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第I卷(选择题共60分)

第一部分阅读理解(共两节,满分40分)

第一节(共15小题;每小题1分,满分30分)

A

The West is full of fast food and large amounts of food which contribute to many women's being fat. While many are fat, thin women are admired and seen as healthier. This has led to a culture of gym-going, strange die?ting methods and, frequently, eating disorders. In the East, women tend to be smaller and many women take pills to keep their slim figures as they get older. However, you're mistaken if you think thinness is the beauty stand?ard all over the world. The BBC reports that in Mauritania, Africa, the op?posite is true.

In Mauritania, mothers force their daughters to eat a lot of food so that they get as fat as possible. The fatter they are, the more likely they are to marry well. Fat is also considered healthy, because in a country where HIV/AIDS is a very real problem, thin people are often sick and dying. However, "healthy" fat women are suffering from some problems of their own and many are dying in their 40s of weight-related diseases.

The Mauritanian government is trying to warn its people of the dangers of being overweight but it's not easy to change cultural views. Many women worry that if they lose weight, their husbands will leave them for fatter, more attractive women.

It seems that while education about the dangers of being too thin and too fat is very important, what the world really needs is to become less pre?occupied with the size, shape and weight of women's bodies. The promotion of healthy practices is easy but changing cultural beauty standards takes more time, imagination and effort.

1.  According to the article, why are women usually fatter in the West?

  A.  They don't exercise enough.

B.  Large food portions and fast food are common.

C.  They use unhealthy dieting methods.

D.  They believe that being fat is beautiful.

2.  What examples does the writer give of unhealthy weight-loss methods in the East and West?

  A.  Strange dieting methods, exercising, taking pills and eating too much.

B.  Taking pills, watching what you eat and exercising.

C.  Strange dieting methods and warning people about the dangers of be?ing overweight.

D.  Gym-going, strange dieting methods, eating disorders and taking pills.

3.  Why are girls forced to eat a lot of food in Mauritania?

  A.  They believe that fat people won't get HIV/AIDS.

B.  They believe that they can lead healthier lives.

  C.  They believe if they grow fat, they may possibly marry good hus?bands.

D.  They believe that they won't get sick very often.

 4.  According to the article, why do some women in Mauritania not want to lose weight even though they know being fat is unhealthy?

  A.  They worry that their husbands will leave them if they're thin.

B.  They really like being beautiful.

C.  They really like eating a lot of food and being fat.

D.  The government forces them to eat a lot so they won't get sick.

第一部分第一节 A

[文章大意]在毛里塔尼亚女性以胖为美,而且越胖越好。但是太胖也会导致其他的健康问题,所以要改变人们对美的传统观念还需要时间和努力。

1. B 细节理解题。根据文章第一句"The West is full of fast food and large amounts of food which contribute to many women's being fat."可知选B。

2. D 细节理解题。根据文章第一段内容可知因为东西方国家的女性都以瘦为美, 所以很多女性在追求苗条身材时使用了一些不利于健康的减肥方法。

3. C 细节理解题。根据第二段"The fatter they are, the more likely they are to marry well."可知在毛里塔尼亚,女孩们越胖,她们可能嫁得越好。故选C。

4. A 细节理解题。根据文章第三段"Many women worry that if they lose weight, their husbands will leave them for fatter, more attractive women."可知答案为A。


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In the world nothing is more important than health. If people took away our money, houses, cars, or even our clothes, we could still survive.

   16._____________ Then how can we keep healthy?

First of we should eat healthily. I usually avoid eating food high in fat, like French frie§ or cookies, which are junk food. 17.____________I only eat little meat. 18._____ It helps us build a strong body. Regular exercise is an important part of keeping me healthy. In addition, I think friends are an important part of one's health.  19.____________ I always feel better when I am with friends than when I am alone. When I am with my friends, I always laugh. Laughing is also an important part of health. It is good to stay with my friends,

By eating properly and exercising regularly, I can keep my body at a proper weight and keep healthy. By spending time with my friends, I can keep my mind as "11 as my body happy. These things sound easy to do, bul not many people can manage them. 20.____________

A.  What's more, taking exercise is very important.

B.  Some people appear fat because they often eat too much.

C.    I think a strong will is necessary if we want to keep fit.

D.  I eat a lot of vegetables and fresh fruits which are full of vitamins.

E.  There are some people who like staying alone, but they keep healthy.

F.  But if our health were taken away, we could surely die.

G.  Many studies show that people with few friends often get sick.

第二部分英语知识运用(共两节,满分30分)

第一节完形填空(共20小题;每小题1分,满分20分)

I never know how well Mother could keep a trust until I was going through her things after she died. I discovered something I had 21 for?gotten, something that happened to me as a child.

