1 . 完形填空
阅读下面的短文， 掌握其大意，从每题所给的A,B,C,D四个选项中， 选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
You and I agree to meet at four-thirty . I show up at 4:33 . I don’t say anything ,because that’s close enough to satisfy our social _____. Only after five minutes do you ______ me to say , “sorry I’ m late .”At ten minutes I owe you an _____ : “the free way exit was closed . I had to go four miles out of my way .”After twenty minutes I have to make a full and serious ____ .After forty minutes I’d better not ______ at all .
That sort of thing ------so formally _____ and never explicitly stated----- drives people from other cultures ______ . Anthropologists (人类学家）list the _____ things to cope with in a foreign land . Second only to the language barrier is the way we deal with _____.
Now psychologists look at our ____of time another way . They go into several countries and measure the ______ of life . They measure the accuracy of bank clocks and how fast city residents walk . They time transactions (交易)in banks and post offices . They see ______ people take to answer questions .
Japanese keep a ______of the fastest pace . Americans are a _______ second . Italians and Indonesians are at the bottom of the ______ . Italians give long answers to your questions. Indonesians don’t _____ setting their bank clocks .
_____ American cities , Boston and Kansas City are fastest .New York is up there ,of course , but we keep a faster pace here in Houston , California’s “slow -pace ”reputation is ______ ,as the slowest pace of all is kept in Los Angeles .
In a technology-dense world , the tension of life has changed our view of time . ________ , if we are smart enough , we should not live by the clock only when we have to .
Now it’s 4:55 . I’m walking _______ ,towards our 4:30 meeting .1.

A．contract

B．connection

C．construction

D．confidence

2.

A．order

B．intend

C．require

D．expect

3.

A．action

B．announcement

C．explanation

D．eruption

4.

A．apology

B．excuse

C．option

D．opinion

5.

A．look up

B．stay up

C．keep up

D．show up

6.

A．observed

B．introduced

C．impressed

D．imitated

7.

A．immoral

B．unaware

C．crazy

D．thrilled

8.

A．fastest

B．toughest

C．strangest

D．funniest

9.

A．study

B．time

C．budget

D．transport

10.

A．view

B．comment

C．contact

D．phenomenon

11.

A．rhyme

B．pace

C．ratio

D．session

12.

A．how often

B．how far

C．how soon

D．how long

13.

A．tradition

B．note

C．record

D．secret

14.

A．narrow

B．shallow

C．close

D．severe

15.

A．mood

B．address

C．reference

D．list

16.

A．take over

B．care about

C．reply to

D．answer for

17.

A．Off

B．Among

C．Despite

D．Besides

18.

A．ruined

B．accomplished

C．erased

D．deserved

19.

A．However

B．Therefore

C．Thus

D．Rather

20.

A．consistently

B．unconsciously

C．unhurriedly

D．anxiously

2 . I had been playing hockey（冰球）for about 10 years. I was always the one sitting at the end of the bench, and ____ got into a game. I went to all the ____ and showed up even when it was so ____ that your ‘breath froze’ and when the otherplayers had decided to stay home. I felt I had ____ enough and thought of quitting.
I finally decided to ____ the news to my mom that I was leaving the team. My mom may have looked like a tiny and quiet lady but on ____ my words, she said, “Remember, ‘A quitter never wins and a winner never quits.’ Your mother didn’t raise ____ , so think about yourself in a ____ way and see yourself as a winner!” So I worked harder than ever at getting in better shape, ____ my shot（投球） accuracy and changing my ____ .
Once in a match, we ____ our first game badly. What’s worse, one of our best players got hurt. I was sitting at my____ place, at the end of the bench, when the coach came over and told me I was going ____ . I was nervous, excited and terrified all at the same time.
The opposing team was fast and I had to admit I was a little ____ . But my mom’s words ____ out in my head like a church bell. Instead of being afraid, I was “pumped” and I very quickly found that all my ____ work was paying off. I was as fast a skater as anyone else on the ice, and I seemed to get the ____ to score. The crowd went quiet. All the time I spent on the ice when everyone had gone home had____ me for this moment.
Won! I won!
The lesson I learned from my mom’s ____ has stayed with me over the years. I hear them whenever I am faced with a challenge, or whenever I ____ myself.1.

A．once

B．seldom

C．usually

D．evenB

2.

