题目内容
I’d prefer to my judgement until I know all the facts.
A.reserve B.observe C.preserve D.deserve
假设你是李华，一名高三学生，在网络上看到一所国外大学的招生信息 (admission information), 该大学对中国学生开设30多个专业，你对此非常感兴趣,打算用英语撰写一份个人申请，主要内容包括：
1. 想申请的专业；
2. 个人优势；
3. 进入大学后的设想。
注意：1. 词数：100左右；2. 书信格式已给出； 3. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
Dear Sir or Madam,
Yours Sincerely,
Li Hua
People in their sixties should go to university to retrain because they will be expected to work for longer before retirement, the Government has suggested.
Older workers who take courses to keep their skills up-to-date will be more likely to keep their jobs, claims David Willetts, the higher education minister. He said the age limit on student loans to cover tuition fees had been lifted, making a degree course “great value” for older people. His comments followed a government report which found that the country's future economic success would depend on the skills and contributions of older workers.
One in four people will be older than 65 by 2033 and economists have warned thatthe ageing population will place a heavy burden on taxpayers unless more people work for longer. The state pension age is to rise to 67 by 2028. Ministers have warned that they have no idea when younger workers in their thirties will be able to retire.
Mr Willetts, who is accompanying David Cameron in India, urged workers older
than 60 to give further education serious consideration.“There is certainly a
pressure for continuing to get retrained and upskilled，”he said.“Higher education has an economic benefit in that if you stay up-to-date with knowledge and skills you will be more employable.”
Mr Willetts said a university course had “wider” benefits, making people more likely to lead healthy lives.“Education is such a good thing that it is not reserved for only younger people，” he said.“ There will be people of all ages who will want to study. There is great value in lifelong learning.” Under previous rules, students in England would get a loan to cover tuition fees only if they were younger than 54.
Latest figures showed that only 1,940 undergraduates starting courses last year were older than 60, out of a total of 552,240 students in Britain. Some 6,455 were aged between 50 and 60, according to the Higher Education Statistics Agency.
1.We can learn from Paragraphs 1 & 2 that older workers ________.
A．have no chance to get a loan to cover tuition fees
B．may hold back the country's future economic success
C．are encouraged to go back to university and retrain
D．should be retrained after retirement
2.According to the passage, a person who is over ________ years old can draw a
pension in 2028 in Britain.
A．54 B．67 C．65 D．60
3.What does Mr Willetts think of education?
A．People of all ages can receive different education.
B. There is no need for workers older than 60 to receive further education.
C．University courses have nothing to do with a healthy life.
D．Education is only provided for younger people.
4.What would be the best title for the passage?
A．Britain: entering the ageing state
B．Over60s are told: go back to university and retrain
C．The situation of education in Britain
D．The system of pension in Britain
—Why did the police _____ the crowd?
—Because the president’s car ____ in the street.
A.break down；broke down
B.break up； broke up
C.break down； broke up
D.break up；broke down
语法填空：共10题 每题1分 共10分
Last year, I was on a trip in Sanxiarenjia in Yichang, Hubei. I waited for the boat1.(take) me along the Yijiang River. Out of nowhere, a shirtless man ran up to me and asked to take a photo with me2.(both smiled as he said I was the first foreigner he had ever seen. He said “thank you” and ran off again.
The experience was funny, and it wasn’t the first time this3.((happen) to me. In fact, almost all the foreigners I know in China have experienced the4.(thing. Girls with blonde hair seem to be the most5.((photograph). Most of them were surprised at first, but they now enjoy having their photo taken with happy students.
Of course, many countries in the West are home to different ethnicities. So it is normal to see people6.(look different. But it’s different in many areas of China.
Personally, I think it’s fine to take photos with strangers. But try to ask first. Once I7.((wait) for my friend in an art district when a group of girls began giggling (咯咯地笑) at their phones. I noticed one of them was pointing the camera at me,8.((secret) taking photos. When I spotted them, they smiled and asked if they9.(take a photo with me. Maybe it is shyness, but I prefer when people ask10.(they take a photo. Most foreigners will say yes.
