1、第一部分阅读理解（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 。AChinese President Xi Jinping stressed Wednesday that the socialist path China has followed is “correct,“ and it is the choice of the “history and people.”Citing
2、the remarkable achievements China has made over the past 37 years when it initiated the reform and opening-up policy, Xi noted that it only took several decades for China to complete the journey the developed countries have gone through for centuries.“That fully shows that the Chinese people are fol
3、lowing a correct path,” the president said while addressing a banquet hosted by Lord Mayor of the City of London Alan Yarrow on Wednesday evening.Meanwhile, he pledged that China will stay committed to a peaceful development path and does not accept the logic that a country will seek hegemony once i
4、t gets strong.“No one and nothing in any reason can sway Chinas determination and will to pursue the path of peaceful development,” he said.In his speech, the president also elaborated on the development of friendly relations between China and Britain, citing tea culture, literature, movies, TV dram
5、as, football and cultural exchanges.He specifically referred to Shakespeares influence on him by sharing the story of his youth time in the countryside, when he was obsessed with the masters works.“The China-Britain friendship has been deeply rooted in the hearts of our two peoples. And there is a s
6、olid foundation in public opinion and in society for the two countries to grow long-term relations,” he added.1. Where can you probably NOT find this passage?A. On the website B. In a magazine C. In an essay D. In a newspaper2. The underlined word “pledged” in Paragraph 4 could possibly be replaced
7、by _.A. predicted B. confirmed C. announced D.promised3. According to this passage, which of the following statements is NOT TRUE?A. There exists a belief that China will seek hegemony once it gets strong.B. President Xi Jinping was hooked by Shakespeares works when in the countryside.C. The develop
8、ed countries took hundreds of years to develop to the level that China is now at.D. Xi mentioned tea culture to emphasize the importance of agriculture in friendship.BThe general objective of public interest advertising is to inform, persuade, or remind people about the particular idea, cause, or ph
9、ilosophy being advertised. This kind of advertising is often used by non-business institutions, such as schools, hospitals and charity organizations. We also see advertising by associations. In addition, we witness millions of dollars worth of advertising placed by government organizations. Much gov
10、ernment advertising announces the availability of such valuable government services as consumer assistance, welfare aid, or career guidance. However, with the resource available to it, the government can also use advertising techniques for propaganda purposes. Many state governments use advertising
11、to attract new businesses, tourists, or workers to aid their economy.Because of the fact that public interest advertising is nonprofit, the words it uses are much more different from the other 3 kinds of advertising. Its purpose is not to urge readers to spend their money, but to disseminate a kind
12、of concept or advocate a social ethic. The headline of public interest advertising also acts as a role of attraction. The average words of them are 10.6, and most of them are curious headlines (60%) and emotional headlines (30%). We can know from the statistics that attracting the reader is still a
13、main task for the headline of public interest advertising, because only when the readers feel the advertising will benefit them (no matter physically or mentally) should they have the patience to read it furtherthats the rule of all the advertisements. I also notice that only 10% of those advertisem
14、ents include their advertisers brand, which shows that the public interest advertisements do not aim to propagandize any company or organization. Straight-line body copy is the most frequently used formwhich is 50% of the 20 ads. 75% of those ads have used imperative sentences. Most of these sentenc
15、es are urging readers to take action immediately for others or social ethics. All these data show the fact that public interest advertising does not please readers by beautiful words or original ideas, but touch them through true feelings.4. Governments spend millions of dollars on advertisements ma
16、inly to _.A. promote special produce or business B. show mercy on less developed organizationsC. spread a kind of concept to the public D. give away money to charities and schools5. According to the passage, public interest advertising is mainly used by all the following EXCEPT _.A. charity organiza
17、tions B. cinemas C. government services D. associations6. What public interest advertisements have in common with other advertisements is that they are _.A. interesting B. expensive C. attractive D. tiring7. What can we learn from the passage?A. Public interest advertising encourages people to buy g
18、oods.B. Public interest advertising sometimes forces concepts upon the public.C. We cannot see any advertisers brand in public interest advertisements.D. The words of public interest advertisements are mostly emotional.CBastian Balthazar Bux is a shy and bookish boy around 12 years old. He is neglec
19、ted by his father because his father is still mourning the death of his mother who died of an unspecified illness. His school life does not go off smoothly. He is often picked on by some good-for-nothing kids, which leads him to play truant a lot. It doesnt sound like a fantasy story so far, does it
20、? Fantasy is supposed to take us away from the unpleasantness of life, not to rub our noses in it. But it is just where the fantasy begins. One day, running away from bullies at school, Bastian hides in a bookstore. There he finds a book which appeals to him, and he steals it and takes it home. Bast
21、ian becomes fascinated with the book. It drags him in, just as we are dragged into fantasy books. The book he reads is called The Neverending Story. The story spellbinds Bastian. It tells of a land called Fantastica. Fantastica is sick, and the person most sick is its ruler, the Child-like Empress.