One night, as I lay in bed  22  my sisters and I had said our prayers,I recalled the events of the day and how 23 I had behaved towards Mother. "I must make things right before going to sleep," I thought.

Quickly I  24  out of bed and picked up a pencil and paper, then tip?toed (踮着脚,蹑手蹑脚)into the hall. The 25 from the living room shone dimly (昏暗地),I knew Mother was downstairs mending socks.

I quickly  26 a note asking Mother to forgive me for being so  27 I didn't want my brothers and sisters to know our  28  so I added a postscript (附言,补充):"Please don't let anyone see this. " Then I quietly moved  29   my parents' bedroom and put the letter under Mother's pillow.

   The next morning, when I  30  my bed after breakfast, I unexpectedly  31  a note under my pillow. Mother wrote that she loved me and 32 me.

 This became my   33   of apologizing whenever I talked back or disobeyed. Mother always left a note, but she never  34  our under-the-pillow messages in front of the family. Even when we were  35  , she never mentioned them when we brothers and sisters recalled our childhood.

 When Mother  36  , I had to go through her personal belongings. In her desk was a bundle (捆,包)of notes tied with a faded ribbon (带子).On top was a message in her handwriting. It read, "In the event of my death, please  37    these."

 I 38 the packet and glanced at the handwriting on the bottom. To my surprise, I 39 my childish writing, "PS Please don't let anyone see this. Love, Edie."

 I gently placed the unopened bundle in the 40 along with other things for the rubbish burner. " Lord," I prayed, " make me like my mother."

21.  A. long          B. just       C. never      D. often

22.  A. before         B. after      C. until    D. since

23.  A. well          B. politely    C. happily    D. badly

24.  A. jumped                    B. fell

   C. moved                   D. slipped (溜走)

25.  A. moon          B. light     C. needle     D. thread

26.  A. found         B. sent       C. wrote      D. took

27.  A. lazy          B. late       C. careless       D. naughty

28.  A. mistake       B. business      C. relation      D. love

29.  A. out of        B. around      C. into        D. behind

30.  A. searched      B. left        C. made        D. went to

31.  A. wrote         B. left       C. found       D. gave

32.  A. missed        B. understood    C. supported      D. forgave

33.  A. way           B. secret      C. favourite       D. trick

34.  A. spoke about      B. passed round    C. gave out      D. read aloud

35.  A. happy          B. curious    C. grown       D. interested

36.  A. went away        B. passed away    C.died away     D. broke away

37.  A. destroy        B.  keep        C. hide       D. read

38.  A. picked up                  B. handed in

    C. looked through               D. turned over

39. A. recognized       B.lost     C.realized    D. liked

40.  A. drawer       B.wastebasket   C.bedroom     D. bookshelf

                                 C

It's really true what people say about English politeness: it's every?where. When squeezing (挤)past someone in a narrow aisle (通道),people say "sorry". When getting off a bus, English passengers say "thank you" rather than the driver. In Germany, people would never dream of doing these things.

After all, squeezing past others sometimes can't be avoided and the bus driver is merely doing his job. I used to think the same way, without ques?tioning it, until I started travelling to the British Isles and came to appreci?ate some more polite ways of communicating with people.

People thank each other everywhere in England, all the time. When people buy something in a shop, customers and retail assistants in most ca?ses thank each other twice or more. In Germany, it would be exceptional to hear more than one "thank you" in such a conversation. British students thank their lecturers when leaving the room. English employers thank their employees for doing their jobs, as opposed to Germans, who would normal?ly think that paying their workers money is already enough.

Another thing I observed during my stay was that English people rarely criticize others. Even when I was working and mistakes were pointed out to me, my employers stressed several times but none, of their explanations were intended as criticism. It has been my impression that by avoiding criti?cism, English people are making an effort to make others feel comfortable. This also is shown in other ways. British men still open doors for women, and British men are more likely to treat women to meals than German men. However, I do need to point out here that this applies to English men a bit more than it would to Scottish men. Yes, the latter are a bit tight-fisted.

8.  What is the author's attitude towards English politeness?

A. He appreciates it.           B. He gives no personal opinion.

C.  He thinks it is just an act.   D. He thinks it goes too far.

9.  What can we learn about customers and retail assistants in Germany?

  A.  It's always retail assistants who say thank you.

B.  Customers never say thank you to retail assistants.

C.  They always say thank you to each other.

D.  They may say thank you only once.

 10.  We can learn from the last paragraph that Scottish men___ .

 A.  are more likely to be involved in a fight !

 B.  are not so willing to spend money for women

C.  are more polite than English men

D.  treat women in a polite way

11.     The author develops the text through the method of____ .

A. giving comments              B. telling stories

C. making comparisons           D. giving reasons

C

In April 2014, the world's oldest known message in a bottle was dis?covered floating in the Baltic Sea. It had spent 101 years lost in the ocean! The message was finally sent to the author's granddaughter.

