第三部分: 阅读理解(共15小题, 每小题2分, 满分30分)

阅读下列短文, 从每题所给的四个选项中选出最佳答案, 并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

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Hotel Icaria Barcelona

Hotel Location

Hotel Icaria Barcelona is 330 yards from Barcelona’s Nova Icaria Beach. It is located in the Olympic Port area, a 10-minute walk from Ciutadella Park and Barcelona Zoo. Ciutadella Metro Station is half a mile away, and is just 2 stops from Barcelona Cathedral (大教堂) and the historic Gothic Quarter.

Hotel Facilities

General Restaurant, 24-Hour Front Desk, Non-Smoking Rooms, Rooms / Facilities for Disabled Guests, Family Rooms, Luggage Storage, Smoking Area.

Activities  Sauna, Fitness Centre, Wellness Centre, Table Tennis, Hiking, Cycling, Steam Bath, Outdoor Swimming Pool.

Services Meeting Facilities, Business Centre, Laundry, Dry Cleaning, VIP Room Facilities, Ironing Service, Fax / Photocopying, Ticket Service.

Internet Wi-fi is available in the entire hotel and is free of charge.

Hotel Policies

These are general hotel policies for Hotel Icaria Barcelona. As they may vary per room type, please also check the room description.

Check in 14:00 - 00:00 hours  Check out Until 12:00 hours

Cancellation / Prepayment Cancellation and prepayment policies vary by room type. Please ENTER THE DATES OF YOUR STAY and check the conditions of your required room.

Children and extra beds One child under 2 years stays free of charge in a baby cot (婴儿床).

All children under 12 years stay free of charge when using existing bedding.

One older child or adult is charged € 34 per night and person in an extra bed.

Groups When booking more than 5 rooms, different policies and additional supplements may apply.

Terms & Conditions

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56. Hotel Icaria Barcelona allows you easy access to the following EXCEPT ________.

A. the stadiums where you can have sports

B. the seaside where you can relax yourself

C. the places where you can take trains or buses

D. the building where you can attend a religious service

57. The underlined word “encrypted” in the last section probably means “________”.

A. analyzed  B. stored     C. collected   D. protected

58. It can be inferred from the advertisement that _______.

A. smoking is completely forbidden in the hotel

B. every room follows the same hotel policies

C. policies may be in your favor if you book 6 rooms

D. an extra bed can be provided for you free of charge

B

Knut lived in Berlin’s zoo. He was four and raised by zookeepers since a cub (幼崽) after his mother deserted him.

Now reports say the attention-¬loving polar bear was found dead in a pool in his cage at the Zoologischer Garten Berlin Saturday, with no immediate cause of death announced.

“This is awful,” said Berlin’s mayor Klaus Wowereit, according to the Sydney Herald. “We had all taken him to our hearts. He was the star of the Berlin Zoo.”

Most reports say Knut was alone when he died, as visitors watched him suddenly fall into the water. The known news site TMZ.com carried news of his death and says People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals’ German branch had previously complained that Knut suffered a lot from his mother and other bears.

Knut was very famous to many people, only because he seemed to love the limelight (出风头). After his first performance at the popular zoo, he became its star attraction, raising much income for the zoo and producing toys, DVDs and more. He was not diagnosed as being ill at the time, reports say. An investigation (调查) into the cause of his death is underway.

To everyone’s surprise, his beloved keeper, Thomas Doerflein, also died at an early age. Doerflein died at 44 in 2013 in his apartment after he had fed the cub and slept by its side, but later was told no longer to play or wrestle with Knut. At that time Knut was becoming an adult polar bear and considered too dangerous to interact with closely. Doerflein reportedly suffered a heart attack. Knut acted unhappily after his friend’s death.

