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第二部分：阅读理解（共两节，满分 40 分）
第一节（共 15 小题；每题 2 分，满分 30 分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A,B,C 和 D）中，选出最佳选项。
A
Absorbed in my to-do list of yesterday, I was walking into the office without paying any attention to my surroundings, when suddenly I turned the corner and there it was, sitting on my chair. “Oh, my God,” I said surprisedly. “Zucchini(小胡瓜)”. “Isn’t it that nice?” said Rachel, my workmate. “Somebody left zucchini for everyone!”
Have you ever noticed how somebody actually gives you zucchini? At least, not in the same way they give you corn or apples or tomatoes. I mean, if someone wants to give you a few fresh, juicy peaches off their tree, they walk right up and hand them to you. You will be pleased. It seems that they have confidence you will like their gift. But with zucchini, they left it and went away. No note. No calling card. I thought zucchini is the
abandoned orphan of the vegetable kingdom.
“Yeah, it’s nice,” I said. “Who should we thank for this gift?” “I don’t know,” Rachel said. “You know how it is with zucchini.” Of course I do. Nobody actually grows it. At least, not on purpose. It just grows like weeds. “So what are you going to do with yours?” I asked. “I will just do what I always do with zucchini,” she said. This morning I stepped into my office area carefully, afraid of what might be there waiting for me. There was a piece of bread in a white box sitting on my desk. I picked it up. It smelled wonderful. I took a bite. It tasted wonderful.
“Who made the banana bread?” I asked. Rachel said, “It isn’t banana bread. It’s zucchini bread.” I stopped chewing. “This couldn’t be zucchini. It’s delicious!” I paused, and added, “But I dislike zucchini!” “So do I,” Rachel admitted. “But a few years ago I found this great way to cook zucchini bread, and now I actually look forward to zucchini season.” I took another bite of the bread. I couldn’t help wondering: “How could anything so tasty come from something so distasteful?” “It’s a fact of life,” Rachel said. “You mix effort with creativity and you can turn almost anything around.”
21. What happened to the author yesterday?
A. She found a zucchini on her office chair.
B. She shared vegetables with her workmates.
C. She made zucchini bread for everyone.
D. She harvested the tomatoes she grew.
22. Paragraph 2 is actually about _____.
A. the author’s thoughts in the heart B. a discussion between workmates
C. the way of making zucchini bread D. the author’s earliest memory of zucchini
23. How did the author think of the zucchini bread?
A. Traditional. B. Unhealthy. C. Wonderful. D. Just so-so.
24. For what purpose is the text written?
A. To introduce ways of making zucchini bread.
B. To teach readers how to grow zucchini.
C. To encourage people to work hard.
D. To show readers the philosophy of life.
B
If you plan on visiting Fiji, you are probably looking for some fun things to do. Below are four unusual places.
The Poseidon Resort
The Poseidon resort is an underwater resort that gives visitors a beautiful view of sea life. This resort covers 255 acres. It’s covered and surrounded by a lagoon(咸水湖)that covers 5,000 acres and is about 90 feet under water, giving you a beautiful view of sea life right before your eyes. This resort even has a hotel for those who would prefer to have the unusual experience of sleeping and waking up to the beautiful scenery all around them.
The Sabeto Mud Pool
If you’re looking for something unusual to do, you can’t pass up the mud pool at Sabeto. It is located in a mountain range with a huge group of geothermal(地热的)pools full of nice, warm mud. Getting down and into the mud in the pool is believed to have benefits for healthy skin. This is unusual, but adults and especially kids will love it.
Fire Walking
Fire walking in Fiji is believed to have originated on the island of Beau. Fire walking is when you walk on white-hot stones barefoot. To do this, you have to be mentally prepared for it. Trust me; there is a lot of preparation and strict rules that travelers follow in order to do this safely.
The Fiji Museum
The Fiji museum is unusual due to all the amazing artifacts you’ll see dating back 3,000-4,000 years. This museum has a certain attraction that makes it funny ---- a shoe. It’s been said that a man named Thomas Baker was eaten by the locals several centuries ago and the only thing left was his shoe. This unusual museum is a great idea if you bring the whole family to Fiji.
