Do you want to get home from work knowing you have made a real difference in someone’s life?
If yes, don’t care about sex or age! Come and join us, and then you’ll make it.
Position: Volunteer Social Care Assistant
(No Pay with Free Meals)
Place: Manchester
Hours: Part Time
We are now looking for volunteers to support people with learning disabilities to live active lives! Only 4 days left. Don’t miss the chance of lending your warm hands to help others!
Role:
You will provide people with learning disabilities with all aspects of their daily lives. You will help them to develop new skills. You will help them to protect their rights and their safety. But your primary(首要的;主要的) concern is to let them know they are valued.
Skills and Experience Required:
You will have the right values and great listening skills. You will be honest and patient. You will have the ability to drive a car and to communicate in fluent written and spoken English since you’ll have to help those people with different learning disabilities. Previous care-related experience will be a great advantage for you.
21. The text is meant to ________ .
A. leave a note B. send an invitation
C. carry an advertisement D. present a document
22. The volunteers’ primary responsibility is to help people with learning disabilities ________ .
A. to get some financial support B. to realize their own importance
C. to properly protect themselves D. to learn some new living skills
23. Which of the following can first be chosen as a volunteer?
A. The one who has done similar work before.
B. The one who can drive a car.
C. The one who has patience to listen to others.
D. The one who can use English to communicate.
知识点：广告布告类
21.C
22.B
23.A
【语篇解读】本文为应用文，题材为新闻广告类。本文是为一项活动招募志愿者，如果你符合要求的条件并想为该项事业做点贡献的话，请来加入我们吧。
Having experienced a shocking electrical accident, which caused him to become both blind and deaf, James Franco’s world became completely dark and quiet for almost ten years. The loss of sight and hearing threw him into such sorrow that he tried a few times to put an end to his life. His family, especially his wife, did their best to tend and comfort him and finally he regained the will to live.
One hot summer afternoon, he was taking a walk with a stick near his house when a thunderstorm started all at once. He stood under a large tree to avoid getting wet, but he was struck by lightning. Witnesses (目击者) thought he was dead but he woke up 20 minutes later, lying face down in muddy water. He was trembling badly, but when he opened his eyes, he could hardly believe what he saw: a tree and a muddy road. When Mrs. Franco came running up to him, shouting to their neighbors to call for help, he could see her and hear her voice for the first time in nearly ten years.
The news of James regaining his sight and hearing quickly spread and many doctors came to examine him. Most of them said that he regained his sight and hearing from the shock he got from lightning. However, none of them could give a compelling answer as to why this should happen. The only reasonable explanation given by one doctor was that, since James lost his sight and hearing as a result of a sudden shock, perhaps, the only way for him to regain them was by another sudden shock.
24. The reason why James attempted to kill himself was that_______ .
A. a terrible electrical accident happened to him
B. he had to live in a dark and silent world
C. he was struck by lightning once more
D. nobody in the world cared about him
25. What was James doing when he was struck by lightning?
A. Sheltering from the rain under a tree. B. Putting an end to his life.
C. Taking a walk with a stick. D. Lying on the ground.
26. What does the underlined word “compelling” in Paragraph 3 mean?
A. wrong B. convincing C. unexplained D. true
27. Which of the following can be the best title for the text?
A. A Terrible Electrical Accident B. James Franco and His Wife
C. An Unforgettable Experience D. What a Sudden Shock!
知识点：人物传记/故事类阅读
24.B
25.A
26.B
27.D
【名师点睛】
抓住文章主线和关键词语，归纳文章中心
要注意不是所有的段落都有主题句，有时主题句暗含在句中。阅读这样的文章，就需要自己根据文章的细节来分析，概括出段落的主题，从而推导出文章的主旨。分析的方法是：先弄清该段落主要讲了哪几方面的内容，这些内容在逻辑上有什么联系，然后加以归纳形成主题。27.D主旨大意题。通读全文，可知本文讲述了James Franco因为受到电击，失明失聪，生活在黑暗寂静的世界里，他几次都想自杀，但有一次他在树下躲雨的时候，意外被闪电击中，却恢复了视力和听力，因此最佳题目是《多么突然的电击》，故D项为正确答案。
It is quite reasonable to blame traffic jams, the cost of gas and the great speed of modern life, but manners on the road are becoming horrible. Everybody knows that the nicest men would become fierce tigers behind the wheel. It is all right to have a tiger in a cage, but to have one in the driver’s seat is another matter.
