第Ⅱ卷(非选择题共35分)
第四部分写作(共两节，满分35分)
第一节任务型阅读(共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分)
认真阅读下列短文，并根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填入一个最恰当的单词。
注意：每个空格只填1个单词。请将答案写在答题卡相应题号的横线上。
How to stop shopping? Sophie Kinsella, a best-selling writer, tells you how to keep your shopping desire under control.
1. For many women the desire to stop will never disappear. I' m not saying never buy anything ever, but make sure what you buy really benefits your life.
2. If you have been shopping crazily for ten years. It' s unrealistic to stop it completely, hut try to slow the pace. Go to the shops, walk around and enjoy the whole experience instead of buying an expensive purse.
3. Look at what you spend each month and make a budget (预算), or go out carrying really heavy bags, then you simply won't be able to carry anything else.
4. Be a wise shopper. Look in your closet and make a list of what you actually need. If you have five pairs of red shoes, do you need another pair? If you were wondering, the answer is "NO".
5. Shopping with friends is a good choice. Helping your friends find something nice can bring you the same excitement as shopping for yourself. It is also a way to improve friendship.
6. Rediscover your money boxes and enjoy the pleasure of saving up. I gave my friends money boxes with slogans(标语) such as "Shoe fund" and "Shipping fund" on them.
7. I do shop online, but I don' t think it could ever take the place of the real shopping. For me shopping is about the experience of stores and the touching of cloth, which you can' t do when clicking through web pages.
8. Before you buy anything, slow down, stop and think. Go and have a cup of coffee if necessary.
How to Stop Shopping?
| How to Stop Shopping? |
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| Instructions |
Details |
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What to Buy |
The desire to shop will never 76 . So buy what really _77 your life. |
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Slow the Pace |
It's not 78 to stop shopping completely, but you can enjoy the whole experience. |
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Make a 79 |
Check what you buy each month. |
| 4 |
Shopping 80 |
Make a list of what you actually 81 ! If you are wondering about something, just don't buy it. |
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Shopping with Friends |
It is also 82 for friendships. |
| 6 |
Use Money Boxes |
Enjoy the pleasure of 83 up. |
| 7 |
No Online Shopping |
Shopping online can't let you 84 real things. |
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Slow Down |
_85 carefully before you buy anything. |
根据短文内容，从下框的A—F选项中选出能概括每一段主题的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。选项中有一项为多余选项。注意：E涂 AB, F涂 AC, G涂 AD
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第Ⅱ卷 (非选择题共35分)
第四部分写作(共两节，满分35分)
第一节任务型阅读(共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分)
认真阅读下列短文，并根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填入一个最恰当的单词。
注意：每个空格只填1个单词。请将答案写在答题卡相应题号的横线上。
Speaking in public is most people's least favorite thing. The reason is that we are all afraid of making fools of ourselves. The more important the speech is, the more frightened we become. In fact, public speaking is not a "gift" like musical talent. Anybody who can talk can speak in public. Here are some of the lessons I have learned:
Try to make your idea clear and brief. If you can't express what you intend to get across in a sentence or two, and then your speech is not focused well enough. If you don't have a clear idea of what you want to say, your audience will make no sense. After all, what you can impress your audience in your speech is one or two of your main ideas. One or two. Not ten or twenty.
No matter how long or short your speech is, you've got to organize it well-how you are going to open, what major points you want to make and how you're going to close. A strong close is critical: the last thing you say is what your audience will most likely remember. When I do a radio or TV piece, I often write the last sentence first. When you know where you' re headed, you can choose any route to get there.
Finally, you'd better limit the time of your speech as properly as you can to hold the audience's curiosity. Take a vaudeville act (杂耍) for example. The standard length of one is usually 12 minutes. Just imagine how you are feeling if you have been watching all the performers singing and dancing their hearts out for more than the standard time
| Title: How to make a 76 speech |
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| Keep it brief and clear |
You should 77 your speech well enough. |
Prepare one or two of your main ideas. |
| The audience will not catch you well if your idea is 78 |
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| Get your speech well _79 |
Knowing where you are going, you can make a better 80 of the route to get there. |
Know very well about the 81 , body and ending of the speech |
| Keep your speech time _82 |
Your speech should not be too long so as to make your audience 83 |
Limit the time of your speech in a 84 way. |
| If you don't, the audience will be _85 . |
第二节 根据对话内容，从对话后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。选项中有两项为多余选项。
一 I’m so glad you called me today. I have a big problem I hope you can help me with.
