1 . It has been argued by some that gifted children should be grouped in special classes. The ________ is based on the belief that in regular classes these children are held back in their intellectual (智力的)growth by   ________ situations that are designed for the   ________ children.There can be little doubt that ________ classes can help the gifted children to graduate earlier and take their place in life sooner. However, to take these   ________ out of the regular classes may create serious problems.

I observed a number of ________ children who were taken out of a special class and placed in a   ________ class. In the special class, they showed little ability to use their own judgment, relying   ________ on their teachers’ directions. In the regular class, having no worry about keeping up, they began to reflect   ________ on many problems, some of which were not on the school program.

Many are concerned that gifted children become   ________ and lose interest in learning. However, this   ________ is more often from parents and teachers than from students, and some of these   ________ simply conclude that special classes should be set up for those who are   ________. Some top students do feel bored in class, but why they   ________ so goes far beyond the work they have in school. Studies have shown that to be bored is to be anxious. The gifted child who is bored is an   ________ child.

1.

A．principle

B．theory

C．argument

D．classification

2.

A．designing

B．grouping

C．learning

D．living

3.

A．smart

B．curious

C．mature

D．average

4.

A．regular

B．special

C．small

D．creative

5.

A．children

B．programs

C．graduates

D．designs

6.

A．intelligent

B．competent

C．ordinary

D．independent

7.

A．separate

B．regular

C．new

D．boring

8.

A．specially

B．slightly

C．wrongly

D．heavily

9.

A．directly

B．cleverly

C．voluntarily

D．quickly

10.

A．doubted

B．bored

C．worried

D．tired

11.

A．concern

B．conclusion

C．reflection

D．interest

12.

A．students

B．adults

C．scholars

D．teachers

13.

A．talented

B．worried

C．learned

D．interested

14.

A．believe

B．think

C．say

D．feel

15.

A．outstanding

B．intelligent

C．anxious

D．ordinary

2 . Every country has its own culture.

Even though each country uses doors, doors may have _____ functions and purposes which lead to ____ differences.

When I first came to America, I noticed that a public building had two different _____ and they had distinct functions. You have to push the door with the word “PUSH” to go out of the building and to pull the door with the word “PULL” to ____ the building. This was new to me, because we use the _____ door in south Korea. For quite a few times I failed to go out of a shopping centre and was embarrassed.

The way of using school bus doors was also _____ to me. I used to take the school bus to classes. The school decided that when the driver opened both the front and back doors, ______ who were getting off the bus should get off first, and students who were getting on should get on ______. In south Korea, we do not need to wait for people to get off. One morning, I hurried to the bus, and when the bus doors opened, I ______tried to get on the school bus through the front door. All the students around looked at me, I was total ________, and my face went red.

1.

A．different

B．important

C．practical

D．unusual

2.

A．national

B．embarrassing

C．cultural

D．amazing

3.

A．exits

B．entrances

C．signs

D．doors

4.

A．enter

B．leave

C．open

D．close

5.

A．main

B．same

C．front

D．back

6.

A．annoying

B．hard

C．satisfying

D．strange

7.

A．parents

B．students

C．teachers

D．drivers

8.

A．sooner

B．later

C．faster

D．earlier

9.

A．politely

B．patiently

C．unconsciously

D．slowly

10.

A．embarrassed

B．annoyed

C．unsatisfied

D．excited

3 . Parents feel that it is difficult to live with teenagers. Then again, teenagers have_______feelings about their parents, saying that it is not easy living with them. According to a recent research, the most common _______between parents and teenagers is that regarding untidiness and daily routine tasks. On the one hand, parents go mad over _______rooms, clothes thrown on the floor and their children’s refusal to help with the _______. On the other hand, teenagers lose their patience continually when parents blame them for _______the towel in the bathroom, not cleaning up their room or refusing to do the shopping at the supermarket.

