第一部分 英语知识运用

第一节 单项填空（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）

1. His experience as 　　　　　volunteer for the 2008 Beijing Olympics has 　　　　　profound effect on him.

　　 A. a; \　　　　　　　 B. \; \　　　　　　　　　　 C. \; a　　　　 　　 D. a; a

第二节 写作（满分30分）

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1. 该书很受中国青少年读者的欢迎。

2. 该书让你和你的同学们喜欢上了读书。

3. 非常希望能看到该书续集或者其他类似的作品。

4. 希望她有时间来中国看看。

E

The mystery of how a pigeon (鸽子) can always find its way back home has finally been solved. Scientists believe that pigeons have a spatial (空间的) map that allows them to fly in an unfamiliar area and know exactly where they are going. The finding replaces the current theory that pigeons compare their location with that of the home loft (阁楼) and then reduce the difference between the two to find their way home.

Nicole Blaser, a student in biology showed the theory that pigeons have a spatial understanding and knowledge of their position in space relative to their home loft. This theory imagines a type of map in their brain. Up until now, there has not been any clear evidence to support this.

For their experiments, the researchers trained the pigeons not to get food. “We fed the pigeons in a second loft thirty kilometers away, from where they each had to fly back to their home loft,” said Blaser. The scientists then brought the pigeons to a third place unknown to the pigeons in a completely unfamiliar area. Natural obstacles (障碍) appeared between the release (释放) site and the two lofts.

One group of the pigeons was allowed to eat before flying home. The other group was kept hungry. As we expected, the satiated pigeons flew directly to the home loft. The hungry pigeons did differently, setting off on course for the food loft from the very beginning and flying directly to that aim. They also flew around obstacles and then immediately changed again to their former course.

Based on this evidence, Blaser believes that pigeons can determine their position and their direction of flight relative to the aim and can choose between several places. Blaser concludes that pigeons have a type of cognitive (认知的) map in their heads and have cognitive capabilities. “Pigeons use their heads to fly,” she said.

61. The underlined word “satiated” in Para. 4 means the pigeons are 　　.

　　 A. angry　　 　 B. hungry　　　 　 C. interesting　　 　　　 D. full 　

62. The natural obstacles in the experiment are meant to 　　.

　　 A. test pigeons’ sense of direction

　　 B. show the direction of the home loft

　　 C. attract pigeons to their own direction

　　 D. separate the home loft and the release loft

63. Which of the following is TRUE about the hungry pigeons in the experiment?

　　 A. They flew faster. 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　

　　 B. They didn’t pass the obstacles.

　　 C. They found directions on their own.

　　 D. They had a worse sense of direction.

64. What conclusion does Blaser draw?

　　 A. Pigeons can find directions using their mind.　

　　 B. Pigeons are good at finding directions in unfamiliar places.

　　 C. Pigeons can remember directions better than human beings.

　　 D. Pigeons find directions by comparing many different places.

65. Where does this text probably come from?

　　 A. Science fiction.　　 　　　　 B. A book review.

　　 C. An advertisement.　　 　　 D. A science report.

D

Will there be a time in our lives when cars don’t crash? When we can just sit back and relax and our cars will drive themselves. Auto technology experts say “yes”. And they say that some of those advances may happen quicker than you might think.

They will require the users to input the name of the destination or the complete address of the location that they want to go and the cars’ artificial intelligence takes them there automatically without a driver. They will run on solar power in the daytime and ethanol fuel (乙醇燃料) at night. Toyota, BMW and Honda will completely control the trade of driverless car business together and will have the cheapest driverless cars. Fossil fuels (矿物燃料) will be completely incompatible (不相配的) with these cars.

Driverless cars will not require a driver’s license of any grade to operate. Anyone with basic literacy and computer skills who are at least 16 years of age will be legally allowed to operate the vehicle with absolutely no restrictions. This would give the young users permission to operate the driverless cars on major highways as well as secondary roads without needing a separate classification. In addition to all this, drunken people will be able to use their own automobiles to return home because they are not “driving” the vehicle.

