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Once there was a man who liked to eat mangoes. One day he decided to get the sweetest mango from the very top of the tree. Mangoes which are exposed to the sun the most are the sweetest.

So he climbed up to the top, where the branches were thin. He managed to pick up a few sweet reddish fruits, but, in an attempt to climb down, he slipped and started falling towards the ground. Fortunately, he caught the branch as he was falling and remained helplessly hanging on the tree. Then he started to call nearby villagers for help. They immediately came with a ladder and sticks, but could do little to help him.

Then after some time one calm and thoughtful person arrived — a well-known sage (a wise person) who lived in a simple hut nearby. People were very curious to see what he would do, as he was famous in solving many people’s problems in the area and sometimes very complicated ones.

He was silent for a minute and then picked up a stone and threw it at the hanging man.

Everybody was surprised. The hanging mango lover started to shout: “What are you doing?! Are you crazy? Do you want me to break my neck?” The sage was silent. Then he took another stone and threw it at the man. The man was very angry: “If I could just come down, I would show you!”

That’s what everybody wanted. Then he was coming down. But how? Now everybody was tense about what would happen next! Some wanted to blame the sage, but they didn’t. The sage picked another stone and threw it again at the man, even more forcefully. Now the man on the tree was even more angry and developed a great determination to come down and take revenge (复仇).

He then used all his skill and strength and somehow reached the branches which were safe to start going down. And he made it! Everybody was amazed.

However, the rescued man found the sage gone. He stood there, realizing that the man really saved him because he induced (引诱) him to try his best and save himself.

“I should be thankful and not angry.”

1.From the story we know that the sweetest mango must be the one ______.

A．on the very top of a tree                  B．hidden in the middle of a tree

C．on the tree for the longest time             D．exposed to sunlight less often

2.What happened after he had picked a few sweet reddish mangoes?

A．He slipped and fell to the ground suddenly.

B．He was climbing down quickly but carefully.

C．He remained hanging helplessly on the tree.

D．He shouted loudly for help but no one helped.

3.How did the man feel when the sage hit him with a stone?

A．He was nervous.                        B．He kept silent.

C．He felt surprised.                       D．He was angry.

4.What do you think motivated (caused) the man to climb down?

A．Courage.          B．Revenge.          C．Carefulness.       D．Assistance.

5. What does the story imply?

A．Anger saves one’s life.                  B．Wisdom does count (很重要).

C．Skill and strength count.                  D．Anger is the biggest enemy.

B

What happens inside the skull of a soccer player when repeatedly heads a soccer ball? That question motivated a challenging new study of the brains of experienced players that has caused discussion and debate among soccer players, and some anxiety among those of us with soccer-playing children.

For the study, researchers at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York selected 34 adults, men and women. All of the volunteers had played soccer since childhood and now competed year-round in adult soccer leagues. Each filled out a detailed questionnaire developed especially for this study to determine how many times they had headed a soccer ball in the previous year, as well as whether they had experienced any known concussions (脑震荡) in the past.

Then the players completed computerized tests of their memory and other learning skills and had their brains scanned, using a complicated new M.R.I. technique which can find structural changes in the brain that can’t be seen during most scans.

According to the data they presented at Radiological Society of North America meeting last month, the researchers found that the players who had headed the ball more than about 1,100 times in the previous 12 months showed significant loss of white matter in parts of their brains involved with memory, attention and the processing of visual information, compared with players who had headed the ball fewer times.

This pattern of white matter loss is “similar to those seen in traumatic (外伤的) brain injury”, like that after a serious concussion, the researchers reported, even though only one of these players was reported to have ever experienced a concussion.

The players who had headed the ball about 1,100 times or more in the past year were also generally worse at recalling lists of words read to them, forgetting or fumbling the words far more often than players who had headed the ball less.

1.The passage is most probably a ________.

A．news report                           B．research report

C．story for soccer players                   D．text for doctors

2. In which way can researchers find the structural changes in the brain?

A．Computerized test                       B．Questionnaire

C．Scanning                              D．M.R.I. technique

3. From the passage we can conclude that frequent heading may have ________.

A．significant effect on brain                 B．little effect on one’s brain

C．nothing to do with the brain injury           D．one’s memory improved

4.What is likely to be the cause of memory loss?

