People find the most satisfying relationships come from a small number of close friends, with an outer "ring" of 10 significant others. With these people, it doesn't matter what type of social media you use for communication. But people who want to "contact the world at large" using Facebook can be disappointed because they spread themselves too thinly, claim researchers.

In a third study, Dr. Roberts asked people to communicate with friends face to face or via Skype and keep a 14-day diary. This was compared with communicating via phone, text messages or social networking sites. People communicating face to face on Skype were 50% more likely to laugh, and they rated themselves as significantly happier.

63. Dr. Roberts's finding that there was no connection between Facebook use and people with many friends was ________.

A. based on questionnaires      B. based on conversations

C. through instant messages     D. through social media

64. What is the idea of the fourth paragraph?

A. Most people contact each other online.

B. Keeping a friend for life is not easy.

C. The quality of communication is important.

D. Skype is better at understanding us than Facebook.

65. What does the underlined sentence in the fifth paragraph probably suggest?

A. They are too excited to express themselves.

B. They limit their social circle to a small range.

C. They spread their information at a low speed.

D. They lack information to introduce themselves.

66. What is Dr. Roberts's attitude towards the use of Facebook?

A. Positive.    B. Casual.   C. Responsible.  D. Unsupportive.

E

England---a letter from a passenger on the Titanic, written just hours before the ship hit an iceberg and sank on its first voyage , was sold at auction(拍卖) on April 26th for 119,000 pounds ($200,000).

It was written by British survivors Esther Hart and her seven-year-old daughter Eva who had been travelling in Second Class on their way to a new life in Canada. Henry Aldridge and Son, who conducted the auction, said the price was believed to be a record for a Titanic letter.” There was a lot of interest,” said a spokesman. “We have sold other letters from the Titanic but none have reached anything like this price.”

The Titanic sank on the night of Sunday, 14 April, 1912, on the fifth day of its first voyage from Southampton to New York. Over 1,500 passengers and crew lost their lives in the tragedy (悲剧)，including Hart’s husband Benjamin.

The letter, written on special letter paper headed On board RMS“Titanic”and put in an envelope printed with the White Star Line flag, was to be sent to Esther’s mother in Chadwell Heath, East London. It tells how Esther Hart was suffering the effects of sea-sickness and feeling the cold.

“My dear ones,” it begins. “As you see, it is Sunday afternoon and we are resting in the library after lunch. I was very bad all day yesterday, could not eat or drink and was sick all the while, but today I have got over it. The sailor say we have had a wonderful journey up to now. It is very nice weather but very windy and cold.” She adds, “ They say we may get to New York on Tuesday night but we are really due early Wednesday morning. I shall write as soon as we get there.”

The letter, with a cheery goodbye from young Eva at the bottom, survived because it had been in the pocket of her husband’s coat, which was given to his wife to keep her warm as they escaped from the ship. He didn’t survive the disaster. Esther and Eva, who later recalled the ship’s last hours in her autobiography(自传) Shadow of the Titanic, were rescued by HMS Carpathia.

In her book, Eva wrote of her mother, “The letter she had written that Sunday afternoon on the Titanic was never posted. She found it in the pocket of my father’s sheepskin-lined coat after we had been rescued and for her it was to remain a constant reminder of that tragic journey and the loss of her husband.

Eva died in 1996, aged 91.

67. What was unexpected about the letter according to Henry Aldridge and Son?

A. The writer of the letter.

B. The envelope of the letter.

C. The date when the letter was written.

D. The high auction price of the letter.

68. During the journey Esther Hart ____________.

A. enjoyed a lot of food and drink

B. ever took a break in the library

C. enjoyed the sights in the sea

D. felt easy because of the warm weather

69. Without the disaster, Esther’s mother would have received another letter dated_____________.

A. 14 March, 1912             B. 15 April, 1912

C. 17 April, 1912              D. 18 May, 1912

70. Which would be the best title for the passage?

A. Esther and Eva escaped from the Titanic.

B. Esther Hart’s experience on the Titanic.

C. A Titanic letter sells for 119,000 pounds.

D. A letter from the Titanic was never posted.

第II卷(共一部分，满分50分)

第四部分：写作(共两节，满分50分)

第一节：完成句子(共10小题;每小题2分，满分20分)

根据括号内的汉语提示，用句末括号里的英语单词的正确形式完成句子。

不仅仅是香港行政长官，还有大多数香港市民已经下定决心来终止占中抗议活动。

73. With the fog-haze weather in Beijing appearing frequently, Lionel Messi felt terrible and often threw up,__________________ for him to continue the training in Bird’s Nest. (make)

随着北京雾霾天气的频繁出现，梅西.内马尔感觉难受并常常呕吐，这使他不可能继续在鸟巢的训练。

74. ____________________________the poor made Elizabeth Fry have little time to look after her own family. (devote)

致力于帮助穷人让伊丽莎白.弗莱几乎没有时间照顾她自己的家庭。

75. Although Shelton is very healthy and strong, it is the first time that he _____________________a game in school’s sports meeting of October. (join)

尽管谢尔顿非常健康而且强壮，但这却是他第一次参加学校十月运动会上的运动项目。

76. It was strongly advised by the public that the man who had attacked the primary school____________________________ in the trial. (sentence)

公众强烈建议在审判时给那个袭击小学的人判处死刑。

77. With all the students _________________________ after hearing the joke, the English teacher finally made the whole class come to life again. (burst)

所有的学生听完这个笑话后突然笑了起来，这位英语老师最终让整个课堂重新有了活力。

78. ___________________________geography plays in making dialects? I just heard that when Americans moved from one place to another, they took their dialects with them. (think)

你认为地理在方言的产生中起什么作用?我只是听说当美国人从一个地方搬离到另一个时，他们把方言也带了过去。

79. Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond has told the BBC that the Ebola virus is a "threat" to the UK, but _______________________it will be conquered. (doubt)

英国外交大臣菲利普•哈蒙德对BBC透露埃博拉病毒对英国是一种“威胁”，但毫无疑问它将被战胜。

80. Mr Black’s wife is such an Iron Lady that only when he finishes all the housework, ____________________________to have one cigarette. (allow)

布莱克先生的妻子是一位如此强硬的“铁娘子”，只有当他做完所有的家务时，他才将被允许抽一根烟。

第二节：书面表达(共1题;满分30分)

As a saying goes, “A rainbow is always seen after a heavy rain.” Similarly, there is a bright day after a dark night. So however hard your situation is, keep your head up and defeat it.

注意：① 无须写标题;

② 除诗歌外，文体不限;

③ 内容必须结合你生活中的一个事例;

④ 文中不得透露个人姓名和学校名称;

⑤ 词数不少于120字。

英语卷答案

五.完成句子

71. where/ in which they should give up

72. have made up their minds

73. which made it impossible

74. Being devoted to helping/devoting herself to helping

75. has joined in

76. (should) be sentenced to death

77. bursting into laughter/ bursting out laughing

78. What part/role do you think

79. there is no doubt that

80. will he be allowed

六.作文：

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