The research, conducted by St. George University, shows that different parents have different _______to these problems. However, some approaches are more _______than others. For example, those parents who yell at their children for their untidiness, but _______clean the room for them, have fewer chances of changing their children’s _______. On the contrary, those who let teenagers experience the ________of their actions can do better. For example, when teenagers who don’t help their parents with the shopping don’t find their favorite drink in the refrigerator, they are forced to ________their actions.

Psychologists say that ________is the most important thing in parent-child relationships. Parents should ________to their children but at the same time they should lend an ear to what they have to say. Parents may ________their children when they are untidy but they should also understand that their room is their own private space. Communication is a two-way process. It is only by listening to and ________each other that problems between parents and children can be settled.

1.

A．natural

B．strong

C．guilty

D．similar

2.

A．interest

B．argument

C．link

D．knowledge

3.

A．noisy

B．crowded

C．messy

D．locked

4.

A．homework

B．housework

C．problem

D．research

5.

A．washing

B．using

C．dropping

D．replacing

6.

A．approaches

B．contributions

C．introductions

D．attitudes

7.

A．complex

B．popular

C．scientific

D．successful

8.

A．later

B．deliberately

C．seldom

D．thoroughly

9.

A．behavior

B．taste

C．future

D．nature

10.

A．failures

B．changes

C．consequences

D．thrills

11.

A．defend

B．delay

C．repeat

D．reconsider

12.

A．communication

B．bond

C．friendship

D．trust

13.

A．reply

B．attend

C．attach

D．talk

14.

A．hate

B．scold

C．frighten

D．stop

15.

A．loving

B．observing

C．understanding

D．praising

4 . Number sense is not the ability to count. It is the ability to recognize a _______, in number. Human beings are born with this ability. _________, experiments show that many animals are, too. For example, many birds have good number sense. If a nest has four eggs and you remove one, the bird will not _______However, if you remove two, the bird _______ leaves. This means that the bird knows the _______ between two and three.

Another interesting experiment showed a bird's _______ number sense. A man was trying to take a photo of a crow(乌鸦)that had a nest in a tower, but the crow always left when she saw him coming. The bird did not _______ until the man left the tower. The man had an _______. He took another man with him to the tower. One man left and the other stayed, but they did not _______ the bird. The crow stayed away until the second man left, too. The experiment was ________with three men and then with four men. But the crow did not return to the nest until all the men were ________. It was not until five men went into the tower and only four left that they were ________ able to fool the crow.

How good is a human's number sense? It's not very good. For example, babies about fourteen months old almost always notice if something is taken away from a________group. But when the number goes beyond three or four, the children are ________ fooled.

It seems that number sense is something we have in common with many animals in this world, and that our human________is not much better than a crow's.

1.

A．rise

B．pattern

C．change

D．trend

2.

A．Importantly

B．Surprisingly

C．Disappointedly

D．Fortunately

3.

A．survive

B．care

C．hatch

D．notice

4.

A．generally

B．sincerely

C．casually

D．deliberately

5.

A．distance

B．range

C．different

D．interval

6.

A．amazing

B．annoying

C．satisfying

D．disturbing

7.

A．relax

B．recover

C．react

D．return

8.

A．appointment

B．excuse

C．idea

D．explanation

9.

A．fool

B．hurt

C．catch

D．kill

10.

A．reported

B．repeated

C．designed

D．approved

11.

A．confused

B．gone

C．tired

D．drunk

12.

A．gradually

B．luckily

C．strangely

D．finally

13.

A．single

B．small

C．local

D．new

14.

A．seldom

B．temporarily

C．merely

D．often

15.

A．sight

B．nature

C．ability

D．belief

5 . Alfred Nobel became a millionaire and changed the ways of mining, construction, and warfare as the inventor of dynamite (炸药). On April 12, 1888, Alfred’s brother Ludwig died of heart attack. A major French newspaper _1_ his brother for him and carried an article _2_ the death of Alfred Nobel. “The merchant of death is dead.” The article read. “Dr. Alfred Nobel, who became _3_ by finding ways to kill more people faster than ever before, died yesterday.”Nobel was _4_ to find out not that he had died, but that, when his time was up, he would be thought of only as one who profited from _5_ and destruction.   

