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英 语
第二部分：阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）
第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A
Terrie Hall, a cancer patient who made great contributions to the national anti-smoking ad campaign, died at the age of 53.
When she was a young woman Terrie started smoking in high school. “I thought it was a cool thing to do.” she said. The smoking caused throat cancer and oral cancer and the surgeries and radiation treatment took away her natural voice. But they also brought out a level of bravery and strength of character that amazed all of us.
In a society where women are often judged by their looks, Terrie did not hide the scars on her face caused by smoking. The scars on her jaw where part of her jaw had been cut out and on her throat where her larynx（喉）had been removed, only made her more determined to speak, especially to young people at school. She wanted young people to know the truth about tobacco.
She became known around the world through her participation in CDC’s smoking ad campaign. The ad where she showed how she got ready each day—putting on her wig（假发）, putting her hands-free device in the hole in her throat—is hard to watch.
Her video has become the most-viewed video ever on CDC’ YouTube pages with, over 2.5 million viewings, and has inspired more comments than any other CDC video. Her second ad, which touched on the fact that her grandchild never heard her precancerous voice, inspired thousands more to quit.
Lisa Hancock, a mother of a five-year-old child and a smoker smoking one pack to two packs of cigarettes a day, said she had tried to quit many time, before, but seeing Terrie’s ad helped her realize that smoking really did cause other types of cancer besides lung cancer, and helped motivate her to quit for good health.
Just a few weeks after the second ad, Terrie’s doctors, found her cancer caused by smoking bad spread to her brain. In her remaining days, she chose to keep fighting and keep working to save lives by showing the real consequences of cigarette smoking. She insisted on being filmed in hospital just two days before her death, sharing the final effects of Smoking on her body.
The disease that finally took her life never touched her great spirit. That spirit, the selfless work she did and the tens of thousands of lives she saved are Terrie Hall’s great legacies.
21. Terrie Hall earned the respect of the public ________.
A. because she fought against cancer bravely
B. because she inspired people to quit smoking
C. because she started the anti-smoking campaign
D. because she was asked to be filmed in hospital
22. Knowing she had cancer Terrie must be ______.
A. disappointed B. confused C. regretful D. anxious
23. What does the sixth paragraph imply?
A. Terrie’s ad shook Lisa up. B. Lisa paid little attention to her kid.
C. Lisa has smoked for two years. D. Terrie popularized the knowledge of cancer.
24. What does the author think of Terrie ?
A. She shouldn’t have been filmed in hospital.
B. She must have moved the public deeply.
C. She should have accepted the doctor’s advice.
D. She must have caused a shock in the world.
B
A recent survey showed that doctors in America are warning of an obesity time bomb, when children who are already overweight grow up. So, what should we do? Exercise more? Eat less? Or both? The government feels it has to take responsibility for this expanding problem.
The cheerful Mr. Pickwick, the hero of the novel by Charles Dickens, is seen in illustrations as someone who is plump and happy. In the 18th century paintings, beauty is equated （使…等同）with rounded bodies and soft curves. But nowadays being overweight is seen as indicating neither a cheerful character nor beauty but an increased risk of heart disease, stroke and diabetes.
So what do you do? Diet? Not according to England’s chief medical officer, Sir Liam Donaldson. He says that physical activity is the key for reducing the risks of obesity, cancer and heart disease. And the Health Secretary John Reid even said that being inactive is as serious a risk factor in heart disease as smoking.
So, having bought some cross trainers, how much exercise should you do? According to Sir Liam Donaldson, at least 30 minutes of moderate activity five days a week. Is going to the gym the answer? Luckily for those who think that running machines are boring, the Health Development Agency believes that physical activity that fits into people’s lives may be more effective. They suggest taking the stairs rather than the lilt, walking up escalators, playing active games with your children, dancing or gardening. And according to a sports psychologist, Professor Biddle, gyms “are not making the nation fit”, and may even cause harm.
There’s new scientific evidence that too much exercise may actually be bad for you. Scientists at the University of Ulster have found that unsuitable exercise releases dangerous free radicals that can oppositely affect normal function in unfit people. The only people who should push their bodies to that level of exercise on a regular basis are trained athletes.
