A fully-grown blue whale _____ 110 feet in height and _____ several tons.
A. is measured; weighs B. measures; weighs
C. is measured; is weighed D. measures; is weighed
知识点：一般现在时及其被动式
B
【名师点睛】
主动语态表示被动意义 (不能用被动语态的若干情况)：
常见的有以下几种情况：
一、 不及物动词不及物动词短语和没有被动语态，
如rise, happen, succeed, remain, lie, disappear, last, take place, break out, belong to，等。
如：Great changes have taken place here since 1990. 自1990年以来这里发生了巨大的变化.
误：Great changes have been taken place here since 1990.
After the fire, nothing remained. 那场大火之后，什么也没留下来了。 误：After the fire, nothing was remained.
二、某些系动词，表示事物特性的时候，如：look，sound，smell，taste，feel 等用主动语态形式表示被动意义。如：
This kind of cloth feels very soft.
误：This kind of cloth is felt very soft. The music sounds beautiful.
误：The music is sounded beautiful. The meat tastes terrible.
误：The meat is tasted terrible.
三、表示某些“需要、要求”意义的动词，如need、want、require，deserve等后的动名词的主动语态形式表示被动意义。
如： The bike needs repairing=The bike needs to be repaired.
The story requires reading carefully. =The story requires to be read carefully.
四、形容词worth后接的动名词用主动语态形式表示被动意义。
The book is well worth reading.=The book is quite worthy of being read.
The book is worthy to be read. The clock isn’t worth repairing.
五、作表语的形容词，如difficult，easy，hard，nice，possible，impossible等之后的不定式作状语时，用主动语态形式表示被动意义。此时，不定式表示的动作与其主语一般为动宾关系。如： Is English difficult to learn?
The maths problem is not easy to work out. I think apples are nice to eat.
六、某些动词，如：lock，open，sell，wash等，特别是与副词badly，easily，well等连用时，(表示事物特性)常常用主动语态形式表示被动意义。
如： The door won’t lock. 这门锁不上。 This kind of colour TV sells well.
This kind of color1 TV is sold well.
Does the cloth wash well？ 这布耐洗吗？
七、不定式作定语，与被修饰动词的名词或代词构成被动关系，表示被动意义。如：
I have lots of homework to do today. 今天我有许多家庭作业要做。
I want to get something to drink. 我想弄点喝的。
Would you like something to eat？ 你想要点吃的吗？
With much homework to do, I can’t go out with you.
注意比较下面两句：I’m busy today. I have a lot of clothes to wash. (有衣服洗，但是自己洗）
“Tom, I’ll do some washing. Do you have anything to be washed?” said Mom.（有什么要洗，别人洗）
---- I called you 10:30 p.m, but you didn’t answer it.
----I _____my work and ______a bath.
A. was doing; had taken B. had done; had taken
C. was doing; was taken D. had done; was taking
知识点：过去完成时及其被动式
D
The information on the Internet gets around much more rapidly than in the newspaper.
A. it B. those C. one D. that
知识点：代词/不定代词
D
试题分析：考查代词。代词it指代上文出现的同一事物；those指代可数名词复数；one指代可数名词单数。that指代不可数名词或可数名词单数形式，后面要有定语修饰 ，表示特指。本句中that指代不可数名词information后面有介词短语修饰，表示特指。句意：网上的信息传播得要比报纸上的信息传播得更快。故D正确。
【名师点睛】
1)it通常用来指代上文提到过的那个事物，表示特指概念，即指代同一物。
(2)one表示泛指概念，替代可数名词的单数形式。其复数形式ones也表示泛指概念，用来替代可数名词的复数形式。the one(s)也是替代可数名词，但表示特指概念。
(3)that既可以用来指代不可数名词，又可以用来指代可数名词单数形式，表示特指概念，相当于“the＋名词”结构。
(4)those用来指代可数名词复数形式，表示特指概念，相当于“the＋可数名词复数”结构。它是that(指代可数名词单数时)的复数形式。
(5)当that或those在句中指代事物时，它们的后面通常使用一些后置定语，如：
Little joy can equal that of a surprising ending when you read stories.(that指代不可数名词joy)
特别提醒：(1)that只能代替事物不能代替人(定语从句除外)，one既可代替事物也可代替人。
(2)“物主代词＋own”之后不能加one。
(3)一般可以用this one，that one，较少用these ones和those ones。当ones前有形容词修饰时则可以用these和those。
It might rain tomorrow. _______, we’ll have to put off our sports meeting until next Friday.
