C

Being an astronaut sounds cool，doesn't it? In space，they get to do some pretty amazing things，like floating in zero gravity.

However，there are also plenty of things that astronauts can't do because of their weightless environment，and that's very sad.What's worse，they can't even let their sadness show – because it's impossible to cry in zero gravity.

Of course，astronauts can still produce tears.But crying is much more difficult in space，reported The Atlantic in January.Without gravity，tears don't flow downward out of the eyes like they do here on Earth.This means that when you cry in space，your tears have nowhere to go – they just stick to your eyes.

In May 2011，astronaut Andrew Feustel experienced this during one of his spacewalks."Tears," he said，"don't fall off your eye...They just kind of stay there."

Besides making your vision unclear，this can also cause physical pain.Back on Earth，tears are supposed to bring comfort to the eyes.But that's not the case in space.The space environment dries out astronauts' eyes，and when tears suddenly wet the eyes，it can cause pain rather than comfort."My right eye is painful like crazy." Feustel told his teammate during the walk.

Since gravity doesn't work in space，astronauts need some extra help to get rid of the tears.Feustel chose to rub his eyes against his helmet to wipe the tears away.Another choice is to just wait – "When the tears get big enough they simply break free of the eye and float around," astronaut Ron Parise told The Atlantic.

There are lots of small things – things like crying – that we are so used to on Earth.We usually take them for granted，until they become a problem in a totally different environment，like space.There，astronauts can't talk to each other directly.They also can't eat or drink in normal ways.They can't even burp(打嗝)，because there is no gravity to hold the food down in their stomach.If they do burp，they just end up throwing up(呕吐)everything in their stomach，according to the UK National Space Center.

Thus，perhaps it's only space explorers who can honestly say: "Gravity，you're the best."

28.What can we conclude from paragraphs 2 and 3?

A.Astronauts are unable to feel sad in space.

B.Astronauts produce fewer tears in space.

C.Tears produced in space flow down more slowly.

D.Tears produced in space don't flow downward.

29.What effect do tears have on astronauts?

A.They cause physical pain.

B.They bring comfort to them.

C.They make their vision clearer.

D.They float around and cause trouble.

30.What can the astronaut do to get rid of the tears?

A.Rub his eyes against his helmet to let the tears float forward.

B.Rub his eyes by hand to let the tears float around.

C.Get the tears big enough to fall off of his eyes.

D.Get the tears big enough to break away from his eyes.

31.What's the second-to-last paragraph mainly about?

A.Suggestions on how astronauts can stay comfortable in space.

B.Other basic things that are difficult to do in space.

C.Why burping is impossible in space.

D.Things that humans can't do without gravity.

D

Researchers found that people become happier and experience less worry after they reach the age of fifty.In fact，they say by the age of eighty-five，people are happier with their life than they were when they were eighteen years old.

Arthur Stone in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science at Stony Brook University in New York led the study.His team found that levels of stress were highest among adults between the ages of twenty-two and twenty-five.The findings showed that stress levels dropped sharply after people reached their fifties.Happiness was highest among the youngest adults and those in their early seventies.The people least likely to report feeling negative emotions were those in their seventies and eighties.

The findings appeared in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.Researchers say they do not know why happiness increases as people get older.One theory is that，as people grow older，they grow more thankful for what they have and have better control of their emotions.They also spend less time thinking about bad experiences.

The researchers considered possible influences like having young children，being unemployed or being single.But they found that influences like these did not affect the levels of happiness and well-being related to age.

The study also showed that men and women have similar emotional patterns as they grow older.However，women at all ages reported more sadness，stress and worry than men.

32.We can learn from the research that ________.

A.only when people get older，will they feel happier

B.older people usually have no worries in their life

C.stress levels among the youngest are the highest of all

D.older people are more likely to be thankful in life

33.According to the researchers，what is probably the reason why people grow happier when they get older?

A.When people get older，they can’t remember bad experiences.

B.When people get older，they have no young children to care about.

C.When people get older，they learn to adjust their feelings.

D.When people get older，they don’t care about their feelings.

34.What do you think the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences is?

A.A Gallup organization.

B.A popular science magazine.

C.A university in New York.

D.A research institution

35.What would the writer probably deal with in next paragraph?

A.Advice to the young people on how to keep happy.

B.Advice to the old people on how to live longer.

C.Why women at all ages are more sad，stressed and worried.

D.Why people will grow happier with their ages.

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。

If you are hungry，what do you do? Have your favorite meal and stay quiet after that.　36__　But it never lets you know，because you keep it busy thinking about your friends or favorite stars.So it silently serves your needs and never lets itself grow.When mind loses its freedom to grow，creativity gets a full stop.This might be the reason why we all sometimes think “What happens next? ”  “Why can’t I think? ”

37　Why reading but not watching TV? It is because reading has been the most educative tool used by us right from childhood.Since it develops other aspects of our life，we have to get help from reading.

Once you read a book，you run your eyes through the lines and your mind tries to explain something to you.　38　Now this seed is unknowingly used by you to develop new ideas.If it is used many times，the same seed can give you great help to relate a lot of things which you would have never thought of in your wildest dreams!

This is nothing but creativity.　39　Within no time you can start talking with your friends in English or any other language and never run out of the right words.

So guys，do give food for your thoughts by reading，reading and more reading.　40　Go and get a book!

A.The interesting part of the book is stored in your mind as a seed.