一 61 I’ll help if I can.
一 My cousin is coming home tonight from his trip to Europe. 62
一 Oh? Is your car giving you trouble again?
一 No. I just found out I have to work late tonight. 63
一 Sure. What airline is he coming on?
一 CA933.
一 Ok. 64
一 Well，he's medium height. He wears glasses...
一 That could be almost everyone. 65
一 Well, his hair is blond and curly. I almost forget! He has a beard.
一 What's his name?
一 Eric Newton.
一 Okay, no problem. I'll find him.
一 thank you so much!
| A．What's the problem? |
| B．I'm pleased to have met you today. |
| C．I should pick him up at the airport, but…" |
| D．Anything special? |
E. Can you tell me his name?
F. But how will I recognize him?
G. Can you possibly pick him up for me?
第二节:任务型阅读（共5小题，每小题2分，共10分）：
阅读下列材料，从所给的六个选项 (A、B、C、D、E和F)中，选出符合各小题要求的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。选项中有一项是多余选项。
61.________ Lily, a Spanish girl studying in the University of Nottingham, is looking for a house with large rooms, with broadband access located in an area within 5 minutes walk from the university.
62.________ Mike, a Brazilian boy who has just come to study English in Jubilee Campus, the University of Nottingham, needs a room with central heating in a safe area being only a 10-minute walk from Jubilee.
63.________ Li Ming, an easygoing Chinese boy from Beijing, is studying English literature in the University of Nottingham. He is a handsome boy who always keeps himself and his room clean. He hopes to find a room near West University Entrance.
64.________ Liu Ying, a Chinese girl from a city in the west of China, is studying in the University of Nottingham. She is looking for a place which is near University Campus and she hopes to do a part-time job to earn some money for the rent.
65.________ Jack, a boy student from Thailand, is looking for a room whose rent is less than ￡200. He hopes to share with easygoing boys, and get along well with the landlord, which can help him to be free from home sickness.
A. Housemate Wanted! One person is required (preferably male) to live in a luxurious house with 5 girls and 2 boys. The house is in an ideal and safe location being only a 10-minute walk from University Park and Jubilee. The rent will only be ￡65 per week. The house has two bathrooms, 4 toilets, a larger furnished living room, central heating, a kitchen fully furnished with dishwasher and microwave, etc.
B. Room To Let! A modern, comfortable house with large rooms is immediately available at 27 Warwick Street Dunkirk. It has been recently refurnished with broadband Internet access. It’s only 5 minutes’ walk from the University of Nottingham. Great location! You will pay only ￡235 per month to share with 3 other people.
C. Three large rooms are available in a massive luxurious house within 10 minutes’ walk from University Campus. The rent is very cheap, only ￡175 per month! The sound and young landlord can make you feel at home. You’ll share with 2 easygoing brothers (one is a student nurse and the other is an engineer).
D. A nice 3-bedroom house is immediately available and will last for one academic year (till next June or longer) in a quiet and safe area in Beeston. It is in good location next to a big shopping market within 7 minutes’ walk from West University Entrance. It has a nice fully furnished kitchen, big bedrooms, big shower rooms, TV, washing machines and broadband access. Easygoing and clean people are welcome to share the house.
E. Housemate wanted! One person is required to live in a fully furnished house with three bedrooms, two bathrooms, three toilets, central heating, a kitchen with a fridge and a microwave, and broadband Internet access, located in a safe and quiet area being only a 10-minute walk from North University Entrance. The rent will only be ￡56 per week.
F. Chinese student wanted! A Chinese student (preferably female) is required to live in a luxurious house with 5 Spanish girls who are learning Chinese as their second foreign language. They need to practice Chinese twice a week with the help of the Chinese student who will get ￡350 per month in return for her work. The house is located near QMC which is within 5 minutes’ walk from University Campus. The rent will be ￡325 per month.
