21. Two lawyers have donated $50,000 to ________ our school’s campaign “Help the Needy”, which was started by our former headmaster three years ago.
A. sponsor B. launch C. organize D. plan
21．考查动词辨析。句意：两位律师捐赠了5，0000美元赞助我校“帮助贫困生”活动，这场活动是三年前由我们的前任校长发起的。sponsor赞助，符合句意；launch发射，开办；organize组织；plan计划，都与句意不同。故A项正确。
22. Finally, my thanks go to my tutor, who has offered a lot of suggestions and comments on my paper and ________ every page of my draft.
A. approved B. quoted C. polished D. folded
22．本题考查动词辨析。句意：最后，我要感谢我的辅导老师，他给我的论文提出了很多批评和建议，并对每张稿件作了推敲。polished推敲，符合句意,故C项正确。approved通过；quoted引用；folded折叠，都与句意不符。
23. Walking alone in the dark, the boy whistled to ________ his courage.
A. hold up B. keep up C. set up D. take up
23．本题考查动词短语辨析。句意：独自在黑暗中行走，男孩吹口哨保持勇气。Keep up维持，不使低落，符合句意。hold up举起；set up建立；take up拿起，都不合句意。
24. I’m so glad you’ve come here to ________ this matter in person.
A. lead to B. see to C. turn to D. refer to
24．本题考查动词短语辨析。句意：很高兴你能来亲自负责这起事件。See to负责，符合句意；lead to导致；turn to向……求助；refer to参考，都与句意不符。
25. The furniture, with its modern style and bright colors, suits modern houses and their gardens, but looks _______ in the garden of a traditional home.
A. out of question B. out of order C. out of sight D. out of place
25．本题考查介词短语辨。句意：这套家具款式新潮，色泽明丽，与新式房屋和花园配套，但看起来与传统的房子和花园不相称。Out of place与……不相称，符合句意。out of question毫无疑问；次序颠倒；out of sight看不见，都与句意不符。
26. “Perhaps we need to send for Dr. Smith to see what we can do about it,” Father suggested ________ to his neighbor who had come to discuss the problem.
A. tentatively B. thoughtlessly C. definitely D. rudely
26．本题考查副词辨析。句意：“看来我们要请史密斯先生来看看我们对此如何处理”，父亲对到此讨论此问题的邻居试探性地说。tentatively试探性地，符合语境。thoughtlessly考虑地；definitely明确地；rudely粗鲁地，都与语境不符。
27. Can you tell the ________ difference between the words “require” and “request”? I sometimes get puzzled by their meanings.
A. dramatic B. regional C. apparent D. subtle
27．本题考查形容词辨析。句意：你能区分“require”和“request”的细微差别吗……，subtle细微的，符合句意。dramatic戏剧性的；regional地域性的；apparent显然的，都与句意不符。
28. Whether the buildings in this area should be pulled down has remained ________; people are still looking for other possible solutions.
A. unchallenged B. relevant C. controversial D. contradictory
28．本题考查形容词辨析。句意：这些建筑是否要推倒仍然有争议，人们仍然在寻找其它可能的解决方法。controversial有争议的，符合句意；unchallenged不改变的；relevant相关的；contradictory矛盾的，都与语意不符。
29. It is important to have your eyes examined regularly to check for any sign of eye disease that may not have any ________.
A. symptom B. similarity C. sample D. shadow
29．本题考查名词辨析。句意：定期检查眼睛看看是否有眼疾症状很重要。symptom症状，符合句意；similarity；sample样本”；shadow阴影，都与语意不符。
30. The officer insisted that Michael did not follow the correct ________ in applying for a visa.
A. pattern B. procedure C. program D. perspective
30．本题考查名词辨析。句意：这位官员坚持认定Michael没有按照正确的程序申请签证。procedure程序，符合句意；pattern模式；program节目；perspective远景，都与语意不符。
第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分)
阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
I tend to accept any idea put forward by experts on TV. One day, a sociologist proposed that the 31 society has been consuming modern humans little by little. For fear that I would become a victim of the consumer society, I 32 hurried to a bicycle shop in my neighborhood. 33 the shopkeeper Mr. Johnson was selling me the bicycle, he said, “This is the best thing you 34 have done. Life has become hopelessly 35 . A bicycle is simple, and it brings to you 36 things: fresh air, sunshine and exercise.” I agreed. Happy as a child, I got on the bicycle and headed out onto the streets. After some time, I 37 at the other end of the town. I was 38 that this simple vehicle could let me 39 long distances in a fairly short time. But how 40 did I really go?