B.Why not do some reading while you are hungry?

C.Just like your stomach，your mind is also hungry.

D.Now what are you waiting for?

E.Hunger of the mind can be actually solved through wide reading.

F.Reading can help you make more friends，too.

G.Also this makes a significant contribution to your vocabulary.

36.            37.            38.            39.            40.

第三部分 英语知识运用

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、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.

One of my fondest Christmas memories was also one of our family’s bleakest(最令人沮丧的).We were just little kids，and on Christmas Day my mom   41   us all around her to tell us，  42  ，that there would be no presents because all we really wanted was to   43   for our daddy.He was very sick.I don’t remember anything else except four little girls surrounding my mother，crying   44   a miracle(奇迹).

At that very moment，someone   45   loudly on the door. 46  behind him was a merry group of soldiers from the Army base where my father   47   as a minister.News had 48   that we were in trouble，and his colleagues knew we needed some   49  .With all the excitement，even my dad， 50  in a blanket to keep warm，came down and sat in front of a roaring fire in our room to watch his children be   51   by good Samaritans(乐善好施的人).The presents were unwrapped，and we girls   52  packages and found a doll each and four board games.

What is   53  to me is that I don’t even remember what sickness my father was suffering from.I  54  remember an evening of laughter and   55  .There were no expensive toys but   56  moments of friendship and fun given by young men who knew that a family was having a(n)  57  time.They gave their time and their   58   to little children who needed to laugh.The most important things in life aren’t things.And what about the true   59   of holidays? I hope we all are able to remember a thing about the holidays that stirs(搅动)our hearts，that isn’t really a thing at all，but the smile on a child’s face because we take a moment to hug or   60  a tear.

41.A.requested  B.commanded   C.gathered     D.recommended

42.A.in tears  B.in doubt   C.in silence    D.in surprise

43.A.apply   B.pray    C.pay     D.ask

44.A.to   B.with    C.for     D.in

45.A.knocked  B.beat    C.tapped    D.struck46.A.Fighting  B.Shooting   C.Running    D.Following47.A.charged  B.existed         C.governed    D.worked

48.A.expanded  B.spread   C.distributed    D.disappeared49.A.confidence B.cheer    C.trust     D.wisdom

50.A.dressed  B.attached   C.trapped    D.wrapped

51.A.persuaded  B.saved        C.taught    D.entertained

52.A.discovered B.sought   C.unfolded    D.packed53.A.strange  B.frightening  C.useful    D.encouraging

54.A.seldom  B.just    C.even     D.hardly

55.A.happiness   B.surprise          C.doubt           D.anxiety

56.A.shocking  B.priceless   C.worthless    D.beneficial

57.A.relaxing      B.great    C.ordinary    D.tough

58.A.praise  B.treatment   C.attention     D.response

59.A.theme  B.spirit    C.principle    D.theory

60.A.wipe away B.deal with   C.write about   D.burst into

第II卷(非选择题，共50分)

第二节(共10小题;每题1.5分，满分15分)

语法填空： 阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。

There are two factors   61  (determine)an individual's intelligence.The first is the sort of brain he is born   62  .Human brains differ   63  (consider)，some being more capable than others.64   however good a brain he has to begin with，an individual will have a low intelligence unless he has opportunities to learn.So the second factor is what happens to the individual—the sort of environment   65   he is brought up.If an individual is handicapped(受阻碍)environmentally ,it is  66  (like)that his brain will fail to develop and he will never attain the level of intelligence of which he is capable.

The importance of environment in determining an individual's intelligence can   67  (show)by the case of the twins，Peter and Mark.When the twins were three months old， 68  parents died，and they were placed in separate foster homes.Peter was brought up by parents of low intelligence with poor   69  (education)opportunities.Mark was educated in the home of well-to-do parents   70  had been to college.This environmental difference continued until the twins were in their late teens，when they were given tests to measure their intelligence.Mark's I.Q.was 125，twenty-five points higher than the average and fully forty points higher than his twin brother.

61.             62.            63.             64.            65.

66.             67.            68.             69.            70.

第四部分 写作

第一节  短文改错(共10小题;每小题1分，满分10分)

假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处错误，每句中最多有两处。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。

增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号(Λ)，并在其下面写出该加的词。

删除：把多余的词用斜线()划掉。

修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。

注意：1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词;

2.只允许修改10处，多者(从第11处起)不计分。

Last Saturday，our school had organized an activity to visit the children at a local orphanage.As one of the volunteer，I took part in it.We took many books as well many kinds of school supplies and toys for the children.They were delighted to receive the gifts.In the morning，we played some games with them when we used to play in our childhood.Then we cooked and had lunch here.In the afternoon，we gave them some performances.Before leaving the orphanage，we had photos take with them and gave them our contact details so that they could keep in touch with one another.Each of us had a happily time.We gave the children our care and help，but in return，they gave us their smiles and love.

第二节  书面表达 (满分25分)

假如你是新华中学的学生李华，最近你们班的同学就“成功的秘诀”这一话题进行了讨论，以下是讨论结果。请你根据表格内容，给你的老师Mr.Smith 写一封电子邮件，反映讨论结果并希望听听他对此事的看法。

人  数 观  点

35% 运气、天赋和成长环境等起决定作用。

55% 目标、时间和努力更重要。

10% 未发表意见。

注意：1.词数100左右;2.开头语已为你写好(不计入总词数);3.请在答题卡上作答。

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