22、The reason for the sickness is a kind of war that is being waged on Fantastica by a force called Nothing. The Empress asks a boy, Atreyu, to help her battle Nothing before it conquers Fantastica. But what of Bastian, sitting hidden away, reading the story from his stolen book? He becomes part of the
23、 tale himself. The Empress gives Bastian a vital job to join forces with Atreyu in the struggle against Nothing. But even though Bastian has now entered the pages of a fantasy fiction book, he has brought his troubles with him. He has problems dealing with the challenges brought by his new life. Whe
24、n the Child-like Empress gives him use of a magic gem called Auryn he abuses it for self-interested ends. To find his True Self he has to learn how. Only that way can he help the Empress, Atreyu and Fantastica and make his way back into the real world from the place he came.Like Bastian, we sometime
25、s have our troubles. Also like Bastian, we can find ways to solve them with enough commitment. In the The Neverending Story, young readers can find a wonderful fantasy that also offers a positive message about their own world. 8. What can we infer from the first paragraph?A. The boy gets hooked on s
26、cience fiction books. B. The boys father is doing a bad job in raising him.C. The boys father has a happy marriage. D. The boy gains popularity at school.9. How does Bastian enter the land of Fantastica?gkstkgkstkgkstkgkstkA. Bullies at school force him to seek courage in this place.B. He skips scho
27、ol and arrives at the place accidentally.C. He becomes absorbed in the book after stealing it from a bookshop. D. His father cannot afford to raise him so he abandons him in this place.10. Which of the following is TRUE ofThe Neverending Story?A. The Empress asks Auryn and Bastian to help her fight
28、the war.B. The Child-like Empress starts a war against the force Nothing. C. Bastian does not do all that he can to save Fantastica when given the magic gem.D. Bastian gets away from the trouble and problems of the real world in Fantastica.gkstkgkstkgkstk11. What is the best positive message readers
29、 can learn from the book?A. Tomorrow is another day.B. We can do whatever it takes to bring down our enemies.C. Fantasy worlds breed truth.D. We can solve our problems as long as we make enough efforts.DAs the saying goes, “Change is not always for the better”. Take social interaction, for example!
