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II.

Grammar

and

Vocabulary

Section

A

Directions:

After

reading

the

passages

below,

fill

in

the

blanks

to

make

the

passages

coherent

and

grammatically

correct.

For

the

blanks

with

a

given

word,

fill

in

each

blank

with

the

proper

form

of

the

given

word;

for

the

other

blanks,

use

one

word

that

best

fits

each

blank.

(A)

One

day

I

heard

two

girls

talking

about

making

net

friends

in

a

cafe.

One

said

that

she

(25)

(meet)

one

of

her

net

friends

and

the

other

told

her

not

to

because

most

people

found

their

net

friends

(26)

(disappoint)

in

real

life.

We

all

know

it

is

quite

common

now

that

many

teenagers,

especially

(27)

from

one-child

families,

like

to

make

net

friends

and

spend

lots

of

time

chatting

with

them

because

they

need

someone

to

talk

with

and

share

their

sorrow

and

happiness.

However,

is

it

wise

for

them

to

do

so?

In

my

opinion,

it

is

possible

for

you

to

find

some

real

good

friends

with

the

help

of

new

technology

but

you

(28)

take

care.

When

you

talk

with

someone

unknown

on

the

Internet,

you

have

no

idea

at

all

what

kind

of

person

he

is

and

(29)

he

is

telling

you

the

truth.

Besides

we

can't

deny

that

some

bad

guys

mask

themselves

very

well

so

that

they

can

get

many

nice

people

(30)

(trap).

So,

you're

taking

the

risk

of

meeting

your

net

friends

(31)

you

get

any

idea

about

him.

In

a

word,

you

can

never

be

too

careful

when

meeting

your

net

friends.

(B)

Perhaps

one

aspect

of

modern

life

which

is

most

often

considered 'annoying'

is

noise.

According

to

some

estimates,

the

amount

of

urban

noise

(32)

(double)

in

the

past

ten

years,

and

with

the

increase

in

road

and

air

traffic,

noise

is

likely

to

increase

too.

Noise

quite

clearly

affects

the

health

of

modern

man.

It

is

a

health

threat.

Loud

noise

(33)

(say)

to

be

a

leading

cause

of

deafness

among

many

people

over

65.

It

is

also

a

major

(34)

(contribute)

factor

in

causing

stress,

(35)

itself

causes

a

variety

of

illnesses.

Noise

is

sometimes

associated

with

lack

of

communication

in

the

modem

world.

In

many

busy

shops,

factories

and

nightclubs,

(36)

level

and

constancy

of

noise

make

conversation

at

a

natural

level

difficult

or

impossible.

Certain

people

in

society,

such

as

motorcyclists,

seem

to

believe

they

have

a right

(37)

(make)

as

much

noise

as

they

like

without

being

fined.

Do

they?

We

are

so

trained

to

noise

in

this

modern

world

(38)

people

growing

up

with

little

(39)

no

experience

of

genuine

peace

and

quiet

have

begun

to

associate

silence

with

boredom.

Isn't

it

time

for

us

to

start

teaching

young

people

that

silence

is

golden

and

that

you

can

do

a

lot

of

interesting

things

(40)

the

accompaniment

of

noise?

Section

B

Directions:

Complete

the

following

passage

by

using

the words

in

the

box.

Each

word

can

only

be

used

once.

Note

that

there

is

one

word more

than

you

need.

A.

accurate

F.

enormously

B.

alteration

G.

initial

C.

average

H.

intervals

D.

calculates

I.

merely

E.

conceal

J.

multiply

K.

prediction

Beyond

two

or

three

days,

the

world's

best

weather

forecasts

are

based

on

guesswork,

and

beyond

six

or

seven

they

are

worthless.

The

Butterfly

Effect

is

the

reason.

For

small

pieces

of

weather

—

—

and

to

a

global

forecaster,

small

can

mean

thunderstorms

and

snowstorms

一

any

___

41

___

fails

rapidly.

Errors

and

uncertainties

___

42

___

,

gathering

upward

through

a

chain

of

unstable

features,

from

dust

devils

(尘旋风)

and

windstorms

up

to

continent-size

eddies

(旋风)

43

satellites

can

see.

