1、第一部分：阅读理解（共两节，40 分）第一节（共 15 小题；每小题 2 分，共 30 分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中，选出最佳选项。ACineworld makes viewers part of the action for the greatest big screen viewing experience. Get your tickets now to see why this winters films are truly unmissable.What you getCineworld is the UKs Number 1 cinema chain.
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7、very adult tickTet you will have to pay 4.50 in cash.C. You will receive two emails after you place your order using the basket.D. Cineworld encourages viewers to be involved in its management for experience.BThe government of Norway is planning to build an unusual storage center on an island in the
8、 Arctic Ocean. The place would be large enough to hold about two million seeds. The goal is to present all crops known to scientists. The British magazine New Scientist published details of the plan last month. The structure will be designed to protect the worlds food supply against nuclear war, cli
9、mate change and other possible threats. It will be built in a mountain on the Norwegian island of Spitsbergen. The mountain is less than one thousand kilometers from the North Pole, the northernmost position on earth.An international group called the Global Crop Diversity Trust is working on the pro
10、ject. The director of the group, Cary Fowler, spoke to New Scientist. He said the project would let the world rebuild agriculture if, in his word, “the worst came to the worst”. Norway is expected to start work next year. The project is expected to cost three million dollars. Workers will drill deep
11、 in the side of a sandstone mountain. Temperatures in the area never rise above 0C. The seeds will be protected behind walls a meter thick and high-security door.The magazine report says the collection will represent the products of ten thousand years of farming. Most of the seeds at first will come
12、 from collections at seed banks in Africa, Asia and Latin America. To last a long time, seeds need to be kept in very low temperatures. Workers will not be present all the time. But they plan to replace the air inside the storage space each winter. Winter temperatures on the island are about eightee
13、n degrees below 0C. The cold weather would protect the seeds even if the air could not be replaced.Mr. Fowler says the proposed structure will be the worlds most reliable gene bank. He says the plant seeds would only be used when all other seeds are gone for some reason. Norway first proposed the id
14、ea in the 1980s. But security concerns delayed the plan. At that time, the Soviet Union was meeting in Rome of the Food and Agriculture Organization.3.The project is meant to _.Aincrease the worlds food output in the futureBcarry out some scientific experiments on plant genesC protect crop seeds fro
15、m dying out in case of possible disastersDbuild an exhibition centre of the worlds plant seeds4.Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the above passage?AThe government of Norway will perform the project alone. BSeeds to be collected there were produced ten thousands years ago.C Spit
16、sbergen is chosen because it is free of the threat unclear war forever.DTemperature is a major consideration when choosing the storage place.5.We can infer from the text that _.APeople will get newly-developed seeds from the center every year.BThe storage center will greatly promote world agricultur
17、eC Norway had meant to build the storage centre about 30 years before.DThere havent been any seed storage centers in the world before.6.What is probably the best title of the passage?AThe Best Place to Store Seeds BNoahs Ark（诺亚方舟）of Plant Seeds in PlanC Concerns of World Food Supply DA New Way to Fe
18、ed the WorldCHe has his own stereo. He has a great many toys. He even has cable TV as well. From what Patrick Lavery said . Tommy has it pretty good. “Weve devoted our lives to taking care of these chimps which have no place to go, “ says Lavery.Right now. Tommy lives with the Laverys . But if some
19、animalrights activists get their way. he will soon be living in a chimp shelter. And he will be considered a person.Tommy has the right as well as self-determination that is enough for him to be a legal person .“ said Steven Wise. a lawyer for a group called the Nonhuman Rights Project. He also said
20、 that Tommy should be removed from the Laverys home. He argued that Tommys rightswere being violated(冒犯) because he lived in a cage all on his own. And he asked the court to make Tommy a person in order to free the chimp from his current living condition. The court is now deciding whether they are g
21、oing to declare Tommy a person.At the hearing, some of the justices were skeptical-especially when Wise compared Tommys situation to slavery. His argument was that slaves were once considered property instead of persons. just as Tommy is now. “I have to tell you, I keep having a difficult time with
22、your using slavery as an analogy (比喻) for this situation.“ said Presiding Justice Karen Peters. “You might want to pursue another argument. “But Lavery said that he considers the concept of making Tommy a person absurd. Tommy works in the entertainment industry before retiring, so he is not used to
23、being around other chimps. “ We would place him in the shelter if we had the opportunity to.“ Lavery said. “ But he has his special needs. He cant go just anywhere as other people say. More importantly. he has never been associated with other chimps. And he could get hurt if he went in the wrong atm
24、osphere. “Wise disagrees. “Tommy does not want to be imprisoned for his life in a cage. Hes an extraordinarily complex being. He can understand the past. He can look forward to the future. And he suffers in solitary confinement(单独监禁) as much as a human being. “ 7. The argument between Lavery and Wis
25、e isA. whether Tommy should he considered a person with rightsB. whether Tommy should be removed from the Lavervs homeC. whether people should protect Tommy against being misusedD. whether people should take good care of those chimps in cages8. It is implied in the fourth paragraph that_A. Wise was
26、not good at organizing his speechB. some justices were not interested in animals rightsC. Tommy lived in such a had situation as slaves once didD. Wises argument was too unreasonable to convince others9. Lavery hasnt placed Tommy in an animal shelter mainly becauseA. Tommy is in great need of specia
27、l careB. Lavery hasnt found a proper shelter so farC. Lavery has been living in harmony with TommyD. Tommy may not get used to living with other chimps10. The purpose of Wises words in the last paragraph is to_A. fight against Laverys behavior B. conclude his attitude towards TommyC. win more suppor
