---Excuse me, what can I do for you?

---Yes. I'd like to place ________ advertisement for ________ used car in your paper.

       A. the; a                       B. an; /                         C. an; a                        D. /; the

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閱讀下面短文并回答問題，然后將答案寫到答題卡相應的位置上（請注意問題后的字數(shù)要求）。

（1）Handwritten thank-you letters are such a simple way of making other people feel good.However, it is strange that so few people write them anymore. At work, a thank-you letter to employees is incredibly effective. It costs little and has no side effects. The effort involved in writing letters is very low. However, the pleasure on receiving them__________. This makes them an excellent way to reward and motivate staff.

（2）Doug Conant, chief executive of Campbell’s Soup Company since 2001, knows the power of thank-you letters. In a recent blog for the Harvard Business Review, he said that every day he works with an assistant, combing the company for people deserving thank. He then writes them a thank-you letter. Over the past 10 years he has sent 30,000 thank-you letters to his employees-more than 10 each day. Readers of the blog seem impressed：“Doug, What an inspiring post！Positive, genuine response is uplifting（令人開心的）…”writes one blogger.

（3）But if these letters are so uplifting, why don’t more chief executives write them? There seems to be three reasons. Firstly, chief executives running companies think their own work is more valuable than that of others. Since no one ever writes them thank-you letters they don’t write any themselves. Secondly, they aren’t close enough to the business to know who deserves thanks. Thirdly, they have forgotten the strange human truth that almost everyone would do almost anything in return for a simple pat on the back.

76.Fill in the blank in Paragraph 1 with proper words.（no more than 3 words）

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77.What does Doug Conant do with an assistant every day？（no more than 15 words）

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78.Why does the writer give the example of Doug Conant in Paragraph 2？（no more than 10 words）

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79.What’s the main idea of Paragraph 3?（no more than 8 words）

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80.Do you like receiving handwritten thank-you letters？Why？（no more than 10 words）

How far would you be willing to go to satisfy your need to know? Far enough to find out your possibility of dying from a terrible disease? These days that’s more than an academic question, as Tracy Smith reports in our Cover Story.

There are now more than a thousand genetic（基因的）tests, for everything from baldness to breast cancer, and the list is growing. Question is, do you really want to know what might eventually kill you? For instance, Nobel Prize-winning scientist James Watson, one of the first people to map their entire genetic makeup, is said to have asked not to be told if he were at a higher risk for Alzheimer’（老年癡呆癥）.

“If I tell you that you have an increased risk of getting a terrible disease, that could weigh on your mind and make you anxious, through which you see the rest of your life as you wait for that disease to hit you. It could really mess you up.” Said Dr. Robert Green, a Harvard geneticist.

“Every ache and pain,” Smith suggested, could be understood as “the beginning of the end.”“That ’s right. If you ever worried you were at risk for Alzheimer’s disease, then every time you can’t find your car in the parking lot, you think the disease has started.”

Dr. Green has been thinking about this issue for years. He led a study of people who wanted to know if they were at a higher genetic risk for Alzheimer’s. It was thought that people who got bad news would, for lack of a better medical term, freak out. But Green and his team found that there was“no significant difference”between how people handled good news and possibly the worst news of their lives. In fact, most people think they can handle it. People who ask for the information usually can handle the information, good or bad, said Green.

71.The first paragraph is meant to__________.

A. ask some questions                        B. introduce the topic

C. satisfy readers’ curiosity                 D. describe an academic fact

【答案】B

【解析】通過兩個問題引出話題。

72.Which of the following is true of James Watson？

A. He is strongly in favor of the present genetic tests.

B. He is more likely to suffer from Alzheimer’s disease.

C. He believes genetic mapping can help cure any disease.

D. He doesn’t want to know his chance of getting a disease.

【答案】D

【解析】根據(jù)第二段Nobel Prize-winning scientist James Watson, one of the first people to map their entire genetic makeup, is said to have asked not to be told if he were at a higher risk for Alzheimer’�！癑ames Watson要求如果他的基因表明他有很高的老年癡呆癥的可能不要告訴他�！�

73.According to Paragraphs 3 and 4, if a person is at a higher genetic risk, it is__________.

A. advisable not to let him know          B. impossible to hide his disease

C. better to inform him immediately      D. necessary to remove his anxiety

【答案】A

【解析】根據(jù)這兩個自然段可知，如果你提前被告知你將來可能患某種可怕的疾病會mess you up。

74.The underlined part“freak out”in Paragraph 5 is closest in meaning to“_________”.

A. break down                     B. drop out            C. leave off            D. turn away

【答案】A

【解析】根據(jù)下文But的轉折，以及no significant difference可知，freak out的意思是A（精神垮掉）。

75.The study led by Dr. Green indicates that people__________.

