第II卷（选择题共35分）

第四部分：写作（共两节，满分35分）

第一节：任务型读写（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）

阅读下面短文，根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填入一个最恰当的单词。

注意：表格中的每个空格只填一个单词。请将答案写在答题卡相应题号的横线上。

Some people believe that greed and selfishness has become the basis of modern society, and we should return to the old traditions of family and community then we will have a better life. To what extent do you agree or disagree with the above opinion?

In this fast-paced world, many values are undergoing major changes. While people traditionally prioritize caring, sharing and generosity in life and work, modern people seem to be more self-absorbed and self-concerned.

Modern people act selfishly to survive the harsh competition of life. They say that it is a jungle out there. To survive, you have to fight with whatever means that come handy. Obviously greedy and selfishness go perfectly well with such ideas. In a company, employees do everything they can to get better pay and higher position, even at the cost of colleagues. We are in any way advocating any selfish conduct. It is just that people are pressured to act in a certain way due to outside influences.

In spite of common practice, it is hard to conclude that modern society is built on greed and selfishness, both of which are not newly invented vocabulary. In ancient times people also did greedy and selfish things though such behaviors were more condemned then. But we can not ignore the fact that people in the past lived a relatively more isolated life and faced less pressure compared with their modern counterparts.

Are we happier to share with others and be generous to them? There is no fixed answer either. Some people take great pleasure helping and giving to others while others feel happy doing the opposite. But I personally think that people should not be too selfish. Caring for others can actually encourage the development of a mutually beneficial relationship.

In conclusion, modern people appear to be more self-centered than those in the past due to strong outside pressure. However, we should encourage people to know the importance of being caring and generous and to build a mutually beneficial relationship with others.

Are Modern People Becoming More Selfish?

Main comparisons	Contexts
__1__ are changing	In the past people put caring, sharing  and generosity in the first ____2____.
Nowadays, people seem to be more ____3____about themselves.
___4___are changing too.	People in the past appeared to be modest and self-effacing(谦让的).
People may strive to achieve their own __5___ at the price of their coworkers.
The author’s  understanding
___6____ for the changes in author’s eyes	Fierce __7___ and great __8___on modern people may be responsible for the changes.
The author’s ___9____towards topic	A relationship which can ___10___ two sides should be established.

                          

 

阅读下面两篇短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

I remember the exact moment I learned the principle of preparing for luck.

I was on the wrestling team. Now, if there’s one thing I can tell you about any sport, it is that wrestling is probably the sport that has the least   31   .There are only two people out on the mat, so you cannot   32   it on your teammates or your coach. And guess what? There is no   33     because we do the whole thing indoors, so you can’t say, “It was raining” or “It was snowing.” It makes   34  to say wrestling is the sport with the least luck.

On our team were two world champions; one of them had been a world champion five times. We   35   had five people who were national champions. One of them was a guy   36   the name of John.

John had never been   37   in any high school wrestling competition that I could remember, 38   he was a national champion. There was nobody locally who could touch him.

One day, we   39   a match with our biggest opponent (对手). John went out on the mat, and about a minute and 30 seconds into the match he tried to make a particular   40   He rolled over, and his opponent  41   him halfway through his roll. He was pinned (压住) 42  !

The match was over.

I remember on the way home, one of our teammates tried to  43   John by saying, “Oh, he just got lucky.” John said, “That’s so stupid. The 44   presented itself, and he just took advantage of it.”

We used to have this big   45   in our wrestling room that the coach had put there: “Luck is what happens when opportunity meets   46  .”

John’s opponent was prepared to make use of this opportunity. The possibility of beating John was not   47   and he knew it. But he waited for the  48   opportunity to present itself, and he defeated and pinned a five-time national champion.

In other words, the real  49   is “Be prepared!” It’s not just finding the opportunity; you have to be prepared to   50   it.

1..  A. luck                B. risk             C. difficulty           D. opportunity

2..   A. accuse             B. blame            C. doubt                D. keep

3..   A. stress                 B. injury           C. change           D. weather

4..   A. reason             B. sure                 C. safe                 D. sense

5..  . A. also              B. even                 C. too              D. once

6..  A. under               B. for              C. in               D. by

7..   A. hurt                   B. met              C. trained          D. defeated

8..   A. although           B. as               C. yet              D. until

9..   A. went for           B. waited for           C. fought for           D. played for

10..   A. act                   B. step                 C. task             D. move

11..  A. fixed              B. threw                C. caught               D. carried

12..   A. accidentally      B. fortunately          C. unfairly         D. immediately

13..   A. control           B. comfort          C. convince         D. forgive     

14..   A. success           B. moment           C. opportunity      D. situation

15..  A. warning            B. sign                 C. sentence         D. note

16..   A. occasion          B. challenge            C. time             D. preparation

17..   A. obvious           B. strong           C. little               D. slight

18..   A. equal                 B. exact            C. rest                 D. right

19..  A. message            B. theme                C. key              D. suggestion

20..  . A. receive          B. follow           C. seize                D. save

 

第二部分阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）

第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）

阅读下列四篇短文，从每小题后所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。

A

The Greenbelt, a wide belt of open land around the cities and towns of the San Francisco Bay Area, includes about 3.75 million of the Bay Area’s 4.5 million acres. The Bay Area Greenbelt is one of the largest areas of open land in any U.S. urban   area. Open land is land that has few buildings and lots of natural areas. The Greenbelt’s open land includes parks, forests, beaches, and more than 8,500 farms.

What are the advantages of the Greenbelt?

The Greenbelt has many advantages for people in the Bay Area, which include:

walking and biking areas close to the cities and towns;

places for wild plants and animals;

cleaner air and water; and

income from farms.

