1 . Next week, as millions of families gather for their Thanksgiving feasts (大餐), many other Americans will go without. According to the United States Department of Agriculture, more than 12 million households _________ enough food for everyone in their family at some time during the year — including _________.

Hunger is surprisingly widespread in our country — one of the world’s wealthiest — yet the government estimates that we waste almost 100 billion pounds of food each year, more than one-quarter of our total supply.

Reducing this improper distribution of _________ is a goal of America’s Second Harvest, the nation’s largest domestic hunger-relief organization. Last year, it _________ nearly 2 billion pounds of food to more than 23 million people in need.

America’s Second Harvest is a network of 214 inter-connected food banks and other organizations that _________ food from growers, processors, grocery stores and restaurants. _________, the network distributes food to some 50,000 soup kitchens (施食处), homeless _________ and old people’s centers in every county of every state.

A great deal of work is involved in distributing tons of food from thousands of _________ to thousands of small, non-profit organizations. Until a few years ago, America’s Second Harvest lacked any _________ way to manage their inventory (存货). Without accurate and timely information, soup kitchens were sometimes empty while food was left to __________ in loading places.

In 2000, America’s Second Harvest began to use a new inventory and financial-management system — Ceres. It is a __________ designed specifically for hunger-relief operations. It is used by more than 100 America’s Second Harvest organizations to __________ food from donation to distribution.

Ceres has helped __________ the spoiling of food and improve distribution. An evaluation found that the software streamlined (精简) food banks’ operations by 23 percent in the first year alone.

With more accurate and timely reports, Ceres saves time, frees staff members to focus on finding new donors, and __________ more efficient use of donations.

Hunger in America remains a(n) __________ social problem. Technology alone cannot solve it. But in the hands of organizations such as America’s Second Harvest, it is a powerful tool that is helping to make a difference — and helping more Americans to join in the feast.

1.

A．serve

B．lack

C．reserve

D．order

2.

A．workdays

B．birthdays

C．holidays

D．paydays

3.

A．resources

B．incomes

C．missions

D．services

4.

A．exposed

B．introduced

C．distributed

D．addicted

5.

A．harvest

B．prepare

C．recommend

D．gather

6.

A．For example

B．In contrast

C．Above all

D．In turn

7.

A．backyards

B．shelters

C．garages

D．cabins

8.

A．donors

B．survivors

C．farmers

D．victims

9.

A．innovative

B．impressive

C．effective

D．productive

10.

A．grow

B．recycle

C．spoil

D．stir

11.

A．theory

B．action

C．remedy

D．software

12.

A．advertise

B．relieve

C．track

D．migrate

13.

A．produce

B．reduce

C．shift

D．simplify

14.

A．promises

B．ceases

C．admits

D．locates

15.

A．troubling

B．demanding

C．touching

D．imposing

2 . Time for a Brainstorm

A brainstorm is a session where a small group of people come together to solve a problem. People voice spontaneous ideas, sometimes just shouting, and a note-taker writes them all down.    1    By getting different ideas out there, ideas are said to bounce off each other and even can help solve the problem at hand. Brainstorming is often a group exercise but individuals can also conduct personal brainstorms.

    2    He defined it as using the brain to storm a creative problem and do so in commando (突击队）fashion, with each stormer attacking the same objective. According to him,, it was easier to tone down a wild idea than think up a new one. He placed importance on the collection of as many ideas as possible and dismissed scientific thinking.

Brainstorming has become one of the most popular ways to solve problems and hold discussion in schools and businesses. Many students brainstorm for a group assignment or even for a personal essay. Sarah Grace, 24, is an Australian marketing analyst and uses brainstorming during all her creative duties. She thinks brainstorming is the best way to work as a team. The sessions get everyone on the same page, everyone moving together and with a clear understanding about the foundations of an event or idea.    3    .

However, a big problem with brainstorming is creating a mess that leads people further away from a solution.     4     If you don’t have a strong moderator or leader of the brainstorm, can go really off track, and people just start discussing something totally different. Brainstorming can sometimes confuse the human brain.    5     If you brainstorm too much and your page is filled up with all the messy links, you can paint yourself into a bit of comer and get trapped with ideas.

You need to move past brainstorming as soon as you have something workable.

A．The ideas can be smart, strange or crazy.

B．It is caused by a lack of direction from a leader.

C．Brainstorming really helps her organize her thoughts.

D．Brainstorming really is the best way to build team spirit.

E．It can open too many doors and not suggest a clear direction.

F．Brainstorms were popularized in the 1940s by American advertising boss Alex Osborn.