A．Playing soccer frequently                 B．Tests of their memory

C．White matter loss                       D．Information processing

5.The underlined word “fumbling” is closest in meaning to ________?

A．remembering      B．misunderstanding   C．recalling          D．missing

C

All parents know that one of their most important tasks is to prepare their children for an independent life, but any parent can tell you that it’s hard to let go of your children. That balance between keeping your children safe and allowing them to learn from their own mistakes can be heartbreaking. Years of experience means that parents often do know best, but on the other hand the young, being less bound by tradition, are often more creative, more able to find new solutions to old problems. Revolutions are led by the young.

Good teachers make the growth of critical thinking (批判性思维) easier in their students, only to find that this lead to a questioning of the teachers’ basic beliefs. Schools encourage parents to become involved, but are often embarrassed when parents have doubts about some of the educational methods being used. Governments encourage unimportant groups to empower themselves in order to participate fully in the development process. And they are often surprised when the new leaders of these groups turn around and attack the policies or decisions of that same government. However, the rebellious (叛逆的) young and the newly unimportant groups are important in social development. They are not necessarily representatives of those they want to represent in their demands, but their voices must be heard.

Good parents know that just forbidding (禁止) particular behaviors does not prevent their children from finding ways to engage in these forbidden activities. Indeed, sometimes the forbidden fruit is more inviting, just because it is not accepted by authority. Parents must work with their children to educate them on the facts, know as much as possible about the lives of their children, provide a good example, encourage more wholesome activities but also support their children when they don’t follow what is expected of them. But the most important point is that they also need to learn how to let go.

1.By saying “Revolutions are led by the young.”, the author indicates that young people are more _______.

A．conventional       B．realistic           C．creative           D．heartbreaking

2.From the second Paragraph we know ________.

A．teachers’ basic beliefs should be questioned by students

B．schools encourage parents to question their education methods

C．government is satisfied with the new leaders’ attack on the policies

D．the voice of the rebellious young should be heard by the government

3.In order to educate children well, parents should _______.

A．forbid particular behaviors in their daily life

B．know them well and set a good example to them

C．educate them with facts and expect much of them

D．know as much as possible about their children

4.From the passage we can learn that the author prefers _______.

A．free parenting                          B．traditional parenting

C．critical parenting                        D．smart parenting

5.What is the best title of the passage?

A．Letting Go – for Children’s Independent Life

B．Parents’ Task – in Children’s Development

C．Way of Growth – for the Young Groups

D．Teaching Methods – for Teachers and Schools

D

At the railway stations all across Britain next week, groups of students will gather with their backpacks to wait for the trains that will carry them home for Christmas. This is a large movement of human beings as before, but with more contradictory traffic flows, so that trains filled with the young pass each other travelling in every direction.

At first, I went home every weekend with my washing, but then those visits became less regular. How did I let my parents know I was coming? They had no phone. Perhaps I wrote to them (“Expect me with dirty shirts this Friday afternoon”), but more likely I didn’t let them know, and just turned up or didn’t turn up, not understanding that my parents’ hopes of seeing me were a greater disappointment of my carelessness than a spoiled tea.

And in all this I suspect I was typical (有代表性的), at least of young men. As for our fathers and mothers, none of them talked of “empty-nest syndrome (综合症)”, even though its possible effect that the main human duty is to protect and feed the young would have suited their generation better than ours. Then, the feeling of loss went without a name. Today, it’s a condition with remedies, which will make parents feel more enjoyable in their life, The Mayo Clinic, for example, suggests you try to maintain regular contact with your children through “visits, phone calls, emails, texts or video chats”. If you feel unhappy, lean on (depend on … for support) loved ones or your mental health providers. Above all, stay positive: “Thinking about the extra time and energy that you might have to devote to your marriage or personal interests after your last child leaves home, it might help you adapt to this major life change.”

What can’t be denied, however, is that children often leave home. In modern societies, this is what they do. Christmas is the very time they can be depended on to return. For the non-religious, that may be this season’s true comfort and significance.