The

modem

weather

models

work

with

a

network

of

points

of

the

order

of

sixty

miles

apart,

and

even

so,

some___

44

____

data

has

to

be

guessed,

since

ground

stations

and

satellites

cannot

see

everywhere.

But

suppose

the

earth

could

be

covered

with

sensors

spaced

one

foot

apart,

rising

at

one-foot

___

45

____

all

the

way

to

the

top

of

the

atmosphere.

Suppose

every

sensor

gives

perfectly

___

46

____

readings

of

temperature,

pressure,

dampness,

and

any

other

quantity

a

meteorologist

(气象工作者)

would

want.

Exactly

at

noon

a(n)

___

47

___

powerful

computer

takes

all

the

data

and

___

48

____

what

will

happen

at

each

point

at

12.01,

then

12.02,

then

12.03

...

The

computer

will

still

be

unable

to

predict

whether

Princeton,

New

Jersey,

will

have

sun

or

rain

on

a

day

one

month

away.

At

noon

the

spaces

between

the

sensors

will

___

49

___

alterations

that

the

computer

will

not

know

about,

tiny

variations

from

the

___

50

____

.

By

12.01,

those

alterations

will already

have

created

small

errors

one

foot

away.

Soon

the

errors

will

have

multiplied

to

the

ten-foot

scale,

and

so

on

up

to

the

size

of

the

globe.

III.

Reading

Comprehension

Section

A

Directions:

For

each

blank

in

the

following

passage

there

are

four

words

or

phrases

marked

A,

B,

C

and

D.

Fill

in

each

blank

with

the

word

or

phrase

that

best

fits

the

context.

Ecotourism

is

a

combination

of

ecology

(the

study

of systems

of

living

things)

and

tourism.

It

is

___

51

____

"'responsible

travel

to

natural

areas

that

preserves

the

environment

and

improves

the

welfare

of

the

local

people"

by

the

International

Ecotourism

Society.

Actually,

ecotourism

can

mean

travel

to

far-off

places

of

great

natural

beauty,

but

not

always

in

a(n)

____

52

___

way.

It's

a

big

business,

and

the

attraction

of

money

can

cause

people

to

think

about

___

53

____

first.

While

ecotourism

offers

benefits

to

people

and

ecosystems,

it

leaves

ecosystems

open

to

negative

effects,

too.

Costa

Rica,

once

a

Spanish

colony,

and

independent

since

1821,

has

an

ecotourism

industry

worth

over

one

billion

dollars

yearly,

and

thousands

of

jobs

have

been

___

54

____

.

Nearly

21

percent

of

the

land

is

now

protected

national

parks,

___

55

____

thanks

to

ecotourism.

Nevertheless,

due

to

the

number

of

people

visiting

the

country

?

s

natural

places,

some

damage

to

the

ecosystem

has

occurred.

While

___

56

____

can

have

a

negative

impact

on

ecosystems,

the

same

areas

might

have

been

___

57

____

by

industries

such

as

farming,

logging,

or

mining

if

there

were

no

ecotourism

industry.

Shelters

（

庇护所

）

have

been

created ___

58

____

,

keeping

the

ecosystem

protected.

And,

by

visiting

beautiful

rainforests

and

seeing

rare

animals,

visitors

get

a

sense

of

their___

59

____

,

and

of

gratitude

for

them.

Tour

guides

can

also

be

educators

who

train

people

to

love

and

care

for

the

environment.

Visitors

can

take

these

___

60

____

with

them

to

their

home

countries.

Unfortunately,

while

their

effect

may

not

be

___

61

____

in

the

off-season,

the

constant

parade

of

visitors

in

the

high

season

can

be

damaging.

At

one

national

park

in

Costa

Rica,

wild

monkeys

now

feed

on

garbage

left

by

the

tourists.

___

62

____

,

ecotourists

tend

to

seek

out

places

with

the

rarest

animals

and

plants,

___

63

____

the

most

delicate

living

things.

It

is

easy

to

be critical

of

the

ecotourism

industry,

but

it

is

important

to

be___

64

____

as

well.

Ecotourism

can

never

be

"pure".

We

can't

expect

zero

negative

effects

on

the

ecosystem.