To make sure that he was _6_ with love and respect, Nobel arranged in his 　　7　　 to give the largest part of his money to _8_ the Nobel prizes, which would be awarded to people who made great _9_ to the causes of peace, literature, and the sciences. So _10_ , Nobel had to die before he realized what his life was really about.

1.

A．found

B．misunderstood

C．mistook

D．judged

2.

A．introducing

B．announcing

C．implying

D．advertising

3.

A．famous

B．sick

C．rich

D．popular

4.

A．upset

B．anxious

C．excited

D．pleased

5.

A．death

B．disease

C．trouble

D．attack

6.

A．repaid

B．described

C．supported

D．remembered

7.

A．book

B．article

C．will

D．contract

8.

A．establish

B．form

C．develop

D．promote

9.

A．additions

B．sacrifices

C．changes

D．contributions

10.

A．generally

B．basically

C．usually

D．certainly

6 . How long can human beings live? Most scientists who study old age think that the human body is ___ to live no longer than 120 years. However, 110 years is probably the longest that anyone could hope to live — if he or she is ___ healthy and lucky. Some scientists even say we can live as long as 130 years! Yet, our cells simply cannot continue to reproduce ___. They wear out, and as a result, we get old and ___ die.

Even though we can’t live forever, we are living a ___ life than ever before. In 1900, the average American life span(寿命)was only 47 years, but today it is 75 years!

When does old age begin then? Sixty-five may be out-of-date as the ___ line between middle age and old age. After all, many older people don’t begin to experience physical and mental ___ until after age 75.

People are living longer because more people ___ childhood. Before modern medicine changed the laws of nature, many children died of common childhood ___. Now that the chances of dying ____ are much lower, the chances of living long are much higher due to better diets and health care.

On the whole, our population is getting older. The ____ in our population will have lasting effects on our social development and our way of life. Some people fear such changes will be for the worse, while some see ____, not disaster. Today, many men and women in their "golden years" are healthy, still active, and young in ____ if not in age.

As our society grows old, we need the ____ of our older citizens. With long lives ahead of them, they need to ____ active and be devoted.

1.

A．designed

B．selected

C．improved

D．discovered

2.

A．completely

B．generally

C．apparently

D．extremely

3.

A．rapidly

B．harmlessly

C．endlessly

D．separately

4.

A．eventually

B．hopelessly

C．automatically

D．desperately

5.

A．busier

B．longer

C．richer

D．happier

6.

A．finishing

B．guiding

C．waiting

D．dividing

7.

A．stress

B．damage

C．decline

D．failure

8.

A．survive

B．enjoy

C．remember

D．value

9.

A．problems

B．fears

C．worries

D．diseases

10.

A．poor

B．young

C．sick

D．quiet

11.

A．changes

B．recovery

C．safety

D．increases

12.

A．dreams

B．chances

C．strengths

D．choices

13.

A．mind

B．appearance

C．voice

D．movement

14.

A．protection

B．suggestions

C．contributions

D．permission

15.

A．sound

B．appear

C．turn

D．stay

7 . We all know that some things are obviously right. For example, it is right to be _______ to other people. It is also right to look after the environment. Some things are_______ wrong, too. For instance, we should not hurt or bully (欺负) others, nor should we litter. Rules often tell us what is right or wrong.

Rules can help the public make the right _______, and remain safe. Car drivers have to obey traffic regulations that tell them the right things to do on the road to avoid crashes. Cyclists who give signals before turning or stopping help prevent_______.

If people follow rules without taking other matters into consideration, it will be _______for them to form what is sometimes called a “black and white” view. For example, they may believe that people should always tell the truth, and that lying is_______ acceptable. Such people always stick to their views, even if it means that they may get into_______.