Road politeness is not only good manners, but a good sense. It takes the most cool-headed drivers great patience to give up the desire to beat back when forced to face rude driving. On the other hand, a little politeness goes a long way towards reducing the possibility of quarreling and fighting. A friendly nod or a wave of thanks in answer to an act of politeness helps to create an atmosphere of good will and becomes so necessary in modern traffic conditions. But such behavior of politeness is by no means enough. Many drivers nowadays don’t even seem able to recognize politeness when they see it.
However, misplaced politeness can also be dangerous. A typical example is the driver who waves a child crossing the street at a wrong place into the path of oncoming cars that may not be able to stop in time. The same goes for encouraging old ladies to cross the road wherever and whenever they want to.
An experienced driver, whose manners are faultless, told me it would help if drivers learnt to correctly join in a traffic stream without causing total blockages that give rise to unpleasant feelings. Unfortunately, modern drivers can’t even learn to drive, let alone master the roadmanship (公路驾车技能). Years ago, experts warned us that the fast increase of the car ownership would demand more give-and-take (互谅互让) from all road users. It is high time for all of us to take this message to heart.
28. The passage mainly talks about _______ .
A. traffic jams B. good manners C. road politeness D. modern drivers
29. Troubles on the road are often caused by ________ .
A. traffic jams B. the behavior of the drivers
C. the great speed of modern life D. terrible road conditions
30 According to the writer, a good driver should ________ .
A. encourage children to cross the road whenever they want to
B. beat back when forced to face rude driving
C. be able to recognize politeness when he sees it
D. join in a traffic stream quickly however other people feel
31. It is not always right for drivers to ________ .
A. master the roadmanship
B. neglect politeness when they see it
C. give a friendly nod in answer to an act of politeness
D. encourage old ladies to cross the road whenever and wherever they want to
知识点：科普环保类阅读
28.C
29.B
30.C
31.D
【名师点评】本文要求考生读懂文章中的每个句子的意思还要推理它们之间的关系，结合自己的生活常识和经验，再通过逻辑推理和判断，理解文章的言外之意，从而揭示文章的深层涵义。任何一篇文章都有其特定的写作目的，读者应当知道如何去做或按照某种方式传递思考问题。
Dolphins(海豚) live in a dark underwater world. It’s often impossible to see each other or anything else around them, so sound plays an important role in their survival. To communicate with each other, dolphins produce all kinds of sounds.
Only other dolphins understand what the sounds mean. Scientists haven’t uncovered their secret communication, except for one kind of whistle. It might last less than a second, but this whistle is a big deal. Why? Because these whistles are actually names of dolphins - and every dolphin has one. Scientists call these sounds a “signature whistle.” When other dolphins hear the whistle, they know which dolphin is calling.
Dolphins often hunt by themselves but still need to stay connected to the group. Since they can’t always see each other, dolphins use their signature whistles to check in with other dolphins hundreds of yards away. “In coastal areas, dolphins exchange whistles even when they’re a third of a mile apart,” says Greg Campbell, who studies animals. That means dolphins shout out to group members that might be nearly five football fields away.
What’s amazing is who names the baby dolphin. Not the mother. Not an auntie dolphin or another group member. Scientists believe the baby dolphin itself comes up with the signature whistle. Like human babies, a baby dolphin plays with sounds throughout its first year. While testing its sound skills, a baby dolphin is doing something amazing. It’s creating or figuring out its signature whistle. How or why it chooses its signature whistle is not clear. Studies show that most of the time the signature whistle is nothing like its mother’s or group members’ whistles.
When the baby dolphin is about a year old, its signature whistle is set. It repeats it often so the other dolphins learn to recognize it.
Deciphering(破译) dolphin names is just the beginning of figuring out what dolphins communicate about. Do they chat about sharks? Discuss the tides? Maybe they even have a name for people. Someday scientists are to decipher the rest of dolphins’ communication.
32．Sound is important for dolphins because of ______.
A．their poor sense of direction B．their living environment
C．their strong enemies D．their big groups
33．The dolphin’s signature whistle ______.
A．lasts along time B．can travel long distances
C．is especially helpful in hunting D．can be recognized by other animals
34．The author writes the text mainly to ______.
A．encourage readers to study dolphins
B．tell readers how dolphins communicate
C．show how lovely and clever dolphins are
D．introduce a special sound made by dolphins
35．A baby dolphin gets its name ______.
