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1、阅读理解 (共两节，满分40分)第一节 (共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分)AOne day a man found a cocoon (茧) of a butterfly in the forest. He sat down and watched the cocoon. Suddenly a small opening appeared, and the butterfly made its great effort to force its body through that little hole. Then it seemed to stop making any progress

2、. It appeared as if it could go no further. The man decided to help the butterfly. He cut off the remaining bit of the cocoon so that the butterfly could come out easily. But to his surprise, the butterfly got a heavy body and very small wings when it came out of the cocoon. The man continued to wat

3、ch the butterfly. He expected that its body would grow smaller and the wings would become large enough to fly. But neither of these things happened. In fact, the butterfly spent the rest of its life crawling (爬行) around with a heavy body and small wings. What the man, in his kindness, did not unders

4、tand was that the cocoon and the effort were necessary for the butterfly. As the butterfly struggled to get through the small opening, fluid (液体) was forced from its body into its wings. This way, it would be able to fly. Sometimes struggles are exactly what we need in our life. If nature allowed us

5、 to go through our life without any difficulties, it would cripple (使残废) us. We would not be as strong as what we could have been.1. The man cut off the remaining bit of the cocoon to _.A. watch the butterfly clearlyB. help the butterfly come out easilyC. kill the butterflyD. stop the butterfly grow

6、ing bigger2. Which of the following can be used to describe the man?A. Patient but stupid. B. Careful and clever.C. Kind-hearted but unwise. D. Brave and kind-hearted.3. What does the author want to tell us by telling the story?A. Struggles are sometimes necessary in our life.B. Nothing is difficult

7、 if we put our heart into it.C. Every good deed will come back with good result.D. The greatest happiness in the world is to help others.BIt is a normal Monday morning in Nairobi, Kenya. It is the beginning of a new work week. The streets are busy with traffic. At Nairobis central bus station, a lar

8、ge group of men and women carry many brightly colored yellow balloons (气球). They offer the balloons to people traveling to work. These yellow balloons are part of an art project called Monday Morning.Yazmany Arboleda is an artist from New York City. In 2011, Arboleda set up a new art project. He cal

9、led it Monday Morning. He knew that many people dont like Mondays. Monday is the beginning of new work and the end of the weekend. He told the magazine UP: Nairobis Urban Perspective that he got the idea for Monday Morning while he worked in India.“I was sitting on the grass. Then an idea came to me

10、. Parties usually make people happy. And what is the one element that symbolizes (代表) parties? A balloon. This was the perfect way to make art with a positive influence.”Arboleda wanted his art to change how people felt about Monday morning. He decided to do the art project in seven different countr

11、ies. In each country, he would make one Monday morning feel like a party.In Kenya, the Monday Morning project did just what Arboleda hoped. On November 7, 2011, Miriam Muthoni was on her way to work in Nairobi. Suddenly, someone gave her a balloon. The gift surprised her. She said, “I feel it has gi

12、ven me the energy to work.”4. Yazmany Arboleda called his art project Monday Morning because _.A. people are very busy on Monday morningsB. people feel bad on Monday morningsC. people are tired on Monday morningsD. people expect parties on Monday mornings5. Why did Yazmany Arboleda choose balloons?A

13、. Balloons symbolize parties.B. Balloons are easy to carry.C. Balloons are beautiful.D. Balloons cost a little.6. The balloons for the art project are given to _.A. old and lonely peopleB. children going to schoolC. visitors to a large cityD. people going to work7. Miriam Muthoni is mentioned in the

14、 passage to show _.A. Arboledas hope for the art projectB. peoples attitude towards the art projectC. the art projects influence on peopleD. peoples surprise receiving the balloonsCIt is reported that in the near future robots and humans will probably work together to create jazz. A singing robot is

15、 being taught to create jazz with a human being in a project.Antonio Chella from Italy is working with a Telenoid robot. To startwith, the Telenoid will be trained to imitate (模仿) the movements and simplesounds made by a human singer, and then connect music with differenthuman emotions.Previous (以前的

16、) robots had the ability to find common connectionsbetween things. But Chella suggests that a conscious (有意识的) robot shouldbe able to go a step further and find new connections. The Telenoid is of thiskind.“This work raises interesting questions about the connection betweenconsciousness and music cr

