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6．I went over my grandmother's house today and she didn't have time for me．You see，the lady's husband downstairs died and my Grandmother wanted to make some cookies for her．My grandmother did not analyze （分析） how the lady treated her，or if the lady needed any cookies，or even if the lady would like the cookies．She didn't think how much the lady has done for her．She simply began baking．
My Grandmother turned 94last week and this I believe is her secret to life．My grandmother is generous （慷慨） and hard-working in a way that is rare for our time．She lives by a simple belief：if someone needs your help，you help．Never mind all the analyzing and thinking whether the person deserves （值得） or appreciates （感激） the help．My grandmother doesn't sit around thinking about who might be making use of her：she simply does what is needed．
At 94，she is busy in life．She is making a blanket for a new great grandchild，and worried that I don't have enough kitchen towels for my home．She is bringing soup to a sick neighbor，and teaching the new wife of her cousin （who is 88）how to cook Italian food．
My grandmother had every right to give up，but she didn't-and amazingly life did bring her good things，like a husband with twinkling blue eyes who was much ahead of his time and believed that men should do an equal amount of cooking and cleaning in the home，three beautiful children （my father and two aunts），22grandchildren，and five great grandchildren．My grandmother is not afraid to give someone she barely knows a bowl of soup．She never keeps herself out of the world．
29．The reason why my grandmother made cookies for the lady downstairs is thatA．
A．she thought she should do something for the lady at the special time
B．she would make them as thanks to her
C．she thought the lady was too busy
D．they had had an agreement before
30．In the writer's opinion，D．
A．my grandmother has a secret way of living
B．my grandmother does everything on careful consideration
C．few people are as generous as my grandmother now
D．my grandmother will get something in return
31．Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage？C
A．My grandmother cares for her children even some strangers．
B．This is a family in which there are nearly 30people now．
C．My grandfather does not treat women in an unfair way．
D．My grandmother never keeps everything for herself．
32．We may infer from the text that the writerD．
A．thinks his grandmother is living a tired life
B．thinks his grandmother is doing what she should do
C．thinks his grandmother should not be so kind
D．is proud of his grandmother．

5．How does a place become a World Heritage Site （世界遗产）？It takes a lot of people to decide．
1 ）  If a country wants one of its places to be on the World Heritage List，it has to ask UNESCO （联合国教科文组织）．The place must be important and special．UNESCO put the Great Wall on the list in 1987because，it said，it was a great part of Chinese culture and beautifully made to go with the land．When a country asks，it must also make a plan for taking care of the place．
2 ）  The World Heritage Committee of UNESCO talks about different places and decides whether to put them on the list．The committee meets every June．Many experts help the committee to decide．
3 ）  After a new place goes on the list，UNESCO gives money to help keep it looking good．If a place is in serious danger，it may be put on the list of World Heritage Sites in Danger．UNESCO gives special care and help to those places．
4 ）  Countries have to give UNESCO regular reports about places on the list．If UNESCO thinks a country isn't taking good enough care of a place，the site will be taken off the list．
25．The passage implies thatA．
A．becoming a world heritage site takes hard work．
B．a place with beautiful scenery is often on the World Heritage List．
C．a place which was taken good care of is often on the World Heritage List．
D．the Great Wall become a World Heritage Site for its history．
26．If a place successfully becomes a World Heritage Site，the countryB．
A．can ask UNESCO for more money and help
B．should continue to take special care of it
C．won't take trouble of caring for it
D．will try to put it on the List of World Heritage Sites in Danger
27．The passage mainly discussesD．
A．how the World Heritage Committee of UNESCO decides a World Heritage Site
B．how the World Heritage Committee of UNESCO protects a World Heritage Site
C．how the Great Wall becomes a World Heritage Site
D．how a place becomes s World Heritage Site
28．The purpose of putting a place on the World Heritage List isC．
A．to attract more tourists from other countries
B．to get more money and help from other countries
C．to have it taken better care of
D．to make it known to other countries．

