阅读理解（共两节，满分35分）

第一节（共10小题；每小题2.5分，满分25分）

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该项涂黑。

A

Buttons are found on all sorts of clothing. They are usually small and round and made of metal or plastic. They fasten, or connect, one piece of clothing to another. They make sure your clothes don’t fall off. When we are speaking or writing m English, buttons can be just as useful.

Men or women often wear button-down clothes to the office. Button-down as an adjective means to be conservative（保守的）or traditional. People who are described as buttoned-down stay close as possible to the normal way of dressing and behaving. They don’t wear crazy clothing or do unusual things. People and events can both be described as buttoned-down.

If someone is buttoned-up, he or she seems very business-like. In personal relationships, a buttoned-up person is cold and standoffish, meaning they physically and emotionally keep away from others. Buttoned-up people are not warm or friendly. And they do not share their inner thoughts and feelings with others.

In the expression “button up”, button is a verb. It means to stop talking. Now, let’s say you find yourself buttonholed in a conversation at a party. The person just keeps talking and talking and talking! Finally, you can’t take it any longer. You tell the person to button it! This is a direct, but unacceptable way of saying “stop talking”. Button you lip is another equally rude but effective to stop a person who talks too much.

Another kind of difficult person is someone who pushes your buttons. To push someone’s buttons means to know exactly how to get that person angry or upset. People who like to push other people s buttons usually do it for selfish reasons. First they find a person’s weak point. Then they use it to upset him.

1. Which of the following best describes button-down clothes?

A. Comfortable B. Attractive

C. Formal D. Loose

2. What does the underlined part “button it” in Paragraph 4 mean?

A. Cheer up! B. Calm down!

C. Turn away! D. Shut up!

3. What does a person want to do if he pushes your buttons?

A. Help you out. B. Make you suffer.

C. Show he knows you well. D. Point out your weak points.

B

We all know that exercise is good for your health. But some kinds of exercise may be better than others.

Running, for example, may help to protect against heart disease and other health problems. Running may also help you live longer. Researchers say it is not important how far you run. It also does not matter how fast or even how often you run. As advertisements for the running shoes Nike say, “Just Do It.”

Recently researchers studied more than 55,000 adults. About one-fourth of the adults reported running regularly. The study found these runners were considerably less likely than non-runners to die of any form of disease, including heart disease. In fact, the runners lived, on average, three years longer than the non-runners.

This study lasted 15 years. During that time, more than 3,400 of the individuals died. About 1.200 of the deaths were linked to heart disease, hear, attack or stroke.

One of the researchers is a man named D.C. Lee, a professor of Iowa State University Compared to non-runners, he said, runners showed a much lower risk of dying from some diseases. “Compared to non-runners, runners showed 30 percent lower risk of death by any causes, including heart attack, stroke and cancer. Also, runners compared to non-runners showed 45 percent lower risk of death by cardiovascular diseases（心血管疾病）, including heart attack and stroke.”

D. C. Lee and the other researchers found that speed, distance and how often one runs made little difference in reducing the risk of death. The runners in the study averaged between 10 and 16 kilometers per hour. Mr Lee said slower runners and those who only ran once or twice a week were helped nearly as much as those who ran faster and further. “And also we looked at the inning over time and we found that persistent runners（over six years）showed the biggest benefits, as well.”

4. What does the author mean by quoting Nike’s ad “Just Do it”?

A. It’s time for you to start running.

B. Nike has always kept its promise.

C. You have to run as fast as possible.

D. Running docs you good whatever its form.

5. The researchers got the results of their study mainly by .

A. analyzing data B. having interviews

C. doing experiments D. doing field survey

6. What can we learn from Paragraph 5?

A. Heart disease is the biggest killer of mankind.

B. Runners are generally healthier than non-runners.

C. Heart disease has killed more people than cancer.

D. Running greatly reduces the risk of cardiovascular disease.

7. What can we know according to Mr Lee?

A. Slower runners and faster runners benefit equally from running.

B. You can benefit most if your speed is over 10km per hour.

C. You must control your speed properly while running.

D. The further you run, the more benefits you will get.

C

I was wandering around the Albuquerque International Support airport. My flight had been delayed and I heard an announcement: “If anyone near Gate A-4 understands Arabic（阿拉伯语）, please come to the gate immediately.” Gate A-4 was my own gate. I went there.

An older woman was crumpled（蜷缩成一团的）on the floor, crying loud. In her traditional Palestinian dress, she reminded me of my grandmother.