A. prefer to hear good news         B. tend to find out the truth

C. can accept some bad news              D. have the right to be informed

【答案】C

【解析】根據(jù)第五段內容 In fact, most people think they can handle it可知答案選C.

Tykoon is an online website that allows you to teach your child financial principles through allowances, assignment of tasks and daily chores. As the parent, you can assign a cash value to the things you want your child to do. Then, your child can go in, accept the task and add to their wish list of what they would like to purchase with the money that they earn.

Let’s start with the parent side of things. The parent must be the one to set up the account. You simply enter your information and your child’s information to get started. You are then able to assign allowance amounts to your child.

Then you can add tasks for your child to accept and link them to either their weekly allowance or a pre-determined amount. Your child is then able to accept or decline their tasks. They can see how much each task earns, how often they need to do it and what they will get if they do! They can add items that they are working toward earning and can even earn nn-cash incentives such as extra TV time or staying up late!

Tykoon is a great way to start teaching your child about responsibility and financial principles in fun and safe way. Through the creation of their own profile and the ability to accept or decline tasks, they are taught the skills that they will need later in life when they are managing their own budgets! So, head over and sign up for a free account today and watch your child get excited about doing their chores!

And right now, as a special reward, if you share Tykoon with your friends and have five friends sign up and stay active for more than a month, you’ll earn a ＄25 Amazon.com gift card! So get your child enrolled(注冊), tell your friends and let’s start teaching all our kids about the important financial principles today!

66.The purpose of the text is to___________.

A. make an advertisement                    B. share teaching experience

C. describe an online website               D. present a way of making money

【答案】A

【解析】第一段介紹Tykoon，二，三，四段介紹怎樣操作以及所帶來的好處， 最后一段是獎勵措施。因此， 本文的目的是做廣告，吸引大家都來參與。

67.The underlined word“incentives” in Paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to “_________”.

A. promises           B. rewards             C. gifts           D. tasks

【答案】B

【解析】根據(jù)下文such as extra TV time or staying up late!，可見，“incentives”表示的是一種獎勵。

68.What can kids learn from Tykoon?

A. The ability to manage their budgets.        B. The responsibility to do daily chores.

C. The skills to earn their own living.           D. The tricks to accept or refuse tasks.

【答案】A

【解析】根據(jù)第四段they are taught the skills that they will need later in life when they are managing their own budgets!他們被教給在以后生活中他們自己管理自己財務時需要的技巧。

69.It can be inferred from the last paragraph that_________.

A. no parents will resist the special reward          B. Amazon is a very popular website

C. Tykoon wants to attract more visitors            D. friends should share information

【答案】C

【解析】如果你能分享給5個朋友，讓他們也簽約并且保持活躍至少一個月，你就會得到價值25美元的亞馬遜禮品卡。

70.What is the best title of the text?

A. Tykoon—A Safe Way to Manage Your Financial Issues

B. How to Create Funny Tasks for Your Kids on the Website

C. Opening an Online Account with the Help of Tykoon

D. Teaching Your Kids Financial Principles with Tykoon

【答案】D

【解析】縱觀全文可知。

People use their mouths for many things. They eat, talk, shout and sing. They smile and they kiss. In the English language, there are many expressions using the word“mouth.”

For example, if you say bad things about a person, the person might protest（抗議）and say “Do not bad mouth me.” Sometimes, people say something to a friend or family member that they later regret because it hurts that person. Or they tell the person something they were not supposed to tell. The speaker might say: “I really put my foot in my mouth this time.”  If this should happen, the speaker might feel down in the mouth.  In other words, he might feel sad for saying the wrong thing.

Another situation is when someone falsely claims another person said something.  The other person might protest: “I did not say that.  Do not put words in my mouth.”

Some people have lots of money because they were born into a very rich family.  There is an expression for this, too. You might say such a person, “was born with a silver spoon in his mouth.” This rich person is the opposite of a person who lives from hand to mouth.  This person is very poor and only has enough money for the most important things in life, like food.

Parents might sometimes keep a child off sweet food as a form of punishment for saying bad things. For example, if a child says things she should not say to her parents, she might be described as a mouthy child. The parents might even tell the child to stop mouthing off.. 

But enough of all this talk. I have been running my mouth long enough.

61. When will a person probably say“do not bad mouth me”？

A. When he feels down.               B. When he is regretful.

C. When he is spoken ill of.          D. When he gets angry.

【答案】C

【解析】根據(jù)第二段第一句if you say bad things about a person, the person might protest（抗議）and say “Do not bad mouth me.”“如果你說一個人的壞話，這個人可能會抗議說不要說我壞話。”

62.What will the person say if he feels sorry for what he has said?

