Ⅱ 语言知识及应用 (共两节，满分35分)
第一节 完形填空 (共10小题；每小题2分，满分20分)
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从21—30各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
It is the duty of every man to work. The lazy man wastes his time, and his 21 is of no use to himself or to others. The man who is too lazy to work is the man who is 22 most ready to beg or to steal. Everyone when he is young should learn some useful work.
But it is not 23 that one should learn some kind of work. He should work hard, and not waste his spare minutes or half hours. “Work while you work and play while you play” is as good a 24 for young people as for old.
There is no 25 aid to diligence than the habit of early rising, and this, like all other good habits, and must make easily 26 in youth.
There is an English saying “Lost time never returns”. This 27 that everybody must be diligent, and must make good use of his time. One must study hard when he is young, so that he may succeed in his 28 and become useful to his country.
I have 29 heard that those who are diligent will become beggars, but I know that lazy fellows will become beggars. Therefore, I should say that diligence is the 30 of success.
21. A. work B. life C. body D. idea
22. A. likely B. rarely C. generally D. luckily
23. A. true B. enough C. effective D. difficult
24. A. lesson B. advice C. instruction D. rule
25. A. better B. other C. more D. less
26. A. gained B. grown C. existed D. formed
27. A. means B. shows C. illustrates D. suggests
28. A. childhood B. study C. life D. youth
29. A. often B. always C. sometimes D. never
30. A. way B. road C. mother D. father
答案：21-25 BCBDA 26-30 DACDC
解析：21. B。既然是浪费时间，那么变得没意义的东西就是他的生命。22. C。likely和rarely不能与most ready搭配，而luckily与之前的too lazy意思相左，所以选generally最合适。23. B。根据后文的“work hard, and not waste his spare minutes”可知仅仅是learn some kind of work是不够的。24. D。无论老少，这样做是一种准则(rule)，但这不能算是教导(instruction)或是建议(advice)。25. A。因为是good habit，所以前面合理的说法应该是：没有更好的(no better)。26. D。要选与habit搭配的动词form。27. A。解释前一句话的意思，用means。28. C。年轻时努力，生命中(in his life)变成功。29. D。通过前后两分句的转折关系可看到前面应该用否定形式。30. C。勤奋是成功的前提，也就是“mother of success”。
第二节 语法填空 (共10小题，每小题1.5分，满分15分)
阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空，并将答案填写在答题卡标号为31～40的相应位置上。
You may be in a hurry to get your software released(发行) to the masses and start making lots of money, but if you fail to have it tested first 31 you release it, you are asking for trouble. Using a software testing service may delay the release of your software, but it will keep you 32 getting into trouble.
A testing service is 33 that will test your software 34 look for bugs(漏洞,缺陷). This will help to ensure that the software program is working 35 (proper) before it is released. 36 good reason to use a testing service is that they can detect problems 37 can result in damages to a company by the software.
So if you are starting 38 own software designing company, do not skip this step. When you finally get to release your new software, you want to be able to know without a doubt that it is the 39 (good) software that it can be. It can make the difference between making and 40 (break) your software development business.
答案：31. before 32. from 33. one 34. and 35. properly 36. Another 37. that/which 38. your 39. best 40. breaking
解析：31. have it tested和you lease it存在的是时间上的先后关系，根据短文可以判断用before。 32. 从本句中的but可以判断出，using a software testing肯定是有益的，但getting into trouble所表达的意思显然不是“有益”而是“有麻烦”，要改变它的意思，需要在其之前加from，“keep…from…”表示“使…没有/不会”。 33. 根据主句的结构，用one来代替a service。34. 动词“test”和“look for”是并列关系，用and连接。 35. 修饰动词working需要用副词。 36. 前面已经提到了一个原因(即help to ensure…)，这里要讲的是另一个原因。 37. that或which引导定语从句，用以说明testing service能够检查到什么类型的问题。 38. 根据主语(you)可知要用your。 39. 根据空格前的定完冠词the就知道要用最高级形式best。40. 考查介词短语的用法。between…and…连接的是两个并列的结构，而与前面making相对应的应该是breaking。
Ⅲ 阅读 (共两节，满分40分)
第一节 阅读理解 (共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分)
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A
This was no ordinary class. The students who came together were all science or engineering professors at Cornell University. They had interrupted their research to accept an invitation to take part in an unusual experiment: “an interesting week of poetry.” This class was part of a study to answer the questions: Why is science difficult for many nonscience students? What can teachers learn about teaching if they take a class that is not in their field?
The students in the poetry class listened to lectures and took notes. They had reading tasks and had to write three short papers. All students noticed one thing—the importance of spoken words. In science and engineering classes, the instructors put tables and drawings on the blackboard. But in this poetry class, the instructors just talked. They didn’t write anything on the board.
