阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从 1―15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。

For many people today, reading is no longer relaxation. To keep up their work they must read letters, reports, trade publications, interoffice communications, not to mention newspapers and magazines: a never-ending flood of words. In    1   a job or advancing in one, the ability to read and comprehend     2   can mean the difference between success and failure. Yet the unfortunate fact is that most of us are    3   readers. Most of us develop poor reading    4    at an early age, and never get over them. The main deficiency（不足）5   in the actual stuff of language itself —words. Taken individually, words have   6   meaning until they are strung together into phrases, sentences and paragraphs.   7  , however, the untrained reader does not read groups of words. He laboriously reads one word at a time, often regressing（退回）to   8   words or passages. Regression, the tendency to look back over what you have just read, is a common bad habit in reading. Another habit which   9  down the speed of reading is vocalization—sounding each word either orally or mentally as one reads.

To overcome these bad habits, some reading clinics use a device called an   10  , which moves a bar (or curtain) down the page at a predetermined（预先确定的） speed．The bar is set at a slightly faster rate than the reader finds comfortable, in order to“stretch”him. The accelerator forces the reader to read fast,   11  word-by-word reading, regression and subvocalization（默读）practically impossible. At first    12  is sacrificed for speed．But when you learn to read ideas and concepts, you will not only read faster, but your comprehension will   13  . Many people have found  their reading skill drastically improved after some training.   14     Charlce Au, a business manager, for instance, his reading rate was a reasonably good 172 words a minute before the training, now it is an excellent 182 words a minute. He is delighted that how he can   15  a lot more reading material in a short period of time.

1．A．applying          B．doing            C．offering         D．getting

2．A．quickly           B．easily           C．roughly      D．decidedly

3．A．good              B．curious          C．poor         D．urgent

4．A．training          B．habits           C．situations   D．custom

5．A．lies             B．combines             C．touches      D．involves

6．A．some              B．much             C．little           D．dull

7．A．Fortunately       B．Indeed           C．Logically        D．Unfortunately

8．A．reuse                 B．reread           C．rewrite      D．recite

9．A．scales            B．cuts                 C．slows        D．measures

10．A．accelerator      B．actor            C．amplifier        D．observer

11．A．enabling             B．leading          C．making       D．indicating

12．A．meaning          B．comprehension        C．skill            D．regression

13．A．increase         B．reduce           C．improve      D．stay

14.A. Have              B. Take             C. Make         D. Consider

15.A. look through      B. go over          C. put off      D. get through

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16-25的相应位置上。

Recently I failed an exam．However,   16   I came out of my teacher's office．I told myself: "Smile! It's not so serious. "

    I smiled a big smile and   17   worked a little, really．

Everyone gets   18   （frustrate） sometimes．I used to be always influenced by pressure and I was often in low spirits．But one day I came   19  a sentence in the Bible: “Do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will he anxious for itself．Let the day's own trouble be sufficient for the day．" It suddenly struck me: "  20   （worry） about a problem doesn't help．Why not just give a big smile and face up   21   the trouble?"

Now every time I want to cry, I remind myself that   22   （laugh） is better than tears and anger．I   23 _ （convince） that there's something magical about a smile．A smile helps me recover confidence and gives me   24  courage to move on．

Remember, whenever you're faced with a setback, whenever you've been treated unfairly, all it takes is determination and you can feel happy again．Smile at life． 25  it will shine on you．

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。

“Dr. Papaderos, what is the meaning of life?”

The usual laughter followed, and people stirred to go. Papaderos held up his hand and stilled the room and looked at me for a long time, asking with his eyes if I was serious and seeing from my eyes that I was.

“I will answer your question.”

Taking his wallet out of his hip pocket, he fished into a leather billfold and brought out a very small round mirror, about the size of a quarter. And what he said went like this:

 “When I was a small child, during the war, we were very poor and we lived in a remote village. One day, on the road, I found the broken pieces of a mirror. A German motorcycle had been wrecked in that place.

 I tried to find all the pieces and put them together, but it was not possible, so I kept only the largest piece. This one, and, by scratching it on a stone, I made it round. I began to play with it as a toy and became fascinated by the fact that I could reflect light into dark places where the sun would never shine—in deep holes and crevices（裂缝）and dark closets. It became a game for me to get light into the most inaccessible places I could find.

