2 . 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

The mountain bongo antelope (山地紫羚), one of the most     1     (endanger) animals, is likely to continue wandering in the wild for longer. Having followed 18 years of conservation efforts, staff members from the Mount Kenya Wildlife Conservancy reached a milestone this year — the first baby mountain bongo was born in the wild.

Native     2     equatorial forests, the mountain bongo is the largest and most colorful of the forest antelopes. The species     3     (see) a dramatic decline in numbers in the last few decades from     4     estimated population of 25, 000 to less than 100. It was mostly humans who caused its population to decrease     5     (dramatic). Now the Conservancy is making efforts in partnership with the Kenyan government to help the mountain bongo through one     6     (create) breeding (饲养) and rewilding program.

“Due to the massive decline, we     7     (leave) with less than 100 of the species in the wild. The mountain bongo is only found in Kenya and its decline in this area therefore means its decline in the world. That explains     8     taking immediate action here is so urgent,” Robert Aruho from the Conservancy said. He added that     9     (enable) the animals to adapt to life in the wild, they had taken a series of measures. With the first phase of the     10     (adapt) being complete, the Conservancy has moved to the second phase which involves introducing the antelopes to the wild.

3 . I was cleaning out a cupboard the other day when I made an amazing discovery. Inside I _________ the manuscript (手稿) of a novel. It included an outline of the _________ and a pile of typed pages telling a story. It was written, to my _________, by my father who has been dead for more than 50 years. It isn’t _________, as novels go, perhaps fifty or sixty typed pages, but without my _________ it has somehow accompanied me through my years of _________, several jobs, a marriage, the birth of my children and grandchildren, retirement and even the relocation across the country where I live.

Yet there it was, resting under a lot of paper to be recycled. I might have _________ my father’s legacy (遗产). I was truly _________ by my discovery.

I’m in the middle of reading another book _________ my dad’s novel has a place on my bedside table. I intend to __________ enough time for it, but I haven’t __________ examined it yet. I’m going to spend a whole afternoon giving it the __________ it deserves. As yet I don’t know what the storyline is about and I don’t even know if it is complete but I __________ a highly emotional process of finding out.

I find it fascinating to think that this could happen: After more than fifty years my father could __________ his only son through the mists of time. It’s those things that we don’t see coming that make life so __________.

1.

A．locked

B．found

C．placed

D．hid

2.

A．notes

B．reviews

C．chapters

D．references

3.

A．regret

B．relief

C．satisfaction

D．amazement

4.

A．long

B．fun

C．popular

D．romantic

5.

A．support

B．knowledge

C．approval

D．reach

6.

A．life

B．writing

C．reflection

D．education

7.

A．cleared away

B．passed down

C．counted on

D．handed out

8.

A．bothered

B．caught

C．shaken

D．disturbed

9.

A．or

B．so

C．but

D．for

10.

A．set up

B．set down

C．set about

D．set aside

11.

A．briefly

B．closely

C．happily

D．calmly

12.

A．support

B．comment

C．reward

D．attention

13.

A．design

B．expect

C．evaluate

D．record

14.

A．touch

B．raise

C．help

D．protect

15.

A．peaceful

B．successful

C．interesting

D．smooth

4 . It’s hard to say why, but it’s just true: Music is good for you. It can calm your spirit and help you vent (发泄) your anger.     1    . But there’s one surprising yet well-documented effect that has really surprised people. Music lessons are very good for language comprehension — and they might even be better than reading lessons.

    2    . But in this new study from MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), researchers were able to see music lessons improve word comprehension right before their eyes. Led by Robert Desimone, the director of McGovern Institute for Brain Research, the team tested 74 children between the ages of four and five to see how their growing language skills were affected by piano lessons.

The 74 participants were divided into three groups.     3    . The other two had their weekly academic lessons supplemented with three 45-minute lessons per week — the first got piano lessons and the second took part in reading lessons.

What are the results? The ones who received a little extra learning every week outperformed those who just continued on with their normal studies.     4    . Perhaps even more surprisingly, the children who took the music lessons even outperformed the ones who took the reading lessons when it came to telling the difference between two words that were very similar.

“That’s a big thing for kids in learning language: being able to hear the differences between words,” Desimone said in a statement. “They really benefited from that.” To the researchers, the results point to one clear conclusion:     5    

A．It can even be used to improve your memory.

B．It can bring people together and give us hope.

C．Music benefits students in multiple ways.

D．The control group simply carried on with their normal school classes.

E．Many studies have shown a close link between musical training and language skills.

F．If you’re a school administrator who wants kids to succeed, you’d better not cut those music lessons.

G．Even the ones who only took music lessons turned out to perform better on language puzzles than those who didn’t have extra lessons.

5 . Here’s an idea whose time has come: A flu shot that doesn’t require an actual shot.

For the first time, researchers have tested a flu vaccine patch (疫苗贴) in a human clinical trial and found that it delivered as much protection as a traditional injection with a needle (注射针). Doctors and public health experts have high hopes that it will increase the number of people who get immunized (免疫的) against the flu.

Seasonal flu is responsible for up to half a million deaths around the world each year according to the World Health Organization. A team led by Georgia Tech engineer Mark Prausnitz has come up with another method that uses “microneedles”. These tiny needles are so small that 100 of them, arranged in order on a patch, can fit under your thumb. Yet they’re big enough to hold vaccine for three types of flu.

None of the study volunteers had serious side effects. The groups that got patches had mild skin reactions that were not seen in the regular needle group, while the volunteers in the regular needle group were more likely to experience pain. Overall, 70 percent of the volunteers who got vaccine patches said they’d rather use them again than get a traditional flu shot. The study authors declared it a success on all fronts.

