第Ⅰ卷（选择题，共95分）
第一部分 英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）
第一节 单项填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
1. What’s the , in your opinion, of helping him if he doesn’t make an effort to help himself?
A. sympathy B. theme C. object D. point
2. Graduation is a good time to thank those who have helped you the tough years.
A. through B. up C. with D. from
3. —Can you help me to translate it into English?
— .
A. Never mind. B. With pleasure.
C Yes, that’s right. D. No, thanks.
4. It is widely acknowledged that students should be in terms of overall quality.
A. supported B. matched C. evaluated D. controlled
5. The palace caught fire three times in the last century, and little of the original building now.
A. remains B. is remained
C. is remaining D. has been remained
6. You have been to Singapore, for you know so much about the local customs.
A, must B. should C. need D. can
7. in painting, John didn’t notice evening approaching.
A. To absorb B. To be absorbed C. Absorbed D. Absorbing
8. Having checked the doors were closed, and all the lights were off, the boy opened the door to his bedroom.
A. why B. that C. when D. where
9. Though the teacher asked a very difficult question, Tom up with a very good answer immediately.
A. put B. kept C. came D. caught
10. It was sad to me that they, so poor themselves, bring me food
A. might B. would C. should D. could
11. I wasn’t sure if he was really interested or if he polite.
A. was just being B. will just be C. had just been D. would just be
12. the morning train, he would not have been late for the meeting.
A. Did he catch B. Should he catch
C. Has he caught D. Had he caught
13. basic first-aid skills, according to the expert, will help people respond effectively to emergencies.
A. Known B. Having known C. Knowing D. Being known
14. A lot of language learning, has been discovered, is happening in the first year of life, so parents should talk much to their children during that period.
A. as B. it C. which D. this
15. --Tom, your foreign teacher speaks Chinese fluently!
--Oh, she has lived in China for six years; otherwise she such good Chinese.
A. didn’t speak B. would not have spoken
C. would not speak D. hadn’t spoken
第二节 完形填空（共20小题：每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，从16-30各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
Travelling alone can be a little frightening. However, this time is 16 . Last week, I had a holiday from work, but all my friends were occupied and none of them had the same 17 as mine. Such as it was, I still booked a train ride to Toronto and 18 a bed in a hotel for one week.
One week by myself? Would I be lonely? Would I be 19 ? Quite the opposite! In fact, there are many 20 that come from travelling alone. Firstly, I was able to do whatever I wanted. I enjoyed spending hours in museums that might have seemed 21 to some of my friends. I
walked all around the 22 , which some people may have found too exhausting. Instead of 23 someone else to remember 24 or to suggest activities to do, I discovered my independence and 25 map-reading skills that I didn’t know I had. I could 26 and go to sleep when I wanted. Being in the safe environment of a hotel with like-minded 27 also gives a great opportunity to meet new people from all over the world, which can help conquer 28 .
I found that there were also some disadvantages of travelling alone 29 the benefits. I missed having someone to talk to and to 30 ideas off. Experiences are often more enjoyable if they are 31 , and part of the fun of travelling is the 32 that you have with your friends or families afterwards. 33 , eating in a restaurant or cooking in the hotel alone is less fun.
I am very 34 of myself for travelling alone and I had a fantastic time in Toronto, I would rather be by myself than with someone who is lazy and 35 to deal with in the future!
16. A. different B. proper C. strange D. disappointing
17. A. work B. arrangement C. interest D. profession
18. A. bought B. made C. stripped D. reserved
19. A. tired B. delighted C bored D. amazed
20. A. benefits B. results C. effects D. accidents
21. A. private B. unique C. dissatisfying D. dull
22. A. hotel B. community C. city D. country
23. A. appealing to B. relying on C. waiting for D. finding out
24. A. constructions B. instructions C. destinations D. directions
25. A. recovered B. developed C. received D. refreshed
26. A. come out B bring back C. get up D. turn over
27. A. foreigners B. newcomers C. customers D. travelers
28. A. loneliness B. illness C. homesickness D. fear
29. A. rather than B. despite C. instead of D. except
30. A. switch B. break C. bounce D. set
31. A. shared B. explored C. shown D. experienced
32. A. guidelines B. plans C. opinions D. memories
33. A. However B. Gradually C. Additionally D. Altogether
34. A. aware B. proud C. fond D. ashamed
35. A. difficult B. rude C. stubborn D. silly
第二部分 阅读理解（共20小题：每小题2.5分，满分50分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
A
SIX-WEEK PROGRAM
All 6-week courses offered through Summer College are college-level courses. Students earn up to seven college credits (学分), Courses are offered in many areas of study and in two enrollment (登记) types: programs/courses that are only for Summer College students and programs/courses that are open to both Summer College students and students at Syracuse University (SU). Students are enrolled in two courses, with the exception of Architecture, due to the number of study hours. And the second course need to be chosen from the courses with the tag in the following table.
NAME OF PROGRAMS/COURSES
COURSES
OF CREDIT HOURS
SUMMER COLLEGE STUDENTS ONLY
Architecture
ARC 93
6
Yes
Engineering
(can be 2nd course)
ECS 125
3
3 or 4
Yes
No
Forensic Science-1
CHE 133
FSC 200
4
2
No
No
Law
(can be 2nd course)
LGL 100
3
3 or 4
Yes
No
Liberal Arts
30+ courses
3 or 4
No
Media Literacy, Popular Culture & Democracy (WRT 104 is required)
CFE 200
WRT 104
3
3
Yes
Yes
Public Communications (can be 2nd course)
COM 107
3
3 or 4
Yes
No
Liberal Art Courses
The Liberal Arts program gives Summer College students the opportunity to enroll in undergraduate courses (本科课程) at Syracuse University. More than 40 courses are opened lo high school students each summer. Opportunities can be found in a variety of departments. Click here for a full listing of the 2014 SU Liberal Arts Courses.