Is the Greenbelt in danger?

Five hundred seventy thousand acres of the Greenbelt are in danger. There are builders who want to build suburbs on them. If those acres become suburbs, many things will change:

the urban and suburban area will almost double;

many farms will disappear;

traffic will become worse; and

the air will become dirtier.

What is Greenbelt Alliance (联盟)?

Greenbelt Alliance, an organization that saves land in the San Francisco Bay Area, works alone and with other groups to save the Greenbelt in four ways:

Try to persuade people to build new buildings on land that is already urban, not on open land.

Make sure that the city and town governments are all making plans to save the Greenbelt.

Help Bay Area towns and cities to buy pieces of open land to make into natural areas.

Teach people in the Bay Area why the Greenbelt is important and what they can do to help save it.

46. What can we learn about the Greenbelt from the first paragraph?

A. The Greenbelt is the largest open land in the United States.

B. The Greenbelt covers much more than half of the Bay Area.

C. There are few farms on the open land of the Greenbelt.

D. There are more than 8,500 natural areas on the Greenbelt.

47. One of the advantages of the Greenbelt for people in the Bay Area is __________.

A. convenience for exercise                    B. income from sightseeing

C. cleaner city streets                             D. more plants and animals

48. The Greenbelt is in danger because __________.

A. traffic is getting worse                        B. some plan to build suburbs on it

C. the suburban area has doubled         D. pollution is becoming serious

49. Which of the following is TRUE about Greenbelt Alliance?

A. It builds new buildings on open land.

B. It buys large open land for the Bay Area.

C. It educates people how to save the Greenbelt.

D. It helps the city governments make plans.

 

For those who long ago lost interest in the annual CCTV Spring Festival Gala, some new online offerings might be pleasant alternative. They started appearing 2002 and could have a phenomental (非凡的)presence this year.

The online versions keep the essence of the CCTV one, but replace the less popular parts. To draw viewers, there is no shortage of big name stars. Some A-list performers, including singers XuWei, SunNan and crosstalk performers, can be found here. The interesting part, however, is the host of the celebrities who have risen to fame online, from Xidan Metro Girl （西单女孩）to Sister Lotus （芙蓉姐姐）, for example. The anchors are the Back Dormitory Boys（后舍男生）, a Chinese group who gained fame for lip-synch(假唱) songs by the Backstreet Boys and other pop stars.

What’s more significant is that it’s unprecedented in its interactivity.

“In online Spring Festival galas, I can vote for an earlier broadcast of programs that I like,” said Yu Ting, 23, a Peking University student. “I can also just click for my applause, and can even throw “tomatoes” or “rotten eggs” at those acts I really don’t like. I’m like the master of ceremonies or virtual producer of my own gala.”

Obviously, this has put an extra burden on the performers, who have to worry about being dropped by the audience at any time. However, it means original fun for netizens who like to “direct” their own entertaining bits.

No matter what you taste, the online Spring Festival galas offer multiple choices for the holiday. Everyone gets to enjoy whatever he or she likes.

64.What is the meaning of the underlined word?

A. the worst parts  B. the best parts  C. the less popular parts   D. the original parts

65.what is true about the Back Dormitory Boys?

A. It’s a pop group good at crosstalk.

B. It’s a pop group made up of six handsome boys.

C. They often sing songs by the Westlife.

D. they sing their songs in a special way.

66.From the passage, we can learn about the online Spring Festival Galas that            .

A. They started appearing in 1983.

B. People often take tomatoes and rotten eggs with them when watching

C. People can’t give their support in any way.

D. People enjoy the feeling of being the master of the galas.

67. You can find the passage in a _____________.

A. newspaper   B. guidebook   C. storybook   D. catalog

 

Speech—the act of uttering sounds to convey meaning—is a kind of human action. Like any other

constantly repeated action, speaking has to be learned, but once it is learned, it becomes a generally

unconscious and apparently automatic process.

   As far as we can determine, human beings do not need to be forced to speak; most babies seem to possess a

sort of instinctive drive to produce speech like noises. How to speak and what to say are another matter

altogetner. There actions are learned from the particular society into which the baby is born; so that, like all

conduct that is learned from a society—from the people around us—speech is a patterned activity.

   The meandering(漫目无地的)babble(咿呀学语)and chatter of a young child are eventually channeled by

imitation into a few orderly grooves that represent the pattern accepted as meaningful by the people around

him. Similarly, a child’s indiscriminate(不加分辨的)practice of putting things into his mouth becomes limited to putting food into his mouth in a certain way.

   The sounds that a child can make are more varied and numerous than the sounds that any particular language uses. However, a child born into a society with a pattem of language is encouraged to make a small selection of sounds and to make these few sounds over and over until it is natural for him to make these

sounds and not others.

1.For an adult, the process of speaking usually involves         .

   A. conscious selection of sounds     B. imitation of those around him

   C. a drive to make noises           D. unconscious actions

2.The selection says that most babies have an instinctive drive to        .

   A. express ideas in words          B. make speech like noise

   C. convey meaning               D. imitate sounds around them

3.Conduct that is learned from a society may be called      .

   A. instinctive drive  B. selection    C. automatic activity      D. patterned activity

4.The sounds that a child is able to make are        .

   A. not as varied as those used in language    B. more varied and numerous than those in any language

   C. far fewer than those needed to form a language   D. completely different from the sounds of language

5.We may say that a child has learned to speak if he       .

   A. makes varied sounds                 B. carefully considers each sound he makes

   C. makes only certain sounds naturally     D. imitates people around him