The biggest beneficiaries (受益者) could be people in low-and middle-income countries, where flu vaccines are hard to come by. Reducing pain is nice, but other benefits—the patch costs less, is easier to transport, doesn’t require fridge, can be self-administered and doesn’t cause waste of needles—are even better.

“Microneedle Patches have the potential to become ideal candidates for vaccination programs,” wrote Katja Hoschler and Maria Zambon of Public Health England.

1. What do we know about the vaccine patch?

A．It is produced by the WHO.	B．It delivers vaccine to the little finger.
C．It causes slight side effects.	D．It works badly on 30% of the volunteers.

2. The new patch has all the following benefits except that ______.

A．it can be used without a doctor	B．it is provided free of charge
C．it can he kept at room temperature	D．it needs less care in transportation

3. What is Kaija and Maria’s attitude towards the new shot?

A．Cautious.

B．Disapproving.

C．Indifferent.

D．Supportive.

4. What is the passage mainly about?

A．A vaccine patch that cures people of their flu.

B．A clinical study that protects people from disease.

C．A vaccine patch that makes flu shots a thing of the past.

D．A method that makes traditional flu shots painless.

6 . Evelyn Glennie was the first lady of solo percussion in Scotland. In an interview, she recalled how she became a percussion soloist (打击乐器独奏演员) in spite of her disability.

“Early on I decided not to allow the ____of others to stop me from becoming a musician. I grew up on a farm in northeast Scotland and began ____ piano lessons when I was eight. The older I got, the more my passion (酷爱) for music grew. But I also began to gradually lose my ____. Doctors concluded that the nerve damage was the ____ and by age twelve, I was completely deaf. But my love for music never____me.

“My ____ was to become a percussion soloist, even though there were none at that time. To perform, I ____ to ‘hear ’music differently from others. I play in my stocking feet and can ___ the pitch of a note (音调高低) by the vibrations (振动). I feel through my body and through my ____. My entire sound world exists by making use of almost every ____ that I have.”

“I was ____ to be assessed as a musician, not as a deaf musician, and I applied to the famous Royal Academy of Music in London. No other deaf student had ____ this before and some teachers ___ my admission. Based on my performance, I was ____ admitted and went to ____ with the academy’s highest honors.”

“After that, I established myself as the first full-time solo percussionist. I ____ and arranged a lot of musical compositions since ____ had been written specially for solo percussionists.

“I have been a soloist for over ten years. ____ the doctor thought I was totally deaf, it didn’t ____ that my passion couldn’t be realized. I would encourage people not to allow themselves to be ____ by others. Follow your passion; Follow your heart. They will lead you to the place you want to go.”

1.

A．conditions

B．opinions

C．actions

D．recommendations

2.

A．enjoying

B．choosing

C．taking

D．giving

3.

A．sight

B．hearing

C．touch

D．taste

4.

A．evidence

B．result

C．excuse

D．cause

5.

A．left

B．excited

C．accompanied

D．disappointed

6.

A．purpose

B．decision

C．promise

D．goal

7.

A．turned

B．learned

C．used

D．ought

8.

A．tell

B．see

C．hear

D．smell

9.

A．carefulness

B．movement

C．imagination

D．experience

10.

A．sense

B．effort

C．feeling

D．idea

11.

A．dissatisfied

B．astonished

C．determined

D．discouraged

12.

A．done

B．accepted

C．advised

D．admitted

13.

A．supported

B．followed

C．required

D．opposed

14.

A．usually

B．finally

C．possibly

D．hopefully

15.

A．study

B．research

C．graduate

D．progress

16.

A．wrote

B．translated

C．copied

D．read

17.

A．enough

B．some

C．many

D．few

18.

A．However

B．Although

C．When

D．Since

19.

A．mean

B．seem

C．conclude

D．say

20.

A．directed

B．guided

C．taught

D．limited

7 . 假定你是学生会主席李华，为了丰富校园生活，增强体质，你校将举办春季运动会。请根据提示写一篇书面通知。内容包括：
1. 举办时间和地点；
2. 比赛项目及注意事项；
3. 希望同学们积极参加。
注意：
1. 词数100左右；          
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
3. 开头和结尾已经写好，不计入总词数。
参考词汇：接力跑relay race       跳高high-jumping   
跳远long-jumping     百米跑100-meter race                                      

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8 . 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词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线( \ )划掉。
修改：在错词下划一横线，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。

It was quiet, sunny afternoon. I was sitting in the garden, reading the Sunday newspaper and expected a couple of hour of peace. Then I hear a loud knock on the door. I saw about twelve ladies wearing her Sunday clothes. They said, “Well, we hope we are not late, so it is not easy to find your house.” One lady said, “Well, your husband is very kind to invite us to tea.” I thought, “My God, my husband must have been mad.” I asked for them into the house and they sat down and started talking happy. But when my husband appeared, it was quickly discovered that they could have gone to the house on the another side of the street.

10 . 阅读下列短文，根据短文内容或括号内所给词的恰当形式填空。

Nowadays, one of the common     1     (phenomenon) is to see ordinary people listening to music with headphones,     2     (absorb) themselves in their own world. Moreover, people often share     3     (satisfy) records with their friends. In     4     (add), we can gain relief from pressure in the deepest part of our being.

    5     is proved that music can be used as a cure     6     diseases. Listening to positive and peaceful music will have     7     positive impact on people, which enables many patients     8     (reduce) pain. Classical music has reached a stage     9     it is often used in cancer treatment     10     the aim of relieving aches and side effects.