28、t for Tommy. D. praise Tommy for his wisdomDIs gun play good or bad for children? For many years I emphasized its harmlessness. When concerned parents expressed doubt about letting their children have toy guns, because they didnt want to encourage them in the slightest degree to become criminals, I
29、would explain how little connection there was. In the course of growing up, children have a natural tendency to bring their aggressiveness more and more under control if their parents encourage this. One- to two-year-olds, when they are angry with another child, may bite the childs arm without hesit
30、ation. But by 3 or 4 they have already learned that aggression is not right. However, they may pretend to shoot their mother or father, but smiling to assure them that the gun and the aggressive behaviour arent to be taken seriously.In the 6- to 12-year-old period, children will play an earnest game
31、 of war, but it has lots of rules. There may be arguments, but real fights are relatively rare. At this age children dont shoot at their mother or father, even in fun. Its not that the parents have turned stricter; the childrens own conscience has. In adolescence aggressive feelings become much stro
32、nger, but well brought-up children can turn them into athletics and other competition or into kidding their friends.In other words, Id explain that playing at war is a natural step in the disciplining of the aggression of young children; that a cautious parent doesnt really need to worry about produ
33、cing a criminal.But nowadays Id give parents much more encouragement to guide their child away from violence. A number of incidents have convinced me of the importance of this.One of the first things that made me change my mind, several years ago, was an observation that an experienced nursery schoo
34、l teacher told me about. Her children were hitting each other much more than previously, without reason. When she talked to them, they would protest, “But thats what the Three Stooges do.” (This was a childrens TV program full of violence which immediately became very popular.)What further shocked m
35、e into reconsidering my view was the assassination(暗杀）of the former President, and the fact that some school children cheered about this. (I didnt so much blame the children as I blamed the kind of parents who will say about a President they dislike, “Id shoot him if I got the chance!”）These inciden
36、ts made me think of other evidences that Americans often tolerate lawlessness and violence. We were hard on the Indians and the later waves of immigrants. At times we denied justice to groups with different religions or political views. And now a great percentage of our adult as well as our child po
37、pulation has been endlessly fascinated with dramas of Western violence and with cruel crime stories, in movies and on television. This doesnt necessarily mean that we Americans on the average have more aggressiveness inside us than the people of other nations. I think rather that the aggressiveness
38、we have is less controlled, from childhood on.To me it seems very clear that in order to have a more stable and civilized national life we must bring up the next generation of Americans with a greater respect for law and for other peoples rights than in the past. There are many ways in which we coul
39、d and should teach these attitudes. One simple opportunity we could seize in the first half of childhood is to show our disapproval of lawlessness and violence in television programs and in childrens gun play.I also believe that the survival of the world now depends on a much greater awareness of th
40、e need to avoid war and to actively seek peaceful agreements. There are enough nuclear arms to completely destroy all civilization. This terrifying situation demands a much greater stability and self-control on the part of national leaders and citizens than they have ever shown in the past. We owe i
41、t to our children to prepare them deliberately for this awesome responsibility.11. The underlined word “this” in Paragraph 1 refers to_.A. controlling their aggressiveness B. playing with toy gunsC. aggressive behaviour D. the course of growing up12. Based on the authors view about the relationship
42、between childrens aggressiveness and their age, which of the following is true?A. A 2-year old boy knows that it is not correct to behave aggressively.B. The older children become, the less aggressive they will be.C. 6- to 12-year-olds enjoy war games but develop them into argument and serious fight
43、s.D. Adolescents aggressiveness is often displayed in the form of competition.13. What conclusion does the author intend to draw from the story told by the nursery school teacher?A. Watching violence can lower a childs standard of behaviour.B. Violent TV programs should be banned in nursery schools.
44、C. Children are generally lawless or violent nowadays. D. It is acceptable to let children have toy guns.14. What does Paragraph 7 mainly talk about?A. Examples showing that Americans are more aggressive than other nations.B. Evidences proving that America has a long history of lawlessness and viole
45、nce.C. The idea that children are less able to put their aggressiveness under control.D. More reasons why the author changed his view on the main issue of the article.15. What is a must if people intend to enjoy stability and civilized national life?A. To show disapproval of gun play in television p
46、rograms.B. To make people aware that there are already enough nuclear arms.C. To elect national leaders with greater stability and self-control.D. To bring up children who show more respect for the law and others rights.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。Before goin
47、g outside in the morning, many of us check a window thermometer for the temperature. This helps us decide what to wear. 16_. We want our food to be a certain coldness in the refrigerator. We want it a certain hotness in the oven. If we dont feel well, we use a thermometer to see if we have a fever.
48、We keep our rooms a certain warmth in the winter and a certain coolness in the summer.Not all the thermometers use the same system to measure temperature. We use a system called the Fahrenheit scale. But most other countries use the Centigrade scale.Both systems use the freezing and boiling points o
49、f water as their guide. 17_ .The most common kind of thermometer is made with mercury(水银)inside a clear glass tube. As mercury (or any other liquid ) becomes hot, it expands. As it gets colder, it contracts(收缩). That is why on hot days the mercury line is high in the glass tube. 18_.First. Take a clear glass juice bottle that has a cap ; fill the bottle with coloured water. Tap a hole in the center of the cap us