A. When possible B. If so C. If not D. If ever
知识点：倒装与省略
B
【名师点睛】
本句属于状语从句的省略现象：
一般说来省略现象多出现在下列五种状语从句中：
1)由 when ,while ,as ,before, after , till, until, once等引导的时间状语从句;
2)由whether ,if , unless 等引导的条件状语从句;
3)由though , although ,even if ,whatever等引导的让步状语从句;
4)由 as ,than 等引导的比较状语从句;
5)由as, as if , as though 等引导的方式状语从句。
上述状语从句在省略时应遵循下面原则：
1) 当状语从句的主语与主句的主语一致时，可以省略状语从句的主语和系动词be，这时从句中可出现如下结构：
(1) 连词(as, as if , once)+ 名词;
(2) 连词( though, whether , when)+形容词;
(3) 连词(whether, as if ,while )+介词短语;
(4) 连词(when , while , though )+ 现在分词;
(5) 连词(when ,if ,even if ,unless ,once ,until, than , as ) + 过去分词;
(6) 连词(as if ,as though ) + 不定式。
如：
a) Once (he was)a worker ,Pang Long now becomes a famous singer .
庞龙曾经是个工 人，现在变成一位著名的歌手。
b) Work hard when (you are) young ,or you'll regret.趁年轻要努力学习，要不然你会后悔的。
c) He looked everywhere as if (he was)in search of something .他到处看似乎在找什么东西。
d) While (he was) holding talks with President Hu Jintao ,US President George W. Bush thanked China for its important role in the Six-Party Talks.
美国总统布什在与胡锦涛主席会谈时，感谢中国在六方会谈中起的重要作用。
e) The exhibition is more interesting than (it was) expected .这次展览比被预料的有趣的多。
f) Olympic gold medallist hurdler Liu Xiang opened his lips as if (he were) to speak。
奥林匹克金牌获得者跨栏运动员刘翔张开嘴好像要说什么。
注意：
1) 当从句的主语和主句的宾语一致时，间或也有这样的省略,如：
Her father told her to be careful when (she was)crossing the street.当她过马路时父亲告诉她要当心。
2) 当从句的主语是 it，谓语动词中又含有系动词be 时，可以把it和系动词be一起省略。此时构成连词(if , unless ,when , whenever)+形容词的结构。如：
Unless (it is) necessary ,you'd better not refer to the dictionary.如果没有必要，你最好不要查字典。
Our class has ___________three papers so as to keep up on current events.
A. subscribed to B. contributed to C. depended on D. applied for
知识点：词组/短语辨析
A
试题分析：考查动词短语。短语subscribe to预定，订购；contribute to捐助，贡献；depend on依靠；apply for申请；句意：为了知道时事我们班已经订购了三份报纸。根据句意可知A项正确。
News came that nine miners still ___________ in the mine.
A. were laid trapped B. were laid trapping C. lay trapped D. lay being trapped.
知识点：过去分词
C
Michael made it when he tried out for the freshman basketball team in high school,____________.
A. so Jack did B. so did Jack C. as did Jack D. and as Jack did
知识点：倒装与省略
C
试题分析：考查倒装句。固定结构 “So+助动词/情态动词/be动词+另外一主语”表示前面的肯定情况适用于另外一个人。句意：当他在高中里参加高一篮球队的时候，取得了成功，Jack也一样。故C项正确。
【名师点睛】
当前面的肯定情况适用于另外一个人的时候，使用“so+助动词/情态动词/be动词+另一主语”； 当前面的否定情况适用于另外一个人的时候，使用“neither/nor+助动词/情态动词/be动词+另一主语”；如果前面的句子既有肯定也有否定，或者句中既有行为动词也有助动词的时候，使用“so it is with…”或“it is the same with…”。
Instead of playing with his kids, he just sat on the bench because his back ___________ badly.
A. wounded B. hurt C. injured D. harmed
知识点：动词/动词短语
B
试题分析：考查动词辨析。动词wound受伤，hurt疼痛；感到疼痛；受痛苦；有坏处，有害；injure受伤（通常表示事故中受伤）；harm伤害；本句中hurt意为“疼痛”；句意：他没有和孩子玩耍，他只是坐在板凳上，因为他的后背疼得厉害。故B正确。
– When did the manager decide to construct the theory of management?
-- It was last month ___________ the management system suffered from a drawback.
A. when B. that C. which D. where
知识点：定语从句
A
Tom, you should know how to behave yourself. After all you will __________ 20 next month, and will __________ a teacher after you graduate from college next year.
A. become; turn B. turn; become C. become; become D. turn; turn
知识点：动词/动词短语
B
The French Revolution was successful in ___________ society of inequality, which had a great effect on many other countries, particularly those in Europe.
A. informing B. reminding C. ridding D. robbing
知识点：动词/动词短语
C
试题分析：考查动词辨析。短语inform sb of...通知某人某事；remind sb of sth提醒某人某事；rid sb of sth去除sb某事；rob sb of sth抢劫某人某物；句意：法国大革命成功第消除了社会不公平，这对其他国家有更大的影响，尤其是欧洲国家。故C正确。
___________ in making for 4As in the academic proficiency test, which most classmates had not expected, made her parents very upset.
A. Wang Qiang was defeated B. Wang Qiang being defeated
C. Wang Qiang’s been defeated D. Wang Qiang’s being defeated
知识点：非谓语动词
D
试题分析：考查动名词复合结构。动名词的复合结构为“所有格/宾格+doing”，在做主语的时候，只能使用“所有格+doing”的格式，根据句意可知使用被动语态的形式。句意：王强在小高考中没有获得4A是大部分学生没有预料到的事情，也让他的父母亲很失望。故D正确。
Market economy is a competitive economy, _________ I think, suppliers, producers and dealers should obey market rules and develop cooperative relation based on mutual benefits.