Since I hated to be 41 , I went back to Mr. Johnson and asked him to 42 an odometer (里程表) on my bicycle. He agreed, but 43 , “An odometer without a speedometer (速度计) is like a 44 without a knife.” I admitted he was right and in a few minutes, the two devices (装置) were 45 to the handlebars of my bicycle. “What about a horn?” he then asked. “Look, this horn is no larger than a matchbox and has many 46 .” Attracted by these functions, I bought the horn.
“You can’t leave the back part 47 ,” noted Mr. Johnson. He fixed a metal box with buttons 48 the seat, and said, “Is there anything better than this oven when you feel 49 on your way? I can give you a special discount.” I was not strong enough to 50 the offer.
“I congratulate you once more; this is the best thing you could have done,” said Mr. Johnson in the end.
31. A. adult B. human C. consumer D. bachelor
32. A. eventually B. immediately C. reluctantly D. gratefully
33. A. Although B. Because C. As D. Unless
34. A. would B. should C. must D. could
35. A. boring B. complicated C. stressful D. tough
36. A. natural B. mysterious C. complex D. unique
37. A. gave up B. broke down C. calmed down D. ended up
38. A. amazed B. amused C. confused D. concerned
39. A. march B. drive C. cover D. measure
40. A. far B. long C. fast D. deep
41. A. unreliable B. impractical C. unprepared D. inaccurate
42. A. fix B. check C. repair D. lay
43. A. swore B. added C. replied D. concluded
44. A. pencil B. fork C. box D. cake
45. A. distributed B. converted C. applied D. attached
46. A. shapes B. sizes C. functions D. models
47. A. loose B. blank C. bare D. incomplete
48. A. beside B. before C. below D. behind
49. A. sick B. hungry C. hot D. thirsty
50. A. consider B. withdraw C. make D. resist
【文章大意】本文为记叙文，讲述了我接受了社会学家在电视节目中提出的消费观点，担心成为现代消费社会的受害者，便去邻家商店买了自行车。老板推荐了自行车上的多种装置，甚至烤炉，我无法拒绝，一一购买。实际上我仍然是现代消费社会的受害者。
31.C【命题立意】考查名词辨析。难度中等。
【解题思路】根据本句中的“consuming”和下句中的“consumer society”可知，答案为C。“consumer society”意为“消费社会”。A项意为“成人”，B项意为“人类”，D项意为“单身”，都与语境和文章主题不符。
32.B【命题立意】考查副词辨析。难度中等。
【解题思路】根据本句中的“hurried”，结合语境可知，我立即赶到邻家的自行车商店，B项意为“立即”，符合语境；A项意为“最后，终于”，C项意为“不情愿地”，D项意为“感激地”，都与语境不符。
33.C【命题立意】考查连词辨析。难度中等。
【解题思路】根据语境可知，当老板在卖自行车给我的时候说……，C项意为“当……时候”，符合句意，故C项正确。A项意为“尽管”，B项意为“因为”，D项意为“除非”，都与句意不符。
