50. How long did Larry spend looking for his teacher on the Internet?

A. For 39 years.                            B. For 12 years.

C. For 10 years.                            D. For 2 years.

51. What did Larry feel sorry for?

A. Not finding the teacher earlier.              B. Forgetting many school things.

C. Not finishing his homework.               D. Leaving the teacher’s class.

52. What’s the writer’s conclusion in the passage?

A. Students should apologize to their teachers.

B. The earlier you apologize, the better the result is.

C. One must apologize for every mistake he has made.

D. Everyone has to apologize and receive apologies in life.

C

On the morning of the day when he left Compton High School in Los Angeles, 18-year-old Allan Guei asked seven of his classmates to come together. Guei, a star on the basketball team, expressed he was giving away he $ 40,000 he’d won in a competition and was dividing it among them. The room filled with shouts and cheers. “Everyone went mad with excitement,” he says. “They were surprised that I would do something like that for them.”

In November 2000, Guei’s family moved from the Ivory Coast to the United States, and he immediately took up basketball. “When I first came to California, the Lakers were winning: it was Kobe Bryant, Shaquille O’Neal era (时代),” he recalls. “I just fell in love with the game.”

A few years later, he was playing for the school. Then, in March, he entered a free-throw competition at the school, and the town saw just how big a team player Guei really is—both on and off the court (球场).

In the first round, each of the eight contestants (竞争者) took ten shots, and the top four shooters advanced. “I was one of the final four, but I really didn’t shoot that well,” Guei says. “I was nervous!” In the second round, however, he took the winning shot. He went home with the prize of $ 40,000.

A few months before Guei left school, he was offered a full scholarship (奖学金) to California State University, and he had an idea. “I could have kept the prize money, but I was already going to college for free,” Guei says. “I know the others were going to have a lot of difficulty paying for school. They needed it for their futures, so I just decided to give it away.”

Now wearing No. 25 on Northridge’s Matadors basketball team, Guei has little time for anything but training and studying, though he keeps in touch with most of his classmates. “I know those kids. Whatever they decide to do in life is going to be something good,” he says. “It was just the right thing to do.”

As for his own future, Guei is still learning. “I work really hard at everything I do,” he says. “But whatever happens in my future, I’m just happy that I was able to help somebody else along the way.”

53. When did the things described in the first paragraph happen?

A. As soon as the competition was over.

B. When Guei just finished high school.

C. As soon as Guei got the scholarship.

D. When Guei already went to college.

54. What does the writer mean by how big a team player Guei is off the court?

A. He works hard at his lessons.            B. He is good at making friends.

C. He doesn’t like money at all.            D. He’s set a good example in life.

55. Which of the following can be the best title for the passage?

A. The Most Valuable Player                B. The Most Hopeful Star

C. The Greatest Prize Winner                D. The Best Friend of Ours

D

It took 13 years of international effort to map the human biological blueprint of all the genes (基因) that make us different people. The first rough draft (草图) was made in 2000. The last of our 23 chromosomes (染色体) was clearly described in 2006. Ever since then, the age of personal genetic testing has been upon us. Since that time, a growing number of private companies have come on the market mostly through the Internet, offering to scan (扫描) your personal DNA and compare it to some disease markets of the blueprint, called DTC genetic tests.

But over the last five years the medical world has been discussing excitedly about whether these DTC tests are helpful or harmful, scientifically believable or completely useless. One of the usual criticisms (批评) is that the science is so new that no one really knows yet how to explain the information.

“At present they largely remain in the period of research studies,” notes Dr. Greg Feero, special advisor to the director of genomic medicine at the US National Human Genome Research Institute. Feero says there are two reasons. “The first is that when they offer a test, are they really checking what they should check? And then the next is that even if it is believable, does what the test is checking really mean anything to your health?”

Other worries include the privacy of the results and how your personal genetic information might be used by insurance (保险) companies to refuse your insurance or your boss to dismiss you. Or you could learn information with a huge social or personal impact (冲击), such as finding out that genetically you cannot possibly be the father of your child. It can also give you risks (风险) that may break your life, such as whether you are at high risk of cancer, Parkinson or other terrible diseases.

Criticisms over the tests are such that some countries, such as Germany, have banned (禁止) them. In 2011, some scientists advised the US government that most tests should be done under the guidance of medical professionals (专家). The UK government also expressed its worries about DTC genetic tests and in August 2010 made a set of rules to guide the development of genetic tests.

In 2011, three medical researchers published a review article in the International Journal of Clinical Practice, saying that such tests offered more risks than benefits. The most important reason is that the tests might create worries or unreal results or drive unnecessary medical treatments. They also noted some of the genetic information the tests are based on at present is far from being perfect.

