题目内容
阅读下面短文，并根据短文后的要求答题（请注意问题后的字数要求）。
It’s no secret that raising children can be expensive, but how about nearly a quarter of a million dollars expensive? A government report released on Tuesday says a middle-income family with a child born last year will spend about $221,000 raising that child through age 17．
The report identified housing as the largest single expense, followed by food and childcare and education costs．The $221,000 in expenses rises to about $292,000 when adjusted for inflation（通货膨胀）．Families with more income ______________ on child-related costs, the report said．A two-parent family that earns less than $57,000 annually will spend about $160,000 on a child from birth through high school．Those with an income between $57,000 and $99,000 spend about $221,000 and those with higher incomes are expected to spend roughly $367,000．
Most single-parent households in the U．S．make less than $57,000 and are expected to spend about 7 percent less on child-rearing costs, compared to two-parent households in that same income group, according to the report．Costs of raising a child are highest in the urban northeast and lowest in the urban south and rural areas．The report helps courts and states determine child-support guidelines and foster care payments．It does not address costs specifically related to childbearing（分娩） and paying for college．
One of the largest changes over time has been the increase in costs related to caring for young children．The report was first issued in 1960, when such costs were largely very tiny, but with more working families turning to outside help with childcare, it has grown to be a significant expense for many families．The report does not give total costs related to early childcare．A mother of three Raben Andrews of St．Louis said the government figures sounded right to her．“well, that’s not half of it,” joked the 42-year-old public school teacher．“ I still have to put the children through college．”
1．What does the author say in Paragraph 1? （within 10 words）
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2．Which sentence in the text is the closest in meaning to the following one?
The rising cost of caring for young children has become one of the largest changes over time．
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3．Fill in the blank in Paragraph 2 with proper words．（within 5 words）
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4．List three kinds of expenses of raising a child, according to the text．（ within 8 words）
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5．Translate the underlined sentence in Paragraph 3 into Chinese．
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1．The cost of raising children is expensive．
2．One of the largest changes over time has been the increase in costs related to caring for young children．
3．spend more money
4．①food costs ② childcare costs ③education costs
5．在东北部城市中抚养孩子的费用最高，在南部城市和农村地区抚养孩子的费用最低。
请认真阅读下面短文，并根据所读内容在文章后图表中的空格里填入最恰当的单词。注意：每空只能填1个单词。
Most people feel lonely sometimes, but it usually only lasts between a few minutes and a few hours. This kind of loneliness is not serious. In fact, it is quite normal. For some people, though, loneliness can last for years. Now researchers say there are three different types of loneliness.
The first kind of loneliness is temporary. This is the most common type. It usually disappears quickly and does not require any special attention. The second kind, situation—for example, family problem, the death of a loved one, or moving to a new place. Although this kind of loneliness can cause physical problems, such as headaches and sleeplessness, it usually does not last for more than a year.
The third kind of loneliness is the most severe. Unlike the second type, chronic（the opposite of “temporary”）usually lasts more than two years and has no specific cause. People who experience habitual loneliness have problems socializing and becoming close to others. Unfortunately, many chronically lonely people think there is little or nothing they can do to improve their condition.
Psychologists agree that one important factor in loneliness is a person’s social contacts, for example, friends, family members, co-workers, etc. We depend on various people for different reasons. For instance, our families give us emotional support, our parents and teachers give us guidance, and our friends share similar interests and activities. However, psychologists have found that, though lonely people may have many social contacts, they sometimes feel they should have more. They question their popularity.
Psychologists are trying to find ways to help habitually lonely people for two reasons: they are unhappy and unable to socialize and there is a connection between chronic loneliness and serious illness as heart disease, while temporary and situational loneliness can be a sad, and sometimes dangerous condition.
Loneliness and Disease
| Three different types of【小题1】 | The most common type is 【小题2】 . It disappears quickly and 【小题3】 no special attention. |
| The second type is situation, which usually lasts for 【小题4】 than a year. | |
| The 【小题5】 kind is chronic, which means if people experience habitual loneliness, they’ll have problems socializing with others | |
| An important 【小题6】 in loneliness | With the help of Psychologists, we know a person’s social contact is one important factor. |
| We depend on a wide variety of people for different reasons. For instance, we have interests and activities 【小题7】 to our friends’. | |
| 【小题8】 people may have many social contacts, but they sometimes feel they should have more. | |
| The 【小题9】 for finding ways to help the lonely people | One is that they are unhappy and unable to socialize. |
| The other is that temporary and situational loneliness can be a sad condition, sometimes 【小题10】 too. |
第二节：阅读填空（共10小题，每题1分，满分10分）
认真阅读下面短文，并根据所读内容在文章后表格里填入最恰当的单词。注意：每空填一个单词。
Whenever we meet with difficulty or failure, teachers, parents or others often say to us or perhaps we say to ourselves, “Never give up.” These can be encouraging words and words of determination. A person who believes in himself will keep trying to reach his goal no matter how many times he fails. In my opinion , the quality of determination to succeed is an important one to have. Therefore, I believe that we should never give up.