 I kept the little mirror, and, as I went about my growing up, I would take it out in idle moments and continue the challenge of the game. As I became a man, I grew to understand that this was not just a child’s game but a metaphor for what I might do with my life. I came to understand that I am not the light or the source of light. But light—truth, understanding, knowledge—is there, and it will shine in many dark places only if I reflect it.

I am a fragment（碎片）of a mirror whose whole design and shape I do not know. Nevertheless, with what I have I can reflect light into the dark places of this world—into the black places in the hearts of men—and change some things in some people. Perhaps others may see and do likewise. This is what I am about. This is the meaning of my life.”
26. On hearing the author’s question, Dr. Papaderos __________ at first.
    A. laughed at his foolishness           B. wasn’t sure of the answer
    C. doubted his seriousness              D. wasn’t interested at all
27. How did Dr. Papaderos get the small round mirror when he was a child?
    A. He found it on the road and made it round.
    B. A dying German soldier gave him as a present.
    C. He chanced to find it in the street while playing.
    D. He put the broken pieces together and made it.
28. Why did Dr. Papaderos like the small round mirror so much as a child?
    A. Because he was too poor to afford other toys.
    B. Because it could shine the places where the sun couldn’t reach.
    C. Because he believed it would bring good luck to him.
    D. Because it told him a lot about what life really meant to him.
29. The underlined “metaphor” in the 7th paragraph most probably means _____ .
    A. symbol           B. source               C. light            D. purpose
30. Which of the following might be the best title for the passage?
    A. A Special Game in the Childhood      B. A Broken Piece of Mirror
    C. Dr. Papaderos’ Experience               D. The Meaning of Life

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。

India was once part of the British Empire, but thanks to modern technology and a booming economy, it has turned the tables on its former colonial master. Indian tutors are helping to teach math to British children over high-speed Internet connections. Early results suggest the idea is improving exam results. But not everyone is happy at this “outsourcing” of tutoring.
   It’s 3:30, and pupils at Raynham Primary School in London are gathering for their after-school maths lessons.
   Five time zones— thousands of kilometers away—their math tutors are also arriving for class. High-speed Internet has made it possible for Indian tutors to teach British pupils in real time. Each pupil gets a dedicated one-to-one online tutor. The students work with activities on their computer screen and wear a headset and microphone to talk to their tutor.

   The class teacher, Altus Basson, says he has seen an improvement in results. “There are some children who’ve really rocketed in their results. Children who struggleto focus in class focus a lot better on the laptops. The real advantage is that each child gets a focused activity and a single tutor,” he said.
   Such individualized teaching is the core idea of Brightspark Education, the company that provides the online tutoring, says founder Tom Hooper. “Children today feel very confident online; they feel very engaged; they feel very in control. And that's half the battle with education.Give them control, make them feel confident and enjoy their learning and you'll see them start to improve and embrace it," he said.     

    Raynham Primary School is among the first in Europe to try online tutoring. At between $20 and $25 an hour, it's about half the cost of face-to-face coaching. But some people say an Internet connection is not enough of a connection for teaching and learning. Kevin Courtney is deputy General Secretary of Britain's National Union of Teachers. "We think, there's a really important emotional connection between a teacher and a child whether it's a whole class or whether it's one-to-one. You need that immediacy of feedback and we're not convinced that that can happen across an Internet connection. In one of the wealthiest.countries in the world, we think that we can afford to have teachers with genuine emotional connection there with the

children," he said.

    Brightspark Education says the online tutoring is used only as an addition to supplement regular teaching. The company says its service does not represent a threat to teachers' jobs in Britain.

    Parents say they're very satisfied with the results they've seen. And what about the children?Children: "I love it!"I love it!"I hate maths!" So math--or, as the British call it, maths—is still not everyone's favorite subject even with the latest technology to teach it.