G．They can be words; phrases, paragraphs and anything that can help answer the question.

3 . 听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。
1. What is the speaker mainly talking about?

A．The film industry in India.

B．The brief introduction to Bollywood.

C．The comparison between Hollywood and Bollywood.

2. What does the speaker say about Bollywood?

A．It pays the actors much.

B．It produces 29,000 films a year.

C．It is the largest film industry in the world.

3. What do most Indians like doing during their free time?

A．Doing sports.

B．Singing and dancing.

C．Watching films.

4. How much do most Bollywood films cost?

A．$ 2 million.

B．$ 5 million.

C．$ 50 million.

4 . Elizabeth wouldn’t walk or talk as an infant. Angela’s left leg was so enlarged that it hurt to stand. Emma needed a breathing machine just to sleep. Their suffering may take different forms, but their stories share a common thread: Neither they nor their families knew what was actually causing these issues.

Those cases are precisely where the Undiagnosed Diseases Network (UDN) steps in. Established in 2008, the UDN’s mission is to provide answers for patients with diseases that doctors are unable to diagnose. Anyone can apply to the program and the UDN works hard to screen every application it receives.

Today, the UDN covers 12 clinical sites around the country, and has evaluated over 1,400 patients. More than 400 of those patients have received a diagnosis thanks to the UDN. In some of these cases, the network is able to match a patient with an already known condition. In others, UDN researchers must work to describe an entirely new disease and enter it into the medical dictionary. The program has added at least 25 entirely new diseases in this way. Additionally, the UDN covers the cost of the tests, meaning patients aren’t burdened with crushing medical debt.

“I think they’ve really advanced and changed the whole model for how we approach many of these illnesses, ” says Anne Pariser, director of the Office of Rare Diseases Research. She says the UDN’s multidisciplinary (多门学科的) approach—bringing different specialists together to talk about challenging cases—has helped advance the field of rare disease research, especially when it comes to genetic diseases.

Living with a disease without a name can be its own kind of suffering. “You grow up feeling like, I’m in this, crazy, all by myself, and no one really understands me, ” says Angela Moon, a UDN participant. For patients like her, the UDN offers hope for treatment, but also for finally being seen.

1. The purpose of the first paragraph is to ______.

A．introduce the background for the UDN’s founding	B．describe the symptoms of rare diseases
C．arouse the readers’ interest in the UDN	D．inform us of the sufferings of some patients

2. The third paragraph mainly talks about ______.

A．the model the UDN is run nationwide	B．the challenges and risks the UDN is facing
C．the reasons why the UDN gains popularity	D．the achievements the UDN has made so far

3. What can be inferred about the UDN’s work model?

A．It helps spread the knowledge of rare diseases.

B．It stresses cooperation between different specialists.

C．It is specifically designed to deal with genetic diseases.

D．It attaches importance to participants’ privacy.

4. What can be learned about Angela Moon?

A．She has received treatment now.	B．She failed to identify with others.
C．She used to live in despair.	D．There must be a cure for her condition.

5 . 假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线（＼）划掉。
修改：在错的词下面画一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：1. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；

2. 只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。

My father and I stayed at the South Lake Hotel for a week when we visit Beijing last month. It is in the city center , but it is easy to go anywhere from the hotel by the subway. We lived in a comfortably double-room with a big bath. What I liked best were the free high-speed Internet connection in the room. I checked my email messages every day. I also shared for my friends many photos taking in Beijing. The food was wonderful with reasonable prices, and we enjoyed several local dish. It is such great hotel that I would introduce them to any friend of mine who is going to Beijing.

6 . 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1. What can we learn about the “Kitchen” in the conversation?

A．It's the man's kitchen.

B．It opens every Sunday.

C．It's a poetry club.

2. What is the man trying to do?

A．Persuade the woman.

B．Discuss his homework.

C．Introduce some readings.

7 . 英语一直都被认为是世界通用语言。近年来，社会上出现了种类繁多的英语学习机构，尤其是一些宣称由英美外教作为上课主力的机构。对此，不同的人有不同的看法。请阅读下面表格。并按照要求用英语写一篇150词左右的文章。

赞成	1.       接触纯正地道英语，有助提高口语； 2.外教幽默风趣，吸引人。
反对	1.费用太高； 2.外教水平参差不齐，难以评估。
你的观点	(...至少2个理由支撑你的观点)。

[写作要求]
1.可适当加入细节，使内容充实、行文连贯，不要简单翻译；
2.开头已给出，不计入总词数；
3.作文中不得提及有关考生个人身份的任何信息，如校名、人名等。
[评分标准]
内容完整，语言规范，语篇连贯，词数适当。
参考词汇：地道的 authentic, 评估 evaluate

English is widely recognized as the universal language. Recently there have been various English learning institutions. People’s opinions on these institutions are divided.