A. that B. which C. where D. how
知识点：定语从句
C
-- Where are my new sneakers? Have you seen them?
-- How __________ I know? I’m your sister, not your servant.
A. shall B. should C. will D. might
知识点：情态动词
B
试题分析：考查情态动词。情态动词shall将要；should应该；will将要，会；might也许；句意：—我的运动鞋到哪里去了？你看见了吗？—我应该知道吗？我是你姐姐，不是你的仆人。本句中should表示责备，指责。故B正确。
– I’d like to have one more look around. By myself this time.
-- __________.
A. There you go B. Be my guest C. Count me out D. Drop me a line
知识点：情景交际
B
试题分析：考查交际用语。A这边请; 这下你会懂了; 你又来这一套；Be my guest请自便；Count me out别把我算在内；Drop me a line写信给我。句意：—我想再看看，我一个人吧！—请自便。本句属于交际用语，根据句意可知B项正确。
William Wordsworth wrote that “the human mind is capable of excitement without the application of violent stimulants(刺激)”. And it appears that simply reading those words proves his 36 .
Researchers at the University of Liverpool found the works of Shakespeare and Wordsworth and 37 had a beneficial effect on the mind. It can 38 the reader’s attention and trigger(触发) moments of self-reflection.
Using scanners, they 39 the brain activity of volunteers as they read pieces of classical English literature both in their 40 form and in a modern translation.
And, according to the Sunday Telegraph, the experiment showed the more 41 prose(散文) and poetry 42 far more electrical activity in the brain than the easier versions.
The research also found poetry, 43 , increased activity in the right part of the brain, an area 44 with “autobiographical(自传式的) memory”, which helped the reader to 45 on their own experiences. The researchers said this meant the 46 were more useful than self-help books.
The brain 47 of 30 volunteers were watched in the first part of the research as they read Shakespeare in different 48 .
In one example, volunteers read a line from King Lear, “A father and a gracious aged man: him have you madded”, before reading the 49 version: “A father and a gracious aged man: him you have annoyed”. Shakespeare’s use of “mad” as a(n) 50 caused a higher level of brain activity than the straightforward prose.
The next stage of the research was looking at the 51 to which poetry could affect 52 and provide therapeutic(治疗的) benefit. Volunteers’ brains were scanned while reading four lines by Wordsworth, and four “translated” lines were also provided.
The first version caused more brain activity, 53 not only the left part of the brain connected with language, but also the right part that relates to autobiographical memory and emotion.
“Poetry is not just a 54 of style. It is also about deep versions of experience that 55 the emotional to the cognitive(认知的),” said Prof Davis, who will present the findings at the North of England education conference in Sheffield this week.
36. A. point B. attitude C. mind D. advice
37. A. the way B. the like C. the likely D. the kind
38. A. break B. focus C. catch D. fix
39. A. participated B. interrupted C. monitored D. controlled
40. A. original B. traditional C. conventional D. ancient
41. A. attractive B. beneficial C. challenging D. emotional
42. A. call off B. put off C. take off D. set off
43. A. for example B. on occasion C. in particular D. in contrast
44. A. mixed B. concerned C. fixed D. conflicted
45. A. reflect B. agree C. depend D. take
46. A. average B. modern C. classic D. academic
47. A. records B. responses C. recalls D. receptions
48. A. moods B. manners C. forms D. times
49. A. shorter B. simpler C. better D. deeper
50. A. adjective B. noun C. adverb D. verb
51. A. extension B. degree C. amount D. scale
52. A. philosophy B. biology C. sociology D. psychology
53. A. raising up B. waking up C. taking up D. making up
54. A. matter B. mark C. manner D. mass[来
55. A. prefer B. add C. cater D. refer
知识点：完型填空
36-40.ABCCA 41-45.CDCBA 46-50.CBCBD 51-55.BDBAB
38. C 考查动词辨析。动词break折断，打断；focus聚焦；catch抓住；fix维修，确定；莎士比亚和华兹华斯以及其他类似作家的作品对思维具有裨益，能够吸引读者的注意力，让读者自我反省，像“火箭助推器”一样提升人的精神状态。本句catch指“抓住，吸引”。故C正确。
39. C 考查动词辨析。动词participate参与；interrupt打断；monitor检测，监视；control控制；A项是不及物动词，要和in连用；BD与上下文不搭配。本句介绍研究人员的研究活动。句意：研究员们使用扫描仪，监测志愿者们阅读经典英国文学作品时的大脑活动。故C正确。
