The number of speakers of English in Shakespeare’s time is estimated(估计) to have been about five million. Today it is estimated that some 260 million people speak it as a native language, mainly in the United States, Canada, Great Britain, Ireland, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand. In addition to the standard varieties of English found in these areas, there are a great many regional and social varieties of the language as well as various levels of usage that are employed both in its spoken and written forms.

In fact, it is impossible to estimate the number of people in the world who have acquired an adequate(足够的) working knowledge of English in addition to their own languages. The purpose for English learning and the situations in which such learning takes place are so varied that it is difficult to explain and still more difficult to judge what forms an adequate working knowledge for each situation.

The main reason for the widespread demand for English is its present-day importance as a world language. Besides serving the indefinite needs of its native speakers, English is a language in which some of important works in science, technology, and other fields are being produced, and not always by native speakers. It is widely used for such purposes as meteorological and airport communications, international conferences, and the spread of information over the radio and television networks of many nations. It is a language of wider communication for a number of developing countries, especially former British colonies. Many of these countries have multilingual populations and need a language for internal communication in such matters as government, commerce, industry, law and education as well as for international communication and for entrance to the scientific and technological developments in the West.

1.What would be the best title for this passage?

2.Which of the following statements is NOT true?

3.According to the passage, what is the main reason for the widespread use of English?

4.What forms an adequate working knowledge of English?

5.What type of developing countries would be most likely to use English?

6.C。细节题。根据文章最后一段倒数第2句可推知此题

LONDON —A British judge on Thursday sentenced a businessman who sold fake (假冒的）bomb detectors (探测器) to 10 years in prison, saying the man hadn’t cared about potentially deadly consequences.

It is believed that James McCormick got about $77. 8 million from the sales of his detectors — which were based on a kind of golf ball finder — to countries including Iraq, Belgium and Saudi Arabia.

McCormick, 57，was convicted (判罪) of cheats last month and sentenced Thursday at the Old Bailey court in London.

“Your cheating conduct in selling a great amount of useless equipment simply for huge profit promoted a false sense of security and in all probability materially contributed to causing death and injury to innocent people,’’ Judge Richard Hone told McCormick. “You have neither regret, nor shame, nor any sense of guilt.”

The detectors, sold for up to $ 42,000 each, were said to be able to find such dangerous objects as bombs under water and from the air. But in fact they “lacked any grounding in science” and were of no use.

McCormick had told the court that he sold his detectors to the police in Kenya，the prison service in Hong Kong, the army in Egypt and the border control in Thailand.

“I never had any bad results from customers,” he said.

39. Why was McCormick sentenced to prison?

A. He sold bombs.                              B. He caused death of people.

C. He made detectors.                              D. He cheated in business.

40. According to the judge, what McCormick had done ________ .

A. increased the cost of safeguarding

B. lowered people’s guard against danger

C. changed people’s idea of social security

D. caused innocent people to commit crimes

41. Which of the following is true of the detectors?

A. They have not been sold to Africa.

B. They have caused many serious problems.

C. They can find dangerous objects in water.

D. They don't function on the basis of science.

42. It can be inferred from the passage that McCormick _________ .

A. sold the equipment at a low price

B. was well-known in most countries

C. did not think he had committed the crime

D. had not got such huge profit as mentioned in the text

【语篇解读】本文是一篇记叙文，题材是新闻报道。本文报道了一条卖假冒炸弹探测器的商人被判10年徒刑的新闻。

【解析】

39. D。细节理解题。难度：中等。问题是“为什么McCormick被判刑入狱”。根据问题中的关键词sentenced to prison定位原文第一段。第一段说到McCormick是一位商人，生产了假冒的炸弹探测器，这是一种商业欺骗。选项D和其对应，为正确答案。

40. B。细节理解题。难度：难。问题是“根据法官的说法，McCormick的所为导致了什么样的结果”。根据问题中的关键词according to the judge定位第四段的第一句：your cheating conduct … promoted a false sense of security and … contributed to causing death and injury to innocent people（你的欺骗行为提高了人们虚假的安全感并助推给无辜百姓带来死亡和伤害）。由此可见，McCormick的行为让人们有了安全感，但这种安全并不真实。B “降低了人们防范危险的安全意识”符合此意，为正确答案。