17、eating,” says Philippe Pasquier, a musician andcomputer scientist. He is considering whether a robot musician needs aphysical body.Pasquier argues that the robot musician is faced with a big challenge. “Itssoftware has already been developed and it can imitate The Beatles, a famousband. However, wha

18、t made The Beatles famous were not only their songs buttheir wonderful performance of the songs,” he says.It is not clear how a robot would perform music in a new way. But byimitating humans, the Telenoid robot could provide some useful information.What is important is that human musicians often lis

19、ten to and compare musicmade by others for a long time before creating music of their own. So theTelenoid robot had better listen to more jazz music first.8. What will the Telenoid robot be taught to do first?A. Communicate with human beings.B. Connect music with human emotions.C. Live and work comf

20、ortably with human beings.D. Imitate the movements and simple sounds of a human singer.9. In Pasquiers opinion, the Telenoid robot _.A. will replace human musicians soonB. may have trouble performing musicC. will become more popular than The BeatlesD. can find connections between things that humans

21、cannot find10. Which of the following could be the best title of the passage?A. The Telenoid, future robot musicianB. How to teach robots to perform musicC. The right music the robots should listen toD. Differences between a human singer and a robot musician11. In which part of a newspaper would we

22、most probably read this passage?A. Arts. B. Entertainment. C. Science. D. Education.DMusic therapy (音乐疗法) is growing in popularity in many hospitals. There are a couple of reasons for it. Music is very inexpensive and it is a lowcost treatment. Scientists have done a lot of research on musics effect

23、s on pain. Dr. Marian Good did a lot of studies looking at surgery patients (手术患者) and the use of music. In her studies, patients just listened to relaxing music. Dr. Good found that her surgery patients took fewer pain drugs after they listened to music. Music had a good effect on short-term pain.

24、However, chronic pain, the kind that just will not go away, is still a common problem. Dr. Linda Chlan was studying something different. She was not interested in patients pain, but instead their anxiety or worry. She has spent a lot of time with people who are in the hospital because their anxiety

25、is so great that they cannot breathe. People with this condition often have to use breathing machines. Dr. Chlan says, “It was not just that the medicines did not work. Sometimes they made things worse.” Dr. Chlan had nurses tell patients that music was a good choice to help them. They also placed s

26、igns near the patients beds: Listen to your music at least twice today. It turned out that people who listened to music had a reduction (减少) in the amount of medicine they received. And their anxiety reduced by about 36 percent. Both doctors had similar explanations for why music was so successful.

27、Music can be a very powerful distracter (干扰项) in the brain when were listening to it that is pleasing and then it interrupts stressful thoughts.12. What can we learn about Dr. Goods research?A. It showed that only relaxing music can help.B. Patients were required to listen to music before taking pai

28、n drugs.C. Music therapy doesnt work well on all the patients.D. There is no need for patients to take pain drugs after listening to music.13. It can be inferred from the passage that _.A. Dr. Good and Dr. Chlan didnt agree with each other on musics effectsB. patients with great anxiety would not re

29、cover after taking medicinesC. listening to pleasant music is a good way to relieve stressD. Dr. Marian Good was the first one to use music therapy14. What does the underlined word “it” in the last paragraph refer to?A. The brain. B. Music.C. One of the doctors explanations. D. Medicine.15. Whats th

30、e authors purpose of writing this passage?A. To encourage all patients to listen to music.B. To explain how music can deal with pain and pressure.C. To tell people how to reduce pain by listening to music.D. To show us that music therapy is effective and successful.第二节 (共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分)根据短文内容，从短文后的

31、选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。 Parents with young ones need to be careful of the Internet activities of their children. 16_ And they might not have considered how theyre going to ensure (确保) kids safety online. Here are a number of tips to help protect kids safety online. 17_ A good understanding of

32、technologies such as QQ, e-mail, text messaging, forums (论坛), chat rooms, and social networking sites will all be important for ensuring kids safety online. 18_ For example, in the beginning you may insist that the Internet only be used while the child is accompanied (陪伴) by a parent. This would be

