【题目】B

People are being lured onto Facebook with the promise of a fun, free service without realizing they’re paying for it by giving up large amounts of personal information. Facebook then attempts to make money by selling their data to advertisers that want to send targeted messages.

Most Facebook users don’t realize this is happening. Even if they know what the company is up to, they still have no idea what they’re paying for Facebook because people don’t really know what their personal data is worth.

The biggest problem, however, is that the company keeps changing the rules. Early on, you keep everything private. That was the great thing about Facebook — you could create your own little private network. Last year, the company changed its privacy rules so that many things — your city, your photo, your friends' names—were set, by default (默认) to be shared with everyone on the Internet.

According to Facebook’s vice-president Elliot Schrage, the company is simply making changes to improve its service, and if people don’t share information, they have a “less satisfying experience”.

Some critics think this is more about Facebook looking to make more money. Its original business model, which involved selling ads and putting them at the side of the page, totally failed. Who wants to look at ads when they’re online connecting with their friends?

The privacy issue has already landed Facebook in hot water in Washington. In April, Senator Charles Schumer called on Facebook to change its privacy policy. He also urged the Federal Trade Commission to set guidelines for social-networking sites. “I think the senator rightly communicated that we had not been clear about what the new products were and how people could choose to use them or not to use them,” Schrage admits.

I suspect that whatever Facebook has done so far to invade our privacy is only the beginning, which is why I’m considering deactivating(撤销) my account. Facebook is a handy site, but I’m upset by the idea that my information is in the hands of people I don’t know. That’s too high a price to pay.

【】What does the writer want to tell us in the passage?

A. Mor1e people are being attracted to use Facebook.

B. People shouldn’t use Facebook.

C. Facebook is invading people’s privacy.

D. Facebook is selling more ads

【2】Why does the author plan to cancel his Facebook account?

A. He is dissatisfied with its current service.

B. He doesn’t want his personal information abused.

C. He finds many of its users untrustworthy.

D. He is upset by its frequent rule changes.

【3】What is Charles Schumer’s attitude toward Facebook selling users’ data?

A. Indifferent. B. Unclear.

C. Supportive. D. Disapproval.

【4】According to Elliot Schrage, Facebook keeps changing its rules because _______.

A. it wants to better its service

B. it wants to adjust to new surroundings

C. it wants to expand its global business

D. it wants to improve its connectivity

【5】We can infer from the passage that ___________.

A. Facebook makes profits by its users’ personal data.

B. Facebook often provides misleading information to its users.

C. Facebook protects users’ privacy

D. Facebook makes money only by advertising.

【题目】C

Conservationists have made plans to preserve and protect the world's most important species of coral, in a response to increasing threats that they say will lead to "functional extinction" within decades．

Led by scientists at the Zoological Society of London, the Edge Coral Reefs project has identified 10 coral species in most urgent risk of becoming extinct．The scientists say that reefs are under pressure from a variety of threats including rising sea temperatures due to climatic instability, increased acidity（酸性）, overfishing and pollution．

The Edge plan, which focuses on the most evolutionarily distinct and globally endangered species , will take a regional approach to conservation．This means focusing on the "coral triangle" around the Philippines, the West Indian Ocean around the Mozambique channel, and in the Caribbean channel．

"Coral reefs are threatened with functional extinction in the next 20-50 years, due predominantly to global climatic instability," said Catherine Head, coordinator of the reefs project．"In these regions, we'll be supporting and training in-country conservationists to carry out research and implement targeted conservation actions," she said．"Their projects will last for two years．We provide them with a whole host of tools to carry out their projects including funding and intensive training．" She added．

Coral reefs are the planet's most diverse marine ecosystem, known as the rainforests of the oceans．Despite taking up under 0．2% of the ocean floor, they provide food and shelter for almost a third of all sea life．If we lose the ecosystems, we lose not only the biodiversity, but we also lose the capability of people to obtain income and food from coral reefs．

Climatic instability, which leads to rising sea temperatures, causes corals to bleach(漂白)．Bleaching occurs when sea temperatures rise and this causes the coral tissue to expel their symbiotic algae called zooxanthellae - these are what give the coral their color．Bleached corals often die if the stress continues．Among the 10 species chosen to start the Edge project are the pearl bubble coral, a food source for the hawksbill turtle, and the Mushroom coral, which supports at least 15 brightly colored fish．

【1】What have conservationists done to react to the increasing threats to corals?

A. They have taken measures to preserve and protect corals.

B. They are doing research into sea life.

C. They have identified some endangered corals worldwide.

D. They have prevented people from going to some areas.

【2】Which is NOT the reason for the extinction of corals?

A．Rising sea temperature． B． Human exploration．

C．Pollution． D. Overfishing．

【3】According to the passage, coral reefs________.

A. are known as the rainforests on the earth．

B. are threatened with functional extinction in the following 10 years．

C. takes up 2% of the ocean floor．

D. are the planet's most diverse marine ecosystem．

【4】The coral extinction will ________.