第三部分任务型阅读（一）（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
Going up to university to study for a degree means you have decided to study professionally, rather than as an amateur; so being a student is now your profession for at least the next four years.
This involves a change of attitude in many ways. Now, instead of taking several subjects, you have chosen one major subject because you find it interesting and worth exploring further. You also have before you the goal of getting a degree. The degree and the stages you have to pass through to achieve it give you motivation. You are no longer forced to stay in school all day, and apart from your class time, you organize your own time and place for studying.
Another change is in the relationship with those who teach you. You are there to study actively rather than to be taught passively. Your teachers may or may not urge you, but they do want you to share their interest in the subject and they want you to succeed. If you get work back with a poorer mark than you expected and with various criticisms, don’t feel discouraged by this; if you don’t understand what is wrong and how to improve, ask your teacher to explain and don’t be satisfied until you do understand.
Professionalism involves training and practicing. Some activities, like reading, note-taking, speaking and discussing are basic to studying. Make sure you can do these effectively. You have to use time well, and practice to improve your skills.
Effective reading is part of your training. Since it is a learned skill we can change the way we did since in primary school and relearn it. Learn how to read fast—how to read with your eyes rather than your throat, how to ignore words like “of” and “the”, and how to keep what you read.
You take notes in class for yourself, not for anyone else, so make your notes easy to read, economical and pleasing to the eye. Vary the arrangement on the page to suit the material (diagrams, columns, underlining), use colored pens for different topics to catch the eye and make things stand out. Work out your own shorthand speedwriting.
Group discussions give you a chance to train your ability to express yourself. Don’t be the non-speaking member of the group. Take an active part in the discussion. In the future you are almost certainly going to have to be good at speaking, so get into the way of talking about your subject now. This is actually more fun than sitting being silently uncomfortable. Nobody will think what you say is foolish. Everyone will be thankful not to face embarrassed silence. 
第Ⅱ卷 (非选择题共35分)
第四部分写作(共两节，满分35分)
第一节任务型阅读(共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分)
认真阅读下列短文，并根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填入一个最恰当的单词。
注意：每个空格只填1个单词。请将答案写在答题卡相应题号的横线上。
A scientist once said that studying the stars from the earth is something like looking up at the sky from the bottom of a swimming pool. Even on the clearest night the earth’s dense atmosphere will dim stars in the sky as it screens out (遮挡) 30 percent of their light. Air turbulence (湍流) causes stars to winkle. Through a telescope, the stars seem to jump around dizzily (令人头晕眼花的) .
Because the moon has no atmosphere, astronomers are looking forward to setting up an observatory there. On the moon, there will be no clouds to obscure the view. The sky will appear dark at all times, so astronomers can work twenty-four hours a day. Because there is not air turbulence, the stars will steady through a telescope.
Because the moon is relatively near the earth, moon-based astronomers will see the stars in familiar patterns known on earth. They will not need new star maps of the sky. Stars seen from the moon will appear to move very slowly. Because the earth rotates (自转) on its axis once every twenty-four hours, earth-based astronomers see the stars hurry across the sky each night. The moon rotates on its axis only once a month. To astronomers on the moon, the stars will appear to stand almost still. Moon-based astronomers will have much more time to focus their telescopes and take time -- exposure photographs.
On the earth, man-made radio noises jam the airwaves and interfere with the reception of radio signals from certain stars. A radio telescope located on the far side of the moon will be permanently protected from such interference.
It won't be easy to put telescopes on the moon. However, astronomers are certain the job can be done. They are convinced that the moon is an ideal place to set up an observatory.
Title: The Reasons for establishing an observatory on the moon
| Main Comparison |
Context |
| Different 76. _____ |
There is very 77. ______ atmosphere on the moon. |
| On the earth, air turbulence causes stars to twinkle like 78. ______. |
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| Different 79. _____ |
On the moon, the sky will seem to be in 80. ______. |
| Because of clouds, there is a 81.______ view from the earth. |
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| Different 82. _____ |
Earth-based astronomers see stars move very 83. ______. |
| Stars are seen on the moon to move at a very low 84. ______. |
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| In contrast |
The moon is 85. ______ to be an ideal place to set up an observatory. |
根据所读内容在文章后图表中的空格里填入最恰当的单词。注意：每空1个单词。
Unique Tradition from UK
Boxing Day
This holiday, which is observed on December 26, is a unique part of the Christmas season in Great Britain, as well as other Commonwealth nations. Boxing Day comes from a tradition that began in the Middle Ages more than 800 years ago. On this day, English churches would open their ‘alms box’ and distribute its contents to needy members of the community. It was also a day for servants to celebrate the holidays with their families, having usually worked the day before. Today, Boxing Day is one of the twenty-two paid holidays received by most working Brits. Most people now spend Christmas Day with their family and reserve Boxing Day for exchanging gifts with friends. Although the government shuts down for the day, cinemas and theatres are open.
