第三部分  阅读理解(共20小题;每小题2分，满分40分)

第一节：(每小题2分，共30分)  阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A

Recently, South Korean star PSY’s ‘Gangnam style” video has been popular on the Internet. It has become most people’s favorite music.

In fact, the song has set the Guinness World Record for the most popular video in the history of the Internet. More than two million people have said “like” since the song was on the Internet on July 15.

PSY”s special dance moves and funny horse riding style have attracted many people. Although many people do not understand the language, the video has become the talk of the Internet. The song has come to first place in the music charts in 31 countries, including the United States, the United Kingdom, and Canada.

“I just sang for my South Korean fans. I have never expected it to be popular in other countries,” PSY told the reporters on a concert. The song was so popular that a few of South Korean’s politicians showed PSY’s moves to attract supporters.

“The song came out in mid-July. It sings about the rich life of South Korea —especially Gangnam in Soeoul, where a lot of rich people live.

Millions of people have watched the video. Many stars, such as Katy Perry, Robbie Williams and Nelly Furtado said that they love the song. These stars performed part of the song at a recent concert.

Riding high on the success of “Gangnam Style”, PSY was signed by Scooter Braun to Braun’s Schoolboy Records, a label distributed by Universal Republic.

PSY has written many hit songs of varying styles for different singers. Prior to “Gangnam Style” his most famous composition perhaps was Lee Seung Gi’s debut(首次亮相) song “Because You Are My Woman”.

56. What makes PSY’s “Gangnam Style” the famous music of millions of people?

A. The song has set the Guinness World Record.

B. The song has come to first place in the music chart.

C. They like the dance moves and the horse riding style.

D. They don’t understand the words of the song.

57. Why did some of South Korea’s politicians show PSY”s moves?

A. They wanted to tell people that they were also fond of music.

B. They wanted people to support them.

C. They were PSY’s fans.

D. They liked PSY’s dancing style.

58. What’s “Gangnam Style” about?

A. The way of horse riding.           B. The rich life of people of Gangnam in Seoul.

C. The Guinness World Record.        D. The love of stars.

59. What is the best title of the passage?

A. Life of the Music Star PSY         B. “Gangnam Style” —— Most people’s favorite Music

C. PSY’s Famous Compositions       D. Meaning of “Gangnam Style”

B

When Johnson called again, the manager received him very politely. “That is a most remarkable oil you brought us, Mr. Johnson,” he said. Johnson nodded his smooth, dark head. That was something he knew very well. “I’ve never seen anything like it,” the manager admitted. Johnson nodded again. “No?” he said politely. Then he added, “But I think you will, sir. A very great deal of it.” He appeared to think for a moment. “I think you will find it will be on sale seven, perhaps, eight years from now.” He smiled.

The manager thought that was uncertain. He said, “It is better than our fish oils. I admit that.”

“So I am told, sir,” agreed Johnson.

“Have you any plans to produce it yourself, Mr. Johnson?”

“Would I be showing it to you if I had?” Johnson smiled again.

“We might add some chemicals to one of our own fish oils,” said the manager. “It would be expensive to do that, even if you could,” Johnson said gently. “Besides,” he added, “I am told that this oil will be much cheaper than your best fish oils. Cheaper than any vegetable oil, in fact.”

“Perhaps,” said the manager. “Well, I suppose you want to make an arrangement, Mr. Johnson. Shall we discuss it?”

“Of course,” said Johnson. “There are two ways of dealing with a situation of this sort. The usual one is to prevent it altogether or at least to delay it as long as possible. That is, of course, the best way.” The manager nodded. He knew plenty about all that.

“But I am so sorry for you, because, you see, that is not possible this time.” The manager had his doubts, but all he said was an inquiring(asking), “Oh?”

“The other way,” continued Johnson, “is to produce yourself before the trouble starts.”

60. The manager thought of adding chemicals to the fish oil to make it _______.

A. cheaper than the new oil                B. more quickly

C. more expensive                       D. as good as the new oil

61. Johnson’s new oil would be _______.

A. more expensive than fish oil, but better

B. less expensive, and better

C. less expensive, but not good

D. more expensive, and not so good

62. Johnson expressed his regret that the manager _______.

A. could not stop the new oil being made

B. would never know how to make it

C. had spent a lot of money on it

D. didn’t know enough about it

63. Johnson showed his new oil to the manager because he wanted _______.

A. to produce it himself                    B. to prevent it being produced

C. to be paid not to produce it               D. the manager to produce it

C

Online Money Earning

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Earnings example

You click 10 ads per day =$0.10

20 referrals(转送) click 10 ads per day =$2.00

Your daily earnings =$2.10

Your weekly earnings =$14.70

Your monthly earnings =$63.00

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64. What is the author’s purpose of writing this passage?

A. To tell an interesting story.

B. To introduce a surprising way to earn money.

C. To solve a puzzling problem.

D. To present an exciting research.

65. You can earn money by ________.

A. chatting online                   B. advertising some products

C. clicking on advertisement          D. choosing green ticks or x’s

66. What can we know from the passage?

A. You’ll earn $0.10 if you click 1 ad.

B. You’ll get many green ticks if you have many websites open.

C. You can get your payments through AlertPay.

D. Your AlertPay account is not for free.

D

In modern society there is a great deal of argument about competition. Some value it highly, believing that it is responsible for social progress and prosperity. Others say that competition is bad; that it sets one person against another; that it leads to unfriendly relationship between people.