A．help to keep the balance of the marine ecosystems

B．have no effect on the human life

C．cause the loss of one third of the marine life

D．destroy the rainforests on our earth．

【5】What does the writer mainly talk about in the passage?[

A．Climatic instability and coral extinction．

B．A plan to protect coral from extinction．

C．Reasons for coral functional extinction．

D．A research about endangered coral reefs．

【题目】My brother and some of his classmates ______ as volunteers to help the elderly in the old-age home during the winter holiday to come.

A. worked B. are working

C. will be working D. have been working

【题目】 ______ is no doubt that children ______ more easily to new environments than adults.

A. It; adopt B. There; adjust

C. It; advocate D. There; allocate

【题目】________ you make a mistake, you should not be embarrassed. After all, we are human beings.

A. Should B. Would C. Had D. Were

【题目】For high school leavers starting out in the working world, it is very important to learn particular skills and practice how to behave in an interview or how to find all internship（实习）. In some countries, schools have programs to help students onto the path to work. In the United States, however, such programs are still few and far between. Research shows that if high schools provide career-related courses, students are likely to get higher earnings in later years. The students are more likely to stay in school, graduate and go on to higher education.

In Germany, students as young as 13 and 14 are expected to do internships. German companies work with schools to make sure that young people get the education they need for future employment.

But in America, education reform programs focus on how well students do in exams instead of bringing them into contact with the working world. Harvard Education school professor Robert Schwartz has criticized education reformers for trying to place all graduates directly on the four-year college track. Schwartz argued that this approach leaves the country’s most vulnerable（易受影响的）kids with no jobs and no skills.

Schwartz believed that the best career programs encourage kids to go for higher education while also teaching them valuable practical skills at high school. James Madison High School in New York, for example, encourages students to choose classes on career-based courses. The school then helps them gain on-the-job experience in those fields while they’re still at high school.

However, even for teens whose schools encourage them to connect with work, the job market is daunting (使人气馁的). In the US, unemployment rates for 16-to-19-year-olds are above 20 percent for the third summer in a row.

“The risk is that if teenagers miss out on the summer job experience, they become part of this generation of teens who had trouble in landing a job.” said Michael, a researcher in the US.

【1】In the author’s opinion, American high school leavers__________.

A. have enough career-related courses

B. need more career advice from their schools

C. perform better in exams than German students

D. can get higher earnings in later years

【2】According to Robert Schwartz, _________.

A. there is no need for kids to go for higher education in the US

B. students should get contact with the working world at high school

C. education reform should focus on students’ performance in exams

D. teenagers in the US can’t miss out on the summer job experience

【3】What can be learned from the text?

A. Unemployment rates for US teenagers remain high at the moment.

B. Students with career-based courses never have problems finding a job.

C. US companies work with schools to prepare young people for future employment.

D. High school leavers with no practical skills can’t find a job absolutely

【4】What’s the main idea of the text?

A. Arguments about recent US education reform.

B. Tips on finding jobs for high school leavers.

C. The lack of career-based courses in US high schools.

D. Advice for American high school leavers.

【题目】假设你是李华， 准备参加学校举办的主题为“ 健康成长”的英语作文比赛。请按要求写一篇短文， 主要内容包括;

1. 乐观的人生态度；

2. 努力学习；

3. 参加体育锻炼。

生词：态度 attitude

注意： 1. 词数:100词左右。

2. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯：

3. 开头已为你写好，不计入词数。

We all want to grow up happily and healthily, and for this goal we must do several things._________________________________________________________

【题目】For many parents, raising a teenager is like fighting a long war, but years go by without any clear winner. Like a border conflict between neighboring countries, the parent-teen war is about boundaries: Where is the line between what I control and what you do?

Both sides want peace, but neither feels it has any power to stop the conflict. In part, this is because neither is willing to admit any responsibility for starting it. From the parents’ point of view, the only cause of their fight is their adolescents’ complete unreasonableness. And of course, the teens see it in exactly the same way, except oppositely. Both feel trapped.

In this article, I’ll describe three no-win situations that commonly arise between teens and parents and then suggest some ways out of the trap. The first no-win situation is quarrels over unimportant things. Examples include the color of the teen’s hair, the cleanness of the bedroom, the preferred style of clothing, the child’s failure to eat a good breakfast before school, or his tendency to sleep until noon on the weekends. Second, blaming. The goal of a blaming battle is to make the other admit that his bad attitude is the reason why everything goes wrong. Third, needing to be right. It doesn’t matter what the topic is—politics, the laws of physics, or the proper way to break an egg—the point of these arguments is to prove that you are right and the other person is wrong, for both wish to be considered an authority —someone who actually knows something —and therefore to command respect. Unfortunately, as long as parents and teens continue to assume that they know more than the other, they’ll continue to fight these battles forever and never make any real progress.

【1】Why does the author compare the parent teen war to a border conflict?