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In the United States, if you make it to the ripe old age of 101 or 102, Willard Scott will wish you happy birthday on national television. In England, the queen herself will send her congratulations. This fairly new custom is known as "the Queen’s Telegram" and assures centenarians (people at least 100 years old) that they will receive a birthday telegram from the queen on their one-hundredth birthday. The telegram is so longed for by some Brits that one 98-year-old woman was recently proven to have faked her age by two years just to receive the telegram.
High Tea
High tea was first enjoyed by the English working class during the 1700s. This ritual (仪式) began as a practical attempt to hold off hunger pains between breakfast and supper, as eating just two daily meals was common at the time. It was called “high” tea because it was usually taken sitting on top stools in a tea shop or standing at a counter or buffet table. Today, high tea has become a more elegant and popular tradition that is practiced in fine hotels and restaurants around the world.
Public Houses
Visiting a pub is one of Britain’s oldest forms of entertainment. The idea for the first public houses was brought to Britain thousands of years ago by conquering Roman army. The first pubs served only wine, but after the discovery of hops（啤酒花） in the fourteenth century, pubs began to serve mainly beer and ale（麦芽酒）, as they do today.
British pubs operate between 11 a.m. and 11 p.m. every day except Sunday, when they must close at 10:30 p.m. The drinking age in Britain is eighteen, but fourteen-year-olds may enter a pub unaccompanied if they order a meal.
Unique Tradition from UK
| Traditions |
Time |
Main Activities |
| Boxing Day |
Observed on Dc.26 during the (71)______ season. |
In the past, churches would open their “alms box”, with its contents (72)_______ to needy people. Today it is reserved to (73)_____gifts with friends. |
| Queen’s Telegram |
(74)______by the Queen when one has his or her 100th birthday. |
People over 100 years will receive a birthday telegram from the queen herself on her birthday, enjoying the Queen’s (75)_____ to them. |
| High Tea |
Enjoyed and practiced between breakfast and supper. |
It (76)______to be taken sitting in a tea shop, or standing at a corner. Today it’s becoming a tradition (77)_____ in the hotels and restaurants worldwide. |
| Public Houses |
Visited between 11 a.m. and 11 p.m. every day (78)______Sunday. |
At the (79)______, only wine was served, but today they mainly serve beer and ale, but people (80)_____than eighteen are not allowed to drink. |
三. 任务型阅读
请认真阅读下列短文，并根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填入最恰当的单词。
注意：每空一词
Advantages and disadvantages of private cars
With the fantastic spur (刺激) both in industry and in economy in China, the number of people who own private cars is on the rise. Some people have bought cars of their own, and others are planning to buy cars. But there have been two quite different views on this phenomenon.
Some claim that there are many advantages brought about by cars. First, the automobile industry provides jobs for countless workers and strong support for other industries. Second, if conditions permit, owning a car can make us work more efficiently. Finally, life will become more convenient. A car allows one to move freely and with a car there is no need to wait for the bus in the cold or under the burning sun.
However, others strongly object to the increase in developing private cars. They hold that automobiles will give rise to a series of problems. In the first place, as more and more cars are produced and run in the street, a large volume of poisonous gas will be given off, polluting the atmosphere and causing actual harm to the health of people. Next, private cars contribute to traffic congestion (拥塞) so greatly that the advantages gained in comfort and freedom are often cancelled out by the frustration （挫折）caused by traffic jams. The last problem is the increasing number of car accidents that have killed and will kill a lot of people in a friction of a second.