30、We now live in an era in which many teenagers spend hours locked away in their bedrooms shooting virtual soldiers and hitting zombies over the head with digital baseball bats, while others sit home alone, chatting with friends, not in person, but through social networks. Teachers, politicians and pa
31、rents have genuine reasons to argue that young people like this are in danger of losing the ability to connect with one another, to develop genuine relationships and to separate the fictional world of the Xbox or the Play Station from the real world.Others worry about the increasing breakdown of the
32、 family unit within the UK and link that to the increase of youth crime and antisocial behavior, or the problems that some young people have with drugs or alcohol. These issues are particularly common in areas of poverty and, in the light of the economic crisis, are unlikely to improve. Indeed, the
33、gap between rich and poor in the UK could well increase, as unemployment figures rise and the cost of higher education increases.But being a teenager in the 21st century is not all doom and gloom, Young people in the UK today can enjoy living in a far more multicultural, integrated society in which
34、opportunities are more equal and which is increasingly environmentally aware. They benefit from better child protection policies, a wider range of educational activities and clearer guidance on leading healthy lifestyles.And as they grow up, this generation will benefit from huge technological inven
35、tions which will have an impact on almost every aspect of their lives, from entertainment to transport. They will see medical advances which could put an end to diseases like malaria and rid the world of AIDS. They will live longer, work smarter and they will even have a greater understanding of nat
36、ure and the universe.12. According to the article, which of these issues may NOT be a problem for life in the 21st century?A. Teenagers playing computer games B. Broken homes and unstable familiesC. The rising cost of university education D. AIDS and Malaria13. What does the author think about life
37、in the 21st century?A. Life is going to get duller and simpler in the 21st century.B. There is both good and bad in life in the 21st century.C. Life will be easier because nobody will be out of employment.D. People will be healthier because there will be no diseases in the 21st century.14. According
38、 to the passage which of the following statements is true?A. The union of a family unit plays an important role in a harmonious society.B. Family problems cause young children to lock themselves in their bedrooms.C. Strict families have introduced better child protection policies.D. All children in
39、breakdown families tend to be aggressive.15. In the passage, parents fear that _.A. their children might be lost in their digital worldB. their children will be in danger in the 21st centuryC. their possible divorce may lead their children to crime and antisocial behaviorD. their children may develo
40、p genuine relationships with other people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。Youd think the human race would have understood sleeping very well by now, but many of us are still sleeping poorly. Part of the problem is that we have wrong information and beliefs about t
41、his important health need. Lets set the facts straight. 161. More sleep is better for you.There could be such a thing as too much sleep. The amount of sleep we need varies by person and also changes as we age. Harvard researchers found that a lot of sleep (9 hours or more) is linked with poor sleep
42、quality. 17 Aim for better sleep.2. 18 Alcohol can help most people fall asleep. However, it also can cause you to wake up more during the night, decreasing your sleep quality. Consider drinking non-alcoholic drink before bed instead.3. If you wake up in the middle of the night, lie in bed until you
43、 eventually fall back asleep.19 We all hope to quickly fall back asleep. So we tend to stay in bed hoping itll happen at any minute now. If that doesnt happen, though, within 15 minutes, most experts recommend getting out of bed to do something that occupies our bodies and brains without overstimula
44、ting us. Try not to check the clock either.4. You can catch up on sleep on weekends.When we lose sleep during the week, we accumulate a kind of sleep debt. 20 Not so fast. This might actually make you sleepier the next week. Instead of waking up later on the weekends, youd better go to sleep earlier
45、 or perhaps take a nap in the afternoon.A. Alcohol helps you sleep.B. Here are some things you might have been told about sleeping but arent completely true.C. Everyone should get 78 hours of sleep per night.D. So dont aim for more sleep even on the weekends.E. Waking up in the middle of the night i
46、s the pits (烦心事), but it happens to all of us.F. Youll have a better day and perhaps sleep better at night.G. Can you pay that debt back by sleeping on Saturday or Sunday?第二部分：英语知识运用（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）阅读下面的短文，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。If you as
47、sociate modern British fiction with the cool, lonely tones of Martin Amis and Julian Barnes, and US fiction with Jonathan Franzens 21 inner worlds or John Irvings sentimentality, it seems you have good 22 . An analysis of the 23 texts of English-language books over the 24 century concludes that, sin
48、ce the 1980s, words that 25 emotional content have become 26 more common in US books than in British ones.The 27 , by anthropologist (人类学家) Alberto Acerbi of the University of Bristol, UK, and his colleagues, takes advantage of Googles database of more than 5 million digitally 28 books from the past
49、 several centuries. This resource has 29 been used to examine the 30 of literary styles and trends in literary expressions of individualism.Such 31 of the cultural information made available by new technologies has been 32 “culturomics” (文化组学). Its 33 think that these approaches can 34 trends in social opinions and standards of behavior that are 35 hidden within vast quantities of data.“Language use in books