34.D【命题立意】考查情态动词辨析。难度中等。
【解题思路】根据语境可知，该句意为：这是你所能做到的最好的事。could have done意为“能够做到的……”，与语境相符，故D项正确。A项意为“愿意”，B项意为“应当”，C项意为“必须”，都与语境不符。
35.B【命题立意】考查形容词辨析。难度中等。
【解题思路】根据下句中的“A bicycle is simple…”，结合语境可知，该句意在表达：生活是很复杂的，而自行车是简单的。B项意为“复杂的”，符合句意；A项意为“令人厌烦的”，C项意为“有压力的”，D项意为“艰苦的”，都与语境不符。
36.A【命题立意】考查形容词辨析。难度中等。
【解题思路】根据本句中的“fresh air, sunshine and exercise”可知，这些都是“自然的”，A项意为“自然的”，符合句意；B项意为“神秘的”，C项意为“复杂的”，D项意为“独一无二的”，都与语境不符。
37.D【命题立意】考查动词短语辨析。难度中等。
【解题思路】该句意为：一段时间之后，我抵达小镇的另一头。D项意为“以……而告终，结束”，符合句意。A项意为“放弃”，B项意为“抛锚”，C项意为“平静下来”，都与语意不符。
38. A【命题立意】考查形容词辨析。难度中等。
【解题思路】根据语境可知，对于这中简单工具的作用，我感到很惊奇。A项意为“惊奇的”，B项意为“愉快的”，C项意为“困惑的，不解的”，D项意为“关注的”，都与语意不符。
39. C【命题立意】考查动词辨析。难度中等。
【解题思路】根据语境可知，该句意为：……这种简单的工具在如此之短的时间内能够让我经过如此长的路程……，cover long distances 意为“经过漫长的路程”，故C项正确。A项意为“行军”，B项意为“驾驶”，D项意为“测量”，都与语境不符。
40. A【命题立意】考查形容词辨析。难度中等。
【解题思路】根据第二段第一句中“ an odometer”可知，我安装了里程表，是想知道我实际上行了多远，A项意为“远的”，符合句意，故A项正确。B项意为“长的”，C项意为“快的”，D项意为“深的”，都与语意不符。
41. D【命题立意】考查形容词辨析。难度中等。
【解题思路】根据语境可知，我在自行车上装里程表，是因为我想知道精确的里程。D项意为“不准确的”，与hated连用，符合语意，故D项正确；A项意为“不可靠的”，B项意为“不适用的”，C项意为“没有准备的”，都与语意不符。
42. A【命题立意】考查动词辨析。难度中等。
【解题思路】根据语境可知，该句意为：我回去找Johnson先生在自行车上安装了一个里程表。A项意为“安装”，符合句意。B项意为“检查”，C项意为“修理”，D项意为“放置”，都与语意不符。
43. B【命题立意】考查动词辨析。难度中等。
【解题思路】根据该句中的“but”结合语境可知，他有补充说了些话，B项意为“补充，增加”，符合语意；A项意为“发誓”，C项意为“回答”，D项意为“总结”，都与语意不符。
44. B【命题立意】考查名词辨析。难度中等。
【解题思路】该句意为：有里程表没有速度计，就如有刀却无叉。B项意为“叉”，符合句意。
45. D【命题立意】考查动词辨析。难度中等。
【解题思路】根据语境可知，这两种装置被绑在手把上，D项意为“绑上，系上”，符合句意。A项意为“贡献”，B项意为“转换”，C项意为“申请”，都与语意不符。[来源:Z。xx。k.Com]
46. C【命题立意】考查名词辨析。难度中等。
【解题思路】根据下句中的“attracted by these functions”可知，这种喇叭小功能却多。C项意为“功能”，符合句意。
47. C【命题立意】考查形容词词辨析。难度中等。
【解题思路】根据语境可知，该句意为：你不能让后座部位空着。C项意为“空的，无遮蔽的”，符合语意。A项意为“松散的”，B项意为“空白的”，D项意为“未完成的”，都与语境不符。
48. D【命题立意】考查介词辨析。难度中等。
【解题思路】根据常理可知，自行车的后座当然在自行车座位的后面。D项意为“在……后面”，故D项正确。
49. B【命题立意】考查形容词辨析。难度中等。
【解题思路】根据本句中的“oven”可知，老板意在推销烤箱，理由是在回家的路上可能饥饿。B项意为“饥饿的”，符合句意。
50. D【命题立意】考查动词辨析。难度中等。
【解题思路】根据最后一段可知，老板推销成功，故我无法拒绝他的推销。D项意为“抵抗，拒绝”，符合语意。A项意为“考虑”，B项意为“收回”，C项意为“使……”，都与语意不符。
第三部分：阅读理解(共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分)
阅读下列短文，从每篇短文后所给各题的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A
You’ve just come home, after living abroad for a few years. Since you’ve been away, has this country changed for the better—or for the worse?