In my opinion, although automobiles have been playing a vital part in the daily activities of our society, they also bring us numerous troubles such as more serious environmental pollution, more traffic accidents and more energy consumption. They drink up huge amounts of fuel and throw out huge amounts of pollutants. Traffic accidents kill thousands and thousands of people each year and cripple more. Jams waste our precious time. Therefore I am against developing private cars.
| With the number of people who own private cars ___1____, more and more people are planning to buy cars. But there are quite different ____2____ on this phenomenon. |
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| advantages |
First, it can ____3____more jobs ____4___, Owing a car makes us work more efficiently. Finally, life will be more convenient and it is ____5___ to wait for the bus in the cold or under the burning sun. |
| ____6 ____ |
First, more and more cars will __7____ off lots of poisonous gas which is ___8____ to the health of people. Next, more cars can lead to traffic congestion Last, a lot of people can be ____9____ in the car accidents. |
| Author’s opinion |
The author __10____ to developing private cars. |
In the winter of 1964, the Beatles, a British musical, packed up their electric guitars, drum kits, and rebellious ways and set off for America.
Two days later, more than seventy million people watched the group perform four of their hit songs on the Ed Sullivan Show. This was sixty percent of the American television audience. Here the Beatles sing one of those songs, "I Want to Hold Your Hand."
The Beatles soon had the top five hit songs on the Billboard singles chart. Millions of fans became infected with Beatlemania. They rushed to stores to buy Beatles albums, wigs, clothes, dolls and lunch boxes.
The Beatles recorded more than twenty number one hits in America. A Beatles song was almost always at the top of the charts until the group's next hit replaced it. They played to more than fifty thousand fans at large sports stadiums. And they filmed several movies that made millions of dollars.
The Beatles were influenced by American singers including Chuck Berry, Buddy Holly and Little Richard. Yet the group's music sounded completely new and different. The Beatles wrote more than two hundred songs that revolutionized American popular music.
In addition, young people saw the Beatles as spokesmen for their generation. They copied the band members' long hair and free-spirited ways. The band became so popular that in 1966 John Lennon said they were more popular than Jesus Christ.
Soon other musicians began writing their own music the way John Lennon and Paul McCartney wrote the Beatles songs.
Many other British groups followed the Beatles to America. This was known as the "British Invasion." They included the Dave Clark Five, the Kinks and the Rolling Stones.
The Rolling Stones called themselves the "World's Greatest Rock and Roll Band." The Stones first performed across America in 1964. This song was the group's first Top 40 hit in the United States.
In the spring of 1970, the Beatles released "Let it Be." But their fans were not celebrating. This was the last studio album the Beatles recorded as a group. It tells the story of the band's break up.
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Events |
| 1964 |
Get everything |
| After arriving in USA |
Over half of American TV audience watched their |
| In America |
1. They 2. They played a lot to many fans; 3. They filmed movies. |
| 1966 |
Although American singers had |
| 1970 |
The last group album “Let it be” was |
第五部分任务型阅读（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
请认真阅读下面短文，并根据所读内容在文章后图表中的空格里填入最恰当的单词。注意：每空只能填1个单词。
A long story about people is usually called a novel. It can be about any kind of man, woman, or child. It can be about kings, or Chicago newsboys, or housewives. The French writer, Victor Hugo, wrote his novel Les Miserables about a poor man who stole a loaf of bread. The American writer, Ernest Hemingway, wrote A Farewell to Arms about a young American with the Italian Army in World War One.
A novel can tell the story of any kind of action, over any period of time. The modern Irish writer, James, Joyce, covers less than twenty- four hours in Ulysses. Yet, Joyce takes a thousand pages to tell all that happens from the time one man gets up in the morning until he goes to bed early the next morning. A German writer, Herman Hesse, uses only one hundred and fifty pages in his novel Demian to cover a boy’s life from the age of ten until he becomes a young man.
A novel does not just tell the things that people do. It also tells why they do them. The Badge of Courage, by the American novelist, Stephen Crane, tells about a young soldier in the War between the states who runs away the first time he is in battle. The book shows why he acted as he did. It describes his mental suffering until he overcomes his fears.
People buy novels because they enjoy reading about other people. The novel satisfies the human desire to know and understand our fellow creatures.