A．meetings

B．shows

C．matches

D．practices

3.

A．cloudy

B．wet

C．cold

D．windy

4.

A．suffered

B．explained

C．planned

D．escaped

5.

A．write

B．break

C．read

D．speak

6.

A．noticing

B．gathering

C．hearing

D．analyzing

7.

A．talkers

B．dreamers

C．attackers

D．losers

8.

A．positive

B．familiar

C．brief

D．convenient

9.

A．testing

B．improving

C．questioning

D．affecting

10.

A．aim

B．taste

C．habit

D．attitude

11.

A．lost

B．controlled

C．practiced

D．continued

12.

A．usual

B．safe

C．secret

D．private

13.

A．off

B．in

C．by

D．up

14.

A．annoyed

B．awkward

C．scared

D．bitter

15.

A．put

B．rang

C．gave

D．stood

16.

A．exact

B．extra

C．creative

D．casual

17.

A．chance

B．message

C．order

D．note

18.

A．spared

B．requested

C．prepared

D．sent

19.

A．actions

B．reasons

C．words

D．promises

20.

A．judge

B．express

C．comfort

D．doubt

3 . My l4-year-old son, John, and I spotted the coat at the same time in a second-hand clothing store. It stood out among big and old coats. It had beautiful tailoring and an unbelievable price: $28. I looked at my son and we both said nothing, but John’s eyes shone. Dark, woolen topcoats were popular with teenage boys, but they could cost several hundred dollars new. This coat was even better. John tried it on and turned from side to side, eyeing himself in the mirror. The fit was perfect.
John wore the coat to school the next day and came home with a big grin. “Did the kids like your coat?” I asked. “They loved it.” he said.
Over the next few weeks, John changed. He was polite, less argumentative, more thoughtful, and on the whole much happier. “Good dinner, mom.” he would say every evening. Without a word of objection he would carry in wood for the stove. One day when I suggested that he might start on his homework before dinner, John, who always put things off, said: “You’re right. I guess I will.” When I mentioned this incident to one of his teachers, she joked that the coat must have changed him.
John and I both know we should never mistake a person’s clothes for the real person within them. But there is something to be said for wearing a standard of excellence for the world to see, for practicing standards of excellence in thought, speech, and behavior, and for matching what is on the inside to what is on the outside.
1. What does the author try to express in the first paragraph?

A．The coat looked like a magical coat.

B．They were good at shopping.

C．The coat was a real bargain.

D．They had the same taste in clothes.

2. What does the underlined word “grin” in Paragraph 2 probably mean?

A．A wide smile.	B．A worried look.
C．A low spirit.	D．A joking voice.

3. After John wore the new coat, the author found he _______.
a. was happier and better-behaved
b. received more praise from his teachers
c. was willing to follow suggestions
d. made rapid progress in study
e. would say sweet words to please her

A．a, b, c	B．a, c, e
C．b, d, e	D．c, d, e

4. What message does the author intend to deliver in the article?

A．We should not judge people by their appearance.

B．Life is full of possibilities when we are young.

C．It’s beneficial to try different things in our lives.

D．What we wear could help shape who we are inside.

4 . It’s parents’ worst nightmare. Their child doesn’t come home one evening and is missing for several days.
When a 14-year-old boy from Atlanta, Georgia disappeared earlier this year, his mother turned to her Smartphone for clues using an app（应用程序） called Family Tracker that helped track his location.
“You can see where your loved ones are without having to call or bother them. ”said Roberto Franceschetti of LogSat, the creators of the Family Tracker, which has more than 100,000 users and is available worldwide.
Parents can track the location of their child on a map, send messages, and even sound an alarm on the phone in a long distance.
“We have an option for the sender to make a very unpleasant, noisy sound. It’s a loud alarm and we repeat that sound every two minutes until the person picks it up, ”he said.
Parents don’t need to own a Smartphone to track their children. The service is also accessible through the web, as long as the phone that is being tracked is running the app.
Family Tracker has an additional service that keeps records of all data from the app for a two-week period, which the company calls GPS breadcrumbs.
“With a subscription（预定）, we keep all the locations where people have been on our servers. You can see where your kid has been for the past two weeks. You can find out where someone was at a certain time or when that person was at a specific place, ”Franceschetti explained.
“When somebody gets abducted（劫持）, usually whoever does this throws the phone away or takes the battery out. We were hoping that our app would at least provide information on where the person was abducted or where they had been in the past. ”
But will these types of apps let out personal secrets?
“The advantages are huge compared to the disadvantages. Let’s not forget that the person always has to give initial permission—no one can be tracked unless they allow someone to do it. ”said Franceschetti.
1. According to the passage, all of the following about “Family Tracker” are true EXCEPT that __________.

