Pupils are ordered not to wade into ankle-deep water unless teachers first carry out a full risk assessment and put“proper measures in place”.
Staff are expected to check rivers, ponds and the sea for currents and rocks before allowing children to dip their feet.
Guidance issued to schools warns that any“impromptu (事先無準備的) water-based activities”could pose dangers to children.
The recommendations were outlined in a document-available to all 21,000 schools in England — to help teachers organize more school trips. Advice from the Department for Children, Schools and Families is intended to cut red tape (官樣文章) and give staff practical tips.
But the guidance caused argument after teachers were presented with a series of orders surrounding swimming and the use of minibuses.
It said:“Swimming and padding or otherwise entering the waters of river, canal, sea or lake should never be allowed as an impromptu activity. The pleas of young people to bathe — because it is hot weather, for example, should be resisted where bathing has not been prepared for.”
“In-water activities should take place only when a proper risk assessment has been completed and proper measures put in place to control the risks.”
Teachers are urged to check the weather, currents, weeds, rip tides, river or sea beds and breakwaters before allowing children into the water. No child should be able to swim deeper than waist height, the guidance added.
Margaret Morrissey, from campaign group Parents Outloud, said:“Wading out into the ocean is one thing but there’s nothing wrong with padding where the waves break.”
“Part of children’s learning is to walk along the water’s edge and get your feet wet. There are dangerous currents further out and you stay at the edge.”
She added:“I want to see schools and youth groups taking advantage of opportunities that learning outside the classroom can provide.”
But the Department for Children, Schools and Families said teachers had to plan activities carefully.
“We are not banning padding,”said a spokeswoman.“We have seen cases in the past where things have not been planned and assessed for the risk. Unplanned activities around water can be dangerous.”
67．Guidance issued to schools in England gives the information that _________.
A．school trips to oceans are forbidden in the country
B．school swimming pools should be surrounded with fence
C．school staff must plan water-based activities carefully
D．school children shouldn’t have a walk along river banks
68．Advice from the Department for Children, Schools and Families shows us that _________.
A．they are strongly against the guidance
B．they are fond of the outline of the guidance
C．they don’t understand the aim of the guidance
D．they want the guidance to become more useful
69．To the guidance, Margaret Morrissey holds the opinion that _________.
A．oceans are dangerous place for children to visit
B．young people should be encouraged to learn outside
C．children should learn padding in rough ocean alone
D．schools should stop students from walking along beaches
70．Which of the following can be the best title for this passage?
A．No padding on school trips, children told.           
B．No walking along the rivers, teachers told.
C．No swimming after school, parents told.
D．No learning out of school, students told.

第二節(jié)完形填空（共20小題；每小題1分，滿分20分）
閱讀下面短文，掌握其大意，然后從36 ~ 55各題所給的四個選項（A、B、C和D）中，選出最佳選項，并在答題卡上將該項涂黑。
Today I felt very uncomfortable studying English as usual．My eyes were   36   and my mind was confused．I buried my head deep in the great pile of books．Many vocabulary words   37  
my mind．As more and more entered，I   38   focus，and my   39   became crazy．The clock hands were pointing at twelve. I always   40   the time when I study．Without any fruitful results，I felt more   41   and tired．I   42   up and walked to the living room just to take a little break．  43   that would make me feel better．The street lamps looked like stars outside the window．A few scattered(分散的)branches   44   shadows on the French window．Something seemed more   45   and quiet than before．I walked to the   46   slowly，and let my face press against it，  47   very carefully…oh my God!!…It’s snow! It was very bright and covered up the whole   48   while I was studying English painfully, so white and so quiet．At this moment, I was so   49   that I felt like I might burst into tears．The snow was like a spring   50   into my heart，and my eyes were shining with it．All my pain and tiredness   51   at this moment，as the snow dropped into my heart．
I quickly became calm again，as the excitement went away．I sat on the bed silently，and drew the   52   to one side to let the white house and white tree stay just beside my bed．I thought this must be a(n)   53   from God，because I liked snow so much．  54   I was weakest and most helpless in this world，nothing could inspire me but   55 ．I should inspire myself from such a beautiful scene．