The 76._________ of the novel
| 77. __________ |
A long story about people |
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| Character |
79. _________ of any kind |
Les Miserables is about a poor man who stole 81____ |
| A farewell to Arms is about a young American with the Italian Army. |
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| Time |
Over any period of time |
82. ____ covers less than 24 hours. |
| 83. ____ covers a boy’s life from ten until he is a young man. |
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| 78. _____ |
Things and 80 _____ for doing them. |
The Badge of Courage 84 _______ a young soldier’s mental suffering. |
| Purpose |
Satisfy the human desire to 85 ______others. . |
阅读下面短文，根据所读内容在表格中的空白处填入恰当的单词。注意：每个空格只填一个单词，并请将答案写在答题纸上。
In a memory – based competition between you and a chimp (猩猩); who do you think would win? If you put yourself on top, you might want to guess again.
In a test that challenged participants to remember numbers, a young chimp performed better than Japanese college students.
Here's how the test worked. At Kyoto University in Japan, human students and chimpanzee participants sat in front of a computer. Five numbers, ranging from 1 to 9, were combined with one another and then, they appeared at random places on the screen.
The numbers stayed on the screen for less than a second. In the first test, for example, participants saw the numbers for 650 milliseconds (about two- thirds of a second).
Then, each number disappeared and they saw a white square instead. Participants had to touch the squares in numerical order, based on the numbers that had been there a moment before.
In this test, the students touched the boxes in the correct order about 80 percent of the time. A young chimp named Ayumu performed equally well.
During a harder test, participants were only able to see the numbers for 210 milliseconds.
This time, students only succeeded in putting the boxes in the correct order about 40 percent of the time. But Ayumu still could select the boxes in the right order nearly 80 percent of the time.
Some people have what's called a "photographic memory", which allows them to remember a surprising number of details after just a quick look at something. Ayumu's memory might work in a similar way, says lead researcher Tetsuro Matsuzawa.
The chimp's young age might have something to do with his impressive performance, too. In previous tests, the Japanese researchers found that young chimps performed better than their mothers.
The scientists are interested to see whether Ayumu loses his strong memory as he arrows older. They already know that young children sometimes have sharp memories when offered something photographical, but they lose this ability over time.
| Topic |
A memory-based competition between human beings and chimps |
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To judge whose memory is better |
| The ( of the first test |
◆A chimp and some Japanese students participated in the ( ◆Different combinations of five numbers appeared on the screen. ◆Each of the number was ( |
| The results of the second test |
◆Students ( ◆Ayumu got the right order ( |
| Conclusion |
◆Some people have “photographic memory”, ( ◆The chimps have the similar ( ◆Young children, just like chimps, have strong memory but they’ll lose it when they ( |
任务型阅读: 下面的五个人都想找房子,以下各题是他们的个人情况介绍.阅读所给出的六则广告简介(A---F).选出符合个人需要的最佳选项.选项中有一项是多余的.
__Mr. and Mrs. Robinson have four children. They haven't got a car, so they want to live downtown. They can pay $500 a month, but they can't pay more than that.
Mr. Smith has been retired and he is alone. He is now not in good health. He wants a house in the country which is very quiet and near to see the doctor.
__The Williams are very rich, and they want to find a clean and comfortable house. They have a lot of friends and often invite them to spend the weekend in their house.
__ Mrs. White has a young daughter who is only seven years old, but she doesn't want to spend too much time sending her child to school. And she also likes a house near a park or the forest.
__ Mr. Jackson is a truck driver and he has two children, one of whom has a car and is going to get married. So they want to find a house where they can park their car and truck easily.
A: A small house in the country, two miles from a village but near a hospital, 450 dollars a month. Call 821-7146 for an evening or Sunday appointment.
B: Now available at Franklin Park, one block from a primary school. Two bedrooms at $225. Utilities included except electricity. One month's deposit(押金）required.
C: A flat of 120 square meters, with three bedrooms, a bathroom and a kitchen is in a building on New Street, which is not far from the center of the city. In each bedroom there is a bed, a sofa, a desk and two chairs. The rent is $480 per month. Five or six buses take you straight to the school, the hospital, the supermarket, and the train station.