A．soon after it was born B．according to its size
C．all by itself D．with the help of its group
知识点：科普环保类阅读
32.B
33.B
34.D
35.C
【名师点拨】
推理判断题所涉及的内容可能是文中的某一句话，也可能是某几句话，所以，推理题的答案只能是根据原文表面文字信息一步推出的答案：即对原文某一句话或某几句话所作的同义改写或综合。推理判断题的题干中通常含infer,suggest,imply,conclude indicate等标志性词语。 这种题型主要包括细节判断题、态度观点推断题、写作意图推断题、文章出处判断题和猜测想象推断题。比如，34.D写作意图题。根据第二段的“Scientists haven’t uncovered their secret communication, except for one kind of whistle.”可知，本 文是要向读者介绍海豚发出的一种奇特声音的含义。故选D。
Q & A
Question: I have recently got a senior position within my company．One of my new tasks is to make monthly progress reports on my department in front of other senior officials. During my first meeting, I presented and then opened the floor to questions． 71 _ My first reaction was to answer defensively(防卫地;戒备地)．Later, I realized that I shouldn’t have felt that way．But how can I keep cool and effectively answer questions in this type of settings?
Answer: Congratulations on your new position! Presenting in front of your peers (同事)is a hard task in itself and it becomes much more difficult when a question-and-answer period is required! Question-and-answer periods are a great way to clarify (使…清楚) the message and strengthen key points． 72 __
● 73
When a person is asking a question, show interest and a desire to understand the question by listening and asking for clarification．
● Buy time
When facing a hard question, most people can’t give an answer immediately．Buy time by repeating the question in your own words． 74 These techniques allow you to quickly organize your thoughts as well as to make sure you will be correctly answering the question．
● Suggest a private meeting.
A one-to-one meeting is a calmer setting than speaking in front of your peers． 75
A．Show your true interest．
B．Restate the question with respect．
C．Some ideas can be quite concrete．
D．There were many difficult questions．
E．It can also be more effective in exchanging ideas．
F．You may also ask for clarification on the question．
G．Here are some ideas that can help prepare for your next meeting．
Having returned from her round trip, the angry woman stood outside the ticket office of the station. “The railway owes (欠债) me $12,” she said to Harry Jenks, the young man working at the 41 . “You sold me a ticket 42 May 22nd, but there was no ship from Jerse y that night. So my daughter and I had to stay in a hotel. It 43 me $12.”
Harry was 44 . He remembered selling the woman a return ticket. “Come into the office, Madam,” he said politely. “I’ll just 45 the Jersey timetable for May 22nd. The woman and her little girl followed him 46 . She was 47 right, as Harry soon discovered, there was no 48 on May 22nd. How could he have 49 such a careless mistake? He shouldn’t have sold her a ticket for that day. Wondering 50 to do, he smiled at the child. “You look sunburned,” he said to her. “Did you have a nice holiday in Jersey?”
“Yes,” she answered, shyly. “The beach was 51 . And I can swim too!” “That’s fine,” said Harry. “My little girl can’t 52 a bit yet. Of course, she’s only three…”
“I’m four,” the child said proudly. “I’ll be four and a half.”
Harry 53 the mother. “I remember your 54 , Madam.” he said. “But you didn’t get 55 for your daughter, did you?” “Er, well,” the woman looked at the child. “I mean, she hasn’t started school yet. She’s only four.”
“A four-year-old child 56 have a ticket, Madam. A child’s return ticket to Jersey costs…, let me see… $13. So 57 the railway pays your hotel, you will 58 $1. The law is the law, but since the 59 was mine…”
The woman stood up, 60 the child’s hand and left the office.
