Could Organizing Your Home Change Your Life?

Marie Kondo is an expert on organizing and cleaning. She is considered an expert on clearing away unused or unnecessary things, better known as clutter. Actually, she did write a book on the issue, which is called “The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up”.    31    It has sold more than 2 million copies.

Marie Kondo says people can improve their lives by changing the way they think about all their stuff-- everything from books, documents and photographs to clothing and personal mementoes. “     32    ” And “this is pretty good,” Ms. Kondo writes.

This is not the first time an organizing expert has written a book on clutter. Other books suggest wonderful things will happen when you organize your home. One book says that if you throw out 50 things from your home, you will actually find your life.      33    . And still others promise a better job, more money and a perfect family if you simply organize the things that fill your life.     34     . She told the Business Insider website that some of her clients have lost weight. “Your self-perception is improved by living in a clean and neat room,” she said. “This can change lifestyles and, in turn, appearances.”

Marie Kondo teaches a method of organizing she calls KonMari. It is more of an event or ceremony. This is the part that followers say makes it more lasting. Ms. Kondo says KonMari creates a different relationship between you and your possessions. If the object meant something to you or served you well, you thank it for its service before throwing or giving it away. In her book, Ms. Kondo suggests that you touch the item and ask one simple question: "Does it bring me joy?"     35     .

A. Her book is a best-seller around the world

B. Marie Kondo makes some of the same claims

C. When you put your house in order, you put your affairs and your past in order too.

D. Unnecessary things just take up too much space in your home.

E. If it doesn’t, you give it away so that it may give joy to someone else.

F. Another book says that if you make clutter disappear, you will also lose weight.

G. On the contrary, Marie Kondo disagrees with it.

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。

Life was hard, and Cam was broke as he had lost his job as a DJ. He had no cash on him but a brand-new dollar bill with all the autographs (亲笔签名) of the Opry stars, which he   36   carefully and carried with him always.

One morning, he saw a young man   37   quietly in an old yellow Dodge in the parking lot. Cam waved to him and drove away. When he went back to the parking lot that night, he noticed the car again, parked in the    38   space. This car had not moved.

The next morning, as Cam walked near the car, the man   39   his window down,   40   himself and said he had been in his car for days with no money or food. Then, very   41  , the man asked if he might borrow a dollar for a snack to get him by until the next day. Cam explained his   42   that he didn't have a dollar to lend him. He walked to his car, wishing he could have   43   him.

Then Cam suddenly   44   his Grand Ole Opry dollar. He   45   with his conscience a minute or two, pulled his wallet out and   46   the bill. Then he walked back to the man and gave him his   47   dollar,

“Somebody has   48   all over this,” the man said, but he didn't notice that the writing was dozens of   49.   He took the bill.

That very morning when Cam was back home trying not to   50   what he had done, things began to happen. The phone rang; a recording studio wanted him to do a commercial that paid $ 500, which  51 like a million. In the next few days more   52   came to him out of nowhere. Good things kept coming  53   .

Cam   54   saw the man in the old yellow Dodge again. But whether the guy was a   55   or an angel doesn't matter.

36.  A.  possessed             B.  guarded             C.  worried                    D.  held

37. A.  begging                  B.  crying             C.  sitting                          D.  singing

38.   A.  same                      B.  right                         C.  proper                      D.  wrong

39.   A.  turned                    B.  pushed               C.  rolled                    D.  opened

40.   A.  introduced             B.  explained            C.  praised                     D.  told

41.  A.  warmly                  B.  merrily               C.  rudely                       D. hesitantly

42.   A.  job                        B.  situation             C.  car                           D.  hobby

43.   A.  saved                     B.  forgotten           C.  helped                      D.  missed

44.   A.  discovered              B.  remembered        C.  found                    D.  saw

45.   A.  thought              B  considered                  C.  searched                D.  struggled

46.   A.  touched                  B.  dropped              C.  smelled                    D.  studied

47.   A.  big                        B.  only                   C.  small                    D.  nice

48.   A.  written               B.  drawn                C.  painted                     D  damaged

49.   A.  lines                          B.  signatures                  C.  words                          D.  pictures

50.   A.  lie in                          B.  stick to               C.  think about                   D.  rely on

51.   A.  sounded              B.  looked                    C.  seemed                   D.  became

52.   A.  news                      B.  phones                   C. opportunities         D.  messages

53.   A.  finally                    B.  steadily                  C.  quickly               D.  slowly

54.   A.  never                     B.  just                        C.  yet                         D.  still

55.   A.  driver                    B.  painter                   C.  helper                    D.  beggar[来源:学|科|网]

第二节(共10小题;每小题1.5分，满分15分)

阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容或括号内单词的正确形式。

Taking a taxi in some Eastern European countries can be   56   shocking experience. It is said that some taxi drivers have metal wires   57   (stick) into the passenger’s seats. And when a button   58  (push), the seat will give you an electric shock. These taxi drivers don’t do this   59   fun. They do it to tourists   60   argue about the ridiculous fares they charge. Some drivers charge as much   61   ten times the legal fare. They have a secret switch which makes the meters much   62   (fast). If you refuse to pay, you are really in for a shock. In one case, a German woman had no choice but to pay US$120 for a US$20 ride from the airport. She said that she was “really taken for a ride,”   63   what could she do? Besides the   64   (electricity) shock, she was verbally abused and threatened with physical violence. She has only one piece of advice for tourists, “Take the bus   65   stay at home.”

第三部分基础知识运用（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）

第一节

I. 根据首字母及括号中的英文提示，结合句意，写出所缺单词的正确形式。(每题1分，共5分)

66. He was accused of p________ (own) a gun without a licence.

67. Students are under increasing p______ (stress) to work long hours.

68. I was convinced that he didn’t a_________ (try) to exchange views with me.

69. Words fail to c________ (express) my feelings and emotions at this exciting moment.

70. The government has already a________ (take) specific and effective measures to control pollution.

II. 用所给单词的适当形式填空。(每题1分，共4分)

71. It had a bad effect on agriculture and food chain, and__________ on human health. (consequence)

72. It is difficult to predict whether his translation will be __________ to the spirit of the original. (faith)

73. Frick had a __________ for pre-twentieth century paintings, which are well-represented in this excellent collection.  (prefer)

74. He decided to transform the way he treats others, and __________ became a person easy to get along with.  (eventual)

第二节 完成句子：每空一词(每题1分，共6分)

75. _________ _________ (一旦完工)，the museum will be open to the public.

76. 如果下周他向公司申请这个职位的话会被录用的。

_________ _________ ________ to the company for the position next week, he would be accepted.

77. It was evident that he came here _______ ______(目的是) help the local people

78. If I _______ _______ _______ ______ (用光) sugar, I wouldn’t have gone to the shops in the heavy rain.

79. The Students’ Union is ________ ________ (呼吁) everyone to save power and water.

80. There is no doubt that a knowledge of first aid can  _______  _______  _______  _______(的确能发挥作用)to life saving.

第四部分写作（共两节，满分35分）

第一节短文改错（共 10小题；每小题 1分，共 10分）

下面短文中有10处语言错误。请在有错误的地方增加、删除或修改某个单词。

增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧),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：在错的词下画一横线,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。

In December of 2006, I was the single parent raising my daughter whom was six years old at the time. I didn’t have much money, and I wanted to buy a Christmas tree. I took my daughter along with me. As we were choosing a Christmas tree within my budget, my daughter wanted a big tree than that planned one. I told my daughter we can’t afford a taller tree. Someone must have heard of our conversation. When I went to paying for the tree, the clerk said the customer before me had paid for my tree. I shocked. I was very thankful to what the stranger had done for us. That day I promised to me that I would pay it forward.

第二节书面表达（满分25分）

你校将开展为期一周的艺术节，请你根据以下表格的内容，写一篇英语短文：

活动目的	培养学生对艺术的兴趣； 增强学生的艺术鉴赏能力； 让同学们交到更多朋友。
活动对象	全体学生
活动时间	11月20日至11月26日
活动地点	学校图书馆2楼
活动内容	美术老师张老师作一个主题为“关于艺术与生活”的演讲； 欣赏名画和书法作品 (calligraphy works)； 摄影作品大赛，获奖者均可获得数码 (digital) 相机一台。

注意：1.词数100左右;

2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

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