If you’ve just arrived back in the UK after a fortnight’s holiday, small changes have probably surprised you—anything from a local greengrocer suddenly being replaced by a mobile-phone shop to someone in your street moving house.
So how have things changed to people coming back to Britain after seven, ten or even 15 years living abroad? What changes in society can they see that the rest of us have hardly noticed—or now take for granted? To find out, we asked some people who recently returned.
Debi: When we left, Cheltenham, my home town, was a town of white, middle-class families—all very conservative (保守的). The town is now home to many eastern Europeans and lots of Australians, who come here mainly to work in hotels and tourism. There are even several shops only for foreigners.
Having been an immigrant (移民) myself, I admire people who go overseas to find a job. Maybe if I lived in an inner city where unemployment was high, I’d think differently, but I believe foreign settlers have improved this country because they’re more open-minded and often work harder than the natives.
Christine: As we flew home over Britain, both of us remarked how green everything looked. But the differences between the place we’d left behind and the one we returned to were brought sharply into focus as soon as we landed.
To see policemen with guns in the airport for the first time was frightening—in Cyprus, they’re very relaxed—and I got pulled over by customs officers just for taking a woolen sweater with some metal-made buttons out of my case in the arrivals hall. Everyone seemed to be on guard. Even the airport car-hire firm wanted a credit card rather than cash because they said their vehicles had been used by bank robbers.
But anyway, this is still a green, beautiful country. I just wish more people would appreciate what they’ve got.
51. After a short overseas holiday, people tend to _______.
A. notice small changes
B. expect small changes
C. welcome small changes
D. exaggerate small changes
52. How does Debi look at the foreign settlers?
A. Cautiously.
B. Positively.
C. Sceptically.
D. Critically.
53. When arriving at the airport in Britain, Christine was shocked by _______.
A. the relaxed policemen
B. the messy arrivals hall
C. the tight security
D. the bank robbers
54. Which might be the best title for the passage?
A. Life in Britain.
B. Back in Britain.
C. Britain in Future.
D. Britain in Memory.
A
【文章大意】本文讲述侨居国外的英国人离开英国多年后重回英国的不同感受，这些感受我们司空见惯而无法察觉，只有他们才能体会。
51.A【命题立意】细节理解题。难度中等。
【解题思路】根据文章第二段第一句中“…small changes have probably surprosed you…”可知，在短期海外度假后，人们会注意到小变化，故A项正确。
52.B【命题立意】推理判断题。难度中等。
【解题思路】根据第五段最后一句中“…I believe foreign settlers have improved this country …more open-minded…”可知，Debit对移民的态度是肯定的。故B项正确。A项意为“慎重的”，C项意为“怀疑的”，D项意为“批评的”，都与语境不符。
53.C【命题立意】细节理解题。难度中等。
【解题思路】根据倒数第二段第一句中“To see policemen with guns in the airport for the first time was frightening…”可知，当到达英国机场，Christine为紧张的安全措施所震惊。故C项正确。A项与语意相反，B、D项为提及。
54.B【命题立意】主旨大意题。难度中等。
【解题思路】根据第三段第一句以及全文叙述可知，本文讲述了侨居国外的英国人离开英国多年后重回英国的不同感受，故B项正确；A项范围太大，C项文中未提及，D项无文章无关。
B
When my brother and I were young, my mom would take us on Transportation Days.
It goes like this: You can’t take any means of transportation more than once. We would start from home, walking two blocks to the rail station. We’d take the train into the city center, then a bus, switching to the tram, then maybe a taxi. We always considered taking a horse carriage in the historic district, but we didn’t like the way the horses were treated, so we never did. At the end of the day, we took the subway to our closest station, where Mom’s friend was waiting to give us a ride home—our first car ride of the day.
The good thing about Transportation Days is not only that Mom taught us how to get around. She was born to be multimodal (多方式的). She understood that depending on cars only was a failure of imagination and, above all, a failure of confidence—the product of a childhood not spent exploring subway tunnels.