It

is

also

___

65

____

to

suppose

that

humans

won't

go

anywhere

accessible

to

them.

If

protection

efforts

are

maintained

and

increased,

those

remaining

places

of

undisturbed

nature

may

be

stressed,

but

they

won't

be

destroyed.

51.

52.

53.

A.

defined

as

A.

attractive

A.

effects

A.

lost

A.

mainly

A.

tourists

A.

fertilized

A.

equally

A.

freedom

A.

ecosystems

A.

uncertain

A.

For

instance

A.

appreciating

A.

positive

B.

made

up

of

B.

natural

B.

nature

B.

created

B.

comparatively

B.

environment

B.

destroyed

B.

regularly

B.

hardness

B.

lessons

B.

noticeable

B.

On

the

contrary

B.

discovering

B.

creative

C.

applied

to

C.

different

C.

profits

D.

combined

with

D.

responsible

D.

economy

D.

shifted

D.

barely

D.

politics

D.

stimulated

D.

though

D.

value

D.

trainers

D.

special

D.

As

a

whole

D.

pressuring

D.

sensitive

54.

55.

56.

57.

ned

C.

unfortunately

C.

manufacturers

ed

C.

instead

C.

welfare

C.

animals

C.

healthy

C.

In

addition

C.

sheltering

C.

effective

58.

59.

60.

61.

62.

63.

64.

65.

A.

feasible

B.

reasonable

C.

unrealisticD.

inevitable

Section

B

Directions:

Read the

following

three

passages.

Each

passage

is

followed

by

several

questions

or

unfinished

statements.

For

each

of

them

there

are

four

choices

marked

A,

B,

C

and

D.

Choose

the

one

that

fits

best

according

to

the

information

given

in

the

passage

you

have

just

read.

（

A

）

When

I

was

young,

it

wasn't

the

parental

love

that

filled

my

thoughts

in

the

spring.

It

was

baseball.

I

loved

everything

about

the

game

—

—

the

crack

of

a

bat,

the

excitement

of

chasing

a

ground

ball

across

short

green

grass,

even

watching

the

games

on

our

old

black-and-white

TV.

Yet

looking

back

now,

nothing

was

quite

as

important

to

me

as

the

annual

ritual

（老规矩

）

of

playing

catch

with

my

dad.

Dad

was

never

much

of

a

baseball

fan,

but

as

green

leaves

began

to

shoot

on

bare

branches

and

warmth

returned

to

the

air,

he

would

grab

his

old

mitt

（

棒球手套

）

and

head

out

to

the

yard

with

me

just

the

same.

There

was

something

beneficial

about

playing

catch

with

him,

the

hum

of

the

ball

as

it

sailed

through

the

air,

and

the

friendly

pop

as

it

hit

the

leather

netting.

We

may

have

been

50

feet

apart,

but

the

flight

of

that

ball

connected

us,

forming

as

strong

a

relationship

as

any

father-son

talk

ever

could

have.

I

was

never

the

star

of

my

Little

League

team,

yet

Dad

never

cared

about

that.

Every

year,

he

would

be

out

there,

waiting

to

field

any

false

throw

I

sent

his

way.

As

I

grew

older,

I

realized

that

our

game

was

a

reflection

of

our

relationship

一

that

even

if

a

problem

didn't

involve

a

glove

and

a

ball,

Dad

would

always

be

there

to

handle anything

I

threw

in

his

direction.

His

devotion

to

our

springtime

ritual

showed

his

devotion

to

me

—

—

not

only

to

my

love

of

baseballl

but

also

to

my

life.

I've

often

heard

it

said

that

"the

devil

is

in

the

I

realize

that

in

my

relationship

with

my

father,

love

was

in

the

details.

66.

When

the

author

was

young,

he

didn't care

much

about

.

A.

the

sound

of

hitting

a

ball

B.

the

company

of

his

father

C.

the

joy

of

running

after

a

ball

D.

the

games

broadcast

on

TV

67.

The

author's

father

practiced

catching

baseball

with

him

on

warm

spring

days,

.

A.

having

a

father-son

conversation

with

him

B.

killing

time

while

doing

some

physical

exercise

C.

making

him

an

excellent

baseball

player

D.

giving

him

a

guiding

hand

in

his

life

68.