“Talk to her,” urged the flight agent. “We told her the flight was going to be late, and she did this.”

I bent over to put my arm around the woman and spoke uncertainly. “Shu-dow-a, shu-bid-uck, habibti? Stanischway, min fadlick, shu-bit-se-wee?” She stopped crying. She thought the flight had been called off. She needed to be in El Paso for a medical treatment the next day. I said, “You’ll get there, just late. Who is picking you up? Let’s call him.”

We called her son. In English, I told him that I would stay with his mother until we got on the plane. She talked with him. Then we called her other sons just for fun. Then we called my dad and they spoke for a while in Arabic and found out that they had several shared friends. After that, I called some Palestinian poets I knew and let them chat with her.

She was, laughing a lot but then, patting my knee and answering questions. She pulled a bag of homemade cookies filled with dates and nuts and topped with sugar from her bag and offered them to the people at the gate. To my amazement, no one declined. It was like a sacrament（圣餐）. The traveler from Argentina, the mom from California, the lovely woman from Laredo--- We were all smiling, covered with the same sugar.

I looked around the gate and thought. This is the world I want to live in, one with no anxiety. This can still happen anywhere, I thought. Not everything is lost.

8. What can we learn about the author?

A. Her father was a relative of the older woman

B. She took the same flight with the older woman.

C. She was highly skilled in speaking Arabic.

D. Her grandmother saw her off at the airport.

9. Why did the old woman burst into tears at the boarding gate?

A. She thought she couldn’t make it for her treatment.

B. Her flight was called off because of bad weather.

C. She couldn’t make herself Hilly understood.

D. Her flight ticket seemed to have got lost.

10. Which words can best describe the author?

A. Outstanding and generous B. Clever and brave

C. Patient and creative D. Warm-hearted and thoughtful

第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）

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。

What If We Don’t Get Along?

Teachers want to get along with you and enjoy seeing you learn. But teachers and students sometimes have personality clashes（人格冲突）. ___11___ If you show your teacher that you want to make the situation better, he or she will probably do everything possible to make that happen. Take these steps if the problem seems difficult to solve:

1. Talk to an adult you trust, such as a parent, guidance counselor, or both.

2. ___12___ You may not feel immediately comfortable with your teachers, but that may change as you get to know one another.

3. If you’ve given it time, talk with your parents about what to do next. Lots of times, a meeting can be set up to discuss the problem. ___13___ Everyone’s goal should be to create trust and kindness.

Your relationship with your teachers is often your first chance to develop a “business relationship”. They are different from your family relationships and friendships, which are built on affection and love. ___14___ But they don’t necessarily need to be good friends or like each other a lot. They simply need to respect one another, be polite, and stay focused on the jobs at hand.

When you act this way, and remember that you’re not the only kid in the class, you are

helping your teacher. ___15___ Teachers also like it when students follow directions and when they learn and obey the rules of the classroom. For instance, there may be rules about listening when another student is talking, about taking turns, or about raising your hand when you want to say something or ask a question.

A. Give it time.

B. This can happen between any two people.

C. This may clear the air and make things better.

D. Your teacher is likely to notice this and appreciate it.

E. Therefore, those teachers rarely show respect towards their students.

F. A teacher cannot necessarily answer all the questions his students ask.

G. In a business relationship, both parties get something out of the relationship.

语言运用（共两节，满分45分）

第一节 （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A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该项涂黑。

I was having a period of bad health. I had one operation after another. I was falling ___16___ faster than the doctors could put me back together. But I just couldn’t bear the operation, the hospital stay, the long recovery and the physical therapy（康复治疗）. I told my doctor I was going to try ___17___ else.

I’d discovered that walking gave me a little ___18___. So I started walking. The first day, my wife ___19___ off our steep Silver Lake hill to a flat street. She got me out of the car, and I walked about two blocks ___20___ asking to be taken home. The next day, I walked about four ___21___.

Slowly, feeling a little ___22___ every day, I began to walk a mile or more. I even ___23___ some hills to my route. I became interested in the network of public stairways around Silver Lake I made a ___24___ of it and walked every public staircase in Silver Lake. That went pretty well, so I ___25___ onto Echo Park. I was feeling better, so I kept going. The search finally ___26___ “Secret Stairs: A Walking Guide to the Historic Staircases of Los Angeles’ a book ___27___ in the spring of 2010. By then, I had ___28___. I’d been walking at least an hour a day for three years. My life ___29___ returned to normal.