4．听第8段材料，回答第10至12题．
10．Which course is the man interested in？
A．The one on test-taking skills．
B．The one on paper-writing skills．
C．The one on information-collecting skills．
11．Where is the Skill-training Center's main office？
A．In the Physics Tower．
B．In the library．
C．In Staunton Hall．
12．What does the woman suggest the man do next？
A．Go to the Skill-training Center．
B．Study for his next exam．
C．Get some sleep．

3．假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同学写的以下作文．文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处．每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改．
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词．
删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉．
修改：在错的词下面划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词．
注意：1．每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2．只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分．
Frank Li joined in the army after middle school．He did quite well in everything besides shooting，One day the new soldiers were practiced shooting，and all of them were doing quite well except Frank．After he had shot at the target nine times and had not hit once，the officer shouted at him，"You're quite hopeful．Don't waste your last bullet!Go behind that wall and shoot yourself with it!"Frank went behind the wall，and a few seconds late the sound of a shot was heard by the officer and the other soldier．"Heavens!"the officer said"Has that silly man real done so？"He ran behind the wall anxiously，and Frank was all right．"I'm sorry'"Frank said，"but I miss again．"

2．When you're climbing up a hill or playing sports，your back is all wet and so is your face．Why？Because you are sweating．（36）CWhen your body gets hotter than that，your brain doesn't like it．It wants your body to stay cool and comfortable．So the part of your brain that controls temperature sends a message to your body，telling it to sweat．Then sweat glands（腺）in your skin start making sweat．
（37）D When the sweat hits the air，the air makes it turn from a liquid to a vapor．As the sweat leaves off your skin，you cool down．
Sweat is a great cooling system．（38）G Then you need to put liquid back in your body by drinking plenty of water so you won't get dehydrated（脱水的）．
Sweat isn't just wet-it can be kind of stinky（恶臭的），too．（39）AIt's the bacteria that live on your skin that mix with the sweat and give it a stinky smell．And when you reach puberty（青春期），special hormones affect the glands in your armpits-these glands make sweat that can really smell．Luckily，regular washing with soap and water can usually keep stinky sweat under control．
So don't worry about a little sweat-it's totally normal and everybody sweats．Sometimes too much sweating can be a sign that there is something wrong in the body，but this is rare in kids．（40）F

A．Sweat by itself doesn't smell at all．
B．When people sweat，they lose water in their body．
C．Your body works best when its temperature is about 370C．
D．The sweat leaves your skin through tiny holes called pores（毛孔）．
E．The vapor goes into the air and turns into drops of water when it comes across cold．
F．But if you think you have a sweat problem，talk to your parent or your doctor about it．
G．If you're sweating a lot on a hot day or after playing hard you could be losing too much water through your skin．

1．In the last 30years，the Make-A-Wish Foundation has granted nearly 300，000 wishes worldwide to children battling life-threatening illnesses，throwing light on worlds darkened by diseases and bringing hope to children and their families．
With a foreword（序） by Make-A-Wish cofounder Frank Shankwitz，Once Upon A wish shares the wishes and stories of eight children．These families generously invite us into their worlds，allowing us to become part of their darkest moments，their unimaginable realities，their greatest hopes，deepest fears，and unbelievable successes．
Experience the story of Katelyn，a little girl，becoming a medical marvel（奇迹）after lighting all the odds stacked against her and making it her life-long goal to raise 3million for St．Jude Hospital； read about a wheelchair-bound boy，Garrett，giving the gift of mobility to disabled Cambodian men and women； cheer for a little boy，Dakota，who collects millions of pennies each year to help others fight the disease he
once fought．Become inspired and forever-changed by the generosity，hope，courage，and optimism of these children and their families and experience the power of two words-I wish．
Once Upon A Wish is a celebration of hope，revealing how wishes-come-true can become motivators and cherished gifts that will last a lifetime．
Price：9.99
Where to download：Available on the iPhone，iPad，iPod touch，and Mac．
Category：Biographies & Memoirs
Published：Mar 05，2013
Publisher：BenBella Books，Inc．
Seller：The Perseus Books Group，LLC
Print Length：352Pages
Language：English
33．We can learn that the Make-A-Wish FoundationD．
A．was set up in the early 1990s
B．was set up to help poor people all over the world
C．mainly offers free treatment to severely sick children
D．aims at helping severely sick children fulfill their wishes
34．What is Once Upon A Wish mainly about？A
A．Wishes and stories of eight children．
B．The history of the Make-A-Wish Foundation．
C．Some children's experiences of helping others．
D．Frank Shankwitz's personal experiences with some children．
35．Dakota spends the money he collects in helpingD．
A to set up St．Jude Hospital
B．people infected with AIDS
C．disabled Cambodians move around
D those who are fighting the same disease as he once had．