1.The main reason for the busy traffic across Britain next week is that _______.

A．young students will travel home for Christmas.

B．young people will travel in every direction.

C．it is a large movement of human beings

D．the traffic flows will be more contradictory

2.From the second paragraph we can learn that the writer _______.

A．went home every week to wash dirty clothes

B．understood his parents’ desire of seeing him

C．didn’t understand his parents’ feelings

D．went home to see his parents regularly

3.The underlined word “remedies” in paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to _______.

A．reasons           B．excuses           C．habits            D．solutions

4.From the last paragraph we know that _______.

A．in modern society, children should leave home

B．Christmas is likely a time for family reunion

C．the significance of Christmas is celebration

D．Christmas is not a comfort for the non-religious

5.From the passage we can infer that by writing the article the writer is to _______.

A．persuade the young to show concern for their parents

B．ask the young to go home regularly

C．make the young understand their parents’ interest

D．enable the young to be more independent

… such as making breakfast on dark, cold winter mornings for children    1.   and sleepy, before sending them off to school; or special occasions such as homecomings or    2.  .

It always    3.   the fullest and noisiest room in the house.

However, according to    4.  , the universe began with a “Big Bang” that threw matter    5.  .

It    6.  with fire and rock. They were in time to produce carbon, nitrogen, water vapor and other gases, which   7.  the earth’s atmosphere.

On my first morning in Toronto, I woke up early. Looking through the mist, I could just see the maple trees near    8.  . …After Liu Qian woke up, we went looking for    9.  . …We sat in a small booth to eat, enjoying the    10.   people around us.

请根据首字母或括号内的提示用单词的正确形式填空 (共15题; 每小题1分, 满分15分)

1.Harry Potter, the a_______ of which is J.K. Rowling, has been one of the best-sellers for years.

2.WWF is d_______ (致力于) to protecting wild animals around the world and the places where these animals live.

3.If I’m late for the interview, I will be _______ (暴怒的) with myself！

4.We can a_______ (呼吁) to charities to help those less fortunate.

5.Can you a_______ for the series of failures in our experiment?

6.You must ask for _______ (permit) if you want to leave early.

7.“You always were the best-tempered man,” said Amanda, smiling g_______ (温柔地).

8.After his wife passed away, he s_______ (寻求) escape in the bottle from hard realities.

9.A g______ (真正的) friend will not desert you in time of trouble.

10.He wanted to be a _______ (物理学家) and devote himself to research.

11.Looking up, he found himself s_______ (包围) by many children in rags.

12.The house is more than twenty meters long and m_______ six meters in width.

13.Without mutual (相互的) respect, true love cannot possibly e_______.

14.Modern industry has been concentrated in a few u_______ (城市的) centers.

15.It is 2 weeks since the Art Festival, but the performances of all the students are still very _______ (令人印象深刻的).

句子翻译请根据中文及括号内的要求翻译下列句子

(共5题; 每小题4分, 满分20分)

1.威廉向那位女士鞠了一躬，送给她一个盒子，里面是一枚漂亮的真钻石戒指。(用定语从句)

2.大部分证据都被毁了。因此，不可能证明这种药物是有害的。(thus)

3.他善于交流，所以在工作中他和各种人打交道都应付自如。(gift; mix; manage)

4.是什么事使他不能参加我们的会议仍然是个谜。(含形式主语；        prevent…from)

5.问题在于，人们怎样才能找到一种有效的方式来储存太阳的热量。 (表语从句)

One of the most remarkable things about the human mind is our ability to imagine the future. In our   16  we can see what has not yet happened．For example, while we are looking forward to visiting a new place or country, we   17  what it will be like. We predict the   18  people will eat, dress and act. Of course, we do not always predict things correctly. Things are often very different from the way we   19  them to be.

One of the   20  dreams in history is the dream of the German scientist, Kekule, who had been   21  to work out a very difficult problem in physics. He had   22  and analyzed the problem from every angle for days, but there seemed to be no way of   23  out the answer. Then one night he went to bed and dreamed．When he   24  up, he realized that he knew the answer. He had solved the problem in his   25 .

