People use their mouths for many things. They eat, talk, shout and sing. They smile and they kiss. In the English language, there are many expressions using the word“mouth.”

For example, if you say bad things about a person, the person might protest（抗议）and say “Do not bad mouth me.” Sometimes, people say something to a friend or family member that they later regret because it hurts that person. Or they tell the person something they were not supposed to tell. The speaker might say: “I really put my foot in my mouth this time.”  If this should happen, the speaker might feel down in the mouth.  In other words, he might feel sad for saying the wrong thing.

Another situation is when someone falsely claims another person said something.  The other person might protest: “I did not say that.  Do not put words in my mouth.”

Some people have lots of money because they were born into a very rich family.  There is an expression for this, too. You might say such a person, “was born with a silver spoon in his mouth.” This rich person is the opposite of a person who lives from hand to mouth.  This person is very poor and only has enough money for the most important things in life, like food.

Parents might sometimes keep a child off sweet food as a form of punishment for saying bad things. For example, if a child says things she should not say to her parents, she might be described as a mouthy child. The parents might even tell the child to stop mouthing off.. 

But enough of all this talk. I have been running my mouth long enough.

61. When will a person probably say“do not bad mouth me”？

A. When he feels down.               B. When he is regretful.

C. When he is spoken ill of.          D. When he gets angry.

【答案】C

【解析】根据第二段第一句if you say bad things about a person, the person might protest（抗议）and say “Do not bad mouth me.”“如果你说一个人的坏话，这个人可能会抗议说不要说我坏话。”

62.What will the person say if he feels sorry for what he has said?

A. Do not bad mouth me.

B. Stop mouthing off.

C. Do not put words in my mouth.

D. I really put my foot in my mouth this time.

【答案】D

【解析】根据第二段Sometimes, people say something to a friend or family member that they later regret because it hurts that person. Or they tell the person something they were not supposed to tell. The speaker might say: “I really put my foot in my mouth this time.”有时人们对家人和朋友说了一些他们后来会后悔的话因为这些话上海了那个人。。。。说话的人就会说“这次我真的说错话了。”

63.If a person lives from hand to mouth, it implies that__________.

A. he is badly-off                 B. he is hard-working

C. he has lots of money        D. he has enough to eat

【答案】A

【解析】根据第四段This rich person is the opposite of a person who lives from hand to mouth.与富人相对的是穷人。

64.By saying“I have been running my mouth long enough”,the speaker means“________”.

A. I have run a long way              B. I have talked too much

C. I have learned a lot           D. I have been a mouthy person

【答案】B

【解析】

65.What is mainly talked about in the text?

A. Expressions about the word“mouth”.         B. Functions of the organ“mouth”.

C. Opinions about“mouthy people”.                D. Meanings of the word“mouth”.

【答案】A

【解析】第一段最后一句是主题句. In the English language, there are many expressions using the word“mouth.”

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Let’s start with the parent side of things. The parent must be the one to set up the account. You simply enter your information and your child’s information to get started. You are then able to assign allowance amounts to your child.

Then you can add tasks for your child to accept and link them to either their weekly allowance or a pre-determined amount. Your child is then able to accept or decline their tasks. They can see how much each task earns, how often they need to do it and what they will get if they do! They can add items that they are working toward earning and can even earn nn-cash incentives such as extra TV time or staying up late!

Tykoon is a great way to start teaching your child about responsibility and financial principles in fun and safe way. Through the creation of their own profile and the ability to accept or decline tasks, they are taught the skills that they will need later in life when they are managing their own budgets! So, head over and sign up for a free account today and watch your child get excited about doing their chores!

And right now, as a special reward, if you share Tykoon with your friends and have five friends sign up and stay active for more than a month, you’ll earn a ＄25 Amazon.com gift card! So get your child enrolled(注册), tell your friends and let’s start teaching all our kids about the important financial principles today!

66.The purpose of the text is to___________.

A. make an advertisement                    B. share teaching experience

C. describe an online website               D. present a way of making money

【答案】A

【解析】第一段介绍Tykoon，二，三，四段介绍怎样操作以及所带来的好处， 最后一段是奖励措施。因此， 本文的目的是做广告，吸引大家都来参与。

67.The underlined word“incentives” in Paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to “_________”.

A. promises           B. rewards             C. gifts           D. tasks

【答案】B

【解析】根据下文such as extra TV time or staying up late!，可见，“incentives”表示的是一种奖励。

68.What can kids learn from Tykoon?

A. The ability to manage their budgets.        B. The responsibility to do daily chores.

C. The skills to earn their own living.           D. The tricks to accept or refuse tasks.

【答案】A

【解析】根据第四段they are taught the skills that they will need later in life when they are managing their own budgets!他们被教给在以后生活中他们自己管理自己财务时需要的技巧。

69.It can be inferred from the last paragraph that_________.