59. When Knut was four, ________.

A. he left his birthplace   B. he became homeless

C. he was kept by zookeepers  D. he went into a zoo by mistake

60. We know from the passage that Knut ________.

A. became a popular toy  B. was well protected in the zoo

C. brought in lots of money for the zoo  D. was the only important cub in the zoo

61. It can be inferred from the passage that ________.

A. nobody saw Knut when he fell into the water

B. Knut and his keeper loved each other deeply

C. Knut and his keeper died of the same disease

D. Knut’s mother and other bears were nice to Knut

62. What would be the best title for the passage?

A. Knut Died of Strange Disease

B. Knut — a Popular Polar Bear in the Berlin Zoo

C. A Popular Polar Bear Was Rescued in the Berlin Zoo

D. A Popular Polar Bear Found Dead in a Mysterious Situation

C

“People should have one meat-free day a week if they want to make a personal and effective sacrifice(牺牲) that would help deal with climate change,” the world’s leading authority on global warming has told The Observer.

Dr Rajendra Pachauri, chair of the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, said that people should then go on to reduce their meat consumption even further.

Pachauri, who was re-elected the panel’s chairman for a second six-year term last week, said diet change was important because of the huge greenhouse gas emissions (排放) and other environmental problems associated with raising cattle and other animals. “It was relatively easy to change eating habits compared to changing means of transport,” he said.

The UN’s Food and Agriculture Organisation has estimated that meat production accounts for nearly a fifth of global greenhouse gas emissions. These are produced during the production. For example, ruminants (反刍动物), particularly cows, give off a gas called methane(甲烷), which is 23 times more effective as a global warming agent than CO2.

Pachauri can expect some opposite responses from the food industry to his advice, though last night he was given unexpected support by Masterchef presenter and restaurateur John Torode. “I have a little bit and enjoy it,” said Torode. “Too much for any person is bad. But there’s a bigger issue here: where the meat comes from. If we all bought British and stopped buying imported food, we’d save a huge amount of carbon emissions.”

Professor Robert Watson, the chief scientific adviser for the Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs, said government could help educate people about the benefits of eating less meat, but it should not regulate. “Eating less meat would help, there’s no question about that,” Watson said.

However, Chris Lamb, head of marketing for pig industry group BPEX, said the meat industry had been unfairly targeted and was working hard to find out which activities had the biggest environmental impact and reduce them. “Some ideas were contradictory,” he said. “For example, one solution to emissions from cattle and other animals was to keep them indoors, but this would damage animal welfare. Climate change is a very young science and our view is there are a lot of simple solutions being proposed.”

63. What is directly related to global warming?

A. Consumption of meat.     B. Growth of cattle.

C. Methane from ruminants.     D. Processing of meat.

64. Who holds a view opposite to the others’ in the passage?

A. Rajendra Pachauri. B. John Torode.  C. Robert Watson.   D. Chris Lamb.

65. It is implied in the passage that _____.

A. we should try to keep away from cattle B. ruminants should not be left outdoors

C. the meat industry will soon close down   D. we must do our duty to save the earth

66. Which of the following might be the best title for the passage?

A. Less meat, slower global warming

B. More animals, more greenhouse gas

C. Less imported food, better our environment

D. Greater diet change, smaller climate change

D

Bobby Qualls was shopping when he received a text message: Fire on Beechmont, one-story house, child trapped inside. “I was picking out gifts for the family our engine house adopted for Christmas,” remembers Qualls, who has been fighting fires in Memphis for 24 years. “I had this sinking feeling as I got in my car and headed over.”

The last time Qualls had been on Beechmont Street was to install smoke detectors (感应器) at the Bateman-Tubbs home. He’d been on a secret task to see if they needed extra help during the holidays. There he discovered that the four Bateman-Tubbs children were sleeping on bare mattresses (床垫), and he found two of the boys playing outside in 30-degree weather with no shoes or coats.

Qualls learned that Leonard Tubbs was doing his best to make ends meet laying floors while Kimberly Bateman stayed home with the kids.

“When Bobby told me his team wanted to be Secret Santas and buy my kids toys, at first I thought we didn’t need any help,” Bateman recalls. “It really touched me. I told him what the kids really needed was warm clothes.”