So, should we forget about gyms and follow some expert’s advice to reduce sedentary（久坐不动的）activities and increase exercise in our daily life? After all, getting off the bus a stop early and walking the rest of the way can’t do any harm! One final thought, how come past generations lacked gym facilities but were leaner and fitter than people today?
25. Mr. Pickwick and the paintings of the 18th century are used as examples to show that _______.
A. beauty should be overweight B. a fat man is usually a cheerful character
C. fatness was considered something good at one time
D. fatness leads to an increased risk of disease
26. According to Sir Liam Donaldson, we should _______.
A. go on a diet B. do regular physical activity
C. give up smoking D. go to the gym
27. The underlined phrase cross trainers probably refers to ________.
A. people who help you do exercise B. places where you can do exercise
C. a kind of shoes D. a form of vehicles
28. What is the passage mainly about?
A. how to keep fit and avoid fatness. B. increased risks for overweight people.
C. the dangers of exercise in the gym. D. the benefit or a balanced diet.
C
The brown widow spider became established in Southern California in early 2000 and has become part of the local spider family in urban Los Angeles and San Diego. The brown widow spider is continuing its expansion in Southern California and could possibly move northward into Central California.
The brown widow is suspected to have evolved in Africa although it was first described-from South America, which adds confusion as to where it might have originated. It is a tropical and subtropical spider having established populations in Hawaii, Florida, parts of Australia, South Africa and Japan. In North America, the brown widow was restricted for many decades to the Florida peninsula. However, around the year 2000, it started showing up in other Gulf Coast states. Brown widows are now known from Texas to Georgia and South Carolina.
The brown widow builds its web in protected sites around homes and in woody vegetation with branches. Some typical sites selected by brown widows for web building are empty containers such as buckets and nursery pots, mail boxes, entry way comers, under eaves, storage closets and garages, undercarriages of motor vehicles that are stationary for long periods, and the undersides of outdoor furniture. They choose places that are more exposed than sites chosen by black widows and therefore, appear to be at higher risk for interactions with humans as far as bites are concerned.
One recent study demonstrates that the brown widow spider is less poisonous than other widow species. The reason for the weaker effect of brown widow bites on humans is possibly because the brown widow does not have much poison as its larger relatives, but it is really a threat to humans as to its poison. The two major symptoms or a brown widow bite were that the bite hurt when it was given and it left a red mark. These two symptoms are not much different from the bite of normal household spiders.
There is no specific information regarding the control of brown widows by farm chemicals. Most current advice is what is used for controlling spiders in general. Therefore, most commercially available farm chemicals should work on brown widows. Avoiding a mess of the house and the garage should reduce nest sites for them. Also, one should store garage items in plastic bags where there might be interactions with spiders. These items include rarely worn garments such as gardening clothes and gloves, recreational items like sports equipment（i.e., baseball gloves）and other items where spiders can crawl up into holes where fingers can be inserted.
29. The author wrote this article to ________.
A. announce the result of a research on spiders
B. introduce the ways to get rid of the spiders
C. warn readers against the brown widow
D. report a new finding of the widow species
30. From the passage we can conclude that ________.
A. the brown widow originated from Africa
B. brown widows are spreading northward
C. brown widows now can be found in all countries
D. there used to be no brown widows in North America
31. The third paragraph is mainly about ________.
A. the habitat preferences of the brown widow
B. the characteristics of the brown widow
C. the brown widow’s web building
D. the brown widow’s threaten to human beings
32. It can be inferred that ________.
A. brown widows can be killed with any farm chemicals
B. victims bitten by the brown widow needn’t see the doctor
C. the brown widow has more poison than the black widow
D. at present people can only control brown widow spiders
D
33. A student from Japan who has been studying in England for a year and intends to go to college in a few months will ________.
A. get money if taking a first degree course
B. get money from LEA when finishing his course
C. be unable to get money from any LEA
D. have to open a bank account before getting money
34. A 31-year-old nurse wishes to qualify as a doctor at a university. She has worked since she was 25. How much extra money will she get a year?