What’s more, car insurance will become obsolete because there will be no more automobile accidents after the year 2025. This is because the driverless car will have all safety methods in place by the car’s artificial intelligence to prevent automobile accidents. Global positioning systems will become mandatory (强制的) in all newly-manufactured cars after 2010, and will be the most important part in the driverless car.

56. We can infer from the second paragraph that driverless cars 　　.

　　 A. will need fewer fossil fuels 　　 B. will be environmentally friendly

　　 C. will run on solar power only　　

　　 D. will not need a human’s instructions

57. Who will not be able to use driverless cars?

　　 A. People with basic literacy and computer skills. 　

　　 B. People who are drunk. 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　

　　 C. People without computer skills.　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　

　　 D. People without a driver’s license.

58. What will prevent the driverless car from crashing?

　 　　　　　　　　　　　　 A. Artificial intelligence. 　　　　　　 B. Global positioning systems.

　　 C. The people inside. 　　　　　　　　 D. Car insurance.

59. What is the text mainly about?

　 　　　　　　　　　　　　 A. Car safety. 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. Driverless cars. 　　　　　　

　　 C. The future cars. 　　　　　　　　　　 D. New technology in cars.

60. The underlined word “obsolete” in the last paragraph probably means “　　”.

　 　　　　　　　　　　　　 A. difficult to get　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. quite important 　　　　　　

　　 C. dangerous 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. out of business

C

The skier’s part of this story is set on an autumn morning in 1989, when she was in kindergarten. Julia Mancuso would someday be on two Olympic teams or probably more. On Wednesday she will race in the Olympic downhill in the mountain village of San Sicario outside Turin. She is fit and tough and she has a very real chance to win a medal.

But on that day, 17 years ago, she was just a little girl in bed when her mom, Andrea, woke her up and said, “You don’t have to go to school today. We’re going to go out to breakfast and then come back later, OK?”

Julia saw her beautiful house surrounded by police cars. “I didn’t know then what was going on,” Julia recalls. “I just said, ’OK, Mom.’” That was the day the police took her father away and put him in jail for smuggling (走私). The father’s part of this story is set in the village square of the Alpine resort of Sestriere, Italy. Ciro Mancuso, 57, with a full head of gray hair, has come to Italy to watch his daughter ski in the Olympic Games. “This is about Julia, right?” he asks. Yes, it is about Julia. She has seen her father go to jail twice, one for 17 months when she was a child and the other for four years while she was a teenager. Julia has lived with her mother whom she lovingly calls “a great mom who did a great job with us”. (Ciro and Andrea Mancuso had three daughters — Julia is in the middle between April, 25, and Sarah, 16 — and divorced in 1992; Andrea will also be in Italy to watch her daughter ski.) As a young adult, Julia has welcomed her father back. Ciro Mancuso says, “Everything that happened to Julia made her tougher; you see it in the way she competes.”

51. The underlined phrase “in jail” in the third paragraph probably means 　　.

　　 A. on business 　 B. on holiday　　 C. in person　 　　 D. in prison

52. What can we learn about Julia’s mother according to the passage?

　 　 A. She once was a teacher in a kindergarten.

　 　 B. She strongly disagreed with Julia’s skiing at first.

　 　 C. She took great care of her children when her husband was in jail.

　 　 D. She asked for a divorce immediately after her husband was put in jail.

53. Ciro Mancuso came to Italy because he wanted to 　　.

　　 A. win a medal in the Olympics　 B. travel for pleasure

　　 C. watch his daughter ski　　　　　　 D. look for a good job

54. According to the passage, which of the following statements is TRUE?

　　 A. Julia is older than Sarah.　　　　 B. Julia is seventeen years old now.

　　 C. Julia hates her father very much.

　　 D. Julia won a medal at the last Olympics.

55. From Julia’s success we can infer that 　　.

　　 A. every successful person has a strong-minded mom

　　 B. the divorce of her parents is acceptable

　　 C. a difficult childhood helped Julia make herself tougher

　　 D. the crime of her father resulted in Julia’s success

B

The Necklace is a short story by Guy de Maupassant. It tells the story of Madame Mathilde Loisel and her husband Charles. Mathilde always imagines herself in a high social position with wonderful jewels. However, she has nothing and marries a low-paid clerk who tries his best to make her happy.