That’s exactly what Qualls was shopping for on December 9, 2010: winter jackets for Christopher, seven; JoJo, four; Madison, one; and two-month-old Charles. While driving over to Beechmont Street, he dialed Bateman’s cell phone. She answered on the first ring, screaming, “The house is on fire—JoJo’s trapped inside!”

By the time Qualls reached the house, the family had gotten out, but their home was severely damaged. His coworkers had found JoJo hiding under a pile of clothes in a back bedroom. He had stopped breathing and had been given CPR(心肺复苏) and rushed to the hospital. Qualls learned that JoJo was now on life support and might not make it through the night. He rushed to the hospital with Lt. Mark Eskew, who placed a stuffed teddy bear in a firefighter’s suit on JoJo’s bed.

“I just kept praying my little boy would open his eyes,” Bateman recalls. “There was nothing else I could do. They were pumping black and thick liquid out of his lungs and stomach for days.”

After a few days, though, JoJo regained consciousness, and the tubes were taken out of his throat. While he began to slowly recover, the local newspaper and TV stations got hold of the story, and the Secret Santa Plan of Qualls and his fellow firefighters snowballed. Before long, the fire station was overflowing with boxes of toys, food, towels, and clothes. People called, wanting to donate furniture and appliances (电器) too. By December 23, Bateman and Tubbs had moved their kids into a new rental home. By Christmas Eve, JoJo was ready to leave the hospital, and the firefighters were ready to deliver the family their very own Christmas miracle.

“These guys aren’t just firefighters,” says Bateman, “they’re our guardian angels. If they hadn’t installed a smoke detector that first day they came to our house, we wouldn’t have known when the fire started. Then they went the extra ten miles to give us a Christmas.”

67. What did Qualls do after he received a text message?

A. He drove to the burning house.   B. He hurried to the fire station.

C. He went to pick out gifts.    D. He went shopping in Beechmont.

68. Who saved JoJo out of the burning house?

A. Bobby Qualls. B. Leonard Tubbs.   C. Kimberly Bateman.  D. Firefighters.

69. We can infer from the reading that _______.

A. JoJo is a naughty child     B. smoke detectors are very useful

C. Tubbs’ home is filled with gifts   D. the fire was caused by the bare mattress

70. The purpose of this story is to _______.

A. encourage people to install smoke detectors

B. advise people to take good care of their children

C. ask people to give gifts to the firemen

D. praise the firemen for their good deeds

第Ⅱ卷(非选择题部分，总分35分)

第一部分 ：单词拼写(共10题，每题0.5分，总分5分)

71. The speech contest will be held next Friday. I must make full ___________(准备)for it.

72. He doesn’t a______________ of me leaving here, but I won’t change my mind.

73. Climbing Mount Everest is a c______________ task to all mountain climbers.

74. Have you anything to say in __________(解释)of your rudeness?

75. We got into an a________________ about whether to go by sea or by air and then asked Mr. Li for advice.

76. Her father f___________ her to marry the poor boy, which made her very sad.

77. While the TV is on, it’s hard for me to c_____________ my mind on the homework.

78. Now that I am fatter, my doctor has advised me to go on d_________.

79. I was so _____________(尴尬) when I was wakened by my teacher in class.

80. It is illegal to use the fire alarm except in case of ____________(紧急情况).

第二部分 ：完成句子(共20空，每空0.5分，总分10分)

81. 丹尼尔双臂抱在胸前，看起来很不高兴。

Daniel ______ his arms _______ and looks upset.

82. 很多青少年感到孤独，好像没有人理解他们以及他们正在经历的变化。

Many teenagers feel lonely, as if no one understands them and the changes they

are _________ _________.

83. 爸爸和妈妈度假回来，比预期要早一天。

Mum and Dad arrive back from vacation a day _______ ______ ______.

84. 我们非常乐意接受你的建议。We are _____ ______ ready to accept your advice.

85. 他还告诉我们赢得尊敬的最佳途径就是专心学习并取得好成绩。

He also told us that the best way______ ________ ________was to _________ourselves ______study and achieve high grades .