40. A 考查形容词辨析。形容词original原始的；traditional/ conventional传统的；ancient古代的；形容词original与modern相呼应。这些志愿者阅读的既有原作，又有简化的现代版译文。故A正确。
41. C 考查上下文串联。形容词attractive有吸引力的；beneficial有益的；challenging有挑战性的，困难的；
46. C 考查上下文串联。形容词average平均的；modern现代的；classic经典的；academic学术的；专业的；本文主要讨论的就是经典作品对人们大脑的影响，倡导人们阅读经典。故C项符合上下文串联。
47. B 考查名词辨析。名词record记录；response反应；recall回忆；reception接待，欢迎；实验的第一部分中，30名志愿者阅读了不同形式的莎比士亚作品，与此同时研究者们监测了他们大脑的反应。故B正确。
48. C 考查名词辨析。名词moods心情，心境；manners有礼貌；form形式；times时代；短语in different forms修饰Shakespeare，指不同形式的莎士比亚作品。故C正确。
49. B 考查形容词辨析；形容词shorter更短；simpler更简单；better更好；deeper更深入；其中一个例子是志愿者阅读《李尔王》中的一句台词，“A father and a gracious aged man: him have you madded”接下来他们又阅读了一句简单一点的版本。研究人员想通过这样的方法研究人脑的反应变化。故B正确。
50. D 考查语法部分。对局中的have you madded中的“madded”是一个动词的过去分词形式。比起直白的现代版诗句，莎士比亚把形容词“mad”用作动词形式，这让大脑的活跃度更高。故D正确。
51. B 考查名词辨析。名词extension伸展，延伸；degree程度；amount数量；scale范围；名词degree程度和介词to连用，形成短语to some degree在某种程度上。本题degree提前作为先行词，关系代词which指代先行词和介词to连用。该研究的第二个阶段是研究诗作可以影响心理状态到什么程度，给健康带来多少益处。故B正确。
52. D 考查名词辨析。名词philosophy哲学；biology生物学；sociology社会学；psychology心理；本文讨论的是经典作品对人类思想的影响，只有D项是与心理有关。故D正确。
【名师点睛】
本文属于科普类短文，此类文章的中心思想通常在文章开头就直接给出，所以我们要抓住文章的主题句。同时我们还要充分利用上下文串联来寻找解题信息。
1. 利用文章中心主题句解题方法------利用段首句或首段最大限度地获取信息。
为给学生理解文章奠定基础，使学生更易于理解文章内容，出题者在设计完形填空试题时，总是保留一个完整的、或是大半个完整的表达主旨的句子。大家知道，文章的开头很重要，往往开宗明义点出文章主题。因此，整篇文章的提示句往往在开头。考生应充分利用段首句提供的信息，去挖掘文章的思路，寻找文章的脉络与线索。
2.利用上下文寻找解题信息
由于完形填空的文章是一个意义相关联的语篇，围绕一个话题论述，因此在行文中词语的重复、替代、复现和同现现象是不可避免的。根据这个原则，某一个空格所对应的答案很可能就是在上下文中复现或同现的相关词，考生可以根据这些词之间的有机联系来确定答案。所以，解题时应联系上下文寻找相关线索，如某一个词的原词、指代词、同义词、近义词、上义词、下义词和概括词等。但由于我们在做题时不可能总是重复地阅读文章，因此，在做完形填空时要培养一种捕捉并记忆相关信息的能力。
In today’s China, exchanges between Chinese and English-speakers are increasingly frequent. English skills are important to Chinese if China wishes to play a stronger role on the world stage. However, the general English level of the Chinese people is on the decline.
China’s ranking in the 2015 EF English Proficiency Index dropped 10 drops. It was ranked 47th out of 70 countries rated, and is now similar to several Latin American countries. The report triggered widespread discussion in China：in an increasingly international nation, why is the peoples’ level of English getting worse?
A decline in the English level of the Chinese people is no accident. With China’s exam-based education system, worsening English is unavoidable. English education in China is too focused on grammar and ignored oral practice. This results in students often being too scared to speak, for fear of making a mistake. Exam-based courses lead to the problem that students merely learn for the test, not learn the language.
In Latin America, nations do not have a rigorous exam system for English, but focus on promoting the language itself. Such programs that promote English include Chile’s “English Opens Doors,” program, Panama’s “Panama Bilingual Education Program,” and Mexico’s “10 Million People Plan.” Brazil, which also has a government program, is ranked first in the region for English.
The Chinese government should first think about how to reduce the amount of pressure on students taking exams in order to promote change in the current system of rote English education. This is the most important step.
Everyone has been recently focused on overseas returnees. The number of Chinese studying abroad has rapidly multiplied in past years. At the same time, the number of overseas returnees is increasing as well. The job market is also increasingly competitive for them and it is often more difficult for returnees to find a suitable job than it is for domestic graduates.
Difficulties and pressure in the job market for overseas returnees discourages a number of Chinese from studying abroad. As a result, the number of Chinese with high-level English, carefully perfected abroad, has been reduced. This could be a major reason for why English is getting worse overall in China.
While China’s overall level of English has declined, it has not affected China’s huge emphasis on English education and training. China remains one of the nations that is most committed to the study of English.