Once you learn the route map and step with certainty over the gap between the train and the platform, nothing is frightening anymore. New cities are just light-rail lines to be explored. And your personal car, if you have one, becomes just one more tool in the toolbox—and often an inadequate one, limiting both your mobility and your wallet.
On Transportation Days, we might stop for lunch on Chestnut Street or buy a new book or toy, but the transportation was the point. First, it was exciting enough to watch the world speed by from the train window. As I got older, my mom helped me unlock the mysteries that would otherwise have paralyzed my first attempts to do it myself: How do I know where to get off? How do I know how much it costs? How do I know when I need tickets, and where to get them? What track, what line, which direction, where’s the stop, and will I get wet when we go under the river?
I’m writing this right now on an airplane, a means we didn’t try on our Transportation Days and, we now know, the dirtiest and most polluting of them all. My flight routed me through Philadelphia. My multimodal mom met me for dinner in the airport. She took a train to meet me.
55. Which was forbidden by Mom on Transportation Days?
A. Having a car ride.
B. Taking the train twice.
C. Buying more than one toy.
D. Touring the historic district.
56. According to the writer, what was the greatest benefit of her Transportation Days?
A. Building confidence in herself.
B. Reducing her use of private cars.
C. Developing her sense of direction.
D. Giving her knowledge about vehicles.
57. The underlined word “paralyzed” (in Para. 5) is closest in meaning to “_______”.
A. displayed
B. justified
C. ignored
D. ruined
58. Which means of transportation does the writer probably disapprove of?
A. Airplane.
B. Subway.
C. Tram.
D. Car.
【文章大意】我和我弟弟小时，在交通运输日，母亲总带着我们乘坐火车、公共汽车、出租车等，让我们感受到了自信与快乐。
55.B【命题立意】细节理解题。难度中等。
【解题思路】根据第二段第一句中“You can’t take any means of transportation more than once.”可知母亲禁止乘坐两次火车，故B项正确。
56.A【命题立意】细节理解题。难度中等。
【解题思路】根据第三段第二句中“…above all, a failure of cnfidence— the product of a childhood …”可知，作者认为最大的受益在于增强自信，故A项正确。
57.D【命题立意】词义猜测题。难度中等。
【解题思路】根据语境可知，该句意为：当我长大时，我母亲帮我解密了可能使我无法作自我首次尝试的秘密。D项意为“毁灭”，符合语境，故D项正确；A项意为“陈列”，B项意为“证明……是正当的”，C项意为“不理睬”，都与语境不符。
58.A【命题立意】细节理解题。难度中等。
【解题思路】根据最后一段第一句中“…a means we didn’t try on …the dirtiest and most polluting of them all.”可知，作者不赞同飞机，故A项正确。
C
It was a simple letter asking for a place to study at Scotland’s oldest university which helped start a revolution in higher education. A 140-year-old letter written by a lady calling for her to be allowed to study medicine at St Andrews University has been discovered by researchers. Written by Sophia Jex-Blake in 1873, the seven-page document, which urged the university to allow women to study medicine at the institution, was released yesterday on International Women’s Day.
The document was discovered buried in the university archives (档案) by part-time history student Lis Smith, who is completing her PhD at St Andrews Institute of Scottish Historical Research. She said: “We knew that Sophia Jex-Blake and her supporters, in their effort to open up university medical education for women, had written to the Senatus Academicus (校评议委员会) at St Andrews in an attempt to gain permission to attend classes there, but we didn’t know documentary evidence existed. While searching the archives for information about the university’s higher certificate for women, I was astonished to come across what must be the very letter Jex-Blake wrote.”
In the letter, Sophia and her supporters offered to hire teachers or build suitable buildings for a medical school and to arrange for lectures to be delivered in the subjects not already covered at St Andrews. Although her letter was not successful, it eventually led to the establishment of the Ladies Literate in Arts at St Andrews, a distance-learning degree for women. The qualification, which ran from 1877 until the 1930s, gave women access to university education in the days before they were admitted as students. It was so popular that it survived long after women were admitted as full students to St Andrews in 1892.