One reason is that if we give up too easily, we will rarely achieve anything. It is not unusual for us to fail in our first attempt at something new, so we should not feel disappointed and should try again. Besides, if we always give up when we fail , we will not be able to develop new skills and grow.
Another reason we should never give up is that we can learn from our mistakes so that we can not make the same ones. If we do not try again, the lesson we have learned is wasted.
Finally, we should never give up because as we work to reach our goals, we develop confidence, and this confidence can help us succeed in other areas of our lives. If we never challenge ourselves, we will begin to doubt our abilities.
In short, it is important that we do not give up when working for our goals. Whether we succeed in the end or not , we will learn something , and what we learn will help us to become better and more confident. Furthermore, if we give up , we have no chance of attaining our goals any more , but if we keep making great efforts, there is always a chance that we will succeed one day.
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1.The words “ Never give up” can__71__ others or oneself and express one’s determination. 2.A person who wants to ___72___ should have the quality . So we should never give up. |
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1.If we give up too easily, maybe we will achieve ____74___, so when we fail in our first attempt at something new, we should not___75____ ourselves but try again. 2.Always giving up means that we will not be able to ___76____ any progress. 3.Never giving up will make us learn from the mistakes we’ve made before and learn the ___77____ so as not to make the same mistakes. 4.To reach our goals and develop the confidence which can help us ___78____ourselves, we must not give up but challenge ourselves. |
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If you give up, you will have no__79____of reaching your goals. Never give up and you will attain your goals sooner or ___80____ |
第II卷（非选择题，共35分）
第四部分：任务型阅读（共10小题；每空1分，满分10分）
请认真阅读下面短文，并根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填入最恰当的单词。（每空1词）
New research says 35 percent of child deaths worldwide are caused by hunger. The research comes from poor to middle-income countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America.
Robert Black from the Bloomberg School of Public Health at Johns Hopkins University in Maryland is the lead writer of the research. He says more than 3.5 million mothers and children under five die in poor countries each year because of hunger.
He says about two million children die from underdevelopment, either before or after birth. Millions of others who survive face a lifetime of disabilities or early death and the effects are not just physical. Poor mental development also results from hunger as children grow. Then the
cycle of poverty and hunger often continues for their children.
Doctor Black says hungry children can have conditions like high blood pressure and heart disease as a result of hunger. He says the studies show that food programs need to place the greatest importance on the first two years of life. Hungry children can suffer their whole life damage from age two.
It is high time their diets were improved. Diets should include foods rich in vitamin A and other vitamins and minerals. The researchers say early help such as this could reduce child deaths by 25%.
This research has also faced some criticism. A medical aid group says the researchers underestimate(低估) the number of child deaths due to hunger. The researchers say there are findings that support this treatment but more studies are needed to compare it to hospital care.
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﹡Of all child deaths throughout the world, 35 percent (72) ▲ from hunger. ﹡The children in poor or middle-income countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America are faced with such a situation. ﹡Each year hunger causes (73) ▲ 3.5 million mothers and children under 5 in poor countries to die. |
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The negative (74) ▲ of hunger on children |
﹡Around two million children die of huger before or after they are (75) ▲ . ﹡Millions of the survivors will be disabled all their lives or die at an early (76) ▲ . ﹡Hunger can also result in children’s bad mental development. ﹡Hunger can (77) ▲ to high blood pressure and heart trouble, too. |
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The (78) ▲ to save children |
﹡Food programs must realize the period between the birth and the age of two is the most (79) ▲ for children’s physical development. ﹡Diets should be improved. ﹡Diets should contain food with (80) ▲ vitamins and minerals. |
第四部分：任务型阅读（每小题1分，满分10分）
请认真阅读下面短文，并根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填入最恰当的单词。
注意：每空格1个单词。
At the age of twelve years, the human body is at its most vigorous. It has yet to reach its full size and strength, and its owner his or her full intelligence; but at this age the likelihood of death is least. Earlier we were infants and young children, and consequently more vulnerable; later, we shall undergo a progressive loss of our vigour and resistance which, though not felt at first, will finally become so sudden and quick that we can live no longer, however well we look after ourselves, and however well society, and our doctors, look after us. This decline in vigour with the passing of time is called ageing. It is one of the most unpleasant discoveries which we all make that we must decline in this way, that if we escape wars, accidents and diseases we shall eventually die of old age, and that this happens at a rate which differs little from person to person, so that there are heavy odds in favour of our dying between the ages of sixty-five and eighty. Some of us will die sooner, a few will live longer-- on into a ninth or tenth decade. But the chances are against it, and there is a virtual limit on how long we can hope to remain alive, however lucky and strong we are.
