题目内容
rescue
A. pretty B. elect C. honest D. encourage
B
【解析】
试题分析：考查语音 rescue [?reskju:] A. pretty [?pr?ti] B. elect [??lekt] C. honest [??n?st]D. encourage [?n?k?r?d?] ，故选B项。
考点: 考查语音
Garage sales (旧货市场) are a strange pastime. I am not interested in other people’s items. My mother was, and she convinced me to her. We went to several garage sales and finally stopped at a cottage. The owner told me that he and his wife were moving away. His wife had been a (n) before she retired.
As we were the sale items, I heard the gentleman’s wife say her name to someone, and I realized who she was. She looked at me and said, “ You are Lisa Miller.” I at her in awe（惊叹）for it had been thirty years I had been in her class.
My mother to her for any trouble I might have caused. She that if this woman remembered me after so many years, I must have done something . My teacher looked at my mother and said, “Oh, no, she was very good,” and my mother watched her in .
My teacher explained during the last week of school, I brought her a . She told us she planted the Lamb’s Ear in her garden. She looked at me and said, “Every day when I leave my house, I think of you. And when I come home these plants me, and I think of you.” welled up in my eyes. There at her home, among all her , was a piece of my life that she had nurtured(培养).
In that moment, she taught me more about life than I could . We give pieces of ourselves every day without thought or expectation. We seldom envision(展望) the that we have on others’ lives. That piece may grow and spread, becoming a (n) part of a life. In the end it is not the big things that , but the small things that make all the difference in the world. I never had a chance to thank her, but I hope she took a Lamb’s Ear with her to her new home.
1.A. brokenB. unwantedC. frozenD. desired
2.A. accompanyB. attachC. arrangeD. accomplish
3.A. cruelB. lonelyC. elderlyD. lovely
4.A. driverB. pianistC. athleteD. teacher
5.A. exchangingB. instructingC. selectingD. exposing
6.A. nervouslyB. immediatelyC. strangelyD. automatically
7.A. staredB. smiledC. glancedD. glared
8.A. afterB. whileC. sinceD. because
9.A. appealedB. apologizedC. laughedD. shouted
10.A. suspectedB. doubtedC. thoughtD. wondered
11.A. toughB. terribleC. flexibleD. practical
12.A. peaceB. dangerC. disbeliefD. need
13.A. bookB. phoneC. diamondD. plant
14.A. possessB. impressC. greetD. observe
15.A. TearsB. HappinessC. PromisesD. Laughter
16.A. aimsB. belongingsC. figuresD. exhibitions
17.A. needB. planC. imagineD. guess
18.A. sensesB. benefitsC. effectsD. pains
19.A. appropriateB. necessaryC. braveD. mild
20.A. careB. matterC. dependD. remain
书面表达( 满分30 分)
假定你是李华，是光明中学高三（1）班的班长，你要写一封邀请信，邀请某校外教Peter担任你班英语短剧活动的口语指导老师。内容包括：
1. 十二月二十日是你校的“英语活动日”，此项活动的目的是为了丰富校园生活，提高英语学习兴趣和英语口语水平。
2. 你班正在排演一个英语短剧，准备参加“英语活动日”活动；
3. 希望请外教Peter在口语方面进行指导；
4. 具体时间：2014年12月5日（星期四）下午4时
5. 地点：教学楼三楼307教室。
注意：(1)词数100左右(2)可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；(3)开头语已为你写好。
Dear Peter,
I’m Li Hua…
________________________________________________________________________
The principal suggested ____ more exercise to build up our health.
A. us to do B. we would do
C.our doing D. we did
情景对话（共5小题，每小题1分，满分5分）
根据对话情景和内容，从对话后所给的选项中选出能填入每一空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。选项中有两个为多余选项。(E=A+B; F=A+C; G=A+D)
Policeman：Now, Jimmy, did you get a good view of the accident？
Jimmy：Oh, yes. I was standing outside the bank building and I saw it quite clearly.
Policeman：Do you know what time it was？
Jimmy：Yes. ____1.___ It was 2:45 exactly.
Policeman：Good. ___2.____
Jimmy：Well, quite slowly —— about 10 miles an hour. It was coming up York Road. ____3.___ But they were still red when he went over them.
Policeman：I see. ___4.____ Was it also driving slowly？
Jimmy：It was coming along Union Street about 30 miles per hour. It was a blue Toyota. ___5.___
Policeman：Did you see what color his traffic light was？
Jimmy：Yes, it changed to yellow just before he crossed it.
A. What about the car？
B. I checked my watch.
C. Didn’t you see the car？
D. Now，how fast was the truck moving？
E. Was the car going beyond the speed limit？
F. I suppose the truck driver knew the lights were going to change.
G. The driver stopped his car when he saw the truck crossing the street.
Although the United States covers so much land and the land produces far more food than the present population needs, its people are by now almost entirely an urban society. Less than a tenth of the people are engaged in agriculture and forestry(林业), and most of the rest live in or around towns, small and large. Here the traditional picture is changing: every small town may still be very like other small towns, and the typical small town may represent a widely accepted view of the country, but most Americans do not live in small towns any more. Half the population now lives in some thirty metropolitan areas(large cities with their suburbs ) of more than a million people each – a large proportion than in Germany or English, let alone France. The statistics(统计) of urban and rural population should be treated with caution because so many people who live in areas classified as rural travel by car to work in a nearby town each day. As the rush to live out of town continues, rural areas within reach of towns are gradually filled with houses, so that it is hard to say at what moment a piece of country becomes a suburb. But more and more the typical American lives in a metropolitan rather than a small town environment.
