?

　　Write on ANSWER SHEET THREE a composition of about 200 words on the following topic :

　　Which to Choose: Traditional Shopping or Online Shopping?

　　You are to write in three parts.

　　In the first part, state specifically what your opinion is.

　　In the second part, provide one or two reasons to support your opinion.

　　In the last part, bring what you have written to a natural conclusion or make a summary.

　　Marks will be awarded for content, organization, grammar and appropriateness. Failure to follow the instructions may result in a loss of marks.

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