31. What do we know about the online tutoring?

   A. Indian tutors are helping to teach math in Britain.

   B. Tutors and students are in different places.

   C. An online tutor helps several students at the same time.

   D. Tutors and students communicate by telephone.

32. What can we learn about Brightspark Education? 

   A. It shows a threat to teachers’ jobs in Britain. 

B. It can take place of the regular teaching.

   C. It only pays attention to math teaching.    

D. It emphasizes the individualized teaching.

33. According to Kevin Courtne, _________.      .

   A. online tutoring will represent a threat to teachers’ jobs in Britain

   B. online tutoring has a great influence on British.

   C. the emotional connection between a teacher and a child is important

   D. immediacy of feedback can happen across an Internet connection

34. The tone of this passage could best be described as ______.

   A. humorous        B. ironic（讽刺的）       C. admiring    D. dissatisfied

35. What’s the best title for this passage ?

   A. A New Teaching Pattern                       

B. Indian Teachers and British Students

C. To Learn Maths with the Latest Technology

 D. Indian Tutors Teach British Kids Online

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。

Money is all surrounding us．Every day, we see it, use it, and it is on the tip of our tongue．Did you ever stop to take into consideration where the money that you carry around every day comes from?

    Making new money is a very unique job and no easy task．It has up to 65 steps. When the money in circulation（流通）gets dirty and worn out, it is replaced with new money. The old money is taken from banks and brought to places where it is destroyed. Usually, the old money is burned. The burned money is replaced by new paper money.

    If old money is being replaced, then new money is printed in a place called a mint（造币厂）．Large sheets of paper are printed with many pictures of some currency （流通货币）．These large sheets are cut into individual bills．The individual bills are then put together in big stacks and then sent to banks．

    Sometimes the mint will make a new bill with a new picture （portraits of statesman and places of interest are favoured）or a new colour. It is not easy for the government to make a new bill. It takes a long time, and there are many steps to go through before a new bill can be sent to banks, First, people in the government decide that a new kind of bill is needed. Then, they ask an artist to design the new bill．A different artist cuts the new picture into a soft piece of metal called a die．The dies are made and put onto large printing machines．Then, very special paper is used, which no one but the mint can have．Along with this special paper, the mint also prints currency using special colours．After the dies print the new currency onto the paper, the bills are cut, stacked, and sent off to the banks．

36．From the passage we know that

    A．banks make new money

    B．it takes 65 procedures to make new money

    C．mints decide what kind of bill is needed

    D．old money that is not used is forever stored in a special place

37．We can infer from the passage that a die is ____

    A．something for dead people

    B．a special machine that prints the money

    C．a special piece of paper that the money is made from

    D．a piece of metal that puts the picture on the money

38．'Which of the following shows the right order of dealing with new money?

    ①New money is printed in a mint．

    ②Bills are cut from large sheets of special paper．

    ③New money is sent in large amounts to banks．

    ④The government decides to make new money．

    A．①②③④         B．④③②①         C．④①③②         D．④①②③

39．Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage?

    A．The reason for making new money．

    B．The processes of making a new bill．

    C．The amount of new money needed．

    D．Things used to make new money or a new bill．

40. Where can you most probably find this kind of article?

A. a daily newspaper                       B. a fashion magazine

C. textbook                               D. an advertisement

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。

Do you want to live with a strong sense of peacefulness, happiness, goodness, and self-respect? The collection of happiness actions broadly categorized(把…归类) as "honor" help you create this life of good feelings.

   Here's an example to show how honorable actions create happiness.

   Say a store clerk fails to charge us for an item. If we keep silent, and profit from the clerk's mistake, we would drive home with a sense of sneaky(卑鄙的) excitement. Later we might tell our family or friends about our good fortune. On the other hand, if we tell the clerk about the uncharged item, the clerk would be grateful and thank us for our honesty. We would leave the store with a quiet sense of honor that we might never share with another soul.

   Then, what is it to do with our sense of happiness?

   In the first case, where we don't tell the clerk, a couple of things would happen. Deep down inside we would know ourselves as a type of thief. In the process, we would lose some peace of mind and self-respect. We would also demonstrate(演示) that we cannot be trusted, since we advertise our dishonor by telling our family and friends. We damage our own reputations by telling others. In contrast, bringing the error to the clerk's attention causes different things to happen. Immediately the clerk knows us to be honorable. Upon leaving the store, we feel honorable and our self-respect is increased.  Whenever we take honorable action we gain the deep internal rewards of goodness and a sense of nobility.