A. Do not bad mouth me.

B. Stop mouthing off.

C. Do not put words in my mouth.

D. I really put my foot in my mouth this time.

【答案】D

【解析】根據(jù)第二段Sometimes, people say something to a friend or family member that they later regret because it hurts that person. Or they tell the person something they were not supposed to tell. The speaker might say: “I really put my foot in my mouth this time.”有時人們對家人和朋友說了一些他們后來會后悔的話因為這些話上海了那個人。。。。說話的人就會說“這次我真的說錯話了�！�

63.If a person lives from hand to mouth, it implies that__________.

A. he is badly-off                 B. he is hard-working

C. he has lots of money        D. he has enough to eat

【答案】A

【解析】根據(jù)第四段This rich person is the opposite of a person who lives from hand to mouth.與富人相對的是窮人。

64.By saying“I have been running my mouth long enough”,the speaker means“________”.

A. I have run a long way              B. I have talked too much

C. I have learned a lot           D. I have been a mouthy person

【答案】B

【解析】

65.What is mainly talked about in the text?

A. Expressions about the word“mouth”.         B. Functions of the organ“mouth”.

C. Opinions about“mouthy people”.                D. Meanings of the word“mouth”.

【答案】A

【解析】第一段最后一句是主題句. In the English language, there are many expressions using the word“mouth.”

In Singapore, most of us love window-shopping while some others enjoy having a picnic at East Coast Park or Changi Beach on sunny days. Singaporeans are never bothered by the occasional thunderstorm. However, we know that if it rains for long continuous periods, there will be more serious effects. Just recently the main shopping street of Orchard Road was flooded and some part of Bukit Timah was impassable to traffic. People reacted by writing in to the newspaper to complain about this! We forget that other countries suffer much worse effects. Elsewhere, heavy tropical（熱帶的）storms often result in floods that ruin crops especially in Thailand and Malaysia. This in turn usually means that the price of rice and vegetables here in Singapore will rise because we import these products from them. If there is a typhoon or tsunami, thousands of lives are lost too. This happened in Indonesia and Phuket in Thailand in 2004 and it serves to remind us of how Mother Nature can cause great damage.

Weather patterns in general have changed dramatically in recent years. Scientists believe that global warming and the resulting melting of the polar ice-cap has caused the level of the ocean to rise. This in turn causes flooding of low-lying areas in countries where the land is rather flat and some parts of which is below water level. It is believed that human activities have caused Mother Nature to show her extreme anger, so it is now important that we really work together to cut down on harmful activities, for example, illegal logging（伐木）or irresponsible forest-burning to clear land for farming.

56.From Paragraph 1, we can see that most Singaporeans love________.

A. making complaints           B. going out for picnics

C. doing window-shopping    D. traveling along the coast

【答案】C

【解析】根據(jù)第一段第一句可知。

57.What will happen in Singapore if there are floods in its neighboring countries?

A. Heavy tropical storms will follow shortly.

B. The price of rice and vegetables will go up.

C. Many people will write in to the newspaper.

D. More rice and vegetables will be imported.

【答案】B

【解析】根據(jù)第一段倒數(shù)三，四句可知。熱帶風暴導致的洪水會毀掉莊稼，新加坡的蔬菜和大米是從這些國家進口的，所以會導致蔬菜，大米的價格上升。

58.The underlined word“it” in Paragraph 2 refers to___________.

A. the arrival of heavy tropical storms

B. the import of rice and vegetables

C. the rising price of rice and vegetables

D. the loss of lives in natural disasters

【答案】D

【解析】上句提到臺風和海嘯會導致成千上萬的人死亡。這在2004年在印度尼西亞和泰國的普吉島發(fā)生過。自然災害到這人死亡這件事用來提醒我們大自然可以帶來巨大損害。

59.Which of the following shows how the low-lying areas are flooded?

a. global warming

b. the rise in ocean level

c. harmful human activities

d. the flooding of low-lying areas

e. the melting of the polar ice-cap

A. c→a→e→b→d         B. a→c→e→b→d        

C. c→a→b→e→d         D. d→a→c→b→e

【答案】A

【解析】根據(jù)最后一段可知。

60.What should we do in order not to make Mother Nature angry?

A. Clear more land for farming.           B. Reduce harmful human activities.

C. Bring down the price of food.          D. Improve the quality of weather.

【答案】B

【解析】根據(jù)最后一段It is believed that human activities have caused Mother Nature to show her extreme anger, so it is now important that we really work together to cut down on harmful activities,“人們認為是人類的活動導致了大自然極端憤怒， 因此，現(xiàn)在我們真的應該團結合作減少有害活動�！�

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處的最佳選項，并在答題卡上將該項涂黑。

One day a few years ago we had an uninvited guest—a sparrow.  36  the little bird had flown into our open garage. Then I  37  the bird before I saw it.

“What’s that?”I asked when I first heard the sound.