1.If now America has 250 million people．how many of them are engaged in agriculture and forestry?
A．About 25 million． B．More than 25 million．
C．Less than 25 million． D. Less than 225 million．
2.Which of the following four countries has the smallest proportion of people living in metropolitan areas?
A．United States B．Germany C．France D．England
3.What’s the meaning of the word “metropolitan” in the middle of the passage?
A. Of a large city with its suburbs．
B．Of small and large towns．
C．Of urban areas．
D．Of rural areas．
4. According to the passage，what can we learn about small towns in the United States?
A．Most small towns become gradually crowded．
B．Small towns are still similar to each other．
C．As the traditional picture is changing，towns are different．
D .Small towns are turning into large cities．
5.Why is it hard to say when a piece of country becomes a suburb?
A.Because they are the same．
B．Because the rush takes place too quickly．
C．Because the process is gradual．
D．Because more and more Americans live in metropolitan areas．
―The weather is changeable here. Please take more clothes.
― _________.
A. Well, it depends B. Thanks, by no means
C. OK, just in case D. Don’t worry
Mosquitoes(蚊子) ruin countless American picnics every year, but around the world, this bloodsucking beast isn’t just annoying— it causes a health problem. More than a million people die from the spread of mosquito-borne diseases like malaria and yellow fever each year. Attempts to control populations via insecticides like DDT have had ruinous side effects for nature and human health. Neurobiologist Leslie B. Vosshall has a different solution for stopping the insects and the spread of disease. “I believe the key to controlling mosquito behavior is to understand better how they sense us,” she says.
At their Rockefeller University lab, Vosshall and her colleagues are studying the chemical sensory processes by which mosquitoes choose hosts. How do they sense heat, humidity, carbon dioxide, and body odor(气味)? What makes some people more attractive to a mosquito than others? It takes blood and sweat to find out. To study how mosquitoes assess body odor, Vosshall and her teammates might wear stockings on their arms and keep from showering for 24 hours to create sample smells, Then comes the hard part. They insert their arms into the insects’ hidden home to study how mosquitoes land, bite, and feed and then they document how this changes. This can mean getting anywhere from one bite to 400, depending on the experiment. Studying male mosquitoes is more pleasant. Since they don’t feed on blood, the lab tests their sense of smell using honey.
Vosshall and her team have also begun to study how genetics contribute to mosquitoes’ choice of a host. She’s even created a breed that is unable to sense carbon dioxide, an important trigger for the insects. “By using genetics to make mutant(变异的) mosquitoes, we can document exactly how and why mosquitoes hunt humans,” Vosshall says.
Once Vosshall figures out what makes mosquitoes flock to us, she can get to work on making them leave us alone. Many of her lab’s proposed solutions sound simple enough, including bracelets(手镯) that carry long-lasting repellants(驱虫剂) or traps that can reduce populations, but the breakthroughs, when they come, may save millions of lives in the developing world—and a lot of itching everywhere else.
1.Vosshall and her colleagues are mainly studying mosquitoes’ ______
A. appearance B. size
C. behavior D. change
2.By saying the underlined part “Then comes the hard part”, the author probably means that______.
A. the insects smell terrible
B. the experiment will last long
C. The researchers will probably suffer
D. the researchers have to study lots of documents.
3.Why is it less challenging to study male mosquitoes?
A. They are not bloodsuckers.
B. They are afraid of stockings.
C. They have a poor sense of smell.
D. They are protective of their hosts.
4.It can be inferred from the last paragraph that Vosshall’s research______.
A. looks very promising
B. has saved millions of lives
C. is facing great difficulties
D. is quite simple to carry out.
Leadership Training on the Importance of Cooperation
As we all know in order for a team to be successful they need to be able to effectively work together. Without cooperation within the team all of us members won’t be able to function at their fullest potential. And as a leader it would be your job to achieve cooperation within the whole team for only through this will you be able to achieve your goal with your team. This article will be helping you discover ways to bring out cooperation from the whole team. This would be teaching you on how to work with people through partnership which is based on mutual trust and respect. These are the vital things needed for the development of cooperation and teamwork which you need to focus in your leadership training.
Be loyal to your team
An organization is divided into two groups, the employees and the management. Most of the times the interests of the two groups don't go together and as a leader you would commonly be caught in between. You are a member of the management but you are working hand in hand with the employees. You also need to show concern for your team. Be on their side yet not compromising the management’s side. Let them understand that you know where they’re coming from. Through this you will gain their loyalty which is the basic component of cooperation.
Gain their trust
Gaining the trust of your members doesn't only give the chance to develop cooperation within the team. It also gives you the chance to gain loyalty from them. By gaining their loyalty they will be able to follow you without hesitation and doubt. However, gaining a person’s trust is more easily said than done but the most important thing required to gain a person’s trust is being genuine and consistent. Be always fair on all your members at all times.
Don't make them feel you’re just after your gains
In building a connection with your team, you should always make them feel that you’re not just using them for your own gains. You should learn that people don't like the feeling of being used by others. They would be discouraged and would tend not to do their best if they feel that way. You should make them feel that you’re pushing them not only for your own gains but also for their benefits. Avoid making them feel that you are just using them for your own reasons.
A team won’t ever be successful without teamwork and cooperation. Therefore as a leader try your very best to inspire teamwork on your team. Be a role model to your team and always show them that you are a team player. This would greatly encourage your team to follow your example.