Ms Jex-Blake went on to help establish the London School of Medicine for Women in 1874. She was accepted by the University of Berne, where she was awarded a medical degree in January 1877. Eventually, she moved back to Edinburgh and opened her own practice.
59. Sophia wrote a letter to St Andrews University because she wanted _______.
A. to carry out a research project there
B. to set up a medical institute there
C. to study medicine there
D. to deliver lectures there
60. Lis Smith found Sophia’s letter to St Andrews University _______.
A. by pure chance
B. in the school office
C. with her supporters’ help
D. while reading history books
61. Sophia’s letter resulted in the establishment of _______.
A. the London School of Medicine for Women
B. a degree programme for women
C. a system of medical education
D. the University of Berne
62. When did St Andrews University begin to take full-time women students?
A. In 1873.
B. In 1874.
C. In 1877.
D. In 1892.
【文章大意】一封尘封了140年的写给大学的来信，促使了妇女学位课程的创立。该信的发现纯属偶然，那是一位女士向St Andrews 大学写的学医申请信。
59.C【命题立意】细节理解题。难度中等。
【解题思路】根据第一段第二句中“... to be allowed to study medicine at St Andrews University…”可知，她想学医，故C项正确。
60.A【命题立意】细节理解题。难度中等。
【解题思路】根据第二段第一句“The document was discovered buried in the university archives …”，可知，此信的发现纯属偶然，故A项正确。
61.B【命题立意】细节理解题。难度中等。
【解题思路】根据第三段第二句中“…a distance-learning degree for women”，可知此信促使了妇女学位课程的创立，故B项正确。
62.D【命题立意】细节理解题。难度中等。
【解题思路】根据第三段最后一句中“…St Andrews in 1892.”可知，此事发生在1892年，故D项正确。
D
How is it that siblings (兄弟姐妹) can turn out so differently? One answer is that in fact each sibling grows up in a different family. The firstborn is, for a while, an only child, and therefore has a completely different experience of the parents than those born later. The next child is, for a while, the youngest, until the situation is changed by a new arrival. The mother and father themselves are changing and growing up too. One sibling might live in a stable and close family in the first few years; another might be raised in a family crisis, with a disappointed mother or an angry father.
Sibling competition was identified as an important shaping force as early as in 1918. But more recently, researchers have found many ways in which brothers and sisters are a lasting force in each others’ lives. Dr. Annette Henderson says firstborn children pick up vocabulary more quickly than their siblings. The reason for this might be that the later children aren’t getting the same one-on-one time with parents. But that doesn’t mean that the younger children have problems with language development. Later-borns don’t enjoy that much talking time with parents, but instead they harvest lessons from bigger brothers and sisters, learning entire phrases and getting an understanding of social concepts such as the difference between “I” and “me”.
A Cambridge University study of 140 children found that siblings created a rich world of play that helped them grow socially. Love-hate relationships were common among the children. Even those siblings who fought the most had just as much positive communication as the other sibling pairs.
One way children seek more attention from parents is by making themselves different from their siblings, particularly if they are close in age. Researchers have found that the first two children in a family are typically more different from each other than the second and third. Girls with brothers show their differences to a maximum degree by being more feminine than girls with sisters. A 2003 research paper studied adolescents from 185 families over two years, finding that those who changed to make themselves different from their siblings were successful in increasing the amount of warmth they gained from their parents.