D: Nice modern apartment with nine bedrooms, a swimming pool and lovely gardens, start Jan. 1, partly furnished, with water and dryer, central air conditioning, 1800 dollars a month.
E: A house available for rent-furnished. Street Croix, Virgin, pool, wide ocean view. No buses but a parking lot nearby, $200 weekly. November--April. SR Box Y---680.
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Throw the bottles and boxes of drugs out of your house. A new theory suggests that medicine could be bad for your health, which should at least come as good news to people who cannot afford to buy expensive medicine. This new theory argues that healing is at our fingertips: we can be healthy by doing Yoga on a regular basis.
Supporters of medical treatment argue that medicine should be trusted since it is effective and scientifically proven. They say that there is no need for spiritual methods such as Yoga. These waste our time, something which is quite precious in our material world. There is medicine that can kill our pain, x-rays that show us our bones or MRI that scans our brain for tumors.
We must admit that t
hese methods are very effective in the examples that they provide. However, there are some “everyday complaints” such as back pains, headaches, insomnia, which are treated currently with medicine. When you have a headache, you take an Aspirin; when you cannot sleep, you take Xanax without thinking of the side effects of these. When you use these pills for a long period, you become addicted to them; you cannot sleep without
them. We pay huge amounts of money and become addicted instead of getting better. How about a safer and more economical way of healing? When doing Yoga, you do not need anything except your energy so it is very economical. Its popularity has spread particularly throughout America and Western Europe. In quantum (量子) physics, energy is recognized as the fundamental substance which the universe consists of. Yoga depends on the energy within our bodies. It is a simple and effective way of restoring the energy flow. There are no side effects and it is scientifically explained.
Opponents of alternative healing methods also claim that serious illnesses such as HIV/AIDS and cancer cannot be treated without drugs. They think so because these patients spend the rest of their lives in the hospital taking medicine. How can Yoga make these people healthy again? It is very unfortunate that these patients have to live in the hospital losing their hair because of chemotherapy (化疗), losing weight because of the side effects of the medicine they take. Actually, it is common knowledge that except for when the cancer is recognized at an early stage, drugs also cannot treat AIDS or cancer. Most of the medicines these patients use are to ease their pain and their sufferings. Instead of drugs which are expensive and have many side effects, you can use your energy to overcome the hardships of life, find an emotional balance, leave the stress of everyday 
life and let go of the everyday worries. We should definitely start learning Yoga and avoid illnesses before it is too late.
| Title: Health and Healing at Your Fingertips |
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| (1) ▲ to a new theory |
A new theory argues that doing Yoga (2) ▲ can keep people healthy while medicine might do (3) ▲ to people’s health. |
| Support of medical treatment |
● People should (4) ▲ medicine as it is very useful for killing pain. ● Medicine is effective and scientifically proven while Yuga is a kind of spiritual method and doing Yoga is only a (5) ▲ of time. ● Illnesses (6) ▲ HIV/AIDS and cancer can only be treated with drugs. |
| Support of Yoga |
● Doing Yoga is safer and not as (7) ▲ as taking medicine. ● Most of the medicines that patients with some (8) ▲ diseases use are to ease their pain and their sufferings but can not cure them. ● Yoga has no side effects and also there is a 9) ▲ explanation. It can restore the energy flow in people’s bodies, which can (10) ▲ our emotions, control thoughts, o  vercome the hardships of life, leave the stress of everyday life and let go of the everyday worries. |
It’s known to us all that elephants are the biggest animals on land.
There are two kinds of elephants: African elephants and Indian elephants. The African elephant has a round head and very big ears. It has long teeth. Each of them can be as long as 3.4 meters and as heavy as 103 kilograms. African elephants live in forests in Africa. They eat leaves, roots and fruits. Indian elephants are smaller than African elephants. They are found in forests in India, Malaysia and some other countries in South Asia. They live on grass. They can be trained to do a lot of heavy work and amuse(逗乐)people.
An African elephant lives as long as a man does. But an Indian elephant does not live that long.
Title: _____________——Biggest Animals on Land
| Differences |
Similarities (相似点) |
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| African elephants |
eating leaves, living longer |
The biggest animals living in Africa or India. |
| Indian elephants |
living on grass being trained to do much |
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