书面表达（满分25分）
假定你是李华，中国青年志愿者网（China Youth Volunteers/CYV）计划在6月30日前向全国各大院校及社会各界招募1000名志愿者，进行急救知识普及活动。你想申请成为其中一员。请用英语写一封自我推荐信。要点如下：
1. 个人情况：年龄：18； 性别：男； 出身医学世家。
2. 个人优势：掌握基本急救知识，有救援经验，身体素质好。
3. 目的：帮助有需要的人；回报社会。
注意：可以适当增加细节使文章连贯。词数：100左右。
Dear Sir/Madam,
_________________________________________________________________________
Yours truly,
B
The journey of water on the earth can be a mirror of our own paths through life. Like a river that flows within the boundaries of its banks, we are born with certain characteristics that _ __ our identity. We move through life, ____ many twists, turns, and barriers along the way just as a river does.
Water shows us how to move through the world with grace, bravery, determination, and ____. Water is brave and does not waste time sticking to its past, but flows onward without looking back. When there is a hole to be filled, water does not run away from it in fear of the dark; _ _, water modestly and bravely fills the empty space. Similarly, we can face the dark moments of our life rather than run away from them.
__, a river will empty into the sea. Water does not hold back from joining up with a larger body, nor does it fear a loss of _ __ or control. It gracefully and modestly falls into the vastness by contributing its energy without hesitation. Each time we move ____ our personal characters to become part of something bigger, we can try our best to _ __ the lead of the river.
1.A. preserve B. assume C. decide D. cast
2.A. competing with B. meeting with C. living with D. playing with
3.A. modesty B. happiness C. honesty D. reputation
4.A. therefore B. besides C. otherwise D. instead
5.A. Eventually B. Absolutely C. Regularly D. Actually
6.A. life B. confidence C. liberty D. root
7.A. on B. into C. across D. beyond
8.A. take B. follow C. lose D. hold
The other day, my father drove his car down at ____ I thought was a dangerous speed.
A.as B.that C.which D.what
完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的ABCD四个选项，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
In the 1450s Johannes Gutenberg, a Gennan printer, developed a new printing press(印刷机)。Then single letters could be ______ in lines to create a page of text. The letters were made of metal.Each one could be ______ to different parts of the press,depending on which words were_______ on a certain page. This was one of the most important _______ in the history of pringting.
_______, most books had been created by copying out text by hand. The____of a single book would take many hours or even days. With the Gutenberg press, ______ could be printted in several seconds, and many copies of books could be created in a few hours.
Gutenberg's printing press was not so much an i_______, however, as an improvement of developing technologies. The Chinese were the first to use wooden blocks(木刻版)，as early as the 8th century. Then great _____was made around 1040. The movable type was invented by Bi Sheng in China. European _______the printing methods centuries later. Another contribution to Cutenberg`s system also come from the East,______.The Chinese invented paper using ______materials,including old clothes. The kind of the inexpensive paper was introduced into Europe in 1000 or so. This kind of paper was ____for the new European printing presses,______it took in the only ink required for the metal type.
Printing soon became an important ____in a rapidly growing world. By 1500,nearly 35,000 books were in print worldwide. But the printing press did not ______a lot for a long time. In the 19th century , however, iron _______wood in the press`s framework. And paper became______in continuous rolls rather than more expensive single pieces. Steam engines _____the speed at which the press ran. In the late 1900s,the introduction of better presses greatly _____the time it took to turn ideas into books.
1.A.used B. put C. read D. written
2.A.shown B.turned C. moved D. added
3.A.needed B. lost C. collected D. found
4.A.challenged B. studies C. discoveries D. developments
5.A.Recently B. Immediately C. Previously D. Finally
6.A.discussion B. production C. instruction D. preparation
7.A.pages B. ideas C. models D. characters
8.A.attraction B. expressin C. competition D. invention
9.A.accident B. research C. progress D. situation
10.A.believed B. followed C.tested D. required
11.A.paper B. wood C. letters D. metal
12.A.fine B. thin C. heavy D. cheap
13.A.useless B. special C. good D. impossible
14.A.as B. although C. until D. unless
15.A.fashion B. industry C. trick D. belief
16.A.apply B. help C. work D. change
17.A.replaced B. controlled C. became D. protected
18.A.necesary B. available C. normal D. valuable
19.A.reached B. limited C. increased D. kept
20.A.made B. allowed C. wasted D. reduced