56. What does the writer want to do with this article?
A. To advise the Chinese government to reform its exam-based education.
B. To analyze the reasons why China’s general English level is on the decline.
C. To report the phenomenon that there is a decline in English level of Chinese people.
D. To compare the different ways of learning English between China and Latin America.
57. Which statement is FALSE according to the passage?
A.Nations in Latin America has carried out some programs to promote the English language itself.
B.China has a rigorous exam system focusing on English grammar while ignoring oral practice.
C.The major reason why there is a decline of Chinese people’s English level is that the Chinese government no longer lays emphasis on English education and training.
D.In China, due to the competitive job job market these days, it’s often easier for domestic graduates to find a suitable job than overseas returnees.
58. What measure can help improve English level of Chinese people?
A. Stopping testing English in the educational examination system.
B. Reducing the amount of pressure on students studying English.
C. Encouraging more students to study in Latin American countries.
D. Focusing more on expressive abilities and less on grammatical exams.
知识点：政治经济文化类阅读
56.B 57.C 58.D
lead to the problem that students merely learn for the test, not learn the language.可知中国的教育系统过于关注语法而忽略交际表达，如果想要提高中国人的英语水平，要更强调交际表达能力，而不是语法的能力。故D正确。
When my friend went to Europe last summer, instead of snapping photographs of the Louvre or the Eiffel Tower or Stonehenge, she brought back 32 rolls of ... Cathedral(大教堂的) ceilings. Ceilings. For the 10 years I’ve known her I had never suspected that she was this passionate about stained glass.
Still one of the best things about such pictures — despite their obvious narrow appeal — is that they can’t help but tell us a great deal about the people who took them.
So I shouldn’t have been surprised when I got the roll of film back from my 5-year-old son’s first camping trip. I opened the envelope, naively expecting to see pictures of the nightly campfire, the sun setting over the forest, and possibly even a deer or two.
Instead, I saw an off-center picture of tennis shoes. Not even his tennis shoes, mind you, but a pair someone had lost and left in the cabin. Mystery shoes. And that’s not all.
As I went through the stack, I found that my son had also taken a picture of his sleeping bag, a penny he found in the gravel next to the car, a leaf, an orange sock, a close-up of his father’s ear, a burned hot dog, his thumb, a piece of gum, and many other similar things.
There was barely one sign of nature in the whole stack. I couldn’t help thinking that if he’d wanted pictures of assorted junk, it would’ve been cheaper had he spent the weekend in our back-yard.
AT LEAST that is what I thought until I showed the photographs to my ceiling-snapping friend, the mother of three teenagers, who said simply, “There’s nothing wrong with these.”
But of course, this is just the type of answer you’d expect from someone who photographs ceiling.
Then she told me about the time her daughter went to Yosemite Valley and returned with rolls of photographs of the hotel, restaurant, and gift shop. She also told me about the time her son took his camera to a Major League Baseball game and returned with 24 pictures of cloud formations.
I had a feeling she was just trying to make me feel better.
Then again, to a 5-year-old boy, finding a penny is more exciting than seeing a squirrel. And why would he waste good film on something like, say, some endangered water buffaloes, when he could take a picture of cool tennis shoes? Or his shiny new green sleeping bag?
Face it: Things like beautiful sunsets and campfires can’t compare to a bag of extra-large marshmallow.
So I did what any good mother would do: I marked the date on the back of the pictures and slid them into our family vacation photo album — right after the five pages of ice sculptures I took last year on our cruise to the Bahamas.
59. Who might have taken a picture of the back seat of the family car in his or her trip mentioned in this passage?
A. The author’s friend. B. The author’s son.
C. The author. D. The author’s friend’s daughter.
60. The author changed her mind on her son’s picture taking because______ .
A. her friend persuaded her to do so
B. her son’s pictures finally struck her[Com]
C. she realized the truth by herself inspired by the surrounding examples
D. it suddenly occurred to her that she herself had also taken unique pictures before
61. What can we infer from this passage?
A. Different people perceive the world from different angles, which may vary according to their age, gender, life experiences and so on.
B. The author’s friend is a better mum in terms of educating children.
C. The author will educate her son to take pictures of nature instead of some boring things.
D. The author will take vacation pictures of different kind from her past ones.
知识点：日常生活类阅读
59.B 60.C 61.A
Mrs. Packletide intended to shoot a tiger. Not that the desire to kill had suddenly come to her, or that she felt she would leave India safer with one wild beast less. It was because Loona Bimberton had recently taken a plane to the forest and killed a tiger, and the newspapers showed photographs of Loona Bimberton with a tiger-skin on. In a world supposed to be moved by hunger and by love, Mrs. Packletide’s movements were largely governed by dislike of Loona Bimberton.
Circumstances proved favorable. Mrs. Packletide had offered a thousand rupees (印度卢比) for the opportunity of shooting a tiger without risk or effort, and it happened that an old tiger was frequently coming to a neighboring village at night. He was so old that he couldn’t kill animals in the wild and just satisfied his appetite to the smaller household animals. The villagers were eager to earn the thousand rupees; children were posted night and day in the jungle to watch the tiger, and the cheap goats were left about to keep him from going elsewhere. The one great fear was that he should die of old age before the day of Mrs. Packletide’s shoot.