Normal people tend to forget this process unless and until they are reminded of it. We are so familiar with the fact that man ages, that people have for years assumed that the process of losing vigour with time, of becoming more likely to die the older we get, was something self-evident, like the cooling of a hot kettle or the wearing-out of a pair of shoes. They have also assumed that all animals, and probably other organisms such as trees, or even the universe itself, must in the nature of things 'wear out'. Most animals we commonly observe do in fact age as we do if given the chance to live long enough; and mechanical systems like a wound watch or the sun, do in fact run out of energy in accordance with the second law of thermodynamics (whether the whole universe does so is a matter about which there may be disagreement or uncertainty at present). But these are not similar to what happens when man ages. A run-down watch is still a watch and can be rewound. An old watch, by contrast, becomes so worn and unreliable that it eventually is not worth mending. But a watch could never repair itself, it does not consist of living parts, only of metal, which wears away by friction. We could, at one time, repair ourselves well enough, at least, to overcome all but the most instantly fatal illnesses and accidents. Between twelve and eighty years we gradually lose this power; an illness which at twelve would knock us over, at eighty can knock us out, and into our grave. If we could stay as vigorous as we are at twelve, it would take about 700 years for half of us to die, and another 700 for the survivors to be reduced by half again.
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Infants and children under 12 are more easily ____72___ physically or emotionally. At 12, we are ____73____ active and full of energy. Later, we will ___74___ our energy or enthusiasm continuously. Finally we can’t live any longer no matter how ___75___ we are cared for. |
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The characteristics of ageing |
Not noticeable at first Not avoidable in the end Not the ____76___ speed for everyone |
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People’s misunderstanding of ageing |
Just taking the ageing with time ____77___ for granted. Simply thinking all living things or other systems also ___78___ the same way as we humans do. |
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Truth about ageing |
We humans can ___79___ ourselves well enough to live a longer life, ___80___ the other living things or systems can’t. |
请认真阅读下面短文，并根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填入最恰当的单词。
注意：每空格1个单词。
People say teenagers are no good. They make too much noise in shopping malls; they drive recklessly up and down America’s main streets; they carry chips on their shoulders as big as the Sears Tower. And at least some of the time those things are true. But we shouldn’t forget that there are hard moments in the life of a teenager too.
I watched such a moment not long ago at a woman’s funeral. I didn’t expect the event to affect me. Through much of the ceremony, in fact, I remained unmoved.
Then her teenage grandson stepped forward. With his very first deep breath, every heart in that church was achingly reminded of something we had all forgotten. Softly he began: “I want to share a few values that Nana taught me. She never failed to see light in any situation. When our family dog would literally attract her, what would Nana say? ‘Oh, what beautiful markings that dog has.’ That was Nana.
“She was a strong woman who often lived in the shadow of my grandpa, who was a successful businessman in this city. But she was the one behind the scenes who provided the strength and support for Grandpa’s career,” he said, with a voice now trembling. “That was Nana’s way.”
Through a muffled sob, he continued. “Whenever she did anything worth recognition, you’d have to hear about it from a different source, because she was never one to brag.”
Finally, in a voice breaking free of sorrow, he looked up and said, “Nana taught me courage. She put up an incredible fight to the end, when she died peacefully, which is how she lived her life. That was Nana’s way, and I hope I can carry on in the same manner.”
There are no hearts as sensitive as those of teenagers, because everything is happening to them for the first time. The trouble with teenagers is that they haven’t learned to be controlled.
When that boy rose to speak about the woman who surely had been his truest ally and dearest friend, his honest voice dragged each of us out into the open where we could no longer hide in the calm ritual. He exposed us to the truth about this very real woman who believed in a boy who probably tried the patience of many adults. He reminded us that his grandmother was more than another dot on the chart of life and death.
All over again we felt those powerful losses crisscrossing our own hearts, and we knew that when you say good-bye to a beloved grandparent, you say good-bye to something happy, something young in yourself. And that something never really returns, and the pain never really goes away.
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I seldom felt (2) ________at a funeral. But from the boy’s speech, I know his grandmother had great (3) _________ on the boy when she was alive. |
This time at the (4)_________, the author felt differently. |
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She would always found something (5) _______ even in some unpleasant situation. |
She was a respectful woman who never (6) ________ off her talent in business. |
She had a strong will and would never (7) ______ her career till she died. |
The author was in deep (8) ____ at the moving situation. |
The author has changed his (9) ________ on teenagers through this funeral ceremony. |
The only problem with the young is that they can’t (10)________ themselves well. |