We

can

learn

from

the

passage

that

.

A.

a

yearly

celebration

was

held

to

start

their

spring

baseball

catching

ritual

B.

the

author

and

his

father

used

to

have

a

loose

relationship

with

each

other

C.

the

author

fully

realized

his

father's

love

for

him

when

he

was

young

D.

the

author's

father

always

stood

by

him

whenever

he

was

in

trouble

69.

What

is

the

passage

mainly

about?

A.

The

same

hobby

shared between

the

author

and

his

father.

B.

The

way

the

author

and

his

father

used

to

spend

spring

days.

C.

The

author's

sweet

memory

of

his

father's

love

for

him.

D.

The

analysis

made

by

the

author

about

father-son

relationship.

（

B

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following

best

summarizes

the

feature

of

Powerful

apps

for

iPad

mini?

A.

An

amazingly

clear

display.

B.

Beautifully

designed

and

combined.

C.

Well

performing

your

daily

routine.

D.

A

super

killer

and

greater

battery

saver.

72.

Which

of

the

following

statements

is

true

according

to

the

passage?

A.

An

A7

chip

installed,

iPad

mini

with

Retina

display

is

more

battery

consuming.

B.

Having

an

iPad

mini

with

Retina

display,

you

can

do

more

in

more

places.

C.

iOS7

with

many

new

features

is

only

designed

for

iPad

mini

with

Retina

display.

D.

Order

an

iPad

mini

with

Retina

display

online

then

collect

it

at

your

favorite

retail

store.

73.

Who

would

be

the

potential

readers

of

the

passage?

A.

Apple

product

fans.

B.

App

software

developers.

D.

Information

technology

engineers.C.

Apple

product

sellers.

（

C

）

The

term

culture

now

is

more

used

to

describe

everything

from

the

fine

arts

to

the

outlook

of

a

business

group

or

a

sports

team.

In

its

original

sense,

however,

culture

includes

all

identifying

aspects

of

a

racial

group,

nation,

or

empire:

its

physical

environment,

history,

and

traditions,

its

social

rules

and

economic

structure,

and

its

religious

beliefs

and

arts.

The

central

beliefs

and

customs

of

a

group

are

handed

down

from

one

generation

to

another.

It

is

for

this

reason

that

most

people

regard

culture

as

learned

rather

than

innate.

People

acquire

a

culture

because

they

are

not

born

with

one.

The

process

by

which

a

person

develops

a

taste

for

regional

foods,

accented

speech,

or

an

outlook

on

the

world

over

time,

therefore,

is

known

as

enculturation

（

文化适应

）

.

Cultures

are

often

identified

by

their

symbols

一

images

that

are

familiar

and

coated

with

meaning.

Totem

poles

（

图腾柱

）

carved

with

animals

and

creative

figures

suggest

aspects

of

the

Native

American

peoples

of

the

Pacific

Northwest

but

more

literally

represent

specific

tribes

（

部

落

）

.

In

Asia

and

India,

the

color

of

yellow

is

connected

with

temples

while

in

ancient

China

it

was

a

color

only

the

emperor's

family

was

allowed

to

wear.

Thus,

different

cultures

may

respond

to

a

symbol

quite

differently.

For

example,

to

some

a

flag

may

represent

pride,

historical

accomplishments,

or

ideals;

to

others,

however,

it

can

mean

danger

or

oppression.

To

individuals

unfamiliar

with

cultures

outside

their

own,

the

beliefs,

behaviors,

and

artistic

expression

of

other

groups

can

seem

strange

and

even

threatening.

A

society

that

ranks

all

other

cultures

against

its

own

standards

is

considered

to

be

ethnocentric

（

from

the

Greek

ethnos,

meaning

"people,"

and

kentros,

meaning

"center"）

.

A

strongly

ethnocentric

society

assumes

also

that

what

is

different

from

its

own

culture

is

likely

to

be

inferior and,

possibly,

wrong

or

evil.

All

people

are

ethnocentric

to

some

degree,

and

some

aspects

of

ethnocentrism,

such

as

national

pride,

contribute

to

a

well-functioning

society.