In three years of walks, I’ve met dozens of people who’d had ___30___ experiences of rebirth or recovery. One man told me he’d lost 80 pounds walking the secret stairs and was dating for the first time in a decade. One woman told me she’d ___31___ knee operation. Another told me she’d been ___32___ to start ballroom dancing again.

All I’d ___33___ from the walks was relief from pain. What I got was ___34___, community and a whole new experience of my city. Out of the car, on my feet and moving at walking pace, I ___35___ Los Angeles for the first time.

16. A. away B. apart C. asleep D. about

17. A. everything B. nothing C. something D. anything

18. A. courage B. confidence C. relief D. delight

19. A. drove B. took C. set D. gave

20. A. then B. before C. until D. while

21. A. miles B. kilometers C. blocks D. streets

22. A. happier B. calmer C. faster D. stronger

23. A. found B. added C. challenged D. climbed

24. A. review B. search C. goal D. task

25. A. moved B. worked C. carried D. brought

26. A. put into B. knocked into C. broke into D. turned into

27. A. bought B. formed C. published D. created

28. A. picked up B. brought up C. went up D. kept up

29. A. generally B. recently C. gradually D. effectively

30. A. same B. particular C. extra D. similar

31. A. received B. avoided C. suffered D. stood

32. A. able B. worried C. likely D. anxious

33. A. benefited B. attempted C. dreamed D. sought

34. A. home B. neighborhood C. success D. friendship

35. A. caught sight of B. thought highly of C. fell in love with D. settled down in

语言运用（共两节，满分45分）

第二节 语法填空（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（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。

There are various festivals throughout the world, festivals to satisfy and please the ___36___ (ancestor), to honor some famous people or important events, and ___37___ (express) people’s thanks to the God ___38___ bringing them harvest. For example, in Mexico people observe the Day of the Dead in early November, ___39___ people eat food in the shape of skulls and cakes with “bones” on them. In India, October 2 is ___40___ national festival to honour Mohandas Gandhi who helped India become a(n) ___41___ (depend) country. And in China, the Spring Festival, which ___42___ (celebrate) in January or February, is the most ___43___ (energy) and important because it is a festival that looks forward to the coming of spring. ___44___ are there all these festivals? Because during the festivals, people can get together to eat, drink and have fun with each other, ___45___ (forget) all the daily struggle and demands for a while.

写作（共两节，满分40分）

第一节：应用文写作（满分15分）

46. 假如你是李华，你们学校邀请到甬剧演员陈明先生来你校进行讲座，请你用英语向你校国际班的留学生用英语进行口头通知。内容要点如下：

1. 讲座时间地点：本周三下午4点，学校报告厅；

2. 讲座内容：甬剧发展史；

3. 邀请学生参加。

注意：1. 词数80左右；

2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

参考词汇：甬剧 Ningbo Opera

May I have your attention, please?

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Thanks for listening!

第二节：概要写作（满分25分）

47. 阅读下面短文，根据其内容写一篇60词左右的内容概要。

Have you heard an old saying “The grass looks greener on the other side of the fence”? It means other places often look better, more interesting than the place where you live. “Let’s go to KFC for dinner and then watch some Japanese cartoons!” We all know it: more and more Chinese kids love American and Japanese food and movies. Some people worry that young Chinese are beginning to feel that way. They see young Chinese ignoring（忽视）Chinese culture and, instead, buying Japanese cartoon books, watching Korean soap operas and even celebrating western holidays.

Foreign books and soap operas are good, but Chinese writers and actors are just as good. As for holidays, Christmas is nice, but it can never have the meaning for Chinese that Spring Festival has, and the West has nothing to compare with the Mid-Autumn Festival. China has lots of cool things in its culture: calligraphy, Beijing Opera, quick meals on the streets, and even Jay Chou! And let’s not forget the part of Chinese culture I like best: its friendliness. Not all countries are as warm as China.

It’s good to enjoy other cultures and learn from them, but they can never replace your own culture. It’s good to look on the other side of the fence, but make sure you take a good long took. You will find that the grass isn’t always greener.

Although some people become worried about that, I don’t think they should. Will we get more powerful without learning from other countries? Will Chinese people live more happily without American fast food? Besides, it’s fun to learn about different cultures. Chinese kids can learn about other cultures and have fun, but they also need to learn more about their own culture. Be proud of Chinese culture and of being Chinese!

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