63. The underlined part “in a different family” (in Para. 1) means “_______”.
A. in a different family environment
B. in a different family tradition
C. in different family crises
D. in different families
64. In terms of language development, later-borns ________.
A. get their parents’ individual guidance
B. learn a lot from their elder siblings
C. experience a lot of difficulties
D. pick up words more quickly
65. What was found about fights among siblings?
A. Siblings hated fighting and loved playing.
B. Siblings in some families fought frequently.
C. Sibling fights led to bad sibling relationships.
D. Siblings learned to get on together from fights.
66. The word “feminine” (in Para. 4) means “_______”.
A. having qualities of parents
B. having qualities of women
C. having defensive qualities
D. having extraordinary qualities
【文章大意】同一家庭出身的兄弟姐妹性格为何不同？那是因为他们生活于不同的家庭环境：对于父母的体验，第一个出生的孩子与以后出生的孩子会迥然不同；在语言发展上，后出生的孩子更喜欢向哥哥姐姐学习而不是向父母学习……
63.A【命题立意】词义猜测题。难度中等。
【解题思路】根据第一段第二句中的“…different experience…”以及第一段最后一句中“…might live in a stable and close family in the first few years; another might be raised in a family crisis, with a disappointed mother and angry father.”可知，该短语意为“生活在不同的家庭环境中”，故A项正确。
64.B【命题立意】细节理解题。难度中等。
【解题思路】根据第二段最后一句话中“Later-borns don’t enjoy that much talking time with parents, but instead they harvest lessons from bigger brothers and sister…”可知后出生者更倾向于向兄弟姐妹学习，故B项正确。
65.D【命题立意】细节理解题。难度中等。
【解题思路】根据第三段最后一句“Even those siblings who fought the most had just as much posistive communication as the other sibling pairs.”可知，即使兄弟姐妹间争吵不断，他们也在此中学习相处之道，故D项正确。
66.B【命题立意】词义猜测题。难度中等。
【解题思路】根据语境可知，有兄弟的女孩比有姐妹的女孩更具有女性品质特征，故B项正确。
E
Brrriiinnng. The alarm clock announces the start of another busy weekday in the morning. You jump out of bed, rush into the shower, into your clothes and out the door with hardly a moment to think. A stressful journey to work gets your blood pressure climbing. Once at the office, you glance through the newspaper with depressing stories or reports of disasters. In that sort of mood, who can get down to work, particularly some creative, original problem-solving work?
The way most of us spend our mornings is exactly opposite to the conditions that promote flexible, open-minded thinking. Imaginative ideas are most likely to come to us when we’re unfocused. If you are one of those energetic morning people, your most inventive time comes in the early evening when you are relaxed. Sleepy people’s lack of focus leads to an increase in creative problem solving. By not giving yourself time to tune into your wandering mind, you’re missing out on the surprising solutions it may offer.
The trip you take to work doesn’t help, either. The stress slows down the speed with which signals travel between neurons (神经细胞), making inspirations less likely to occur. And while we all should read a lot about what’s going on in the world, it would not make you feel good for sure, so put that news website or newspaper aside until after the day’s work is done.
So what would our mornings look like if we wanted to start them with a full capacity for creative problem solving? We’d set the alarm a few minutes early and lie awake in bed, following our thoughts where they lead. We’d stand a little longer under the warm water of the shower, stopping thinking about tasks in favor of a few more minutes of relaxation. We’d take some deep breaths on our way to work, instead of complaining about heavy traffic. And once in the office—after we get a cup of coffee—we’d click on links not to the news of the day but to the funniest videos the web has to offer.