   There is a beautiful positive cycle that is created by living a life of honorable actions. Honorable thoughts lead to honorable actions. Honorable actions lead us to a happier existence. And it's easy to think and act honorably again when we're happy. While the positive cycle can be difficult to start, once it's started, it's easy to continue. Keeping on doing good deeds brings us peace of mind, which is important for our happiness.

41. According to the passage, the positive action in the example contributes to our_______.

A. self-respect   B. financial rewards     C. advertising ability   D. friendly relationship

42. The author thinks that keeping silent about the uncharged item is equal to_______.

A. lying        B. stealing             C. cheating          D. advertising

43. The underlined phrase "bringing the error to the clerk's attention" means_______.

A. telling the truth to the clerk            B. offering advice to the clerk

C. asking the clerk to be more attentive     D. reminding the clerk of the charged item

44. How will we feel if we let the clerk know her mistake?

A. We'll be very excited.                 B. We'll feel unfortunate.

C. We'll have a sense of honor.            D. We'll feel sorry for the clerk.

45. Which of the following can be the best title of this passage?

A. How to Live Truthfully               B. Importance of Peacefulness

C. Ways of Gaining Self-respect          D. Happiness through Honorable Actions

基础写作 (共1小题，满分15分)

    假设你是校英文周刊通讯员，最近该周刊准备介绍一些优秀的志愿者。请你用英文为王清莲同学写一篇简介。

【写作内容】

    请根据以下中文提纲，介绍王清莲同学的基本情况：

    姓名：王清莲

    职务：中山大学学生会生活委员

    特点：健康、活泼、严于律己，乐于助人

    爱好：阅读、唱歌、跳舞

    事迹：她各科成绩都优秀。自2009年参加中国青年志愿者协会以来，共为有需要的人群和社会机构提供义务服务500多小时。2011年被评为世界大学生运动会优秀志愿者。

【写作要求】

    只能使用5个句子表达全部内容。

【评分标准】

    句子结构准确, 信息内容完整, 篇章结构连贯。

    参考词汇：

中国青年志愿者协会 Chinese Young Volunteers Association（CYVA）;

生活委员student in charge of general affairs; 世界大学生运动会 Universiade；

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。

On Sundays my father always wore that dull gray apron (围裙). The ritual began after breakfast when Dad always announced, “Go ahead everyone. I’ll take care of the dishes!” Off came the suit coat he had worn to church that morning. Up went the shirtsleeves. On went that apron. For the next hour Dad did the dishes, singing songs like “Who Put the Chow in Mrs. Murphy’s Chowder?”

I suppose it was strange for a boy’s father to wear an apron but I never thought much of it until the day that Dad broke with tradition. It was the last Sunday in August.

    "Tommy," he said letting my name roll off his tongue. My mind raced ahead of his words: A new bike? A part-time job?

   "There comes a time in every boy's life when he must take on responsibilities."

   "Responsibilities?" I asked.

    "Yes, It's time you took a greater role in the household." Power tools? Boss my baby brother?

    "Starting today, I want you to do the dishes on Sunday morning so your mother and I can work the crossword puzzle together."

    "The dishes!?"                               

    "Anything wrong with taking over the dishes, son?"

     Ask me to run through a rainstorm. Command me to ride the roller coaster-backward.These things I would do. But I could never do those dishes. There was nothing left but to refuse.

     People often say there is a special chemistry between a father and a son. He came back into the kitchen just as I was about to storm out. In his right hand was the old apron.

     "I want you to have this, Tommy. It'll keep your clothes from getting wet." And before I could mount a protest, he had put the thing on me. "Thanks, Son. Your mother and I appreciate this."

      With that he disappeared into the Sunday paper. Soon I was singing about Mrs. Murphy's chowder. The words came out of nowhere. And out of nowhere I knew the kind of man I wanted to be.

【写作内容】

1. 以约30个词概括短文的内容；

2. 然后以约120个词表达你对“承担家务责任”的看法，并包括以下要点：

  (1) 你觉得现在孩子做家务的情况如何；

  (2) 你认为孩子在家是否需承担家务的责任；

  (3) 以你自己或他人的体验，说明承担家务责任对孩子成长带来的影响。

【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。

【评分标准】

  概括准确，语言规范，内容合适，语篇连贯。