An

appreciation

for

one's

own

culture,

however,

does

not

prevent

acceptance

and

respect

for

another

culture.

History

documents

the

long-term

vigour

and

success

of

multicultural

groups

in

which

people

from

numerous

and

various

cultural

backgrounds

live

and

work

together.

Extreme

ethnocentrism,

in

contrast,

can

lead

to

racism

—

—

the

belief

that

it

is

race

and

racial

origin

that

account

for

variations

in

human

character

or

ability

and

that

one's

own

race

is

superior

to

all

others.

74.

What

does

the

word

"innate''

in

Paragraph

2

most

probably

mean?

A.

Instinctive.

B.

Developed.

C.

Believable.

D.

Cultivated.

75.

Which

of

the

following

is

true

according

to

the

passage?

A.

Different

interpretations

of

a

symbol

help

to

distinguish

one

culture

from

another.

B.

An

ethnocentric

country

opens

welcoming

arms

to

cultures

different

from

its

own.

C.

Culture

consists

of

some

positive

features

of

a

racial

group,

nation

or

empire.

D.

People

from

various

cultural

backgrounds

often

reach

an

agreement on

some

image.

76.

What

can

be

inferred

from

the

passage?

A.

All

aspects

of

ethnocentrism

can

produce

negative

effects

on

a

society.

B.

Racism

is

unlikely

to

bring

about

serious

conflicts

among

different

cultures.

C.

Respect

and

acceptance

of

different

cultures

are

a

proper

cultural

attitude.

D.

Countries

with

a

strong

sense

of

national

pride

play

a

superior

role

in

the

world.

77.

Which

might

be

the

best

title

of

the

passage?

A.

Culture,

the

origin

of

racial

superiority

B.

Culture,

a

faithful

mirror

of

history

C.

Culture,

the

vigour

of

world

development

D.

Culture,

a

distinctive

identity

of

a

nation

Section

C

Directions:

Read

the

passage

carefully.

Then

answer

the

questions

or

complete

the

statements

in

the

fewest

possible

words.

Some

of

the

most

popular

programmes

on

British

television,

all

with

their

regular

millions

of

loyal

viewers,

are

'soaps'

such

as

Coronation

Street,

Eastenders

and

Emmerdale.

(A

'soap'

is

an

informal

word

for

a

'soap

opera',

which

is

a

television

story,

in

daily

or

weekly

episodes

(连续

居

U

集)

，

about

the

daily

lives

of

the

characters

in

it.)

In

every

soap

there

is

comedy

and

tragedy,

and

storylines

of

all

kinds.

In

every

soap

there

is

the

inevitable

gossip,

and

there

is

the

essential

character

who

brings

misfortune

on

himself

一

or

herself,

the

spiteful

woman

who

hates

the

success

of

her

sister

in

marrying

a

man

with

money

and

whose

childish

behavior

splits

the

family.

To

some

degree,

of

course,

the

regular

episodes

provide

many

people

with

an

adult

kind

of

comic,

rather

like

Dickens

9

serialized

novels

did.

At

times,

the

actions

and

characters

in

them

seem

quite

realistic;

at

other

times,

they

go

to

the

other

extreme

and

show

actions

that

look

as

if

they

are

straight

from

the

pen

of

the

best

fiction

writers.

But

perhaps

the

fall

into

clearly

fictional

comedy

or

tragedy

is

necessary

to

remind

regular

viewers

that

their

daily

amount

of

'soap'

is

no

more

and

no

less

than

a

shot

of

fiction,

and

that

the

characters

are

not

real.

Certainly

life

is

never

dull

in

a

soap.

If

one

of

the

adolescents

buys

a

motorbike

and

a

young

child

lives

round

the

comer,

you

can

bet

the

two

will

meet

in

an

accident.

If

two

people

fall

in

love

and

get

married,

you

can

be

sure

that

a

friend

will

cast

an

insult

on

the

character

of

one

of

them,

enough

to

break

up

the

marriage.

After

all,

this

is

not

life;

this

is

a

soap!

Reality

makes

way

for

fiction.

The

viewers

who

think

that

they

are

watching

even

a

reflection

of

reality

only

bring