The hypnotist(催眠者) sat in the chair opposite him and spoke   26 : I want you to concentrate on my voice. Think about nothing. You know nothing but my voice. And as you pay attention to my voice, your   27  will get heavier. Soon you’ll be asleep.

You will hear my voice and   28  my words, but your body will be asleep, your eyes are too heavy. You are almost asleep, and when you wake up you will   29  nothing.

You will forget everything. Now I am going to   30  slowly from one to five. One, two, three, four, five.

1.                A．brains          B．senses          C．sights D．minds

2.                A．imagine        B．know           C．feel  D．guess

3.                A．custom         B．way            C．style D．habit

4.                A．required        B．wished         C．left  D．expected

5.                A．famous         B．dull            C．funny    D．silly

6.                A．trying          B．managing       C．thinking  D．hoping

7.                A．learned        B．studied         C．discussed D．surveyed

8.                A．finding         B．making         C．turning   D．letting

9.                A．gave           B．sat             C．woke D．got

10.               A．lesson         B．dream         C．research  D．exercise

11.               A．softly          B．loudly          C．slowly D．firmly

12.               A．head          B．feet           C．eyes  D．body

13.               A．believe         B．understand      C．take  D．repeat

14.               A．accept         B．receive         C．hear  D．remember

15.               A．add           B．say            C．count D．speak

Visitors to Britain may find the best place to enjoy local culture is in a traditional pub(酒吧). A team of researchers have revealed(揭示) some of ____1____ unknown culture of British pubs --- starting with the difficulty of getting a drink. This may sound inconvenient, but there is a ____2____ (hide) meaning.

Pub culture ____3____(form) to improve sociability(社会交往) in a society that is known ___4___ its coldness. Standing at the bar for service allows you to chat with others ___5____ are waiting to be served. The bar counter is ____6____ (possible) the only place in Britain ____7____ a friendly talk with strangers is considered to be entirely proper and really quite normal behavior. However, ____8____ you do not follow the local rules, the experience may fall flat(一无所获). For example, if you are in a big group, it is best for one or two people to go to buy the drinks. Nothing makes the regular customers and bar staff _____9____(anger) more than a group of strangers blocking all passages(过道) to the bar while ____10____ chat and hesitate(犹豫) about what to order.

Philip was a nine-year-old boy in a Sunday school class of 8-year-old girls and boys. Sometimes the third graders didn’t welcome Philip into their group and usually tricked him. This was not because he was older, but because he was “different”. You see, Philip suffered from a condition called Downs’s Syndrome. This made him “different”, with his facial characteristics, slow responses and mental problems.

One Sunday after Easter, the Sunday school teacher gathered some plastic eggs that pulled apart in the middle. The teacher gave one to each child. On that beautiful spring day, the children were to go out and discover for themselves some symbol of “new life” and place it inside the plastic eggs.

After the children returned to the classroom, the teacher opened their eggs one by one, asking each child to explain that symbol of “new life”. The first opened egg contained a flower. Everyone cheered. In another was a butterfly…. When the teacher opened the last egg, it was empty. “That’s stupid,” said someone. The teacher felt a pull at his shirt. It was Philip. Looking up, Philip said, “It’s mine. I did it. It’s empty. I have new life, because the tomb is empty.” Not a sound was heard in class at all. From that day on, Philip became a real part of the group. They welcomed him, and whatever made him different was never mentioned again.

1.The underlined word “condition” in the first paragraph probably means ________.

A．grade            B．status             C．health            D．disease

2.It can be inferred from the first paragraph that ________.

A．The 8-year-olds were sometimes cruel

B．The 8-year-olds were friendly to Philip

C．Philip was really different in school

D．Philip was older and more sensitive

3.The teacher gave each child one plastic egg to let them ________.

A．play around on that beautiful spring day

B．put some symbol of “new life” into it

C．try to pull it apart in the middle

D．go out and discover themselves

4.After Philip explained his new life, ________.

A．The class thought he was clever.            B．The class fell silent.

C．He began to study in the class.              D．He felt dying.

5.We learn from the passage that ________.

A．The teacher used to have classes outdoors

B．The Philip’s new life wish was empty

C．Philip was healthy as a whole

D．Philip was accepted by his classmates in the end