25. Visitors who have the unusual experience of sleeping at the Poseidon resort can ______.
A. enjoy the excellent service in the hotel
B. open windows to see sea life swimming
C. see sea life around them in the room
D. only watch videos about sea life.
26. Why do adults like to get down into the mud pool?
A. To float on the warm mud.
B. To make them strong.
C. To play with the warm mud.
D. To keep their skin healthy.
27. Which of the following things needs more courage and stricter rules?
A. Trying fire walking.
B. Visiting the Poseidon resort.
C. Getting into the Sabeto Mud Pool.
D. Visiting the Fiji museum.
28. The underlined word “artifacts” in paragraph 5 probably means “______”.
A. historic things made by man
B. things invented not long ago
C. things that look very strange
D. useful things in people’s daily life
C
A professional skateboarder is probably facing jail time after uploading a video that shows he was skating at a shocking 68 mph through the middle of traffic.
South African skater Decio Lourenco faces the charges after Cape Town city officials say his high-speed skating actually attracted a speed camera. The speed limit for skating in the town of Lourenco is 37 mph. “The boy’s behavior was very dangerous. He might cause one of the motorists to panic and crash into other vehicles, which can lead to a large number of deaths. We have already had such cases on that road before,” safety spokesman Jean-Pierre Smith, told the New York Daily News. “If we don’t take action against him, every other skateboarder will stry it and one of them will come to a sticky end.”
It’s hard to deny that what the boy did was dangerous, particularly with oncoming traffic in the opposite lane. But Lourenco is a professional and Kloof Nek, the road he speeds down, has been used for professional skateboarding events in the past. Besides, at the end of his YouTube video of the dangerous behavior he really tries to discourage others from attempting to recreate his feat (技艺表演), which has already been viewed more than 600,000 since it was posted on January 26.
However, as a journalist pointed out, the past skateboarding events hosted on Kloof Nek have always taken place when all other traffic was closed off the street. He also said that local traffic laws don’t permit skateboarders to skate on public roads. For his part, Lourenco, 24, says he doesn’t understand where all the negative attention is coming from. “I’ve been skating down hills from a young age... often going much faster than that,” he said in an interview with IOL News. “This is the first time I’ve got any attention for it.” But anyway, what he did is dangerous, and others shouldn’t follow his example.
29. Decio Lourenco faces the charges mainly because he _____________.
A. caused motorists to panic on the street
B. broke the speed limit when he was driving
C. skated too fast through the middle of traffic
D. uploaded a misleading video on the Internet
30. What does the underlined word “sticky” in paragraph 2 mean?
A. Unpleasant. B. Funny. C. Well-known. D. Satisfying.
31. According to paragraph 4, what is the journalist’s attitude toward Decio Lourenco’s
A. Supportive. B. Indifferent. C. Disapproving. D.Admiring.
32. Which of the following is true according to the passage?
A. There was no oncoming traffic when Decio Lourenco was skating.
B. The past skateboarding events hosted on Kloof Nek have always taken place with other traffic being closed off.
C. Decio Lourenco has caused a motorist to crash into other vehicles.
D. Decio Lourenco hoped to show others how to recreate his skills of skating.
D
In the heart of Tokyo, a skyscraper, the Grand Prince Hotel Akasaka, is being demolished(拆除). But there are no explosives in sight. Instead, all that can be seen is the roof slowly sinking as the building shrinks beneath it.
The Demolition is being carried out by the Taisei Corporation, which has developed what it claims is a cleaner and more environmentally friendly way to tear down high-rises. Called the Taisei Ecological Reproduction System, it works from the top down, breaking a building apart floor by floor. The once 140-metre tall hotel is now missing its top 30 meters and by May it will disappear. The levels being pulled down are sealed within an enclosure that wraps around the building, while huge jacks(千斤顶 )slowly lower the original roof down as floors are removed. Fully enclosing( 围 住 )the demolition area reduces the dust emitted(散出)from the site compared with conventional methods, say Taisei’s Hideki Ichihara.
Before the demolition begins, all non-structural elements of the building are removed by hand. Workers then take out beams(横梁)and concrete flooring. By recycling building materials and getting rid of heavy machinery that runs on fossil fuels(矿物燃料), Ichihara says, the process reduces carbon dioxide emissions by as much as 85 percent. “In Japan alone there are 797 skyscrapers over 100 meters tall, around 150 of which will be between 30 and 40 years old in the next decade,” says Ichihara. This has historically been the age when such buildings are arranged for demolition, but conventional methods are not suitable for such tall skyscrapers. Taisei and its competitors Kajima and Takenaka Corporations need to develop new demolition systems. Kajima’s “cut and down” method removes floors from the ground up, while Takenaka’s approach is almost the same as Taisei’s.