The great night arrived. A platform had been built in a tree, on which sat Mrs. Packletide and her paid companion, Miss Mebbin. A goat with a loud bleat (咩咩叫) was tied down at the correct distance. With an accurate gun, they waited for the coming of the tiger.
“I suppose we are in some danger?” said Miss Mebbin.
She was not actually nervous about the wild beast, but she was unwilling to perform a bit more service than she had been paid for.
“It’s a very old tiger. It couldn’t spring up here even if it wanted to.” said Mrs. Packletide.
Their conversation was cut short by the appearance of the old tiger. He saw the goat, and lay on the earth for a short rest before attacking.
The gun fired very loudly, and the great yellow beast jumped to one side and then rolled over in the stillness of death. In a moment a crowd of excited villagers appeared on the scene, and their shouting carried the glad news to the village.
It was Miss Mebbin who found that the goat was dying from a bullet-wound, while no wound could be found on the tiger. Evidently the wrong animal had been hit, and the tiger had died of heart-failure, caused by the sudden loud noise of the gun. Mrs. Packletide was annoyed at the discovery; but anyway, she owned a dead tiger, and the villagers, anxious for their thousand rupees, gladly accepted the fiction that she had shot the tiger. And Miss Mebbin was a paid companion. Therefore Mrs. Packletide faced the cameras with a light heart, and her pictures appeared on the newspapers of England and America. As for Loona Bimberton, she refused to look at a newspaper for weeks, and was in a depressed emotion for quite some time.
Mrs. Packletide’s tiger-skin was inspected and admired by the neighbors, and Mrs. Packletide went to the Costume Ball in the character of Diana (狩猎女神).
“How amused everyone would be if they knew what really happened,” said Miss Mebbin a few days after the ball.
“What do you mean?” asked Mrs. Packletide quickly.
“How you shot the goat and frightened the tiger to death,” said Miss Mebbin, with her unpleasant laugh.
“No one would believe it,” said Mrs. Packletide, her face changing color1 rapidly.
“Loona Bimberton would,” said Miss Mebbin.
Mrs. Packletide’s face settled on greenish white. “You surely wouldn’t give me away?” she asked.
“I’ve seen a weekend cottage near Dorking,” said Miss Mebbin, “six hundred and eighty. Quite a bargain, only I don’t happen to have the money.”
Miss Mebbin possessed the pretty weekend cottage. Mrs. Packletide lost interest in animal-hunting.
“The extra expenses are so heavy,” she said to inquiring friends.
62. Mrs. Packletide planned to shoot a tiger because she ________.
A. would leave India safer B. hated the wild animal
C. admired her good friend D. disliked a certain person
63. What did Mrs. Packletide want the villagers to arrange for her?
A. A platform in a tree. B. A paid companion. C. An accurate gun. D. A safe shooting.
64. What was the result of Mrs. Packletide’s shooting?
A. The old tiger was shot to death. B. Neither the tiger nor the goat was shot.
C. The old tiger missed being shot. D. Both the goat and the tiger were shot.
65. What is the message conveyed in the story?
A. Life is hard for one to predict. B. Everything comes for a reason.
C. It’s unwise to keep bad company. D. False pride costs more than expected.
知识点：科普环保类阅读
62.D 63.D 64.C 65.D
64. C 细节理解题。根据It was Miss Mebbin who found that the goat was dying from a bullet-wound, while no wound could be found on the tiger. Evidently the wrong animal had been hit, and the tiger had died of heart-failure, caused by the sudden loud noise of the gun.可知实际上Mrs. Packletide射中的是山羊，而老虎是死于枪声导致的心脏病。也就是说老虎并没有被射中。故C正确。
65.D 推理判断题。本文讲述了Mrs. Packletide在印度射杀老虎的故事，实际上Mrs. Packletide射中的是山羊，而老虎是死于枪声导致的心脏病。而她在安排射杀老虎的过程中花了很多钱。以此告诉我们虚荣会让我们付出很大的代价。故D正确。
Self-esteem is all about how much people value themselves, and how worthwhile they feel. Self-esteem is important because feeling good about yourself can affect how you behave. A person who has high self-esteem will make friends easily, is more in control of his or her behavior, and will enjoy life more.
Some teens struggle with their self-esteem when they begin puberty(青春期) because the body goes through many changes. These changes, combined with a natural desire to feel accepted, mean it can be tempting for people to compare themselves with others. They may compare themselves with the people around them or with actors they see on TV or in magazines.
It’s not just development that affects self-esteem, though. Many other factors can affect a person’s body image too.
Family life can sometimes influence self-esteem. Some parents spend more time criticizing their kids and the way they look than praising them, which can reduce kids’ ability to develop good self-esteem.
Sometimes, classmates and peers may also make negative comments and laugh at the way they look . Sometimes racial and ethnic prejudice is the source of such comments. Although these often come from ignorance, sometimes they can affect someone’s body image and self-esteem.
Some people think they need to change how they look or act to feel good about themselves. But actually all you need to do is change the way you see your body and how you think about yourself.