A. None. B. ￡515. C. ￡155. D. ￡615.
35. A big bank offers a new student special services because _______.
A. they hope he’ll be a potential customer B. they charge students extra interest
C. they know he can get money regularly D. they need student accounts badly
第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分)）
根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为
多余选项。
Being a volunteer
What can you do to help people? The answer is—to be a volunteer! 36
Help yourself by helping others
When you volunteer to help others, you are helping yourself. If you are upset, doing something can be a great way to calm yourself down.
Lots of people really enjoy volunteering. Doing voluntary work means one important thing: you make a difference in the world. So where do you start? 37
Things to do with family members
Volunteering is a great way to have fun with your family. 38 Find something you all agree on. Here are some ideas for things you can do as a family like cleaning up a park and planting trees or flowers in your local community.
Invent your own opportunity
39 You can make and sell products, and donate money to the charity.
Volunteering gives kids a taste of responsibility. Volunteering can also help kids learn important things about themselves, like what kinds of things they’re best at. A voluntary job can even help some kids decide what they want to do when they grow up. 40 Make a plan to start volunteering today!
A. School is a good place to start if you are looking for volunteer ideas. Ask a teacher for advice.
B. Volunteering means spending time helping others.
C. Talk to your parents, brothers, or sisters and see what they might be interested in.
D. Why not come?
E. So what are you waiting for?
F. Kids can come up with their own ways to raise money or provide services needed.
G. Clean up a school or other public buildings.
第三部分：语言知识运用（共两节，满分45分）
第一节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1．5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
I grew up with my best friend, who was just like a sister to me. It wasn’t until the spring of the 2011 that I noticed a change in her. She was quick to anger, and her attitude was 41 . It was not like her at all. I asked her many times what was wrong. Her 42 each time was “I’m fine.”
As time went on, she became more 43 and became a person I did not know anymore. All I wanted to do was to help her. Every time I tried, she would get 44 and say she was fine.
I felt so helpless, so alone, I was 45 her and I didn’t know why. This seemed to be a __46 I would not get an answer to.
The summer of 2012, I finally got my answer. My best friend had 47 because of the effects of drugs. My mother 48 put her arms around me, and told me my best friend died because of a lethal dose. Well, for a minute my 49 stood still, along with my heart. There was nothing to say or do. There were just tears in my eyes in 50 .
My best friend was a 51 kid who made a mistake. I spent that whole summer trying to figure out why I didn’t pick up on what was going on. 52 over and over again, if only I had spent time noticing the signs. Maybe I could have 53 her.
My mother, seeing my 54 , sat me down, and told me this.
“Some things are not in our control. Sometimes ‘ 55 ’ are not enough. You can’t blame yourself for the path your friend 56 . What you can do is learn from her mistake, volunteer at school for drug prevention and let other children know what happened to your friend, and 57__ it made you feel. It makes sense, doesn’t it? Prevention 58 education.”
She is right, and it does make sense. Since then I’ve never once 59 myself for her death. Instead I 60 for the programs of SADD and DARE. Each year, at an assembly I tell new students what happened and the danger of drags, making sense with “Prevention with Education”.
41. A. poor B. positive C. kind D. flexible
42. A. reaction B. idea C. sentence D. response
43. A. generous B. bitter C. cowardly D. modest
44. A. silent B. hesitant C. defensive D. confident
45. A. ignoring B. hating C. missing D. losing
46. A. question B. game C. challenge D. battle
47. A. suffered B. changed C. survived D. choked
48. A. tearfully B. fearfully C. hopefully D. firmly
49. A. mother B. sister C. world D. friend
50. A. fear B. anxiety C. terror D. silence
51. A. naughty B. good C. shy D. bold
52. A. Thinking B. Turning C. Looking D. Shouting
53. A. comforted B. supported C. saved D. persuaded
54. A. suspicion B. anger C. attitude D. pain
55. A. concerns B. signs C. doubts D. complains
56. A. chose B. built C. led D. deserted
57. A. who B. whether C. what D. how
58. A. for B. in C. with D. of
59. A. devoted B. blamed C. enjoyed D. behaved
60. A. volunteer B. spend C. waste D. spare
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