41. A. train B. ship C. office D. hotel
42. A. in B. for C. at D. before
43.A. paid B. spent C. cost D. saved
44.A. worried B. pleased C. disappointed D. interested
45. A. look B. watch C. test D. check
46. A. into B. out C. outside D. inside
47. A. quite B. all C. not D. never
48. A. plane B. sailing C. train D. bus
49. A. broken B. made C. given D. thought
50. A. how B. why C. what D. which
51. A. lovely B. beautifully C. wonderfully D. terrible
52. A. walk B. ride C. swim D. run
53. A. listened to B. asked for C. got to D. turned to
54. A. money B. ticket C. ship D. daughter
55. A. one B. it C. them D. ones
56. A. can B. may C. need D. must
57. A. since B. if C. unless D. until
58. A. owe B. have C. get D. spend
59. A. money B. debt (债务) C. fault D. ticket
60. A. raised B. picked C. took D. brought
知识点：完型填空
41.C
42.B
43.C
44.A
45.D
46. D
47. A
48. B
49. B
50. C
51. A
52.C
53. D
54. B
55. A
56. D
57. B
58. A
59. C
60. C
试题分析：这篇短文中的女士因为售票员给错了她票而指责售票员，结果在售票员与小女孩的对话中得知小女孩没有买票就做了火车，从而改变了自己被动的局面，让这个女人知难而退。
41.C考查名词。A. train火车；B. ship轮船；C. office 办公室；D. hotel宾馆。根据前面的outside the ticket office of the station可知这个年轻人在办公室工作，故选C。
42.B考查介词。句意：你卖给我的票是五月二十二日的。此处表示目的，故选B。
43.C考查动词。A. paid付款；B. spent花费，度过；C. cost花费，使付出；D. saved节约，挽救。它花费我12美元。物作主语，不能选B项，故选C。
44.A考查形容词。A. worried担忧的；B. pleased感到高兴的；C. disappointed感到失望的；D. interested感兴趣的。Harry听说卖错了票，当然是对这件事担忧。故选A。
51. A考查形容词。A. lovely优美的，可爱的；B. beautifully美丽地；C. wonderfully精彩地；D. terrible可怕的。海滩是优美的，我也能游泳。故选A。
52.C考查动词。A. walk散步；B. ride骑；C. swim游泳；D. run跑。根据上句的And I can swim too!，可知在说“我的小女儿不会游泳，她只有三岁”。故选C。
53. D考查动词词组。A. listened to听---；B. asked for要求---；C. got to到达；D. turned to转向。Harry转向这位妈妈。故选D。
54. B考查名词。A. money金钱；B. ticket票；C. ship轮船；D. daughter女儿。我记得你买了一张票，但你没有为你女儿买。故选B。
55. A考查代词。句意：但你没有为你女儿买一张。故选A。
56. D考查情态动词。一个四岁的孩子一定要买一张票。故选D。
57. B考查连词。A. since自从---；B. if如果；C. unless除非；D. until直到---为止。所以如果车站上付给你宾馆的钱，你将欠一美元。故选B。
【名师点评】本文浅显易懂，层次分明，学生很容易把握文中中心内容。答题中注意带着选项阅读短文，一般就能顺利找出答题依据。对于不能直接找到根据的问题注意联系上下文，根据短文中心总结出正确答案。
Founded in Yan’an in 1941, Beijing Foreign Studies University (BFSU) is now a famous university located in the Haidian District of Beijing, a place in 61 the key institutions of higher 62 (educate) are concentrated. Excellence in foreign language teaching has allowed BFSU 63 (enjoy) a good fame for quality in teaching and research activities.
The university campus occupies 64 area of 304,553 square meters, with a student dormitory area of 40,000 square meters and a library of 9,997 square meters. The Third Ring Road runs through the center of the university campus, 65 （make）transportation very convenient. The university is 66 (wide) known as Beiwai in Mandarin and BFSU in English.
BFSU has over 600 highly-qualified and 67 (experience) staff members. Each year approximately 120 teachers and experts 68 (employ) from more than 20 69 (country) to teach at BFSU. BFSU is a member of Project 211, a university development program supported 70the Ministry of Education.
知识点：语法填空
61.which
62.education
63.to enjoy
64.an
65.making
66.widely
67.experienced
68.are employed
69.countries
70.by
67.experienced 考查形容词。北京外国语大学有600多高素质和经验丰富的教师队伍。所以填experienced有经验的。
68.are employed 考查谓语动词。本句是一般现在时态的被动语态，主语是复数，故填are employed。
69.countries 考查名词。country是可数名词，这里说20多个国家，所以用复数形式countries。
70.by 考查介词。by的意思是被，由，这里介绍211工程大学是一个在1996年教育部支持的大学发展计划。故填by。
【名师点拨】
1.动词不定式作宾语补足语
encourage sb. to do sth.鼓励某人做某事；want sb. to do 想让某人做某事；invite sb. to do邀请某人做某事； ask sb. to do 请求某人做某事；order sb. to do命令某人做某事； tell sb. to do告诉某人做某事；force sb. to do 强迫某人做某事；allow sb. to do允许某人做某事； forbid sb. to do 禁止某人做某事；persuade sb. to do 劝说某人做某事。
2.不带to 的动词不定式作宾语补足语
have/make/see/watch/hear/let/notice/observe/feel/look at/listen to sb. do sth.
注意：help sb. (to) do sth.