A. Both can continue for generations.

B. Both are about where to draw the line.

C. Neither has any clear winner.

D. Neither can be put to an end.

【2】What does the underlined part in Paragraph 2 mean?

A. The teens blame their parents for starting the conflict.

B. The teens agree with their parents on the cause of the conflict.

C. The teens accuse their parents of misleading them.

D. The teens tend to have a full understanding of their parents.

【3】Parents and teens want to be right because they want to ___ ___.

A. give orders to the other

B. know more than the other

C. gain respect from the other

D. get the other to behave properly

【4】What will the author most probably discuss in the paragraph that follows?

A. Causes for the parent-teen conflicts

B. Examples of the parent-teen war

C. Solutions for the parent-teen problems

D. Future of the parent-teen relationship

【题目】Some people believe that international sport creates goodwill between the nations and that if countries play games together they will learn to live together. Others say that the opposite is true: international contests encourage false national pride and lead to misunderstanding and hatred. There is probably some truth in both arguments, but in recent years the Olympic Games have done little to support the view that sports encourage international brotherhood. Not only was there the incident of tragedy involving murders of athletes, but the Games were also ruined by lesser incidents caused principally by minor national contests.

One country received its second-place medals with visible anger after the hockey final. There had been noisy scenes at the end of the hockey match, as the losers disagreed with the final decisions. They believed that one of their goals should have been allowed and that their opponents’ victory was unfair. Their manager was in great anger when he said: “This isn’t hockey. Hockey and the International Hockey Federation are finished.” The president of the Federation said later that such behavior could result in the suspension(停赛) of the team for at least three years.

The American basketball team announced that they would not yield first place to Russia, after a disputable(有争议的) end to their contest. The game had ended in disorder. It was thought at first that the United States had won by a single point, but it was announced that there were three seconds still to play. A Russian player then threw the ball from one end of the court to the other, and another player popped it into the basket. It was the first time the US had ever lost an Olympic basketball match. An appeal jury (评审委员会) debated the matter for four and a half hours before announcing that the result would stand. The American players then voted not to receive the silver medals.

Incidents of this kind will continue as long as sport is played competitively rather than for the love of the game. The suggestion that athletes should compete as individuals or in non-national teams, might be too much to hope for. But in the present organization of the Olympics there is far too much that encourages aggressive patriotism (爱国主义).

【1】According to the author, recent Olympic Games have _______.

A. created goodwill between the nations

B. hardly showed any international friendship

C. caused only false national pride

D. led to more and more misunderstanding and hatred

【2】What did the manager mean by saying, “...Hockey and the International Hockey Federation are finished”?

A. Hockey and the Federation are ruined by the unfair decisions.

B. His team would no longer take part in international games.

C. There should be no more hockey matches organized by the Federation.

D. The Federation should be ended.

【3】The basketball example implied that _______.

A. too much patriotism was displayed in the incident

B. the announcement to make the match last longer was wrong

C. the appeal jury was too hesitant in making the decision

D. the American team was right in receiving the silver medals

【4】Which statement best summarizes this passage?
A. Athletes should compete as individuals.
B. Different teams often have disputes when fighting for the first place.
C. Any team that has disrespectful behavior should be suspended.
D. The organization of the Olympic Games must be improved.

【题目】第一节：完成句子（共10小题；每小题2分，满分20分）

【2】.The more often you seize opportunities to talk to foreigners, _____________ when speaking a foreign language. (confident)

越常抓住机会和外国人交谈，说外语时你就越自信。

【2】He _________ aloud in the study when he heard his father open the door. (pretend)

当他听到爸爸开门的声音时，他假装在书房里大声读书。

【3】Since he graduated from university, he ____________ education all the time. (devote)

大学毕业之后，他一直都在致力于教育工作。

【4】No matter what he says now, I do believe it is he as well as I ___________________ the matter. (responsible)

不管他现在说什么，我坚持认为我和他都应对此事负责。

【5】The park is a wonderful place ________________________ a good time. (have)

这个公园是个人人都能玩得很痛快的好地方。

【6】Stop dreaming of getting __________________ and get down to your work. (belong) 不要幻想得到不属于你的东西，开始干活吧。

【7】Indeed English isn’t hard to learn. Knowing more words and expressions ___________to read and communicate. (make)

的确，学英语不难。掌握更多的单词和表达方式将能使你更容易阅读和交流。

【8】He sent me an e-mail, __________________________further information about my wedding ceremony. (hope)

他给我发了一封电邮，希望得到关于我婚礼的更多信息。

【9】In 1991, Ranulph Fiennes published “The Feather Men”, the non-fiction book ________. (base)

这部影片是以1991年兰奴夫·费因斯发表的纪实文学作品《羽人》为基础改编的。

【10】He firmly argued that at no time _______________________________________ as the only means of stimulating pupils to pursue knowledge. (regard)

他坚定的表明他们从来没有把考试看成激励学生学习知识的唯一手段。