56. When did the research of human genes begin?

A. In 1987.         B. In 1993.         C. In 2000.       D. In 2006.

57. What is the result of the medical world’s discussion about genetic tests?

A. They are both good and bad for people.

B. They are useful for some companies.

C. They still remain the period of research.

D. They have caused a lot of criticisms.

58. The most important fact that causes the worries about genetic tests is that _______.

A. people are too weak to receive social or personal impact

B. we are afraid of face the bad news that will break our life

C. doing these tests is against the laws in a lot of countries

D. little is known about genes and the information they carry

59. What can we infer from the passage?

A. Something must be done to stop genetic tests.

B. Discussion about genetic tests is needed among people.

C. More research work needs to be done about genetic tests.

D. With the help of the government, genetic tests can develop fast.

七、阅读短文，根据短文内容，从短文后的五个选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有一项为多余选项。(共8分，每小题2分)

A group of frogs were traveling through the woods, and two of them fell into a deep hole. When the other frogs saw how deep the hole was, they told the two frogs that they were hopeless to be alive. But the two frogs didn’t believe it.    60   . The other frogs kept telling them to stop and wait for their death. Finally, one of the two frogs gave up and fell down. Soon he died.

The other frog continued to jump as hard as he could. Once again, the crowd of frogs shouted at him and told him to stop and just wait to die.    61   .

When he got out, the other frogs said: “Didn’t you hear us?” The frog explained to them that he was deaf.    62   .

The story teaches us two lessons.    63   . An encouraging word to someone who is down can cheer him up and help him make it through difficulties. Secondly, a destructive (消极的) word to someone who is down can make him give up and die. So be careful of what you say.

Speak life to those who cross your path. It is sometimes hard to understand that an encouraging word can go such a long way. It is great for a person to take the time to encourage another.

A. Then the two frogs began to stop jumping

B. But he jumped even harder and finally he made it

C. Firstly, there is power of life and death in the tongue

D. So he thought they were encouraging him at that time

E. They tried to jump up out of the hole with their efforts

八、阅读短文，根据短文内容回答问题。(共10分，每小题2分)

Are your spending habits doing you more harm than good? Getting control of your daily money is an important part of personal financial management. These following steps will help you.

Track (追踪) your spending

How much money did you spend last month? Most people have no idea where most of their money goes, so finding out can be a life-changing experience. Try tracking your spending for one month. After you buy something, make a record of it. This will help you analyze (分析) it. You may be surprised at how much you are actually spending on something.

Making a budget (预算)

After you’ve tracked your spending for a month, creating a useful budget will be easy. Start your budget by listing all of your spending such as food, clothes, entertainment, etc. Then use the information you’ve got from tracking your spending to decide how much you should budget for each area.

Stay on budget

Once you have created your budget, stick to it by using the envelope (信封) method. Prepare an envelope for each of your budget things. Then put your budget money into the envelopes so you can monitor our spending throughout the month. Using the envelope method helps you control your speaking.

Start an emergency fund (紧急情况基金)

Having an emergency fund gives you the ability to deal with unexpected things while letting you stay on budget. First, decide how much you will need. Experts (专家) often advise to have enough money to cover between three and six months of living spending. Then set up your emergency fund that will only be used for emergencies. Make saving for your emergency fund and other savings for part of your budget.

64. How many steps are mentioned to manage our money well?

65. When should we make a record of our spending?

66. How do we start a useful budget?

67. What is in the envelopes?

68. What does the writer want to tell us?

书面表达(共25分)

九、完成句子(共10分，每小题2分)

根据中文意思完成句子。

69. 很抱歉我开会迟到了。

I’m sorry that I ___________________________ the meeting.

70. 快点，该睡觉了。

Come on. ______________________________ go to bed.

71. 我以前住在上海。但是现在我更喜欢住在小城镇。

I ___________________ in Shanghai. But now I like living in small towns better.

72. 地铁出故障了，他昨天晚上十点才到家。

There was something wrong with the underground, so he ____________________ 10 o’clock last night.

73. 如果想让更多的人了解我们的俱乐部，我认为我们张贴一些海报是必要的。

_______________________ some posters if we want more people to know about our club.

十、文段表达(15分)

根据中文和英文提示，写一封意思连贯、符合逻辑、不少于60词的回信。信的开头和结尾已给出，其词数不计入所完成的回信内。请不要写出你的真实校名和姓名。

74. 成长中每个人都要面对烦恼，解决问题。假如你叫李海，是美国中学生汤姆的朋友。你收到他的电子邮件，请给他回复，回答他的问题，提出你的建议，并就此事谈谈你的看法。

Hi! Li Hai,

I’m so sad. Peter is a close friend of mine. He invited me to his birthday party this Saturday. If I go, I know we will do nothing but play computer games. I don’t like them. Besides, I have to work on my science report because it must be finished this weekend. But if I refuse, he must be upset. I don’t know what to do. Do you have the same problem? I need your help.

I’m looking forward to hearing from you soon.

Yours,

Tom

Hi! Tom,

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I hope what I said can help you.

Yours,

Li Hai