任務(wù)型閱讀 (共10小題; 每小題1分,滿分10分)
請(qǐng)認(rèn)真閱讀下列短文,并根據(jù)短文的內(nèi)容要點(diǎn)完成文章后的表格列單。
注意:補(bǔ)全填空應(yīng)符合語法和搭配要求,每格只填一個(gè)單詞。
Even British People Can’t Speak English Properly
There are different regional accents across the UK, and a number of regions have several different dialects, that is, they have their own unique vocabulary and grammatical phrases. There were at least six different accents born to London the last time I counted.
Worse than that, it is not just where a person is born in the UK that decides their accent. For example, a language and its accents often vary across class or level of education. Another example is how language can differ among age groups in the UK. The words and pronunciations used by young people in the UK can be radically different compared with those used by adults.
Yoof culture
The word ‘yoof’ is a slang spelling of ‘youth’. Some people consider ‘yoof’ to be a negative term, since its pronunciation is easier and lazier than ‘youth’. Other people see the term as positive, because it describes how young people are creating their own language, concepts and identity. When people find it difficult to understand their children, the children can say more things than without censorship(審查,檢查) of their parents. In this way, young people are starting to find freedom, independence and self-expression. They are creating a ‘yoof culture’.
It is not possible to come up with a complete list of words used by yoof. By the time the list was completed, it would be out of date. New words come and go like fashions. However, a few features of the yoof style of language are as follows:
◆instead of saying something like ‘That’s good!’ or ‘I understand’, yoof will use a single adjective like ‘Safe!’, ‘Sorted!’, ‘Sound!’, ‘Cool!’ or ‘Wicked!’.
◆instead of ‘He then said no!’, yoof will say ‘She was like: no!’
◆Instead of ‘She’s attractive!’, yoof will say ‘She’s fine!’ or ‘She’s fit!’
◆Instead of ‘I don’t care!’, a yoof will say ‘Whatever!’.
New social and political language
Certain groups of society feel threatened by ‘yoof culture’ or by the British working classes having more social freedom. As a result, a negative term now commonly used in the UK is ‘chav’. It is insult and is meant to describe someone who is uneducated and anti-social (e.g. ‘He’s a chav!’). A young person who wears a jacket with a hood(風(fēng)帽,頭巾) (after all, it rains a lot in the UK) is sometimes called a ‘hoodie’. It is a negative term and suggests that the young person is interested in committing crime.
Where does that leave us?
Learners of English often feel that the best test of their English is how well they can talk to a native speaker. Yet learners should not worry about communicating with native speakers so much. Research conducted by the British Council shows that 94 per cent of the English spoken in the world today is spoken between non-native speakers of the language. In fact, when we think about ‘international English’, there is no such thing as native or non-native speakers. The UK no longer owns the English language. 
 

Different (72)   of education

 
Different age groups
 
                             