36. If Jack took the course of Architecture, he .
A, must be an excellent college student B. can also choose Forensic Science-1
C. has to choose Liberal Arts at the same time D. cannot choose any other course
37. As a SU student, which of the following can Peter study?
A. liberal Arts & Forensic Science-1.
B. Engineering & Forensic Science-1.
C. Law & Media Literacy, Popular Culture & Democracy.
D. Liberal Arts & Media Literacy, Popular Culture & Democracy.
38. All the courses offered by the Liberal Arts program .
A, are for summer students only B. are for the postgraduate
C. are not for high school students D. are undergraduate courses
39. Students studied in the Six-Week Program can .
A, choose 7 courses at most B. enroll in two ways
C. get 7 college credits al most D. get an academic certificate
40. What does the passage aim at?
A. Introducing the summer courses to students,
B. Explaining the courses of Syracuse University.
C. Telling students how to study more at university.
D. Reminding students what to study at university.
B
Plants can do arithmetic (算术), No, it’s not that they are doing quadratic equations (二次方程) or some such. It is found that plants do perform what could best be called arithmetic division overnight to help themselves make it through the night without starving.
During the day, plants feed themselves by taking energy from the sun and changing carbon dioxide into sugars and starches (淀粉). But at night, they have to rely on the starches they’ve stored up to survive till dawn returns.
Plants are found to share out their stores of starches by making adjustments to how much they consume. During the night, the mechanism inside the leaf measures the size of the starch store and guesses the length of time until dawn. Information about time comes from an internal clock. The size of the starch store is then divided by the length of time until dawn to set the correct rate of starch consumption, so that, by dawn, around 95 percent of the starches are used up. That is, even in the night, plants are still growing and producing. Understanding how plants continue to grow in the dark could help unlock new ways to increase crop production.
What’s notable is how efficiently plants share out their starch stores. It is pointed out that if the starch store is used too fast, plants will starve and stop growing during the night. If the store is used too slowly, some of it will be wasted.
However, scientists emphasize that this is not evidence for plant intelligence, but simply suggests that plants have a mechanism designed to automatically regulate how fast they bum carbohydrate (碳水化合物) at night. But it offers a window into the secret life of plants, to questions of plant sentience (感受能力) and, the ability of cooperation of plants with animals. Plants may not do math with a purpose in mind like people do. But anyone who opens the refrigerator containing only a tomato and a jar of peanut butter has to admire plant’s ability to divide their starch stores, their food, with such careful efficiency.
41. Plants perform arithmetic division overnight to .
A. regulate how fast to store sugars
B. get through the night without starving
C. store the energy from the sun on time
D. change carbon dioxide into starches
42. The underlined word “mechanism” in the third paragraph may refer to .
A. the colored part of a plant from which the seed or fruit develops
B. a part of the plant that has a particular purpose such as the root
C. a system of parts in a living thing that together perform a particular function
D. an organized set of ideas or theories or a particular way of doing something
43. This finding can be of great help in .
A. sports. B. industry C. agriculture D. culture
44. Form the passage, we can infer that .
A. plants often waste their stores of starches
B. using starches irregularly can be harmful to plants
C. starving plants may grow very fast at night
D. using starches too fast may make plants die suddenly
45. What might be the most suitable title for the passage?
A. Whether there is plant intelligence. B. Why plants grow quickly at night.
C. What your plant is doing at night. D. How the internal clock affects plants.
C
First-born children do better in school and have higher IQs. They also tend to be considered more accomplished by their parents-and it’s being linked to the fact that they are brought up more strictly than their younger siblings (兄弟姐妹).
The study found that 33.8 percent of mothers claimed their first-born is one of the best students in the class-and only 1.8 percent put their children at the bottom. With each successive (依次的) sibling, the former fell and the latter figure rose: essentially, more mothers consider their second or third born children less intelligent. Of the women surveyed, 31.8 percent said their second-born was one of the best students. Less than a third, 29 percent, said the same of their third, and 27.2 percent rated their fourth in the top.
Conversely (相反地), the near the bottom of the class numbers rose: Two percent rated their
second the worst, 2.1 the third and 3.6 the fourth. The mothers, who reported being stricter with their first children, are right, according to the NBER paper. Eldest children were found to have consistently higher grades and test scores at school. According to the study, parents are more likely to bring up their first children strictly, while younger children are less likely to be punished if their marks are dire.
The study’s findings support the theory that school performance goes down with birth order. But could this be down to the way in which they’re treated by their parents? When asked how they would respond if a child brought home bad grades, parents stated that they would be less likely to punish their later-born children. It seems younger siblings don’t fed the same parental pressure to succeed as their older brothers or sisters do-and so don’t do quite as well academically.
Study authors, V. Joseph Hots and Juan Pantano, found that parents are more involved in the academic performance of first-borns; they’re also more likely to enforce strict rules and punishments. It could be the case that parents are more relaxed with their later-born children because they are exhausted and less anxious about policing their children’s behavior.
46. Why do first-borns have higher IQs?
A. Because they work harder than their siblings. B. Because they are born with higher IQ.
C. Because they are brought up more strictly. D. Because they get more care from teachers.
47. Which is the right order of children’s intelligence according to the study?
A. The first>the second>the third>the fourth. B. The secondthe second. D. The first
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