1、 1江苏省沭阳中学考前预测一单项选择（共 15 小题；每小题 1 分，满分 15 分）1. We can learn theory from books but it is not a _ for practical experience. A. trend B. substitute C. breakthrough D. motivation 2. They achieved the goal of their campaign in a month they launched to promote sales. A. when B. where C. what D. which 3. Ev
2、en students in Senior 3 should _ some time every day for sports so as to keep themselves fit. A. put away B. take up C. give up D. set aside4. This isnt about the solution to the problem but the organization work even better. A. make B. to make C. making D. having made 5. Old Jack was in blue after
3、the business empire collapsed where he for over 20 years. A. would work B. had worked C. would be working D. was working 6. You went to the Children Welfare last Sunday?Yes, it was really a wonderful experience. A. spiritual B. theoretical C. subjective D. intellectual7. Have you got any idea _ Mark
4、 is so popular in America?A. how B. when C. where D. why 8. David is always patient with others. But when he is tired from a days hard work he be annoyed. A. shall B. must C. can D. would9. Thanks to the great efforts of local government and citizens, the environment has become _ better.A. considera
5、bly B. controversially C. contemporarily D. conventionally 10. _ , I think, in another two weeks, and you will realize your dream. A. If you doubt your efforts B. Making greater effortsC. When you make greater efforts D. A bit more efforts11. Most children in cities take wheat for grass. Dont blame
6、them, because wheat really _ grass. A. reveals B. represents C. resembles D. replaces12. Be quiet, please! The announcement _ and lets get every detail of the English contest. A. is made B. is being made C. was made D. has been made 13. Happy as Jim a fat pay rise, the pleasure disappeared when he f
7、ound himself faced with greater pressure. A. to get B. getting C. having got D. to be getting 14. Everyone will have a marvelous time _ the favorable weather lasts. A. for fear that B. even if C. as long as D. ever since15. Excuse me, may I sit here, sir?Yes, . A. with pleasure B. my pleasure C. nev
8、er mind D. after you二阅读理解（共 15 小题；每小题 2 分，满分 30 分）A2Cambridge Schools Conference 2015book your place todayInspiring teachers, inspiring learners: How we prepare learners for a lifetime of learning.Dear ColleagueThe Cambridge Schools Conference is taking place in Colombo, Sri Lanka from 3-5 Jan 2015.
9、 Booking for the conference closes on 24 December 2014, book now to secure your place.Feedback from schools that attended our recent conference in Cambridge includes:“Outstanding keynote presentation by Guy Claxton”Roland Ebiye-Koripamo, Cita International School“A Cambridge Conference shoots up the
10、 expectation level of the representativesand when it not just reaches that level but surpasses it with excellence, you define it as the Cambridge Schools Conference, 2015!”SeemaAnis, Al Waha International School, Jeddah “I have met so many interesting people. Having the opportunity to meet educators
11、 from all over the world is a unique experience.”Luciana Fernandez, ESSARP, ArgentinaThe conference brings together a community of teachers representing schools from many different countries and contexts, to consider approaches to common challenges. Our programme is designed to support professional
12、learning by offering a range of perspectives on the conference theme. Discuss and debate these in our panel sessions (小组会议) and explore their implications in group discussions and workshops.We look forward to welcoming you to Colombo.Events TeamCambridge International ExaminationsFollow CIE_Educatio
13、n for news and information about the conference. Use the hashtag#csconf15 to join the conversation.Forward to a friend|Unsubscribe 2014 Cambridge International Examinations16. The theme of the Cambridge Schools Conference 2015 is about _.A. common challenges B. teaching approachesC. lifelong learnin
14、g D. inspiring teachers17. The letter is probably intended for those who _. A. are the members of CIE B. work in education institutesC. givefeedback to the conference D. can offer a range of perspectivesBTrade has a pretty bad name in some quarters. Trade robs poor people of a proper living, and kee
15、ps them trapped in poverty. There is a widely held popular view that trade is unfair. Though many claim that a freer trade would change the current indecent reputation of world market, the cure-all free trade is the dream of most textbook economists. In fact, “Free trade“ has been used successfully
16、by powerful countries to land their mass-produced goods on fresh overseas dumping grounds and squeeze out local household businesses and craftsmanship.At home the story is different. Large firms have little appetite for free trade and competition in their own backyard. They prefer to enjoy the advan