The scientists and engineers noticed one similarity between science and poetry. In both subjects, students need to find layers(层次) of meaning. Some layers are simple, clean, and on the surface; other layers are deeper and more difficult. This search for different levels of meaning doesn’t happen much in undergraduate(本科) science classes, but it is important later, in graduate school. And it is always important in humanities(人文科学).
Both the poetry instructors and their students learned something about teaching from this experience. One poetry instructor, for example, now sees the importance of using informative as he teaches. Most of the scientists agreed on several points. First, humanities classes might help science students to see patterns and decide which information is important. Second, the poetry class was fun. One engineer decided, “We need to change the way we teach engineering to make it an enjoyable experience for students.”
But perhaps the most important result of the experience was this: All of the professors began to think about how they teach and how they can teach better.
41. Which of the following statements is TRUE?
A. Students in a science class don’t have to take notes.
B. Spoken words are quite important in a poetry class.
C. In humanities classes, teachers don’t write anything on blackboard.
D. In science classes, teachers use lots of tables and drawing but not words.
42. What do we know about this unusual class?
A. The teachers did lots of writing on the board
B. The teachers were invited to attend several lectures.
C. The students were professors from a university
D. The students were studying science and humanities.
43. The experiment was designed to find out
A. how to teach the students in the science class
B. whether poetry is difficult for science students
C. what to be taught in the humanities class
D. why many humanities students find science hard.
44. Finding levels of meaning is .
A. important for graduate students in humanities
B. difficult for graduate students in humanities
C. common for undergraduate students in science
D. easy for undergraduate students in science.
45. What did the science professors learn after the experiment?
A. They should change the way they teach
B. A poem could be explained in clear definitions.
C. A poetry class could be more informative.
D. Their teaching was an enjoyable experience.
答案：41—45 BCDAA
解析：41. B。可通过第2段的语句“in the poetry class…All students noticed one thing—the importance of spoken words”来判断。 42. C。细节理解。参考文章第二句“The students who came together were all science or engineering professors at Cornell University”。 43. D。细节理解。参考文章中的“This class was part of a study to answer the questions: Why is science difficult for many nonscience students?” 44. A。细节判断题。文中有这样的表述：“This search for different levels of meaning…is important…in humanities”。 45. A。参考倒数第二段最后一句。
B
Runners in a relay(接力) race pass a stick in one direction. However, merchants passed silk, gold, fruit, and glass along the Silk Road in more than one direction. They earned their living by traveling the famous Silk Road.
The Silk Road was not a simple trading network. It passed through thousands of cities and towns. It started from eastern China, across Central Asia and the Middle East, and ended in the Mediterranean Sea. It was used from about 200 B.C. to about 1300 A.D., when sea travel offered new routes(路线). It was sometimes called the world’s longest highway. However, the Silk Road was made up of many routes, not one smooth path. They passed through what are now 18 countries. The routes crossed mountains and deserts and had many dangers of hot sun, deep snow and even battles. Only experienced traders could return safe.
The Silk Road got its name from its most prized product. Silk could be used like money to pay taxes or buy goods. But the traders carried more than just silk. Gold, silver, and glass from Europe were much found in the Middle East and Asia. Horses traded from other areas changed farming practices in China. Indian merchants traded salt and other valuable goods. Chinese merchants traded paper, which produced an immediate effect on the West. Apples traveled from central Asia to Rome. The Chinese had learned to graft(嫁接) different trees together to make new kinds of fruit. They passed this science on to others, including the Romans. The Romans used grafting to grow the apple. Trading along the Silk Road led to world-wide business 2,000 years before the World Wide Web.
The people along the Silk Road did not share just goods. They also shared their beliefs. The Silk Road provided pathways for learning, diplomacy(外交), and religion (宗教).