36.A. closed                  B. tired                         C. shining                     D. weeping
37.A. left                      B. confused                   C. filled                        D. impressed
38.A. lost                     B. got                           C. realized                    D. changed
39.A. thoughts               B. feeling                      C. words                       D. concept
40.A. waste                   B. limit                         C. remember                 D. forget
41.A. flexible                B. guilty                       C. unhappy                   D. curious
42.A. stood                   B. turned                      C. checked                    D. hurried
43.A. Sure                    B. Maybe                      C. Immediately              D. Always
44.A. shook                  B. cast                          C. resembled                 D. printed
45.A. disappointing        B. frightening                C. bright                       D. light
46.A. shadow                B. lamp                        C. branch                      D. window
47.A. looking                B. thinking                    C. moving                     D. cleaning
48.A. night                   B. house                       C. world                       D. mind
49.A. disturbed              B. excited                     C. surprised                   D. bored
50.A. pouring                B. delivering                 C. drilling                     D. rising
51.A. occurred              B. arose                        C. escaped                     D. disappeared
52.A. bed                      B. curtain                      C. desk                         D. book
53.A. anger                   B. smile                        C. gift                          D. punishment
54.A. As usual               B. As a result                 C. At last                      D. At a time
55.A. snow                   B. God                         C. white                        D. beauty

第II卷（共45分）
第四部分 書面表達（共兩節(jié)，滿分45分）
第一節(jié) 閱讀表達（共5小題；每小題3分，滿分15分）
閱讀下面的短文，并根據(jù)短文后的要求答題（請注意問題后的字數(shù)要求）。
[1] My daughter did an experiment for me two summers ago. She applied to job openings she’d found on a couple of big online job boards.    She mailed the applications and waited. And waited. After sending out 100 resumes(履歷表), specially addressed to each organization’s human resources(HR) manager, fewer than five HR departments took the time to reply, or acknowledged receipt.
[2] What happened?
[3] Maybe in the thirty seconds or so of attention that her resume received, each HR person made a snap decision. It seemed that 95 of them were unimpressioned.
[4] Or, maybe, out of the 300 other resumes HR had received that morning, they had already scheduled a requisite（必要的） number of interviews. Or, maybe HR simply forwarded her resume to the hiring manager who was supposed to call her for an interview.
[5] Or, maybe they thought her resume was fairly generic（一般的） and they didn’t have time to figure out if she might be a good fit, with the necessary skills, attitudes, and the desire to do the job.
[6] Most likely, the real reason why she didn’t get an interview was the last one. HR didn’t have time to figure out how she would work in their company.
[7] This happens all the time. I think most job seekers make the serious mistake of thinking that all they need to do is tell the HR department what they did in the past.
[8] That might be OK for some hiring managers, but most want to know the answer to one question: How can this applicant help us right now? If your resume does not answer that question, or sufficiently tell a story about how you may be able to help, you won’t have a shot at the job in this market.
[9] Before you can answer that question, however, you need to do some research on the company. Find out everything you can about the company, including the departments, the people, the products, markets, and the plans for the future.
[10] Information is power, and it is available quite easily. Don’t expect HR to figure out how you might fit into their organization. You _________ instead. This is the surest way to get the interview.
76.What’s the main idea of this passage?(within 20 words)
____________________________________________________________________________
77.Which sentence in the text is the closest in meaning to the following one?
You should tell the HR what you can do for them in your resume and then you may be able to find a job.
____________________________________________________________________________
78. Fill in the blank in the last paragraph with proper words.(within 8 words)
____________________________________________________________________________
79.List two of the reasons why most HR managers even didn’t give the girl a reply.