I have taught many children who held the belief that their self­worth relied on how well they performed at tennis and other skills. For them, playing well and winning are often life­and­death affairs. In their single­minded pursuit of success, the development of many other human qualities is sadly forgotten.

However, while some seem to be lost in the desire to succeed, others take an opposite attitude. In a culture which values only the winner and pays no attention to the ordinary players, they strongly blame competition. Among the most vocal are youngsters who have suffered under competitive pressures from their parents or society. Teaching these young people, I often observe in them a desire to fail. They seem to seek failure by not trying to win or achieve success. By not trying, they always have an excuse: “I may have lost, but it doesn't matter because I really didn't try.” What is not usually admitted by themselves is the belief that if they had really tried and lost, that would mean a lot. Such a loss would be a measure of their worth. Clearly, this belief is the same as that of the true competitors who try to prove themselves. Both are based on the mistaken belief that one's self­respect relies on how well one performs in comparison with others. Both are afraid of not being valued. Only as this basic and often troublesome fear begins to dissolve can we discover a new meaning in competition.

67. What does this passage mainly talk about?

A. Competition helps to set up self­respect.

B. Opinions about competition are different among people.

C. Competition is harmful to personal quality development.

D. Failures are necessary experiences in competition.

68. The underlined phrase “the most vocal” in Paragraph 3 means ________.

A. those who try their best to win

B. those who value competition most highly

C. those who are against competition most strongly

D. those who rely on others most for success

69. What is the similar belief of the true competitors and those with a “desire to fail”?

A. One's worth lies in his performance compared with others'.

B. One's success in competition needs great efforts.

C. One's achievement is determined by his particular skills.

D. One's success is based on how hard he has tried.

70. Which point of view may the author agree to?

A. Every effort should be paid back.

B. Competition should be encouraged.

C. Winning should be a life­and­death matter.

D. Fear of failure should be removed in competition.

E

第二节：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，每小题2分共10分。(E=AB   F=AC   G=AD)

Using a Mobile Phone to Improve Mother and Child Health

People around the world are working to expand the uses for mobile technology in health care.

In the world, there are six billion mobile phone users in a population of seven billion people.

71   Africa has widespread adoption. Three or four years ago the penetration(进入;使用) rates were 20 percent or 30 percent, and now they're getting upwards of 60 percent in some countries.

72    Earlier research has been to look at mobile technologies and HIV and AIDS. And so we have some great evidence on the effectiveness of mobiles.

During the first week of December, 2012, more than 4,000 people from 50 countries met for the fourth annual mHealth Summit. It brought together experts from what the organizers call the mHealth ecosystem.

In 2011 Secretary of State Hillary Clinton started a public/private partnership called the Mobile Alliance for Maternal Action, or MAMA. There are about 800 women a day and about three million babies a year die from pregnancy and childbirth­related causes.  73   The messages cover pregnancy and the first year of a baby's life. These health messages may also be sent to a pregnant woman's husband and mother­in­law.    74   Messages can be text or voicemail. You can have a pregnant woman in Bangladesh registered into a system that provides messages that help her know what to do and when to do certain things.

Simple text messages can be important sources of information to people without Internet access.          ¬  75  They have to be able to read through thousands of entries that come back to them on Google, for example, and then figure out what that information means to them. And that's not something that someone in a poor and uneducated kind of situation can do.

A.They have no access to the relevant information.

B.That way they too can understand what needs to be done.

C.Millions of messages about baby care are received every day.

D.A lot of work has been done to use mobile technology for health.

E.And the most rapidly growing markets are those in developing countries.

F.The program sends messages to women to educate them about their health.

G.Besides, online users may sometimes not understand all the information available.

第二卷(共二部分，共计35分)

以下主观题均转写在答题纸上

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，请你修改你同桌的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处，每处错误仅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(^),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： 在错词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。

It's reported that many people died of traffic accidents each year. Road safety has aroused the widely attention of the public. Many rules have made to reduce the traffic crashes, especially for the ones involved in the pedestrians. In my opinion, we should make road safety seriously in our daily life. While used the road, we must walk on the pavement and learn to protect us. Besides, car drivers should obey the traffic rules, that is both good for themselves and others.

In the word, obeying the traffic rules are what all of us should pay attention to particularly. After all, life is not a small matter.

第二节：书面表达(满分25分)

目前，一些诸如GG, MM, Xia Mi 等网络语言在青少年中极为盛行，并且出现在家庭作业报告，甚至全国入学考试的作文中。请你以“Should Internet Slang Be Prohibited (禁止)?”为题，根据下表内容用英语写一篇短文，并谈谈你自己的看法。

一些同学认为 网络语言生动、时尚，网络语言充满幽默与智慧，使网上聊天更快捷。

另一些同学认为 网络语言缺乏思想性，没有被大部分人理解、接受，过多使用使人不解，甚至误解.

你的看法?

注意：1. 词数：120左右      2. 参考词汇：生动的vivid;  智慧intelligence

Should Internet Slang Be Prohibited?

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