20．Several years ago，Jeremy Clarkson，presenter of the famous BBC television programme‘Top Gear'，discovered that one of his guests was half German and half Irish．Immediately，he said："That's quite an odd combination．It's like，‘this must be done absolutely perfectly…tomorrow'"．
This joke played on stereotypes （刻板印象） of the Germans as efficient and the Irish as lazy．Many people could understandably be offended by these kinds of assertions．We do not know every Irish person，so how can we then conclude that every Irish person is lazy？
I recently read on a website that Irish business people were described as being‘generally rather casual'and‘more outwardly friendly than many European countries''．German business people，on the other hand，are considered to be very direct and according to the website，they‘do not need a personal relationship in order to do business'．Once you hear advice like this，it becomes easier to understand where jokes like the one in the first paragraph come from．
So why do some people disapprove of the kind of stereotypes as seen in Clarkson's joke，but not batting an eyelid when it comes to generalisations．What is the difference between the two？
By definition，a stereotype is a widely held but fixed and oversimplified image or idea of a particular type of person or thing．A cultural characteristic，on the other hand，is a pattern of behaviour that is typical of a certain group．
So what does this really mean？Stereotypes are simply overstated assumptions about groups of people．Imagine if a tourist visited a small town in Switzerland and saw a number of locals playing the alphorn instrument，and then claimed that Swiss people can play the alphorn．This would be a stereotype!This is an overstated image of the Swiss which is based on one tourist's experience．
If，however，this tourist were to say that the Swiss are very punctual，this could be seen as a cultural characteristic．This is because it is a pattern of behaviour which is very typical in Switzerland：from their transport system to their business meetings．
In this way，some people argue that generalising another culture is not just useful，but important．Politicians always have to be mindful of the cultural characteristics of different countries．By becoming aware of different cultural characteristics，they can avoid causing offence in those cultures．
However，others argue that generalising cultures will always lead to offensive stereotypes．They argue that the best thing we can do is to stop generalising cultures and start treating people as individuals．
All this raises important questions：can making generalisations about groups of people be a positive thing？Or should we always avoid making broad assumptions about different groups？
29．When he said，"It's like，‘this must be done absolutely perfectly…tomorrow'"，Jeremy Clarkson really meantC．
A．the Germans will do it perfectly tomorrow while the Irish won't
B．the combination of half German and half Irish is interesting
C．the characteristics of the Germans and the Irish are opposite
D．the stereotypes of the Germans and the Irish are not so good
30．Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage？D
A．The Irish people are considered as lazy，direct and casual．
B．The Germans are thought to be efficient，friendly and direct．
C．The Swiss can play the alphorn quite well．
D．It's typical of the Swiss to be punctual．
31．Politicians think it important to generalize another culture becauseB．
A．they think different cultural characteristics are useful
B．they don't want to offend other people
C．cultural characteristics are better than stereotypes
D．generalizing will lead to offensive stereotypes
32．The main purpose of this passage is toA．
A．discuss whether it is good to make generalizations about groups of people
B．tell us the differences between stereotypes and cultural characteristics
C．illustrate the importance of making generalizations
D．show it is wrong to play jokes on stereotypes of different people．

18．Some parents becomeconvinced （确信的，坚信的） that learning to play chess helps children develop their mind．

17．Consulting（查阅；参考） a dictionary whenever you meet with a new word is not recommended by most teachers．

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