(each within 10 words)
①__________________________________________________________________________
②__________________________________________________________________________
80.Translate the underlined sentence in Paragraph 7 into Chinese.
____________________________________________________________________________

第二節(jié)完型填空（共20小題；每小題1分，滿分20分）
閱讀下面短文，掌握其大意，然后從各題所給的四個選項（A、B、C和D）中，選出最佳選項，并在答題卡將該項涂黑。
I was in a crowded local in Mumbai. I was lucky to find a seat as I had got in at the first station. Soon, the seats were all  21  ,and most people had to stand.
In the middle of all this, I saw a girl about 10 years old. It was   22  that she was used to the crowd and the pushing, because she would silently change  23  to be just a little bit more comfortable. I felt a little sad sitting there  24  her standing nearby.
It struck me that this is the time to  25  an act of kindness. However, I had to overcome some internal barriers before I   26  an act of kindness. “World I look foolish trying to help her?” I wondered. Them I thought. “Maybe this sort of thing is quite common, and   27  would think the worse of me if I did not do anything.” I felt a little shy just  28  . But I told myself “Well,   29  you think about it, go the whole way.” So I asked her if she wanted to sit on my   30  for the rest of the train ride.  31  I was a little hesitant while offering it to her, the surprised and  32  look on her face was enough to   33  all my doubts. And then, I began to think—“Why hadn’t I offered it to her even  34  ?” “What was stopping me?” A complete about-face came from my previous thoughts.
35  , the gift of gratitude she had given me was far more that the ‘scat’ I had offered her! It was  36  to say who was doing the giving. She was so considerate as she sat at the sat at the very edge of my knee,   37  half her weight so as not to make my legs hurt. I told her that she could sit comfortably, and I wouldn’t   38  . I got one more pure expression of   39  ! And luckily, I was in the window seat, so the little grill had fun  40  the sights form the window! This simple give and take made the day beautiful!
21．A．kept             B．put          C．given         D．taken
22．A．obvious           B．convenient       C．consequent       D．efficient
23．A．condition         B．occasion      C．position       D．situation
24．A．for               B．about         C．beyond        D．situation
25．A．practise           B．play         C．hold         D．manage
26．A．might              B．should         C．could         D．would
27．A．anybody          B．somebody     C．everybody     D．nobody
28．A．passing by              B．giving out     C．keeping off      D．nobody
29．A．once             B．even if         C．in case         D．unless
30．A．bag              B．seat          C．lap           D．top
31．A．Because           B．Though        C．So            D．But
32．A．frightened         B．amused        C．embarrassed     D．delighted
33．A．increase           B．sweep          C．digest          D．submit
34．A．better                  B．faster         C．earlier         D．later
35．A．To some degree       B．By chance     C．In other words  D．As usual
36．A．difficult           B．strange        C．generous      D．easy
37．A．depending         B．supporting          C．concentrating   D．transforming
38．A．advance           B．agree         C．mind         D．fear
39．A．carefulness          B．gratitude      C．happiness     D．kindness
40．A．keeping up          B．putting up     C．giving off     D．taking in

第二部分：閱讀理解（共25小題；每小題2分，滿分50分）
第一節(jié) 閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的四個選項（A、B、C和D）中，選出最佳選項，并在答題卡上將該項涂黑。
Ever since she was a baby, Heather, aged 5, has watched her parents regularly turn off lights
that aren’t needed and put the day’s newspapers cans, bottles, jars, and other recyclables into a big, yellow bin — that is, if they can't find a second life for the discarded items in their own home first. Plastic packaging, pieces of cardboard, scraps of colored paper, bits of yarn, and small pieces of broken toys are typically dropped into a basket that the whole family rummages through whenever they need supplies for an art project. Recently, after spying a bit of shiny paper on the floor, Heather picked it up and said, "This is pretty. I'll put it in the art basket." Already, like parents, like daughter.