The first thing to do is recognizethat your body is your own, no matter what shape, size, or color1 it comes in. If you’re very worried about your weight or size, check with your doctor to verify that things are OK. But it’s no one’s business but your own what your body is like—ultimately, you have to be happy with yourself.
Next, identify which aspects of your appearance you can realistically change and which you can’t. If there are things about yourself that you want to change and can, do this by making goals for yourself. For example, if you want to get fit, make a plan to exercise every day and eat nutritious foods.
When you hear negative comments coming from within yourself, tell yourself to stop. Try building your self-esteem by giving yourself three compliments(赞扬) every day. By focusing on the good things you do and the positive aspects of your life, you can change how you feel about yourself.
Title
Body Image and Self-Esteem
Why is self-esteem important?
Feeling good about yourself can affect your 1.______ and thus you can enjoy life more.
What affects a person’s self-esteem?
Puberty
●2. ______ changes mixed with the desire to feel accepted lead them to make a 3._______ with others.
Outside
4._______
● More 5._______from parents can reduce kids’ ability to develop good self-esteem.
● Classmates and peers comment on them and 6.______ their appearance.
7.______on improving your self-esteem
Change the way you see your body and how you think about yourself.
● 8._______ your body as it is despite others’ opinions.
● Make goals to change some aspects of your image if 9._______.
● Focus on positive compliments 10._______ than negative comments from within your heart.
知识点：阅读填空
1. behavior/behaviour
2. Body/Physical
3. comparison
4. influences/factors
5. criticism
6. tease
7. Tips/Suggestions/Advice
8. Accept
9. possible
10. rather
5. criticism 词性转换。根据第四段第二句“Some parents spend more time criticizing their kids....”很多父母亲都去批评孩子。父母的批评会减少孩子形成良好的自尊的能力。原文中使用动词，表格里形容词more的后面要使用名词形式criticism。
6. tease 同义词转换。根据第五段第一句“.......laugh at the way they look”中“laugh at嘲笑”，表格中要使用单个的动词表示相同含义，所以使用同义词“tease嘲笑”。
7. Tips/Suggestions/Advice 归纳总结。根据第六段第二句But actually all you need to do is change the way you see your body and how you think about yourself.可知接下来是作者提出的建议，人们需要改变我们看待自己对自己方法，这些都属于针对这个问题提出的建议。
8. Accept 同义句转换。根据第六段第一句The first thing to do is recognizethat your body is your own, no matter what shape, size, or color1 it comes in.可知首先要认可自己的身体的肤色体型等，也就是要接受自己的实际情况。
9. possible 归纳总结。根据第七段第一句Next, identify which aspects of your appearance you can realistically change and which you can’t要搞清楚那些是自己能够改变的，那些是不能改变的。再根据第二句If there are things about yourself that you want to change and can, do this by making goals for yourself.可知在可能的情况下，我们要做出适当的调整。所以使用省略句if possible。
10. rather 考查同义句转换。根据最后一句By focusing on the good things you do and the positive aspects of your life, you can change how you feel about yourself.可知我们要聚焦于积极的方面，而不是消极的方面，所以使用介词短语rather than。
1. I don’t think it is worthwhile to s__________your health to make great achievements.
2. Independence and equality among different countries are the basic p__________ of the international laws.
3. Under such circumstances, he began to be s__________about his own judgment.
4. Though he hasn’t realized it, there is actually a p__________danger in his work.
5. She desperately wanted to win his father’s a__________ of her studying abroad.
6. He lost his parents in an accident when he was five, which made him suffer a lot and feel a__________ by the world.
7. His c__________ as an economist was confirmed by his successful fight against the financial crises.
8. I just can’t understand the social p__________ that so many Chinese people are rushing to Japan for basic daily necessities.
9. I want to return the goods to you because they don’t c__________with my order.
10. We should go to the hospital to take regular medical examinations because many diseases like cancer show no s__________ in their early stages.
知识点：单词拼写
1. sacrifice
2. principles
3. skeptical/sceptical/suspicious
4. potential
5. approval
6. abandoned
7. competence
8. phenomenon
9. correspond
10. symptom/symptoms
6. abandoned 形容词abandoned被抛弃的，被遗弃的；本句中该词和系动词feel连用构成系表结构。
7. competence 名词competence能力，该词在句中做主语。句意：由于他成功地战胜金融危机他作为经济学家的能力被确认。
8. phenomenon 名词phenomena现象；该词的复数形式phenomenon，本句中that引导同位语从句，在句中不充当任何成分。
9. correspond 动词correspond与...一致；动词短语correspond with与....一致；句意：因为他们与我的订购不一致，我想把退货。
10. symptom/symptoms 名词symptom征兆，症状；本句中该词作为动词show的宾语。
1. It was not until we had stayed together for a couple of weeks that I found we had a lot in common.
Not until we had stayed together for a couple of weeks ________ ________ ________ we had a lot in common.
