【题目】It was his courage, not his skill, ______ really struck me most.

A. when B. where C. which D. that

【题目】Laws that would have ensured pupils from 5 to 16 to receive a full financial education got lost in the ‘wash up’. An application is calling on the next government to bring it back.

At school the children are taught to add up and subtract(减法) but, extraordinarily, are not routinely shown how to open a bank account — let alone how to manage their finances in an increasingly complex and demanding world.

Today the parenting website Mumsnet and the consumer campaigner Martin Lewis have joined forces to launch an online application to make financial education a compulsory element of the school curriculum in England. Children from 5 to 16 should be taught about everything from pocket money to pensions, they say. And that was exactly the plan preserved in the Children, Schools and Families bill that was shelved by the government in the so-called “wash-up” earlier this month — the rush to legislation before parliament was dismissed. Consumer and parent groups believe financial education has always been one of the most frustrating omissions of the curriculum.

As the Personal Finance Education Group (Pfeg) points out, the good habits of young children do not last long. Over 75% of seven- to-eleven-year-olds are savers but by the time they get to 17, over half of them are in debt to family and friends. By this age, 26% see a credit card or overdraft(透支) as a way of extending their spending power. Pfeg predicts that these young people will “find it much harder to avoid the serious unexpected dangers that have befallen many of their parents' generation unless they receive good quality financial education while at school.”

The UK has been in the worst financial recession(衰退)for generations. It does seem odd that — unless parents step in — young people are left in the dark until they are cruelly introduced to the world of debt when they turn up at university. In a recent poll of over 8,000 people, 97% supported financial education in schools, while 3% said it was a job for parents.

【1】 The passage is mainly about _____________.

A. how to manage school lessons

B. how to deal with the financial crisis

C. teaching young people about money

D. teaching students how to study effectively

【2】It can be inferred from the first two paragraphs that __________.

A. the author complains about the school education

B. pupils should not be taught to add up and subtract

C. students have been taught to manage their finances

D. laws on financial education have been effectively carried out

【3】 The website and the consumer campaigner joined to _________.

A. instruct the pupils to donate their pocket money

B. promote the connection of schools and families

C. ask the government to dismiss the parliament

D. appeal for the curriculum of financial education

【4】A poll is mentioned to ___________.

A. stress the necessity of the curriculum reform

B. show the seriousness of the financial recession

C. make the readers aware of burden of the parents

D. illustrate some people are strongly against the proposal

【题目】阅读下列各小题，根据括号内的汉语提示，用句末括号内的英语单词完成句子，并将答案写在答题卡上的相应题号后。

【1】 ___________________the delighted look on his face, he is satisfied with the result. (judge)

从他脸上高兴的表情判断，他对结果很满意。

【2】 Education, to _________________________, is still ignored in some poor areas. (attach)

教育，老师们认为很重要，在一些贫穷地区仍然被忽略。

【3】 _______________________very much if you could help me with my English. (appreciate)

如果你能帮助我学英语，我会十分感激。

【4】.Ye Shiwen ____________________ the 2008 Olympics, for she wasn’t on the national team then. (compete)

叶诗文不可能参加过2008年奥运会，因为她那时还没进入国家队。

【5】 _______________________ the earthquake, he cared for nature more than before. So he started to study ecology.（go)

在经历了地震之后，他比以前更注意大自然了，因此开始学习起生态学来。

【6】 It is common sense that the higher you stand, ___________________________. (far)

站得越高，你就会看得越远，这是常识。

【7】 It was because her mother was ill _______________________ to school yesterday. (come)

是因为她妈妈病了，她昨天才没来上学的。

【8】 Since February last year in the United States of America, ten Shotgun Weddings __________________________ each month. (hold)

美国自从去年二月份以来，每个月都会举行10场“枪支婚礼”。

【9】 Not until they left school ___________________ how much their teachers loved them and helped them.（realize）

直到离开学校，他们才意识到他们的老师多么爱他们并帮助他们。

【10】They are living with their parents for the moment because their own house _________________ now. (rebuild)

他们目前和他们的父母住在一起，因为他们自己的房子现在正在重建。

【题目】 The two things ______ the couple felt most proud were their small garden and their sports car.

A. about which B. of which

C. for which D. in which

【题目】The world economy has run into a brick wall. Despite countless warnings in recent years about the need to address a potential hunger crisis in poor countries and an energy crisis worldwide, world leaders failed to think ahead. The result is a global food crisis. Wheat, corn and rice prices have more than doubled in the past two years. And oil prices have increased more than three times since the start of 2004.These food-price increases, combined with increasing energy costs, will slow if not stop economic growth in many parts of the world and will even affect political stability. Practical solutions to these problems do exist, but we’ll have to start thinking ahead and acting globally.

Here are three steps to ease the current food crisis and avoid the potential for a global crisis. The first is to promote the dramatic success of Malawi, a country in southern Africa, which three years ago established a special fund to help its farmers get fertilizer and seeds with high productivity. Malawi’s harvest doubled after just one year. An international fund based on the Malawi model would cost a mere $10 per person annually in the rich world, or $10 billion altogether.

Second, the U.S. and Europe should abandon their policies of paying partly for the change of food into biofuels. The U.S. government gives farmers a taxpayer-financed payment of 51 cents per gallon of ethanol(乙醇) changed from corn. There may be a case for biofuels produced on lands that do not produce foods but tree crops, grass and wood products, but there’s no case for the government to pay to put the world’s dinner into the gas tank.

Third, we urgently need to weather-proof the world’s crops as soon and as effectively as possible. For a poor farmer, sometimes something as simple as a farm pond—which collects rainwater to be used in dry weather—can make the difference between a good harvest and a bad one. The world has already committed to establishing a Climate Adaptation Fund to help poor regions climate-proof vital economic activities such as food production and health care but has not yet acted upon the promise.