Heather's effort to recycle a scrap of paper rather than throw it away is a tiny gesture with a big message. It shows that even young children can learn about conserving materials and resources, and by extension, protecting the planet, in age-appropriate ways. It also shows that your child is so tuned in to your ways that it is easy to become an environmental role model. But because children are more apt to want to care for something they have a personal stake in, it's as important to expose your child to the natural world as it is to teach her ways to protect it.
This doesn't require week-long camping trips into the wilderness — although those can be fun, enlightening experiences for the whole family. Children can explore, appreciate, and learn about nature literally in their own backyard, in a park, in a community garden, and on trips to the beach or mountains. There's more good news: Giving your child opportunities to connect with nature can also help her develop crucial literacy, language, math, science, social studies, art, problem-solving, and research skills.
41．The underlined word “discarded” (Paragraph 1) probably means “___________.”
A．waste       B．important  C．small D．dirty
42．Which of the following statements is true according to the text?
A．The family is quite poor.
B．The family members don’t waste any money.
C．The parents are proud of saving materials.
D．The parents set an example to the daughter.
43．The text mainly suggests that children___________.
A．love recycling things         B．are curious about things
C．can learn to protect nature      D．should act the way as their parents
44．What’s the author’s suggestion about introducing a child to the natural world?
A．Going on a camping trip.          B．Traveling to the wilderness.
C．Learning from their parents.   D．Playing in such places as a park.

I have found that the way I treat insects acts as a reflection of my approach to kindness.  Like most kids, I suppose, I mistreated bugs terribly. But many adults continue the rampage against insects, and I have often found that they do this mindlessly.
With the weather getting warmer, more bugs are getting into our houses.  We also spend more time in "their house," as we enjoy the great outdoors.  We find ourselves reaching for the fly swatter and insecticides（殺蟲劑）to get rid of them.  But why do we do this?  Most insects pose no threat to us, but we kill them anyway.
As a young adult, I found myself questioning my treatment of bugs.  It became a moral issue.  I remember reading a Native American story about a mother who saw her daughter stomp on a spider.  The mom simply asks the child: "Now who'll take care of that spider's children?  Who would take care of you if someone killed me?" It became a powerful lesson to the child.
All creatures have a purpose, and our world would be terribly out of balance without insects.  If we can treat them with kindness and respect, we can treat any creature that way.  The more I learned about the unique behaviors and purposes of insects, the more I appreciated their place in the world.  I have literally become someone who "wouldn't hurt a fly."
The more I have practiced, the better I've become at catching flies with my hand and escorting them back outside. I use a small glass with a thin piece of cardboard to catch spiders, ants, and bees, and release them where they'll be happier--outdoors. Sure it takes more work than just squishing them, but I feel more in harmony with nature by being kind to bugs. If we could model that for our kids, perhaps they'd grow up to be kinder adults and help make this a kinder world to live in.
49．According to the author, many adults kill bugs ___________.
A．because they hate bugs    B．to stop bugs spread diseases
C．just out of their cruelty    D．just for no special reason
50．The author mentions a Native American story in the third paragraph in order to___________.
A．tell readers the importance of protecting insects
B．show its deep influence on the author
C．appeal to readers to look after spiders’ children
D．describe American mother’s kindness to insects
51．Suppose a bug appears in the author’s room, he will probably___________.
A．kill it without hesitation    B．catch it and free it outside
C．drive it outside tenderly     D．let it be and not disturb it
52．Which of the following would be the best title of the passage?
A．Showing kindness to insects    B．My childhood and insects
C．The significance of insets      D．Some tips of treating insects

Jewelweeds are pretty flowers that grow in wet, shady spots all over the Northern Hemisphere. According to a recent experiment, they seem to know their own flower family —or at least, recognize whether or not they came from the same mother plant. Together with other through their leaves, but through their roots.
Scientists planted jewelweeds in pots with either siblings（兄弟姐妹）or strangers. Sibling plants were grown from seeds that came from the same mother plant. Stranger plants were grown from seeds from different plants.