A. no parents will resist the special reward          B. Amazon is a very popular website

C. Tykoon wants to attract more visitors            D. friends should share information

【答案】C

【解析】如果你能分享给5个朋友，让他们也签约并且保持活跃至少一个月，你就会得到价值25美元的亚马逊礼品卡。

70.What is the best title of the text?

A. Tykoon—A Safe Way to Manage Your Financial Issues

B. How to Create Funny Tasks for Your Kids on the Website

C. Opening an Online Account with the Help of Tykoon

D. Teaching Your Kids Financial Principles with Tykoon

【答案】D

【解析】纵观全文可知。

阅读下文，完成文后各题。

一株玉米的人生    冰山雪莲

    大千世界，芸芸众生，谁人不是经历了一番坎坷?万物生灵，谁的一生又会是一帆风顺的呢?万事如意，心想事成，只不过是人们对生活的美好祝愿罢了。

    你看，那田间的一株株的玉米幼苗，不也是农人精心播种下去的吗?看它们安静的享受着阳光雨露，我想：它们的一生应该是万事如意，一帆风顺的吧?

    不!细想它们一生的经历，每一阶段又何尝不是经历了一番苦难呢?

    尚是种子时，它们中间有的就被筛选出来，被无情地丢弃。优胜劣汰，大自然的法则永远是残酷无情的!那么，被选中的种子是否就一生万事大吉了呢?

    不!你看那嫩绿的幼芽儿旁边，不是有一粒种子在默默地哭泣么?它籽粒饱满，在阳光的照耀下闪着熠熠的光泽。谁能不说它是一粒优秀的种子呢?而如今，就因为农人的一个疏忽，它成了大地的弃儿，艳羡地看着昔日的同伴伸展着稚嫩的双臂接受大自然的恩泽，而自己却只能永远生活在同伴的阴影下，在孤寂的时光里呜咽!这一切难道是它的错?

    那么，有机会发芽的种子该是命运的宠儿了吧?

    不!当它们生长到大约二三十厘米的时候，农人们要再一次执行优胜劣汰的法则。一株株比较赢弱的玉米幼苗被生生的连根拔起!刹那间，我仿佛听见一声声因锥心的疼痛而发出的痛苦呻吟，一声声哀叹命运不公而发出的呐喊!是啊，它们并不都是羸弱的，枯黄的，它们中也有茁壮的，优秀的，可是，他们又能向谁去讨回公道呢?怨它们的位置不符合农人的要求?可那位置恰恰就是农人给的呀!

    那么，有幸被留下来的幼苗就可以高枕无忧了吧?

    不!它们将接受更多的考验!洪水、干旱、冰雹、蝗虫……将像猛兽一样时时肆虐的对待每一株幼苗!苗儿们要时时紧紧的抓住大地母亲的衣襟，稍有不慎就会被彻底击倒，而且永远不得复生!

    难哪!那么，经历了种种磨难和坎坷，最终结得累累硕果的玉米们该是最最幸运的了吧?是的，它们是幸运的!你看，它们在秋目的阳光照耀下，露出金黄的笑脸，自豪地站在秋风中纵情歌唱的幸福模样，的确让人感到欣慰。可是，另一种不幸在别处悄悄地窥视着它们呢!

    收获的季节到了!虽然一穗穗玉米幸福地被农人收仓，但是，在田涧地头，仍会有一些玉米被人遗漏。它们像仓中的玉米一样金黄，一样颗粒饱满，一样历经风雨，一样历经沧桑。可现在，只能在孤寂的秋夜里无奈的呜咽，在渐冷的秋风中无声的长叹，在凄风苦雨的侵袭下慢慢的腐烂!这，就是一株玉米的人生!经历了种种坎坷与磨难最终达到了成功彼岸，得到了自己想要的，就应谈是幸福的，幸运的了。因为还有那一样历经风霜而最终以悲剧形式离开的人们。

    这，就是命运!强，是因为有弱相比较；幸，是因为有不幸做陪衬！

其实，人的一生如果真的万事如意，一帆风顺，心想事成，又何尝不是另一种悲哀呢?就像蜂蜜喝多了就不觉得甜一样。只有经历了许多波折，品尝了人生百味，人生道路上的风景才会色彩斑斓，五彩缤纷。人生不仅要有高度，更要有深度广度和厚度!不管结局如何，我努力过，我争取过，我奋斗过，我不仅走过、路过，还深深地悟过!我的人生了无遗憾就不愧来人世间走一遭!

分析第一段的含义及作用（4分)

解释下列两句话在文中的含义。

  (1)可现在，只能在孤寂的秋夜里无奈的呜咽，在渐冷的秋风中无声的长叹，在凄风苦雨的侵袭下慢慢的腐烂!

  (2)人的一生如果真的万事如意，一帆风顺，心想事成，有何尝不是另一种悲哀呢?

请概括玉米一生可能遇到的不幸。

结合实际情况，谈一谈“一株玉米的人生”给你人生的启示。

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。