A．it can help parents know where their children are

B．all parents don’t need to own a Smartphone to track children

C．parents can use all the services of the app for free

D．it has little to do with letting out personal secrets

2. What can we infer from the passage?

A．The app will enjoy a great popularity in the future.

B．The loss of children won’t be a nightmare for parents any more.

C．The app will repeat the loud alarm continuously whenever parents track children.

D．The app can keep records of information for more than half a month.

3. Which belong to the functions of the new app?
a. track location          b. detect criminals        c. send messages
d. protect privacy        e. send remote alarm     f. record information

A．a, b, c, e

B．a, c, e, f

C．a, c, d, e

D．a, d, e, f

5 . It was a Sunday and the heavy storm had lasted all night．The morning after the storm, though, was beautiful: blue skies, warm air and a calm, inviting sea touching the shore gently．

My father realised it was a good day for fishing and invited my sister and me to go with him．I was only 14 and fishing had never been my thing, but I decided to go all the same．I' m so glad I did．

On the way to the harbour we could see the terrible destruction on the coast, but the harbour itself was in fairly good shape．After all, it was protected by the arms of a bay that had only one tiny channel to the sea．As we got on board, we noticed two big humps （脊背） in the distance．

On approaching them, we saw it was a mother whale with her baby．We couldn't believe it — there aren't any whales along the coast here．The storm must have driven them across the ocean into the bay, in which the still water was so badly polluted that nothing could survive．

The little baby whale —actually as big as our boat — was obviously stuck and could not move．The mother dived under the water and came up suddenly, making big whirlpools （漩涡） and waves．"She's trying to help her baby, but on the wrong side," my father said．At this point, my father moved our boat in a semicircle to the other side and, heading the boat towards the baby whale, pushed it gently．With our several gentle pushes the big hump turned over and disappeared under water．Then it swam up right beside its mum．They struggled in their desperate attempts to escape but missed the exit and started heading in the wrong direction．We hurried up to the whales and tried to lead them towards the bay channel．Slowly, they let us lead them, sometimes rising from the water right beside us to breathe -- and to give us a trusting look with those huge eyes．Once they hit their first part of clean water flowing straight from the sea, the mum gave us a wave with her tail and off they swam into the distance．

In the excitement it had felt like only a few minutes, but we had been with those wonderful animals for almost an hour and a half．That was the simple and lasting beauty of the day．Nearly four decades later, I still look back fondly to that golden day at sea．