Sometimes it may not be so easy to know_______what is right or wrong. Some people choose not to eat meat because they believe that it is _______ to eat animals, but others argue that they can eat meat and ________ be kind to animals; some insist that stealing is always wrong, but others think that one does not need to feel to________ when stealing some food to eat, if lives in a really poor area and he is________ . Rules help us live together in harmony, because they show us the right way to________ other. However, some people argue that rules may be ________, having observed that rules change all the time, and that some schools have some regulations and other have different ones — so who is to ________what is right?

1.

A．kind

B．sensitive

C．fair

D．generous

2.

A．equally

B．slightly

C．clearly

D．increasingly

3.

A．suggestion

B．conclusions

C．turns

D．choices

4.

A．accidents

B．mistakes

C．falls

D．deaths

5.

A．interesting

B．vital

C．easy

D．valuable

6.

A．seldom

B．rarely

C．merely

D．never

7.

A．trouble

B．power

C．prison

D．control

8.

A．roughly

B．eventually

C．deliberately

D．exactly

9.

A．awful

B．cruel

C．unhealthy

D．unnecessary

10.

A．still

B．even

C．later

D．somehow

11.

A．nervous

B．anxious

C．afraid

D．guilty

12.

A．begging

B．starving

C．growing

D．wandering

13.

A．follow

B．instruct

C．treat

D．protect

14.

A．disgusting

B．confusing

C．unsafe

D．unimportant

15.

A．predict

B．explain

C．decide

D．consider

8 . 阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从21—30各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Wouldn’t it be great if we didn’t have to remember passwords (密码) ever again？If we could just sit in front of our computers and be_______logged in (登录)? Crave mentions how NECSoft BiodeLogon system uses face recognition technology to log you on to Windows, rather than using a_______ . All you need is a webcam and your pretty face to_______your PC. No more _______, confusing passwords to remember or change every few months.

After doing a little research, I found this type of_______already available to consumers via a relatively_______application called FaceCode. The_______requires the use of a webcam to recognize and log PC users into their systems. You can add as many_______as you want, provided they each have a Windows account. If the system_______to recognize your__________, you can recall the Windows user name and password by using a hot-key combination.

1.

A．automatically

B．personally

C．correctly

D．occasionally

2.

A．face

B．password

C．software

D．system

3.

A．access

B．connect

C．recognize

D．remember

4.

A．simple

B．complicated

C．special

D．useful

5.

A．computer

B．technology

C．password

D．application

6.

A．independent

B．infrequent

C．inexpensive

D．instant

7.

A．account

B．consumer

C．designer

D．software

8.

A．users

B．passwords

C．systems

D．computers

9.

A．begins

B．tries

C．fails

D．stops

10.

A．account

B．name

C．password

D．face

9 . Tales of the supernatural are common in all parts of Britain. In particular, there was (and perhaps still is) a belief in fairies(仙女). Not all of these ____ are the friendly, people-loving characters that appear in Disney films, and in some folktales they are ____ and cause much human suffering. This is true in the tales about the Changeling. These tell the story of a mother whose baby grows ____ and pale and has changed so much that it is almost ____ to the parents. It was then ____ that the fairies had come and stolen the baby away and ____ the human baby with a fairy Changeling. There were many ways to prevent this from happening: hanging a knife over the baby’s head while he slept or covering him with some of his father’s clothes were just two of the recommended ____ However, hope was not lost even if the baby had been ____ In those cases there was often a way to get the ____ baby back. You could ____the Changeling on the fire--then it would rise up the chimney, and you would hear the sound of fairies’ laughter and soon after you would find your own child safe and sound nearby.1.

A．babies

B．believers

C．fairies

D．supermen

2.

A．powerful

B．cruel

C．frightened

D．extraordinary

3.

A．sick

B．slim

C．short

D．small

4.

A．uncomfortable

B．unbelievable

C．unacceptable

D．unrecognizable

5.

A．feared

B．predicted

C．heard

D．reported

6.

A．covered

B．changed

C．replaced

D．terrified

7.

A．cases

B．tools

C．steps

D．methods

8.

A．missed

B．stolen

C．found

D．lost

9.

A．1ittle

B．pale

C．sad

D．real

10.

A．seize

B．burn

C．place

D．hold