温馨提示：不带to 的动词不定式作宾语补足语，但是变成被动语态时要把to加上。He made me feel at home. （主动语态）I was made to feel at home.（被动语态）
假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏词符号(^)，并在此符号下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线(＼)划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2．只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。
Last Thursday, I was standing near a subway exit, try to call a taxi. But no luck. Then I thought of the taxi-booking app my friend has recommended and I booked a taxi through my cell phone. Soon it came and I got into the taxi, feeling pretty proudly of my high-tech way and satisfied with the convenience brought by the app. So later, I found that the driver was busy looking his cell phone to get the next order. It was just then when I began to worry about my safety. What’s bad, the driver’s informations might be false. How can we passengers’ legal rights be protecting if something bad happens? Therefore, be careful when you use the taxi-booking app the next time.
知识点：短文改错
Last Thursday, I was standing near a subway exit, try to call a taxi. But no luck. Then I thought
trying
of the taxi-booking app my friend has recommended and I booked a taxi through my cell phone.
had
Soon it came and I got into the taxi, feeling pretty proudly of my high-tech way and satisfied with
proud
the convenience brought by the app. So later, I found that the driver was busy looking ∧his cell
But或Yet at
phone to get the next order. It was just then when I began to worry about my safety. What’s bad,
that worse
the driver’s informations might be false. How can we passengers’ legal rights be protecting if
information protected
something bad happens? Therefore, be careful when you use the taxi-booking app the next time.
去掉
6.when改为that 此处是强调句型，“就在那个时候我开始担忧我的安全”。故把when改为that。
7.bad 改为worse 固定结构：what’s worse更糟糕的是。故把bad 改为worse。
8.informations改为information information是不可数名词，故把informations改为information。
9.protecting 改为protected 句意：我们青少年的合法权利被保护。此处是含情态动词的被动语态。故把protecting 改为protected。
10.去掉next time前面的the next time下一次，此处表示将来，故去掉next time前面的the。
【知识拓展】
1.强调句型的用法
在英语中，我们常用It is/was… who/that结构来突出强调句子的某一成分(一般是句子中主语，宾语或状语)。在这个句型中，it没有词汇意义，只是引出被强调的成分。如果被强调的成分是表示人的词，用who或that来连接都可以。如果是其它成分，则一律用that来连接。It is my mother who/that cooks every day.是我的妈妈每天做饭；It was yesterday that Tom passed in the maths exam.是昨天汤姆通过了数学考试。
2.被强调成分是主语，who/that之后的谓语动词应该在人称和数上与原句中的主语保持一致。It is I who am right.It is he who is wrong. It is the students who are lovely.
3.被强调部分既包括人又包括物，用that不用who。lt was the things and people that they remembered that they were talking about.
4.区分定语从句和强调句型某些定语从句和强调句型形式差不多，容易混淆。如果去掉it is/was ...that句子仍然通顺成立，则为强调句型，不成立不通顺，则为定语从句。It was three years ago that he went to American for a further study去掉It was that句子为Three years ago he went to America for a further study.句子通顺，意思完整，那么，这就是一个强调句型。
假如你是李华，你班的美国交换生Tom结束了在你校一年的学习，即将回国。你和同学打算于12月30日下午在班上为他开一个欢送会（farewell party），特写信邀请他参加。要点包括：
1．感谢Tom的帮助；
2．欢送会的时间和地点；
3．对Tom的美好祝愿。
注意：1.词数100左右；可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。
Dear Tom,
How time flies! It’s one year since you came to study Chinese in our school.
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Yours sincerely,
Li Hua
知识点：书面表达
Dear Tom,
How time flies! It’s one year since you came to study Chinese in our school. We’re all grateful for what you have done for us. In the past year, you have helped us a lot, without which we couldn’t have made great progress in English. In addition, during this year, we have learned lots of cultures about your country that cannot be found in the book.
Before you leave, many classmates and I intend to hold a farewell party for you, hoping that you can remember the wonderful time we spent together. By the way, the party will be held in our classroom on the afternoon of December 30.
May you have a pleasant journey home and welcome to China again. And we are looking forward to your coming.
Yours sincerely,
Li Hua
【亮点说明】本文是一篇书信，格式正确，采用三段式，语言简练，内容齐全，同时在句中使用高级句子。We’re all grateful for what you have done for us.介词后面用what引导的宾语从句；In the past year, you have helped us a lot, without which we couldn’t have made great progress in English.介词加which引导非限制性定语从句；Before you leave, many classmates and I intend to hold a farewell party for you, hoping that you can remember the wonderful time we spent together.含时间状语从句的复合句，主句部分用现在分词做伴随状语，并包含宾语从句和定语从句；May you have a pleasant journey home and welcome to China again.这种特殊倒装句的运用堪称经典；另外，In the past year, In addition, By the way,为文章增色添彩。