1. The author says "I' m so glad I did．" （ in Para．2） because _________．

A．he witnessed the whole process of fishing

B．he enjoyed the beauty of the calm sea

C．he experienced the rescue of the whales

D．he spent the weekend with his family

2. The mother whale failed to help her baby because __________．

A．she had stayed in the polluted water for too long

B．the whirlpools she had made were not big enough

C．she had no other whales around to turn to for help

D．the waves pushed her baby in the wrong direction

3. What is the theme of the story?

A．Saving lives brings people a sense of happiness．

B．Fishing provides excitement for children．

C．It's necessary to live in harmony with animals．

D．It's vital to protect the whale in the ocean．

6 . A woman renewing her driver’s license at the County Clerk’s office was asked to state her occupation. She hesitated, uncertain how to classify herself.
“What I mean is,” explained the recorder, “do you have a job, or are you just a …”
“Of course I have a job,” said Emily. “I’m a mother.”
“We don’t list ‘mother’ as an occupation…‘housewife’ covers it,” said the recorder.
One day I found myself in the same situation. The clerk was obviously a career woman, confident and possessed of a high sounding title. “What is your occupation?” she asked.
The words simply popped out. “I’m a Research Associate in the field of Child Development and Human Relations.”
The clerk paused, ballpoint pen frozen in midair.
I repeated the title slowly, then I stared with wonder as my statement was written in bold, black ink on the official questionnaire.
“Might I ask,” said the clerk with new interest, “Just what you do in this field?”
Coolly, without any trace of panic in my voice, I heard myself reply, “I have a continuing program of research (what mother doesn’t), in the lab and in the field (normally I would have said indoors and out). Of course, the job is one of the most demanding in the humanities (any mother care to disagree?), and I often work 14 hours a day (24 is more like it). But the job is more challenging than most careers and rewards are more of a satisfaction rather than just money.”There was an increasing note of respect in the clerk’s voice as she completed the form, stood up, and showed me out.
As I drove into our driveway, buoyed up (鼓舞) by my glamorous new career, I was greeted by my lab assistants---ages 13, 7, and 3.
Upstairs I could hear our new experimental model (a 6 month old baby), in the child-development program, testing out a new vocal（嗓音的） pattern.
I felt proud! I had gone on the official records as someone more distinguished and indispensable (不可缺少的) to mankind than “just another mother.”
Motherhood…What a glorious career! Especially when there’s a title on the door.
1. What can we infer from the conversation between the woman and the recorder at the beginning of the passage?

A．Motherhood was not recognized and respected as a job by society.

B．The recorder was impatient and rude.

C．The author was upset about the situation that mothers faced.

D．The woman felt ashamed to admit what her job was.

2. How did the female clerk feel at first when the author told her occupation?

A．curious

B．indifferent

C．interested

D．puzzled

3. Why did the woman clerk show more respect for the author?

A．Because the author cared little about rewards.

B．Because she admired the author’s research work in the lab.

C．Because the writer did something she had little knowledge of.

D．Because she thought the author did admirable work.

4. What is the author’s purpose of writing the passage?

A．To show how you describe your job affects your feelings toward it.

B．To show that the author had a grander job than Emily.

C．To argue that motherhood is a worthy career and deserves respect.

D．To show that being a mother is hard and boring work.

7 . What is it about maths, anyway? Why is it that a ______ who would rather die than ______ they found reading difficult at school will happily say he is brain-dead when it ______ to numbers?

“I was ______ at maths at school,” they say. “still am. Can’t ______ up to save my life. My little girl takes after_______. Thinks take-aways are something to do with fish and chips. Ha-ha!” Oh, how we all laugh.

But how many of us remember it being ______ at the time? How many of us remember the blind panic of the Monday morning maths test when the ______ we could hope for was a miracle(奇迹) to make the numbers we ______ without thinking as answers somehow ______ the questions?

On the face of it, today’s children can ______ be considered happier and more satisfied. They have a daily numeracy lesson ______ to improving their maths skills. But if that sounds like hell to you, you may _____ find that your child surprises you by actually quite _____ it.

One of the _____ is that over the last ten years or so, there has been a ______ in the way maths is taught. And many of those who teach it feel it’s been a _____ for the better. There’s generally much more emphasis now on _____ arithmetic, getting children used to doing calculations without forever having a pen in one hand and a calculator in the other. Often the first question a teacher will ask is: can you do this in your______? And if they can, they do.

The whole approach is more______, the goal to get children understanding numbers, not just putting them through the uninteresting process of learning something by repeating it until they remember it.

1.

A．teacher

B．parent

C．pupil

D．teenager

2.

A．understand

B．admit

C．observe

D．pretend

3.

A．add

B．relate

C．comes

D．reject

4.

A．good

B．expert

C．special

D．rubbish

5.

A．add

B．make

C．look

D．pick

6.

A．stranger

B．me

C．herself

D．somebody

7.

A．funny

B．easy

C．attractive

D．remote

8.

A．worst

B．prize

C．best

D．surprising

9.

A．missed

B．lost

C．found

D．chose

10.

A．get

B．foresee

C．fit

D．evaluate

11.

A．however

B．frequently

C．mostly

D．hardly

12.

A．suggested

B．devoted

C．intended

D．adapted

13.

A．well

B．sometimes

C．seldom

D．extremely

14.

A．enjoying

B．hating

C．objecting

D．mastering

15.

A．consequences

B．reasons

C．findings

D．incidents

16.

A．mistake

B．program

C．policy

D．revolution

17.

A．preparation

B．reputation

C．requirement

D．change

18.

A．difficult

B．general

C．mental

D．basic

19.

A．class

B．head

C．textbook

D．own

20.

A．logical

B．unbelievable

C．direct

D．conservative