After Tokyo was shaken by earthquakes in March 2011, the billionaire Akira Mori called for the country to stop building skyscrapers over 100 meters high. Instead he suggested lower, wider-based structures should be built. Takuro Yoshida, a professor at Kogakuin University in Tokyo, argues that newer engineering techniques could keep buildings safely standing for longer periods. “The idea that buildings are rebuilt on a 30-to 40-year cycle is itself about 20 years old,” he says, adding that the ecological benefits of demolition.
33. What do we know about the new demolition?
A. It needs more fossil fuels.
B. More money is spent on it.behavior?
C. Some work has to be done by hand.
D. Fewer building materials are recycled.
34. What can we infer from Paragraph 3?
A. Taisei and Kajima Corporations will work together in the near future.
B. Kajima’s demolition method is different from Takenaka’s.
C. Most skyscrapers in Japan were built about 30 years ago.
D. Conventional demolition methods will be abolished in Japan.
35. What would be the best title for the passage?
A. Lower structures will be popular.
B. Skyscrapers will disappear.
C. Lose height without the dust.
D. Protect the present buildings.
根据短文内容， 从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。 选项中有两项为多余选项。
My experience with care giving and the elderly is that often the emotional needs of their loved ones are missed. In a nursing home, there is not enough staff. At home, many families are often overworked and stressed in today’s fast moving world. People do not realize how their mom or dad is feeling with the loss of the independence and rights.__36__
Your mother or father took care of you for years. Now in their advanced age and health condition, they need to be taken care of. They cannot walk well, talk well and their memory is fading. They may be in a wheel chair. They cannot do much for you or for themselves. __37__They even often feel they have really nothing to live for and are just taking up time and space. You can find ways to make your parents feel important. For example, you ask them for their advice even if you don’t want it or it doesn’t make sense. It’s the idea that you are considering their opinion and their view. It’s for them not you. __38__Helping with cooking or dishes and watching the kids make them feel they are in need.
Often in nursing homes, your loved one suffering from disease or bad health may notsmell good. You must overcome that to give them what they need. It is as important as food to many of them. They get little of it from the nursing staff. __39__As elderly people, they need to be touched. __40__All too many times in nursing homes or even in their own home, people stop visiting. Often it is because friends are uncomfortable during the visit because the patient cannot communicate well and doesn’t smell good. You need to give them what they need ---- your time. Wheel them out for a few minutes of sunshine and share with them your news. If they don’t understand it all, it’s OK, for you are there and it makes them feel loved.
A. In such situations, they feel useless.
B. Elderly people have the need for company.
C. Actions such as hugging them and shaking their hands show your love.
D. It is your role to make life easier but not to take over their life completely.
E. Remember, someday you will be old and you wouldn’t be treated like this.
F.Another example is to give them tasks in the family that they are capable of doing.
G. I hope this article helps family members to see a side of the situation.
第一节：完形填空（共 20 小题；每题 1.5 分，满分 30 分）
It was a little cold in the autumn winds. My sister and I pushed our cart (小推车) __41__with cards, wrapping paper and ribbons (丝带) down the streets. We went to our neighbours and then a few__42__beyond to sell them. On weekends Dad took us in the neighbourhood. We were 12 and 10, and we had our__43__bag for those who bought things from our cart.
We ended up__44__over $400 worth of cards and other items. We did this for several years and had__45__who often came to us. And poor Dad, he didn’t get__46__ for his time spent on our business, but I think he was using this to__47__his two young girls some valuable lessons. Yes, there were a few__48__people but most were gentle and listened to our brave little voice telling them what we were doing. Many invited us in to look at our items__49__and decide what to buy. That gave us a__50__from the cold weather and a chance to__51__our cheeks and hands for a short time. Did either of us excel(擅长)at sales in__52__years? No, we didn’t become great salesgirls. But this was our great first job. The things which made it__53__were the people we talked to, the people who bought from us, and the company which had such great items. And the best thing was ha
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