一、单项选择 (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. This is ▲ dictionary I gave you yesterday. It’s ▲ useful dictionary.
A. the, an B. the, a C. a, a D. a, the
2. The Chile earthquake started ▲ April 2, 2014.
A. at B. in C. on D. by
3. —Another cup of tea?
—No, thanks. I ▲ be off. My father is waiting for me.
A.can B.may C.must D.might
4. There’s ▲ with your brother’s eyes. So don’t worry about him.
A. nothing serious B. something serious
C. serious nothing D. anything serious
5. Tom has all the qualities ▲ a good chairperson.
A. be B. is C. will be D. to be
6. — ▲ did the important meeting ▲ ?
— For about two hours.
A. When; begin B. How long; begin
C. When; last D. How long; last
7. — I’m going to take my driving test tomorrow.
— ▲ !
A. Good luck B. Cheers C. Come on D. Congratulations
8. —You have seen the film the Monkey King, haven’t you?
— ▲ . How I wish to see it again!
A. No, what a pity! B. No, I haven’t. C. Yes, I like it. D. Yes, it’s boring.
9. When we hurried to the cinema, the film ▲ for ten minutes.
A. had been on B. had begun C. had begun on D. began
10. The parents suggested ▲ in the hotel room but their kids were anxious to camp out during the trip.
A. sleep B. to sleep C. sleeping D. slept
11. Tom has difficulty ▲ Chinese so he asks me ▲ help
A. to understand; with B. understanding; of
C. to understand; for D. understanding; for
12. What ▲ it is to go out for a trip in ▲ weather!
A. a great fun; so fine B. a great fun; such a fine
C. great fun; so fine a D. great fun; such fine
13. Daniel is a careful driver, but he drives ▲ of my friends.
A. more carefully B. the most carefully C. less carefully D. the least carefully
14. —Can you tell me ▲ to travel to Haikou?
—About two hours by plane.
A. how much it costs B. what I should take
C. how long it takes D. which is the best season
15. Please pass me the cartoon book ▲ has a Donald Duck on the cover.
A. what B. whose C. who D. which
二、完形填空(共10小题;每小题1分,满分10分)
阅读下面短文,根据短文内容,从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选择最佳选项。
A farmer found a wounded eagle in his field. He was so 16 that he took it home and cleaned its wounds (伤口). After that he placed it outside in the yard, in the hope that it 17 get well soon.
Strangely enough, the eagle soon got used to the 18 of all the chickens in the yard. It learned to walk from side to side like chickens, and eat happily from a trough (食槽). For many years, the eagle 19 his new life on the farm.
Then one day, one of the farmer’s friends pointed to the playing eagle and asked, “ 20 is that eagle acting like a chicken?” The farmer told him what had happened, and the friend felt quite 21 .
“What a pity!” said the friend. “It should fly in the sky instead of living here!” He picked up the eagle, and threw it into the air. The eagle was 22 , and cried loudly. Then it just fell down on the ground.
That night, the friend could hardly sleep as he remembered the chicken-like eagle. The next morning, he headed back to the farm for another 23 . This time he carried the eagle to the top of a nearby mountain.
When he stood at the highest place of the mountain, he looked into its eyes and shouted, “Don’t you understand? You weren’t made to live like a chicken!” As he 24 the eagle up, he made sure it was facing into the bright light of the rising sun. Then he 25 tossed(抛) the bird into the sky. This time the eagle opened his wings, and disappeared into the clouds.
16. A. polite B. brave C. kind D. proud
17. A. would B. should C. must D. need
18. A. food B. sounds C. water D. habits
19. A. missed B. enjoyed C. lost D. forgot
20. A. When B. Why C. How D. What
21. A. puzzled B. sorry C. amazed D. worrying
22. A. frightened B. guilty C. excited D. angry
23. A. drink B. meeting C. rest D. try
24. A. tied B. put C. held D. filled
25. A. easily B. hardly C. quickly D. powerfully
三、阅读理解(共10小题;每小题2分,满分20分)
A
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26.What may "Welcome 2015" be?
A. A song. B. A party. C. A movie. D. A video game.
27.What is Little Star?
A. A zoo for children. B. A library for children.
C. An elementary (初级的) school. D. A care center for children.
28.What cannot the children do in Little Star?
A. To have lunch. B. To play with toys.
C. To learn languages. D. To eat breakfast.
B
More than half of teachers in a UK survey said they thought plagiarism from the Internet is a problem.