33、useful for guiding your children through their “first-time” experiences on the web and making sure that they develop good online habits. 19_ You dont need to stand over them, but just knowing that you are there will make them less likely to search the web for negative (负面的) information. This will he

34、lp protect your kids from negative online information. It will be difficult to keep a close watch on what your children are doing online at all times. 20_ This will help ensure kids safety online. Your Internet security software should include secret passwords, website history, and some methods of t

35、aking screen pictures at regular times. It would also be useful to let software be able to watch your childs behavior on social networking sites.A. Create a list of acceptable computer behavior.B. So its suitable to set up an Internet control software program.C. Use your computer safely when you con

36、nect it to the Internet.D. Improve your computer skills if you are not familiar with the Internet.E. Many parents have children just old enough to start surfing theInternet.F. Keep the computer in a central place to ensure that your kids onlinebehavior is being watched.G. The Internet also makes it

37、easier to search and apply for jobs andbusiness chances.英语知识运用 (共两节，满分45分)第一节 完形填空 （共20小题；每小题1.5 分，满分30分）Do you remember the name of your kindergarten teacher? I remember that of mine. Her name was Mrs. White. I dont remember much about what we learned in her 21_, but my mother once told me that we

38、used to 22_ a lot. I would bring back what I wrote and she would look at it and 23_ that there were so many mistakes, 24_ no red corrections, and always a star. Sometimes 25_ a “Good”! Writing in the way that I 26_ would make my heart fill with happiness. But it 27_ my mother, so one day when in a p

39、arent-teacher meeting, she asked Mrs. White why she never 28_ my mistakes, and why she never 29_ the wrong spellings of words or the errors of grammar.Mrs. White said, “The children are just beginning to get excited about 30_ words and forming sentences. Spelling and grammar can 31_. The wonder of w

40、ords cannot be 32_.”So I grew up learning to use words with 33_ like that. If Mrs. White had corrected all my mistakes, I 34_ wouldnt be telling you about this now. I look back now and think she must have been a rather 35_ teacher to use this special method: to 36_ the joy, wonder and excitement of

41、writing, 37_ sometimes with mistakes. If she had corrected my mistakes 38_, I would only have spelled the words correctly and written the sentences grammatically (符合语法地)，and I wouldnt have the passion (热情) towards words 39_ I do now. And thanks to Mrs. White, I have no problem writing what I want to

42、 40 and I enjoy writing now.21. A. room B. class C. study D. office22. A. play B. sing C. read D. write23. A. find B. realize C. think D. agree24. A. and B. or C. so D. but25. A. still B. even C. nearly D. already26. A. liked B. invented C. supported D. improved27. A. excited B. shocked C. worried D

43、. comforted28. A. went through B. cared about C. set down D. pointed out29. A. corrected B. removed C. recovered D. recognized30. A. selecting B. solving C. using D. controlling31. A. wait B. develop C. ignore D. compete32. A. forced B. settled C. admitted D. stopped33. A. difficulty B. concern C. c

44、onfidence D. doubt34. A. probably B. gradually C. finally D. logically35. A. strange B. polite C. hopeless D. unusual36. A. determine B. allow C. transport D. rescue37. A. since B. unless C. although D. until38. A. at present B. as usual C. all the time D. face to face39. A. as B. why C. when D. bef

45、ore40. A. explore B. design C. command D. express第二节 (共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分)阅读下面材料，在标有6170 的空格处填入适当的内容(不多于3个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。Lily: I hear that you are from a small town near the sea, right?Tom: Thats true.Lily: Then, Id like to know 41_ about fishermens life in your hometown. 42_ you help me with it?Tom

46、: Of course I can. What is it?Lily: How do fishermen make their living in your hometown?Tom: Well, they used to make their living 43_ fishing. 44_ as time goeson, more and more people turn to some other ways to make their living.Lily: Why? Is it because they dont enjoy 45_ (fish)?Tom: Well, water pollution is getting 46_ (bad) in the sea than before. As aresult, there are fewer and fewer 47_ in the sea.Lily: So what do they live on by now?Tom: As you know, many factories 48_ (set) up in the town in recent years.More and more people in our town work in these fac