【1】An international fund based on the Malawi model would _____ .

A. cost each of the developed countries $10 billion per year

B. aim to double the harvest in southern African countries in a year

C. decrease the food prices as well as the energy prices

D. give poor farmers access to fertilizer and highly productive seeds

【2】With the second step, the author expresses the idea that ______ .

A. it is not wise to change food crops into gas

B. it is misleading to put tree crops into the gas tank

C. we should get alternative forms of fuel in any way

D. biofuels should be developed on a large scale

【3】 In the passage, the author calls on us to _______ .

A. slow down but not to stop economic growth

B. develop tree crops, grass and wood products

C. achieve economic growth and political stability

D. act now so as to relieve the global food shortage

【题目】文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。

增加：在缺词处加一个漏词符号（∧），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：在错的词下划一个横线，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（从十一处起）不计分。

Last week, my parents and I took a two-days trip to Emei Mountain in Sichuan. As everyone knows，it’s famous mountain with varieties of plants and animals. The weather was fine. It was about noon that we arrived at the foot of the mountain，the three of them were very excited. As we climbed the mountain，we watched monkeys，visiting temples and told stories. On the way up, I was busy taking picture since the scenery was so beautifully. Time passes quickly. Evening came. We spent the night in a hotel at the top of the mountain. The food was expensive and the service was good. I was so tired that I fell asleep at the moment my head touched the pillow.

【题目】Although Zhang Bichen, a 25-year-old songstress with a powerful yet delicate voice, took the crown of this year’s The Voice of China, runner-up Parhat Halik, 32, seems to have impressed more of the audience with his husky(沙哑的), natural and, most of all, distinguished sound.

Despite his unmistakable voice, Parhat Halik’s music is also special. Generally, it’s rock — but influenced and mixed by different styles within the genre. Read on and find out where Halik’s music gets its inspiration.

Blues rock

Representative artists: Guns N’ Roses, The Rolling Stones, John Maye

Blues rock combines improvisation (即兴创作) with rock ’n’ roll style. It began to develop in the mid-1960s in Britain and the US, when rock bands such as the Rolling Stones experimented with music from older African-American blues musicians. It borrows the idea of instrumental combo（小型乐队）from blues but is played at a faster tempo and louder volume, distinguishing it from the blues. The sound is created with the electric guitar, piano, bass and drums.

As the root for several contemporary rock styles, such as heavy metal and hard rock, blues rock had a rebirth in the early 2000s, with artists including John Mayer and The Black Keys.

Folk rock

Representative artists: Bob Dylan, Simon & Garfunkel, The Byrds

As the name indicates, folk rock is a genre combining elements of folk music and rock music. Also developed in the mid-1960s, folk rock was pioneered by the US band The Byrds, who began playing traditional folk music and Bob Dylan-penned material with rock instruments, in a style heavily influenced by The Beatles and other British bands.

The genre was most popular among teenagers and college students at the time, because it includes both rock ’n’ roll’s free spirit and the more serious, culturally authentic and socially aware sounds of folk music.

Soft rock

Representative artists: Bryan Adams, Eagles, Elton John, James Blunt

Compared to hard rock’s loud and aggressive nature, soft rock, or light rock, uses the techniques of rock music to compose a softer and less threatening sound. Derived from folk rock, it uses acoustic instruments（原声乐器）and puts more emphasis on melody and harmony.

Although the genre gets quite a bad name among hardcore rock fans, who see it as “wimpy”(软弱无力), it doesn’t mean soft rock is without merit (优点). Soft rock songs often deal with themes like romantic relationships and everyday life in a thoughtful and complex way hard rock simply couldn’t.

【1】Which of the artists playing traditional folk music and Bob Dylan-penned material with rock instruments first?

A. The Beatles. B. The Byrds

C. Eagles. D. Guns N’ Roses.

【2】We can learn from the passage that ______________.

A. the Rolling Stones ignored African-American musicians’ work

B. soft rock focus more on melody and culture awareness

C. blues rock gained a second birth in the 2000s

D. all the three rock styles developed in America

【3】What is hardcore rock fans’ attitude towards soft rock?

A. They quite admire it.

B. They can hardly tolerate it.

C. They are indifferent to it.

D. They misunderstand it.

【4】What’s the main purpose of the text?

A. To help readers become rock ’n’ roll artists

B. To inform the readers of the result of The Voice of China

C. To introduce some common rock music to the readers

D. To offer the readers some suggestions of composing rock music

【题目】 He said life wouldn’t be worth ______ without friendship.

A. being lived B. to be lived

C. living D. to be living

【题目】根据下列各句句意和空白之后的汉语提示词，在答题卡指定区域的横线上写出对应单词的完整的正确形式，每空只写一词。

【1】Annie Sullivan was a lively young woman with ________ (耐心) and imagination.

【2】The nurse took the boy’s temperature to see if he had a __________ (高烧).

【3】They quarreled once, but they were quite _______ (友好的) now.

【4】Over 100,000 people were killed in the disaster, _______ (包括) thousands of children.

【5】Their office is on the ________ (第五) floor.

【6】The word “see” has the same ______ (发音) as the word “sea”.

【7】Benjamin Franklin’s experiments showed that lightning and _____ (电) are the same.

【8】The island ______ (发现) by an English Army captain now belongs to the UK.

【9】Water was found at a _____ (深度) of 25 feet.

【10】The man ______ (称) the apples before I could ask for the price.

【题目】The famous star _____ in New York ever since she moved there in 1987.

A. lived B. is living

C. has been living D. had lived