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8 . 听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。
1. Whom does London Teenagers’ Help raise donations for?

A．Children.

B．Women.

C．Old people.

2. How many people were killed in the great floods?

A．At least 242.

B．About 5,000.

C．Around 18,600.

3. What are the flood victims badly in need of?

A．Food.

B．Clothes.

C．Water.

4. How can people contact London Teenagers’ Help?

A．By writing letters.	B．By going to the office directly.
C．By phone or through the Internet.

9 . One very important institution in our economy is the bank. Banks______money for individual people, corporations, and the government. Banks, provide a number of important services for you and your family. Most importantly, they're a______place to store your money. They also provide an easy way for you to______money from one place to another. When you write a personal check, the check authorizes the bank to give your money to the person or business whose name is on the check.

Of course, banks also lend money. Ordinary people take out bank______for a number of reasons -to pay for college, to buy or remodel a home, to start or expand a business, and so forth. Banks provide these services to individuals______, their main function is to lend large sums of money, for example, to corporations. When people or corporations borrow money from a bank, they must, of course, pay______-a percentage of the money they have borrowed.

Banks pay interest on the money they hold, and charge interest on the money they lend. For a bank to make a ______, it has to collect more interest than it pays out.

Sometimes banks invest money as well as lend it. To invest money means to put it into a corporation. or some other project - for example, building a housing complex or doing medical research-______a share of the profits. Most businesses need loans and investments at some time, and banks are an important source of______.

You might wonder what would happen if all the people with money in a bank wanted to take their money out at the same time. I mean, how would the bank be able to give everyone their money, if it had lent out or______most of it? In fact, this can be a serious problem for banks. They______the fact that most people won't want their money for a long time once it's deposited. That leaves the bank free to lend or invest the money. If every person-or even lots of people- tried to______their money at the same time, the bank might not be able to honor all of its______. This causes some banks to______, or go bankrupt.

Bank failures used to be______during times of recession or depression. They were especially common during the Great Depression of the 1930s. When Franklin Roosevelt became president in 1933, one of the first things he did was close all the banks, so depositors wouldn't panic and try to take all their money out.

1.

A．raise

B．manage

C．save

D．collect

2.

A．quiet

B．public

C．secret

D．safe

3.

A．transfer

B．borrow

C．donate

D．exchange

4.

A．accounts

B．savings

C．loans

D．notes

5.

A．otherwise

B．however

C．therefore

D．moreover

6.

A．interest

B．fees

C．debts

D．damages

7.

A．profit

B．fortune

C．name

D．hit

8.

A．in view of

B．in place of

C．in search of

D．in exchange for

9.

A．either

B．neither

C．both

D．each

10.

A．spent

B．wasted

C．lost

D．invested

11.

A．account for

B．count on

C．stick to

D．look at

12.

A．withdraw

B．invest

C．lend

D．collect

13.

A．checks

B．principles

C．deposits

D．clerks

14.

A．sacrifice

B．respond

C．expand

D．fail

15.

A．rare

B．common

C．serious

D．costly

10 . When it comes to finding the best college for you, there are more things for people to consider.    1    Big schools are often seen as factories that pump out (批量生产) graduates, not places that are equipped to offer personalized educational experiences. There are good sides to going big, however. Here are some reasons:

    2    

Large colleges can offer depth and width in their majors that are usually unavailable at smaller schools. Leighton Stamps, a retired professor from both a large school and a small one in the US, said, “Students at a large university are more likely to take highly specialized majors, some of which are typically not available at smaller schools.”

Larger and better-known professors

    3     “At large ones, especially during the senior years, students are often taught by nationally-known experts…doing advanced research,” Stamps said. This is not to say that small schools don't have well-regarded faculty, but their size can influence the nature of the research being conducted.

Resources

Everything is big at big schools, including the availability of resources.    4    At a large school, you'll be able to find a wider range of research sources.

Endless opportunities

Big schools offer more experiences that can supply what you can't learn in class.    5    

One last piece of advice: It's much easier to make a big school smaller than to make a small school bigger. That means if you choose a larger school, find your people and make it your best school.

A．Abundant activities

B．More choices

C．Large schools often have faculty who are leaders in their fields.

D．There are also more events, clubs and other organizations.

E．One important factor is the size of the school.

F．Different people hold different attitudes towards learning.

G．For example, Harvard has more than 60 libraries.