17、tages and protections for which they have 3carefully earned. Free thus fierce competition has little appeal for those who understand that they will make more profit if they can corner the market, whether at home or abroad. By contrast, making trade fairer is about addressing both outcomes and proces
18、ses of trade. Fairness is not just moral request. It affects behaviour. Actually the concept of fairness increases steadily as societies achieve greater market uprightness: Businessmen from upright societies are willing to punish those who do not play fair, even if this is costly to themselves. Fair
19、er trade rather than freer trade could partly mend mal-administering of resources in certain areas. Though thought of as evil economic policies in the west world, carefully planned special preferences and protectionism could be used intelligently to help to block the economic robbery of the rich cla
20、ss in African countries, and to improve the lives of the bottom billion. Fairness is also important in the control of trade. The current International trade negotiations have resulted in rules favouring the powerful. The rules are made in negotiations in which the countries in control call the shots
21、, and do not always do so in good faith. Industrialized countries were often found to have obtained definite and far-reaching commitments from developing countries, in exchange for vague promises, such as to liberalise agriculture, which they have not kept. On the other hand, the essence of the fair
22、 trade lies in the promise that every party benefit from the business, rich or poor, powerful or weak. Making trade fairer is important to avoid a further public hate against trade. It is also important so as better to balance trade goals with other important national goals such as environmental and
23、 social protection. Finally, the so-called free trade system needs to be made fairer so that it does not block competition, and crush innovation and business spirit. It needs to offer a more level playing field to commercial newcomers and competitors in rich and poor countries alike.18. Free trade i
24、s a concept at rich countries service to _.A. open up new markets abroadB. define trade in the economic textbooksC. dump pollutants in poor countriesD. learn the skills from local household businesses.19. The key mechanism of fair trade is _.A. punishing the rich countries when they cheat the poor c
25、ountries B. making sure that rich countries provide more chances for poor countriesC. promoting special preferences and protectionism in poor areasD. guaranteeing the common interests of all the dealers20. The underlined word “mal-administering” in the passage is closest in meaning to _.A. macro-man
26、agement B. overall collectionC. uneven distribution D. negative miningCA rapidly advancing contemporary science that is highly dependent on new tools is Earth system science. Earth system science involves observation and measurements on the Earth at all scales from the largest to the smallest. The h
27、uge amounts of data that are gathered come from many different locations and require special techniques for handling data. Important new tools that facilitate Earth system science include satellite remote sensing, small deep-sea submarines, and geographic information systems.4More than any other way
28、 of gathering evidence, satellite observations continually remind us that each part of the Earth interacts with and is dependent on all other parts. Earth system science was born from the realization of that interdependence. Satellite remote sensing makes possible observations at large scales, and i
29、n many cases, measurements of factors that could not otherwise be measured. For example, the ozone hole over Antarcticathe decrease in the concentration of ozone high in the atmosphereis measured by remote sensing, as are changes in deserts, forests, and farmlands around the world. Such measurements
30、 can be used in many areas of specialization besides Earth system science. Archaeology, for example, has benefited from satellite observations that reveal the traces of ancient trade routes across the Arabian Desert.New tools for exploring previously inaccessible areas of the Earth have also added g
31、reatly to our knowledge of the Earth system. Small deep-sea submarines allow scientists to travel to the depths of the ocean. There they have discovered new species and ecosystems thriving near deep-sea vents that emit heat, sasses, and mineral-rich water.Just as important as new methods of measurem
32、ent and exploration are new ways to store and analyze data about the Earth system. Computer-based software programs known as geographic information systems, o r GIS, allow a large number of data points to be stored along with their locations. These can be used to produce maps and to compare differen
33、t sets of information gathered at different times. For example, satellit e remote sensing images of a forest can be converted to represent stages in the forests growth. Two such images, made at different times can be overlaid and compared, and the changes that have taken place can be represented in