A German fisherman named Konrad Fischer found the brown boltle near Kiel* Germany. He said he nearly threw the bottle back into the water after pulling it out of a fishing net. Then he noticed something inside.

The bottle in good condition contained a Danish postcard with two Ger?man stamps, dated May 17, 1913. Although dampness had made most of the writing illegible(字迹模糊的),the readable part of the message asked whoever found it to return it to an address in Berlin. It even contained two stamps lo pay for postage.

From the address, researchers found that the postcard was written by a man named Richard Platz, who was 20 years old when he wrote the mes?sage. While he was hiking on the Baltic coast with a nature appreciation group, he threw the bottle into the sea. Then the researchers began a re?search for any living relatives of his. Sure enough, they were able to find his 62-year-old granddaughter, Angela Erdmann, who still lives in Berlin.

"It was almost unbelievable*" Erdmann said upon being presented with her grandfather's bottle and message. "That was a pretty moving moment. Tears rolled down my face."

Erdmann never knew her grandfather, who died in 1946, but says that the discovery of the bottle has made her want to learn more about him.

The bottle remained on display at the International Maritime Museum in Hamburg until May 1. After that, the researchers examined the postcard and tried to figure out the meaning of the rest of the message. Previously, the oldest message found in a bottle spent nearly 98 years at sea and was dis?covered in April 2012, according to Guinness World Records.

9. When Konrad picked up the bottle from the sea, ___________

A.  he thought it would bring him good luck

B.  he noticed the postcard inside immediately

C.  he decided to uncover the secret of the bottle

D.  he wanted to throw it back into the sea at first

 10.  Why did Richard Platz throw the bottle with the message into the sea?

  A.  He expected his grandfather could find the postcard.

B.  He wished the finder would send the postcard to his home.

C.  He believed his postcard would be kept secret at sea forever.

D.  He thought he could make friends with the finder of the bottle.

11.  Which can be the best title for this passage?

  A.  The finding of a floating bottle at the sea

B.  A one-century-old letter to a grandfather

C.  The world's oldest message in a floating bottle

D.  The oldest Danish postcard in a floating bottle

 The Voice of America began during the World War II,when Germany was broadcasting a radio program to get international 1 American officials believed they should 2 the German broadcast with words that they thought were the facts of world events. The first VOA news report began with words in 3 " The 4 may be good or bad,but we shall tell you the truth.”Within a week,other VOA 5 were broadcasting in Italian, French and English.

After the World War ended in 1945, some Americans felt VOA's 6 had to be changed, 7 the Soviet Union(苏联)became enemy of America. They wanted toSo?viet listeners. Then VOA began broadcasting in Russian.

  In the early days VOA began adding something new to its broadcast that was 9 "Music USA",Another new idea came along in 1959. VOA knew that many listeners did not know 10 English to completely understand its 11 English broadcast. So VOA 12a simpler kind of English, 13 uses about 1,500 words and is spoken 14 , Of course, it is special English.

  In the 15 of most VOA listeners,the most 16 program is the news report. News from around the 17 fly into the VOA news room in Washington 24 hours a day. It comes from VOA reporters in 18 cities and also from other 19 like BBC. VOA writers and editors use these materials to 20 news reports,which are being broadcast in 43 languages.
(   ) 1. A. knowledge    B. culture C. support    D. information

(   ) 2. A. match    B. answer     C. join    P. interrupt

(   ) 3. A. time    B. short      C. English    D. German

(   ) 4. A. news    B. announcement  C. effects    D. opinions

(   ) 5. A. stations    B. news    C. announcers    D. programmes

(   ) 6. A. language    B. position   C. purpose    D. result

(   ) 7. A. imagining    B. supposing C. considering    D. fearing

(   ) 8. A. reach    B. satisfy      C. attract    D. interest

(   ) 9. A. known    B. reported    C. called    D. decided

(   ) 10. A. American    B. British    C. standard    D. enough

(   ) 11. A. normal    B. fast         C. official    D. informal

(   ) 12. A. invented    B. discovered    C. borrowed    D. found

(   ) 13. A. it         B. who          C. which    D. that

(   ) 14. A. slowly    B. formally      C. normally    D. loudly

(   ) 15. A. place        B. course         C. opinion    D. advice

(   ) 16. A. difficult    B. important    C. favorite     D. common

(   ) 17. A. world       B. country        C. universe    D. city

(   ) 18. A. all         B. major       C. famous    D. various

(   ) 19. A. broadcasts    B. forms     C. newspaper    D. countries

(   ) 20. A. write        B. announce      C. get    D. prepare

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