41. D。判断题。难度：难。问题是“下面哪种说法对探测仪来说是正确的”。

解题思路：根据问题中的关键词detectors，把四个选项具体对应到原文中一处。A对应文章倒数第二段的最后一句he sold his detectors to the police in Kenya，the prison service in Hong Kong, the army in Egypt and the border control in Thailand。该句中的Kenya是非洲的肯尼亚，否定了A的说法。B对应第一段第一句“the man hadn’t cared about potentially deadly consequences”，法官只说罪犯没有关注潜在的致命后果，而不是已经导致严重的问题。C对应第五段的第一句话“were said to be able to find such dangerous objects as bombs under water and from the air”提示，探测仪的功能只是据说，而不一定真的具备找到水中危险物品的功能。选项D定位第五段的最后一句“in fact they ‘lacked any grounding in science’ and were of no use可知，这种探测仪没有科学根据，也毫无用途，和D“没有科学根据的工作原理”相吻合，故最佳答案是D。

42. D。推理判断题。难度：中等。

解题思路：返回原文，将选项与原文一一进行比较。

本题主要考查第四段和第七段。A“以低价销售设备”与原文第四段第一句不符，因为该句提到法官指控McCormick通过卖一些无用的设备来巨额利润。B“在大多数国家很有名”与文中提到的区区几个国家和地区Iraq，Belgium，Saudi Arabia，Kenya，Hong Kong，Egypt和Thailand购买他的探测仪不符。C“认为他没有犯罪”和第七段对应，其中他所说的“I never had any bad results from customers”和C符合，Ｃ是正确答案。Ｄ“他没有赚取文中提到的那么大利润”在原文没有语言根据。

请根据以下谚语的汉语和首字母提示写出正确单词，并将答案写在二卷答题纸上。
【小题1】 你敬人一尺，人敬你一丈。
R     a man, he will do the more.
【小题2】 当你同傻子辩论时，一定要弄清他是不是也在与傻子争论。
When you a     with a fool, be sure he isn’t similarly engaged.
【小题3】 你不能把感谢装到口袋里。
You can’t put t      into your pocket.
【小题4】 条条大路同罗马。
All roads l      to Rome.
【小题5】 少许也满足是真正的快乐。
To be c      with little is true happiness.
【小题6】 失败乃成功之母。
F     is the mother of success.
【小题7】 进攻是最好的防卫。
Attack is the best d     .
【小题8】以愤怒开始，必以耻辱告终。
What-e’er is begun in a     , ends in shame.
【小题9】 行动胜于语言。
D     speak louder than words.
【小题10】 失去自由就失去一切。
If we lose our f     , we have nothing else to lose.

网购已成为很多人青睐的一种现代购物形式。请你以“Online Shopping”为题，根据以下三个要点，分三段写一篇100字左右的英语短文，谈谈网购现象及你的看法或建议

1.越来越多的人喜欢在网上购买商品

2.网上购物可能存在的问题(如：假货；货物损坏；不易退换)

3.你的看法或建议

注意：1.词数：100左右；2.可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

3.参考词汇：网店店主Internet shopping provider  假货fake goods

Online Shopping

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阅读下列各小题，根据汉语句子，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.you pay????????????? by cash or credit card in this store. (matter)

在这家商店，你是用现金还是用信用卡结账都没关系。

2.It rained for three weeks on end, completely _________________.????????????? (ruin)

连续下了三个星期的雨，完全毁了我们的假期。

3.There is no sense ___________________now.Look????????????? forward and????????????? everything will be all right. (upset)??

你现在为这件事苦恼是没有意义的，向前看，一切都会好起来的。

4."They didn’t take measures in time, otherwise the explosions __________________," some experts said. (happen)

“他们没有及时采取措施，否则就不会出现这几次爆炸，”一些专家说。

5.The house was greatly damaged by the truck and we'd better leave things________________________ until the police arrive. (be)

卡车严重损坏了这座房子，我们最好保待原样直到警察到来。

6.Research finds that social network users have more than _________________online as in re­al life. (many)

研究发现社交网络用户在网络上拥有的朋友是现实生活中两倍多。

7.What an annoyance!? Hardly__________________my computer ????????????? when a lot of advertisements came pouring in. (turn)

真烦人！我一打开电脑就有很多广告涌入.

8.Huo Zun said that his dream was_______________________to sing a song at the CCTV Spring Festival Gala. (invite)

霍尊说他的梦想是受邀上中央电視台春节联欢晚会唱一首歌。

9.We have launched another man-made satellite,___________________intoday's newspaper. (announce)?????????????

我们发射了另一颗人造卫星，这件事在今天的报纸上被公布了。

10.China is attacked by such a terrible smog _____________________ "nuclear winter". (call)?????????????

中国遭受着被称之为“核冬天”的可怕雾霾的袭击。