 
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
 
71. regional               72. levels/classes              73. education            74. pronounced       
75. Another                      76. interested           77. creative                  78. Examples           
79. Whatever               80. international/universal/global
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閱讀下面短文,并根據(jù)短文后的要求答題(請(qǐng)注意問題后的字?jǐn)?shù)要求)。
[1] People today, in all this new world of technology and thinking, have lost sight of what a true friendship is. So, though I own my best friend Jenny, I thought I would help the world out a little and explain what real, true friends are.
[2] Friends don’t have to be exactly the same. They have similarities but __________________. The key to opening up the world of friendship is not only to expand on similarities but to accept each other’s faults, because you can’t ever judge your friend.
[3] Friends have to argue! No one likes to but it is necessary to be healthy. Because if you agree on everything, either the government has expanded cloning subjects or someone isn’t being true and is trying a little too hard.
[4] You have to be comfortable together. Otherwise, you just aren’t going to click. If you feel uneasy around the person then something isn’t quite right.
[5] Friends love unconditionally. They have their little angry moments but what’s done is done and all is forgiven and forgotten. Why let something that happened in the past ruin the happiness you could have in the future?
[6] Believe in love at first sight because there is the same thing happening in friendship. Some people think that you have to know someone really well to become good friends. Trust me, it’s not true.
[7] These are only a few of the basics. Just remember, friends are forever. But only if you keep it that way. Don’t disrespect your friends, love them instead.
76. What is the best title of the passage? (no more than 6 words)
_____________________________________________________________________________
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_____________________________________________________________________________
78. Please fill in the blank in Paragraph 2 with proper words or phrases to complete the sentence. (no more than 8 words)
_____________________________________________________________________________
79. Please list three of the writer’s viewpoints on friendship. (no more than 10 words)
①______________________ ②_______________________ ③________________________
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Waste to Energy—JUST BURN IT!
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Waste-to-energy plants generate (產(chǎn)生) enough electricity to supply 2.4 million households in the US. But, providing electricity is not the major advantage of waste-to-energy plants. In fact, it costs more to generate electricity at a waste-to-energy plant than it does at a coal, nuclear, or hydropower plant. 
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Some communities in the Northeast may be running out of land for new landfills. And, since most people don’t want landfills in their backyards, it has become more difficult to obtain permits to build new landfills. Taking the country as a whole, the United States has plenty of open space, of course, but it is expensive to transport garbage a long distance to put it into a landfill.
TO BURN OR NOT TO BURN?
Some people are concerned that burning garbage may harm the environment. Like coal plants, waste-to-energy plants produce air pollution when the fuel is burned to produce steam or electricity. Burning garbage releases the chemicals and substances found in the waste. Some chemicals can be a threat to people, the environment, or both, if they are not properly controlled.
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(73)_______ for landfilling
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◆Most people refuse to build landfills around.
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◆Burning garbage will hamper recycling programs.
Coexistence of recycling and burning waste
Recycling and waste-to-energy can go well with each other in that some materials like aluminum are fit to recycle, while others like plastics are fit to (78) _______.
(79)__________
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[1] If you are applying for an American higher education, you probably dream of getting into an Ivy League (常青藤聯(lián)盟) university.The eight schools with the best reputations attract top students from the United States and many other countries.However, on average, the Ivy League schools accept less than 15 percent of applicants.And with the applicants growing in size year on year, it is becoming more and more difficult _________.
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V. Reading expression: 閱讀表達(dá)10% (共5小題, 每小題2分,滿分10分, 每小題2分)
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To build a safer car, Japanese automakers are trying to replace the most accident-prone (易出事故的) part: the driver.
Inspired by statistics blaming human error for most accidents, Toyota and its competitors are designing “intelligent” cars that can almost drive themselves on the high way.
The systems are designed to reduce human tiredness and the mistakes that often result. This kind of support is what drivers need most in a country with some of the most crowded reads in the world. That is why it should not be surprising that Japan is leading the race to make cars smarter.
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An infrared radar unit fixed on the bumper is part of a now cruise (巡航) control method that Toyota introduced in August 1997. It’s now an optional feature on its Celsior luxury sedan that costs 70,000 yen (US$648).
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Subaru, a type of its Legacy wagon, made its first appearance last September with Active Driving Assist, which besides adjusting cruising speed, sounds an alarm if the car goes out of its lane or makes a turn too fast. In the latter case, it down shifts gear even before the driver starts to brake.
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_____________________________________________________________________________
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_____________________________________________________________________________
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46. A. used     B. intended     C. made  D. described
47. A. till       B. since   C. before D. because
48. A. full      B. tired   C. lazy    D. big
49. A. size      B. share   C. space  D. state
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When I was a girl, in the deserts of Somalia(索馬里), my family was nomadic(游牧的),   36 with our animals, and leading a happy life.
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53.A.a(chǎn)lready           B.even              C.yet                D.still
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37.A.listened to B.put up      C.looked at  D.found out
38.A.working   B.fighting    C.struggling D.studying
39.A.physical    B.nervous    C.constant    D.mental
40.A.patience    B.sense C.energy      D.evidence
41.A.sleep B.homework       C.essays       D.tests
42.A.knocked   B.pointed     C.stared       D.shouted
43.A.typing      B.messaging C.dealing     D.telling
44.A.who  B.what  C.how  D.why
45.A.received   B.made C.showed     D.came
46.A.want B.teach C.meet  D.respect
47.A.curious     B.ridiculous C.encouraging     D.disappointing
48.A.still   B.a(chǎn)lso   C.a(chǎn)lmost      D.even
49.A.a(chǎn)dmiring  B.inspiring   C.educating  D.challenging
50.A.realized    B.doubted    C.believed    D.guessed
51.A.know       B.prove       C.become     D.trust
52.A.keep  B.collect      C.change      D.forget
53.A.classes      B.exams       C.students    D.operations
54.A.had   B.learned     C.gave  D.took
55.A.plans B.lessons      C.hardship   D.Stress

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---When is your vocation going to start?
---I'll be leaving on the fifth of August
---    61     How many weeks are you going to be taking?
---I'm taking two weeks now, but l want to save the other week and take ---it sometime during winter.
---That sounds good. 62
---To the beach.
---Have you made your hotel reservation yet?
----  63  I'll be staying with friends.
---You're lucky.     64   
---What about you? When are you planning to take your vocation?
---_  65     I should be thinking about it, I guess.
A. Oh, I don't need to do that.B.No, not really !
C. That's only a few days from nowD.It’s hard to frnd a hotel in August.
E.  That depends. F.  I don't know.
G.  Where are you going?

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