“It’s coming from the  38  .”my wife, Anita, said. “Maybe it’s one of the little  39  .”

I looked into the garage. No children at all. But there was that sound again, coming from right up there. And that’s  40   I saw the sparrow. It was flying  41  just inches below the ceiling. It was clearly  42  to get out, but couldn’t see the way out was not up, but  43  and and out through the garage door. So the bird continued flapping its wings and bumping its little head 44  the ceiling.

I tried to terrify it out, but only succeeded in driving it into the  45  open space between the door and the ceiling. Then I tried to show the bird how to fly down a few feet  46   it could get outside, but that only seemed to  47  it more.

“Why don’t we just leave for a few minutes,” Anita  48  .“I’m sure he’ll figure it out eventually.”

We went back into the house, where we  49  to hear the ongoing struggle between the sparrow and the ceiling. Then suddenly, it was  50  and our uninvited guest was gone.

I’ve  51  that little sparrow through the years, and I’ve decided that birds are not different much from people. We think we were  52  to fly ever upward, and we don’t even consider the  53  that something good might happen if we just fly down a little bit. Once we figure out that we can make  54  without banging（碰）our heads against ceilings, we can usually save ourselves much  55  .

36.A. Still              B. Somehow          C. Instead              D. Perhaps

【答案】B

【解析】不知怎么的，這只小鳥飛進了我們開著的車庫。B.不知怎么的。

37.A. heard            B. caught               C. searched           D. observed

【答案】A

【解析】根據(jù)下文when I first heard the sound， 可知本句的意思是“未見其鳥，先聞其鳴”。

38.A. house           B. backyard           C. garage               D. basement

【答案】C

【解析】根據(jù)36題所在的句子可知， 小鳥進入了garage,所以聲音應該從garage傳來。

39.A. birds            B. guests               C. cats                  D. kids

【答案】D

【解析】根據(jù)下文no children at all.可知, 作者的妻子認為是期中一個孩子

40.A. when            B. how                  C. why                  D. whether

【答案】A

【解析】when引導表語從句�！熬驮谀菚r我看到了那只麻雀�！�

41.A. quickly         B. anxiously           C. cautiously          D. slowly

【答案】B

【解析】anxiously不安的，焦慮的。因為被困，所以很焦慮。

42. A. deciding       B. hesitating           C. trying                D. choosing

【答案】C

【解析】try to get out努力要出去。

43. A. up               B. backward          C. forward            D. down

【答案】D

【解析】但是它看不到出去的路不在上方，而在下方。

44. A. against         B. off                    C. along                D. into

【答案】A

【解析】bump its little head against the ceiling 小腦袋撞擊天花板

45. A. free             B. small                 C. wide                 D. dark

【答案】B

【解析】門和天花板之間的空間很小。

46. A. in case         B. even if               C. as though          D. so that

【答案】D

【解析】so that 引導目的狀語從句。

47. A. puzzle          B. confuse             C. frighten             D. disturb

【答案】C

【解析】但是這樣似乎使它更害怕。Frighten sb使某人害怕， 嚇唬某人

48. A. suggested     B. explained           C. insisted             D. demanded

【答案】A

【解析】why don’t sb do 是表示建議的用語。 所以選擇A。

49. A. attempted     B. continued          C. refused             D. failed

【答案】B

【解析】continue to do sth繼續(xù)干某事

50. A. fierce           B. empty               C. safe                  D. silent

【答案】D

【解析】根據(jù)下文our uninvited guest was gone， 所以沒有聲音了，很安靜

51.A. looked after   B. worried about    C. thought about    D. brought up

【答案】C

【解析】Ａ．照看　Ｂ．擔心 Ｃ．思考  Ｄ． 提出。下文題到“鳥和人沒有什么不同”，所以作者是在思考。

52. A. forced         B. determined         C. born                 D. urged

【答案】C

【解析】be born to do 天生就是干某事的。 “我們認為我們天生就是往上飛的”

53. A. idea             B. possibility          C. challenge           D. problem

【答案】B

【解析】我們甚至沒有考慮這種可能性，如果我們飛的低一些，好事也可能會發(fā)生。

54. A. progress      B. peace                C. decisions           D. efforts

【答案】A

【解析】make progress取得進步

55. A. panic           B. pressure            C. loss                  D. trouble

【答案】D

【解析】save some trouble 省去很多麻煩。

—Could I borrow the book by Mo Yan?

  —_________.

A. By all means                           B. You’re welcome

C. Yes, you could                 D. I am afraid so

Hello! I’m calling to cancel the appointment I________ with Dr. Smith.

A. am making        B. have made         C. will make          D. had made

Mikael was set free very soon because of a lack of________ that he was guilty.

A. doubt         B. conclusion         C. evidence            D. belief