Some students who steal essays (论文)wholesale from the Web, they said, are so lazy they don't even bother to take the advertisements off the cut-and-pasted text.
Fifty-eight percent of the teachers interviewed in the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL) questionnaire had come across plagiarism among their pupils.
Gill Bullen from Itchen College in Southampton said, "pieces handed in by two students were identical (同样的) and significantly better than either of them could have done.","Not only that, the essays handed in didn't quite answer the title question I had set."
A teacher from Leeds said, "I had one piece of work so blatantly (明目张胆地) 'cut and pasted' that it still contained adverts from the Web page."
Connie Robinson from Stockton Riverside College, Stockton, said, "With less able students it is easy to spot plagiarism as the writing style changes mid-assignment, but with more able students it is sometimes necessary for tutors to carry out Internet research to identify the source of the plagiarism."
Mary Bousted, general secretary of the ATL, said, "Teachers are struggling under a mountain of cut-and-pasting to spot (看出) whether work was the student's own or plagiarism."
She called for robust policies to combat plagiarism, and asked for help from exam boards and the government in providing resources and techniques to detect cheats.
But there was another side.
"I have found once students clearly understand what plagiarism is, its consequences and how to reference correctly so they can draw on published works, plagiarism becomes less of a problem," said Diana Baker from Emmanuel College, Durham.
"I think the majority of students who engage in plagiarism do it more out of ignorance (出于无知) than the desire to cheat. They really want to succeed on their own merit."
29. Gill Bullen’s words show that ▲ .
A. students can write their own homework easily
B. students didn’t write the essays themselves properly
C. the essays matched the title question correctly
D. students can do better than they have expected
30. Which of the following statements is NOT true?
A. It is easy for teachers to recognize (识别) plagiarism.
B. The assignments handed in by two students may be identical.
C. Teachers know whether the work is the student’s work or plagiarism.
D. A large number of students don’t know that plagiarism is cheating.
31. According to Paragraph 2 some students are so lazy that they don’t ▲ .
A. bother to remove the advertisements
B. want to steal the whole essay
C. check the mistakes on the Internet
D. bother to do the work of cutting and pasting
C
Which part of the world has the most nearsighted students? Just look around you–it’s East Asia. Nine in ten school leavers in major East Asian cities are nearsighted, according to the BBC. Experts say books and video games are not to blame. East Asian students, they say, aren’t getting enough sunlight.
People become nearsighted because their eyeballs grow out of shape and light entering their eyes cannot focus correctly. The body can produce a chemical called dopamine (多巴胺) to stop eyeballs from changing shape. And guess what scientists have just discovered? Sunlight can help our bodies produce more dopamine, reported AFP.
According to the study, primary school students in Singapore spend only 30 minutes outdoors every day; in Australia, by contrast, kids spend about three hours a day outside. As a result, fewer children in Australia are nearsighted–only 10 percent, compared with 90 percent in Singapore.
“Children in East Asia basically go to school,go home and stay inside. They study and they watch television,” Ian Morgan of the Australian National University told AFP.
But being a bookworm or a couch potato does not directly harm the eyes, added Morgan. “As long as they get outside, it doesn’t seem to matter how much study they do,” he explained. “There are some kids who study hard and get outside and play hard and they are generally fine. The ones who are at major risk are the ones who study hard and don’t get outside. As a result of massive (巨大的) educational pressures and the construction (构成) of a child’s day, the amount of time they spend outside in bright light is “minimized.”
Experts suggest children should stay outside for two to three hours every day. This can include time spent in the playground and walking to and from school.
32. What is the main reason for the large number of nearsighted students in East Asia, according
to scientists?
A. Too much reading or gaming. B. Lack of sunlight.
C. Genetic reasons. D. Lack of exercise.
33. What can we learn from Paragraph 2?
A. Dopamine is a chemical that causes eyeballs to grow out of shape.
B. Dopamine can stop light entering the eyes from focusing correctly.
C. Spending time in the sun can make the loss of dopamine in the body.
D. The more dopamine a person has in their body, the better eyesight he or she has.
34. According to Morgan, what kind of people are most likely to suffer from nearsightedness?
A. Those who like watching TV.
B. Those who take exercise regularly.
C. Those who study hard and play hard outdoors.
D. Those who stay indoors studying all day.
35. The word “minimized” probably means “ ▲ ”.
A. reduced as much as possible B. made better use of
C. taken little notice of D. attached much importance to