46. It’s probable that traders along the Silk Road needed .
A. to remember the entire trade route B. to know the making of products
C. to receive certain special training D. to deal with a lot of difficulties
47. The Silk Road became less important because .
A. it was made up of different routes B. silk trading became less popular
C. sea travel provided easier routes D. people needed fewer foreign goods
48. What does the underlined part in Paragraph 3 refer to?
A. Silk. B. A trading network.
C. The world’s longest highway. D. Goods.
49. New technologies could travel along the Silk Road because people .
A. learned from one another B. shared each other’s beliefs
C. traded goods along the route D. earned their living by traveling
50. What is the best title for the passage?
A. The Silk Road: Past and Present B. The Silk Road: East Meets West
C. The Silk Road: Routes Full of Dangers D. The Silk Road: Pathways for Learning
答案：46—50 DCAAB
解析：46. D。推理判断题。根据第二段中的“…crossed mountains and deserts and had many dangers of… ”可知。47. D。推理判断。根据文中的描述“used from about 200 B.C. to about 1300 A.D., when sea travel offered new routes”可知，1300A.D.之后，人们更少的使用它了，最主要还是因为它“had many dangers”，而人们采用sea travel的原因，不难猜出是因为它没那么多危险。48. A。其后就讲到了silk的种种用途，所以这部分内容所指的肯定也是silk。49. A。根据“The Chinese had learned…The Romans used grafting…”可知中西方互相学习才会促成new technologies的传递。50. B。本文描述的是Silk Road连接东方和西方间的贸易、文化、技术等交流，选B项合文意。
C
Did you know that women’s brains are smaller than men’s? The average women’s brain weighs 10% less than men’s. Since research has shown that the bigger the brain, the cleverer the animal, men must be more intelligent(聪明的) than women. Right? Wrong. Men and women always score similarly on intelligence tests, despite the difference in brain size. Why? After years of study, researchers have concluded that it’s what’s inside that matters, not just the size of the brain. The brain consists of “grey matter” and “white matter”. While men have more of the latter, the amount of “thinking” brain is almost exactly the same in both sexes.
It has been suggested that smaller brain appears to work faster, perhaps because the two sides of the brain are better connected in women. This means that little girls tend to learn to speak earlier, and that women can understand sorts of information from different sources at the same time. When it comes to talking to the boss on the phone, cooking dinner and keeping an eye on the baby all at the same time, it’s women who come out on top every time.
There are other important differences between two sexes. As white matter is the key to spatial(空间的) tasks, men know better where things are in relation to other things. “A great footballer always knows where he is in relation to the other players, and he knows where to go,” says one researcher. That may explain one of life’s great mysteries: why men refuse to ask for directions…and women often need to!
The differences begin when fetuses(胎儿) are about nine weeks old, which can be seen in the action of children as young as one. A boy would try to climb a barrier (障碍物) before him or push it down while a girl would attract help from others. These brain differences also explain the fact that more men take up jobs that require good spatial skills, while more women speech skills. It may all go back to our ancestors(祖先), among whom women needed speech skills to take care of their babies and men needed spatial skills to hunt, according to one research.
If all this disappoints you, it shouldn’t. “The brain changes throughout our lives according to what we do with it.” says a biologist.
51. The passage mainly tells us ________.
A. the difference between men’s and women’s brains
B. the changes in brain throughout our lives
C. that men are better at spatial tasks
D. that brain differences are related to our ancestors
52. Which of the following is true according to the first paragraph?
A. Women’s brain is 10% less than men’s
B. Grey matter plays the same role as white matter.
C. Grey matter controls thinking in the brain.
D. Both sexes have the same amount of white matter.
53. What can we infer from the second and third paragraphs?
A. Women prefer doing many things at a time.
B. Men do better dealing with one job at a time.
C. Women do not need to tell directions.
D. Men have weaker spatial abilities.
54. Which of the following do you agree with according to the fourth paragraph?
A. Young boys may be stronger than young girls.
B. More women take up jobs requiring speech skills
C. Women may have stronger feelings than men.
D. Our ancestors needed more spatial skills.
60. What is the writer’s attitude in writing this passage?
A. Defensive. B. Persuasive. C. Supportive. D. Objective.
答案：51—55 ACBBD
解析：51. A。本文写的是男女大脑的不同以及由此出现的男女在各方面的不同特点。52. C。本题关键是要理解文中几个词的所指。“The brain consists of “grey matter” and “white matter”. While men have more of the latter, the amount of “thinking” brain is almost exactly the same in both sexes.”其中，the latter指的是white matter，而“thinking brain”指的就是grey matter。53. B。根据文中所述，“When it comes to…all at the same time, it’s women who come out on top every time”，女人在同时做多种事情时有优势，而男的显然做不好这一点，只能每次做一件事。注意选项B中的better并不等于better than woman。54. B。细节判断题。通过倒数第二段的“more men take up jobs that require good spatial skills, while more women speech skills.”一句可以得出结论。55. D。从文章中看不出作者有任何偏颇之处。
第二节 信息匹配 (共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分)
阅读下列应用文及相关信息，并按照要求匹配信息。请在答题卡上将对应题号的相应选项字母涂黑。
请阅读下列广告的信息:
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F. The autumn color along Oregon’s coast must be amazing right now. Run down there and have a look for us, would you? The Oregon Coast includes 362 miles of rainforest, sand dunes, basalt headlands and tidal pools. It has all the ingredients for your perfect getaway: beachcombing, storm-watching, whale-watching or simply cozying up in a bed and breakfast. Bring your camera and join us!
请阅读以下度假者的信息，然后匹配度假者和适合他们的度假地点。
56．John Smith and his wife are thinking about taking his parents out for a weekend. Mr. Smith’s parents are about 70. They love to sit under the sunshine on a quiet summer, either for reading or for nothing. The Smiths just want to get away from the traffic jam in the city and enjoy a peaceful afternoon in the countryside.