2. If it hadn't been for his fluency in , he couldn't have been offered the job.
_______ ________ his fluency in English, he couldn't have been offered the job.
3. After they had made a great many efforts, everything is now under their control.
After they had made a great many efforts, everything is now ________ ________ ________.
4. The production in large quantities of this kind of medicine is forbidden.
The ________ ________ of this kind of medicine is not allowed.
5. I thought after he left he would disappear gradually from my mind , but still every day when I wake up I will dream of the happiest moments with him.
I thought after he left he would ________ _________ from my mind, but still every day I wake up dreaming of the happiest moments with him.
知识点：句型转换
1. did I find
2. But for
3. at/ under their command
4. mass production
5. fade away
5. fade away
动词短语fade away消失，衰退；与原句中的disappear gradually意义相近。
1.到目前为止，他们已经多次在动物身上试用于过这种药物了。
So far, they have _________ __________ the drug on animals a dozen of times.
2.他很难过地发现在选举中被他自己的好朋友反对。
He was very sad to find himself his own good friends in the election.
3.他不同意我的看法---这个地方的很多犯罪都是与滥用毒品有关。
He didn’t _________ _________ our view that much of the crime in this area is relevant to drug abuse.
4.在喝了很多酒后，那个人不小心向同事们透露出他的秘密，他曾以为偷窃而蹲监狱两年。
After drinking much alcohol, the man carelessly ___ ___ his secret to his colleagues that he had been in prison for two years for theft.
5.通过望远镜你不能看清楚东西，除非你正确地调节它以适应你的视线。
You can’t see things clearly through a telescope unless it is _________ correctly ________ your sight.
知识点：谚语、习语
1. tried out
2. opposed by
3. subscribe to/ agree with
4. let out/gave away
5. adjusted to
阅读下面的短文，然后按照要求写一篇150词左右的英语短文。
As we all know, life is full of dreams and having a good dream is of great importance in our daily life. Without a good dream, people can’t make progress; without a good dream, countries can’t develop; without a good dream, the world can’t become so beautiful! And I hold the strong belief that everyone, whether he is old or young, poor or rich, junior or senior, does have a good dream! After all, dreaming is certainly a positive part of our life, and wishing for good things, however, costs nothing!
What’s more, it is important to fly our dreams, especially for those who are Senior 3 students. It is high time for them to fly their dreams. If they can’t let their dreams fly, the dream would just die!
Therefore, it is no wonder that so many people have a dream since their childhood. With a nice dream, China succeeded to host the 29th Olympic Games in 2008; with a nice dream, Hong Kong returned to the motherland peacefully in 1997; with a nice dream, Yuan Longping rids the world of hunger; with a nice dream, Michael Jordon becomes the most popular basketball star; with a nice dream I can stand on this stage to compete in the final English speech contest. And with an aim of achieving success, I must do the best!
So my good friends, if you want to realize your dream, please do not be afraid in face of difficulties or give up in face of failure nor lose your dream in face of pains. You must keep going forward bravely! Just fly your dream highly above the sky!
【写作内容】
1. 阅读短文后用30词左右概括短文的要点。
2. 就“放飞梦想”为主题，以120词左右发表自己的看法，并包括以下内容要点：
（1）列举自己或身边现实生活中中学生梦想成真的一件事例；
（2）结合自己的实际，谈谈你现在的梦想，并说明打算如何实现。
【写作要求】
1. 在作文中可以使用自己亲身的经历或虚构的故事，也可以参照阅读材料的内容但不得直接引用原文中的句子；
2. 作文中不能出现真实姓名和学校名称。
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知识点：书面表达
Dreams play an important role in our daily life and a good dream is the motivation to success. To realize a dream, one should learn to defeat difficulties through constant struggles as well as persistence.
It is a dream that enables one to do better in life. Like most classmates, there was a time when I dreamed of being an excellent student in English after entering junior middle school, though my English was very poor then. To catch up with my classmates, I made up my mind to learn English well and made pen-friends with some foreign students so as to practise my spoken English and improve my written English. Although some of my classmates often went to the movies in the evening, seldom did I take part in such activities. Instead, I set aside to concentrate on my English and won the Final English Speech Contest around the city this term, realizing my dream.
At present, I also have another dream. As a Senior 3 student, I hope that I can be admitted to a key university after graduation from middle school. Of course, whether my dream will come true depends largely on my personal efforts. Although life is full of ups and downs, I choose to go forward bravely. I strongly believe that where there is a dream, there is hope and there is a way.
【名师点睛】
本篇范文结构非常合理，第一段归纳总结短文内容，第二段介绍身边某位同学经过个人努力实现梦想的故事。第三段中提出个人梦想，并详细介绍为梦想做出的具体做法。时态和人称运用准确无误，全文无中国式英语句式和思维，显示了很高的驾驭语言的能力。作者在范文中使用了较多的高级句式，如定语从句..... there was a time when I dreamed of being an excellent student in English.主语从句whether my dream will come true depends largely on my personal efforts.最终在文章最后还仿写了一个谚语：where there is a dream, there is hope and there is a way.这些写作技巧的运用让文章整体上了一个台阶。