Through lots of begging at work, Charles is able to get two invitations to the Ministry of Public Instruction Party. Mathilde refuses to go, for she has nothing to wear. Her husband is upset to see her sadness. Using money that he saved to buy a rifle, he gives Mathilde 400 francs and asks his wife to buy a dress that suits her. Mathilde goes out and buys a dress. However, even with the clothes, Mathilde is still not happy as she has no jewels to wear with it. The couple does not have much money left, so her husband suggests Mathilde borrow something from her friend, Madame Jeanne Forestier. Mathilde picks out the fanciest diamond necklace that she can find. After attending the Ministry of Public Instruction Party, Mathilde discovers that she has lost the necklace.

Mathilde and her husband forage everywhere, but the necklace is not to be found. So they have to take out loans from generous friends to buy a diamond necklace that looks just like the one that was lost. It takes them ten years of hard labor to pay the loans back. Towards the end, Mathilde takes a walk, recalling her past and the night when the necklace was lost. Suddenly, she comes across Madame Jeanne Forestier. Mathilde confesses (坦白) about that night and how she worked so hard to return her necklace. Madame Jeanne Forestier, deeply moved, tells Mathilde that the one she borrowed was not made of real diamonds, and that it was worth at most 500 francs.

46. What can we learn about Madame Mathilde Loisel from the passage?

　 　　　　　　　　　　　　 A. She has no job and lives a poor life.

　　 B. She used to be in a high social position.

　 　　　　　　　　　　　　 C. She used to have a lot of wonderful jewels.

　 　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. She marries a man who doesn’t have much money.

47. Why doesn’t Madame Mathilde Loisel want to go to the party at first?

　 　　　　　　　　　　　　 A. Because she doesn’t have anything nice to wear.

　 　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. Because she doesn’t want to use up her husband’s money.

　 　　　　　　　　　　　　 C. Because she doesn’t want to borrow jewels from her friend.

　 　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. Because she doesn’t want to embarrass her husband in public.

48. What does the underlined word “forage” in Paragraph 3 mean?

　 　　　　　　　　　　　　 A. Worry.　 　　 B. Decorate.　　　　 C. Search.　　 D. Appear.

49. What does the couple decide to do after failing to find the necklace?

　 　　　　　　　　　　　　 A. Pay its owner a big sum of money.

　 　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. Have it replaced without telling its owner.

　 　　　　　　　　　　　　 C. Borrow another necklace from a rich friend.

　 　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. Tell its owner the truth and ask for a solution.

50. We can infer from the passage that 　　.

　 　　　　　　　　　　　　 A. Mathilde is very proud of her hard labor

　 　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. the couple regrets returning the necklace

　 　　　　　　　　　　　　 C. Mathilde buys a fake necklace for her friend

　 　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. the couple didn’t know they lost a fake necklace

第二节 完形填空（共30小题；A篇10小题，每小题1分；B篇20小题，每小题1.5分；满分40分）

A

When I was just 10 my mother left this world. It was a time when I didn’t even know the meaning of relations and the impact (影响) of 　　11　 　the most beloved one.

I still remember I was so 　　12　 　and every afternoon played with other children in the playground. Just a few days before that car accident she 　　13　 　me to stay at home and to be with her but I 　　14　 　her words by saying “I am coming” like any other 　　15　 　of that age and continued playing with friends. Now whenever I think of what I did, I had a strong 　　16　 　feeling. I blame myself for not sparing some 　　17　 　to spend with my mother when she needed me.

This incident has a great impact on my life. Now I 　　18　 　the value of the relation, and this is why now I care about everyone because I know how much 　　19　 　it causes when I lose someone in my heart. You should love your family, friends and those around you because you never know what is going to 　　20 　　in the next moment. Life is too short so just keep smiling and live happily.