57．Andersons are planning their coming holiday. They’d like to drive to some nearby tourist sites and spend 2 or 3 days there. Both of them love fishing and swimming. The wife suggests they take their son to the sea when he becomes older. Their six-year-old son shows interest in fishing too.
58．Alice and her friends love camping. They have already camped in many places. They enjoy being in the wild, picking wildflowers and watching birds. But Alice, as an immigrant from English, likes to find out something about Native Americans in the coming vacation.
59．Timmy and his friends want to have a holiday at the seashore. However, Timmy has a dog. He has to take it with him as he cannot find somebody to take care of it.
60．Jack is a photographer and a person of nature too. These days he’s considering to visit a place and take some pictures there of the coming autumn.
答案：56-60 ADEBF
Ⅳ 写作(共两节，满分40分)
第一节 基础写作 (共1小题，满分15分)
下面是香港歌手张学友广州演唱会的宣传海报。
“好久不见”演唱会
歌 手： 张学友(Jacky Cheung)
地 点: 广州天河体育馆
时 间： 4月25日晚
演唱会主题：好久不见
演唱曲目： “好久不见”“吻别”“如果·爱”等28首新老歌曲
票价(人民币): 1200元 ，800元，500元，200元
售票地址: 广州东风路9883号
订票热线: 020-38386543
观众将有机会获得张学友亲笔签名照一张!
[写作内容]
现在，你要用英语将海报内容介绍给一位很喜欢香港歌手张学友的美国朋友，介绍的内容需包括海报内的所有内容。
[写作要求]
只能使用5个句子表达全部的内容；
[评分标准]
结构的准确性、内容的完整性和篇章的连贯性。
参考答案：
Hong Kong singer Jacky Cheung will hold a concert called “Long Time No See” at Tianhe Stadium of Guangzhou on the evening of April 25. In this concert he will sing his new and old songs, including “Long Time No See”, “Kiss Goodbye”, “If · Love” and etc. The concert tickets are sold at 1200 yuan, 800 yuan, 500 yuan and 200 yuan. You can buy the ticket at No. 9883 Dongfeng Road, Guangzhou City or call 020-38386543 to book one. And the audience may have the chance to receive a photo of Jacky’s with his personal signature!
第二节 读写任务 （共1小题；满分25分）
阅读下面短文，然后按照要求写一篇150词左右的英语短文。
It seemed no one cared about Steve, a twelve-year-old boy with alcoholic parents. In spite of his reading skills, he had been failing exams since first grade. Steve went unnoticed... until Miss White.
Miss White was a smiling, young, beautiful redhead, and Steve was in love! For the first time in his young life, he couldn’t take his eyes off his teacher; yet, still he failed. He never did his homework, and he was always in trouble with Miss White. His heart would break under her sharp words, and when he was punished for failing to turn in his homework, he felt just miserable! Still, he did not study.
Until one day, Miss White talked to him, “Steve! Please! I care about you!”
Suddenly, Steve understood! Someone cared about him!
From that moment nothing was the same for Steve. Life at home remained the same, but life still changed. He discovered that not only could he learn, but he was good at it!
After high-school Steve joined the Navy, and he had a successful military career. During that time, he met the love of his life, he raised a family, and he graduated from a college. Later he became a professor in a nearby college
You see, it’s simple, really. A change took place within the heart of one boy, all because of one teacher, who cared.
[写作内容]
有一英国网站正在征集以“My Teachers and Me”为主题的故事，请按以下要求写一篇发生在你与你的老师之间的故事：
1) 以约30个词概括短文的要点；
2) 然后以约120个词写一篇记叙文，并包括如下要点：
①叙述你老师对你影响深远的真实或虚构的故事；
②你遇到问题时，你的老师如何帮你解决；
③你的老师对你产生了什么影响？
[写作要求]
可以参照阅读材料的篇章结构，组织故事，但不得直接引用原文中的句子。
[评分标准]
概括准确、语言规范、内容合适，篇章连贯。
参考答案：
Steve wasn’t interested in studying because he believed no one cared about him until he met Miss White. It was her care instead of her criticism and punishment that changed Steve’s whole life.
This reminded me of my mathematics teacher Mr. Zhang, one that I particularly liked and respected in my junior school years.
I was doing poorly in mathematics at that time. As a result, I was always feeling down. However, after each test, Mr. Zhang would always announce in class that I had made some progress. Of course, every time I would feel a little embarrassed, and pleased too. And I would make up my mind to work harder in future in order not to disappoint my teacher. So, after one year, I really made amazing progress in that subject. It was Mr. Zhang’s praise that helped me make it. His encouragement changed my life at school and will influence me all my life. I’ve come to realize that I can do anything well as long as I don’t lose heart.
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