67. According to the author, we are more creative when we are _______.
A. focused
B. relaxed
C. awake
D. busy
68. What does the author imply about newspapers?
A. They are solution providers.
B. They are a source of inspiration.
C. They are normally full of bad news.
D. They are more educational than websites.
69. By “tune into your wandering mind” (in Para. 2), the author means “_______”.
A. wander into the wild
B. listen to a beautiful tune
C. switch to the traffic channel
D. stop concentrating on anything
70. The author writes the last paragraph in order to _______.
A. offer practical suggestions
B. summarize past experiences
C. advocate diverse ways of life
D. establish a routine for the future
【文章大意】本文是一篇科普说明文。研究表明，放松心情更有利于提高工作效率，更有利于解决创造性的解决问题；压力阻滞了神经细胞信号的传输，只会导致工作效率下降。
67.B【命题立意】细节理解题。难度中等。[来源:Z。xx。k.Com]
【解题思路】根据第二段第三句中“…your most inventive time comes in the early evening when you are relaxed.”以及下文对压力阻滞了神经细胞信号的传输可知，放松使我们更具有创造性，故B项正确。
68.C【命题立意】细节理解题。难度中等。
【解题思路】根据第一段倒数第二句中“…the newspaper with depressing stories or reports of disaters.”，可知报纸上总是充满了负面新闻，故C项正确。
69.D【命题立意】词义猜测题。难度中等。
【解题思路】根据语境可知，若一味集中注意力而无暇放松，将错失有创造性的解决问题的方法。D项意为“不将注意力故放在某事物上”，符合语境，故D项正确。
70.A【命题立意】主旨大意题。难度中等。
【解题思路】通读最后一段可知，该段主要讲述对如何放松心情提出一些建议，如
提早起身、洗热水澡、做深呼吸等等，故A项正确。
第四部分：书面表达(共两节，满分50分)
第一节：完成句子（共10小题；每小题2分，满分20分)
阅读下列各小题，根据汉语提示，用句末括号内的英语单词完成句子，并将答案写在答题卡上的相应题号后。
例：______ was that the young player performed extremely well in the table tennis
tournament. (delight)
令球迷欣喜的是那位年轻的球员在乒乓球锦标赛中表现得极为出色。
答案：What delighted the fans/made the fans delighted
71. With ________, some animals are facing the danger of dying out. (cut)
由于越来越多的森林被砍伐，一些动物正面临着灭绝的危险。
72. Popularly ________ American films ever made, The Godfather is a milestone of cinema. (regard)
《教父》被普遍认为是美国有史以来最好的影片之一，是电影界的一个里程碑。
73. I don’t know ________ in the novel that made him burst into tears. (what)
我不知道是小说中的什么东西使他突然泪如泉涌。
74. Little ________ what she looks like; all she cares about is her job performance. (care)
她不在乎外表，她在乎的是自己的工作表现。
75. Had we not used an out-of-date train schedule, we ________ the train. (miss)
要不是用了一张过期的列车时刻表，我们就不会误了火车。
76. However ________, I could not read his handwriting. (try)
不论我怎样努力，还是没法看清他写的字。
77. In response to the audience’s great demand, the play ________ in the theatre twice a week. (put)
应观众的强烈要求，这部戏将会在这个剧院每周上演两次。
78. The soldier was absent from his camp for three days without ________. (ask)
这个士兵没有请假就离开营地三天。
79. Our understanding of education, work and society is ________ of the earlier generation. (different)
我们对教育、工作和社会的认识和我们上一代人的不同。
80. Things aren’t always ________. (appear)
事情往往不是它们看上去的那样。
71. more and more forests/trees (being) cut down
72. regarded as one of the best
73. what it was
74. does she care (about)
75. would not have missed
76. hard/much I (had) tried
77. will/would be put on
78. asking for leave (first)
79. different from/than that
80. what they appear (to be)
第二节：短文写作（共1题；满分30分)
请根据以下提示，并结合事例，用英语写一篇短文。
You cannot choose what you are given, but you can choose how you make use of it.
注意：①无须写标题，不得照抄英语提示语；
②除诗歌外，文体不限；
③文中不得透露个人姓名和学校名称；
④词数为120左右。
【写作指导】文章仅给出一句主题句，要求据此写作，属于完全开放性作文。写好该文，考生首先应认真审题，考题要求结合事例写作，故本文宜夹叙夹议，不可全写成议论文；在叙事时应注意用一般过去时。其次，应注意安排好文章结构。文章可用主题句作第一段，第二段根据主题句叙事，第三段作总结点题。在遣词造句上，考生应多用一些高级词汇和高级句型，如定语从句、倒装结构、非谓语动词等，多用一些连词如：on the one hand, on the other hand, besides等，以提高文章的档次。
One Possible Version
Three years ago I failed an important exam in my life and became a student in an ordinary school. Disappointed as I felt at the shabby campus and the poorly-equipped classroom, I found the teachers patient and considerate. Besides, I enjoyed the friendly atmosphere in class. I decided to make the best of it. I worked hard and got along well with my teachers and classmates. Whenever I had difficulties, they were always available. Soon, I became one of the top students in my class, which greatly increased my confidence and got me motivated.
My experience tells me that it is not what you are given but how you make use of it that determines who you are.