11. A. missing　　　 B. imagining 　　　 C. having 　　　　 D. losing

12. A. silly　 　　　 B. ready　　 　　　　 C. young　　　　　　 D. good

13. A. ordered 　　　 B. called　　　　 C. helped　　　 D. forced　

14. A. ignored　　　 B. minded　 　　　 C. forgot　 　　　　 D. hated　　　

15. A. expert　　　　 B. victim　 　　　　　 C. man 　　　　　　 D. kid

16. A. guilty　　　　　 B. public　 　　　　 C. cautious　　　　 D. original

17. A. luck　 　　　　 B. money　 　　　　　 C. time　　　　　　　 D. pleasure

18. A. touch　 　　　 B. watch　 　　　　　 C. take　 　　　　 D. understand

19. A. failure 　　　 B. pain　　　　　　　　 C. anger　　 　　 D. work

20. A. happen　 　　 B. die　　　　　　　　　 C. form　　 　　　 D. gain

B

I had been coming to work with hard-boiled eggs in the morning for myself every day this past week. My co-worker at the desk next to me 　　21　 　and kindly asked if I could bring 　　22　 　for her one day. Naturally, I 　　23　 .

A couple of days went by and I 　　24　 　to bring her an egg. It was the 　　25　 　egg. I had no more in the house and seldom went out to 　　26　 　eggs to be honest. And I love hard-boiled eggs more than anything, especially since that is all I eat for 　　27　 .

I started to tell my intern (实习生) 　　28　 　I forgot to bring my co-worker an egg and was going to have to eat my egg in 　　29　 　upstairs so that she did not know. My intern jokingly replied, “Or you could just give it to her.” It 　　30　 　me right then and there. Why didn’t I think to give it to her instead of being 　　31　 ? I really wanted that egg and debated in my 　　32　 　for a few minutes on what to do before my co-worker’s 　　33　 . I finally made my 　　34　 .

She was typing up a report when I 　　35　 　her with the egg. Her face lit up, with a huge smile that I cannot even put in words. She was 　　36　 　and excited at the same time, thanking me over and over.

I learned at that moment that the feeling I received from 　　37　 　was 10 times better than that I would have received from eating the hard-boiled egg myself. It’s the 　　38　 　things like this that make you remember and make a difference to your 　　39　 . I will never forget the look on her face, and the satisfaction I got from that one simple 　　40　 . That’s what life is about.

21. A. replied　　　　 B. heard　　　　　　　 C. noticed　　　　　 D. finished

22. A. that　　　　　　 B. which　　　　　　　 C. it　　　　　　　　　 D. one

23. A. agreed　　　　 B. admitted　　　　　 C. promised　　　　 D. worked

24. A. pretended　　 B. forgot　　　　　　　 C. learned　　　　　 D. refused

25. A. last　　　　　　　 B. fresh　　　　　　　　 C. small　　　　　　 D. bad

26. A. check　　　　　 B. carry　　　　　　　　 C. buy　　　　　　　　 D. boil

27. A. business　　　 B. challenge　　　　　 C. lunch　　　　　　 D. breakfast

28. A. where　　　　　 B. when　　　　　　　 C. how　　　　　　　 D. whether

29. A. clean　　　　　 B. quiet　　　　　　　　 C. safe　　　　　　　 D. secret

30. A. defeated　　　 B. hit　　　　　　　　　 C. pushed　　　　　 D. lifted

31. A. selfish　　　　　 B. curious　　　　　　 C. careless　　　　　 D. weak

32. A. memory　　　 B. head　　　　　　　　 C. house　　　　　　 D. group

33. A. blame　　　　　 B. plan　　　　　　　　 C. action　　　　　　 D. arrival

34. A. attempt　　　　 B. explanation　　　 C. decision　　　　 D. excuse

35. A. rewarded　　　 B. covered　　　　　　 C. handled　　　　　 D. presented

36. A. satisfied　　　 B. surprised　　　　　 C. relaxed　　　　　 D. puzzled

37. A. giving　　　　　 B. learning　　　　　 C. reading　　　　　 D. driving

38. A. strange　　　　 B. little　　　　　　　　 C. extra　　　　　　　 D. natural

39. A. education　　 B. position　　　　　　 C. life　　　　　　　　 D. illness

40. A. gesture　　　　 B. operation　　　　　 C. word　　　　　　　 D. request

10. Mr. Wu devotes himself entirely to his teaching, which earns him a good 　　　　　in our school.

　　 A. outline　 　　　 B. reputation 　　　 C. account　　　 D. fortune