34、a new image.21. The word “facilitate” in Paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to _.A. organize B. require C. enable D. examine22. The author of the passage mentions that satellite observations are especially effective in _.A. conducting scientific studies of life on the ocean floorB. predicting future
35、climate changes C. providing data to determine Earths ageD. demonstrating interactions among all of Earths parts23. According to the passage, satellite observations of the Arabian Desert allow archaeologists to know _.A. indications of ancient routes B. evidence of former lakesC. traces of early far
36、ms D. remains of ancient forests24. What is the main idea of the passage? A. Special techniques are needed to classify the huge amounts of data about Earth.B. New tools provide information about Earth that was once impossible to obtain.C. Advances in Earth system science have resolved many environme
37、ntal problems.D. Satellite remote sensing can show changes between two images taken years apart. DAmerican universities are accepting more minorities than ever. Graduating them is another matter.Barry Mills, the president of Bowdoin College, was justifiably proud of Bowdoins efforts to 5recruit mino
38、rity students. Since 2003 the small, elite liberal arts school in Brunswick, Maine, has boosted the proportion of so-called under-represented minority students in entering freshman classes from 8% to 13%. “It is our responsibility to reach out and attract students to come to our kinds of places,” he
39、 told a NEWSWEEK reporter. But Bowdoin has not done quite as well when it comes to actually graduating minorities. While 9 out of 10 white students routinely get their diplomas within six years, only 7 out of 10 black students made it to graduation day in several recent classes.“If you look at who e
40、nters college, it now looks like America,” says Hilary Pennington, director of postsecondary programs for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, which has closely studied enrollment patterns in higher education. “But if you look at who walks across the stage for a diploma, its still largely the white,
41、 upper-income population.”The United States once had the highest graduation rate of any nation. Now it stands 10th. For the first time in American history, there is the risk that the rising generation will be less well educated than the previous one. The graduation rate among 25- to 34-year-olds is
42、no better than the rate for the 55- to 64-year-olds who were going to college more than 30 years ago. Studies show that more and more poor and non-white students want to graduate from college but their graduation rates fall far short of their dreams. The graduation rates for blacks, Latinos, and Nat
43、ive Americans lag far behind the graduation rates for whites and Asians. As the minority population grows in the United States, low college graduation rates become a threat to national prosperity.The problem is pronounced at public universities. In 2007 the University of Wisconsin-Madison one of the
44、 top five or so prestigious public universities graduated 81% of its white students within six years, but only 56% of its blacks. At less-selective state schools, the numbers get worse. During the same time frame, the University of Northern Iowa graduated 67% of its white students, but only 39% of i
45、ts blacks. Community colleges have low graduation rates generally but rock-bottom rates for minorities. A recent review of California community colleges found that while a third of the Asian students picked up their degrees, only 15% of African-Americans did so as well.Private colleges and universit
46、ies generally do better, partly because they offer smaller classes and more personal attention. But when it comes to a significant graduation gap, Bowdoin has company. Nearby Colby College logged an 18-point difference between white and black graduates in 2007 and 25 points in 2006. Middlebury Colle
47、ge in Vermont, another top school, had a 19-point gap in 2007 and a 22-point gap in 2006. The most selective private schoolsHarvard, Yale, and Princetonshow almost no gap between black and white graduation rates. But that may have more to do with their ability to select the best students. According
48、to data gathered by Harvard Law School professor Lani Guinier, the most selective schools are more likely to choose blacks who have at least one immigrant parent from Africa or the Caribbean than black students who are descendants of American slaves.“Higher education has been able to duck this issue
49、 for years, particularly the more selective schools, by saying the responsibility is on the individual student,” says Pennington of the Gates Foundation. “If they fail, its their fault.” Some critics blame affirmative action students admitted with lower test scores and grades from shaky high schools often struggle at elite schools