When jewelweeds were planted in pots with strangers, the plants started to grow more leaves than if they had been planted alone. This response suggests that plants are competing with strangers for sunlight, since a plant with more leaves can receive more light and make more food.
When jewelweed seedlings were planted with siblings, they few a few more branches than they normally would if they were alone—but they did not start growing lots of extra leaves. This behavior suggests the plants are more likely to share resources, rather than compete.
The plants only responded this way when they shared soil. If stranger seedlings were planted in different pots and placed next to each other, for example, they did not grow more leaves. This different shows that the plants must use their roots to detect sibling plants in the same soil. In 2007, Dudley and her team studied the Great Lakes sea rocket, a plant that grows on the beach—where it may be hard to get fresh water. In that experiment, the botanists observed that when sea rockets were planed with siblings, they tolerated each other. But when they were planted with strangers, the sea prickets reacted by working extra hard to grow lots of roots, but not extra leaves.
The different types of plants may react in different ways, but they have one thing in common: the roots. In both experiments, on Jewelweeds and sea rockets, the key was the shared soil—and other plant species may turn out to show similar behavior. These experiments, as well as earlier experiments, suggest “The phenomenon is quite common.” Says Hans de Kroonof, an ecologist in the Netherlands.
57．In Paragraph 1, the author mentions a recent experiment of Jewelweeds to___________.
A．make a comparison  B．introduce a topic
C．describe a pretty flower   D．put forward a new theory
58．What can we know from the experiments done by scientists?
A．Jewelweeds can grow in the Northern Hemisphere.
B．Jewelweeds can grow in wet, shady spots.
C．Jewelweeds are more friendly to their siblings than to stranger plants.
D．jewelweeds can recognize their siblings through leaves.
59．If jewelweeds and their siblings are planted in different pots and placed close to one another, they will___________.
A．start to grow more leaves       B．detect the strangers 
C．compete with sibling plants     D．grow normally
60．The best title of the passage would be___________.
A．Flower family knows its roots
B．The growing conditions of Jewelweeds
C．Jewelweeds and sea rockets
D．The stranger plant recognize each other

第二節(jié): John, Carol, James, Mike and Jane五人打算買房，根據(jù)他們的需求，請從A—F的住所
描述廣告中，分別幫他們找到合適的房子。并在答題紙上將該選項標號涂黑。選項中有一項
是多余的選項。
61．John, a successful businessman, and his wife want to buy a very fine home with a wonderful kitchen.
62．Carol, outgoing and fond of entertaining people, is looking for a home with a fireplace, a pool and a sauna.
63．James and Sandra, sports-lovers, want to live where they can take their children for walks on trails very close to their home.
64．Mike, keen on farms and the country, wants to own a property where he can raise animals in his spare time.
65．Jane, owning a company and doing a lot of housework, is looking for a home with a large area that can be used for her business
 

A year ago August, Dave Fuss lost his job driving a truck for a small company in west Michigan. His wife, Gerrie, was still working in the local school cafeteria, but work for Dave was scarce, and the price of everything was rising. The Fusses were at risk of joining the millions of Americans who have lost their homes in recent years. Then Dave and Gerrie received a timely gift－$7,000,a legacy(遺產) from their neighbors Ish and Arlene Hatch, who died in an accident. “It really made a difference when we were going under financially(經濟上),” says Dave.
But the Fusses weren’t the only folks in Alto and the neighboring town of Lowell to receive unexpected legacy from the Hatches. Dozens of other families were touched by the Hatches’ generosity. In some cases, it was a few thousand dollars; in others, it was more than $100,000.
It surprised nearly everyone that the Hatches had so much money, more than $3 million—they were an elderly couple who lived in an old house on what was left of the family farm.
Children of the Great Depression, Ish and Arlene were known for their habit of saving. They thrived on(喜歡) comparison shopping and would routinely go from store to store, checking prices before buying something.