86. 我发现这里布置的家庭作业不像我以前在原来学校时那么繁重。

I found that the homework ______ not _______ heavy________ _________ I used to get in my old school.

87. 她一进入房间便坐下来看书。

__________ _______ the room ,she sat down and began to read.

第三部分：任务型阅读 (共10小题;每小题0.5分，满分5分)

请认真阅读下列短文，并根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填入一个最恰当的单词。

Parents can help their seventh and eighth grade students stand out in and out of their English classroom by introducing them to newspapers. Newspapers not only offer information on current events, but they can also be used to test your child's knowledge of grammar, vocabulary, and more.

Who, What, Where, When, Why, and How

Have your child read the first couple of paragraphs of a news story. Ask them to write down all of the important facts, such as who, what, where, when, why and how. This helps parents to see if their children comprehend the basic facts and information they read.

Grammar

Parents can monitor a child's understanding of grammatical parts of speech (词性) without a grammar textbook. Ask your child to read a paragraph in an article and then list a specific number of nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, pronouns, prepositions and the like, which serves more of a test of their grammatical knowledge. Encourage them to list each of these parts of speech in a paragraph. Then, reread the paragraph to see if they missed anything.

Persuasion

Ask your child to select an advertisement from the newspaper. Have them investigate how specific words or phrases influence their feelings about a particular product. Then, encourage them to create an advertisement of their own for an item they do not like. Tell them not to show their true feelings and try to make people want to buy this unwanted item. After that, ask them to list the persuasive techniques used in their ad.

Facts vs Opinions

Select an editorial for your middle schooler to read. Have your child divide a piece of paper into two columns, one marked fact, and the other marked opinion. Have your student decide which column it fits under. This will help your child better understand facts versus opinions. Another related exercise is responding to an editorial. Encourage your child to write letters to the editor or responses to editorials or other articles. Before your child sends his or her letter, check the opinion section to see what requirements there are.

Headlines and Synonyms (同义词)

Ask your middle schooler to rewrite a couple of headlines using the synonyms of the original words. Compare the headlines. Do the original versions or the rewrites sound better? This is a great exercise to help students learn synonyms and expand their vocabulary.

If you find your seventh or eighth grade child is struggling with these newspaper activities, it may be an indicator that they have fallen behind in their reading skills. These activities were designed with a seventh or eighth grader in mind; therefore, while they are educational, they should be more of reinforcement (增强) instead of a major reading challenge.

Outline Supporting details

An approach to learning   88   students in seventh and eighth grades to newspapers can be helpful in learning English.

Newspaper   89   ● Ask students to read the first paragraphs of a news story and write down the important and   90_  facts to see if they can understand them.

● Have students read an article and list different parts of speech to improve their understanding of  91  .

● Select an ad and ask students to find the persuasive expressions    92

in it, and then create their own ad for a product they dislike.

● Select an editorial and have students  93    facts from opinions. After that encourage them to write a   94   to an editorial.

● Ask students to write a few synonyms and compare them with the   95

headlines to help them with their vocabulary expansion.

Possible results ● It may    96    that a child is poor at reading if he or she has    97 _

with these activities.

● These activities, designed for special graders, can not be used as a major reading challenge.

第四部分：写作 (15分)

亲爱的同学们，从八月底到现在，高中生活已经两个月了!初中的学习生活( junior school life)也许还历历在目，但崭新的高中(senior school)生活更值得你有所憧憬、有所作为。请你写一篇短信给你的初中英语老师，信中需表达以下要点：

1、感谢帮助。

2、在高中认识了更多的同学和老师，和大家相处愉快。

3、新环境中出现了一些问题，比如……(至少写两点)

4、希望老师回信给出建议。

5、盼望再次见到老师，祝福老师。

要求：词数100左右;可根据内容要点适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

Dear teacher,

How time flies! It’s almost two months since my senior school life began.________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________    Yours,

Li Hua