Through the years, the Hatches paid for local children to attend summer camp when their parents couldn’t afford it. “Ish and Arlene never asked if you needed anything.” says their friend Sandy Van Weelden. “They could see things they could do to make you happier and they would do them.”
Even more extraordinary was that the Hatches had their farmland distributed(分送). It was the Hatches’ wish that their legacy—a legacy of kindness as much as one of dollars and cents —should enrich the whole community (社區(qū)) and last for generations to come.
Neighbors helping neighbors—that was Ish and Arlene Hatch’s story.
64. According to the text, the Fusses ____________.
A. were employed by a truck company              B. worked in a school cafeteria
C. were in financial difficulty                            D. lost their home
65. Which of the following is true of the Hatches?
A. They gave away their possessions to their neighbors.
B. They left the family farm to live in an old house.
C. They had their children during the Great Depression. 
D. They helped their neighbors to find jobs.
66. Why would the Hatches routinely go from store to store?
A. They decided to open a store.                   B. They wanted to save money.
C. They couldn’t afford expensive things       .      D. They wanted to buy gifts for local kids.
67. According to Sandy Van Weelden, the Hatches were _________.
A. mean                  B. childlike                   C. curious                    D. understanding

第二節(jié)完形填空（共20小題；每小題1.5分，滿分30分）
閱讀下面短文從短文后各題所給的四個選項（A、B、C和D）中選出可以填入空白的最佳選項，并在答題卡上將該項涂黑。
It was getting dark and snow was coming down. Joe was driving home. He’d been unemployed since the factory  36  . Most of his friends had left, but he stayed on.  37  , he was born here.
Suddenly he saw a lady standing on the side of the road and  38  . She was worried. No one had stopped to  39  for the last hour. Joe knew  40   she felt and said, “My name is Joe and I’m here to help you.” All she had was a flat tyre,  41  for an old lady, that was bad enough. Joe changed the  42  , but he got dirty and his hands hurt. She wanted to pay Joe and said any  43  would have been all right. Joe never thought twice about the money and there were many people who had  44  him a hand in the past. He had lived his life that way. He told her that if she really wanted to pay him  45  , the next time if she saw someone who needed help, she could give that person the assistance that he  46  .
Later the lady went in a  47  decorated restaurant to eat in a hurry. The cashier(出納員) was like the telephone of an out-of-work actor----it didn’t  48  much. However, the waitress, who was nearly eight months pregnant(懷孕的), brought a clean towel to her with a  49  smile. The old lady 50  Joe. After the waitress brought the change from a 100-dollar bill, she found the lady 51   and something written on a napkin, “ 52  once helped me out, the way I’m helping you.   53   you really want to pay him back, don’t let the chain of love  54  with you.”
That  55   the waitress gave her sleeping husband a soft kiss and whispered, “ Everything’s going to be all right, Joe.” 
36    A  opened     B  invited      C  refused     D  closed
37    A  In all     B  After all  C  For all      D  At all
38    A  pulled in   B  pulled out C  pulled up        D  pulled down
39    A  leave     B  stay      C  ask       D  help
40    A  how           B  what     C  when     D  that
41    A  however   B  but       C  and      D  so
42    A  car       B  seat      C  tyre      D  type
43    A  amount     B  money      C  time     D  change
44    A  got       B  won     C  given     D  awarded
45    A  off           B  out       C  down     D  back
46    A  asked          B  needed      C  gave     D  hoped
47    A  poorly     B  well     C  widely      D  narrowly
48    A  read     B  ring      C  cost      D  send
49    A  excited     B  satisfied    C  sweet     D  cold
50    A  thanked    B  thought     C  praised     D  remembered
51    A  gone     B  disappear  C  left       D  lost
52    A  Anyone    B  Everyone  C  Someone  D  Anybody
53    A  After     B  As        C  Though     D  If
54    A  keep     B  end      C  last       D  continue
55    A  day      B  night     C  morning   D  week